1998 Boston Red Sox roster: 92-70

Team stats and league rank

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

1998 Red Sox roster: batting

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1998 Boston Red Sox 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.
TOTroy O'Leary	LF	156	611	95	165	23	83	2	.270	.314	.782
MVMo Vaughn	1B	154	609	107	205	40	115	0	.337	.402	.993
NGNomar Garciaparra	1B	143	604	111	195	35	122	12	.323	.362	.946
JVJohn Valentin	SS	153	588	113	145	23	73	4	.247	.340	.782
DLDarren Lewis	LF	155	585	95	157	8	63	29	.268	.352	.714
DBDarren Bragg	LF	129	409	51	114	8	57	5	.279	.351	.774
SHScott Hatteberg	1B	112	359	46	99	12	43	0	.276	.359	.804
MBMike Benjamin	3B	124	349	46	95	4	39	3	.272	.312	.684
Jason Varitek	C	86	221	31	56	7	33	2	.253	.309	.716
DBDamon Buford	CF	86	216	37	61	10	42	5	.282	.349	.872
RJReggie Jefferson	DH	62	196	24	60	8	31	0	.306	.374	.895
DSDonnie Sadler	2B	58	124	21	28	3	15	4	.226	.276	.671
MCMidre Cummings	LF	67	120	20	34	5	15	3	.283	.381	.856
LMLou Merloni	2B	39	96	10	27	1	15	1	.281	.343	.718
MLMark Lemke	2B	31	91	10	17	0	7	0	.187	.232	.463
KMKeith Mitchell	DH	23	33	4	9	0	6	1	.273	.400	.733
TNTrot Nixon	RF	13	27	3	7	0	0	0	.259	.286	.582
BABilly Ashley	DH	13	24	3	7	3	7	0	.292	.346	1.138

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

1998 Red Sox roster: pitching

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1998 Boston Red Sox 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.
PMPedro Martinez	SP	33	33	19	7	2.89	233.2	251	1.09	0
Tim Wakefield	SP	36	33	17	8	4.58	216.0	146	1.34	0
BSBret Saberhagen	SP	31	31	15	8	3.96	175.0	100	1.20	0
SASteve Avery	RP	34	23	10	7	5.02	123.2	57	1.55	0
Derek Lowe	RP	63	10	3	9	4.02	123.0	77	1.37	4
JWJohn Wasdin	RP	47	8	6	4	5.25	96.0	59	1.44	0
TGTom Gordon	RP	73	0	7	4	2.72	79.1	78	1.01	46
JCJim Corsi	RP	59	0	3	2	2.59	66.0	49	1.23	0
RGRich Garces	RP	30	0	1	1	3.33	46.0	34	1.37	1
DEDennis Eckersley	RP	50	0	4	1	4.76	39.2	22	1.36	1
BRBrian Rose	RP	8	8	1	4	6.93	37.2	18	1.51	0
Ron Mahay	RP	29	0	1	1	3.46	26.0	14	1.58	1
JCJin Ho Cho	SP	4	4	0	3	8.20	18.2	15	1.66	0
BBBrian Barkley	RP	6	0	0	0	9.82	11.0	2	2.27	0
BHButch Henry	SP	2	2	0	0	4.00	9.0	6	1.22	0
BSBrian Shouse	RP	7	0	0	1	5.63	8.0	5	1.63	0
DVDario Veras	RP	7	0	0	1	10.13	8.0	2	2.38	0
RCRobinson Checo	RP	2	2	0	2	9.39	7.2	5	2.09	0
CVCarlos Valdez	RP	4	0	1	0	0.00	3.1	4	1.80	0
DWDavid West	RP	6	0	0	0	27.00	2.0	4	7.00	0

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

Results

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