1998 League Division Series - San Diego Padres over Houston Astros (3-1)

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1998 League Division Series (3-1): San Diego Padres (98-64) over Houston Astros (102-60)

WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU
1997 NLDS2 / 1999 NLDS2

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, September 29, 1998 at Astrodome (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0     2  9  1
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     1  4  0

    PITCHERS: SDP - Brown, Hoffman (9)
              HOU - Johnson, Powell (9), Henry (9)

               WP - Kevin Brown
	       LP - Randy Johnson
             SAVE - Trevor Hoffman

   HOME RUNS: SDP - Vaughn
              HOU - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,080

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 1, 1998 at Astrodome (Houston Astros)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  2     4  8  1
    Houston Astros               1  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  1     5 11  1

    PITCHERS: SDP - Ashby, Hamilton (5), Wall (8), Miceli (9), Hoffman (9)
              HOU - Reynolds, Powell (8), Wagner (9)

               WP - Billy Wagner
	       LP - Dan Miceli
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SDP - Leyritz
              HOU - Bell

  ATTENDANCE: 45,550

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 3, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego Padres)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  4  0
    San Diego Padres             0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  x     2  3  0

    PITCHERS: HOU - Hampton, Elarton (7)
              SDP - Brown, Miceli (7), Hoffman (9)

               WP - Dan Miceli
	       LP - Scott Elarton
             SAVE - Trevor Hoffman

   HOME RUNS: HOU - none
              SDP - Leyritz

  ATTENDANCE: 65,235

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 4, 1998 at Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego Padres)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  1
    San Diego Padres             0  1  0    0  0  1    0  4  x     6  7  1

    PITCHERS: HOU - Johnson, Miller (7), Henry (7), Powell (8)
              SDP - Hitchcock, Hamilton (7), Miceli (7), Hoffman (9)

               WP - Sterling Hitchcock
	       LP - Randy Johnson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: HOU - none
              SDP - Joyner, Leyritz

  ATTENDANCE: 64,898

Series Batting Stats

San Diego Padres 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
George Arias	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	20	36	4	7	1	4	0	.194	.654
Andy Ashby	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	72	1	8	0	2	0	.111	.274
Kevin Brown	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	36	82	4	17	0	10	0	.207	.488
Ken Caminiti	4	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.200	.143	.343	0	0	131	452	87	114	29	82	6	.252	.862
Steve Finley	4	10	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	.100	.182	.200	.382	0	0	159	619	92	154	14	67	12	.249	.702
Chris Gomez	4	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	.273	.467	.273	.739	0	0	145	449	55	120	4	39	1	.267	.725
Tony Gwynn	4	15	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	.200	.200	.333	.533	0	0	127	461	65	148	16	69	3	.321	.865
Joey Hamilton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	71	1	10	1	6	0	.141	.364
Carlos Hernandez	4	12	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.417	.878	0	0	129	390	34	102	9	52	2	.262	.674
Sterling Hitchcock	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	39	50	5	7	0	2	0	.140	.297
Trevor Hoffman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	66	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Wally Joyner	4	6	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	.167	.286	.667	.952	0	0	131	439	58	131	12	80	1	.298	.824
Jim Leyritz	4	10	3	4	0	0	3	5	0	2	.400	.364	1.300	1.664	0	0	*114	272	34	75	12	42	0	.276	.851
Dan Miceli	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	67	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Greg Myers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	69	171	19	42	4	20	0	.246	.686
Ruben Rivera	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	95	172	31	36	6	29	5	.209	.703
Andy Sheets	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	88	194	31	47	7	29	7	.242	.725
Mark Sweeney	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	1	122	192	17	45	2	15	1	.234	.663
John Vander Wal	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	0	0	*109	129	21	36	5	20	0	.279	.893
Greg Vaughn	4	15	2	5	1	0	1	1	0	4	.333	.333	.600	.933	0	1	158	573	112	156	50	119	11	.272	.960
Quilvio Veras	4	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	.133	.235	.133	.369	0	0	138	517	79	138	6	45	24	.267	.729
Donne Wall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	46	7	0	2	0	0	0	.286	.571
Totals	62	125	14	27	4	1	5	13	9	32	.216	.277	.384	.661	0	2	162	5490	749	1390	167		79	.253	.739

Houston Astros 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
Moises Alou	4	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.188	.375	0	0	159	584	104	182	38	124	11	.312	.981
Brad Ausmus	4	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	0	0	128	412	62	111	6	45	10	.269	.713
Jeff Bagwell	4	14	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	6	.143	.250	.143	.393	0	0	147	540	124	164	34	111	19	.304	.981
Derek Bell	4	16	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	7	.125	.125	.313	.438	0	0	156	630	111	198	22	108	13	.314	.855
Sean Berry	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	102	299	48	94	13	52	3	.314	.895
Craig Biggio	4	11	3	2	1	0	0	1	4	4	.182	.471	.273	.743	0	0	160	646	123	210	20	88	50	.325	.906
Dave Clark	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0	0	93	131	12	27	0	4	1	.206	.547
Scott Elarton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tony Eusebio	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.500	.667	1.167	0	0	66	182	13	46	1	36	1	.253	.633
Carl Everett	4	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.154	.154	.154	.308	0	0	133	467	72	138	15	76	14	.296	.840
Ricky Gutierrez	4	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	7	.300	.500	.300	.800	1	0	141	491	55	128	2	46	13	.261	.671
Mike Hampton	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	32	61	3	16	0	2	2	.262	.676
Doug Henry	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	59	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Richard Hidalgo	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	74	211	31	64	7	35	3	.303	.829
Pete Incaviglia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*20	30	0	3	0	2	0	.100	.290
Randy Johnson	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*34	39	2	3	0	2	0	.077	.179
Trever Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	37	3	1	1	0	0	0	.333	1.000
Jay Powell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*62	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Shane Reynolds	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	82	10	13	0	9	0	.159	.396
Bill Spiers	4	14	2	4	3	0	0	1	1	3	.286	.333	.500	.833	0	0	123	384	66	105	4	43	11	.273	.751
Billy Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	58	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.667
Totals	50	121	8	22	5	0	1	7	11	49	.182	.277	.248	.525	1	0	162	5641	874	1578	166		155	.280	.792

San Diego Padres 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
Andy Ashby	1	1	6.75	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	1	4	1.750	33	33	3.34	17	9	0	226.2	223	58	151	1.240
Kevin Brown	2	2	0.61	1	0	0	0	14.2	5	1	7	21	0.818	36	35	2.38	18	7	0	257.0	225	49	257	1.066
Joey Hamilton	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.1	1	0	2	3	0.900	34	34	4.27	13	13	0	217.1	220	106	147	1.500
Sterling Hitchcock	1	1	1.50	1	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	0	11	0.500	39	27	3.93	9	7	1	176.1	169	48	158	1.231
Trevor Hoffman	4	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	3.0	3	0	1	4	1.333	66	0	1.48	4	2	53	73.0	41	21	86	0.849
Dan Miceli	3	0	2.70	1	1	0	0	3.1	2	1	0	4	0.600	67	0	3.22	10	5	2	72.2	64	27	70	1.252
Donne Wall	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	0	2	2.000	46	1	2.43	5	4	1	70.1	50	32	56	1.166
Totals	14	4	1.78	3	1	2	0	35.1	22	7	11	49	0.934	162	162	3.632	98	64		1454.2	1384	501	1217	1.296

Houston Astros 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
Scott Elarton	1	0	4.50	0	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	3	1.000	28	2	3.32	2	1	2	57.0	40	20	56	1.053
Mike Hampton	1	1	1.50	0	0	0	0	6.0	2	1	1	2	0.500	32	32	3.36	11	7	0	211.2	227	81	137	1.455
Doug Henry	2	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	0	1	1.200	59	0	3.04	8	2	2	71.0	55	35	59	1.268
Randy Johnson	2	2	1.93	0	2	0	0	14.0	12	3	2	17	1.000	*34	34	3.28	19	11	0	244.1	203	86	329	1.183
Trever Miller	1	0		0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0		37	1	3.04	2	0	1	53.1	57	20	30	1.444
Jay Powell	3	0	11.57	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	3	3	3	2.143	*62	0	3.33	7	7	7	70.1	58	37	62	1.351
Shane Reynolds	1	1	2.57	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	1	5	0.714	35	35	3.51	19	8	0	233.1	257	53	209	1.329
Billy Wagner	1	0	18.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	0	1	4.000	58	0	2.70	4	3	30	60.0	46	25	97	1.183
Totals	12	4	3.44	1	3	0	0	34.0	27	13	9	32	1.059	162	162	3.499	102	60		1471.1	1435	465	1187	1.291

WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU
1997 NLDS2 / 1999 NLDS2

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