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1998 Pittsburgh Pirates

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

69-93, Finished 6th in NL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gene Lamont (69-93)
Scored 650 runs, Allowed 718 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88

Ballparks: Three Rivers Stadium · Attendance: 1,560,950 (15th of 16)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

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1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Jermaine Allensworth 26 R R 6' 0" 178 Jan 11, 1972 3 69 61 69 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 66 0 4 0 1.6 $260,000
Steve Bieser 30 L R 5' 10" 170 Aug 4, 1967 2 13 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.0 $
Adrian Brown 24 B R 6' 0" 175 Feb 7, 1974 2 41 36 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 34 1 38 0 3 0 0.1 $178,000
Emil Brown 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 29, 1974 2 13 10 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 11 0 3 0 -0.2 $
Jason Christiansen 28 R L 6' 5" 230 Sep 21, 1969 4 60 0 57 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $320,000
Lou Collier 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 21, 1973 2 110 98 110 107 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.3 $176,000
Francisco Cordova 26 R R 5' 10" 191 Apr 26, 1972 3 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $500,000
Elmer Dessens 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Jan 13, 1971 3 43 5 42 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $180,000
Freddy Garcia 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 1, 1972 3 56 48 56 51 0 0 4 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.4 $190,000
Jose Guillen 22 R R 5' 11" 165 May 17, 1976 2 153 146 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 149 151 0 2 0 -0.5 $255,000
Jason Kendall 24 R R 6' 0" 181 Jun 26, 1974 3 149 143 149 144 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5.7 $600,000 All-Star
Tim Laker 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 27, 1969 5 14 4 14 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.1 $
Sean Lawrence 27 L L 6' 4" 215 Sep 2, 1970 1st 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $170,000
Jon Lieber 28 L R 6' 3" 220 Apr 2, 1970 5 29 28 27 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $1,450,000
Esteban Loaiza 26 R R 6' 2" 230 Dec 31, 1971 4 21 14 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $450,000
Rich Loiselle 26 R R 6' 5" 225 Jan 12, 1972 3 54 0 52 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $275,000
Al Martin 30 L L 6' 2" 220 Nov 24, 1967 7 125 111 125 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 114 2 12 0 -1.2 $2,600,000
Javier Martinez 21 R R 6' 2" 210 Feb 5, 1977 1st 37 0 34 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $170,000
Manny Martinez 27 R R 6' 2" 169 Oct 3, 1970 2 73 40 73 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 37 3 66 2 8 4 0.1 $190,000
Jeff McCurry 28 R R 6' 7" 210 Jan 21, 1970 4 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $205,000
Abraham Nunez 22 B R 5' 11" 200 Mar 16, 1976 2 24 20 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.2 $
Keith Osik 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 22, 1968 3 39 27 39 33 0 26 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.6 $275,000
Chris Peters 26 L L 6' 1" 162 Jan 28, 1972 3 39 21 37 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $205,000
Kevin Polcovich 28 R R 5' 9" 170 Jun 28, 1970 2 81 56 81 74 0 0 0 15 8 54 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 -0.8 $200,000
Aramis Ramirez 20 R R 6' 1" 215 Jun 25, 1978 1st 72 71 72 71 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.6 $170,000
Ricardo Rincon 28 L L 5' 10" 190 Apr 13, 1970 2 60 0 58 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $245,000
Chance Sanford 26 L R 5' 10" 165 Jun 2, 1972 1st 14 5 14 7 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.7 $
Jason Schmidt 25 R R 6' 5" 185 Jan 29, 1973 4 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $500,000
Jose Silva 24 R R 6' 6" 235 Dec 19, 1973 3 18 18 17 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $180,000
Mark Smith 28 R R 6' 3" 205 May 7, 1970 5 59 27 59 30 0 0 6 0 0 0 16 0 9 25 3 27 0 -0.7 $260,000
Doug Strange 34 B R 6' 2" 170 Apr 13, 1964 9 90 37 90 53 0 0 3 9 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 -2.3 $575,000
Jeff Tabaka 34 R L 6' 2" 195 Jan 17, 1964 5 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $300,000
Todd Van Poppel 26 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 9, 1971 6 18 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $300,000
Turner Ward 33 B R 6' 2" 200 Apr 11, 1965 9 123 62 123 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 48 22 111 1 37 0 1.4 $825,000
Marc Wilkins 27 R R 5' 11" 205 Oct 21, 1970 3 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $275,000
Mike Williams 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 29, 1968 7 37 1 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $350,000
Tony Womack 28 L R 5' 9" 160 Sep 25, 1969 5 159 154 159 157 0 0 0 152 0 2 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 0.2 $290,000
Kevin Young 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 16, 1969 7 159 153 159 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.2 $1,600,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Kevin Polcovich

Tony Womack

Lou Collier

Abraham Nunez

Jose Guillen

Turner Ward

Adrian Brown

Freddy Garcia

Keith Osik

Aramis Ramirez

Doug Strange

Jason Kendall

Emil Brown

Jason Schmidt

Mark Smith

Tim Laker

Al Martin

Kevin Young

Manny Martinez

Chance Sanford

Esteban Loaiza

Marc Wilkins

Javier Martinez

Chris Peters

Jason Christiansen

Jermaine Allensworth

Jon Lieber

Sean Lawrence

Jeff Tabaka

Rich Loiselle

Jeff McCurry

Jose Silva

Todd Van Poppel

Steve Bieser

Mike Williams

Francisco Cordova

Elmer Dessens

Ricardo Rincon

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers