The 1998 Anaheim Angels season was the 38th season of the Anaheim Angels franchise in the American League, the 33rd in Anaheim, and their 33rd season playing their home games at Edison International Field of Anaheim. The Angels finished second in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.
Offseason December 4, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. December 19, 1997: Cecil Fielder signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.Cecil Fielder Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 22, 1997: Chip Hale signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.Chip Hale Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 9, 1998: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. January 10, 1998: William Van Landingham was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.William Van Landingham Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 26, 1998: Damon Mashore was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. February 27, 1998: Jack McDowell signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 30, 1998: Chip Hale was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for Craig Shipley.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Transactions July 30, 1998: Charlie O'Brien was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Anaheim Angels for Brian Tokarse (minors) and Jason Stockstill (minors).Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 7, 1998: Jeff Juden was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Milwaukee Brewers.Jeff Juden Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 10, 1998: Cecil Fielder was released by the Anaheim Angels. August 26, 1998: Greg Cadaret was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Anaheim Angels.
Roster 1998 Anaheim Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Third Base) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (First Base) (Pitching) (Bench)
Player stats
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging Average; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. Slg. SB C Matt Walbeck 108 338 41 87 6 46 .257 .3671 1B Cecil Fielder 103 381 48 92 17 68 .241 .4230 2B Justin Baughman 63 196 24 50 1 20 .255 .32710 3B Dave Hollins 101 363 60 88 11 39 .242 .38811 SS Gary DiSarcina 157 551 73 158 3 56 .287 .38511 LF Darin Erstad 133 537 84 159 19 82 .296 .48620 CF Jim Edmonds 154 599 115 184 25 91 .307 .5067 RF Garret Anderson 156 622 62 183 15 79 .284 .4558 DH Tim Salmon 136 463 84 139 26 88 .300 .5330
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Phil Nevin 75 237 54 .228 8 27 Norberto Martin 79 195 42 .215 1 13 Randy Velarde 51 188 49 .261 4 26 Orlando Palmeiro 75 165 53 .321 0 21 Troy Glaus 48 165 36 .218 1 23 Craig Shipley 77 147 38 .259 2 17 Damon Mashore 43 98 23 .235 2 11 Chris Pritchett 31 80 23 .288 2 8 Greg Jefferies 19 72 25 .347 1 10 Todd Greene 29 71 18 .254 1 7 Frank Bolick 21 45 7 .156 1 2 Reggie Williams 29 36 13 .361 1 5 Carlos García 19 35 5 .143 0 0 Mark Johnson 10 14 1 .071 0 0 Charlie O'Brien 5 11 2 .182 0 0 Chad Kreuter 3 7 1 .143 0 0 Bengie Molina 2 1 0 .000 0 0
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Chuck Finley 34 223.1 11 9 3.39 212 Omar Olivares 37 183.0 9 9 4.03 112 Steve Sparks 22 128.2 9 4 4.34 90 Ken Hill 19 103.0 9 6 4.98 57 Jack McDowell 14 76.0 5 3 5.09 45 Jarrod Washburn 15 74.0 6 3 4.62 48 Jeff Juden 8 40.0 1 3 6.75 39
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jason Dickson 27 122.0 10 10 6.05 61 Allen Watson 28 92.1 6 7 6.04 64
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Troy Percival 67 2 7 42 3.65 87 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 61 8 3 5 3.14 73 Rich DeLucia 61 2 6 3 4.27 73 Mike Holtz 53 2 2 1 4.75 29 Pep Harris 49 3 1 0 4.35 34 Greg Cadaret 39 1 2 1 4.14 37 Trevor Wilson 15 0 0 0 3.52 6 Mike Fetters 12 1 2 0 5.56 9 Mike James 11 0 0 0 1.93 12 Rich Robertson 5 0 0 0 15.88 3
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
1998 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Reference 1998 Anaheim Angels at Baseball Almanac