1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1998 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Results
Record	69–93 (.426)
Divisional place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Gene Lamont
Local television	WPGH-TV/WCWB-TV Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
Local radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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The 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 117th season of the franchise; the 112th in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Pirates finished sixth in the National League Central with a record of 69–93.

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	102	60	0.630	—	55–26	47–34
Chicago Cubs	90	73	0.552	12½	51–31	39–42
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	19	48–34	35–45
Cincinnati Reds	77	85	0.475	25	39–42	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	0.457	28	38–43	36–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	0.426	33	40–40	29–53

Game Log

1998 Game Log (69–93)

April (11–16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	@ Expos	4–0	Cordova (1–0)	Perez	—	31,220	1–0
2	April 2	@ Expos	4–3	Schmidt (1–0)	Maddux	Loiselle (1)	6,396	2–0
3	April 3	@ Mets	1–2	McMichael	Peters (0–1)	—	15,245	2–1
4	April 4	@ Mets	6–7 (13)	Wendell	Peters (0–2)	—	17,633	2–2
5	April 5	@ Mets	0–7	Yoshii	Silva (0–1)	—	18,205	2–3
6	April 6	@ Mets	4–2	Cordova (2–0)	Jones	Loiselle (2)	13,528	3–3
7	April 7	Braves	3–11	Glavine	Schmidt (1–1)	—	43,268	3–4
8	April 8	Braves	5–3	Loaiza (1–0)	Neagle	Loiselle (3)	11,254	4–4
9	April 9	Braves	3–4	Millwood	Lieber (0–1)	Wohlers	9,560	4–5
10	April 10	Marlins	4–1	Silva (1–1)	Meadows	Loiselle (4)	16,561	5–5
11	April 11	Marlins	7–6 (10)	Loiselle (1–0)	Powell	—	19,920	6–5
12	April 12	Marlins	7–3	Schmidt (2–1)	Medina	—	12,203	7–5
13	April 13	Marlins	2–7	Larkin	Loaiza (1–1)	—	10,938	7–6
14	April 14	@ Braves	0–6	Millwood	Lieber (0–2)	—	31,259	7–7
15	April 15	@ Braves	0–7	Maddux	Silva (1–2)	—	30,381	7–8
16	April 16	@ Braves	1–3	Smoltz	Cordova (2–1)	Wohlers	35,760	7–9
17	April 17	Padres	5–7	Boehringer	Tabaka (0–1)	Hoffman	12,555	7–10
18	April 18	Padres	5–7 (10)	Miceli	Loiselle (1–1)	Hoffman	14,728	7–11
19	April 21	Giants	3–6	Gardner	Lieber (0–3)	—	8,976	7–12
20	April 22	Giants	5–2	Silva (2–2)	Darwin	Loiselle (5)	11,367	8–12
21	April 23	Giants	7–0	Cordova (3–1)	Estes	—	9,899	9–12
22	April 24	@ Padres	4–2	Schmidt (3–1)	Smith	Rincon (1)	26,413	10–12
23	April 25	@ Padres	3–4 (16)	Reyes	Martinez (0–1)	—	53,710	10–13
24	April 26	@ Padres	6–0	Lieber (1–3)	Brown	—	42,281	11–13
25	April 27	@ Giants	5–6	Nen	Loiselle (1–2)	—	10,127	11–14
26	April 28	@ Giants	1–2	Estes	Cordova (3–2)	Nen	11,551	11–15
27	April 30	Dodgers	6–14	Clontz	Dessens (0–1)	—	9,728	11–16

May (15–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
28	May 1	Dodgers	5–4	Tabaka (1–1)	Dreifort	Loiselle (6)	15,491	12–16
29	May 2	Dodgers	4–5	Martinez	Lieber (1–4)	Radinsky	22,629	12–17
30	May 3	Dodgers	5–10	Park	Silva (2–3)	—	18,674	12–18
31	May 5	Cardinals	5–2	Cordova (4–2)	Mercker	Loiselle (7)	10,329	13–18
32	May 6	Cardinals	5–0	Schmidt (4–1)	Stottlemyre	—	12,051	14–18
33	May 7	Reds	8–7	Dessens (1–1)	Belinda	Loiselle (8)	8,400	15–18
34	May 8	Reds	3–5 (10)	Belinda	Rincon (0–1)	Shaw	13,848	15–19
35	May 9	Reds	6–1	Silva (3–3)	Winchester	Peters (1)	27,185	16–19
36	May 10	Reds	3–4 (12)	Belinda	Loiselle (1–3)	—	19,507	16–20
37	May 11	Rockies	5–2	Schmidt (5–1)	Ritz	—	9,498	17–20
38	May 12	Rockies	6–0	Loaiza (2–1)	Wright	—	12,954	18–20
39	May 13	@ Astros	0–1	Hampton	Lieber (1–5)	Wagner	14,239	18–21
40	May 14	@ Astros	7–2	Silva (4–3)	Schourek	—	16,123	19–21
41	May 15	@ Diamondbacks	1–6	Suppan	Cordova (4–3)	—	43,584	19–22
42	May 16	@ Diamondbacks	6–3	Schmidt (6–1)	Anderson	Loiselle (9)	48,167	20–22
43	May 17	@ Diamondbacks	2–8	Benes	Loaiza (2–2)	—	44,014	20–23
44	May 18	@ Diamondbacks	2–9	Blair	Lieber (1–6)	—	41,465	20–24
45	May 19	Padres	3–0	Silva (5–3)	Hamilton	Loiselle (10)	10,493	21–24
46	May 20	Padres	5–2	Cordova (5–3)	Ashby	Loiselle (11)	—	22–24
47	May 20	Padres	3–8	Hitchcock	Peters (0–3)	—	17,248	22–25
48	May 21	Padres	3–2	Schmidt (7–1)	Brown	Rincon (2)	10,222	23–25
49	May 22	@ Marlins	1–3	Hernandez	Loaiza (2–3)	—	22,057	23–26
50	May 23	@ Marlins	10–4	Lieber (2–6)	Fontenot	Rincon (3)	30,499	24–26
51	May 24	@ Marlins	3–4	Powell	Christiansen (0–1)	—	16,972	24–27
52	May 26	@ Brewers	2–3	Myers	Loiselle (1–4)	—	12,272	24–28
53	May 27	@ Brewers	2–3 (10)	Woodall	Rincon (0–2)	—	10,274	24–29
54	May 29	Expos	1–4	Perez	Lieber (2–7)	Urbina	17,053	24–30
55	May 30	Expos	8–7	Christiansen (1–1)	Urbina	—	38,149	25–30
56	May 31	Expos	9–4	Cordova (6–3)	Batista	—	24,718	26–30

June (13–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
57	June 1	Mets	4–3	Schmidt (8–1)	Mlicki	Rincon (4)	11,274	27–30
58	June 2	Mets	5–2	Peters (1–3)	Bohanon	Rincon (5)	9,040	28–30
59	June 3	Mets	3–0	Lieber (3–7)	Reed	Christiansen (1)	17,691	29–30
60	June 5	Twins	6–1	Silva (6–3)	Morgan	—	28,446	30–30
61	June 6	Twins	4–3 (12)	Loaiza (3–3)	Aguilera	—	19,809	31–30
62	June 7	Twins	2–3	Serafini	Schmidt (8–2)	Aguilera	32,773	31–31
63	June 8	@ Indians	0–8	Colon	Peters (1–4)	—	43,068	31–32
64	June 9	@ Indians	7–4	Lieber (4–7)	Morman	Rincon (6)	41,762	32–32
65	June 10	@ Indians	4–3 (11)	Loaiza (4–3)	Mesa	Loiselle (12)	43,101	33–32
66	June 12	Brewers	2–4	Karl	Cordova (6–4)	Wickman	16,851	33–33
67	June 13	Brewers	1–8	Juden	Schmidt (8–3)	—	28,945	33–34
68	June 14	Brewers	7–2	Peters (2–4)	Woodard	—	23,755	34–34
69	June 15	@ Phillies	1–2	Beech	Lieber (4–8)	Leiter	14,411	34–35
70	June 16	@ Phillies	7–8	Dodd	Loiselle (1–5)	—	24,615	34–36
71	June 17	@ Phillies	1–3	Schilling	Cordova (6–5)	—	25,694	34–37
72	June 18	@ Brewers	1–0	Dessens (2–1)	Jones	Rincon (7)	14,774	35–37
73	June 19	@ Brewers	1–2	Woodard	Peters (2–5)	Wickman	20,935	35–38
74	June 20	@ Brewers	4–2	Lieber (5–8)	Eldred	Rincon (8)	28,556	36–38
75	June 21	@ Brewers	8–7	Loaiza (5–3)	Juden	Rincon (9)	22,338	37–38
76	June 22	White Sox	4–5	Castillo	Dessens (2–2)	Karchner	21,531	37–39
77	June 23	White Sox	4–5	Sirotka	Schmidt (8–4)	Karchner	20,310	37–40
78	June 24	@ Royals	10–3	Peters (3–5)	Rusch	—	18,007	38–40
79	June 25	@ Royals	1–6	Belcher	Lieber (5–9)	—	22,504	38–41
80	June 26	@ Dodgers	2–5	Park	Loaiza (5–4)	Osuna	52,934	38–42
81	June 27	@ Dodgers	0–2	Valdez	Cordova (6–6)	—	37,821	38–43
82	June 28	@ Dodgers	6–4	Williams (1–0)	Radinsky	Loiselle (13)	38,865	39–43
83	June 30	Tigers	0–3	Moehler	Lieber (5–10)	—	11,760	39–44

July (11–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
84	July 1	Tigers	1–9	Greisinger	Peters (3–6)	—	18,957	39–45
85	July 2	Tigers	5–2	Loaiza (6–4)	Powell	Loiselle (14)	34,594	40–45
86	July 3	@ Cubs	9–12	Tapani	Cordova (6–7)	Beck	40,420	40–46
87	July 4	@ Cubs	4–5	Pisciotta	Schmidt (8–5)	Beck	37,780	40–47
88	July 5	@ Cubs	6–7	Stevens	Loiselle (1–6)	Beck	38,742	40–48
89	July 10	Phillies	6–7	Schilling	Cordova (6–8)	—	18,665	40–49
90	July 11	Phillies	0–1	Portugal	Loiselle (1–7)	Leiter	30,084	40–50
91	July 12	Phillies	4–10	Loewer	Loaiza (6–5)	—	34,144	40–51
92	July 13	Cubs	6–2	Lieber (6–10)	Gonzalez	—	11,772	41–51
93	July 14	Cubs	4–7	Tapani	Peters (3–7)	Beck	13,405	41–52
94	July 15	Cubs	3–0	Cordova (7–8)	Wood	Rincon (10)	28,655	42–52
95	July 16	@ Expos	5–10	Pavano	Schmidt (8–6)	Maddux	8,558	42–53
96	July 17	@ Expos	5–1	Williams (2–0)	Vazquez	Christiansen (2)	9,380	43–53
97	July 18	@ Expos	5–2	Lieber (7–10)	Boskie	—	11,499	44–53
98	July 19	@ Expos	6–1	Peters (4–7)	Hermanson	—	17,558	45–53
99	July 20	@ Mets	3–1	Cordova (8–8)	Yoshii	Rincon (11)	18,088	46–53
100	July 21	@ Mets	0–4	Reed	Schmidt (8–7)	—	22,844	46–54
101	July 22	Marlins	6–4	Van Poppel (1–0)	Dempster	Christiansen (3)	13,544	47–54
102	July 23	Marlins	9–1	Lieber (8–10)	Meadows	—	11,374	48–54
103	July 24	Braves	0–3	Smoltz	Peters (4–8)	—	24,776	48–55
104	July 25	Braves	4–1	Cordova (9–8)	Neagle	Christiansen (4)	41,568	49–55
105	July 26	Braves	1–2	Maddux	Schmidt (8–8)	Ligtenberg	34,925	49–56
106	July 27	@ Rockies	7–8 (13)	Leskanic	McCurry (0–1)	—	46,024	49–57
107	July 28	@ Rockies	6–12	Astacio	Lieber (8–11)	—	46,856	49–58
108	July 29	@ Rockies	12–1	Peters (5–8)	Kile	—	47,411	50–58
109	July 31	Astros	4–7	Hampton	Cordova (9–9)	Henry	32,476	50–59

August (14–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
110	August 1	Astros	1–2	Lima	Williams (2–1)	—	19,783	50–60
111	August 2	Astros	2–6	Johnson	Christiansen (1–2)	Elarton	21,201	50–61
112	August 3	Rockies	2–7	Jones	Lieber (8–12)	—	11,204	50–62
113	August 4	Rockies	13–5	Christiansen (2–2)	Kile	—	15,784	51–62
114	August 5	Rockies	2–6	Wright	Cordova (9–10)	—	12,862	51–63
115	August 6	Rockies	1–5	Thomson	Schmidt (8–9)	—	14,060	51–64
116	August 7	@ Dodgers	1–3	Bohanon	Van Poppel (1–1)	Shaw	41,676	51–65
117	August 8	@ Dodgers	1–2	Osuna	Christiansen (2–3)	—	45,187	51–66
118	August 9	@ Dodgers	2–1	Peters (6–8)	Park	Rincon (12)	43,227	52–66
119	August 11	@ Reds	7–0	Cordova (10–10)	Tomko	—	16,399	53–66
120	August 12	@ Reds	5–4	Schmidt (9–9)	Remlinger	Rincon (13)	16,946	54–66
121	August 13	@ Reds	9–6	McCurry (1–1)	Harnisch	Rincon (14)	16,002	55–66
122	August 14	@ Cardinals	5–10	Osborne	Lieber (8–13)	—	47,836	55–67
123	August 15	@ Cardinals	7–8 (12)	Painter	McCurry (1–2)	—	46,817	55–68
124	August 16	@ Cardinals	4–1	Cordova (11–10)	Morris	Lieber (1)	46,904	56–68
125	August 18	Dodgers	6–4	Schmidt (10–9)	Perez	Loiselle (15)	12,730	57–68
126	August 19	Dodgers	6–5	Williams (3–1)	Bohanon	Christiansen (5)	27,259	58–68
127	August 20	Reds	6–5	Christiansen (3–3)	Graves	—	13,137	59–68
128	August 21	Reds	14–2	Peters (7–8)	Tomko	—	17,007	60–68
129	August 22	Cardinals	14–4	Cordova (12–10)	Witt	—	45,082	61–68
130	August 23	Cardinals	4–3	Schmidt (11–9)	Mercker	Christiansen (6)	42,134	62–68
131	August 24	Cardinals	5–5 (7)	—	—	—	28,435	62–68
132	August 25	@ Diamondbacks	9–6	Lawrence (1–0)	Sodowsky	Loiselle (16)	38,960	63–68
133	August 26	@ Diamondbacks	4–3	Tabaka (2–1)	Daal	Loiselle (17)	39,906	64–68
134	August 28	@ Astros	0–2	Johnson	Cordova (12–11)	—	40,709	64–69
135	August 29	@ Astros	3–6	Lima	Schmidt (11–10)	Powell	41,762	64–70
136	August 30	@ Astros	4–11	Reynolds	McCurry (1–3)	—	25,342	64–71

September (5–22)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	Diamondbacks	3–4	Daal	Peters (7–9)	Olson	11,427	64–72
138	September 2	Diamondbacks	1–2 (11)	Small	Tabaka (2–2)	Olson	12,010	64–73
139	September 3	Diamondbacks	0–1	Anderson	Cordova (12–12)	—	8,610	64–74
140	September 4	Cubs	2–5	Karchner	Williams (3–2)	Beck	36,510	64–75
141	September 5	Cubs	4–8	Tapani	Lawrence (1–1)	Beck	37,711	64–76
142	September 6	Cubs	4–3 (10)	Loiselle (2–7)	Stevens	—	22,209	65–76
143	September 7	Brewers	3–6	Roque	Dessens (2–3)	Wickman	12,830	65–77
144	September 8	Brewers	8–7	Williams (4–2)	Plunk	Loiselle (18)	7,171	66–77
145	September 9	@ Cubs	2–4	Clark	Schmidt (11–11)	Beck	34,857	66–78
146	September 10	@ Cubs	2–5	Tapani	Silva (6–4)	Beck	38,722	66–79
147	September 11	@ Phillies	6–1	Peters (8–9)	Loewer	—	16,597	67–79
148	September 12	@ Phillies	4–13	Portugal	Dessens (2–4)	—	19,329	67–80
149	September 13	@ Phillies	1–4	Byrd	Cordova (12–13)	Leiter	19,662	67–81
150	September 14	@ Cardinals	3–7	Jimenez	Schmidt (11–12)	—	42,265	67–82
151	September 15	@ Cardinals	8–6	Lawrence (2–1)	Osborne	Loiselle (19)	—	68–82
152	September 15	@ Cardinals	3–9	Aybar	Silva (6–5)	Acevedo	41,271	68–83
153	September 16	@ Cardinals	0–4	Morris	Van Poppel (1–2)	—	39,758	68–84
154	September 18	Astros	2–5	Johnson	Dessens (2–5)	Powell	16,937	68–85
155	September 19	Astros	7–1	Cordova (13–13)	Lima	—	20,670	69–85
156	September 20	Astros	0–2	Reynolds	Schmidt (11–13)	Wagner	23,657	69–86
157	September 21	@ Giants	1–8	Hershiser	Silva (6–6)	—	15,695	69–87
158	September 22	@ Giants	2–14	Rueter	Lieber (8–14)	—	16,228	69–88
159	September 23	@ Giants	1–4	Gardner	Peters (8–10)	Nen	13,915	69–89
160	September 24	@ Giants	2–6	Ortiz	Dessens (2–6)	—	16,754	69–90
161	September 25	@ Reds	1–4	Bere	Cordova (13–14)	Graves	17,429	69–91
162	September 26	@ Reds	2–6	Harnisch	Schmidt (11–14)	White	19,391	69–92
163	September 27	@ Reds	1–4	Tomko	Silva (6–7)	—	19,360	69–93

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League Records Sources:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	1–8	5–7	4–5	6–6	6–2	4–5	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–5	2–7	6–3	3–9	5–7	2–7	5–8
Atlanta	8–1	—	3–6	7–2	5–3	7–5	4–5	8–1	7–2	6–6	9–3	8–4	7–2	5–4	7–2	6–3	9–7
Chicago	7–5	6–3	—	6–5	7–2	7–2	4–7	4–5	6–6	7–2	4–5	3–6	8–3	5–4	7–3	4–7	5–8
Cincinnati	5–4	2–7	5–6	—	4–5	9–0	3–8	5–4	6–5	8–1	3–6	4–5	5–7	1–11	2–7	8–3	7-6
Colorado	6–6	3–5	2–7	5–4	—	6–3	6–5	6–6	4–7	7–2	3–6	5–4	5–4	5–7	7–5	3–6	4–8
Florida	2–6	5–7	2–7	0–9	3–6	—	3–6	4–5	0–9	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–6	4–5	0–9	4–5	8–8
Houston	5–4	5–4	7–4	8–3	5–6	6-3	—	3–6	9–2	7–2	5–4	7–2	9–2	5–4	6–3	5–7	10–4
Los Angeles	8–4	1–8	5–4	4–5	6–6	5–4	6–3	—	5–4	5–4	3–5	5–4	7–5	5–7	6–6	4–5	8–5
Milwaukee	3–6	2–7	6–6	5–6	7–4	9–0	2–9	4–5	—	6–3	1–8	4–5	6–5	3–6	5–4	3–8	8–6
Montreal	7–2	6–6	2–7	1–8	2–7	7–5	2–7	4–5	3–6	—	8–4	5–7	2–7	4–4	3–6	3–6	6–10
New York	5–4	3–9	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–5	4–5	5–3	8–1	4–8	—	8–4	4–5	4–5	4–5	6–3	9–7
Philadelphia	7-2	4–8	6–3	5–4	4–5	6–6	2–7	4–5	5–4	7–5	4–8	—	8–1	1–8	2–6	3–6	7–9
Pittsburgh	3–6	2–7	3–8	7–5	4–5	6–3	2–9	5–7	5–6	7–2	5–4	1–8	—	5–4	2–7	6–5	6–7
San Diego	9–3	4–5	4–5	11–1	7–5	5–4	4–5	7–5	6–3	4–4	5–4	8–1	4–5	—	8–4	6–3	6–7
San Francisco	7–5	2–7	3–7	7–2	5–7	9–0	3–6	6–6	4–5	6–3	5–4	6–2	7–2	4–8	—	7–5	8–5
St. Louis	7–2	3–6	7–4	3–8	6–3	5-4	7–5	5–4	8–3	6–3	3–6	6–3	5–6	3–6	5–7	—	4–9

Detailed records

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
NL East
Atlanta Braves	2	7	0.222	17	40
Florida Marlins	6	3	0.667	49	33
Montreal Expos	7	2	0.778	47	32
New York Mets	5	4	0.556	26	28
Philadelphia Phillies	1	8	0.111	30	49
Total	21	24	0.467	169	182
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	3	8	0.273	46	58
Cincinnati Reds	7	5	0.583	65	48
Houston Astros	2	9	0.182	30	45
Milwaukee Brewers	5	6	0.455	39	44
St. Louis Cardinals	6	5	0.545	63	59
Total	23	33	0.411	243	254
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	3	6	0.333	28	42
Colorado Rockies	4	5	0.444	54	46
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	7	0.417	44	59
San Diego Padres	5	4	0.556	37	32
San Francisco Giants	2	7	0.222	27	48
Total	19	29	0.396	190	227
American League
Chicago White Sox	0	2	0.000	8	10
Cleveland Indians	2	1	0.667	11	15
Detroit Tigers	1	2	0.333	6	14
Kansas City Royals	1	1	0.500	11	9
Minnesota Twins	2	1	0.667	12	7
Total	6	7	0.462	48	55
Season Total	69	93	0.426	650	718

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	27	11	16	0.407	101	122
May	29	15	14	0.517	123	113
June	27	13	14	0.481	95	98
July	26	11	15	0.423	121	120
August	26	14	12	0.538	137	122
September	27	5	22	0.185	73	143
Total	162	69	93	0.426	650	718

Total	162	69	93	0.426	650	718
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	80	40	40	0.500	354	336
Away	82	29	53	0.354	296	382

Roster

1998 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

41 Jason Christiansen

67 Francisco Córdova

71 Elmer Dessens

48 Sean Lawrence

47 Jon Lieber

34 Esteban Loaiza

51 Rich Loiselle

36 Javier Martínez

53 Jeff McCurry

38 Chris Peters

73 Ricardo Rincón

22 Jason Schmidt

56 José Silva

49 Jeff Tabaka

57 Todd Van Poppel

35 Marc Wilkins

64 Mike Williams

Catchers

18 Jason Kendall

27 Tim Laker

15 Keith Osik

Infielders

6 Lou Collier

14 Freddy García

10 Abraham Núñez

2 Kevin Polcovich

16 Aramis Ramírez

31 Chance Sanford

17 Doug Strange

5 Tony Womack

29 Kevin Young

Outfielders

46 Jermaine Allensworth

62 Steve Bieser

13 Adrian Brown

19 Emil Brown

11 José Guillén

28 Al Martin

30 Manny Martínez

25 Mark Smith

12 Turner Ward

Manager

32 Gene Lamont

Coaches

37 Joe Jones (first base)

45 Jack Lind (third base)

23 Lloyd McClendon (hitting)

44 Rick Renick (bench)

50 Pete Vuckovich (pitching)

54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Tony Womack	2B
Jason Kendall	C
Al Martin	LF
Kevin Young	1B
Jermaine Allensworth	CF
José Guillén	RF
Freddy García	3B
Lou Collier	SS
Francisco Córdova	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[1]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Laker, T.T. Laker	14	24	9	0.375	1	2
Kendall, J.J. Kendall	149	535	175	0.327	12	75
Allensworth, J.J. Allensworth	69	233	72	0.309	3	24
Brown, A.A. Brown	41	152	43	0.283	0	5
Womack, T.T. Womack	159	655	185	0.282	3	45
Bieser, S.S. Bieser	13	11	3	0.273	0	1
Young, K.K. Young	159	592	160	0.270	27	108
Guillén, J.J. Guillén	153	573	153	0.267	14	84
Ward, T.T. Ward	123	282	74	0.262	9	46
Brown, E.E. Brown	13	39	10	0.256	0	3
García, F.F. García	56	172	44	0.256	9	26
Christiansen, J.J. Christiansen	60	4	1	0.250	0	1
Martínez, M.M. Martínez	73	180	45	0.250	6	24
Van Poppel, T.T. Van Poppel	18	12	3	0.250	0	1
Collier, L.L. Collier	110	334	82	0.246	2	34
Loaiza, E.E. Loaiza	21	29	7	0.241	0	3
Martin, A.A. Martin	125	440	105	0.239	12	47
Ramírez, A.A. Ramírez	72	251	59	0.235	6	24
Peters, C.C. Peters	39	39	9	0.231	0	2
Osik, K.K. Osik	39	98	21	0.214	0	7
Smith, M.M. Smith	59	128	25	0.195	2	13
Núñez, A.A. Núñez	24	52	10	0.192	1	2
Polcovich, K.K. Polcovich	81	212	40	0.189	0	14
Strange, D.D. Strange	90	185	32	0.173	0	14
Lieber, J.J. Lieber	29	48	8	0.167	0	1
Sanford, C.C. Sanford	14	28	4	0.143	0	3
Córdova, F.F. Córdova	33	75	9	0.120	0	1
Schmidt, J.J. Schmidt	33	62	6	0.097	0	2
Silva, J.J. Silva	18	27	1	0.037	0	0
Dessens, E.E. Dessens	43	8	0	0.000	0	1
Lawrence, S.S. Lawrence	7	6	0	0.000	0	0
Martínez, J.J. Martínez	37	1	0	0.000	0	0
Rincón, R.R. Rincón	60	2	0	0.000	0	0
Tabaka, J.J. Tabaka	37	1	0	0.000	0	0
Williams, M.M. Williams	37	3	0	0.000	0	0
Loiselle, R.R. Loiselle	54	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
McCurry, J.J. McCurry	16	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Wilkins, M.M. Wilkins	16	0	0	-1 !—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[2]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Williams, M.M. Williams	37	51	4	2	1.94	59
Christiansen, J.J. Christiansen	60	64.666666666667 !64²⁄₃	3	3	2.51	71
Rincón, R.R. Rincón	60	65	0	2	2.91	64
Tabaka, J.J. Tabaka	37	50.666666666667 !50²⁄₃	2	2	3.02	40
Córdova, F.F. Córdova	33	220.33333333333 !220¹⁄₃	13	14	3.31	157
Loiselle, R.R. Loiselle	54	55	2	7	3.44	48
Peters, C.C. Peters	39	148	8	10	3.47	103
Wilkins, M.M. Wilkins	16	15.333333333333 !15¹⁄₃	0	0	3.52	17
Schmidt, J.J. Schmidt	33	214.33333333333 !214¹⁄₃	11	14	4.07	158
Lieber, J.J. Lieber	29	171	8	14	4.11	138
Silva, J.J. Silva	18	100.33333333333 !100¹⁄₃	6	7	4.40	64
Loaiza, E.E. Loaiza	21	91.666666666667 !91²⁄₃	6	5	4.52	53
Martínez, J.J. Martínez	37	41	0	1	4.83	42
Van Poppel, T.T. Van Poppel	18	47	1	2	5.36	32
Dessens, E.E. Dessens	43	74.666666666667 !74²⁄₃	2	6	5.67	43
McCurry, J.J. McCurry	16	19.333333333333 !19¹⁄₃	1	3	6.52	11
Lawrence, S.S. Lawrence	7	19.666666666667 !19²⁄₃	2	1	7.32	12

Awards and honors

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Jason Kendall, C, Reserve

Notable transactions

July 17, 1998: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Warren Morris and Todd Van Poppel.^[3]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League	Trent Jewett
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Jeff Banister
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Jeff Richardson and Jeff Livesey
A	Augusta Greenjackets	South Atlantic League	Marty Brown
A-Short Season	Erie Seawolves	New York–Penn League	Tracy Woodson
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ Esteban Loaiza page at Baseball Reference

1998 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1998 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

1998 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

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