1998 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place4th
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersPat Gillick
ManagersRay Miller
TelevisionWJZ-TV/WNUV
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Rick Cerone)
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)
Seasons

The 1998 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, the first of 14 consecutive losing seasons.

Offseason

  • December 11, 1997: Doug Drabek was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[1]
  • December 12, 1997: Joe Carter was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]

Regular season


Eddie
Murray
1B
Retired 1998
* From July 2 to August 15, Eric Davis hits in 30 consecutive games during which time he hits .400 (52-130) with 10 home runs and 35 runs batted in.[3][4]
  • On September 29, 1998, Ryan Minor would make his Major League debut, replacing Cal Ripken Jr. in the Orioles lineup.[5]
  • The 1998 Baltimore Orioles season marks the last time a team other than the New York Yankees had the highest payroll in baseball until 2013, when New York was surpassed by the Los Angeles Dodgers.[6]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 11448 0.704 — 62–19 52–29
Boston Red Sox 9270 0.568 22 51–30 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 8874 0.543 26 51–30 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 7983 0.488 35 42–39 37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399 0.389 51 33–48 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —5–66–55–64–78–36–56–56–55–79–36–55–74–710–6
Baltimore 6–5—6–62–95–610–15–67–33–98–36–55–76–55–75–11
Boston 5–66–6—5–68–35–58–35–65–79–27–49–36–55–79–7
Chicago 6–59–26–5—6–66–68–46–64–74–74–75–65–64–6–17–9
Cleveland 7–46–53–86–6—9–38–46–64–73–89–27–34–77–410–6
Detroit 3–81–105–56–63–9—6–68–43–87–43–85–63–85–67–9
Kansas City 5–66–53–84–84–86–6—7–50–107–44–68–33–86–59–7
Minnesota 5–63–76–56–66–64–85–7—4–74–72–97–47–44–77–9
New York 5–69–37–57–47–48–310–07–4—8–38–311–18–36–613–3
Oakland 7–53–82–97–48–34–74–77–43–8—5–75–66–65–68–8
Seattle 3–95–64–77–42–98–36–49–23–87–5—6–55–74–77–9
Tampa Bay 5–67–53–96–53–76–53–84–71–116–55–6—4–75–75–11
Texas 7–55–65–66–57–48–38–34–73–86–67–57–4—7–48–8
Toronto 7–47–57–56–4–14–76–55–67–46–66–57–47–54–7—9–7

Notable transactions

All good things must come to an end

In June, Cal Ripken Jr. began to contemplate ending his still-active, record-breaking streak of consecutive games played. However, the Orioles were still in contention for a wild-card spot in the playoffs at that point, so he continued playing. By mid-September, after the team fell out of wild-card contention, Ripken decided that, since the games that began his streak (May 30, 1982), tied Lou Gehrig's old record of 2,130 games (September 5, 1995) and surpassed it (September 6, 1995) all took place in his Baltimore hometown, it would be most appropriate to bring his incredible run to a close at home also. Thus, on September 20, after playing 2,632 games without a break, Cal Ripken Jr. asked to be taken out of the starting lineup for the Orioles' last home game of the season against the New York Yankees. Everybody was stunned when rookie Ryan Minor took third base instead of Ripken for the start of the game. The game's first batter, New York's Chuck Knoblauch, grounded out to shortstop for the first out, officially ending Ripken's streak and prompting both teams and the fans to give "The Iron Man" a thunderous ovation for his monumental achievement.

Roster

1998 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CChris Hoiles9726770.2621556
1BRafael Palmeiro162619183.29643121
2BRoberto Alomar147588166.2821456
3BCal Ripken161601163.2711461
SSMike Bordick151465121.2601351
LFB.J. Surhoff162573160.2792292
CFBrady Anderson133479113.2361851
RFEric Davis131452148.3272889
DHHarold Baines10429388.300957

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
Lenny Webster10830988.2851046
Joe Carter8528370.2471134
Jeffrey Hammonds6317146.269628
Jeff Reboulet7912631.24618
Rich Becker7911323.204311
Willie Greene24406.15015
Lyle Mouton183912.30827
Danny Clyburn11257.28013
Charlie Greene13214.19000
Calvin Pickering9215.23823
Ozzie Guillén12161.06300
Ryan Minor9146.42901
Jesús Tavárez8112.18211
P. J. Forbes9101.10002
Jerry Hairston Jr.670.00000
Willis Otáñez351.20000
Gene Kingsale1120.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Scott Erickson36251.116134.01186
Juan Guzmán33211.010164.35168
Mike Mussina29206.113103.49175
Doug Drabek23108.26117.2955
Scott Kamieniecki1254.2266.7525

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sidney Ponson31135.0895.2785
Doug Johns3186.2334.5734
Jimmy Key2579.1634.2053
Nerio Rodríguez619.0138.058
Rocky Coppinger615.2005.1713
Bobby Muñoz912.0009.756
Chris Fussell39.2018.388
Richie Lewis24.20015.434

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Armando Benítez7156223.8287
Alan Mills723423.7457
Jesse Orosco694173.1850
Arthur Rhodes454443.5183
Norm Charlton362106.9441
Pete Smith272306.2029
Terry Mathews170106.2010
Joel Bennett20004.500
Radhames Dykhoff100018.001

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Marv Foley
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Joe Ferguson
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Tommy Shields
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Dave Machemer
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Andy Etchebarren
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Butch Davis

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References

  1. ↑ "Doug Drabek Stats".
  2. 1 2 "Joe Carter Stats".
  3. ↑ "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on April 26, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Top Performances for Eric Davis at Retrosheet". retrosheet.org. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.224
  6. ↑ "MLB 2013 Payroll Tracker". Spotrac.com. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  7. ↑ Cliff Lee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ "Rich Becker Stats".
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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