1998 Major League Baseball season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the 1998 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1998 in baseball.

The 1998 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the World Series.

The 1998 season was also marked by an expansion to 30 teams, with two new teams–the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the American League–added to the MLB. To keep the leagues with even numbers of teams while allowing both leagues to have a new team, the Milwaukee Brewers were moved from the American League Central Division to the National League Central Division. The Detroit Tigers were shifted from the American League East to the American League Central, while the Devil Rays were added to the American League East. The Diamondbacks were added to the National League West.

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

• The asterisk denotes the club that won the wild card for its respective league. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants in a 1-game playoff to determine the NL wild card.

[edit] Playoffs

• World Series: New York Yankees over San Diego Padres (4-0); Scott Brosius, MVP

• American League Championship Series MVP: David Wells
  • American League Division Series:
• National League Championship Series MVP: Sterling Hitchcock
  • National League Division Series
• All-Star Game, July 7 at Coors Field: American League, 13-8; Roberto Alomar, MVP

[edit] Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Juan González, Texas Rangers, OF (AL)
  • Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs, OF (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  • Roger Clemens, Toronto Blue Jays (AL)
  • Tom Glavine, Atlanta Braves (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
  • Ben Grieve, Oakland Athletics, OF (AL)
  • Kerry Wood, Chicago Cubs, P (NL)
• Manager of the Year Award
  • Joe Torre, New York Yankees (AL)
  • Larry Dierker, Houston Astros (NL)

[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders

[edit] Events

[edit] January-March

[edit] April-June

[edit] July-September

[edit] October-December

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January-April

[edit] May-August

[edit] September-December