1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 117th season of the franchise; the 112th in the National League. This was their 29th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 69–93.

1998 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record69–93 (.426)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)Gene Lamont
Local televisionWPGH-TV & WCWB-TV
Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Local radioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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Regular season

Season standings
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 10260 0.630 — 55–26 47–34
Chicago Cubs 9073 0.552 12½ 51–31 39–42
St. Louis Cardinals 8379 0.512 19 48–34 35–45
Cincinnati Reds 7785 0.475 25 39–42 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 7488 0.457 28 38–43 36–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 6993 0.426 33 40–40 29–53

Game log
1998 Game Log (69–93)
April (11–16)
May (15–14)
June (13–14)
July (11–15)
August (14–12)
September (5–22)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

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

Detailed records

Roster
1998 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Tony Womack2B
Jason KendallC
Al MartinLF
Kevin Young1B
Jermaine AllensworthCF
José GuillénRF
Freddy García3B
Lou CollierSS
Francisco CórdovaSP

Player stats
Batting
Pitching

Awards and honors

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Notable transactions

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds Pacific Coast League Trent Jewett
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Jeff Banister
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Jeff Richardson and Jeff Livesey
A Augusta Greenjackets South Atlantic League Marty Brown
A-Short Season Erie SeaWolves New York–Penn League Tracy Woodson
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

References
  1. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  2. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  3. Esteban Loaiza page at Baseball Reference
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