1998 Minnesota Twins roster: 70-92

Team stats and league rank

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

1998 Twins roster: batting

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1998 Minnesota Twins 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.
MLMatt Lawton	CF	152	557	91	155	21	77	16	.278	.387	.864
PMPat Meares	SS	149	543	56	141	9	70	7	.260	.296	.664
RCRon Coomer	1B	137	529	54	146	15	72	2	.276	.295	.702
TWTodd Walker	1B	143	528	85	167	12	62	19	.316	.372	.845
Paul Molitor	DH	126	502	75	141	4	69	9	.281	.335	.718
ONOtis Nixon	LF	110	448	71	133	1	20	37	.297	.361	.705
MCMarty Cordova	LF	119	438	52	111	10	69	3	.253	.333	.709
TSTerry Steinbach	C	124	422	45	102	14	54	0	.242	.310	.720
BGBrent Gates	3B	107	333	31	83	3	42	3	.249	.324	.645
David Ortiz	DH	86	278	47	77	9	46	1	.277	.371	.817
AOAlex Ochoa	RF	94	249	35	64	2	25	6	.257	.288	.642
DHDenny Hocking	SS	110	198	32	40	3	15	2	.202	.259	.547
JVJavier Valentin	C	55	162	11	32	3	18	0	.198	.247	.556
CLChris Latham	CF	34	94	14	15	1	5	4	.160	.262	.464
JSJon Shave	3B	19	40	7	10	1	5	1	.250	.302	.702
CKCorey Koskie	3B	11	29	2	4	1	2	0	.138	.194	.435
DMDoug Mientkiewicz	1B	8	25	1	5	0	2	1	.200	.310	.550
SSScott Stahoviak	1B	9	19	1	2	1	1	0	.105	.105	.368
Torii Hunter	RF	6	17	0	4	0	2	0	.235	.316	.610
A.J. Pierzynski	C	7	10	1	3	0	1	0	.300	.385	.685

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

1998 Twins roster: pitching

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1998 Minnesota Twins 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.
BRBrad Radke	SP	32	32	12	14	4.30	213.2	146	1.32	0
LaTroy Hawkins	RP	33	33	7	14	5.25	190.1	105	1.51	0
EMEric Milton	SP	32	32	8	14	5.64	172.1	107	1.54	0
BTBob Tewksbury	SP	26	25	7	13	4.79	148.1	60	1.31	0
MTMike Trombley	RP	77	1	6	5	3.63	96.2	89	1.36	1
DSDan Serafini	RP	28	9	7	4	6.48	75.0	46	1.65	0
RARick Aguilera	RP	68	0	4	9	4.24	74.1	57	1.21	38
FRFrankie Rodriguez	RP	20	11	4	6	6.56	70.0	62	1.69	0
EGEddie Guardado	P	79	0	3	1	4.52	65.2	53	1.43	0
HCHector Carrasco	RP	63	0	4	2	4.38	61.2	46	1.72	1
TBTravis Baptist	RP	13	0	0	1	5.67	27.0	11	1.67	0
TRTodd Ritchie	RP	15	0	0	0	5.63	24.0	21	1.63	0
DNDan Naulty	RP	19	0	0	2	4.94	23.2	15	1.48	0
TMTravis Miller	RP	14	0	0	2	3.86	23.1	23	1.54	0
BSBenj Sampson	RP	5	2	1	0	1.56	17.1	16	0.92	0

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

Results

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