1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays roster: 63-99

Team stats and league rank

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

1998 Rays roster: batting

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1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 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.
QMQuinton McCracken	CF	155	614	77	179	7	59	19	.292	.335	.745
FMFred McGriff	1B	151	564	73	160	19	81	7	.284	.371	.815
Miguel Cairo	1B	150	515	49	138	5	46	19	.268	.307	.674
WBWade Boggs	3B	123	435	51	122	7	52	3	.280	.348	.748
Paul Sorrento	LF	137	435	40	98	17	57	2	.225	.313	.718
BSBobby Smith	3B	117	370	44	102	11	55	5	.276	.343	.765
Randy Winn	LF	109	338	51	94	1	17	26	.278	.337	.704
KSKevin Stocker	SS	112	336	37	70	6	25	5	.208	.282	.594
DMDave Martinez	CF	90	309	31	79	3	20	8	.256	.334	.655
JFJohn Flaherty	C	91	304	21	63	3	24	0	.207	.261	.534
ALAaron Ledesma	3B	95	299	30	97	0	29	9	.324	.344	.742
MKMike Kelly	RF	106	279	39	67	10	33	13	.240	.295	.696
MDMike DiFelice	C	84	248	17	57	3	23	0	.230	.274	.613
RBRich Butler	RF	72	217	25	49	7	20	4	.226	.278	.643
BTBubba Trammell	DH	59	199	28	57	12	35	0	.286	.338	.906
JWJerome Walton	LF	12	34	4	11	0	3	0	.324	.361	.773
SMScott McClain	1B	9	20	2	2	0	0	0	.100	.217	.317
DSDave Silvestri	2B	8	14	0	1	0	0	0	.071	.071	.143
KRKerry Robinson	CF	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

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

1998 Rays roster: pitching

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1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 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.
RARolando Arrojo	RP	32	32	14	12	3.56	202.0	152	1.29	0
TSTony Saunders	SP	31	31	6	15	4.12	192.1	172	1.57	0
WAWilson Alvarez	RP	25	25	6	14	4.73	142.2	107	1.39	0
DSDennis Springer	RP	29	17	3	11	5.45	115.2	46	1.56	0
EYEsteban Yan	RP	64	0	5	4	3.86	88.2	77	1.34	1
BRBryan Rekar	SP	16	15	2	8	4.98	86.2	55	1.34	0
JMJim Mecir	RP	68	0	7	2	3.11	84.0	77	1.20	0
ALAlbie Lopez	RP	54	0	7	4	2.60	79.2	62	1.32	1
RHRoberto Hernandez	RP	67	0	2	6	4.04	71.1	55	1.35	26
RWRick White	RP	38	3	2	6	3.80	68.2	39	1.30	0
JJJason Johnson	SP	13	13	2	5	5.70	60.0	36	1.68	0
SAScott Aldred	RP	48	0	0	0	3.73	31.1	21	1.44	0
DCDan Carlson	RP	10	0	0	0	7.64	17.2	16	1.87	0
RGRick Gorecki	SP	3	3	1	2	4.86	16.2	7	1.50	0
RTRamon Tatis	RP	22	0	0	0	13.89	11.2	5	3.34	0
TWTerrell Wade	SP	2	2	1	1	5.06	10.2	8	1.50	0
MRMatt Ruebel	RP	7	1	0	2	6.23	8.2	6	1.73	0
EGEddie Gaillard	RP	6	0	0	0	5.87	7.2	5	0.91	0
MDMike Duvall	RP	3	0	0	0	6.75	4.0	1	1.50	0
Dave Eiland	SP	1	1	0	1	20.25	2.2	1	3.38	0

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

Results

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