1998 Anaheim Angels season

1998 Anaheim Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Edison International Field of Anaheim
City	Anaheim, California
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Jackie Autry
General managers	Bill Bavasi
Managers	Terry Collins
Television	Fox Sports West •Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc KCAL-9 •Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
Radio	KLAC (AM 570) •Mario Impemba, Brian Barnhart XPRS (Spanish) •José Tolentino, Ivan Lara
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
← 1997 1999 →

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

Season standings

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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	88	74	.543	—	48‍–‍33	40‍–‍41
Anaheim Angels	85	77	.525	3	42‍–‍39	43‍–‍38
Seattle Mariners	76	85	.472	11½	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	14	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

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1998 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

Transactions

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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

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1998 Anaheim Angels

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

1 Terry Collins

Coaches

2 Larry Bowa (Third Base)
29 Rod Carew (Hitting)
47 Joe Coleman (Bullpen)
24 George Hendrick (First Base)
53 Marcel Lachemann (Pitching)
70 Joe Maddon (Bench)

Starters by position

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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
C	Matt Walbeck	108	338	41	87	6	46	.257	.367	1
1B	Cecil Fielder	103	381	48	92	17	68	.241	.423	0
2B	Justin Baughman	63	196	24	50	1	20	.255	.327	10
3B	Dave Hollins	101	363	60	88	11	39	.242	.388	11
SS	Gary DiSarcina	157	551	73	158	3	56	.287	.385	11
LF	Darin Erstad	133	537	84	159	19	82	.296	.486	20
CF	Jim Edmonds	154	599	115	184	25	91	.307	.506	7
RF	Garret Anderson	156	622	62	183	15	79	.284	.455	8
DH	Tim Salmon	136	463	84	139	26	88	.300	.533	0

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Other batters

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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 Nevin	75	237	54	.228	8	27
Norberto Martin	79	195	42	.215	1	13
Randy Velarde	51	188	49	.261	4	26
Orlando Palmeiro	75	165	53	.321	0	21
Troy Glaus	48	165	36	.218	1	23
Craig Shipley	77	147	38	.259	2	17
Damon Mashore	43	98	23	.235	2	11
Chris Pritchett	31	80	23	.288	2	8
Greg Jefferies	19	72	25	.347	1	10
Todd Greene	29	71	18	.254	1	7
Frank Bolick	21	45	7	.156	1	2
Reggie Williams	29	36	13	.361	1	5
Carlos García	19	35	5	.143	0	0
Mark Johnson	10	14	1	.071	0	0
Charlie O'Brien	5	11	2	.182	0	0
Chad Kreuter	3	7	1	.143	0	0
Bengie Molina	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Starting pitchers

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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 Finley	34	223.1	11	9	3.39	212
Omar Olivares	37	183.0	9	9	4.03	112
Steve Sparks	22	128.2	9	4	4.34	90
Ken Hill	19	103.0	9	6	4.98	57
Jack McDowell	14	76.0	5	3	5.09	45
Jarrod Washburn	15	74.0	6	3	4.62	48
Jeff Juden	8	40.0	1	3	6.75	39

Other pitchers

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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 Dickson	27	122.0	10	10	6.05	61
Allen Watson	28	92.1	6	7	6.04	64

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Troy Percival	67	2	7	42	3.65	87
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	61	8	3	5	3.14	73
Rich DeLucia	61	2	6	3	4.27	73
Mike Holtz	53	2	2	1	4.75	29
Pep Harris	49	3	1	0	4.35	34
Greg Cadaret	39	1	2	1	4.14	37
Trevor Wilson	15	0	0	0	3.52	6
Mike Fetters	12	1	2	0	5.56	9
Mike James	11	0	0	0	1.93	12
Rich Robertson	5	0	0	0	15.88	3

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