1998 San Diego Padres season

The 1998 San Diego Padres season was the 30th season in franchise history. The Padres won the National League championship and advanced to the World Series for the second time in franchise history.

1998 San Diego Padres
National League Champions
NL West champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)John Moores
General manager(s)Kevin Towers
Manager(s)Bruce Bochy
Local televisionKUSI-TV
4SD
(Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe)
Local radioKFMB (AM)
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler)
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San Diego featured five All-Stars: pitchers Andy Ashby, Kevin Brown, and Trevor Hoffman, and outfielders Tony Gwynn and Greg Vaughn. Brown and Hoffman were two of the premier pitchers in baseball for 1998. Brown led the staff in wins, earned run average, and strikeouts, and he also finished in the league's top five in each category. Hoffman saved 53 games and was voted the NL Rolaids Relief Man Award for best closer in the league. Ashby was the team's number two starter with 17 wins.

The Padres offense was led by Vaughn, who had the greatest season of his career in 1998. He ended up winning both the Comeback Player of the Year Award and the Silver Slugger Award. And in a season headlined by sluggers Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, Vaughn was matching them in home runs before finishing with 50 (compared to 70 for McGwire and 66 for Sosa). Former MVP Ken Caminiti was second on the team in home runs and runs batted in. Gwynn had a .321 batting average.

In the regular season, San Diego won the NL Western Division. Their 98–64 record was third-best in the league, behind only the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros, who San Diego then went a combined 7–3 against in winning the NL pennant. But the Padres faced the 1998 New York Yankees in the World Series, and were swept, four games to none.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters
Player Pos
Quilvio Veras 2B
Steve Finley CF
Tony Gwynn RF
Ken Caminiti 3B
Greg Vaughn LF
Wally Joyner 1B
Carlos Hernández C
Chris Gomez SS
Kevin Brown P

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Diego Padres 9864 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
San Francisco Giants 8974 0.546 9½ 49–32 40–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8379 0.512 15 48–33 35–46
Colorado Rockies 7785 0.475 21 42–39 35–46
Arizona Diamondbacks 6597 0.401 33 34–47 31–50

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 —1–85–74–56–66–24–54–86–32–74–52–76–33–95–72–75–8
Atlanta 8–1—3–67–25–37–54–58–17–26–69–38–47–25–47–26–39–7
Chicago 7–56–3—6–57–27–24–74–56–67–24–53–68–35–47–34–75–8
Cincinnati 5–42–75–6—4–59–03–85–46–58–13–64–55–71–112–78–37-6
Colorado 6–63–52–75–4—6–36–56–64–77–23–65–45–45–77–53–64–8
Florida 2–65–72–70–93–6—3–64–50–95–75–76–63–64–50–94–58–8
Houston 5–45–47–48–35–66-3—3–69–27–25–47–29–25–46–35–710–4
Los Angeles 8–41–85–44–56–65–46–3—5–45–43–55–47–55–76–64–58–5
Milwaukee 3–62–76–65–67–49–02–94–5—6–31–84–56–53–65–43–88–6
Montreal 7–26–62–71–82–77–52–74–53–6—8–45–72–74–43–63–66–10
New York 5–43–95–46–36–37–54–55–38–14–8—8–44–54–54–56–39–7
Philadelphia 7-24–86–35–44–56–62–74–55–47–54–8—8–11–82–63–67–9
Pittsburgh 3–62–73–87–54–56–32–95–75–67–25–41–8—5–42–76–56–7
San Diego 9–34–54–511–17–55–44–57–56–34–45–48–14–5—8–46–36–7
San Francisco 7–52–73–77–25–79–03–66–64–56–35–46–27–24–8—7–58–5
St. Louis 7–23–67–43–86–35-47–55–48–36–33–66–35–63–65–7—4–9

Notable transactions

Roster
1998 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CCarlos Hernández129390102.262952
1BWally Joyner131439131.2981280
2BQuilvio Veras138 517 138 .267 6 45
SSChris Gomez145 449 120 .267 4 39
3BKen Caminiti131 452 114 .252 29 82
LFGreg Vaughn158 573 156 .272 50 119
CFSteve Finley159 619 154 .249 14 67
RFTony Gwynn127461148.3211669

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
Andy Sheets88 194 47 .242 7 29
Mark Sweeney122 192 45 .234 2 15
Rubén Rivera95 172 36 .209 6 29
Greg Myers69 171 42 .246 4 20
Jim Leyritz62 143 38.266 4 18
Ed Giovanola92 139 32 .230 1 9
Archi Cianfrocco 40 72 9 .125 1 5
James Mouton 55 63 12 .190 0 7
George Arias 20 36 7 .194 1 4
Eddie Williams 17 28 4 .143 0 3
John Vander Wal 20 25 6 .240 0 0
Mandy Romero 6 9 0 .000 0 0
Ben Davis 1 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
Kevin Brown36 257.0 18 7 2.38 257
Andy Ashby33226.21793.34151
Joey Hamilton34 217.1 13 13 4.27 147
Sterling Hitchcock39 176.1 9 7 3.93 158
Mark Langston22 81.1 4 6 5.86 56
Stan Spencer630.2104.7031

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
Pete Smith10 43.1 3 2 4.78 36
Matt Clement4 13.2 2 0 4.61 13

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
Trevor Hoffman6642531.4886
Dan Miceli67 10 5 2 3.22 70
Brian Boehringer565204.3667
Donne Wall46 5 4 1 2.43 56
Scott Sanders233104.1126
Roberto Ramírez211006.1417
Carlos Reyes222213.5824
Randy Myers211306.289
Don Wengert100015.935
Ben Van Ryn601010.131
Jim Bruske40003.864
Will Cunnane30006.001
Marc Kroon20000.002

League honors

All-Stars

Awards

Statistical leaders

Kevin Brown

  • #2 ERA (2.38)
  • #2 Strikeouts (257)
  • #2 WHIP (1.07)
  • #2 Innings Pitched (257)
  • #4 Wins (18)
  • #4 Complete Games (7)

Tony Gwynn

  • #1 At-Bats Per Strikeout (25.6)

Trevor Hoffman

  • #1 Saves (53)

Greg Vaughn

  • #3 Home runs (50)
  • #5 Slugging percentage (.597)
  • #5 Total Bases (342)

National League Division Series
Main article: 1998 National League Division Series

Houston Astros vs. San Diego Padres

San Diego wins the series, 3-1

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1Houston1San Diego2September 291-0 (SD)
2Houston5San Diego4October 11-1
3San Diego2Houston1October 32-1 (SD)
4San Diego6Houston1October 43-1 (SD)

National League Championship Series
Main article: 1998 National League Championship Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(SD-Atl)

 Attendance
1 October 7 San Diego 3 Atlanta 2 1-0 42,117
2 October 8 San Diego 3 Atlanta 0 2-0 43,083
3 October 10 Atlanta 1 San Diego 4 3-0 62,779
4 October 11 Atlanta 8 San Diego 3 3-1 65,042
5 October 12 Atlanta 7 San Diego 6 3-2 58,988
6 October 14 San Diego 5 Atlanta 0 4-2 50,988
San Diego wins series 4–2 and advances to the World Series

World series
Main article: 1998 World Series

Game 1

October 17, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
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New York02000070X991
WP: David Wells (1-0)   LP: Donne Wall (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
SD: Greg Vaughn 2 (2), Tony Gwynn (1)
NYY: Chuck Knoblauch (1), Tino Martinez (1)

In Game 1, Kevin Brown took the hill for the Padres and he was opposed by Yankee ace and ALCS MVP David Wells. The Yankees began the scoring in the 2nd inning, when rookie Ricky Ledée laced a 2-run double into the right field corner with the bases loaded. Wells was battered hard for the only time in the postseason beginning with the 3rd when Greg Vaughn homered to rightcenter with a man aboard tying the game up at 2 runs apiece. In the 5th, Tony Gwynn smashed a 2-run shot off the facing of the upper deck and that was followed up immediately by Vaughn's second dinger of the night. Trailing 5–2, the Yanks made their comeback in the 7th. Jorge Posada singled and Ledee walked ending the night for Brown. It turned out to be a bad move by Padres manager Bruce Bochy. New York took advantage of the Padres bullpen with a 3-run homer by Chuck Knoblauch that tied the game at 5. Later in the inning, a 2-2 count call by home plate umpire Rich Garcia was decisive. Mark Langston's pitch was shown on television replays to be a strike, which Rich Garcia called a ball. Tino Martinez took advantage of Garcia's call and on the next pitch sent a grand slam into the upper deck making it a 9–5 lead. The Padres score only one more run as the Yankees won game one, 9–6.

Game 2

October 18, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team123456789RHE
San Diego0000100203101
New York33102000X9160
WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0)   LP: Andy Ashby (0-1)
Home runs:
SD: None
NYY: Bernie Williams (1), Jorge Posada (1)

In Game 2, the Bombers took a big early lead, thanks to a dreadful outing by San Diego starter Andy Ashby. Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada hit home runs to assist the Yankees on offense. New York started Cuban import, Orlando Hernández, who was outstanding.

Game 3

October 20, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California

Team123456789RHE
New York000000230591
San Diego000003010471
WP: Ramiro Mendoza (1-0)   LP: Trevor Hoffman (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
NYY: Scott Brosius 2 (2)
SD: None

With the Yankees up 2–0, they sent David Cone to the mound to face former Yankee pitcher, Sterling Hitchcock, the MVP of the NLCS. Both teams were kept off the scoreboard until the bottom of the 6th when Hitchcock himself led off the inning with a single off Cone. He and Qulivio Veras both scored two batters later when Tony Gwynn shot a double down the line past Tino Martinez at first base. Gwynn also scored in the inning to give San Diego a 3–0 lead. However, a half inning later the Yanks jumped on Hitchcock for two runs beginning with a home run to left-center by Scott Brosius. The second run came in after Shane Spencer doubled and scored on an error by Ken Caminiti. In the 8th, the call was made to Trevor Hoffman after Randy Myers walked Paul O'Neill to open the inning. Hoffman then walked Tino Martinez before Scott Brosius tagged a three-run blast over the fence in dead center. With a 5–3 lead, the Yankees wrapped up the victory when Mariano Rivera picked up the save in the 9th to end it.

Game 4

October 21, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California

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New York000001020390
San Diego000000000070
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (3)

New York's Andy Pettitte outpitched San Diego's Kevin Brown with 7​1⁄3 strong innings for the 3-0 Yankees victory, giving the Bombers their 24th title. Though New York's reliever Jeff Nelson allowed the Padres to load the bases, Mariano Rivera came in to end the threat by getting Jim Leyritz, known for his clutch postseason homers with San Diego, to fly out. Rivera added another scoreless inning for the save.

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Jerry Royster
AA Mobile BayBears Southern League Mike Ramsey
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Carlos Lezcano
A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Tom LeVasseur
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Randy Whisler
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Don Werner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Idaho Falls[7]

References
  1. "Jorge Velandia Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  2. "Derrek Lee Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  3. "Buddy Carlyle Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  4. Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Randy Myers Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. John Vander Wal Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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