1998 New York Yankees season

The 1998 New York Yankees season was the 96th season for the Yankees. Widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in baseball history,[1][2][3] the team 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 (the Yankees still hold the record for most regular season wins by a team that won the World Series). New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium, in which they celebrated the stadium's 75th Anniversary.

1998 New York Yankees
World Series Champions
AL Champions
AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record114–48 (.704)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Brian Cashman
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWPIX
(Bobby Murcer, Tommy John)
MSG
(Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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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, an MLB 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
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 11448 0.704 — 62–19 52–29
Boston Red Sox 9270 0.568 22 51–30 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 8874 0.543 26 51–30 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 7983 0.488 35 42–39 37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399 0.389 51 33–48 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1998 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —5–66–55–64–78–36–56–56–55–79–36–55–74–710–6
Baltimore 6–5—6–62–95–610–15–67–33–98–36–55–76–55–75–11
Boston 5–66–6—5–68–35–58–35–65–79–27–49–36–55–79–7
Chicago 6–59–26–5—6–66–68–46–64–74–74–75–65–64–6–17–9
Cleveland 7–46–53–86–6—9–38–46–64–73–89–27–34–77–410–6
Detroit 3–81–105–56–63–9—6–68–43–87–43–85–63–85–67–9
Kansas City 5–66–53–84–84–86–6—7–50–107–44–68–33–86–59–7
Minnesota 5–63–76–56–66–64–85–7—4–74–72–97–47–44–77–9
New York 5–69–37–57–47–48–310–07–4—8–38–311–18–36–613–3
Oakland 7–53–82–97–48–34–74–77–43–8—5–75–66–65–68–8
Seattle 3–95–64–77–42–98–36–49–23–87–5—6–55–74–77–9
Tampa Bay 5–67–53–96–53–76–53–84–71–116–55–6—4–75–75–11
Texas 7–55–65–66–57–48–38–34–73–86–67–57–4—7–48–8
Toronto 7–47–57–56–4–14–76–55–67–46–66–57–47–54–7—9–7

Detailed records

Roster
1998 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated Hitter

Manager

Coaches

Game log
Legend
   Yankees Win
   Yankees Loss
   Game Postponed
1998 Regular Season (114–48) Home: 62–19 Away: 52–29 Game Log
April (17–6) Home: 9–1 Away: 8–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Angels1–4Finley (1–0)Pettitte (0–1)Percival (1)43,3110–1
2April 2@ Angels2–10Hill (1–0)Wells (0–1)—29,8990–2
3April 4@ Athletics3–7HaynesCone (0–1)—17,1180–3
4April 5@ Athletics9–7 10Nelson (1–0)Mohler—18,1091–3
5April 6@ Mariners0–8MoyerPettitte (0–2)—27,4451–4
6April 7@ Mariners13–7Wells (1–1)Bullinger—28,4242–4
7April 8@ Mariners4–3Lloyd (1–0)AyalaStanton (1)33,9223–4
8April 10Athletics17–13Buddie (1–0)Dougherty—56,7174–4
9April 11Athletics3–1Pettitte (1–2)CandiottiStanton (2)33,2385–4
10April 12Athletics7–5Buddie (2–0)MathewsStanton (3)27,0576–4
--April 13AngelsPostponed (stadium structural problems); rescheduled for August 24
--April 14AngelsPostponed (stadium structural problems); rescheduled for August 26
11April 15Angels (at Shea Stadium in Flushing, NY)6–3Wells (2–1)Hill (2–1)Nelson (1)40,7437–4
12April 17@ Tigers11–2Pettitte (2–2)Thompson—12,3488–4
13April 18@ Tigers8–3Cone (1–1)Keagle—13,8039–4
14April 19@ Tigers1–2MoehlerHolmes (0–1)Jones12,5689–5
15April 20@ Blue Jays3–2 11Banks (1–0)RisleyStanton (4)26,38510–5
16April 21@ Blue Jays5–3 10Stanton (1–0)Plesac—27,19211–5
17April 22@ Blue Jays9–1Pettitte (3–2)Clemens—29,16412–5
18April 24Tigers8–4Cone (2–1)Keagle—26,17313–5
19April 25Tigers5–4Wells (3–1)RunyanRivera (1)33,19614–5
20April 27Blue Jays1–0Pettitte (4–2)ClemensRivera (2)17,86315–5
21April 28Blue Jays2–5WilliamsMendoza (0–1)Myers18,72715–6
22April 29Mariners8–5Cone (3–1)FasseroRivera (3)27,94916–6
23April 30Mariners9–8 10Rivera (1–0)Ayala—28,51717–6
May (20–7) Home: 9–4 Away: 11–3
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Royals2–1Irabu (1–0)RappRivera (4)19,00218–6
25May 2@ Royals12–6Pettitte (5–2)Haney—22,74319–6
26May 3@ Royals10–1Mendoza (1–1)Belcher—22,60920–6
27May 5@ Rangers7–2Cone (4–1)Burkett—31,69321–6
28May 6@ Rangers15–13Stanton (2–0)PattersonRivera (5)33,27422–6
29May 8@ Twins5–1Irabu (2–0)RadkeNelson (2)22,61223–6
30May 9@ Twins1–8MorganPettitte (5–3)—20,47123–7
31May 10@ Twins7–0Mendoza (2–1)Milton—12,44424–7
32May 12Royals3–2Wells (4–1)RuschRivera (6)16,60625–7
33May 13Rangers8–6Cone (5–1)HellingRivera (7)23,14226–7
34May 14Rangers5–7 13PattersonBanks (1–1)Wetteland20,69426–8
35May 15Twins6–7MiltonPettitte (5–4)Aguilera31,27226–9
36May 16Twins5–2Mendoza (3–1)TewksburyRivera (8)35,13727–9
37May 17Twins4–0Wells (5–1)Hawkins—49,82028–9
38May 19Orioles9–5Stanton (3–0)Charlton—31,31129–9
39May 20Orioles9–6Irabu (3–0)Key—32,44930–9
40May 21Orioles3–1Pettitte (6–4)EricksonRivera (9)34,58831–9
41May 22@ Red Sox4–5WakefieldNelson (1–1)Gordon33,60531–10
42May 23@ Red Sox12–3Wells (6–1)Lowe—33,12032–10
43May 24@ Red Sox14–4Cone (6–1)Saberhagen—33,04233–10
44May 25@ White Sox12–0Irabu (4–0)Navarro—19,81234–10
45May 26@ White Sox7–5Nelson (2–1)FoulkeRivera (10)14,59635–10
46May 27@ White Sox9–12SimasNelson (2–2)Karchner15,23235–11
47May 28Red Sox8–3Wells (7–1)WakefieldStanton (5)42,18236–11
48May 29Red Sox6–2Cone (7–1)Lowe—47,16037–11
49May 30Red Sox2–3SaberhagenIrabu (4–1)Gordon55,19137–12
50May 31Red Sox7–13MartinezPettitte (6–5)—55,71137–13
June (19–7) Home: 10–1 Away: 9–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1White Sox5–4 10Nelson (3–2)Karchner—19,13138–13
52June 2White Sox6–3Wells (8–1)SirotkaRivera (11)22,59939–13
53June 3Devil Rays7–1Hernandez (1–0)Saunders—27,29140–13
54June 4Devil Rays6–1Irabu (5–1)Springer—22,75941–13
55June 5Marlins5–1Pettitte (7–5)Fontenot—28,08542–13
56June 6Marlins4–2Mendoza (4–1)SanchezRivera (12)36,41943–13
57June 7Marlins4–1Cone (8–1)Dempster—47,73144–13
58June 9@ Expos11–1Hernandez (2–0)Perez—16,23845–13
59June 10@ Expos6–2Irabu (6–1)Hermanson—14,33546–13
60June 11@ Expos5–7ValdesNelson (3–3)Urbina16,03646–14
61June 14Indians4–2Cone (9–1)WrightRivera (13)42,94947–14
62June 15@ Orioles4–7EricksonWells (8–2)Orosco48,02247–15
63June 16@ Orioles0–2PonsonIrabu (6–2)Rhodes48,02747–16
64June 17@ Orioles5–3Pettitte (8–5)MussinaRivera (14)48,26948–16
65June 18@ Indians5–2Nelson (4–3)AssenmacherRivera (15)43,09649–16
66June 19@ Indians4–7WrightCone (9–2)Jackson43,18049–17
67June 20@ Indians5–3Wells (9–2)BurbaRivera (16)43,25950–17
68June 21@ Indians0–11ColonIrabu (6–3)—43,10450–18
69June 22Braves6–4Nelson (5–3)MartinezRivera (17)53,31651–18
70June 23Braves2–7GlavineHernandez (2–1)—54,77551–19
71June 24@ Braves10–6Cone (10–2)MillwoodRivera (18)48,98052–19
72June 25@ Braves6–0Wells (10–2)Neagle—49,05253–19
73June 26@ Mets8–4Mendoza (5–1)LeiterRivera (19)53,40454–19
74June 27@ Mets7–2Pettitte (9–5)Jones—53,58755–19
75June 28@ Mets1–2CookMendoza (5–2)—53,74955–20
76June 30Phillies9–2Cone (11–2)Loewer—29,08756–20
July (20–7) Home: 10–2 Away: 10–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Phillies5–2Wells (11–2)BeechRivera (20)28,91957–20
78July 2Phillies9–8 11Buddie (3–0)Spradlin—31,25958–20
79July 3Orioles3–2Pettitte (10–5)Orosco—43,32859–20
80July 4Orioles4–3Hernandez (3–1)DrabekRivera (21)37,39060–20
81July 5Orioles1–0Cone (12–2)EricksonRivera (22)52,50661–20
82July 9@ Devil Rays2–0Pettitte (11–5)RekarRivera (23)38,38662–20
83July 10@ Devil Rays8–4Irabu (7–3)AlvarezMendoza (1)40,36363–20
84July 11@ Devil Rays2–0Cone (13–2)ArrojoRivera (24)44,58964–20
85July 12@ Devil Rays9–2Stanton (4–0)Hernandez—43,37365–20
86July 13@ Indians1–4WrightHernandez (3–2)Jackson43,17765–21
87July 14@ Indians7–1Pettitte (12–5)Burba—43,16466–21
88July 15@ Tigers11–0Irabu (8–3)Greisinger—19,86867–21
89July 16@ Tigers1–3MoehlerCone (13–3)Jones21,33667–22
90July 17@ Blue Jays6–9ClemensHolmes (0–2)Myers39,17267–23
91July 18@ Blue Jays10–3Hernandez (4–2)Guzman—48,12368–23
92July 19@ Blue Jays3–9WilliamsPettitte (12–6)—42,17668–24
93July 20Tigers3–4 17SagerHolmes (0–3)—068–25
94July 20Tigers4–3Irabu (9–3)FlorieRivera (25)36,28569–25
95July 21Tigers5–1Cone (14–3)Moehler—35,98070–25
96July 22Tigers13–2Hernandez (5–2)PowellHolmes (1)49,02971–25
97July 24White Sox5–4Pettitte (13–6)WardRivera (26)44,26472–25
98July 25White Sox2–6SirotkaIrabu (9–4)Simas55,63872–26
99July 26White Sox6–3Wells (12–2)NavarroRivera (27)51,86573–26
100July 28@ Angels9–3Cone (15–3)Dickson (9–8)—36,24174–26
101July 29@ Angels5–10Sparks (4–2)Hernández (5–3)—38,82974–27
102July 30@ Angels3–0 (10)Mendoza (6–2)DeLucia (1–4)Rivera (28)42,91575–27
103July 31@ Mariners5–3Irabu (10–4)FasseroRivera (29)43,83776–27
August (22–10) Home: 14–5 Away: 8–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Mariners5–2Wells (13–2)Moyer—53,84077–27
105August 2@ Mariners3–6WellsCone (15–4)Timlin47,87277–28
106August 3@ Athletics14–1Hernandez (6–3)Oquist—18,20978–28
107August 4@ Athletics10–4Mendoza (7–2)WitasickStanton (6)079–28
108August 4@ Athletics10–5Lloyd (2–0)Taylor—23,35780–28
109August 5@ Athletics1–3CandiottiIrabu (10–5)—22,45880–29
110August 7Royals8–2Cone (16–4)Rapp—14,42581–29
111August 7Royals14–2Wells (15–2)Haney—37,98882–29
112August 8Royals14–1Hernandez (7–3)Rusch—45,97583–29
113August 9Royals5–4Mendoza (8–2)ServiceRivera (30)55,91184–29
114August 10Twins7–3Irabu (11–5)Rodriguez—29,60085–29
115August 11Twins7–0Wells (16–2)Milton—37,41386–29
116August 12Twins11–2Cone (17–4)Hawkins—47,84187–29
117August 13Rangers2–0Hernandez (8–3)HellingRivera (31)53,83588–29
118August 14Rangers6–4Pettitte (14–6)SeleRivera (32)46,54789–29
119August 15Rangers5–16StottlemyreIrabu (11–6)—53,11789–30
120August 16Rangers6–5Rivera (2–0)Hernandez—50,30490–30
121August 17@ Royals7–1Cone (18–4)Rosado—27,89591–30
122August 18@ Royals3–2 13BorowskiWhisenant—26,25992–30
123August 19@ Twins3–5SerafiniPettitte (14–7)Aguilera17,92392–31
124August 20@ Twins4–9RodriguezBuddie (3–1)—18,54892–32
125August 21@ Rangers5–0Wells (17–2)Loaiza—45,84193–32
126August 22@ Rangers12–9Bradley (1–0)HernandezRivera (33)46,48394–32
127August 23@ Rangers10–12HellingHernandez (8–4)Wetteland37,28494–33
128August 24Angels3–7McDowell (3–2)Pettitte (14–8)—19,29794–34
129August 25Angels6–7Watson (6–7)Stanton (4–1)Percival (36)30,42294–35
130August 26Angels4–6Juden (1–2)Bradley (1–1)Percival (37)20,07794–36
131August 26Angels7–6Rivera (3–0)Fetters (2–7)—28,83795–36
132August 27Angels6–5 (11)Tessmer (1–0)Fetters (2–8)—29,21396–36
133August 28Mariners10–3Hernandez (9–4)Spoljaric—49,78997–36
134August 29Mariners11–6Pettitte (15–8)Cloude—55,14698–36
135August 30Mariners3–13SwiftIrabu (11–7)—55,34198–37
September (16–11) Home: 10–6 Away: 6–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Athletics7–0Wells (18–2)Candiotti—29,63299–37
137September 2Athletics0–2HerediaCone (18–5)Taylor30,33299–38
138September 4@ White Sox11–6Lloyd (3–0)Bradford—19,876100–38
139September 5@ White Sox5–9AbbottPettitte (15–9)—33,092100–39
140September 6@ White Sox5–6BaldwinIrabu (11–8)Howry24,498100–40
141September 7@ Red Sox3–4SwindellWells (18–3)Gordon32,106100–41
142September 8@ Red Sox3–2Cone (19–5)MartinezRivera (34)33,409101–41
143September 9@ Red Sox7–5Mendoza (9–2)WakefieldRivera (35)32,942102–41
144September 10Blue Jays8–5Pettitte (16–9)HentgenHolmes (2)25,881103–41
145September 11Blue Jays4–5AlmanzarIrabu (11–9)Person35,856103–42
146September 12Blue Jays3–5CarpenterWells (18–4)Person48,752103–43
147September 13Blue Jays3–5EscobarCone (19–6)Person47,471103–44
148September 14Red Sox3–0Hernandez (10–4)Martinez—42,735104–44
149September 15Red Sox4–9WakefieldJerzembeck (0–1)—43,218104–45
150September 16@ Devil Rays0–7SaundersPettitte (16–10)—38,862104–46
151September 17@ Devil Rays4–0Irabu (12–9)Santana—38,820105–46
152September 18@ Orioles15–5Wells (19–4)Guzman—48,113106–46
153September 19@ Orioles3–5PonsonCone (19–7)Mills48,044106–47
154September 20@ Orioles5–4Hernandez (11–4)JohnsRivera (36)48,013107–47
155September 21Indians1–4NagyPettitte (16–11)Shuey21,449107–48
156September 22Indians10–4Mendoza (10–2)Burba—14,840108–48
157September 22Indians5–1Irabu (13–9)Ogea—32,315109–48
158September 23Indians8–4Bradley (2–1)Jacome—32,367110–48
159September 24Devil Rays5–2Buddie (4–1)AlvarezNelson (3)24,555111–48
160September 25Devil Rays6–1Hernandez (12–4)Eiland—32,447112–48
161September 26Devil Rays3–1Cone (20–7)Wade—41,150113–48
162September 27Devil Rays8–3Bruske (1–0)White—49,608114–48

Postseason Game log
Legend
  Yankees Win
  Yankees Loss
  Game Postponed
1998 Postseason (11–2) Game Log
ALDS vs Rangers (3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1September 29Rangers2–0Wells (1–0)Stottlemyre (0–1)Rivera (1)57,3621–0
2September 30Rangers3–1Pettitte (1–0)Helling (0–1)Rivera (2)57,3602–0
3October 2@ Rangers4–0Cone (1–0)Sele (0–1)49,4503–0
ALCS vs Indians (4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 6Indians7–2Wells (2–0)Wright (0–2)57,1381–0
2October 7Indians1–4Burba (2–0)Nelson (0–1)Jackson (4)57,1281–1
3October 9@ Indians1–6Colon (1–0)Pettitte (1–1)44,9041–2
4October 10@ Indians4–0Hernandez (1–0)Gooden (0–1)44,9812–2
5October 11@ Indians5–3Wells (3–0)Ogea (0–1)Rivera (3)44,9663–2
6October 13Indians9–5Cone (2–0)Nagy (1–1)57,1424–2
WS vs Padres (4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 17Padres9–6Wells (4–0)Wall (0–1)Rivera (4)56,7121–0
2October 18Padres9–3Hernandez (2–0)Ashby (0–1)56,6922–0
3October 20@ Padres5–4Mendoza (1–0)Hoffman (1–1)Rivera (5)64,6673–0
4October 21@ Padres3–0Pettitte (2–1)Brown (2–2)Rivera (6)65,4274–0

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

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
CJorge Posada11135896.2681763
1BTino Martinez142531149.28128123
2BChuck Knoblauch150603160.2651764
3BScott Brosius152530159.3001998
SSDerek Jeter149626203.3241984
LFChad Curtis151456111.2431056
CFBernie Williams128499169.3392697
RFPaul O'Neill152602191.31724116
DHDarryl Strawberry10129573.2472457

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
Tim Raines10932193.290547
Joe Girardi7825470.276331
Luis Sojo5414734.231014
Chili Davis3510330.29139
Ricky Ledée427919.241112
Homer Bush457127.38015
Shane Spencer276725.3731027
Dale Sveum30589.15503
Mike Lowell8154.26700
Mike Figga141.25000

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
Andy Pettitte33216.116114.24146
David Wells30214.11843.49163
David Cone31207.22073.55209
Hideki Irabu29173.01394.06129
Orlando Hernández21141.01243.13131

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Mariano Rivera5461.130361.9136
Mike Stanton6779.04165.4769
Graeme Lloyd5037.23001.6720
Jeff Nelson4540.15333.7935
Darren Holmes3451.10323.3331
Mike Buddie2441.24105.6220
Willie Banks914.111010.058
Joe Borowski89.21006.527
Jay Tessmer78.21003.126
Todd Erdos22.00009.000

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Ramiro Mendoza41130.110213.2556
Ryan Bradley512.22105.6813
Jim Bruske39.01003.003
Mike Jerzembeck36.101012.791

ALDS
Main article: 1998 American League Division Series

Game 1

September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team123456789RHE
Texas000000000050
New York02000000X260
WP: David Wells (1-0)   LP: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)

Game 2

September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team123456789RHE
Texas000010000150
New York01020000X380
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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WP: David Cone (1-0)   LP: Aaron Sele (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Shane Spencer, Paul O'Neill
TEX: None

ALCS
Main article: 1998 American League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4-2

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1New York7Cleveland2October 61-0 (NYY)
2New York1Cleveland4October 71-1
3Cleveland6New York1October 92-1 (CLE)
4Cleveland0New York4October 102-2
5Cleveland3New York5October 113-2 (NYY)
6New York9Cleveland5October 134-2 (NYY)

World Series
Main article: 1998 World Series

Game 1

October 17, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York

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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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[18]

References
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  3. "'We're going to win today': '98 Yanks had it all". MLB.com.
  4. Charlie Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "Luis Sojo Stats".
  6. Scott Brosius Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. "Dale Sveum Stats".
  8. Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. Darryl Strawberry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. Tim Raines Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. "Doug Linton Stats".
  12. Chuck Knoblauch Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  13. Mark Prior Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  14. "Drew Henson Stats".
  15. Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  16. Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  17. "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  18. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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