Jump to content

Main menu Navigation ●Main page ●Contents ●Current events ●Random article ●About Wikipedia ●Contact us ●Donate Contribute ●Help ●Learn to edit ●Community portal ●Recent changes ●Upload file

●Create account ●Log in ●Create account ● Log in Pages for logged out editors learn more ●Contributions ●Talk

(Top) 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Record vs. opponents 2.3 Notable transactions 2.3.1 Draft picks 2.4 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 Farm system 5 References

1998 Cincinnati Reds season

Add links ●Article ●Talk ●Read ●Edit ●View history Tools Actions ●Read ●Edit ●View history General ●What links here ●Related changes ●Upload file ●Special pages ●Permanent link ●Page information ●Cite this page ●Get shortened URL ●Download QR code ●Wikidata item Print/export ●Download as PDF ●Printable version Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1998 Cincinnati Reds

League

Division

Ballpark

City

Record

77–85 (.475)

Divisional place

4th

Owners

Television

WSTR/WKRC-TV
Fox Sports Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)

Radio

WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

← 1997

Seasons

1999 →

The Cincinnati Reds' 1998 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central.

Offseason[edit]

November 11, 1997: Paul Bako and Donne Wall were traded by the Reds to the Detroit Tigers for Melvin Nieves.^[1]
November 11, 1997: Mike Kelly was traded by the Reds to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later. The Devil Rays completed the deal by sending Dmitri Young to the Reds on November 18.^[2]
November 27, 1997: Ricardo Jordan was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[3]
December 20, 1997: Dave Weathers was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.^[4]
January 8, 1998: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[5]
January 12, 1998: Pete Rose Jr. was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[6]
March 19, 1998: Midre Cummings was selected off waivers from the Reds by the Boston Red Sox.^[7]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

v

t

e
NL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	102	60	.630	—	55‍–‍26	47‍–‍34
Chicago Cubs	90	73	.552	12½	51‍–‍31	39‍–‍42
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	19	48‍–‍34	35‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	77	85	.475	25	39‍–‍42	38‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	.457	28	38‍–‍43	36‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	.426	33	40‍–‍40	29‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1998 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	1–8	5–7	4–5	6–6	6–2	4–5	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–5	2–7	6–3	3–9	5–7	2–7	5–8
Atlanta	8–1	—	3–6	7–2	5–3	7–5	4–5	8–1	7–2	6–6	9–3	8–4	7–2	5–4	7–2	6–3	9–7
Chicago	7–5	6–3	—	6–5	7–2	7–2	4–7	4–5	6–6	7–2	4–5	3–6	8–3	5–4	7–3	4–7	5–8
Cincinnati	5–4	2–7	5–6	—	4–5	9–0	3–8	5–4	6–5	8–1	3–6	4–5	5–7	1–11	2–7	8–3	7-6
Colorado	6–6	3–5	2–7	5–4	—	6–3	6–5	6–6	4–7	7–2	3–6	5–4	5–4	5–7	7–5	3–6	4–8
Florida	2–6	5–7	2–7	0–9	3–6	—	3–6	4–5	0–9	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–6	4–5	0–9	4–5	8–8
Houston	5–4	5–4	7–4	8–3	5–6	6-3	—	3–6	9–2	7–2	5–4	7–2	9–2	5–4	6–3	5–7	10–4
Los Angeles	8–4	1–8	5–4	4–5	6–6	5–4	6–3	—	5–4	5–4	3–5	5–4	7–5	5–7	6–6	4–5	8–5
Milwaukee	3–6	2–7	6–6	5–6	7–4	9–0	2–9	4–5	—	6–3	1–8	4–5	6–5	3–6	5–4	3–8	8–6
Montreal	7–2	6–6	2–7	1–8	2–7	7–5	2–7	4–5	3–6	—	8–4	5–7	2–7	4–4	3–6	3–6	6–10
New York	5–4	3–9	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–5	4–5	5–3	8–1	4–8	—	8–4	4–5	4–5	4–5	6–3	9–7
Philadelphia	7-2	4–8	6–3	5–4	4–5	6–6	2–7	4–5	5–4	7–5	4–8	—	8–1	1–8	2–6	3–6	7–9
Pittsburgh	3–6	2–7	3–8	7–5	4–5	6–3	2–9	5–7	5–6	7–2	5–4	1–8	—	5–4	2–7	6–5	6–7
San Diego	9–3	4–5	4–5	11–1	7–5	5–4	4–5	7–5	6–3	4–4	5–4	8–1	4–5	—	8–4	6–3	6–7
San Francisco	7–5	2–7	3–7	7–2	5–7	9–0	3–6	6–6	4–5	6–3	5–4	6–2	7–2	4–8	—	7–5	8–5
St. Louis	7–2	3–6	7–4	3–8	6–3	5-4	7–5	5–4	8–3	6–3	3–6	6–3	5–6	3–6	5–7	—	4–9

Notable transactions[edit]

April 8, 1998: Buddy Carlyle was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Diego Padres for Marc Kroon.^[8]
June 24, 1998: Dave Weathers was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Cincinnati Reds.^[4]
July 4, 1998: Jeff Shaw was traded by the Reds to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Paul Konerko and Dennys Reyes.^[9]
July 21, 1998: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[10]

Draft picks[edit]

June 2, 1998: Adam Dunn was drafted by the Reds in the 2nd round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 11, 1998.^[11]
June 2, 1998: Termel Sledge was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 45th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.

Roster[edit]

1998 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

15 Jack McKeon

Coaches

2 Harry Dunlop (third base)
30 Ken Griffey, Sr. (hitting)
35 Don Gullett (pitching)
47 Tom Hume (bullpen)
19 Denis Menke (bench)
7 Ron Oester (first base)

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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
C	Ed Taubensee	130	491	120	.278	11	72
1B	Sean Casey	96	351	82	.272	7	52
2B	Bret Boone	157	648	155	.266	24	95
SS	Barry Larkin	145	626	166	.309	17	72
3B	Willie Greene	111	417	96	.270	14	49
LF	Dmitri Young	144	590	166	.310	14	83
CF	Reggie Sanders	135	481	129	.268	14	59
RF	Jon Nunnally	74	213	36	.207	7	20

Stats through the end of the 1998 season

Other batters[edit]

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
Chris Stynes	123	347	88	.254	6	27
Aaron Boone	58	181	51	.282	2	28
Eduardo Pérez	84	172	41	.238	4	30
Pat Watkins	83	147	39	.265	2	15
Brook Fordyce	57	146	37	.253	3	14
Pokey Reese	59	133	34	.256	1	16
Lenny Harris	57	122	36	.295	0	10
Melvin Nieves	83	119	30	.252	2	17
Mike Frank	28	89	20	.225	0	7
Jeffrey Hammonds	26	86	26	.302	0	11
Paul Konerko	26	73	16	.219	3	13
Roberto Petagine	34	62	16	.258	3	7
Damian Jackson	13	38	12	.316	0	7
Guillermo Garcia	12	36	7	.194	2	4
Tony Tarasco	15	24	5	.208	1	4
Stephen Larkin	1	3	1	.333	0	0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brett Tomko	34	210.2	13	12	4.44	162
Pete Harnisch	32	209.0	14	7	3.14	157
Mike Remlinger	35	164.1	8	15	4.82	144
Steve Parris	18	99.0	6	5	3.73	77
Scott Winchester	16	79.0	3	6	5.81	40
Jason Bere	9	43.2	3	2	4.12	31
Dennys Reyes	8	38.2	3	1	4.42	44
Scott Klingenbeck	4	22.2	1	3	5.96	13
Eddie Priest	2	6.0	0	1	10.50	1
Steve Cooke	1	6.0	1	0	1.50	3

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
David Weathers	16	62.1	2	4	6.21	51

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jeff Shaw	39	2	4	23	1.81	29
Gabe White	69	5	5	9	4.01	83
Scott Sullivan	67	5	5	1	5.21	86
Danny Graves	62	2	1	8	3.32	44
Stan Belinda	40	4	8	1	3.23	57
John Hudek	30	4	2	0	2.43	40
Rick Krivda	16	0	2	0	11.28	19
Mark Hutton	10	0	1	0	7.41	3
Todd Williams	6	0	1	0	7.71	4
Ricardo Jordan	6	1	0	0	24.30	1
Marc Kroon	4	0	0	0	13.50	4
Keith Glauber	3	0	0	0	2.35	4
Lenny Harris	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system[edit]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Dave Miley
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Mark Berry
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Phillip Wellman
A	Charleston Alley Cats	South Atlantic League	Barry Lyons
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Russ Nixon

^[12]

References[edit]

^ Melvin NievesatBaseball Reference

^ Mike KellyatBaseball Reference

^ Ricardo JordanatBaseball Reference

^ ^a ^b "David Weathers Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2010.

^ José RijoatBaseball Reference

^ Pete RoseatBaseball Reference

^ Midre CummingsatBaseball Reference

^ "Buddy Carlyle Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.

^ Paul KonerkoatBaseball Reference

^ Jason BereatBaseball Reference

^ Adam DunnatBaseball Reference

^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1998 Cincinnati Reds seasonatBaseball Reference

1998 MLB season by team

AL East

AL Central

AL West

NL East

NL Central

NL West

Cincinnati Reds

Established in 1882
Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Tinker Field; Estadio Sixto Escobar; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bob Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Nick Krall
General Manager: Brad Meador
Manager: David Bell

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minor league affiliates

Louisville Bats (Triple-A)
Chattanooga Lookouts (Double-A)
Dayton Dragons (High-A)
Daytona Tortugas (Single-A)
ACL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)

Media

Seasons (143)
1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

This article relating to a Cincinnati Reds baseball season is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1998_Cincinnati_Reds_season&oldid=1193148092" Categories: ●Cincinnati Reds seasons ●1998 Major League Baseball season ●1998 in sports in Ohio ●Cincinnati Reds season stubs Hidden categories: ●Use mdy dates from November 2013 ●Articles with short description ●Short description is different from Wikidata ●All stub articles ●This page was last edited on 2 January 2024, at 09:05 (UTC). ●Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. ●Privacy policy ●About Wikipedia ●Disclaimers ●Contact Wikipedia ●Code of Conduct ●Developers ●Statistics ●Cookie statement ●Mobile view