1998 National League

1998 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 1,298 games, 16 teams, approx. 162 games in season
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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

162 games

Central Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Houston Astros	102	60	.630	--
Chicago Cubs	90	73	.552	12.5
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	19
Cincinnati Reds	77	85	.475	25
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	.457	28
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	.426	33

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Atlanta Braves	106	56	.654	--
New York Mets	88	74	.543	18
Philadelphia Phillies	75	87	.463	31
Montreal Expos	65	97	.401	41
Florida Marlins	54	108	.333	52

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
San Diego Padres	98	64	.605	--
San Francisco Giants	89	74	.546	9.5
Los Angeles Dodgers	83	79	.512	15
Colorado Rockies	77	85	.475	21
Arizona Diamondbacks	65	97	.401	33

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
Houston Astros	HOU	29.7	5.40	162	6441	5641	874	1578	326	28	166	818	155	51	621	1122	.280	.356	.436	.792	2458	146	72	58	49	52
San Francisco Giants	SFG	30.6	5.18	163	6484	5628	845	1540	292	26	161	800	102	51	678	1040	.274	.353	.421	.774	2367	123	44	81	53	53
Chicago Cubs	CHC	30.1	5.10	163	6393	5649	831	1494	250	34	212	788	65	44	601	1223	.264	.337	.433	.771	2448	123	39	67	37	51
Atlanta Braves	ATL	28.9	5.10	162	6215	5484	826	1489	297	26	215	794	98	43	548	1062	.272	.342	.453	.795	2483	104	61	76	46	37
Colorado Rockies	COL	29.5	5.10	162	6277	5632	826	1640	333	36	183	791	67	47	469	949	.291	.347	.461	.808	2594	148	37	98	41	29
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	30.5	4.97	163	6413	5593	810	1444	292	30	223	781	133	41	676	1179	.258	.341	.441	.781	2465	117	42	68	34	65
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	27.5	4.63	162	6268	5496	750	1441	298	28	138	723	95	42	608	1107	.262	.337	.402	.739	2209	133	37	78	49	39
San Diego Padres	SDP	31.2	4.62	162	6243	5490	749	1390	292	30	167	715	79	37	604	1072	.253	.330	.409	.739	2243	112	48	56	45	40
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	27.1	4.40	162	6300	5617	713	1482	286	36	126	672	97	45	508	1080	.264	.326	.395	.721	2218	110	45	65	65	44
New York Mets	NYM	28.9	4.36	162	6255	5510	706	1425	289	24	136	671	62	46	572	1049	.259	.330	.394	.724	2170	126	37	88	48	55
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	28.3	4.36	162	6232	5541	707	1439	266	17	152	673	81	59	532	1039	.260	.330	.396	.726	2195	135	66	61	32	36
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	28.2	4.13	162	6076	5459	669	1374	209	27	159	630	137	53	447	1056	.252	.310	.387	.698	2114	98	36	91	43	31
Florida Marlins	FLA	25.4	4.12	162	6227	5558	667	1381	277	36	114	621	115	57	525	1120	.248	.317	.373	.690	2072	121	45	70	29	30
Arizona Diamondbacks	ARI	27.8	4.10	162	6116	5491	665	1353	235	46	159	621	73	38	489	1239	.246	.314	.393	.707	2157	125	64	45	27	32
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	26.7	3.99	163	6111	5493	650	1395	271	35	107	613	159	51	393	1060	.254	.311	.374	.686	2057	102	91	78	56	22
Montreal Expos	MON	25.9	3.98	162	6041	5418	644	1348	280	32	147	602	91	46	439	1058	.249	.310	.394	.704	2133	109	60	87	37	31
League Totals		28.5	4.60	2596	100092	88700	11932	23213	4493	491	2565	11313	1609	751	8710	17455	.262	.331	.410	.741	36383	1932	824	1167	691	647

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
Atlanta Braves	ATL	29.5	3.59	106	56	.654	3.25	162	162	138	24	23	45	1438.2	1291	581	520	117	467	37	1232	35	3	51	5967	1.222	8.1	0.7	2.9	7.7	2.64
Houston Astros	HOU	27.8	3.83	102	60	.630	3.50	162	162	150	12	11	44	1471.1	1435	620	572	147	465	25	1187	42	5	50	6214	1.291	8.8	0.9	2.8	7.3	2.55
San Diego Padres	SDP	29.8	3.92	98	64	.605	3.63	162	162	148	14	11	59	1454.2	1384	635	587	139	501	45	1217	49	6	63	6151	1.296	8.6	0.9	3.1	7.5	2.43
New York Mets	NYM	31.7	3.98	88	74	.543	3.76	162	162	153	9	16	46	1458.0	1381	645	609	152	532	59	1129	68	11	40	6161	1.312	8.5	0.9	3.3	7.0	2.12
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	27.6	4.19	83	79	.512	3.81	162	162	146	16	10	47	1447.1	1332	678	612	135	587	26	1178	56	9	46	6168	1.326	8.3	0.8	3.7	7.3	2.01
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	26.5	4.40	69	93	.426	3.91	163	163	156	7	10	41	1449.0	1433	718	629	147	530	53	1112	31	14	45	6217	1.355	8.9	0.9	3.3	6.9	2.10
San Francisco Giants	SFG	31.8	4.53	89	74	.546	4.18	163	163	157	6	6	44	1477.0	1457	739	686	171	562	68	1089	52	3	58	6362	1.367	8.9	1.0	3.4	6.6	1.94
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	28.0	4.69	77	85	.475	4.44	162	162	156	6	8	42	1441.1	1400	760	711	170	573	42	1098	52	7	60	6206	1.369	8.7	1.1	3.6	6.9	1.92
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	28.9	4.80	83	79	.512	4.31	163	163	157	6	10	44	1469.2	1513	782	703	151	558	38	972	54	14	42	6392	1.409	9.3	0.9	3.4	6.0	1.74
Montreal Expos	MON	25.7	4.83	65	97	.401	4.38	162	162	158	4	5	39	1427.0	1448	783	695	156	533	39	1017	57	12	50	6207	1.388	9.1	1.0	3.4	6.4	1.91
Chicago Cubs	CHC	28.8	4.86	90	73	.552	4.47	163	163	156	7	7	56	1477.1	1528	792	733	180	575	48	1207	48	14	48	6472	1.424	9.3	1.1	3.5	7.4	2.10
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	29.3	4.99	75	87	.463	4.64	162	162	141	21	10	32	1463.0	1476	808	754	188	544	27	1176	54	5	73	6339	1.381	9.1	1.2	3.3	7.2	2.16
Arizona Diamondbacks	ARI	27.4	5.01	65	97	.401	4.63	162	162	155	7	6	37	1432.1	1463	812	737	188	489	32	908	41	14	52	6151	1.363	9.2	1.2	3.1	5.7	1.86
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	28.1	5.01	74	88	.457	4.63	162	162	160	2	2	39	1451.0	1538	812	746	188	550	29	1063	61	7	48	6325	1.439	9.5	1.2	3.4	6.6	1.93
Colorado Rockies	COL	27.8	5.28	77	85	.475	4.99	162	162	153	9	5	36	1432.2	1583	855	794	174	562	17	951	63	9	47	6277	1.497	9.9	1.1	3.5	6.0	1.69
Florida Marlins	FLA	24.5	5.70	54	108	.333	5.18	162	162	151	11	3	24	1449.2	1617	923	834	182	715	61	1016	58	10	62	6553	1.609	10.0	1.1	4.4	6.3	1.42
League Totals		28.3	4.60	1295	1299	.499	4.23	2596	2596	2435	161	143	675	23240.0	23279	11943	10922	2585	8743	646	17552	821	143	835	100162	1.378	9.0	1.0	3.4	6.8	2.01

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Atlanta Braves	ATL	162	4316	1681	91	139	.985	13	85	40	32%	Bobby Cox
Arizona Diamondbacks	ARI	162	4297	1721	100	125	.984	6	93	63	40%	Buck Showalter
New York Mets	NYM	162	4374	1672	101	151	.984	11	117	64	35%	Bobby Valentine
Chicago Cubs	CHC	163	4432	1622	101	107	.984	7	120	43	26%	Jim Riggleman
San Francisco Giants	SFG	163	4431	1806	101	157	.984	13	97	39	29%	Dusty Baker
Colorado Rockies	COL	162	4298	1795	102	193	.984	9	108	52	33%	Don Baylor
San Diego Padres	SDP	162	4364	1727	104	155	.983	17	94	40	30%	Bruce Bochy
Houston Astros	HOU	162	4414	1782	108	144	.983	9	75	42	36%	Larry Dierker
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	162	4353	1761	110	192	.982	14	125	34	21%	Phil Garner
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	162	4389	1747	110	131	.982	15	87	33	28%	Terry Francona
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	162	4324	1563	122	142	.980	10	117	46	28%	Jack McKeon
Florida Marlins	FLA	162	4349	1738	129	177	.979	18	109	54	33%	Jim Leyland
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	163	4409	1781	142	160	.978	6	92	44	32%	Tony LaRussa
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	162	4342	1731	134	154	.978	8	93	57	38%	Glenn Hoffman
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	163	4347	1698	140	161	.977	14	95	39	29%	Gene Lamont
Montreal Expos	MON	162	4281	1688	155	127	.975	18	132	64	33%	Felipe Alou
League Totals		2596	69720	27513	1850	2415	.981	188	1639	754	32%

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