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1998 New York Yankees
1998 AL East Champions
1998 AL Champions
1998 World Series Champions
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1998 information
Owner(s) George Steinbrenner
Manager(s) Joe Torre
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The New York Yankees' 1998 season was the 96th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a franchise record regular-season standing of 114-48, 22 games ahead of the second-place Boston Red Sox in the American League East. These Yankees set an American League record for wins in a season, a record that would stand until 2001, when the Seattle Mariners won 116 games in the regular season against 46 losses. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

In the postseason, they swept the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, won the American League pennant by beating the Cleveland Indians four games to two in the American League Championship Series, and swept the San Diego Padres to capture their 24th World Series. Including the playoffs, the 1998 Yankees won a total of 125 games against 50 losses, an MLB record. They are widely considered to be one of the greatest teams in baseball history. The 125 wins (regular season and playoffs combined) was the most by a championship team, surpassing the previous record of 116, set by their cross-town rivals, New York Mets in 1986.[1]

This was the only World Series win for the Yankees during their 1990's dynasty that wasn't part of the rivalry between the Mets and the Atlanta Braves.[2] The Yankees won their World Series titles in 1996 and 1999 against Atlanta, and 2000 against the Mets.

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Offseason transactions [edit]

  • November 11, 1997: Charlie Hayes was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Singleton and Alberto Castillo (minors).[3]
  • November 12, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[4]
  • November 18, 1997: Scott Brosius was sent by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on November 7, 1997. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Kenny Rogers and cash.[5]
  • November 25, 1997: Dale Sveum was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[6]
  • December 10, 1997: Chili Davis signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[7]
  • January 8, 1998: Darryl Strawberry re-signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[8]
  • January 15, 1998: Tim Raines re-signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[9]
  • January 26, 1998: Doug Linton was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[10]
  • February 6, 1998: Chuck Knoblauch was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Yankees for Brian Buchanan, Cristian Guzmán, Eric Milton, Danny Mota, and cash.[11]
  • March 14, 1998: Doug Linton was released by the New York Yankees.[10]
  • June 2, 1998: Mark Prior was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.[12]
  • June 2, 1998: Drew Henson was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998.[13]
  • June 28, 1998: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[14]
  • August 3, 1998: Dale Sveum was released by the New York Yankees.[6]
  • September 29, 1998: Alfonso Soriano was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Toyota Suzuki Toyo Carp (Japan Central).[15]

Regular season [edit]

On May 17, 1998, David Wells pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins.[16]

Season standings [edit]

AL East W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 114 48 .704    --
Boston Red Sox   92 70 .568 22.0
Toronto Blue Jays   88 74 .543 26.0
Baltimore Orioles   79 83 .488 35.0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays   63 99 .389 51.0

Roster [edit]

1998 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log [edit]

1998 Game Log
April
# Date Visitor Score Home Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record
1 April 1 Yankees 4–1 Angels Finley Pettitte Percival Edison International Field 43,311 0–1
2 April 2 Yankees 10–2 Angels Hill Wells Edison International Field 29,899 0–2
3 April 4 Yankees 7–3 Athletics Chacin Cone Network Associates Coliseum 17,118 0–3
4 April 5 Yankees 9–7 (10) Athletics Nelson Mohler Network Associates Coliseum 18,109 1–3
5 April 6 Yankees 8–0 Mariners Moyer Pettitte Kingdome 27,445 1–4
6 April 7 Yankees 13–7 Mariners Wells Bullinger Kingdome 28,424 2–4
7 April 8 Yankees 4–3 Mariners Lloyd Ayala Stanton Kingdome 33,922 3–4
8 April 10 Athletics 17–13 Yankees Buddie Dougherty Yankee Stadium 56,717 4–4
9 April 11 Athletics 3–1 Yankees Pettitte Candiotti Stanton Yankee Stadium 33,238 5–4
10 April 12 Athletics 7–5 Yankees Buddie Mathews Stanton Yankee Stadium 27,057 6–4
11 April 15 Angels 6–3 Yankees Wells Hill Nelson Shea Stadium 40,743 7–4
12 April 17 Yankees 11–2 Tigers Pettitte Thompson Tiger Stadium 12,348 8–4
13 April 18 Yankees 8–3 Tigers Cone Keagle Tiger Stadium 13,803 9–4
14 April 19 Yankees 2–1 Tigers Moehler Holmes Todd Jones Tiger Stadium 12,568 9–5
15 April 20 Yankees 3–2 (11) Blue Jays Banks Risley Stanton SkyDome 26,385 10–5
16 April 21 Yankees 5–3 (10) Blue Jays Stanton Plesac SkyDome 27,192 11–5
17 April 22 Yankees 9–1 Blue Jays Pettitte Clemens SkyDome 29,164 12–5
18 April 24 Tigers 8–4 Yankees Cone Keagle Yankee Stadium 26,173 13–5
19 April 25 Tigers 5–4 Yankees Wells Runyan Rivera Yankee Stadium 33,196 14–5
20 April 27 Blue Jays 1–0 Yankees Pettitte Clemens Rivera Yankee Stadium 17,863 15–5
21 April 28 Blue Jays 5–2 Yankees Williams Mendoza Myers Yankee Stadium 18,727 15–6
22 April 29 Mariners 8–5 Yankees Cone Fassero Rivera Yankee Stadium 27,949 16–6
23 April 30 Mariners 9–8 (10) Yankees Rivera Ayala Yankee Stadium 28,517 17–6
May
# Date Visitor Score Home Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record
24 May 1 Yankees 2–1 Royals Irabu Rapp Rivera Kauffman Stadium 19,002 18–6
25 May 2 Yankees 12–6 Royals Pettitte Haney Kauffman Stadium 22,743 19–6
26 May 3 Yankees 10–1 Royals Mendoza Belcher Kauffman Stadium 22,609 20–6
27 May 5 Yankees 7–2 Rangers Cone Burkett The Ballpark in Arlington 31,693 21–6
28 May 6 Yankees 15–13 Rangers Stanton Patterson Rivera The Ballpark in Arlington 33,274 22–6
29 May 8 Yankees 5–1 Twins Irabu Radke Nelson Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 22,612 23–6
30 May 9 Yankees 8–1 Twins Morgan Pettitte Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 20,471 23–7
31 May 10 Yankees 7–0 Twins Mendoza Milton Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 12,444 24–7
32 May 12 Royals 3–2 Yankees Wells Rusch Rivera Yankee Stadium 16,606 25–7
33 May 13 Rangers 8–6 Yankees Cone Helling Rivera Yankee Stadium 23,142 26–7
34 May 14 Rangers 7–5 (13) Yankees Patterson Banks Wetteland Yankee Stadium 20,694 26–8
35 May 15 Twins 7–6 Yankees Milton Pettitte Aguilera Yankee Stadium 31,272 26–9
36 May 16 Twins 5–2 Yankees Mendoza Milton Rivera Yankee Stadium 35,137 27–9
37 May 17 Twins 4–0 Yankees Wells Hawkins Yankee Stadium 49,820 28–9
38 May 19 Orioles 9–5 Yankees Stanton Charlton Yankee Stadium 31,311 29–9
39 May 20 Orioles 9–6 Yankees Irabu Key Yankee Stadium 32,449 30–9
40 May 21 Orioles 3–1 Yankees Pettitte Erickson Rivera Yankee Stadium 34,588 31–9
41 May 22 Yankees 5–4 Red Sox Wakefield Nelson Gordon Fenway Park 33,605 31–10
42 May 23 Yankees 12–3 Red Sox Wells Lowe Fenway Park 33,120 32–10
43 May 24 Yankees 14–4 Red Sox Cone Saberhagen Fenway Park 33,042 33–10
44 May 25 Yankees 12–0 White Sox Irabu Navarro Comiskey Park 19,812 34–10
45 May 26 Yankees 7–5 White Sox Nelson Foulke Rivera Comiskey Park 14,596 35–10
46 May 27 Yankees 12–9 White Sox Simas Nelson Karchner Comiskey Park 15,232 35–11
47 May 28 Red Sox 8–3 Yankees Wells Wakefield Nelson Yankee Stadium 42,182 36–11
48 May 29 Red Sox 6–2 Yankees Cone Lowe Yankee Stadium 47,160 37–11
49 May 30 Red Sox 3–2 Yankees Saberhagen Irabu Gordon Yankee Stadium 55,191 37–12
50 May 31 Red Sox 13–7 Yankees Martínez Pettitte Yankee Stadium 55,711 37–13
June
# Date Visitor Score Home Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record
51 June 1 White Sox 5–4 (10) Yankees Nelson Karchner Yankee Stadium 19,131 38–13
52 June 2 White Sox 6–3 Yankees Wells Sirotka Rivera Yankee Stadium 22,599 39–13
53 June 3 Devil Rays 7–1 Yankees Hernandez Saunders Yankee Stadium 27,291 40–13
54 June 4 Devil Rays 6–1 Yankees Irabu Springer Yankee Stadium 22,759 41–13
55 June 5 Marlins 5–1 Yankees Pettitte Fontenot Yankee Stadium 28,085 42–13
56 June 6 Marlins 4–2 Yankees Mendoza Sanchez Rivera Yankee Stadium 36,419 43–13
57 June 7 Marlins 4–1 Yankees Cone Dempster Yankee Stadium 47,731 44–13
58 June 9 Yankees 11–1 Expos Hernandez Pérez Olympic Stadium 16,238 45–13
59 June 10 Yankees 6–2 Expos Irabu Hermanson Olympic Stadium 14,335 46–13
60 June 11 Yankees 7–5 Expos Valdes Nelson Urbina Olympic Stadium 16,036 46–14
61 June 14 Indians 4–2 Yankees Cone Wright Rivera Yankee Stadium 42,949 47–14
62 June 15 Yankees 7–4 Orioles Erickson Wells Orosco Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,022 47–15
63 June 16 Yankees 2–0 Orioles Ponson Irabu Rhodes Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,027 47–16
64 June 17 Yankees 5–3 Orioles Pettitte Mussina Rivera Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,269 48–16
65 June 18 Yankees 5–2 Indians Nelson Assenmacher Rivera Jacobs Field 43,096 49–16
66 June 19 Yankees 7–4 Indians Wright Cone Jacobs Field 43,180 49–17
67 June 20 Yankees 5–3 Indians Wells Burba Rivera Jacobs Field 43,259 50–17
68 June 21 Yankees 11–0 Indians Colon Irabu Jacobs Field 43,104 50–18
69 June 22 Braves 6–4 Yankees Nelson Martínez Rivera Yankee Stadium 53,316 51–18
70 June 23 Braves 7–2 Yankees Glavine Hernandez Yankee Stadium 54,775 51–19
71 June 24 Yankees 10–6 Braves Cone Millwood Rivera Turner Field 48,980 52–19
72 June 25 Yankees 6–0 Braves Wells Neagle Turner Field 49,052 53–19
73 June 26 Yankees 8–4 Mets Mendoza Leiter Rivera Shea Stadium 53,404 54–19
74 June 27 Yankees 7–2 Mets Pettitte Jones Shea Stadium 53,587 55–19
75 June 28 Yankees 2–1 Mets Cook Mendoza Shea Stadium 53,749 55–20
76 June 30 Phillies 9–2 Yankees Cone Loewer Yankee Stadium 29,087 56–20
July
# Date Visitor Score Home Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record
77 July 1 Phillies 5–2 Yankees Wells Beech Yankee Stadium 28,919 57–20
78 July 2 Phillies 9–8 (11) Yankees Buddie Spradlin Yankee Stadium 31,259 58–20
79 July 3 Orioles 3–2 Yankees Pettitte Orosco Yankee Stadium 43,328 59–20
80 July 4 Orioles 4–3 Yankees Hernandez Drabek Rivera Yankee Stadium 37,390 60–20
81 July 5 Orioles 1–0 Yankees Cone Erickson Rivera Yankee Stadium 52,506 61–20
82 July 9 Yankees 2–0 Devil Rays Pettitte Rekar Tropicana Field 38,386 62–20
83 July 10 Yankees 8–4 Devil Rays Irabu Álvarez Tropicana Field 40,363 63–20
84 July 11 Yankees 2–0 Devil Rays Cone Arrojo Tropicana Field 44,589 64–20
85 July 12 Yankees 9–2 Devil Rays Stanton Hernandez Tropicana Field 43,373 65–20
86 July 13 Yankees 4–1 Indians Wright Hernández Jacobs Field 43,177 65–21
87 July 14 Yankees 7–1 Indians Pettitte Burba Jacobs Field 43,164 66–21
88 July 15 Yankees 11–0 Tigers Irabu Greisinger Tiger Stadium 19,868 67–21
89 July 16 Yankees 3–1 Tigers Moehler Cone Jones Tiger Stadium 21,336 67–22
90 July 17 Yankees 9–6 Blue Jays Clemens Holmes SkyDome 39,172 67–23
91 July 18 Yankees 10–3 Blue Jays Hernández Guzmán SkyDome 48,123 68–23
92 July 19 Yankees 9–3 Blue Jays Williams Pettitte SkyDome 42,176 68–24
93 July 20 Tigers 4–3 (17) Yankees Sager Holmes Yankee Stadium 36,285 68–25
94 Tigers 4–3 Yankees Irabu Florie Yankee Stadium 69–25
95 July 21 Tigers 5–1 Yankees Cone Moehler Yankee Stadium 35,980 70–25
96 July 22 Tigers 13–2 Yankees Hernández Yankee Stadium 49,089 71–25
97 July 24 White Sox 5–4 Yankees Pettitte Yankee Stadium 44,264 72–25
98 July 25 White Sox 6–2 Yankees Irabu Yankee Stadium 55,638 72–26
99 July 26 White Sox 6–3 Yankees Yankee Stadium 51,865 73–26
100 July 28 Yankees 9–3 Angels Cone Edison International Field 36,241 74–26
101 July 29 Yankees 10–5 Angels Hernández Edison International Field 38,829 74–27
102 July 30 Yankees 3–0 (10) Angels Edison International Field 42,915 75–27
103 July 31 Yankees 5–3 Mariners Irabu Kingdome 43,837 76–27
August
# Date Visitor Score Home Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record
104 August 1 Yankees 5–2 Mariners Wells Moyer Kingdome 53,840 77–27
105 August 2 Yankees 6–3 Mariners Cone Kingdome 77–28
106 August 3 Yankees 14–1 Athletics Hernández Network Associates Coliseum 78–28
107 August 4 Yankees 10–4 Athletics Network Associates Coliseum 79–28
108 Yankees 10–5 Athletics Network Associates Coliseum 80–28
109 August 5 Yankees 3–1 Athletics Irabu Network Associates Coliseum 80–29
110 August 7 Royals 8–2 Yankees Cone Yankee Stadium 81–29
111 Royals 14–2 Yankees Yankee Stadium 82–29
112 August 8 Royals 14–1 Yankees Hernández Yankee Stadium 83–29
113 August 9 Royals 5–4 Yankees Yankee Stadium 84–29
114 August 10 Twins 7–3 Yankees Irabu Yankee Stadium 85–29
115 August 11 Twins 7–0 Yankees Yankee Stadium 86–29
116 August 12 Twins 11–2 Yankees Cone Yankee Stadium 87–29
117 August 13 Rangers 2–0 Yankees Hernández Yankee Stadium 88–29
118 August 14 Rangers 6–4 Yankees Pettitte Yankee Stadium 89–29
119 August 15 Rangers 16–5 Yankees Irabu Yankee Stadium 89–30
120 August 16 Rangers 6–5 Yankees Yankee Stadium 90–30
121 August 17 Yankees 7–1 Royals Cone Kauffman Stadium 91–30
122 August 18 Yankees 3–2 (13) Royals Kauffman Stadium 92–30
123 August 19 Yankees 5–3 Twins Pettitte Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 92–31
124 August 20 Yankees 9–4 Twins Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 92–32
125 August 21 Yankees 5–0 Rangers The Ballpark in Arlington 93–32
126 August 22 Yankees 12–9 Rangers The Ballpark in Arlington 94–32
127 August 23 Yankees 12–10 Rangers Hernández The Ballpark in Arlington 94–33
128 August 24 Angels 7–3 Yankees Pettitte Yankee Stadium 94–34
129 August 25 Angels 7–6 Yankees Yankee Stadium 94–35
130 August 26 Angels 6–4 Yankees Yankee Stadium 94–36
131 Angels 7–6 Yankees Yankee Stadium 95–36
132 August 27 Angels 6–5 (11) Yankees Yankee Stadium 96–36
133 August 28 Mariners 10–3 Yankees Hernández Yankee Stadium 97–36
134 August 29 Mariners 11–6 Yankees Pettitte Yankee Stadium 98–36
135 August 30 Mariners 13–3 Yankees Irabu Yankee Stadium 98–37
September
# Date Visitor Score Home Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record
136 September 1 Athletics 7–0 Yankees Wells Candiotti Yankee Stadium 29,632 99–37
137 September 2 Athletics 2–0 Yankees Cone Yankee Stadium 99–38
138 September 4 Yankees 11–6 White Sox Comiskey Park 100–38
139 September 5 Yankees 9–5 White Sox Pettitte Comiskey Park 100–39
140 September 6 Yankees 6–5 White Sox Irabu Comiskey Park 100–40
141 September 7 Yankees 4–3 Red Sox Fenway Park 100–41
142 September 8 Yankees 3–2 Red Sox Cone Fenway Park 101–41
143 September 9 Yankees 7–5 Red Sox Fenway Park 102–41
144 September 10 Blue Jays 8–5 Yankees Pettitte Yankee Stadium 103–41
145 September 11 Blue Jays 5–4 Yankees Irabu Yankee Stadium 103–42
146 September 12 Blue Jays 5–3 Yankees Yankee Stadium 103–43
147 September 13 Blue Jays 5–3 Yankees Cone Yankee Stadium 103–44
148 September 14 Red Sox 3–0 Yankees Hernández Yankee Stadium 104–44
149 September 15 Red Sox 9–4 Yankees Yankee Stadium 104–45
150 September 16 Yankees 7–0 Devil Rays Pettitte Tropicana Field 104–46
151 September 17 Yankees 4–0 Devil Rays Irabu Tropicana Field 105–46
152 September 18 Yankees 15–5 Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards 106–46
153 September 19 Yankees 5–3 Orioles Cone Oriole Park at Camden Yards 106–47
154 September 20 Yankees 5–4 Orioles Hernández Oriole Park at Camden Yards 107–47
155 September 21 Indians 4–1 Yankees Pettitte Yankee Stadium 107–48
156 September 22 Indians 10–4 Yankees Yankee Stadium 108–48
157 Indians 5–1 Yankees Irabu Yankee Stadium 109–48
158 September 23 Indians 8–4 Yankees Yankee Stadium 110–48
159 September 24 Devil Rays 5–2 Yankees Yankee Stadium 111–48
160 September 25 Devil Rays 6–1 Yankees Hernández Yankee Stadium 112–48
161 September 26 Devil Rays 3–1 Yankees Cone Yankee Stadium 113–48
162 September 27 Devil Rays 8–3 Yankees Yankee Stadium 114–48


Player stats [edit]

= Indicates team leader

Batting [edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Jorge Posada 111 358 96 .268 17 63
1B Tino Martinez 142 531 149 .281 28 123
2B Chuck Knoblauch 150 603 160 .265 17 64
3B Scott Brosius 152 530 159 .300 19 98
SS Derek Jeter 149 626 203 .324 19 84
LF Chad Curtis 151 456 111 .243 10 56
CF Bernie Williams 128 499 169 .339 26 97
RF Paul O'Neill 152 602 191 .317 24 116
DH Darryl Strawberry 101 295 73 .247 24 57

Other batters [edit]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tim Raines 109 321 93 .290 5 47
Joe Girardi 78 254 70 .276 3 31
Luis Sojo 54 147 34 .231 0 14
Chili Davis 35 103 30 .291 3 9
Ricky Ledée 42 79 19 .241 1 12
Homer Bush 45 71 27 .380 1 5
Shane Spencer 27 67 25 .373 10 27
Dale Sveum 30 58 9 .155 0 3
Mike Lowell 8 15 4 .267 0 0
Mike Figga 1 4 1 .250 0 0

Starting pitchers [edit]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Orlando Hernández 21 141.0 12 4 3.13 131
David Wells 30 214.3 18 4 3.49 163
David Cone 31 207.7 20 7 3.55 209
Hideki Irabu 29 173.0 13 9 4.06 129
Andy Pettitte 33 216.3 16 11 4.24 146

Relief pitchers [edit]

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Mariano Rivera 54 61.1 3 0 36 1.91 36
Mike Stanton 67 79.0 4 1 6 5.47 69
Graeme Lloyd 50 37.2 3 0 0 1.67 20
Jeff Nelson 45 40.1 5 3 3 3.79 35

Other pitchers [edit]

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Ramiro Mendoza 41 130.1 10 2 1 3.25 56
Mike Buddie 24 41.2 4 1 0 5.62 20
Willie Banks 9 14.1 1 1 0 10.05 8
Ryan Bradley 5 12.2 2 1 0 5.68 13
Joe Borowski 8 9.2 1 0 0 6.52 7
Jim Bruske 3 9.0 1 0 0 3.00 3
Jay Tessmer 7 8.2 1 0 0 3.12 6
Mike Jerzembeck 3 6.1 0 1 0 12.79 1
Todd Erdos 2 2.0 0 0 0 9.00 0

ALDS [edit]

Main article: 1998 American League Division Series

Game 1 [edit]

September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
New York 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 6 0
WP: David Wells (1-0)   LP: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)

Game 2 [edit]

September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
New York 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3 8 0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0)   LP: Rick Helling (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
TEX: None
NYY: Shane Spencer, Scott Brosius

Game 3 [edit]

October 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (Texas Rangers)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 9 1
Texas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
WP: David Cone (1-0)   LP: Aaron Sele (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Shane Spencer, Paul O'Neill
TEX: None

ALCS [edit]

Main article: 1998 American League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4-2

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1 New York 7 Cleveland 2 October 6 1-0 (NYY)
2 New York 1 Cleveland 4 October 7 1-1
3 Cleveland 6 New York 1 October 9 2-1 (CLE)
4 Cleveland 0 New York 4 October 10 2-2
5 Cleveland 3 New York 5 October 11 3-2 (NYY)
6 New York 9 Cleveland 5 October 13 4-2 (NYY)

World series [edit]

Main article: 1998 World Series

Game 1 [edit]

October 17, 1998 at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Diego 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 8 1
New York 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 X 9 9 1
WP: David Wells (1-0)   LP: Donne Wall (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
SD: Greg Vaughn 2 (2), Tony Gwynn (1)
NYY: Chuck Knoblauch (1), Tino Martinez (1)

Game 2 [edit]

October 18, 1998 at Yankeee Stadium in New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Diego 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 10 1
New York 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 9 16 0
WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0)   LP: Andy Ashby (0-1)
Home runs:
SD: None
NYY: Bernie Williams (1), Jorge Posada (1)

Game 3 [edit]

October 20, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 9 1
San Diego 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 7 1
WP: Ramiro Mendoza (1-0)   LP: Trevor Hoffman (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
NYY: Scott Brosius 2 (2)
SD: None

Game 4 [edit]

October 21, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 9 0
San Diego 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (3)

Awards and honors [edit]

All-Star Game

Farm system [edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Stump Merrill
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Trey Hillman
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Lee Mazzilli
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Tom Nieto
Short-Season A Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Joe Arnold
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Ken Dominguez

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Oneonta[18]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Olney, Buster (October 23, 1998). "After Century of Baseball, How Do Yanks Stack Up?". The New York Times. p. A1. "Then there is the 1986 Mets, who won 108 games in the regular season and 8 more in the post-season, beating Houston in the NL playoffs and the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. They had a deep roster, graced by the likes of Darryl Strawberry, Keith Hernandez, and Gary Carter, and excellent pitching. But the 1998 Yankees are a far superior defensive team, and again, relative to their peers, the Yankees fare better." 
  2. ^ The Sporting News (2000). The subway series: the Yankees, the Mets and a season to remember. St. Louis, Mo. ISBN 0-89204-659-7. 
  3. ^ Charlie Hayes Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
  5. ^ Scott Brosius Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ a b http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml
  7. ^ Chili Davis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ Darryl Strawberry Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ Tim Raines Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ a b http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lintodo01.shtml
  11. ^ Chuck Knoblauch Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ^ Mark Prior Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hensodr01.shtml
  14. ^ Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  15. ^ Alfonso Soriano Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  16. ^ David Wells Perfect Game Box Score by Baseball Almanac
  17. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
  18. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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DATE: 2013/04/13
LENGTH: 0 min.
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LENGTH: 0 min.
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DATE: 2013/05/10
LENGTH: 0 min.
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DATE: 2013/05/03
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BAL@OAK: Machado lays out near the line to save a hit
DATE: 2013/04/27
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