1998 League Division Series - Atlanta Braves over Chicago Cubs (3-0)

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1998 League Division Series (3-0): Atlanta Braves (106-56) over Chicago Cubs (90-73)

WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU
1997 NLDS1 / 1999 NLDS1

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, September 30, 1998 at Turner Field (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  5  1
    Atlanta Braves               0  2  0    0  0  1    4  0  x     7  8  0

    PITCHERS: CHC - Clark, Heredia (7), Karchner (7), Morgan (8)
              ATL - Smoltz, Rocker (8), Ligtenberg (9)

               WP - John Smoltz
	       LP - Mark Clark
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - Houston
              ATL - Klesko, Tucker

  ATTENDANCE: 45,598

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 1, 1998 at Turner Field (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    0     1  4  1
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    1     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: CHC - Tapani, Mulholland (10)
              ATL - Glavine, Rocker (8), Seanez (9), Ligtenberg (10), Perez (10)

               WP - Odalis Perez
	       LP - Terry Mulholland
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              ATL - Lopez

  ATTENDANCE: 51,713

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 3, 1998 at Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  5  0     6  9  0
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0     2  8  2

    PITCHERS: ATL - Maddux, Ligtenberg (8)
              CHC - Wood, Mulholland (6), Beck (8), Morgan (9)

               WP - Greg Maddux
	       LP - Kerry Wood
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Perez
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 39,597

Series Batting Stats

Atlanta Braves Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Danny Bautista	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	82	144	17	36	3	17	1	.250	.670
Greg Colbrunn	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*90	166	18	51	3	23	4	.307	.813
Andres Galarraga	3	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.308	.250	.558	0	0	153	555	103	169	44	121	7	.305	.991
Tom Glavine	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	71	3	17	0	7	0	.239	.532
Tony Graffanino	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	105	289	32	61	5	22	1	.211	.594
Ozzie Guillen	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*95	280	37	74	1	22	1	.264	.660
Andruw Jones	3	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	.000	.231	.000	.231	2	0	159	582	89	158	31	90	27	.271	.836
Chipper Jones	3	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	4	3	.200	.429	.200	.629	0	0	160	601	123	188	34	107	16	.313	.951
Ryan Klesko	3	11	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	3	.273	.273	.545	.818	0	0	129	427	69	117	18	70	5	.274	.832
Kerry Ligtenberg	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Lockhart	3	12	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	0	0	109	366	50	94	9	37	2	.257	.699
Javy Lopez	2	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	.286	.375	.714	1.089	0	0	133	489	73	139	34	106	5	.284	.868
Greg Maddux	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	0	0	34	75	4	18	0	4	0	.240	.558
Eddie Perez	1	5	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	.200	.200	.800	1.000	0	0	61	149	18	50	6	32	1	.336	.941
Odalis Perez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Rocker	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy Seanez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
John Smoltz	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0	0	26	51	4	10	0	5	0	.196	.532
Michael Tucker	3	8	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	.250	.400	.625	1.025	1	0	130	414	54	101	13	46	8	.244	.745
Walt Weiss	3	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	0	96	347	64	97	0	27	7	.280	.729
Gerald Williams	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	129	266	46	81	10	44	11	.305	.856
Totals	42	101	15	23	2	0	4	14	14	20	.228	.319	.366	.685	3	0	162	5484	826	1489	215		98	.272	.795

Chicago Cubs Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Manny Alexander	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	108	264	34	60	5	25	4	.227	.608
Rod Beck	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	81	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jeff Blauser	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	119	361	49	79	4	26	2	.219	.639
Brant Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	124	347	56	101	14	48	4	.291	.850
Mark Clark	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	33	62	1	4	0	3	0	.065	.204
Gary Gaetti	3	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	*128	434	60	122	19	70	1	.281	.852
Mark Grace	3	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167	0	0	158	595	92	184	17	89	4	.309	.872
Felix Heredia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*71	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jose Hernandez	2	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	149	488	76	124	23	75	4	.254	.782
Glenallen Hill	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	*122	390	63	121	20	56	1	.310	.899
Tyler Houston	3	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	.167	.167	.667	.833	0	0	95	255	26	65	9	33	2	.255	.686
Lance Johnson	3	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	85	304	51	85	2	21	10	.280	.687
Matt Karchner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*61	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sandy Martinez	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	45	87	7	23	0	7	1	.264	.754
Mickey Morandini	3	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	.222	.333	.222	.556	0	1	154	582	93	172	8	53	13	.296	.765
Mike Morgan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*23	8	1	5	0	0	0	.625	1.375
Terry Mulholland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	70	17	3	5	0	3	0	.294	.780
Henry Rodriguez	3	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.286	.536	0	0	128	415	56	104	31	85	1	.251	.864
Scott Servais	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	113	325	35	72	7	36	1	.222	.627
Sammy Sosa	3	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	.182	.250	.273	.523	0	2	159	643	134	198	66	158	18	.308	1.024
Kevin Tapani	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	75	7	10	1	11	0	.133	.405
Kerry Wood	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	26	54	3	7	2	8	0	.130	.386
Totals	41	94	4	17	2	0	1	4	5	24	.181	.220	.234	.454	1	3	163	5649	831	1494	212		65	.264	.771

Atlanta Braves Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Tom Glavine	1	1	1.29	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	8	0.571	33	33	2.47	20	6	0	229.1	202	74	157	1.203
Kerry Ligtenberg	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.1	1	0	4	3	1.500	75	0	2.71	3	2	30	73.0	51	24	79	1.027
Greg Maddux	1	1	2.57	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	0	4	1.000	34	34	2.22	18	9	0	251.0	201	45	204	0.980
Odalis Perez	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0.000	10	0	4.22	0	1	0	10.2	10	4	5	1.313
John Rocker	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	2	0.750	47	0	2.13	1	3	2	38.0	22	22	42	1.158
Rudy Seanez	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.000	34	0	2.75	4	1	2	36.0	25	16	50	1.139
John Smoltz	1	1	1.17	1	0	0	0	7.2	5	1	0	6	0.652	26	26	2.90	17	3	0	167.2	145	44	173	1.127
Totals	10	3	1.29	3	0	0	0	28.0	17	4	5	24	0.786	162	162	3.253	106	56		1438.2	1291	467	1232	1.222

Chicago Cubs Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Rod Beck	1	0	16.20	0	0	0	0	1.2	5	3	2	1	4.200	81	0	3.02	3	4	51	80.1	86	20	81	1.320
Mark Clark	1	1	3.00	0	1	0	0	6.0	7	2	1	4	1.333	33	33	4.84	9	14	0	213.2	236	48	161	1.329
Felix Heredia	1	0	54.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	2	2	0	6.000	*71	2	5.06	3	3	2	58.2	57	38	54	1.619
Matt Karchner	1	0	13.50	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	1	0	1	1.500	*61	0	5.15	5	5	11	64.2	63	33	52	1.485
Mike Morgan	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.000	*23	22	4.18	4	3	0	120.2	138	39	60	1.467
Terry Mulholland	2	0	11.57	0	1	0	0	2.1	2	3	2	2	1.714	70	6	2.89	6	5	3	112.0	100	39	72	1.241
Kevin Tapani	1	1	1.00	0	0	0	0	9.0	5	1	3	6	0.889	35	34	4.85	19	9	0	219.0	244	62	136	1.397
Kerry Wood	1	1	1.80	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	1	4	5	1.400	26	26	3.40	13	6	0	166.2	117	85	233	1.212
Totals	10	3	4.44	0	3	0	0	26.1	23	13	14	20	1.405	163	163	4.465	90	73		1477.1	1528	575	1207	1.424

WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU
1997 NLDS1 / 1999 NLDS1

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