1998 Eastern League

1998 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 708 games, 10 teams, approx. 141 games in season
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Other Years: 1997 / 1999
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1997 / 1999

League Standings

Regular Season

April 8, 1998 to September 7, 1998 · 142 games

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	83	59	.585	--
Binghamton Mets	NYM	82	60	.577	1
Portland Sea Dogs	FLA	66	75	.468	16.5
Norwich Navigators	NYY	66	76	.465	17
New Haven Ravens	COL	59	83	.415	24

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Akron Aeros	CLE	81	60	.574	--
Harrisburg Senators	MON	73	69	.514	8.5
Trenton Thunder	BOS	71	70	.504	10
Bowie Baysox	BAL	71	71	.500	10.5
Reading Phillies	PHI	56	85	.397	25

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Akron Aeros	CLE	24.3	5.38	141	5552	4865	758	1317	258	42	148	682	123	56	562	1075	.271	.349	.432	.782	2103	94	48	35	42	24
Bowie Baysox	BAL	23.8	4.83	142	5318	4642	686	1248	201	28	126	628	88	56	530	951	.269	.351	.406	.757	1883	118	74	48	24	30
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	22.5	4.72	142	5366	4803	670	1310	297	25	97	594	123	71	434	882	.273	.337	.406	.743	1948	97	48	48	33	23
Harrisburg Senators	MON	23.4	4.70	142	5229	4631	667	1233	251	35	142	610	157	61	432	920	.266	.336	.428	.764	1980	97	73	62	31	29
Binghamton Mets	NYM	24.0	4.65	142	5338	4691	660	1239	221	36	96	598	148	75	485	980	.264	.337	.388	.725	1820	94	59	53	50	24
Trenton Thunder	BOS	23.2	4.59	141	5361	4725	647	1214	247	20	148	595	72	63	471	1042	.257	.331	.412	.743	1945	91	74	51	40	18
Portland Sea Dogs	FLA	23.3	4.50	141	5299	4684	634	1219	217	34	119	589	78	43	492	1101	.260	.334	.397	.731	1861	103	43	43	37	16
Norwich Navigators	NYY	24.9	4.37	142	5312	4659	621	1206	224	27	100	557	146	74	523	1007	.259	.338	.383	.721	1784	114	55	32	43	18
Reading Phillies	PHI	24.3	4.13	141	5305	4720	582	1184	227	36	108	548	66	40	470	1036	.251	.322	.383	.704	1807	117	36	50	29	21
New Haven Ravens	COL	24.5	4.07	142	5203	4630	578	1171	227	17	100	530	121	77	460	898	.253	.322	.374	.696	1732	117	25	54	34	34
League Totals		23.8	4.59	1416	53283	47050	6503	12341	2370	300	1184	5931	1122	616	4859	9892	.262	.336	.401	.737	18863	1042	535	476	363	237

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Binghamton Mets	NYM	24.0	3.89	82	60	.577	3.34	142	142	134	8	13	43	1248.0	1151	553	463	106	468	28	1142	31	11	54	5264	1.297	8.3	0.8	3.4	8.2	2.44
Harrisburg Senators	MON	23.9	4.25	73	69	.514	3.89	142	142	136	6	8	39	1215.2	1180	603	526	117	455	24	865	64	5	66	5195	1.345	8.7	0.9	3.4	6.4	1.90
Akron Aeros	CLE	24.0	4.26	81	60	.574	3.72	141	141	131	10	8	43	1251.0	1206	601	517	105	492	20	872	60	13	68	5349	1.357	8.7	0.8	3.5	6.3	1.77
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	23.2	4.30	83	59	.585	3.87	142	142	137	5	12	51	1240.1	1227	611	534	120	425	12	1056	41	6	71	5263	1.332	8.9	0.9	3.1	7.7	2.48
Trenton Thunder	BOS	23.5	4.75	71	70	.504	4.23	141	141	136	5	10	41	1244.1	1255	670	585	114	470	40	971	43	4	79	5334	1.386	9.1	0.8	3.4	7.0	2.07
New Haven Ravens	COL	23.9	4.77	59	83	.415	4.23	142	142	131	11	7	31	1226.0	1234	677	576	113	510	9	979	74	8	108	5410	1.423	9.1	0.8	3.7	7.2	1.92
Bowie Baysox	BAL	24.6	4.77	71	71	.500	4.50	142	142	134	8	7	36	1196.2	1176	678	598	136	481	13	970	53	14	69	5156	1.385	8.8	1.0	3.6	7.3	2.02
Portland Sea Dogs	FLA	22.6	4.90	66	75	.468	4.29	141	141	135	6	6	36	1220.1	1245	691	582	135	530	35	1082	61	5	79	5387	1.455	9.2	1.0	3.9	8.0	2.04
Norwich Navigators	NYY	25.3	4.94	66	76	.465	4.35	142	142	131	11	4	41	1216.0	1327	702	588	108	470	30	969	48	8	74	5393	1.478	9.8	0.8	3.5	7.2	2.06
Reading Phillies	PHI	23.8	5.09	56	85	.397	4.55	141	141	135	6	6	30	1241.0	1340	717	628	130	558	26	986	60	12	76	5544	1.529	9.7	0.9	4.0	7.2	1.77
League Totals		23.9	4.59	708	708	.500	4.10	1416	1416	1340	76	81	391	12299.1	12341	6503	5597	1184	4859	237	9892	535	86	744	53295	1.398	9.0	0.9	3.6	7.2	2.04

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Akron Aeros	CLE	141	3753	1536	118	142	.978	17	134	57	30%	Joel Skinner
Harrisburg Senators	MON	142	3647	1541	142	138	.973	19	92	61	40%	Rick Sweet
Trenton Thunder	BOS	141	3733	1560	145	124	.973	42	127	76	37%	DeMarlo Hale
New Britain Rock Cats	MIN	142	3721	1521	143	146	.973	8	86	66	43%	John Russell
Reading Phillies	PHI	141	3723	1518	147	137	.973	26	132	55	29%	Al Leboeuf
Bowie Baysox	BAL	142	3590	1358	139	112	.973	25	108	65	38%	Joe Ferguson
Binghamton Mets	NYM	142	3744	1511	145	128	.973	14	64	60	48%	John Gibbons
New Haven Ravens	COL	142	3678	1536	158	121	.971	20	159	37	19%	Tim Blackwell
Portland Sea Dogs	FLA	141	3661	1491	169	137	.968	18	86	64	43%	Lynn Jones
Norwich Navigators	NYY	142	3648	1420	174	83	.967	15	134	75	36%	Trey Hillman
League Totals		1416	36898	14992	1480	1268	.972	204	1122	616	35%

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