1998 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Cinergy Field | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Record | 77–85 (.475) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Marge Schott | |
General managers | Jim Bowden | |
Managers | Jack McKeon | |
Television | WSTR/WKRC-TV Fox Sports Ohio (George Grande, Chris Welsh) | |
Radio | WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall) | |
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The Cincinnati Reds' 1998 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central.
Offseason
[edit]- November 11, 1997: Paul Bako and Donne Wall were traded by the Reds to the Detroit Tigers for Melvin Nieves.[1]
- November 11, 1997: Mike Kelly was traded by the Reds to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later. The Devil Rays completed the deal by sending Dmitri Young to the Reds on November 18.[2]
- November 27, 1997: Ricardo Jordan was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[3]
- December 20, 1997: Dave Weathers was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.[4]
- January 8, 1998: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[5]
- January 12, 1998: Pete Rose Jr. was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[6]
- March 19, 1998: Midre Cummings was selected off waivers from the Reds by the Boston Red Sox.[7]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
Cincinnati Reds | 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
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | 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 |
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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David Weathers | 16 | 62.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.21 | 51 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Melvin Nieves at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mike Kelly at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ricardo Jordan at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b "David Weathers Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
- ^ José Rijo at Baseball Reference
- ^ Pete Rose at Baseball Reference
- ^ Midre Cummings at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Buddy Carlyle Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
- ^ Paul Konerko at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jason Bere at Baseball Reference
- ^ Adam Dunn at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- 1998 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference