MLB Season History - 1998

1998 MLB Leaders
BATTING AVERAGE 1. Larry Walker .363 2. John Olerud .354 3. Bernie Williams .339 4. Mo Vaughn .337 5. Dante Bichette .331 Complete Leaders	HOME RUNS 1. Mark McGwire 70 2. Sammy Sosa 66 3. Ken Griffey Jr. 56 4. Greg Vaughn 50 5. Albert Belle 49 Complete Leaders	RUNS BATTED IN 1. Sammy Sosa 158 2. Juan Gonzalez 157 3. Albert Belle 152 4. Mark McGwire 147 5. Ken Griffey Jr. 146 Complete Leaders
WINS 1. Roger Clemens 20 2. David Cone 20 3. Tom Glavine 20 4. Rick Helling 20 5. Randy Johnson 19 Complete Leaders	STRIKEOUTS 1. Randy Johnson 329 2. Curt Schilling 300 3. Roger Clemens 271 4. Kevin Brown 257 5. Pedro Martinez 251 Complete Leaders	ERA 1. Greg Maddux 2.22 2. Kevin Brown 2.38 3. Tom Glavine 2.47 4. Al Leiter 2.47 5. Roger Clemens 2.65 Complete Leaders

1998 American League Standings
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF
*-New York	114	48	.704	--	62-19	52-29	965	656	+309
y-Boston	92	70	.568	22	51-30	41-40	876	729	+147
Toronto	88	74	.543	26	51-30	37-44	816	768	+48
Baltimore	79	83	.488	35	42-39	37-44	817	785	+32
Tampa Bay	63	99	.389	51	33-48	30-51	620	751	-131
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF
x-Cleveland	89	73	.549	--	46-35	43-38	850	779	+71
Chicago	80	82	.494	9	44-37	36-45	861	931	-70
Kansas City	72	89	.447	16.5	29-51	43-38	714	899	-185
Minnesota	70	92	.432	19	35-46	35-46	734	818	-84
Detroit	65	97	.401	24	32-49	33-48	722	863	-141
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF
x-Texas	88	74	.543	--	48-33	40-41	940	871	+69
Anaheim	85	77	.525	3	42-39	43-38	787	783	+4
Seattle	76	85	.472	11.5	42-39	34-46	859	855	+4
Oakland	74	88	.457	14	39-42	35-46	804	866	-62
1998 National League Standings
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF
*-Atlanta	106	56	.654	--	56-25	50-31	826	581	+245
New York	88	74	.543	18	47-34	41-40	706	645	+61
Philadelphia	75	87	.463	31	40-41	35-46	713	808	-95
Montreal	65	97	.401	41	39-42	26-55	644	783	-139
Florida	54	108	.333	52	31-50	23-58	667	923	-256
CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF
x-Houston	102	60	.630	--	55-26	47-34	874	620	+254
y-Chicago	90	73	.552	12.5	51-31	39-42	831	792	+39
St. Louis	83	79	.512	19	48-34	35-45	810	782	+28
Cincinnati	77	85	.475	25	39-42	38-43	750	760	-10
Milwaukee	74	88	.457	28	38-43	36-45	707	812	-105
Pittsburgh	69	93	.426	33	40-40	29-53	650	718	-68
WEST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF
x-San Diego	98	64	.605	--	54-27	44-37	749	635	+114
San Francisco	89	74	.546	9.5	49-32	40-42	845	739	+106
Los Angeles	83	79	.512	15	48-33	35-46	669	678	-9
Colorado	77	85	.475	21	42-39	35-46	826	855	-29
Arizona	65	97	.401	33	34-47	31-50	665	812	-147

1998 All-Star Results
DATE	SCORE	VENUE	LOCATION	ATT	WP	LP	MVP
July 7, 1998	AL 13, NL 8	Coors Field	Denver, CO	51,267	Bartolo Colon	Ugueth Urbina	Roberto Alomar
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1998 Postseason Results
ROUND	OUTCOME	RESULT
World Series	New York Yankees defeated San Diego Padres	4-0
League Championship Series	New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians	4-2
League Championship Series	San Diego Padres defeated Atlanta Braves	4-2
League Divisional Series	Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox	3-1
League Divisional Series	New York Yankees defeated Texas Rangers	3-0
League Divisional Series	Atlanta Braves defeated Chicago Cubs	3-0
League Divisional Series	San Diego Padres defeated Houston Astros	3-1
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1998 Award Winners
PLAYER	TEAM	AWARD
Juan Gonzalez	TEX	AL MVP
Sammy Sosa	CHC	NL MVP
Roger Clemens	TOR	AL Cy Young
Tom Glavine	ATL	NL Cy Young
Joe Torre	NYY	AL Manager of the Year
Larry Dierker	HOU	NL Manager of the Year
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1998 Draft Picks
	PLAYER	POS	TEAM
1	Pat Burrell	1B	Philadelphia Phillies
2	Mark Mulder	LHP	Oakland Athletics
3	Corey Patterson	OF	Chicago Cubs
4	Jeff Austin	RHP	Kansas City Royals
5	J.D. Drew	OF	St. Louis Cardinals
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1998 No-Hitters
DATE	PITCHER	TEAM	OPPONENT	SCORE	LEAGUE	NOTES
5/17/1998	David Wells	NYY	MIN	4-0	AL	Perfect Game
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Glossary

• x - Clinched Division
• y - Clinched Wild Card
• * - Clinched Best League Record