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1998 MLB Season Facts
The fact sheet for the 1998 MLB Season.
The list of the top 20 players who had the highest batting average (AVG) during the 1998 MLB Season (min 502 PA).
1
Larry Walker
.363
2
John Olerud
.354
3
Bernie Williams
.339
4
Mo Vaughn
.337
5
Dante Bichette
.331
6
Albert Belle
.328
7
Mike Piazza
.328
8
Jason Kendall
.327
9
Craig Biggio
.325
10
Derek Jeter
.324
11
Vladimir Guerrero
.324
12
Nomar Garciaparra
.323
13
Edgar Martinez
.322
14
Jeff Cirillo
.321
15
Ivan Rodriguez
.321
16
Tony Fernandez
.321
17
Vinny Castilla
.319
18
Juan Gonzalez
.319
19
Paul O'Neill
.317
20
Todd Walker
.316
The list of the top 20 players who had the highest on base percentage (OBP) during the 1998 MLB Season (min 502 PA).
1
Mark McGwire
.470
2
John Olerud
.447
3
Larry Walker
.445
4
Barry Bonds
.438
5
Edgar Martinez
.429
6
Gary Sheffield
.428
7
Jeff Bagwell
.424
8
Bernie Williams
.422
9
Jim Thome
.413
10
Jason Kendall
.411
11
Tim Salmon
.410
12
Bobby Abreu
.409
13
Chipper Jones
.404
14
Jose Offerman
.403
15
Craig Biggio
.403
16
Mo Vaughn
.402
17
Jeff Cirillo
.402
18
Mark Grace
.401
19
Albert Belle
.399
20
Moises Alou
.399
The list of the top 20 players who had the highest slugging percentage (SLG) during the 1998 MLB Season (min 502 PA).
1
Mark McGwire
.753
2
Albert Belle
.655
3
Sammy Sosa
.647
4
Juan Gonzalez
.630
5
Larry Walker
.630
6
Ken Griffey
.611
7
Barry Bonds
.609
8
Manny Ramirez
.599
9
Greg Vaughn
.597
10
Andres Galarraga
.595
11
Carlos Delgado
.593
12
Mo Vaughn
.591
13
Vinny Castilla
.589
14
Vladimir Guerrero
.589
15
Nomar Garciaparra
.584
16
Jim Thome
.584
17
Moises Alou
.582
18
Bernie Williams
.575
19
Mike Piazza
.570
20
Rafael Palmeiro
.565
The list of the top 20 players who had the most games played during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Albert Belle
163
2
Rafael Palmeiro
162
3
B. J. Surhoff
162
4
Vinny Castilla
162
5
Neifi Perez
162
6
Johnny Damon
161
7
Ken Griffey
161
8
Robin Ventura
161
9
Dante Bichette
161
10
Alex Rodriguez
161
11
Cal Ripken
161
12
Jeromy Burnitz
161
13
Chipper Jones
160
14
Scott Rolen
160
15
Frank Thomas
160
16
John Olerud
160
17
Craig Biggio
160
18
Moises Alou
159
19
Kevin Young
159
20
Andruw Jones
159
The list of the top 20 players who had the most at bats during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Alex Rodriguez
686
2
Doug Glanville
678
3
Dante Bichette
662
4
Tony Womack
655
5
Neifi Perez
647
6
Craig Biggio
646
7
Vinny Castilla
645
8
Sammy Sosa
643
9
Johnny Damon
642
10
Fernando Vina
637
11
Ray Durham
635
12
Ken Griffey
633
13
Shawn Green
630
14
Derek Bell
630
15
Derek Jeter
626
16
Vladimir Guerrero
623
17
Garret Anderson
622
18
Rafael Palmeiro
619
19
Steve Finley
619
20
Quinton McCracken
614
The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs scored during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Sammy Sosa
134
2
Mark McGwire
130
3
Derek Jeter
127
4
Ray Durham
126
5
Jeff Bagwell
124
6
Chipper Jones
123
7
Alex Rodriguez
123
8
Craig Biggio
123
9
Scott Rolen
120
10
Ken Griffey
120
11
Barry Bonds
120
12
Chuck Knoblauch
117
13
Jim Edmonds
115
14
John Valentin
113
15
Albert Belle
113
16
Larry Walker
113
17
Greg Vaughn
112
18
Derek Bell
111
19
Nomar Garciaparra
111
20
Joey Cora
111
The list of the top 20 players who had the most hits during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Dante Bichette
219
2
Alex Rodriguez
213
3
Craig Biggio
210
4
Vinny Castilla
206
5
Mo Vaughn
205
6
Derek Jeter
203
7
Vladimir Guerrero
202
8
Albert Belle
200
9
Derek Bell
198
10
Sammy Sosa
198
11
Fernando Vina
198
12
John Olerud
197
13
Nomar Garciaparra
195
14
Jeff Cirillo
194
15
Juan Gonzalez
193
16
Paul O'Neill
191
17
Jose Offerman
191
18
Doug Glanville
189
19
Chipper Jones
188
20
Ivan Rodriguez
186
The list of the top 20 players who had the most doubles during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Craig Biggio
51
2
Juan Gonzalez
50
3
Albert Belle
48
4
Dante Bichette
48
5
Dmitri Young
48
6
Larry Walker
46
7
Edgar Martinez
46
8
Scott Rolen
45
9
Cliff Floyd
45
10
Brad Fullmer
44
11
John Valentin
44
12
Barry Bonds
44
13
Carlos Delgado
43
14
Jim Edmonds
42
15
Ben Grieve
41
16
Derek Bell
41
17
Will Clark
41
18
Garret Anderson
41
19
Todd Walker
41
20
Kevin Young
40
The list of the top 20 players who had the most triples during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Jose Offerman
13
2
David Dellucci
12
3
Johnny Damon
10
4
Barry Larkin
10
5
Randy Winn
9
6
Wilton Guerrero
9
7
Neifi Perez
9
8
Karim Garcia
8
9
Troy O'Leary
8
10
Delino DeShields
8
11
Andruw Jones
8
12
Nomar Garciaparra
8
13
Derek Jeter
8
14
Ray Durham
8
15
Mark Kotsay
7
16
Quinton McCracken
7
17
Garret Anderson
7
18
Todd Dunwoody
7
19
Vladimir Guerrero
7
20
Doug Glanville
7
The list of the top 20 players who had the most home runs during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Mark McGwire
70
2
Sammy Sosa
66
3
Ken Griffey
56
4
Greg Vaughn
50
5
Albert Belle
49
6
Vinny Castilla
46
7
Jose Canseco
46
8
Juan Gonzalez
45
9
Manny Ramirez
45
10
Andres Galarraga
44
11
Rafael Palmeiro
43
12
Alex Rodriguez
42
13
Mo Vaughn
40
14
Moises Alou
38
15
Vladimir Guerrero
38
16
Carlos Delgado
38
17
Jeromy Burnitz
38
18
Barry Bonds
37
19
Shawn Green
35
20
Nomar Garciaparra
35
The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs batted in (RBI) during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Sammy Sosa
158
2
Juan Gonzalez
157
3
Albert Belle
152
4
Mark McGwire
147
5
Ken Griffey
146
6
Manny Ramirez
145
7
Vinny Castilla
144
8
Jeff Kent
128
9
Jeromy Burnitz
125
10
Moises Alou
124
11
Alex Rodriguez
124
12
Tino Martinez
123
13
Nomar Garciaparra
122
14
Dante Bichette
122
15
Barry Bonds
122
16
Rafael Palmeiro
121
17
Andres Galarraga
121
18
Greg Vaughn
119
19
Dean Palmer
119
20
Paul O'Neill
116
The list of the top 20 players who had the most stolen bases during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Rickey Henderson
66
2
Tony Womack
58
3
Kenny Lofton
54
4
Shannon Stewart
51
5
Craig Biggio
50
6
Alex Rodriguez
46
7
Jose Offerman
45
8
Brian Hunter
42
9
Eric Young
42
10
Edgar Renteria
41
11
Tom Goodwin
38
12
Omar Vizquel
37
13
Otis Nixon
37
14
Ray Durham
36
15
Shawn Green
35
16
Chuck Knoblauch
31
17
Derek Jeter
30
18
Darren Lewis
29
19
Jose Canseco
29
20
Barry Bonds
28
The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (batting) during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Mark McGwire
162
2
Barry Bonds
130
3
Rickey Henderson
118
4
Frank Thomas
110
5
Jeff Bagwell
109
6
Edgar Martinez
106
7
Chipper Jones
96
8
John Olerud
96
9
Gary Sheffield
95
10
Scott Rolen
93
11
Mark Grace
93
12
Tim Salmon
90
13
Mark McLemore
89
14
Jim Thome
89
15
Jose Offerman
89
16
Kenny Lofton
87
17
Matt Lawton
86
18
Ray Lankford
86
19
Ben Grieve
85
20
Moises Alou
84
The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (batting) during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Sammy Sosa
171
2
Jose Canseco
159
3
Jeromy Burnitz
158
4
Mark McGwire
155
5
Ray Lankford
151
6
Andres Galarraga
146
7
Mo Vaughn
144
8
Shawn Green
142
9
Scott Rolen
141
10
Jim Thome
141
11
Jose Hernandez
140
12
Carlos Delgado
139
13
Reggie Sanders
137
14
Shane Andrews
137
15
Russ Davis
134
16
Dean Palmer
134
17
Paul Sorrento
133
18
Bobby Abreu
133
19
Charles Johnson
129
20
Jay Bell
129
The list of the top 20 players who had the most wins during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
David Cone
20
2
Rick Helling
20
3
Tom Glavine
20
4
Roger Clemens
20
5
Kevin Tapani
19
6
Pedro Martinez
19
7
Aaron Sele
19
8
Shane Reynolds
19
9
Randy Johnson
19
10
Kevin Brown
18
11
David Wells
18
12
Greg Maddux
18
13
Tim Wakefield
17
14
Kevin Millwood
17
15
Andy Ashby
17
16
Al Leiter
17
17
John Smoltz
17
18
Rick Reed
16
19
Scott Erickson
16
20
Kirk Rueter
16
The list of the top 20 players who had the most losses during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Darryl Kile
17
2
Jaime Navarro
16
3
Juan Guzman
16
4
Willie Blair
16
5
Tom Candiotti
16
6
Glendon Rusch
15
7
Javier Vazquez
15
8
Justin Thompson
15
9
Mike Remlinger
15
10
Mike Sirotka
15
11
Tony Saunders
15
12
Jeff Juden
14
13
Wilson Alvarez
14
14
Francisco Cordova
14
15
Curt Schilling
14
16
Eric Milton
14
17
Carlos Perez
14
18
Jamey Wright
14
19
Mark Clark
14
20
Jon Lieber
14
The list of the top 20 players who had the most complete games during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Curt Schilling
15
2
Scott Erickson
11
3
Randy Johnson
10
4
Livan Hernandez
9
5
Greg Maddux
9
6
David Wells
8
7
Kevin Brown
7
8
Carlos Perez
7
9
Jeff Fassero
7
10
Kenny Rogers
7
11
Bartolo Colon
6
12
Andy Pettitte
5
13
Andy Ashby
5
14
Denny Neagle
5
15
Justin Thompson
5
16
Roger Clemens
5
17
Brad Radke
5
18
Mike Sirotka
5
19
Darryl Kile
4
20
Mark Gardner
4
The list of the top 20 players who had the most shutouts during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Randy Johnson
6
2
David Wells
5
3
Greg Maddux
5
4
Kevin Brown
3
5
Brian Moehler
3
6
Tom Glavine
3
7
Jamie Moyer
3
8
Roger Clemens
3
9
Rolando Arrojo
2
10
Francisco Cordova
2
11
Scott Erickson
2
12
Curt Schilling
2
13
Ismael Valdez
2
14
Kevin Tapani
2
15
Mark Gardner
2
16
Pedro Martinez
2
17
Carlos Perez
2
18
Rick Helling
2
19
Mike Mussina
2
20
Bartolo Colon
2
The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (pitching) during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Tony Saunders
111
2
Chuck Finley
109
3
Pat Rapp
107
4
Joey Hamilton
106
5
Livan Hernandez
104
6
Juan Guzman
98
7
Chan Ho Park
97
8
Darryl Kile
96
9
Jamey Wright
95
10
Hideo Nomo
94
11
Jesus Sanchez
91
12
Omar Olivares
91
13
Jimmy Haynes
88
14
Roger Clemens
88
15
Jaret Wright
87
16
Andy Pettitte
87
17
Mike Remlinger
87
18
Randy Johnson
86
19
Orel Hershiser
85
20
Kerry Wood
85
The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (pitching) during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Randy Johnson
329
2
Curt Schilling
300
3
Roger Clemens
271
4
Kevin Brown
257
5
Pedro Martinez
251
6
Kerry Wood
233
7
Chuck Finley
212
8
David Cone
209
9
Shane Reynolds
209
10
Todd Stottlemyre
204
11
Greg Maddux
204
12
Chan Ho Park
191
13
Scott Erickson
186
14
Jeff Fassero
176
15
Mike Mussina
175
16
Al Leiter
174
17
John Smoltz
173
18
Tony Saunders
172
19
Pedro Astacio
170
20
Jose Lima
169
The list of the top 20 players who had the most saves during the 1998 MLB Season.
1
Trevor Hoffman
53
2
Rod Beck
51
3
Jeff Shaw
48
4
Tom Gordon
46
5
John Wetteland
42
6
Troy Percival
42
7
Robb Nen
40
8
Michael Jackson
40
9
John Franco
38
10
Rick Aguilera
38
11
Jeff Montgomery
36
12
Mariano Rivera
36
13
Ugueth Urbina
34
14
Billy Taylor
33
15
Gregg Olson
30
16
Kerry Ligtenberg
30
17
Billy Wagner
30
18
Todd Jones
28
19
Randy Myers
28
20
Roberto Hernandez
26