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1998 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
69-93, Finished 6th in NL Central
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Scored 650 runs, Allowed 718 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Manager: Gene Lamont (69-93)
Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com)
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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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Jermaine Allensworth 26 R R 6' 0" 189 Jan 11, 1972 3 69 61 69 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 66 0 4 0 $260,000.00
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
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 $178,000.00
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 10 0 3 0
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 $320,000.00
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 $176,000.00
Francisco Cordova 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1972 3 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Elmer Dessens 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Jan 13, 1971 3 43 5 42 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $180,000.00
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 $190,000.00
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 $255,000.00
Jason Kendall 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 26, 1974 3 149 143 149 144 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $600,000.00 All-Star
Tim Laker 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 27, 1969 5 14 4 14 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Sean Lawrence 27 L L Sep 2, 1970 1st 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Jon Lieber 28 L R 6' 3" 220 Apr 2, 1970 5 29 26 27 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,450,000.00
Esteban Loaiza 26 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 31, 1971 4 21 14 20 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $450,000.00
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 $275,000.00
Al Martin 30 L L 6' 4" 210 Nov 24, 1967 7 125 111 125 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 114 1 12 0 $2,600,000.00
Javier Martinez 21 R R Feb 5, 1977 1st 37 0 34 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
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 62 0 8 4 $190,000.00
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 $205,000.00
Abraham Nunez 22 B R 5' 11" 160 Mar 16, 1976 2 24 20 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 $275,000.00
Chris Peters 26 L L 6' 1" 170 Jan 28, 1972 3 39 19 37 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $205,000.00
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 $200,000.00
Aramis Ramirez 20 R R 6' 1" 219 Jun 25, 1978 1st 72 71 72 71 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $170,000.00
Ricardo Rincon 28 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1970 2 60 0 58 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $245,000.00
Chance Sanford 26 L R 5' 10" 175 Jun 2, 1972 1st 14 5 14 7 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
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 $500,000.00
Jose Silva 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 19, 1973 3 18 17 17 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $180,000.00
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 24 3 27 0 $260,000.00
Doug Strange 34 B R 6' 1" 185 Apr 13, 1964 9 90 37 90 53 0 0 3 9 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 $575,000.00
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 $300,000.00
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 $300,000.00
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 97 1 37 0 $825,000.00
Marc Wilkins 27 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 21, 1970 3 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $275,000.00
Mike Williams 28 R R 6' 2" 199 Jul 29, 1969 7 37 1 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $350,000.00
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 $290,000.00
Kevin Young 29 R R 6' 2" 219 Jun 16, 1969 7 159 153 159 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $1,600,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played