1998 New York Yankees season

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The 1998 season was the 96th season played by the New York Yankees. Widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in baseball history,^[1]^[2]^[3] the Yankees finished with a franchise record regular-season standing of 114–48. These Yankees set an American League record for wins in a season, a record that would stand until 2001, when the Seattle Mariners won 116 games in the regular season against 46 losses. It also saw Yankee David Wells pitch the 15th perfect game in baseball history. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium, in which they celebrated the stadium's 75th anniversary. Joe Torre managed the team.

LeagueAmerican League

BallparkYankee Stadium

Record114–48 (.704)

OwnersGeorge Steinbrenner

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1998 New York Yankees
World Series champions American League champions American League East champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Record	114–48 (.704)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	George Steinbrenner
General managers	Brian Cashman
Managers	Joe Torre
Television	WPIX (Bobby Murcer, Tommy John) MSG (Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman)
Radio	WABC (AM) (John Sterling, Michael Kay)
← 1997 Seasons 1999 →

In the postseason, they swept the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, won the American League pennant by beating the Cleveland Indians four games to two in the American League Championship Series, and swept the San Diego Padres to capture their 24th World Series. Including the playoffs, the 1998 Yankees won a total of 125 games against 50 losses, a Major League Baseball record.

Offseason transactions

November 11, 1997: Charlie Hayes was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Singleton and Alberto Castillo (minors).^[4]
November 12, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[5]
November 18, 1997: Scott Brosius was sent by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on November 7, 1997. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Kenny Rogers and cash.^[6]
November 25, 1997: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[7]
December 10, 1997: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[8]
January 8, 1998: Darryl Strawberry re-signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[9]
January 15, 1998: Tim Raines re-signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[10]
January 26, 1998: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[11]
February 6, 1998: Chuck Knoblauch was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Yankees for Brian Buchanan, Cristian Guzmán, Eric Milton, Danny Mota, and cash.^[12]
March 14, 1998: Doug Linton was released by the New York Yankees.^[11]
June 2, 1998: Mark Prior was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[13]
June 2, 1998: Drew Henson was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998.^[14]
June 28, 1998: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[15]
August 3, 1998: Dale Sveum was released by the New York Yankees.^[7]
September 29, 1998: Alfonso Soriano was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Japan Central).^[16]

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	114	48	.704	—	62‍–‍19	52‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	22	51‍–‍30	41‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays	88	74	.543	26	51‍–‍30	37‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles	79	83	.488	35	42‍–‍39	37‍–‍44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	63	99	.389	51	33‍–‍48	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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1998 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1998 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	5–6	6–5	5–6	4–7	8–3	6–5	6–5	6–5	5–7	9–3	6–5	5–7	4–7	10–6
Baltimore	6–5	—	6–6	2–9	5–6	10–1	5–6	7–3	3–9	8–3	6–5	5–7	6–5	5–7	5–11
Boston	5–6	6–6	—	5–6	8–3	5–5	8–3	5–6	5–7	9–2	7–4	9–3	6–5	5–7	9–7
Chicago	6–5	9–2	6–5	—	6–6	6–6	8–4	6–6	4–7	4–7	4–7	5–6	5–6	4–6–1	7–9
Cleveland	7–4	6–5	3–8	6–6	—	9–3	8–4	6–6	4–7	3–8	9–2	7–3	4–7	7–4	10–6
Detroit	3–8	1–10	5–5	6–6	3–9	—	6–6	8–4	3–8	7–4	3–8	5–6	3–8	5–6	7–9
Kansas City	5–6	6–5	3–8	4–8	4–8	6–6	—	7–5	0–10	7–4	4–6	8–3	3–8	6–5	9–7
Minnesota	5–6	3–7	6–5	6–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	—	4–7	4–7	2–9	7–4	7–4	4–7	7–9
New York	5–6	9–3	7–5	7–4	7–4	8–3	10–0	7–4	—	8–3	8–3	11–1	8–3	6–6	13–3
Oakland	7–5	3–8	2–9	7–4	8–3	4–7	4–7	7–4	3–8	—	5–7	5–6	6–6	5–6	8–8
Seattle	3–9	5–6	4–7	7–4	2–9	8–3	6–4	9–2	3–8	7–5	—	6–5	5–7	4–7	7–9
Tampa Bay	5–6	7–5	3–9	6–5	3–7	6–5	3–8	4–7	1–11	6–5	5–6	—	4–7	5–7	5–11
Texas	7–5	5–6	5–6	6–5	7–4	8–3	8–3	4–7	3–8	6–6	7–5	7–4	—	7–4	8–8
Toronto	7–4	7–5	7–5	6–4–1	4–7	6–5	5–6	7–4	6–6	6–5	7–4	7–5	4–7	—	9–7

Roster

1998 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated Hitter

45 Chili Davis

Manager

6 Joe Torre

Coaches

53 José Cardenal (First Base)
48 Chris Chambliss (Hitting)
40 Tony Cloninger (Bullpen)
30 Willie Randolph (Third Base)
34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching)
50 Don Zimmer (Bench)

Game log

Regular season

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Bold	Yankees team member

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1998 regular season game log: 114–48 (Home: 62–19 Away: 52–29)^[17]

April: 17–6 (Home: 9–1 Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance
1	April 1	@ Angels	1–4	Finley (1–0)	Pettitte (0–1)	Percival (1)	Edison International Field of Anaheim	43,311	0–1
2	April 2	@ Angels	2–10	Hill (1–0)	Wells (0–1)	—	Edison International Field of Anaheim	29,899	0–2
—	April 3	@ Athletics	Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 4
3	April 4	@ Athletics	3–7	Haynes (1–0)	Cone (0–1)	—	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	17,118	0–3
4	April 5	@ Athletics	9–7 (10)	Nelson (1–0)	Mohler (0–1)	—	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	18,109	1–3
5	April 6	@ Mariners	0–8	Moyer (1–1)	Pettitte (0–2)	—	Kingdome	27,445	1–4
6	April 7	@ Mariners	13–7	Wells (1–1)	Bullinger (0–1)	—	Kingdome	28,424	2–4
7	April 8	@ Mariners	4–3	Lloyd (1–0)	Ayala (0–1)	Stanton (1)	Kingdome	33,922	3–4
8	April 10	Athletics	17–13	Buddie (1–0)	Dougherty (0–1)	—	Yankee Stadium	56,717	4–4
9	April 11	Athletics	3–1	Pettitte (1–2)	Candiotti (0–3)	Stanton (2)	Yankee Stadium	33,238	5–4
10	April 12	Athletics	7–5	Buddie (2–0)	Mathews (0–1)	Stanton (3)	Yankee Stadium	27,057	6–4
—	April 13	Angels	Postponed (stadium structural problems); rescheduled for August 24
—	April 14	Angels	Postponed (stadium structural problems); rescheduled for August 26
11	April 15	Angels	6–3	Wells (2–1)	Hill (2–1)	Nelson (1)	Shea Stadium	40,743	7–4
12	April 17	@ Tigers	11–2	Pettitte (2–2)	Thompson (1–3)	—	Tiger Stadium	12,348	8–4
13	April 18	@ Tigers	8–3	Cone (1–1)	Keagle (0–3)	—	Tiger Stadium	13,803	9–4
14	April 19	@ Tigers	1–2	Moehler (1–2)	Holmes (0–1)	Jones (2)	Tiger Stadium	12,568	9–5
15	April 20	@ Blue Jays	3–2 (11)	Banks (1–0)	Risley (0–2)	Stanton (4)	SkyDome	26,385	10–5
16	April 21	@ Blue Jays	5–3 (10)	Stanton (1–0)	Plesac (0–2)	—	SkyDome	27,192	11–5
17	April 22	@ Blue Jays	9–1	Pettitte (3–2)	Clemens (2–2)	—	SkyDome	29,164	12–5
18	April 24	Tigers	8–4	Cone (2–1)	Keagle (0–4)	—	Yankee Stadium	26,173	13–5
19	April 25	Tigers	5–4	Wells (3–1)	Runyan (0–1)	Rivera (1)	Yankee Stadium	33,196	14–5
—	April 26	Tigers	Postponed (rain); rescheduled for July 20
20	April 27	Blue Jays	1–0	Pettitte (4–2)	Clemens (2–3)	Rivera (2)	Yankee Stadium	17,863	15–5
21	April 28	Blue Jays	2–5	Williams (2–1)	Mendoza (0–1)	Myers (5)	Yankee Stadium	18,727	15–6
22	April 29	Mariners	8–5	Cone (3–1)	Fassero (2–1)	Rivera (3)	Yankee Stadium	27,949	16–6
23	April 30	Mariners	9–8 (10)	Rivera (1–0)	Ayala (0–2)	—	Yankee Stadium	28,517	17–6

May: 20–7 (Home: 9–4 Away: 11–3)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
24	May 1	@ Royals	2–1	Irabu (1–0)	Rapp (1–3)	Rivera (4)	Kauffman Stadium	19,002	18–6
25	May 2	@ Royals	12–6	Pettitte (5–2)	Haney (2–2)	—	Kauffman Stadium	22,743	19–6
26	May 3	@ Royals	10–1	Mendoza (1–1)	Belcher (1–4)	—	Kauffman Stadium	22,609	20–6
27	May 5	@ Rangers	7–2	Cone (4–1)	Burkett (2–4)	—	The Ballpark in Arlington	31,693	21–6
28	May 6	@ Rangers	15–13	Stanton (2–0)	Patterson (0–1)	Rivera (5)	The Ballpark in Arlington	33,274	22–6
29	May 8	@ Twins	5–1	Irabu (2–0)	Radke (3–3)	Nelson (2)	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	22,612	23–6
30	May 9	@ Twins	1–8	Morgan (1–1)	Pettitte (5–3)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	20,471	23–7
31	May 10	@ Twins	7–0	Mendoza (2–1)	Milton (2–4)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	12,444	24–7
—	May 11	Royals	Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 7
32	May 12	Royals	3–2	Wells (4–1)	Rusch (3–5)	Rivera (6)	Yankee Stadium	16,606	25–7
33	May 13	Rangers	8–6	Cone (5–1)	Helling (6–1)	Rivera (7)	Yankee Stadium	23,142	26–7
34	May 14	Rangers	5–7 (13)	Patterson (1–1)	Banks (1–1)	Wetteland (11)	Yankee Stadium	20,694	26–8
35	May 15	Twins	6–7	Milton (3–4)	Pettitte (5–4)	Aguilera (8)	Yankee Stadium	31,272	26–9
36	May 16	Twins	5–2	Mendoza (3–1)	Tewksbury (3–6)	Rivera (8)	Yankee Stadium	35,137	27–9
37	May 17	Twins	4–0	Wells (5–1)	Hawkins (2–4)	—	Yankee Stadium	49,820	28–9
38	May 19	Orioles	9–5	Stanton (3–0)	Charlton (0–1)	—	Yankee Stadium	31,311	29–9
39	May 20	Orioles	9–6	Irabu (3–0)	Key (4–3)	—	Yankee Stadium	32,449	30–9
40	May 21	Orioles	3–1	Pettitte (6–4)	Erickson (4–5)	Rivera (9)	Yankee Stadium	34,588	31–9
41	May 22		@ Red Sox	L 4–5	Wakefield (6–1)	Nelson (1–1)	Gordon (18)		33,605	31–10	L1
42	May 23		@ Red Sox	W 12–3	Wells (6–1)	Lowe (0–3)	—		33,120	32–10	W1
43	May 24		@ Red Sox	W 14–4	Cone (6–1)	Saberhagen (5–3)	—		33,042	33–10	W2
44	May 25	@ White Sox	12–0	Irabu (4–0)	Navarro (4–5)	—	Comiskey Park	19,812	34–10
45	May 26	@ White Sox	7–5	Nelson (2–1)	Foulke (1–1)	Rivera (10)	Comiskey Park	14,596	35–10
46	May 27	@ White Sox	9–12	Simas (1–1)	Nelson (2–2)	Karchner (5)	Comiskey Park	15,232	35–11
47	May 28		Red Sox	W 8–3	Wells (7–1)	Wakefield (6–2)	Stanton (5)		42,182	36–11	W1
48	May 29		Red Sox	W 6–2	Cone (7–1)	Lowe (0–4)	—		47,160	37–11	W2
49	May 30		Red Sox	L 2–3	Saberhagen (6–3)	Irabu (4–1)	Gordon (19)		55,191	37–12	L1
50	May 31		Red Sox	L 7–13	Martinez (6–1)	Pettitte (6–5)	—		55,711	37–13	L2

June: 19–7 (Home: 10–1 Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
51	June 1	White Sox	5–4 (10)	Nelson (3–2)	Karchner (1–2)	—	Yankee Stadium	19,131	38–13
52	June 2	White Sox	6–3	Wells (8–1)	Sirotka (6–5)	Rivera (11)	Yankee Stadium	22,599	39–13
53	June 3	Devil Rays	7–1	Hernandez (1–0)	Saunders (1–6)	—	Yankee Stadium	27,291	40–13
54	June 4	Devil Rays	6–1	Irabu (5–1)	Springer (2–9)	—	Yankee Stadium	22,759	41–13
55	June 5	Marlins	5–1	Pettitte (7–5)	Fontenot (0–3)	—	Yankee Stadium	28,085	42–13
56	June 6	Marlins	4–2	Mendoza (4–1)	Sanchez (3–2)	Rivera (12)	Yankee Stadium	36,419	43–13
57	June 7	Marlins	4–1	Cone (8–1)	Dempster (0–2)	—	Yankee Stadium	47,731	44–13
58	June 9	@ Expos	11–1	Hernandez (2–0)	Perez (6–4)	—	Olympic Stadium	16,238	45–13
59	June 10	@ Expos	6–2	Irabu (6–1)	Hermanson (4–5)	—	Olympic Stadium	14,335	46–13
60	June 11	@ Expos	5–7	Valdes (1–3)	Nelson (3–3)	Urbina (15)	Olympic Stadium	16,036	46–14
—	June 12	7:35 p.m. EDT	Indians	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 21)
—	June 13	1:15 p.m. EDT	Indians	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 22)
61	June 14	1:36 p.m. EDT	Indians	W 4–2	Cone (9–1)	Wright (5–4)	Rivera (13)	2:48	42,949	47–14	W1
62	June 15	@ Orioles	4–7	Erickson (7–6)	Wells (8–2)	Orosco (5)	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	48,022	47–15
63	June 16	@ Orioles	0–2	Ponson (1–4)	Irabu (6–2)	Rhodes (3)	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	48,027	47–16
64	June 17	@ Orioles	5–3	Pettitte (8–5)	Mussina (5–4)	Rivera (14)	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	48,269	48–16
65	June 18	7:08 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	W 5–2	Nelson (4–3)	Assenmacher (2–4)	Rivera (15)	3:05	43,096	49–16	W2
66	June 19	7:05 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	L 4–7	Wright (6–4)	Cone (9–2)	Jackson (14)	3:04	43,180	49–17	L1
67	June 20	1:17 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	W 5–3	Wells (9–2)	Burba (8–5)	Rivera (16)	2:58	43,259	50–17	W1
68	June 21	8:08 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	L 0–11	Colón (7–4)	Irabu (6–3)	—	2:50	43,104	50–18	L1
69	June 22	7:35 p.m. EDT	Braves	W 6–4	Nelson (5–3)	Martinez (2–4)	Rivera (17)	3:10	53,316	51–18	W1
70	June 23	7:35 p.m. EDT	Braves	L 2–7	Glavine (10–3)	Hernández (2–1)	—	2:44	54,775	51–19	L1
71	June 24	7:40 p.m. EDT	@ Braves	W 10–6	Cone (10–2)	Millwood (9–4)	Rivera (18)	3:19	48,980	52–19	W1
72	June 25	7:41 p.m. EDT	@ Braves	W 6–0	Wells (10–2)	Neagle (8–6)	—	2:58	49,052	53–19	W2
73	June 26	@ Mets	8–4	Mendoza (5–1)	Leiter (9–4)	Rivera (19)	Shea Stadium	53,404	54–19
74	June 27	@ Mets	7–2	Pettitte (9–5)	Jones (6–5)	—	Shea Stadium	53,587	55–19
75	June 28	@ Mets	1–2	Cook (4–2)	Mendoza (5–2)	—	Shea Stadium	53,749	55–20
76	June 30	Phillies	9–2	Cone (11–2)	Loewer (2–1)	—	Yankee Stadium	29,087	56–20

July: 20–7 (Home: 10–2 Away: 10–5)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
77	July 1	Phillies	5–2	Wells (11–2)	Beech (3–6)	Rivera (20)	Yankee Stadium	28,919	57–20
78	July 2	Phillies	9–8 (11)	Buddie (3–0)	Spradlin (3–4)	—	Yankee Stadium	31,259	58–20
79	July 3	Orioles	3–2	Pettitte (10–5)	Orosco (1–1)	—	Yankee Stadium	43,328	59–20
80	July 4	Orioles	4–3	Hernandez (3–1)	Drabek (5–9)	Rivera (21)	Yankee Stadium	37,390	60–20
81	July 5	Orioles	1–0	Cone (12–2)	Erickson (8–7)	Rivera (22)	Yankee Stadium	52,506	61–20
69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
82	July 9	@ Devil Rays	2–0	Pettitte (11–5)	Rekar (0–1)	Rivera (23)	Tropicana Field	38,386	62–20
83	July 10	@ Devil Rays	8–4	Irabu (7–3)	Alvarez (4–6)	Mendoza (1)	Tropicana Field	40,363	63–20
84	July 11	@ Devil Rays	2–0	Cone (13–2)	Arrojo (10–6)	Rivera (24)	Tropicana Field	44,589	64–20
85	July 12	@ Devil Rays	9–2	Stanton (4–0)	Hernandez (0–4)	—	Tropicana Field	43,373	65–20
86	July 13	7:05 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	L 1–4	Wright (9–5)	Hernández (3–2)	Jackson (20)	2:54	43,177	65–21	L1
87	July 14	7:07 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	W 7–1	Pettitte (12–5)	Burba (10–7)	—	2:49	43,164	66–21	W1
88	July 15	@ Tigers	11–0	Irabu (8–3)	Greisinger (1–4)	—	Tiger Stadium	19,868	67–21
89	July 16	@ Tigers	1–3	Moehler (10–6)	Cone (13–3)	Jones (16)	Tiger Stadium	21,336	67–22
90	July 17	@ Blue Jays	6–9	Clemens (11–6)	Holmes (0–2)	Myers (25)	SkyDome	39,172	67–23
91	July 18	@ Blue Jays	10–3	Hernandez (4–2)	Guzman (4–12)	—	SkyDome	48,123	68–23
92	July 19	@ Blue Jays	3–9	Williams (9–4)	Pettitte (12–6)	—	SkyDome	42,176	68–24
93	July 20 (1)	Tigers	3–4 (17)	Sager (3–1)	Holmes (0–3)	—	Yankee Stadium	N/A	68–25
94	July 20 (2)	Tigers	4–3	Irabu (9–3)	Florie (5–4)	Rivera (25)	Yankee Stadium	36,285	69–25
95	July 21	Tigers	5–1	Cone (14–3)	Moehler (10–7)	—	Yankee Stadium	35,980	70–25
96	July 22	Tigers	13–2	Hernandez (5–2)	Powell (1–2)	Holmes (1)	Yankee Stadium	49,029	71–25
97	July 24	White Sox	5–4	Pettitte (13–6)	Ward (0–1)	Rivera (26)	Yankee Stadium	44,264	72–25
98	July 25	White Sox	2–6	Sirotka (10–9)	Irabu (9–4)	Simas (9)	Yankee Stadium	55,638	72–26
99	July 26	White Sox	6–3	Wells (12–2)	Navarro (8–12)	Rivera (27)	Yankee Stadium	51,865	73–26
100	July 28	@ Angels	9–3	Cone (15–3)	Dickson (9–8)	—	Edison International Field of Anaheim	36,241	74–26
101	July 29	@ Angels	5–10	Sparks (4–2)	Hernandez (5–3)	—	Edison International Field of Anaheim	38,829	74–27
102	July 30	@ Angels	3–0 (10)	Mendoza (6–2)	DeLucia (1–4)	Rivera (28)	Edison International Field of Anaheim	42,915	75–27
103	July 31	@ Mariners	5–3	Irabu (10–4)	Fassero (10–7)	Rivera (29)	Kingdome	43,837	76–27

August: 22–10 (Home: 14–5 Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance
104	August 1	@ Mariners	5–2	D. Wells (13–2)	Moyer (8–8)	—	Kingdome	53,840	77–27
105	August 2	@ Mariners	3–6	B. Wells (1–2)	Cone (15–4)	Timlin (6)	Kingdome	47,872	77–28
106	August 3	@ Athletics	14–1	O. Hernandez (6–3)	Oquist (6–9)	—	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	18,209	78–28
107	August 4 (1)	@ Athletics	10–4	Mendoza (7–2)	Witasick (0–1)	Stanton (6)	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	N/A	79–28
108	August 4 (2)	@ Athletics	10–5	Lloyd (2–0)	Taylor (3–9)	—	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	23,357	80–28
109	August 5	@ Athletics	1–3	Candiotti (7–13)	Irabu (10–5)	—	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	22,458	80–29
110	August 7 (1)	Royals	8–2	Cone (16–4)	Rapp (9–11)	—	Yankee Stadium	14,425	81–29
111	August 7 (2)	Royals	14–2	D. Wells (14–2)	Haney (4–5)	—	Yankee Stadium	37,988	82–29
112	August 8	Royals	14–1	O. Hernandez (7–3)	Rusch (6–15)	—	Yankee Stadium	45,975	83–29
113	August 9	Royals	5–4	Mendoza (8–2)	Service (4–3)	Rivera (30)	Yankee Stadium	55,911	84–29
114	August 10	Twins	7–3	Irabu (11–5)	Rodriguez (1–2)	—	Yankee Stadium	29,600	85–29
115	August 11	Twins	7–0	D. Wells (15–2)	Milton (6–9)	—	Yankee Stadium	37,413	86–29
116	August 12	Twins	11–2	Cone (17–4)	Hawkins (7–11)	—	Yankee Stadium	47,841	87–29
117	August 13	Rangers	2–0	O. Hernandez (8–3)	Helling (15–7)	Rivera (31)	Yankee Stadium	53,835	88–29
118	August 14	Rangers	6–4	Pettitte (14–6)	Sele (13–10)	Rivera (32)	Yankee Stadium	46,547	89–29
119	August 15	Rangers	5–16	Stottlemyre (11–10)	Irabu (11–6)	—	Yankee Stadium	53,117	89–30
120	August 16	Rangers	6–5	Rivera (2–0)	X. Hernandez (5–2)	—	Yankee Stadium	50,304	90–30
121	August 17	@ Royals	7–1	Cone (18–4)	Rosado (6–9)	—	Kauffman Stadium	27,895	91–30
122	August 18	@ Royals	3–2 (13)	Borowski (1–0)	Whisenant (1–1)	—	Kauffman Stadium	26,259	92–30
123	August 19	@ Twins	3–5	Serafini (6–4)	Pettitte (14–7)	Aguilera (31)	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	17,923	92–31
124	August 20	@ Twins	4–9	Rodriguez (3–2)	Buddie (3–1)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	18,548	92–32
125	August 21	@ Rangers	5–0	D. Wells (16–2)	Loaiza (7–8)	—	The Ballpark in Arlington	45,841	93–32
126	August 22	@ Rangers	12–9	Bradley (1–0)	X. Hernandez (5–3)	Rivera (33)	The Ballpark in Arlington	46,483	94–32
127	August 23	@ Rangers	10–12	Helling (16–7)	O. Hernandez (8–4)	Wetteland (34)	The Ballpark in Arlington	37,284	94–33
128	August 24	Angels	3–7	McDowell (3–2)	Pettitte (14–8)	—	Yankee Stadium	19,297	94–34
129	August 25	Angels	6–7	Watson (6–7)	Stanton (4–1)	Percival (36)	Yankee Stadium	30,422	94–35
130	August 26 (1)	Angels	4–6	Juden (8–13)	Bradley (1–1)	Percival (37)	Yankee Stadium	20,077	94–36
131	August 26 (2)	Angels	7–6	Rivera (3–0)	Fetters (2–7)	—	Yankee Stadium	28,837	95–36
132	August 27	Angels	6–5 (11)	Tessmer (1–0)	Fetters (2–8)	—	Yankee Stadium	29,213	96–36
133	August 28	Mariners	10–3	O. Hernandez (9–4)	Spoljaric (4–3)	—	Yankee Stadium	49,789	97–36
134	August 29	Mariners	11–6	Pettitte (15–8)	Cloude (8–10)	—	Yankee Stadium	55,146	98–36
135	August 30	Mariners	3–13	Swift (11–8)	Irabu (11–7)	—	Yankee Stadium	55,341	98–37

September: 16–11 (Home: 10–6 Away: 6–5)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
136	September 1	Athletics	7–0	Wells (17–2)	Candiotti (10–15)	—	Yankee Stadium	29,632	99–37
137	September 2	Athletics	0–2	Heredia (3–0)	Cone (18–5)	Taylor (29)	Yankee Stadium	30,332	99–38
138	September 4	@ White Sox	11–6	Lloyd (3–0)	Bradford (2–1)	—	Comiskey Park	19,876	100–38
139	September 5	@ White Sox	5–9	Abbott (1–0)	Pettitte (15–9)	—	Comiskey Park	33,092	100–39
140	September 6	@ White Sox	5–6	Baldwin (10–5)	Irabu (11–8)	Howry (5)	Comiskey Park	24,498	100–40
141	September 7		@ Red Sox	L 3–4	Swindell (5–5)	Wells (17–3)	Gordon (39)		32,106	100–41	L3
142	September 8		@ Red Sox	W 3–2	Cone (19–5)	Martinez (18–5)	Rivera (34)		33,409	101–41	W1
143	September 9		@ Red Sox	W 7–5	Mendoza (9–2)	Wakefield (15–8)	Rivera (35)		32,942	102–41	W2
144	September 10	Blue Jays	8–5	Pettitte (16–9)	Hentgen (12–11)	Holmes (2)	Yankee Stadium	25,881	103–41
145	September 11	Blue Jays	4–5	Almanzar (2–2)	Irabu (11–9)	Person (2)	Yankee Stadium	35,856	103–42
146	September 12	Blue Jays	3–5	Carpenter (11–7)	Wells (17–4)	Person (3)	Yankee Stadium	48,752	103–43
147	September 13	Blue Jays	3–5	Escobar (6–2)	Cone (19–6)	Person (4)	Yankee Stadium	47,471	103–44
148	September 14		Red Sox	W 3–0	Hernandez (10–4)	Martinez (18–6)	—		42,735	104–44	W1
149	September 15		Red Sox	L 4–9	Wakefield (16–8)	Jerzembeck (0–1)	—		43,218	104–45	L1
150	September 16	@ Devil Rays	0–7	Saunders (6–14)	Pettitte (16–10)	—	Tropicana Field	38,862	104–46
151	September 17	@ Devil Rays	4–0	Irabu (12–9)	Santana (5–5)	—	Tropicana Field	38,820	105–46
152	September 18	@ Orioles	15–5	Wells (18–4)	Guzman (10–15)	—	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	48,113	106–46
153	September 19	@ Orioles	3–5	Ponson (8–8)	Cone (19–7)	Mills (2)	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	48,044	106–47
154	September 20	@ Orioles	5–4	Hernandez (11–4)	Johns (3–3)	Rivera (36)	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	48,013	107–47
155	September 21	7:37 p.m. EDT	Indians	L 1–4	Nagy (15–10)	Pettitte (16–11)	Shuey (2)	2:48	21,449	107–48	L1
156 (1)	September 22	1:05 p.m. EDT	Indians	W 10–4	Mendoza (10–2)	Burba (14–10)	—	2:52	14,840	108–48	W1
157 (2)	September 22	7:35 p.m. EDT	Indians	W 5–1	Irabu (13–9)	Ogea (5–4)	—	2:23	32,315	109–48	W2
158	September 23	7:35 p.m. EDT	Indians	W 8–4	Bradley (2–1)	Jacome (0–1)	—	2:38	32,367	110–48	W3
159	September 24	Devil Rays	5–2	Buddie (4–1)	Alvarez (6–14)	Nelson (3)	Yankee Stadium	24,555	111–48
160	September 25	Devil Rays	6–1	Hernandez (12–4)	Eiland (0–1)	—	Yankee Stadium	32,447	112–48
161	September 26	Devil Rays	3–1	Cone (20–7)	Wade (1–1)	—	Yankee Stadium	41,150	113–48
162	September 27	Devil Rays	8–3	Bruske (1–0)	White (2–6)	—	Yankee Stadium	49,608	114–48

Detailed records

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American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	9	3	0.750	61	43
Boston Red Sox	7	5	0.583	73	53
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	11	1	0.917	60	22
Toronto Blue Jays	6	6	0.500	57	52
Div Total	33	15	0.688	251	170
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	7	4	0.636	73	58
Cleveland Indians	7	4	0.636	50	43
Detroit Tigers	8	3	0.727	70	28
Kansas City Royals	10	0	1.000	78	22
Minnesota Twins	7	4	0.636	60	37
Div Total	39	15	0.722	331	188
AL West
Anaheim Angels	5	6	0.455	52	61
Oakland Athletics	8	3	0.727	81	48
Seattle Mariners	8	3	0.727	71	64
Texas Rangers	8	3	0.727	81	74
Div Total	29	15	0.659	285	247
League Total	101	45	0.692	867	605
National League
Atlanta Braves	3	1	0.750	24	17
Florida Marlins	3	0	1.000	13	4
Montreal Expos	2	1	0.667	22	10
New York Mets	2	1	0.667	16	8
Philadelphia Phillies	3	0	1.000	23	12
League Total	13	3	0.813	98	51
Season Total	114	48	0.704	965	656

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	23	17	6	0.739	135	107
May	27	20	7	0.741	192	118
June	26	19	7	0.731	135	87
July	27	20	7	0.741	142	89
August	32	22	10	0.688	222	151
September	27	16	11	0.593	139	104
Total	162	114	48	0.704	965	656

Total	162	114	48	0.704	965	656
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	62	19	0.765	472	314
Away	81	52	29	0.642	493	342

Postseason Game log

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Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
Bold	Yankees team member

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1998 Postseason game log: 11–2 (Home: 8–1; Away: 5–1)

AL Division Series vs. Texas Rangers 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–0)^[18]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series
1	September 29	Rangers	2–0	Wells (1–0)	Stottlemyre (0–1)	Rivera (1)	57,362	NYA 1–0
2	September 30	Rangers	3–1	Pettitte (1–0)	Helling (0–1)	Rivera (2)	57,360	NYA 2–0
3	October 2	@ Rangers	4–0	Cone (1–0)	Sele (0–1)	—	49,450	NYA 3–0

AL Championship Series vs. Cleveland Indians 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–1)^[19]

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Series	Box/ Streak
1	October 6	8:07 p.m. EDT	Indians	W 7–2	Wells (1–0)	Wright (0–1)	—	3:31	57,138	NYA 1–0	W1
2	October 7	4:07 p.m. EDT	Indians	L 1–4 (12)	Burba (2–0)	Nelson (0–1)	Jackson (4)	4:28	57,128	Tied 1–1	L1
3	October 9	8:07 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	L 1–6	Colón (1–0)	Pettitte (0–1)	—	2:53	44,904	CLE 2–1	L2
4	October 10	7:07 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	W 4–0	Hernández (1–0)	Gooden (0–1)	—	3:31	44,981	Tied 2–2	W1
5	October 11	4:07 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	W 5–3	Wells (3–0)	Ogea (0–1)	Rivera (1)	3:33	44,966	NYA 3–2	W2
6	October 13	8:07 p.m. EDT	Indians	W 9–5	Cone (2–0)	Nagy (1–1)	—	3:31	57,142	NYA 4–2	W3

World Series vs. San Diego Padres 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–0)^[20]

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Series	Box/ Streak
1	October 17	8:00 p.m. EDT	Padres	W 9–6	Wells (1–0)	Wall (0–1)	Rivera (1)	3:29	56,712	NYA 1–0	W1
2	October 18	7:55 p.m. EDT	Padres	W 9–3	Hernández (1–0)	Ashby (0–1)	—	3:31	56,692	NYA 2–0	W2
3	October 20	8:20 p.m. EDT	@ Padres	W 5–4	Mendoza (1–0)	Hoffman (0–1)	Rivera (2)	3:14	64,667	NYA 3–0	W3
4	October 21	8:20 p.m. EDT	@ Padres	W 3–0	Pettitte (1–0)	Brown (0–1)	Rivera (3)	2:58	65,427	NYA 4–0	W4

Player stats

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Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jorge Posada	111	358	96	.268	17	63
1B	Tino Martinez	142	531	149	.281	28	123
2B	Chuck Knoblauch	150	603	160	.265	17	64
3B	Scott Brosius	152	530	159	.300	19	98
SS	Derek Jeter	149	626	203	.324	19	84
LF	Chad Curtis	151	456	111	.243	10	56
CF	Bernie Williams	128	499	169	.339	26	97
RF	Paul O'Neill	152	602	191	.317	24	116
DH	Darryl Strawberry	101	295	73	.247	24	57

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tim Raines	109	321	93	.290	5	47
Joe Girardi	78	254	70	.276	3	31
Luis Sojo	54	147	34	.231	0	14
Chili Davis	35	103	30	.291	3	9
Ricky Ledée	42	79	19	.241	1	12
Homer Bush	45	71	27	.380	1	5
Shane Spencer	27	67	25	.373	10	27
Dale Sveum	30	58	9	.155	0	3
Mike Lowell	8	15	4	.267	0	0
Mike Figga	1	4	1	.250	0	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Andy Pettitte	33	216.1	16	11	4.24	146
David Wells	30	214.1	18	4	3.49	163
David Cone	31	207.2	20	7	3.55	209
Hideki Irabu	29	173.0	13	9	4.06	129
Orlando Hernández	21	141.0	12	4	3.13	131

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mariano Rivera	54	61.1	3	0	36	1.91	36
Mike Stanton	67	79.0	4	1	6	5.47	69
Graeme Lloyd	50	37.2	3	0	0	1.67	20
Jeff Nelson	45	40.1	5	3	3	3.79	35
Darren Holmes	34	51.1	0	3	2	3.33	31
Mike Buddie	24	41.2	4	1	0	5.62	20
Willie Banks	9	14.1	1	1	0	10.05	8
Joe Borowski	8	9.2	1	0	0	6.52	7
Jay Tessmer	7	8.2	1	0	0	3.12	6
Todd Erdos	2	2.0	0	0	0	9.00	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ramiro Mendoza	41	130.1	10	2	1	3.25	56
Ryan Bradley	5	12.2	2	1	0	5.68	13
Jim Bruske	3	9.0	1	0	0	3.00	3
Mike Jerzembeck	3	6.1	0	1	0	12.79	1

ALDS

Game 1

September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	6	0
WP: David Wells (1-0) LP: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)

Game 2

September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
New York	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3	8	0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0) LP: Rick Helling (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: TEX: None NYY: Shane Spencer, Scott Brosius

Game 3

October 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (Texas Rangers)

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	9	1
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
WP: David Cone (1-0) LP: Aaron Sele (0-1) Home runs: NYY: Shane Spencer, Paul O'Neill TEX: None

ALCS

New York wins the series, 4–2

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Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	New York	7	Cleveland	2	October 6	1-0 (NYY)
2	New York	1	Cleveland	4	October 7	1-1
3	Cleveland	6	New York	1	October 9	2-1 (CLE)
4	Cleveland	0	New York	4	October 10	2-2
5	Cleveland	3	New York	5	October 11	3-2 (NYY)
6	New York	9	Cleveland	5	October 13	4-2 (NYY)

World Series

Game 1

October 17, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	8	1
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	X	9	9	1
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)

Game 2

October 18, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	10	1
New York	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	9	16	0
WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0) LP: Andy Ashby (0-1) Home runs: SD: None NYY: Bernie Williams (1), Jorge Posada (1)

Game 3

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

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	9	1
San Diego	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	7	1
WP: Ramiro Mendoza (1-0) LP: Trevor Hoffman (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: NYY: Scott Brosius 2 (2) SD: None

Game 4

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

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	9	0
San Diego	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0) LP: Kevin Brown (0-1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (3)

Awards and honors

Scott Brosius, 3B, World Series Most Valuable Player
David Wells, Pitcher, American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player
David Cone, Pitcher, Hutch Award^[21]
Derek Jeter, Shortstop, American League Leader in Runs scored, 127
Joe Torre, Associated Press Manager of the Year
Bernie Williams, Outfielder, 1998 American League Batting Title

All-Star Game

Scott Brosius, 3B, reserve
Derek Jeter, SS, reserve
Paul O'Neill, OF, reserve
David Wells, P, starter
Bernie Williams, OF, reserve

Farm system

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Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Stump Merrill
AA	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	Trey Hillman
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Lee Mazzilli
A	Greensboro Bats	South Atlantic League	Tom Nieto
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Joe Arnold
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Ken Dominguez

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Oneonta^[22]

1998 New York Yankees season

Offseason transactions

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Game log

Regular season

Detailed records

Postseason Game log

Player stats

Batting

Other batters

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

Other pitchers

ALDS

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

ALCS

World Series

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Awards and honors

Farm system

References

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