1998 Cleveland Indians roster: 89-73

Team stats and league rank

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

1998 Guardians roster: batting

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1998 Cleveland Indians 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.
KLKenny Lofton	LF	154	600	101	169	12	64	54	.282	.371	.785
Omar Vizquel	2B	151	576	86	166	2	50	37	.288	.358	.730
Manny Ramirez	LF	150	571	108	168	45	145	5	.294	.377	.976
TFTravis Fryman	3B	146	557	74	160	28	96	10	.287	.340	.845
DJDavid Justice	LF	146	540	94	151	21	88	9	.280	.363	.839
Jim Thome	DH	123	440	89	129	30	85	1	.293	.413	.997
BGBrian Giles	RF	112	350	56	94	16	66	10	.269	.396	.856
MWMark Whiten	CF	88	226	31	64	6	29	2	.283	.372	.797
RSRichie Sexson	1B	49	174	28	54	11	35	1	.310	.344	.936
PBPat Borders	C	54	160	12	38	0	6	0	.238	.289	.564
Jeff Branson	2B	63	100	6	20	1	9	0	.200	.221	.511
EWEnrique Wilson	2B	32	90	13	29	2	12	2	.322	.354	.810
Einar Diaz	C	17	48	8	11	2	9	0	.229	.286	.661
Torey Lovullo	1B	6	19	1	4	0	1	0	.211	.250	.513
ARAlex Ramirez	RF	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	.125	.125	.250
Russell Branyan	1B	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
JCJolbert Cabrera	SS	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

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

1998 Guardians roster: pitching

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1998 Cleveland Indians 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.
Charles Nagy	RP	33	33	15	10	5.22	210.1	120	1.50	0
Bartolo Colon	SP	31	31	14	9	3.71	204.0	158	1.39	0
DBDave Burba	RP	32	31	15	10	4.11	203.2	132	1.37	0
JWJaret Wright	SP	32	32	12	10	4.72	192.2	140	1.53	0
DGDwight Gooden	RP	23	23	8	6	3.76	134.0	83	1.39	0
COChad Ogea	SP	19	9	5	4	5.61	69.0	43	1.43	0
MJMike Jackson	RP	69	0	1	1	1.55	64.0	55	0.88	40
PSPaul Shuey	RP	43	0	5	4	3.00	51.0	58	1.35	2
PAPaul Assenmacher	RP	69	0	2	5	3.26	47.0	43	1.55	3
RVRon Villone	RP	25	0	0	0	6.00	27.0	15	1.93	0
SKSteve Karsay	RP	11	1	0	2	5.92	24.1	13	1.52	0
TMTom Martin	RP	14	0	1	1	12.89	14.2	9	2.80	0
JJJason Jacome	SP	1	1	0	1	14.40	5.0	2	2.60	0
JRJason Rakers	RP	1	0	0	0	9.00	1.0	0	3.00	0

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

Results

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