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1998 AL Championship Series (4-2): New York Yankees (114-48) over Cleveland Indians (89-73)

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WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1998 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     2  5  0
    New York Yankees             5  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  x     7 11  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Wright, Ogea (1), Poole (7), Reed (7), Shuey (8)
              NYY - Wells, Nelson (9)

               WP - David Wells
	       LP - Jaret Wright
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Ramirez
              NYY - Posada

  ATTENDANCE: 57,138

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1998 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3     4  8  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  1

    PITCHERS: CLE - Nagy, Reed (7), Poole (8), Shuey (8), Assenmacher (10), Burba (11), Jackson (12)
              NYY - Cone, Rivera (9), Stanton (11), Nelson (11), Lloyd (12)

               WP - Dave Burba
	       LP - Jeff Nelson
             SAVE - Mike Jackson

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Justice
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 57,128

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1998 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  4  0
    Cleveland Indians            0  2  0    0  4  0    0  0  x     6 12  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pettitte, Mendoza (5), Stanton (7)
              CLE - Colon

               WP - Bartolo Colon
	       LP - Andy Pettitte
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              CLE - Ramirez, Thome (2), Whiten

  ATTENDANCE: 44,904

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1998 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  1     4  4  0
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  3

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hernandez, Stanton (8), Rivera (9)
              CLE - Gooden, Poole (5), Burba (6), Shuey (9)

               WP - Orlando Hernandez
	       LP - Dwight Gooden
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - O'Neill
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 44,981

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1998 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             3  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     5  6  0
    Cleveland Indians            2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Wells, Nelson (8), Rivera (8)
              CLE - Ogea, Wright (2), Reed (8), Assenmacher (8), Shuey (9)

               WP - David Wells
	       LP - Chad Ogea
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Davis
              CLE - Lofton, Thome

  ATTENDANCE: 44,966

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1998 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  5  0    0  0  0     5  8  3
    New York Yankees             2  1  3    0  0  3    0  0  x     9 11  1

    PITCHERS: CLE - Nagy, Burba (4), Poole (6), Shuey (6), Assenmacher (8)
              NYY - Cone, Mendoza (6), Rivera (9)

               WP - David Cone
	       LP - Charles Nagy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Thome
              NYY - Brosius

  ATTENDANCE: 57,142

Series MVP - David Wells

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Scott Brosius       6  20  2  6  1  0  1   6  2  4  .300  .348  .500  0 | 530 159 19  .300  .843  11
 Homer Bush          2   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    1 |  71  27  1  .380  .886   6
*David Cone          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Chad Curtis         2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .200  .000  0 | 456 111 10  .243  .715  21
#Chili Davis         5  14  2  4  1  0  1   5  2  3  .286  .353  .571  0 | 103  30  3  .291  .820   0
 Joe Girardi         3   8  2  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  .250  .333  .250  0 | 254  70  3  .276  .703   2
 Orlando Hernandez   1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Derek Jeter         6  25  3  5  1  1  0   2  2  5  .200  .259  .320  3 | 626 203 19  .324  .865  30
 Chuck Knoblauch     6  25  4  5  1  0  0   0  4  2  .200  .333  .240  0 | 603 160 17  .265  .766  31
*Ricky Ledee         3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  79  19  1  .241  .691   3
*Graeme Lloyd        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Tino Martinez       6  19  1  2  1  0  0   1  6  8  .105  .333  .158  2 | 531 149 28  .281  .860   2
 Ramiro Mendoza      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jeff Nelson         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Paul O'Neill        6  25  6  7  2  0  1   3  3  4  .280  .357  .480  2 | 602 191 24  .317  .882  15
*Andy Pettitte       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
#Jorge Posada        5  11  1  2  0  0  1   2  4  2  .182  .400  .455  0 | 358  96 17  .268  .825   0
#Tim Raines          3  10  0  1  0  0  0   1  2  5  .100  .250  .100  0 | 321  93  5  .290  .778   8
 Mariano Rivera      4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Luis Sojo           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 147  34  0  .231  .515   1
 Shane Spencer       3  10  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .100  .182  .100  0 |  67  25 10  .373 1.321   0
*Mike Stanton        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*David Wells         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   1  0  .250  .500   0
#Bernie Williams     6  21  4  8  1  0  0   5  7  4  .381  .536  .429  1 | 499 169 26  .339  .997  15
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 197 27 43  8  1  4  25 35 42  .218  .338  .330  9 |        207  .288  .822 153

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cleveland Indians

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Sandy Alomar        5  16  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .063  .118  .063  0 | 409  96  6  .235  .622   0
*Paul Assenmacher    3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Jeff Branson        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 100  20  1  .200  .511   0
 Dave Burba          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   1  1  .167  .834   0
 Bartolo Colon       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   1  0  .500 1.000   0
#Joey Cora           2   7  1  1  0  0  0   0  2  1  .143  .333  .143  0 |+602 166  6  .276  .727  15
 Einar Diaz          4   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  48  11  2  .229  .661   0
 Travis Fryman       6  23  2  4  0  0  0   0  1  5  .174  .240  .174  1 | 557 160 28  .287  .844  10
*Brian Giles         4  12  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .083  .154  .083  0 | 350  94 16  .269  .856  10
 Dwight Gooden       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Mike Jackson        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*David Justice       6  19  2  3  0  0  1   2  3  3  .158  .304  .316  0 | 540 151 21  .280  .839   9
*Kenny Lofton        6  27  2  5  1  0  1   3  1  7  .185  .214  .333  1 | 600 169 12  .282  .784  54
*Charles Nagy        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Chad Ogea           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Jim Poole           4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  4   1  0  .250  .750   0
 Manny Ramirez       6  21  2  7  1  0  2   4  4  9  .333  .423  .667  0 | 571 168 45  .294  .976   5
 Steve Reed          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  3   1  0  .333  .666   0
 Richie Sexson       3   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 | 174  54 11  .310  .936   1
 Paul Shuey          5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Jim Thome           6  23  4  7  0  0  4   8  1  8  .304  .360  .826  0 | 440 129 30  .293  .997   1
#Omar Vizquel        6  25  2 11  0  1  0   0  1  3  .440  .481  .520  4 | 576 166  2  .288  .730  37
#Mark Whiten         2   7  2  2  1  0  1   1  1  3  .286  .375  .857  0 | 226  64  6  .283  .797   2
#Enrique Wilson      5  14  2  3  0  0  0   1  1  3  .214  .267  .214  0 |  90  29  2  .322  .810   2
 Jaret Wright        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   3  0  .429  .858   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 205 20 45  3  1  9  19 16 51  .220  .291  .376  6 |        198  .272  .794 143

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*David Wells         2   2.87 2-0  0  0 15.7 12  5  2 18 | 18-4  214  3.49  1.05 163   
 David Cone          2   4.15 1-0  0  0 13.0 12  6  6 13 | 20-7  208  3.55  1.18 209   
 Orlando Hernandez   1   0.00 1-0  0  0  7.0  3  0  2  6 | 12-4  141  3.13  1.17 131   
 Mariano Rivera      4   0.00 0-0  1  0  5.7  0  0  1  5 |  3-0   61  1.91  1.06  36 36
*Andy Pettitte       1  11.57 0-1  0  0  4.7  8  6  3  1 | 16-11 216  4.24  1.45 146   
 Ramiro Mendoza      2   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.3  4  0  0  1 | 10-2  130  3.25  1.24  56  1
*Mike Stanton        3   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.7  2  0  1  4 |  4-1   79  5.47  1.23  69  6
 Jeff Nelson         3  20.25 0-1  0  0  1.3  3  3  1  3 |  5-3   40  3.79  1.64  35  3
*Graeme Lloyd        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  1  0  0  0 |  3-0   38  1.67  0.85  20   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.21 4-2  1  0 56.0 45 20 16 51 |            3.82 1.250   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cleveland Indians

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Charles Nagy        2   3.72 0-1  0  0  9.7 13  4  1  6 | 15-10 210  5.22  1.50 120   
 Bartolo Colon       1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  4  1  4  3 | 14-9  204  3.71  1.39 158   
 Chad Ogea           2   8.10 0-1  0  0  6.7  9  6  5  4 |  5-4   69  5.61  1.43  43   
 Jaret Wright        2   8.10 0-1  0  0  6.7  7  6  8  4 | 12-10 193  4.72  1.53 140   
 Paul Shuey          5   0.00 0-0  0  0  6.3  4  0  7  7 |  5-4   51  3.00  1.35  58  2
 Dave Burba          3   3.00 1-0  0  0  6.0  3  2  5  8 | 15-10 204  4.11  1.37 132   
 Dwight Gooden       1   5.79 0-1  0  0  4.7  3  3  3  3 |  8-6  134  3.76  1.39  83   
*Paul Assenmacher    3   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  0  0  0  3 |  2-5   47  3.26  1.55  43  3
 Steve Reed          3   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.7  0  0  1  0 |+ 4-3   80  3.14  1.03  73  1
*Jim Poole           4   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  0  0  1  2 |+ 1-3   39  5.26  1.50  27   
 Mike Jackson        1   0.00 0-0  1  0  1.0  0  0  0  2 |  1-1   64  1.55  0.88  55 40
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.60 2-4  1  1 55.0 43 22 35 42 |            4.45 1.450   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU

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