1998 Baltimore Orioles roster: 79-83

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 30 clubs that season.

1998 Orioles roster: batting

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1998 Baltimore Orioles batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
RPRafael Palmeiro	1B	162	619	98	183	43	121	11	.296	.379	.945
CRCal Ripken	3B	161	601	65	163	14	61	0	.271	.331	.721
RARoberto Alomar	2B	147	588	86	166	14	56	18	.282	.347	.765
BSB.J. Surhoff	LF	162	573	79	160	22	92	9	.279	.332	.789
BABrady Anderson	CF	133	479	84	113	18	51	21	.236	.356	.776
MBMike Bordick	SS	151	465	59	121	13	51	6	.260	.328	.739
EDEric Davis	RF	131	452	81	148	28	89	7	.327	.388	.970
LWLenny Webster	C	108	309	37	88	10	46	0	.285	.317	.751
Harold Baines	DH	104	293	40	88	9	57	0	.300	.369	.819
CHChris Hoiles	C	97	267	36	70	15	56	0	.262	.358	.833
JRJeff Reboulet	2B	79	126	20	31	1	8	0	.246	.351	.669
LMLyle Mouton	LF	18	39	5	12	2	7	0	.308	.372	.885
DCDanny Clyburn	LF	11	25	6	7	1	3	0	.280	.308	.708
CGCharlie Greene	C	13	21	1	4	0	0	0	.190	.190	.429
CPCalvin Pickering	DH	9	21	4	5	2	3	1	.238	.333	.857
RMRyan Minor	3B	9	14	3	6	0	1	0	.429	.429	.929
JTJesus Tavarez	CF	8	11	2	2	1	1	0	.182	.308	.762
PFP.J. Forbes	2B	9	10	0	1	0	2	0	.100	.100	.200
Jerry Hairston Jr.	3B	6	7	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
WOWillis Otanez	3B	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400
GKGene Kingsale	CF	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1998 Orioles roster: pitching

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1998 Baltimore Orioles pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
SEScott Erickson	SP	36	36	16	13	4.01	251.1	186	1.40	0
MMMike Mussina	SP	29	29	13	10	3.49	206.1	175	1.11	0
SPSidney Ponson	SP	31	20	8	9	5.27	135.0	85	1.47	1
DDDoug Drabek	SP	23	21	6	11	7.29	108.2	55	1.54	0
DJDoug Johns	RP	31	10	3	3	4.57	86.2	34	1.62	1
JKJimmy Key	RP	25	11	6	3	4.20	79.1	53	1.26	0
Arthur Rhodes	RP	45	0	4	4	3.51	77.0	83	1.29	4
Alan Mills	RP	72	0	3	4	3.74	77.0	57	1.36	2
ABArmando Benitez	RP	71	0	5	6	3.82	68.1	87	1.27	22
JOJesse Orosco	RP	69	0	4	1	3.18	56.2	50	1.31	7
SKScott Kamieniecki	RP	12	11	2	6	6.75	54.2	25	1.70	0
TMTerry Mathews	RP	17	0	0	1	6.20	20.1	10	1.67	0
RCRocky Coppinger	RP	6	1	0	0	5.17	15.2	13	1.47	0
BMBobby Munoz	RP	9	1	0	0	9.75	12.0	6	2.00	0
CFChris Fussell	RP	3	2	0	1	8.38	9.2	8	2.07	0
RLRichie Lewis	RP	2	1	0	0	15.43	4.2	4	2.79	0
JBJoel Bennett	SP	2	0	0	0	4.50	2.0	0	2.50	0
RDRadhames Dykhoff	RP	1	0	0	0	18.00	1.0	1	3.00	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

1. Mar 31, 1998vs KCL 1-4
2. Apr 1, 1998vs KCW 10-1
3. Apr 2, 1998vs KCW 4-3
4. Apr 3, 1998vs DETW 10-2
5. Apr 4, 1998vs DETW 2-1
6. Apr 5, 1998vs DETW 6-3
7. Apr 7, 1998@ KCW 11-7
8. Apr 9, 1998@ KCW 2-1
9. Apr 10, 1998@ DETL 1-7
10. Apr 11, 1998@ DETW 2-0
11. Apr 12, 1998@ DETW 6-3
12. Apr 14, 1998vs CHWW 4-3
13. Apr 15, 1998vs CHWL 6-7
14. Apr 16, 1998vs CHWL 2-8
15. Apr 17, 1998@ TEXL 4-6
16. Apr 18, 1998@ TEXW 10-8
17. Apr 19, 1998@ TEXL 7-11
18. Apr 20, 1998@ LAAL 3-4
19. Apr 21, 1998@ LAAW 8-3
20. Apr 22, 1998@ LAAL 6-7
21. Apr 24, 1998vs ATHL 1-10
22. Apr 25, 1998vs ATHW 8-2
23. Apr 26, 1998vs ATHL 4-12
24. Apr 27, 1998vs LAAL 1-3
25. Apr 28, 1998vs LAAL 5-6
26. Apr 29, 1998@ CHWL 7-16
27. Apr 30, 1998@ CHWW 4-1
28. May 1, 1998vs MINW 6-3
29. May 2, 1998vs MINL 7-8
30. May 3, 1998vs MINW 2-0
31. May 5, 1998@ CLEL 5-6
32. May 6, 1998@ CLEL 5-14
33. May 8, 1998@ TBW 8-2
34. May 9, 1998@ TBW 7-0
35. May 10, 1998@ TBL 3-4
36. May 11, 1998@ MINW 4-0
37. May 12, 1998@ MINL 4-7
38. May 13, 1998vs CLEW 8-1
39. May 14, 1998vs CLEL 4-5
40. May 15, 1998vs TBL 1-4
41. May 16, 1998vs TBL 2-5
42. May 17, 1998vs TBL 3-7
43. May 18, 1998vs TBL 3-6
44. May 19, 1998@ NYYL 5-9
45. May 20, 1998@ NYYL 6-9
46. May 21, 1998@ NYYL 1-3
47. May 22, 1998@ ATHL 5-9
48. May 23, 1998@ ATHW 9-1
49. May 24, 1998@ ATHW 2-1
50. May 25, 1998@ SEAL 4-12
51. May 26, 1998@ SEAW 8-3
52. May 28, 1998vs TEXW 5-2
53. May 29, 1998vs TEXW 6-3
54. May 30, 1998vs TEXL 8-10
55. May 31, 1998vs TEXL 5-9
56. Jun 1, 1998vs SEAW 10-9
57. Jun 2, 1998vs SEAW 9-8
58. Jun 3, 1998@ BOSW 3-0
59. Jun 4, 1998@ BOSL 1-9
60. Jun 5, 1998vs ATLW 3-2
61. Jun 6, 1998vs ATLL 5-10
62. Jun 7, 1998vs ATLL 0-9
63. Jun 8, 1998@ PHIW 14-8
64. Jun 9, 1998@ PHIL 0-2
65. Jun 10, 1998@ PHIW 5-2
66. Jun 12, 1998@ TORW 9-5
67. Jun 13, 1998@ TORL 8-9
68. Jun 14, 1998@ TORL 4-7
69. Jun 15, 1998vs NYYW 7-4
70. Jun 16, 1998vs NYYW 2-0
71. Jun 17, 1998vs NYYL 3-5
72. Jun 18, 1998vs TORL 6-13
73. Jun 19, 1998vs TORW 7-4
74. Jun 20, 1998vs TORW 11-3
75. Jun 21, 1998vs TORL 3-7
76. Jun 22, 1998vs NYMW 7-2
77. Jun 22, 1998vs NYMW 7-2
78. Jun 23, 1998vs NYML 3-6
79. Jun 24, 1998@ NYML 3-6
80. Jun 25, 1998@ NYML 2-3
81. Jun 26, 1998@ WSHL 4-9
82. Jun 27, 1998@ WSHL 1-3
83. Jun 28, 1998@ WSHL 4-8
84. Jun 30, 1998vs MIAL 5-7
85. Jul 1, 1998vs MIAL 3-5
86. Jul 2, 1998vs MIAW 5-3
87. Jul 3, 1998@ NYYL 2-3
88. Jul 4, 1998@ NYYL 3-4
89. Jul 5, 1998@ NYYL 0-1
90. Jul 9, 1998vs BOSW 3-2
91. Jul 10, 1998vs BOSW 3-2
92. Jul 11, 1998vs BOSW 2-1
93. Jul 12, 1998vs BOSW 11-7
94. Jul 13, 1998vs TORW 5-0
95. Jul 14, 1998vs TORW 11-5
96. Jul 15, 1998@ TEXW 14-3
97. Jul 16, 1998@ TEXW 9-3
98. Jul 17, 1998@ LAAW 4-1
99. Jul 18, 1998@ LAAL 3-8
100. Jul 19, 1998@ LAAW 7-4
101. Jul 21, 1998vs ATHW 7-1
102. Jul 22, 1998vs ATHW 5-4
103. Jul 23, 1998vs ATHW 9-7
104. Jul 24, 1998vs SEAW 7-4
105. Jul 25, 1998vs SEAL 2-4
106. Jul 26, 1998vs SEAL 4-10
107. Jul 28, 1998@ DETW 6-5
108. Jul 29, 1998@ DETW 14-2
109. Jul 30, 1998@ DETW 6-4
110. Jul 31, 1998@ KCL 6-9
111. Aug 1, 1998@ KCL 5-9
112. Aug 2, 1998@ KCW 9-2
113. Aug 4, 1998vs DETW 4-0
114. Aug 5, 1998vs DETW 6-1
115. Aug 7, 1998@ MINW 16-9
116. Aug 8, 1998@ MINW 6-3
117. Aug 9, 1998@ MINL 4-5
118. Aug 10, 1998@ TBW 2-1
119. Aug 11, 1998@ TBL 1-2
120. Aug 12, 1998@ TBW 7-0
121. Aug 13, 1998@ CLEW 7-4
122. Aug 13, 1998@ CLEW 7-4
123. Aug 14, 1998@ CLEW 15-3
124. Aug 15, 1998@ CLEW 9-8
125. Aug 16, 1998@ CLEL 3-5
126. Aug 17, 1998vs MINW 3-2
127. Aug 18, 1998vs MINW 7-1
128. Aug 19, 1998vs TBW 6-4
129. Aug 20, 1998vs TBL 2-4
130. Aug 21, 1998vs CLEL 3-6
131. Aug 22, 1998vs CLEW 6-3
132. Aug 23, 1998vs CLEL 1-4
133. Aug 25, 1998@ CHWL 4-6
134. Aug 26, 1998@ CHWL 5-12
135. Aug 27, 1998@ CHWL 4-7
136. Aug 28, 1998vs KCL 5-6
137. Aug 29, 1998vs KCL 1-2
138. Aug 30, 1998vs KCL 2-3
139. Aug 31, 1998vs CHWL 1-4
140. Sep 1, 1998vs CHWL 5-9
141. Sep 2, 1998vs CHWL 2-3
142. Sep 4, 1998@ SEAW 10-1
143. Sep 5, 1998@ SEAL 5-6
144. Sep 6, 1998@ SEAW 5-2
145. Sep 7, 1998@ SEAL 1-11
146. Sep 8, 1998@ ATHW 5-2
147. Sep 9, 1998@ ATHW 6-2
148. Sep 11, 1998vs LAAW 8-3
149. Sep 12, 1998vs LAAW 3-2
150. Sep 13, 1998vs LAAW 12-7
151. Sep 14, 1998vs TEXW 1-0
152. Sep 15, 1998vs TEXL 5-6
153. Sep 16, 1998vs BOSL 3-4
154. Sep 16, 1998vs BOSL 3-4
155. Sep 17, 1998vs BOSL 2-3
156. Sep 18, 1998vs NYYL 5-15
157. Sep 19, 1998vs NYYW 5-3
158. Sep 20, 1998vs NYYL 4-5
159. Sep 21, 1998@ TORL 1-3
160. Sep 22, 1998@ TORL 3-7
161. Sep 23, 1998@ TORL 3-6
162. Sep 24, 1998@ BOSL 6-9
163. Sep 25, 1998@ BOSL 3-8
164. Sep 26, 1998@ BOSW 5-2
165. Sep 27, 1998@ BOSL 4-6