1998 Anaheim Angels season

The 1998 Anaheim Angels season involved the Angels finishing 2nd in the American League west with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

1998 Anaheim Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersJackie Autry
General managersBill Bavasi
ManagersTerry Collins
Local televisionFox Sports West
•Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc
KCAL-9
•Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
Local radioKLAC (AM 570)
•Mario Impemba, Brian Barnhart
XPRS (Spanish)
•José Tolentino, Ivan Lara
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
  • December 4, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[1]
  • December 19, 1997: Cecil Fielder signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[2]
  • December 22, 1997: Chip Hale signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[3]
  • January 9, 1998: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[4]
  • January 10, 1998: William Van Landingham was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[5]
  • January 26, 1998: Damon Mashore was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[6]
  • February 27, 1998: Jack McDowell signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[7]
  • March 30, 1998: Chip Hale was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for Craig Shipley.[3]

Regular season
Jim Fregosi's number 11 was retired by the Anaheim Angels in 1998.

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 8874 0.543 — 48–33 40–41
Anaheim Angels 8577 0.525 3 42–39 43–38
Seattle Mariners 7685 0.472 11½ 42–39 34–46
Oakland Athletics 7488 0.457 14 39–42 35–46

Record vs. opponents
1998 American League record

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

Transactions
  • July 30, 1998: Charlie O'Brien was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Anaheim Angels for Brian Tokarse (minors) and Jason Stockstill (minors).[8]
  • August 7, 1998: Jeff Juden was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Milwaukee Brewers.[9]
  • August 10, 1998: Cecil Fielder was released by the Anaheim Angels.[2]
  • August 26, 1998: Greg Cadaret was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Anaheim Angels.[1]

Roster
1998 Anaheim Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging Average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. Slg. SB
CMatt Walbeck1083384187646.257.3671
1BCecil Fielder10338148921768.241.4230
2BJustin Baughman631962450120.255.32710
3BDave Hollins10136360881139.242.38811
SSGary DiSarcina15755173158356.287.38511
LFDarin Erstad133537841591982.296.48620
CFJim Edmonds1545991151842591.307.5067
RFGarret Anderson156622621831579.284.4558
DHTim Salmon136463841392688.300.5330

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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
Phil Nevin7523754.228827
Norberto Martin7919542.215113
Randy Velarde5118849.261426
Orlando Palmeiro7516553.321021
Troy Glaus4816536.218123
Craig Shipley7714738.259217
Damon Mashore439823.235211
Chris Pritchett318023.28828
Greg Jefferies197225.347110
Todd Greene297118.25417
Frank Bolick21457.15612
Reggie Williams293613.36115
Carlos García19355.14300
Mark Johnson10141.07100
Charlie O'Brien5112.18200
Chad Kreuter371.14300
Bengie Molina210.00000

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
Chuck Finley34223.11193.39212
Omar Olivares37183.0994.03112
Steve Sparks22128.2944.3490
Ken Hill19103.0964.9857
Jack McDowell1476.0535.0945
Jarrod Washburn1574.0634.6248
Jeff Juden840.0136.7539

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
Jason Dickson27122.010106.0561
Allen Watson2892.1676.0464
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
Troy Percival6727423.6587
Shigetoshi Hasegawa618353.1473
Rich DeLucia612634.2773
Mike Holtz532214.7529
Pep Harris493104.3534
Greg Cadaret391214.1437
Trevor Wilson150003.526
Mike Fetters121205.569
Mike James110001.9312
Rich Robertson500015.883

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Mitch Seoane
AA Midland Angels Texas League Don Long
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Mario Mendoza
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Garry Templeton
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bill Lachemann

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References
  1. "Greg Cadaret Stats".
  2. Cecil Fielder Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Chip Hale Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Norberto Martin Stats".
  5. William Van Landingham Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. "Damon Mashore Stats".
  7. Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. Jeff Juden Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. "1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics".
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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