The 1998 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 116th season in Major League Baseball, their 41st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 39th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 89–74 record, 9½ games behind the San Diego Padres. They tied the Chicago Cubs for the Wild Card spot and played a tie-breaker game, which the Giants lost 5-3.
Offseason November 11, 1997: Chris Singleton and Alberto Castillo were traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Charlie Hayes and cash.Charlie Hayes at Baseball Reference November 21, 1997: Brent Mayne was signed as a free agent by the Giants.Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference December 6, 1997: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent by the Giants.Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference January 21, 1998: Alex Diaz was signed as a free agent by the Giants.Alex Diaz at Baseball Reference January 29, 1998: Jalal Leach was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Scott Smith (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for David McCarty.
Regular season
Opening Day starters Rich Aurilia Barry Bonds Shawn Estes Darryl Hamilton Stan Javier John Johnstone Jeff Kent Bill Mueller J. T. Snow
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 6, 1998: Jalal Leach was released by the San Francisco Giants. May 11, 1998: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants. June 2, 1998: Cody Ransom was drafted by the Giants in the 9th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 4, 1998.Cody Ransom at Baseball Reference July 23, 1998: Joe Carter was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Darin Blood (minors). September 14, 1998: Alex Diaz was released by the Giants.
Roster 1998 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Brian Johnson 99 308 73 .237 13 34 1B J.T. Snow 138 435 108 .248 15 79 2B Jeff Kent 137 526 156 .297 31 128 SS Rich Aurilia 122 413 110 .266 9 49 3B Bill Mueller 145 534 157 .294 9 59 LF Barry Bonds 156 552 167 .303 37 122 CF Darryl Hamilton 97 367 108 .294 1 26 RF Stan Javier 135 417 121 .290 4 49
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 Charlie Hayes 111 329 94 .286 12 62 Rey Sánchez 109 316 90 .285 2 30 Marvin Benard 121 286 92 .322 3 36 Brent Mayne 94 275 75 .273 3 32 Ellis Burks 42 147 45 .306 5 22 Joe Carter 41 105 31 .295 7 29 Chris Jones 43 90 17 .189 2 10 Alex Diaz 34 62 8 .129 0 5 Shawon Dunston 36 51 9 .176 3 8 Ramón Martínez 19 19 6 .316 0 0 Doug Mirabelli 10 17 4 .235 1 4 Wilson Delgado 10 12 2 .167 0 1 Armando Ríos 12 7 4 .571 2 3 Dante Powell 8 4 2 .500 1 1 Jeff Ball 2 4 1 .250 0 0 Jacob Cruz 3 3 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
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 Mark Gardner 33 212.0 13 6 4.33 151 Orel Hershiser 34 202.0 11 10 4.41 126 Kirk Reuter 33 187.2 16 9 4.36 102 Shawn Estes 25 149.1 7 12 5.06 136 Danny Darwin 33 148.2 8 10 5.51 81
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 Russ Ortiz 22 88.1 4 4 4.99 75
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 Robb Nen 78 7 7 40 1.52 110 John Johnstone 70 6 5 0 3.07 86 Rich Rodriguez 68 4 0 2 3.70 44 Julián Tavárez 60 5 3 1 3.80 52 Steve Reed 50 2 1 1 1.48 50 Jose Mesa 32 5 3 0 3.52 28 Jim Poole 26 1 3 0 5.29 16 Chris Brock 13 0 0 0 3.90 19 Alvin Morman 9 0 1 0 5.14 7 Dean Hartgraves 5 0 0 0 9.53 4 Cory Bailey 5 0 0 0 2.70 2
Award winners 1998 Jeff Kent 2B, Willie Mac Award All-Star Game
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Jose, Salem-KeizerJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1998 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference 1998 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac