1998 Northeast League

1998 > Class Independent > League History
Overall: 335 games, 8 teams, approx. 83 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1997 / 1999
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1997 / 1999

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1997 / 1999

League Standings

Regular Season

May 29, 1998 to September 1, 1998 · 84 games

North Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs	47	37	.560	--
Waterbury Spirit	42	42	.500	5
Massachusetts Mad Dogs	39	45	.464	8
Adirondack Lumberjacks	34	50	.405	13

South Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
New Jersey Jackals	53	31	.631	--
Allentown Ambassadors	52	32	.619	1
Catskill Cougars	36	47	.434	16.5
Elmira Pioneers	32	51	.386	20.5

League Batting

Tm	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
Allentown Ambassadors	26.0	6.33	84	3314	2891	532	850	194	39	72	473	138	51	313	559	.294	.367	.463	.830	1338	47	39	42	29	17
Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs	26.1	5.12	84	3201	2827	430	772	150	15	51	379	103	40	271	502	.273	.341	.391	.732	1105	65	36	38	29	27
New Jersey Jackals	26.5	5.08	84	3158	2829	427	765	148	15	76	391	87	49	249	544	.270	.333	.414	.747	1171	55	29	29	22	24
Catskill Cougars	26.5	4.87	83	3127	2783	404	767	144	21	52	362	115	40	236	581	.276	.339	.398	.737	1109	51	44	37	27	18
Waterbury Spirit	25.2	4.74	84	3180	2833	398	757	143	25	32	353	59	14	247	535	.267	.331	.369	.701	1046	58	37	39	24	10
Massachusetts Mad Dogs	25.1	4.61	84	3170	2770	387	704	121	22	48	328	107	36	287	659	.254	.331	.366	.696	1013	50	44	41	28	18
Adirondack Lumberjacks	26.3	4.43	84	3088	2760	372	743	137	13	55	338	67	41	247	468	.269	.333	.388	.721	1071	72	28	31	22	23
Elmira Pioneers	25.9	4.23	83	3065	2681	351	699	141	23	24	295	120	41	275	507	.261	.334	.357	.691	958	51	28	61	20	24
League Totals	25.9	4.93	670	25303	22374	3301	6057	1178	173	410	2919	796	312	2125	4355	.271	.339	.394	.733	8811	449	285	318	201	161

League Pitching

Tm	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
New Jersey Jackals	27.2	3.69	53	31	.631	2.82	84	84	75	9	6	24	735.0	668	310	230	38	231	26	598	36	9	53	3080	1.223	8.2	0.5	2.8	7.3	2.59
Waterbury Spirit	25.9	4.31	42	42	.500	3.30	84	84	72	12	7	18	730.2	721	362	268	37	225	19	516	30	6	37	3121	1.295	8.9	0.5	2.8	6.4	2.29
Allentown Ambassadors	24.6	4.74	52	32	.619	3.92	84	84	78	6	4	21	740.2	808	398	323	56	265	22	551	31	7	31	3228	1.449	9.8	0.7	3.2	6.7	2.08
Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs	25.1	5.12	47	37	.560	4.20	84	84	77	7	5	22	729.1	794	430	340	50	242	18	553	22	8	33	3217	1.420	9.8	0.6	3.0	6.8	2.29
Catskill Cougars	25.5	5.20	36	47	.434	3.86	83	83	70	13	4	12	711.1	768	432	305	49	243	8	515	35	8	30	3113	1.421	9.7	0.6	3.1	6.5	2.12
Adirondack Lumberjacks	24.1	5.29	34	50	.405	4.26	84	84	76	8	5	13	706.0	773	444	334	68	249	17	570	30	5	60	3119	1.448	9.9	0.9	3.2	7.3	2.29
Elmira Pioneers	25.5	5.33	32	51	.386	4.69	83	83	80	3	3	19	702.2	790	442	366	56	282	12	481	54	12	58	3152	1.526	10.1	0.7	3.6	6.2	1.71
Massachusetts Mad Dogs	22.9	5.75	39	45	.464	4.85	84	84	78	6	6	18	725.1	735	483	391	56	388	39	571	47	12	56	3281	1.548	9.1	0.7	4.8	7.1	1.47
League Totals	25.0	4.93	335	335	.500	3.98	670	670	606	64	40	147	5781.0	6057	3301	2557	410	2125	161	4355	285	67	358	25311	1.415	9.4	0.6	3.3	6.8	2.05

League Fielding

Tm	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Allentown Ambassadors	84	2222	972	108	89	.967	27	67	33	33%	n/a
New Jersey Jackals	84	2205	965	116	66	.965	21	71	36	34%	n/a
Waterbury Spirit	84	2192	939	127	69	.961	14	117	36	24%	n/a
Elmira Pioneers	83	2108	944	124	54	.961	29	119	42	26%	Dan Shwam
Catskill Cougars	83	2134	979	142	94	.956	41	104	26	20%	n/a
Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs	84	2188	897	142	62	.956	11	79	42	35%	n/a
Massachusetts Mad Dogs	84	2176	901	148	61	.954	27	127	56	31%	n/a
Adirondack Lumberjacks	84	2118	903	147	69	.954	20	112	41	27%	n/a
League Totals	670	17343	7500	1054	564	.959	190	796	312	28%

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