1998 San Francisco Giants season

1998 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
3Com Park at Candlestick Point (since 1960)
San Francisco, California (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter Magowan
General manager(s)	Brian Sabean
Manager(s)	Dusty Baker
Local television	KTVU (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller) Fox Sports Bay Area (Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper)
Local radio	KNBR (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller ) SP Radio (Erwin Higueros,Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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The 1998 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 116th season in Major League Baseball, their 41st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 39th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 89-74 record, 9½ games behind the San Diego Padres.

Offseason

• November 11, 1997: Chris Singleton and Alberto Castillo were traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Charlie Hayes and cash.^[1]
• November 21, 1997: Brent Mayne was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[2]
• December 6, 1997: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[3]
• January 21, 1998: Alex Diaz was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[4]
• January 29, 1998: Jalal Leach was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Scott Smith (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for David McCarty.^[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Rich Aurilia
• Barry Bonds
• Shawn Estes
• Darryl Hamilton
• Stan Javier
• John Johnstone
• Jeff Kent
• Bill Mueller
• J. T. Snow ^[6]

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	98	64	0.605	—	54–27	44–37
San Francisco Giants	89	74	0.546	9½	49–32	40–42
Los Angeles Dodgers	83	79	0.512	15	48–33	35–46
Colorado Rockies	77	85	0.475	21	42–39	35–46
Arizona Diamondbacks	65	97	0.401	33	34–47	31–50

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League Records Sources:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	1–8	5–7	4–5	6–6	6–2	4–5	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–5	2–7	6–3	3–9	5–7	2–7	5–8
Atlanta	8–1	—	3–6	7–2	5–3	7–5	4–5	8–1	7–2	6–6	9–3	8–4	7–2	5–4	7–2	6–3	9–7
Chicago	7–5	6–3	—	6–5	7–2	7–2	4–7	4–5	6–6	7–2	4–5	3–6	8–3	5–4	7–3	4–7	5–8
Cincinnati	5–4	2–7	5–6	—	4–5	9–0	3–8	5–4	6–5	8–1	3–6	4–5	5–7	1–11	2–7	8–3	7-6
Colorado	6–6	3–5	2–7	5–4	—	6–3	6–5	6–6	4–7	7–2	3–6	5–4	5–4	5–7	7–5	3–6	4–8
Florida	2–6	5–7	2–7	0–9	3–6	—	3–6	4–5	0–9	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–6	4–5	0–9	4–5	8–8
Houston	5–4	5–4	7–4	8–3	5–6	6-3	—	3–6	9–2	7–2	5–4	7–2	9–2	5–4	6–3	5–7	10–4
Los Angeles	8–4	1–8	5–4	4–5	6–6	5–4	6–3	—	5–4	5–4	3–5	5–4	7–5	5–7	6–6	4–5	8–5
Milwaukee	3–6	2–7	6–6	5–6	7–4	9–0	2–9	4–5	—	6–3	1–8	4–5	6–5	3–6	5–4	3–8	8–6
Montreal	7–2	6–6	2–7	1–8	2–7	7–5	2–7	4–5	3–6	—	8–4	5–7	2–7	4–4	3–6	3–6	6–10
New York	5–4	3–9	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–5	4–5	5–3	8–1	4–8	—	8–4	4–5	4–5	4–5	6–3	9–7
Philadelphia	7-2	4–8	6–3	5–4	4–5	6–6	2–7	4–5	5–4	7–5	4–8	—	8–1	1–8	2–6	3–6	7–9
Pittsburgh	3–6	2–7	3–8	7–5	4–5	6–3	2–9	5–7	5–6	7–2	5–4	1–8	—	5–4	2–7	6–5	6–7
San Diego	9–3	4–5	4–5	11–1	7–5	5–4	4–5	7–5	6–3	4–4	5–4	8–1	4–5	—	8–4	6–3	6–7
San Francisco	7–5	2–7	3–7	7–2	5–7	9–0	3–6	6–6	4–5	6–3	5–4	6–2	7–2	4–8	—	7–5	8–5
St. Louis	7–2	3–6	7–4	3–8	6–3	5-4	7–5	5–4	8–3	6–3	3–6	6–3	5–6	3–6	5–7	—	4–9

Notable transactions

• April 6, 1998: Jalal Leach was released by the San Francisco Giants.^[5]
• May 11, 1998: Jalal Leach was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[5]
• June 2, 1998: Cody Ransom was drafted by the Giants in the 9th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 4, 1998.^[7]
• July 23, 1998: Joe Carter was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Darin Blood (minors).^[8]
• September 14, 1998: Alex Diaz was released by the Giants.^[4]

Roster

1998 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 41 Cory Bailey 51 Chris Brock 43 Danny Darwin 55 Shawn Estes 26 Mark Gardner 45 Dean Hartgraves 53 Orel Hershiser 49 John Johnstone 47 José Mesa 52 Alvin Morman 31 Robb Nen 48 Russ Ortiz 19 Jim Poole 39 Steve Reed 33 Rich Rodriguez 46 Kirk Rueter 52 Julián Tavárez		Catchers 18 Brian Johnson  9 Brent Mayne 19 Doug Mirabelli Infielders 35 Rich Aurilia 47 Jeff Ball 62 Wilson Delgado  8 Shawon Dunston 13 Charlie Hayes 21 Jeff Kent 34 Ramón Martínez 32 Bill Mueller 14 Rey Sánchez  6 J. T. Snow		Outfielders  7 Marvin Benard 25 Barry Bonds 23 Ellis Burks 29 Joe Carter  1 Alex Diaz  5 Darryl Hamilton 28 Stan Javier  2 Chris Jones 30 Dante Powell  1 Armando Ríos Other batters 30 Jacob Cruz		Manager 12 Dusty Baker Coaches 17 Carlos Alfonso (first base) 20 Gene Clines (hitting) 15 Sonny Jackson (bench) 59 Juan Lopez (bullpen) 16 Ron Perranoski (pitching) 10 Ron Wotus (third base)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; 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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Alex Diaz	34	62	8	.129	0	5

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Award winners

• 1998 Jeff Kent 2B, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	Jim Davenport
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Mike Hart
A	Bakersfield Blaze	California League	Frank Reberger
A	San Jose Giants	California League	Shane Turner
A-Short Season	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes	Northwest League	Keith Comstock

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, Salem-Keizer^[9]

References

1. Charlie Hayes at Baseball Reference
2. Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
3. Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
4. Alex Diaz at Baseball Reference
5. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leachja01.shtml
6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1998&t=SFN
7. Cody Ransom at Baseball Reference
8. http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cartejo01.shtml
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1998 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1998 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac