1998 Cincinnati Reds season

1998 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkCinergy Field
CityCincinnati
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place4th
OwnersMarge Schott
General managersJim Bowden
ManagersJack McKeon
TelevisionWSTR/WKRC-TV
Fox Sports Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
RadioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
Seasons

The 1998 Cincinnati Reds season was the 129th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 29th and 28th full season at Cinergy Field The Reds improved on their record of 76–86 from 1997 and finished the season at 77–85, but missed the postseason for the 3rd consecutive season.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 102 60 .630 — 55‍–‍26 47‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs 90 73 .552 12½ 51‍–‍31 39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 .512 19 48‍–‍34 35‍–‍45
77 85 .475 25 39‍–‍42 38‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 74 88 .457 28 38‍–‍43 36‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 69 93 .426 33 40‍–‍40 29‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1998
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MTL 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
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 8, 1998: Buddy Carlyle was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Diego Padres for Marc Kroon.[8]
  • June 24, 1998: Dave Weathers was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • July 4, 1998: Jeff Shaw was traded by the Reds to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Paul Konerko and Dennys Reyes.[9]
  • July 21, 1998: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[10]

Draft picks

  • June 2, 1998: Adam Dunn was drafted by the Reds in the 2nd round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 11, 1998.[11]
  • June 2, 1998: Termel Sledge was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 45th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.

Roster

1998 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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
C Ed Taubensee 130 491 120 .278 11 72
1B Sean Casey 96 351 82 .272 7 52
2B Bret Boone 157 648 155 .266 24 95
SS Barry Larkin 145 626 166 .309 17 72
3B Willie Greene 111 417 96 .270 14 49
LF Dmitri Young 144 590 166 .310 14 83
CF Reggie Sanders 135 481 129 .268 14 59
RF Jon Nunnally 74 213 36 .207 7 20
  • Stats through the end of the 1998 season

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
Chris Stynes 123 347 88 .254 6 27
Aaron Boone 58 181 51 .282 2 28
Eduardo Pérez 84 172 41 .238 4 30
Pat Watkins 83 147 39 .265 2 15
Brook Fordyce 57 146 37 .253 3 14
Pokey Reese 59 133 34 .256 1 16
Lenny Harris 57 122 36 .295 0 10
Melvin Nieves 83 119 30 .252 2 17
Mike Frank 28 89 20 .225 0 7
Jeffrey Hammonds 26 86 26 .302 0 11
Paul Konerko 26 73 16 .219 3 13
Roberto Petagine 34 62 16 .258 3 7
Damian Jackson 13 38 12 .316 0 7
Guillermo Garcia 12 36 7 .194 2 4
Tony Tarasco 15 24 5 .208 1 4
Stephen Larkin 1 3 1 .333 0 0

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
Brett Tomko 34 210.2 13 12 4.44 162
Pete Harnisch 32 209.0 14 7 3.14 157
Mike Remlinger 35 164.1 8 15 4.82 144
Steve Parris 18 99.0 6 5 3.73 77
Scott Winchester 16 79.0 3 6 5.81 40
Jason Bere 9 43.2 3 2 4.12 31
Dennys Reyes 8 38.2 3 1 4.42 44
Scott Klingenbeck 4 22.2 1 3 5.96 13
Eddie Priest 2 6.0 0 1 10.50 1
Steve Cooke 1 6.0 1 0 1.50 3

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
David Weathers 16 62.1 2 4 6.21 51

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
Jeff Shaw 39 2 4 23 1.81 29
Gabe White 69 5 5 9 4.01 83
Scott Sullivan 67 5 5 1 5.21 86
Danny Graves 62 2 1 8 3.32 44
Stan Belinda 40 4 8 1 3.23 57
John Hudek 30 4 2 0 2.43 40
Rick Krivda 16 0 2 0 11.28 19
Mark Hutton 10 0 1 0 7.41 3
Todd Williams 6 0 1 0 7.71 4
Ricardo Jordan 6 1 0 0 24.30 1
Marc Kroon 4 0 0 0 13.50 4
Keith Glauber 3 0 0 0 2.35 4
Lenny Harris 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians International League Dave Miley
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Mark Berry
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Phillip Wellman
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Barry Lyons
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Russ Nixon

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References

  1. ^ Melvin Nieves at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mike Kelly at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Ricardo Jordan at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b "David Weathers Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  5. ^ José Rijo at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Pete Rose at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Midre Cummings at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ "Buddy Carlyle Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  9. ^ Paul Konerko at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Jason Bere at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Adam Dunn at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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