1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was the first season in franchise history. This season, they finished last in the AL East division and finished the season with a record of 63-99, 51 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. Their manager was Larry Rothschild.

1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record63–99 (.389)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Vince Naimoli
General manager(s)Chuck LaMar
Manager(s)Larry Rothschild
Local televisionSportschannel Florida
WWWB
WTSP
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
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Miguel Cairo was the last active player remaining from the Opening Day roster, until retiring after the 2012 season.

Offseason
  • March 11, 1997: Luis Polonia was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]
  • May 10, 1997: Pete Laforest was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[2]
  • June 3, 1997: Jason Standridge was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1997.[3]
  • June 3, 1997: Kenny Kelly was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1997.[4]
  • November 11, 1997: Mike Kelly was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Dmitri Young (November 18, 1997) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.[5]
  • December 9, 1997: Wade Boggs signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[6]
  • December 16, 1997: Scott McClain was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[7]
  • December 18, 1997: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[8]
  • January 27, 1998: Dave Silvestri was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[9]
  • January 27, 1998: Jerome Walton was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[10]

Round 1
PickPlayerPositionFromTo
1Tony SaundersLHPFLATB
4Quinton McCrackenOFCOLTB
6Bobby AbreuOFHOUTB
8Miguel Cairo2BCHCTB
10Rich ButlerOFTORTB
12Bob Smith3BATLTB
14Jason JohnsonRHPPITTB
16Dmitri Young1BCINTB
18Esteban YanRHPBALTB
20Mike DiFeliceCSTLTB
22Bubba TrammellOFDETTB
24Andy SheetsIFSEATB
26Dennis SpringerRHPANATB
28Dan CarlsonRHPSFTB

Round 2
PickPlayerPositionFromTo
30Brian BoehringerRHPNYYTB
32Mike DuvallLHPFLATB
34John LeRoyRHPATLTB
36Jim MecirRHPBOSTB
38Bryan RekarRHPCOLTB
40Rick GoreckiRHPLADTB
42Ramón TatísLHPCHCTB
44Kerry RobinsonOFSTLTB
46Steve Cox1BOAKTB
48Albie LopezRHPCLETB
50José PaniaguaRHPMONTB
52Carlos MendozaOFNYMTB
54Ryan KarpLHPPHITB
56Santos HernándezRHPSFTB

Round 3
PickPlayerPositionFromTo
58Randy WinnOFFLATB
60Terrell WadeLHPATLTB
62Aaron LedesmaIFBALTB
64Brooks KieschnickOFCHCTB
66Luke WilcoxOFNYYTB
68Herbert PerryIFCLETB
70Vaughn EshelmanLHPOAKTB

1996–97 MLB June drafts and minor league affiliates

The two expansion teams set to debut in 1998, the Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks, had two full seasons to establish scouting and player development systems and were permitted to participate fully in the 1996 and 1997 Major League Baseball drafts. The Devil Rays drafted 29th in 1996 (when they selected 97 players overall) and 31st in 1997 (when they selected 92). The team began developing those players in a farm system with three minor-league affiliates in 1996 and five in 1997.

Among the players selected and signed by Tampa Bay from those drafts were pitcher Dan Wheeler (34th round, 1996), catcher Toby Hall (ninth, 1997), infielder Jared Sandberg (16th, 1996) and outfielder Alex Sánchez (fifth, 1996).

1996 farm system
Level Team League Manager
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Bump Wills
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Tom Foley
Rookie GCL Devil Rays Gulf Coast League Bill Evers

Hudson Valley affiliation shared with Texas Rangers[11]

1997 farm system
Level Team League Manager
A St. Petersburg Devil Rays Florida State League Bill Evers
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Scott Fletcher
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Julio García
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Charlie Montoyo
Rookie GCL Devil Rays Gulf Coast League Bobby Ramos

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Petersburg

Regular season
  • March 31, 1998 – The Devil Rays played their inaugural game, as well as their first home game, against the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers won 11-6 for an audience of 45,369 fans.[12]
  • April 1, 1998 – The Devil Rays enjoyed the first win in their franchise's history, an 11-8 comeback against the Tigers. Rolando Arrojo was the winning pitcher.[13]
  • June 22, 1998 – The first interleague game between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays took place at Tropicana Field. The rivalry would be known as the Citrus Series. The Marlins won the game in twelve innings by a score of 3-2.[14]

Opening Day starters
3Quinton McCrackenCF
13Miguel Cairo2B
12Wade Boggs3B
29Fred McGriff1B
24Mike KellyLF
44Paul SorrentoDH
6John FlahertyC
14Dave MartinezRF
19Kevin StockerSS
40Wilson ÁlvarezP

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 11448 0.704 — 62–19 52–29
Boston Red Sox 9270 0.568 22 51–30 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 8874 0.543 26 51–30 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 7983 0.488 35 42–39 37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399 0.389 51 33–48 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1998 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —5–66–55–64–78–36–56–56–55–79–36–55–74–710–6
Baltimore 6–5—6–62–95–610–15–67–33–98–36–55–76–55–75–11
Boston 5–66–6—5–68–35–58–35–65–79–27–49–36–55–79–7
Chicago 6–59–26–5—6–66–68–46–64–74–74–75–65–64–6–17–9
Cleveland 7–46–53–86–6—9–38–46–64–73–89–27–34–77–410–6
Detroit 3–81–105–56–63–9—6–68–43–87–43–85–63–85–67–9
Kansas City 5–66–53–84–84–86–6—7–50–107–44–68–33–86–59–7
Minnesota 5–63–76–56–66–64–85–7—4–74–72–97–47–44–77–9
New York 5–69–37–57–47–48–310–07–4—8–38–311–18–36–613–3
Oakland 7–53–82–97–48–34–74–77–43–8—5–75–66–65–68–8
Seattle 3–95–64–77–42–98–36–49–23–87–5—6–55–74–77–9
Tampa Bay 5–67–53–96–53–76–53–84–71–116–55–6—4–75–75–11
Texas 7–55–65–66–57–48–38–34–73–86–67–57–4—7–48–8
Toronto 7–47–57–56–4–14–76–55–67–46–66–57–47–54–7—9–7

Notable transactions
  • May 26, 1998: Jerome Walton was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[10]
  • June 2, 1998: Aubrey Huff was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1998.[15]
  • July 1, 1998: Josías Manzanillo was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[8]

Citrus Series

The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1998, the Marlins won the series 3 games to 1.[16]

  • June 22 - Devil Rays vs Marlins: 2 – 3
  • June 23 - Devil Rays vs Marlins: 6 – 4
  • June 24 - Devil Rays @ Marlins: 4 – 8
  • June 25 - Devil Rays @ Marlins: 1 – 5

Roster
1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB H HR RBI Avg. SB
CJohn Flaherty9130463324.2070
1BFred McGriff1515641601981.2847
2BMiguel Cairo150515138546.26819
3BBob Smith1173701021155.2765
SSKevin Stocker11233670625.2085
LFQuinton McCracken155614179759.29219
CFRandy Winn10933894117.27826
RFDave Martinez9030979320.2568
DHPaul Sorrento137435981757.2252

[17]

Other batters
Player G AB H HR RBI Avg. SB
Wade Boggs123435122752.2803
Rich Butler7221749720.2264
Mike Difelice8424857323.2300
Mike Kelly106279671033.24013
Tim Laker35100.2000
Aaron Ledesma9529997029.3249
Scott McClain920200.1000
Kerry Robinson23000.0000
Dave Silvestri814100.0710
Bubba Trammell59199571235.2860
Jerome Walton12341103.3240

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rolando Arrojo32202.014123.56152
Tony Saunders31192.16154.12172
Wilson Alvarez25142.26144.73107
Julio Santana32140.1564.2360
Dennis Springer29115.23115.4546
Bryan Rekar1686.2284.9855

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO Sv
Scott Aldred4831.1003.73210
Dan Carlson1017.2007.64160
Mike Duvall34.0006.7510
Eddie Gaillard67.2005.8750
Roberto Hernandez6771.1264.045526
Albie Lopez5479.2742.60621
Jim Mecir6884.0723.11770
Brad Pennington10.000inf00
Matt Ruebel78.2026.2360
Ramon Tatis2211.20013.8950
Rick White3868.2263.80390

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO Sv
Dave Eiland12.20120.2510
Rick Gorecki316.2124.8680
Jason Johnson1360.0255.70360
Terrell Wade210.2115.0680

Game log
Game Log
March (0-1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1March 31Tigers11 – 6Thompson (1-0)Álvarez (0-1)45,3690-1
April (12-13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
2April 1Tigers11 – 8Arrojo (1-0)Moehler (0-1)30,1091-1
3April 2Tigers7 – 1Yan (1-0)Worrell (0-1)28,2612-1
4April 3White Sox10 – 4Baldwin (1-0)Gorecki (0-1)31,8162-2
5April 4White Sox8 – 2Springer (1-0)Eyre (0-1)36,5993-2
6April 5White Sox5 – 0Álvarez (1-1)Bere (0-1)33,7334-2
7April 7@ Tigers3 – 1Florie (0-1)Arrojo (1-1)Jones (1)45,7684-3
8April 10@ White Sox3 – 0Sirotka (1-1)Saunders (0-1)Karchner (1)13,5634-4
9April 11@ White Sox5 – 1Gorecki (1-1)Bere (0-2)17,3225-4
10April 12@ White Sox4 – 1Álvarez (2-1)Navarro (0-2)Hernández (1)14,0046-4
11April 13Twins13 – 12 (14)Yan (1-0)Trombley (0-2)31,9697-4
12April 14Twins8 – 2Radke (2-1)Springer (1-1)34,3377-5
13April 16@ Angels6 – 5Saunders (1-1)Holtz (1-1)Hernández (2)22,9068-5
14April 17@ Angels5 – 0Finley (3-0)Gorecki (1-2)31,5168-6
15April 18@ Angels8 – 1Álvarez (3-1)Dickson (0-3)37,8789-6
16April 19@ Angels6 – 0Arrojo (2-1)Watson (0-2)34,58010-6
17April 21@ Rangers4 – 0Sele (4-0)Springer (1-2)26,77610-7
18April 22@ Rangers7 – 2Helling (4-0)Saunders (1-2)30,77010-8
19April 23@ Rangers12 – 5Johnson (1-0)Oliver (0-3)33,31911-8
20April 24Angels10 – 3Watson (1-2)Álvarez (3-2)27,76711-9
21April 25Angels7 – 1Hill (4-1)Arrojo (2-2)33,39511-10
22April 26Angels2 – 1Olivares (1-0)Springer (1-3)Percival (5)26,88211-11
23April 27Athletics7 – 6Mathews (1-0)Hernández (0-1)Taylor (4)25,48411-12
24April 28Athletics4 – 3Small (1-0)Johnson (1-1)Taylor (5)25,13811-13
25April 29@ Twins2 – 0Tewksbury (1-0)Álvarez (3-3)Aguilera (5)8,96411-14
26April 30@ Twins2 – 0Arrojo (3-2)Hawkins (0-3)8,86012-14
May (12-16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
27May 1@ Indians7 – 5Colón (2-1)Springer (1-4)Jackson (10)42,71212-15
28May 2@ Indians5 – 1Ogea (1-1)Saunders (1-3)42,52512-16
29May 3@ Indians10 – 8Mesa (3-0)Hernández (0-2)42,59712-17
30May 5@ Royals4 – 2Pichardo (3-0)Álvarez (3-4)Montgomery (6)12,09612-18
31May 6@ Royals5 – 0Arrojo (4-2)Rusch (3-4)11,40113-18
32May 8Orioles8 – 2Rhodes (3-0)Lopez (0-1)35,35513-19
33May 9Orioles7 – 0Mussina (4-2)Springer (1-5)42,48613-20
34May 10Orioles4 – 3Yan (3-0)Mills (0-1)Hernández (3)34,12314-20
35May 11Indians4 – 2Arrojo (5-2)Burba (3-4)Hernández (4)30,33415-20
36May 12Indians6 – 5 (15)Santana (1-0)Jackson (0-1)30,19416-20
37May 13Royals4 – 0Rapp (3-3)Saunders (1-4)25,24416-21
38May 14Royals10 – 2Belcher (2-5)Springer (1-6)24,29616-22
39May 15@ Orioles4 – 1Álvarez (4-4)Erickson (4-2)Hernández (5)47,42117-22
40May 16@ Orioles5 – 2Arrojo (6-2)Belcher (2-5)Hernández (6)47,53818-22
41May 17@ Orioles7 – 3Mecir (1-0)Mills (0-2)47,62819-22
42May 18@ Orioles6 – 3Lopez (1-1)Drabek (3-5)Hernández (7)45,03320-22
43May 19@ Blue Jays3 – 1Williams (4-2)Springer (1-7)Myers (10)25,66220-23
44May 20@ Blue Jays9 – 1Hentgen (6-3)Álvarez (4-5)26,10720-24
45May 21@ Blue Jays6 – 1Guzmán (2-6)Arrojo (6-3)30,10820-25
46May 22@ Mariners5 – 2Johnson (2-1)Moyer (2-5)Hernández (8)29,52221-25
47May 23@ Mariners6 – 3Yan (4-0)Ayala (0-4)Hernández (9)35,81922-25
48May 24@ Mariners3 – 1Johnson (4-3)Springer (1-8)46,86722-26
49May 25@ Athletics8 – 2Oquist (1-3)Ruebel (0-1)13,19922-27
50May 26@ Athletics7 – 2Arrojo (7-3)Candiotti (4-5)9,80123-27
51May 28Mariners5 – 2Moyer (3-5)Johnson (2-2)27,01723-28
52May 29Mariners6 – 2Johnson (5-3)Saunders (1-5)32,14223-29
53May 30Mariners5 – 2Springer (2-8)Cloude (3-3)Hernández (10)40,21224-29
54May 31Mariners11 – 6Swift (4-3)White (0-1)35,18424-30
June (10-17)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
55June 1Rangers11 – 6Arrojo (8-3)Burkett (4-3)Hernández (11)24,38825-30
56June 2Rangers11 – 6Witt (5-3)Johnson (2-3)24,47725-31
57June 3@ Yankees7 – 1Hernández (1-0)Saunders (1-6)27,29125-32
58June 4@ Yankees6 – 1Irabu (5-1)Springer (2-9)22,75925-33
59June 5Expos5 – 2Hermanson (4-4)White (0-2)24,02525-34
60June 6Expos7 – 5Telford (3-2)Ruebel (0-2)Urbina (14)26,50125-35
61June 7Expos4 – 3 (11)Lopez (2-1)Kline (1-3)26,33426-35
62June 8@ Mets3 – 0Reed (7-3)Springer (2-10)24,18626-36
63June 9@ Mets5 – 4 (11)Mecir (2-0)Hudek (0-3)Hernández (12)30,33627-36
64June 10@ Mets3 – 2Leiter (7-3)White (0-3)Rojas (2)21,68227-37
65June 12@ Red Sox5 – 1Wakefield (7-3)Arrojo (8-4)31,99427-38
66June 14@ Red Sox3 – 2Gordon (4-1)Lopez (2-2)27,76827-39
67June 15Blue Jays8 – 7White (1-3)Quantrill (0-3)Hernández (13)24,12228-39
68June 16Blue Jays4 – 3Mecir (3-0)Myers (2-2)24,27829-39
69June 17Blue Jays2 – 1Arrojo (9-4)Guzmán (3-9)Hernández (14)24,39430-39
70June 18Red Sox7 – 5 (10)Wasdin (4-3)Yan (4-1)Gordon (21)30,17730-40
71June 19Red Sox4 – 1Avery (4-1)Saunders (1-7)Gordon (22)32,37530-41
72June 20Red Sox8 – 5Santana (2-0)Saberhagen (8-5)Hernández (15)41,16931-41
73June 21Red Sox3 – 1Martínez (9-2)Johnson (2-4)Gordon (23)40,34831-42
74June 22Marlins3 – 2 (12)Alfonseca (1-2)Mecir (3-1)25,62331-43
75June 23Marlins6 – 4Lopez (3-2)Dempster (1-2)Hernández (16)27,52332-43
76June 24@ Marlins8 – 4Meadows (6-6)Saunders (1-8)19,50132-44
77June 25@ Marlins5 – 1Hernández (6-4)Santana (2-1)16,82632-45
78June 26@ Phillies7 – 0Green (6-4)Johnson (2-5)17,55932-46
79June 27@ Phillies5 – 1Arrojo (10-4)Schilling (7-8)44,26233-46
80June 28@ Phillies5 – 4Lopez (4-2)Gomes (6-3)Hernández (17)25,15734-46
81June 30Braves7 – 2Neagle (9-6)Saunders (1-9)41,04734-47
July (9-16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
82July 1Braves6 – 5Springer (5-3)Hernández (0-3)Ligtenberg (8)41,10034-48
83July 2Braves6 – 0Maddux (12-2)Arrojo (10-5)40,74934-49
84July 3@ Blue Jays3 – 2 (10)Myers (3-2)Yan (4-2)25,62534-50
85July 4@ Blue Jays8 – 0Carpenter (5-3)Springer (2-11)29,19834-51
86July 5@ Blue Jays2 – 1Quantrill (1-3)White (1-4)Myers (23)31,24034-52
87July 9Yankees2 – 0Pettitte (11-5)Rekar (0-1)Rivera (23)38,38634-53
88July 10Yankees8 – 4Irabu (7-3)Álvarez (4-6)Mendoza (1)40,36334-54
89July 11Yankees2 – 0Cone (13-2)Arrojo (10-6)Rivera (24)44,58934-55
90July 12Yankees9 – 2Stanton (4-0)Hernández (0-4)43,37334-56
91July 13Red Sox2 – 0Avery (6-2)Santana (2-2)Gordon (26)34-57
92July 14Red Sox5 – 4Lopez (5-2)Mahay (1-1)27,31035-57
93July 15@ Angels4 – 2Hasegawa (4-1)Álvarez (4-7)Percival (27)19,68135-58
94July 16@ Angels8 – 1Arrojo (11-6)Sparks (3-2)24,08536-58
95July 17@ Rangers7 – 4Oliver (5-7)Mecir (3-2)Wetteland (26)33,87636-59
96July 18@ Rangers9 – 8Crabtree (4-0)Yan (4-3)44,35636-60
97July 19@ Rangers7 – 4Burkett (6-10)Rekar (0-2)Wetteland (27)34,70036-61
98July 21Mariners8 – 3Moyer (7-7)Álvarez (4-8)30,29836-62
99July 22Mariners7 – 5Lopez (6-2)Johnson (9-9)Hernández (18)31,55837-62
100July 24Athletics6 – 0Saunders (2-9)Oquist (6-7)25,47638-62
101July 25Athletics7 – 5Hernández (1-4)Rogers (10-4)30,17939-62
102July 26Athletics3 – 1Álvarez (5-8)Candiotti (5-13)Yan (1)37,19440-62
103July 27Athletics11 – 5Rekar (1-2)Stein (4-6)24,35941-62
104July 28@ White Sox4 – 1Baldwin (6-4)Arrojo (11-7)Simas (10)18,40241-63
105July 29@ White Sox7 – 2Saunders (3-9)Parque (2-4)17,38742-63
106July 31Tigers5 – 1Santana (3-2)Greisinger (1-6)Hernández (19)25,65443-63
August (10-20)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
107August 1Tigers8 – 0Moehler (12-7)Álvarez (5-9)28,13043-64
108August 2Tigers3 – 2Powell (2-2)Rekar (1-3)Jones (19)26,12043-65
109August 3White Sox6 – 1Baldwin (7-4)Arrojo (11-8)24,69843-66
110August 4White Sox8 – 6Castillo (5-4)Saunders (3-10)Simas (11)24,86643-67
111August 5White Sox7 – 3Hernández (2-4)Howry (0-2)24,81444-67
112August 7Indians5 – 1Gooden (4-6)Álvarez (5-10)32,25444-68
113August 8Indians6 – 2Nagy (10-7)Rekar (1-4)37,10844-69
114August 9Indians2 – 1Mecir (4-2)Assenmacher (2-5)36,64145-69
115August 10Orioles2 – 1Guzmán (8-12)Saunders (3-11)Benítez (16)26,35245-70
116August 11Orioles2 – 1Mecir (5-2)Benítez (4-3)26,47246-70
117August 12Orioles7 – 0Erickson (12-9)Álvarez (5-11)29,21146-71
118August 13@ Royals6 – 4Montgomery (2-4)Hernández (2-5)18,28946-72
119August 14@ Royals11 – 9Haney (5-5)Arrojo (11-9)Service (3)28,13346-73
120August 15@ Royals8 – 6Mecir (6-2)Bones (0-1)Hernández (20)18,70647-73
121August 16@ Royals8 – 3Santana (4-2)Belcher (11-10)16,76248-73
122August 17@ Indians4 – 3Colón (13-6)Álvarez (5-12)Jackson (30)43,13948-74
123August 18@ Indians4 – 2Gooden (5-6)Rekar (1-5)Jackson (31)42,96748-75
124August 19Orioles6 – 4Mussina (12-6)Arrojo (11-10)Benítez (19)44,53048-76
125August 20Orioles4 – 2Saunders (4-11)Rhodes (3-4)Hernández (21)44,56649-76
126August 21Royals6 – 5Whisenant (2-1)Yan (4-4)Montgomery (27)25,63849-77
127August 22Royals3 – 2Rosado (7-9)Álvarez (5-13)Montgomery (28)27,34649-78
128August 23Royals11 – 5Rapp (10-11)Rekar (1-6)33,12349-79
129August 25Twins4 – 1Rodriguez (4-2)Arrojo (11-11)Aguilera (32)23,12649-80
130August 26Twins7 – 3Tewksbury (6-9)Saunders (4-12)Aguilera (33)23,05949-81
131August 27Twins10 – 3Santana (5-2)Milton (7-11)23,31450-81
132August 28@ Tigers4 – 3Mecir (7-2)Moehler (12-11)Hernández (22)19,53451-81
133August 29@ Tigers10 – 6Springer (3-11)Thompson (10-12)?52-81
134August 29@ Tigers8 – 2Greisinger (4-7)Rekar (1-7)16,40652-82
135August 30@ Tigers10 – 5Arrojo (12-11)Powell (3-5)Hernández (23)14,76553-82
136August 31@ Twins2 – 1Tewksbury (7-9)Saunders (4-13)Aguilera (34)7,88853-83
September (10-16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137September 1@ Twins6 – 5Serafini (7–4)Hernandez (2–6)7.94753-84
138September 2@ Twins4 – 1Yan (5–4)Hawkins (7–13)Lopez (1)7,16554-84
139September 3@ Twins5 – 4 (12)Guardado (3–1)White (1–5)7,07254-85
140September 4@ Athletics5 – 2Arrojo (13–11)Haynes (10–7)Hernandez (24)8.19855-85
141September 5@ Athletics3 – 0 Rogers (13–7)Saunders (4–14) 34,193 55-86
142September 6@ Athletics9 – 2Candiotti (11–15) Santana (5–3) 35,162 55-87
143September 8@ Mariners10 – 0Alvarez (6–13) Suzuki (0–1) 20,67956-87
144September 9@ Mariners5 – 2Abbot (0–1) Arrojo (13–12) Timlin (14) 22,256 56-88
145September 11Rangers3 – 2Saunders (5–14) Stottlemyre (12–13) Hernandez (25) 28,522 57-88
146September 12Rangers8 – 2 Helling (19–7) Santana (5–4) 31,278 57-89
147September 13Rangers10 – 5White (2–5) Loaiza (9–9) 34,007 58-89
148September 14Angels4 – 2Hasegawa (8–3) Lopez (6–3) Percival (40) 24,279 58-90
149September 15Angels8 – 1Arrojo (14–12) Juden (8-14) 24,347 59-90
150September 16Yankees7 – 0Saunders (6–14) Pettitte (16-10) 38,862 60-90
151September 17Yankees4 – 0 Irabu (12–9) Santana (5–5)38,820 60-91
152September 18Blue Jays6 – 1Rekar (2–7) Escobar (6–3) 32,053 61-91
153September 19Blue Jays7 – 5 Lopez (7–3) Van Ryn (0–2) Hernandez (26) 35,689 62-91
154September 20Blue Jays7 – 5 Risley (2–4) Lopez (7–4) 32,183 62-92
155September 21@ Red Sox4 – 3 Saberhagen (15–7) Saunders (6–15) Gordon (43) ? 62-93
156September 21@ Red Sox8 – 4 Wade (1–0) Reyes (3–3) 23,379 63-93
157September 22@ Red Sox11 – 2Schourek (8–9) Santana (5–6) 20,399 63-94
158September 23@ Red Sox5 – 4Avery (10–7) Rekar (2–8) Gordon (44) 23,240 63-95
159September 24@ Yankees5 – 2 Buddie (4–1) Alvarez (6–14) Nelson (3) 24,555 63-96
160September 25@ Yankees6 – 1 Hernandez (12–4)Eiland (0–1) 32,447 63-97
161September 26@ Yankees3 – 1Cone (20–7) Wade (1–1)41,150 63-98
162September 27@ Yankees8 – 3 Bruske (4–0) White (2–6) 49,608 63-99

Awards and honors

1998 MLB All-Star Game selection:

  • Rolando Arrojo, Pitcher

Team leaders
  • Home runs – Fred McGriff (19)
  • Runs batted in – Fred McGriff (81)
  • Batting average – Aaron Ledesma (.324)
  • Hits – Quinton McCracken (179)
  • Stolen bases – Randy Winn (26)
  • Walks – Fred McGriff (79)
  • Wins – Rolando Arrojo (14)
  • Strikeouts – Tony Saunders (172)
  • Earned run average – Albie Lopez (2.60)
  • Saves – Roberto Hernández (26)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
A St. Petersburg Devil Rays Florida State League Roy Silver
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Charlie Montoyo
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Dave Howard
Rookie GCL Devil Rays Gulf Coast League Bobby Ramos

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