1998 Major League Baseball Opening Day Rosters

1997 MLB / 1999 MLB Opening Day Rosters

Lineups are the starting lineups for Opening Day.

Teams	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P	DH
Anaheim Angels - AL (all-time)	Walbeck	Erstad	Martin	Hollins	Disarcina	Anderson	Edmonds	Salmon	Finley	Fielder
Baltimore Orioles - AL (all-time)	Hoiles	Palmeiro	Alomar	Ripken	Bordick	Surhoff	Anderson	Davis	Mussina	Carter
Boston Red Sox - AL (all-time)	Hatteberg	Vaughn	Sadler	Valentin	Garciaparra	O'Leary	Lewis	Bragg	Martinez	Jefferson
Chicago White Sox - AL (all-time)	O'Brien	Norton	Durham	Ventura	Caruso	Belle	Cameron	Ordonez	Navarro	Thomas
Cleveland Indians - AL (all-time)	Alomar	Manto	Wilson	Fryman	Vizquel	Berroa	Lofton	Ramirez	Nagy	Dunston
Detroit Tigers - AL (all-time)	Oliver	Clark	Easley	Randa	Ripken	Gonzalez	Hunter	Higginson	Thompson	Roberts
Kansas City Royals - AL (all-time)	Sweeney	King	Offerman	Palmer	Martinez	Morris	Damon	Sutton	Belcher	Pendleton
Minnesota Twins - AL (all-time)	Steinbach	Merced	Gates	Coomer	Meares	Cordova	Nixon	Lawton	Tewksbury	Molitor
New York Yankees - AL (all-time)	Girardi	Martinez	Knoblauch	Brosius	Jeter	Curtis	Williams	O'Neill	Pettitte	Davis
Oakland Athletics - AL (all-time)	Hinch	Giambi	Spiezio	Magadan	Bournigal	Henderson	McDonald	Grieve	Candiotti	Stairs
Seattle Mariners - AL (all-time)	Wilson	Segui	Cora	Davis	Rodriguez	Hill	Griffey	Buhner	Johnson	Martinez
Tampa Bay Devil Rays - AL (all-time)	Flaherty	McGriff	Cairo	Boggs	Stocker	Kelly	McCracken	Martinez	Alvarez	Sorrento
Texas Rangers - AL (all-time)	Rodriguez	Clark	McLemore	Tatis	Elster	Greer	Goodwin	Gonzalez	Burkett	Stevens
Toronto Blue Jays - AL (all-time)	Fletcher	Stanley	Fernandez	Sprague	Gonzalez	Stewart	Cruz	Green	Clemens	Canseco
Arizona Diamondbacks - NL (all-time)	Fabregas	Lee	Diaz	Williams	Bell	Brede	White	Garcia	Benes
Atlanta Braves - NL (all-time)	Perez	Galarraga	Graffanino	Jones	Weiss	Klesko	Jones	Tucker	Maddux
Chicago Cubs - NL (all-time)	Servais	Grace	Morandini	Orie	Blauser	Rodriguez	Johnson	Sosa	Tapani
Cincinnati Reds - NL (all-time)	Taubensee	Perez	Boone	Greene	Reese	Stynes	Sanders	Nunnally	Remlinger
Colorado Rockies - NL (all-time)	Manwaring	Helton	Lansing	Castilla	Perez	Bichette	Burks	Walker	Kile
Florida Marlins - NL (all-time)	Johnson	Jackson	Counsell	Booty	Renteria	Floyd	Kotsay	Sheffield	Hernandez
Houston Astros - NL (all-time)	Ausmus	Bagwell	Biggio	Berry	Gutierrez	Alou	Hidalgo	Bell	Reynolds
Los Angeles Dodgers - NL (all-time)	Piazza	Konerko	Young	Zeile	Vizcaino	Hollandsworth	Hubbard	Mondesi	Martinez
Milwaukee Brewers - NL (all-time)	Matheny	Jaha	Vina	Cirillo	Valentin	Newfield	Grissom	Burnitz	Eldred
Montreal Expos - NL (all-time)	Widger	Fullmer	Vidro	Andrews	Grudzielanek	White	Santangelo	Guerrero	Perez
New York Mets - NL (all-time)	Spehr	Olerud	Baerga	Alfonzo	Ordonez	Gilkey	McRae	Huskey	Jones
Philadelphia Phillies - NL (all-time)	Lieberthal	Brogna	Lewis	Rolen	Relaford	Jefferies	Glanville	Abreu	Schilling
Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (all-time)	Kendall	Young	Womack	Garcia	Collier	Martin	Allensworth	Guillen	Cordova
San Diego Padres - NL (all-time)	Hernandez	Joyner	Veras	Caminiti	Gomez	Vaughn	Finley	Gwynn	Brown
San Francisco Giants - NL (all-time)	Johnson	Snow	Kent	Mueller	Aurilia	Bonds	Hamilton	Javier	Estes
St. Louis Cardinals - NL (all-time)	Lampkin	McGwire	DeShields	Gaetti	Clayton	Gant	Lankford	Jordan	Stottlemyre

1997 MLB / 1999 MLB Opening Day Rosters

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