1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1998 season saw the sale of the franchise from Peter O'Malley to the Fox Entertainment Group take effect. The new corporate executives would quickly anger Dodger fans when they bypassed General Manager Fred Claire and made one of the biggest trades in franchise history. They traded All-Star catcher Mike Piazza and starting third baseman Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for a package that included Gary Sheffield.

1998 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Fox Entertainment Group
General manager(s)Fred Claire, Tommy Lasorda
Manager(s)Bill Russell, Glenn Hoffman
Local televisionFox Sports West 2; KTLA (5)
Local radioXTRA Sports 1150
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas, Pepe Yñiguez
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The team on the field performed poorly under all the stress and soon Fox fired Claire and manager Bill Russell, replacing them with former Manager Tommy Lasorda, who was appointed interim GM and Minor League manager Glenn Hoffman who took over for Russell. The team limped along to finish in third place in the National League West and more changes were in the offing for the following season.

Regular season
Don Sutton's number 20 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998.

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 9864 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
San Francisco Giants 8974 0.546 9½ 49–32 40–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8379 0.512 15 48–33 35–46
Colorado Rockies 7785 0.475 21 42–39 35–46
Arizona Diamondbacks 6597 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 —1–85–74–56–66–24–54–86–32–74–52–76–33–95–72–75–8
Atlanta 8–1—3–67–25–37–54–58–17–26–69–38–47–25–47–26–39–7
Chicago 7–56–3—6–57–27–24–74–56–67–24–53–68–35–47–34–75–8
Cincinnati 5–42–75–6—4–59–03–85–46–58–13–64–55–71–112–78–37-6
Colorado 6–63–52–75–4—6–36–56–64–77–23–65–45–45–77–53–64–8
Florida 2–65–72–70–93–6—3–64–50–95–75–76–63–64–50–94–58–8
Houston 5–45–47–48–35–66-3—3–69–27–25–47–29–25–46–35–710–4
Los Angeles 8–41–85–44–56–65–46–3—5–45–43–55–47–55–76–64–58–5
Milwaukee 3–62–76–65–67–49–02–94–5—6–31–84–56–53–65–43–88–6
Montreal 7–26–62–71–82–77–52–74–53–6—8–45–72–74–43–63–66–10
New York 5–43–95–46–36–37–54–55–38–14–8—8–44–54–54–56–39–7
Philadelphia 7-24–86–35–44–56–62–74–55–47–54–8—8–11–82–63–67–9
Pittsburgh 3–62–73–87–54–56–32–95–75–67–25–41–8—5–42–76–56–7
San Diego 9–34–54–511–17–55–44–57–56–34–45–48–14–5—8–46–36–7
San Francisco 7–52–73–77–25–79–03–66–64–56–35–46–27–24–8—7–58–5
St. Louis 7–23–67–43–86–35-47–55–48–36–33–66–35–63–65–7—4–9

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Eric YoungSecond baseman
José VizcaínoShortstop
Mike PiazzaCatcher
Todd ZeileThird baseman
Raúl MondesíRight fielder
Paul KonerkoFirst baseman
Todd HollandsworthLeft fielder
Trenidad HubbardCenter fielder
Ramón MartínezStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1998 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Chan Ho Park3434220.715-93.71971912
Ismael Valdez 2727174.011-103.98661222
Darren Dreifort3226180.08-124.00571681
Dave Mlicki2020124.37-34.0538782
Ramón Martínez 1515101.77-32.8341911
Brian Bohanon141497.35-72.4036722
Hideo Nomo121267.72-75.0538732
Carlos Perez111177.74-43.2430464

Relief Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Jeff Shaw34035.31-42.5572625
Scott Radinsky62061.76-62.63204513
Antonio Osuna54064.77-13.0632726
Mark Guthrie53054.02-13.5024450
Jim Bruske35044.03-03.4819311
Dennys Reyes11328.70-44.7120330
Brad Clontz18020.72-05.6610140
Frank Lankford12019.70-25.95771
Greg McMichael12014.30-14.406111
Sean Maloney11012.70-14.975110
Mike Judd7011.30-015.099140
Darren Hall11011.30-310.32580
Eric Weaver709.72-00.93650
Jeff Kubenka609.31-00.968100
Gary Rath303.30-010.80240
Will Brunson202.30-111.57210
Manuel Barrios101.00-00.00200

Batting Stats
NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Charles JohnsonC102346.217317512353
Mike PiazzaC37149.28220429300
Tom PrinceC3781.1857115050
Paul Lo DucaC614.28624010
Ángel PeñaC613.23113000
Eric Karros1B139507.2965915023877
Eric Young2B117452.2857812984342
José Vizcaíno SS67237.26230623297
Adrián Beltré3B/SS77195.21518427223
Bobby Bonilla3B/LF72236.23728567301
Juan Castro2B/SS89220.19525432140
Mark GrudzielanekSS51193.26411512217
Wilton Guerrero2B/SS/LF/CF64180.2832151075
Todd Zeile3B/1B40158.25322407271
Paul Konerko1B/3B/LF49144.2151431020
Alex CoraSS/2B2933.12114000
Tripp CromerIF66.167111110
Mike Metcalfe2B41.00000002
Gary SheffieldRF90301.3165295165718
Raúl MondesíCF/RF148580.27985162309016
Todd HollandsworthLF/CF/RF55175.26923473204
Roger CedeñoLF/CF/RF105240.24233582178
Trenidad HubbardCF/LF/RF/3B94208.29829627189
Matt LukeLF/RF/1B69160.21324349232
Jim EisenreichLF/1B/RF75127.1971225064
Thomas HowardCF/LF/RF4776.184914241
Mike DevereauxCF/LF/RF913.30804010
Damon HollinsRF/LF59.22212020

1998 Awards

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Glenn Hoffman
Ron Roenicke
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Ron Roenicke
Lance Parrish
High A San Bernardino Stampede California League Mickey Hatcher
Joe Vavra
Tim Wallach
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League John Shoemaker
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Tony Harris
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Dino Ebel
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2		 Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball draft
Main article: 1998 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, only four of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first round pick was outfielder Bubba Crosby from Rice University. He played nine games for the Dodgers before he was traded to the New York Yankees, where he was a part-time player for three seasons. He hit .216 in 205 games in the Majors.

This draft also included pitcher Scott Proctor (5th round) from Florida State University and catcher David Ross (7th round) from the University of Florida. Proctor was a relief pitcher in the Majors, who played in seven seasons (two for the Dodgers) and was 18-16 with a 4.78 ERA in 307 games (most prominently with the New York Yankees). Ross was primarily been a backup catcher during his two decade career which began in 2002 and ended in 2016.

References
  1. 1998 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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