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Season Almanac

1998 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Sammy Sosa (RBI, R)

Home Runs
  1. 1Mark McGwireSTL70
  2. 2Sammy SosaCHC66
  3. 3Ken Griffey Jr.SEA56
Hits
  1. 1Dante BichetteCOL219
  2. 2Alex RodriguezSEA213
  3. 3Craig BiggioHOU210
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Sammy SosaCHC158
  2. 2Juan GonzalezTEX157
  3. 3Albert BelleCWS152
Runs
  1. 1Sammy SosaCHC134
  2. 2Mark McGwireSTL130
  3. 3Derek JeterNYY127
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Rickey HendersonATH66
  2. 2Tony WomackPIT58
  3. 3Kenny LoftonCLE54
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Randy JohnsonSEA329
  2. 2Curt SchillingPHI300
  3. 3Roger ClemensTOR271
Pitching Wins
  1. 1David ConeNYY20
  2. 2Rick HellingTEX20
  3. 3Roger ClemensTOR20
Saves
  1. 1Trevor HoffmanSD53
  2. 2Rod BeckCHC51
  3. 3Jeff ShawLAD48

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Mark McGwireBAT21.3
  2. 2Sammy SosaBAT20.1
  3. 3Albert BelleBAT19.3
  4. 4Barry BondsBAT18.9
  5. 5Ken Griffey Jr.BAT18.7
  6. 6Juan GonzalezBAT18.5
  7. 7Manny RamirezBAT18.2
  8. 8Alex RodriguezBAT17.7
  9. 9Andres GalarragaBAT17.7
  10. 10Jeff BagwellBAT17.6
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Adrian Beltré3B232.7
  2. 2Carlos BeltránCF226
  3. 3Aramis Ramirez3B182.7
  4. 4Javier VazquezP139.3
  5. 5Roy HalladayP139.3
  6. 6Ryan DempsterP129.6
  7. 7J.D. DrewRF129.5
  8. 8Troy Glaus3B128.9

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Dennis EckersleyP269.1
  2. 2Paul MolitorDH233.4
  3. 3Joe CarterLF183.1
  4. 4Dennis MartinezP180.7
  5. 5Danny DarwinP172.2
  6. 6Randy MyersP138.9
  7. 7Jimmy KeyP130
  8. 8Cecil Fielder1B129.9

Teams · 30

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
New York Yankees114-48315.8Bernie WilliamsPlayoffs
Atlanta Braves106-56301.8Andres GalarragaPlayoffs
Houston Astros102-60322.5Jeff BagwellPlayoffs
San Diego Padres98-64291.3Greg VaughnPlayoffs
Boston Red Sox92-70274.2Mo VaughnPlayoffs
Chicago Cubs90-73267Sammy SosaPlayoffs
Cleveland Indians89-73245.4Manny RamirezPlayoffs
San Francisco Giants89-74277.1Barry Bonds
Toronto Blue Jays88-74234.2Carlos Delgado
Texas Rangers88-74232.4Juan GonzalezPlayoffs
New York Mets88-74228.2John Olerud
Los Angeles Angels85-77226.2Jim Edmonds
St. Louis Cardinals83-79283Mark McGwire
Los Angeles Dodgers83-79182.6Raúl Mondesi
Chicago White Sox80-82236.3Albert Belle
Baltimore Orioles79-83239.8Rafael Palmeiro
Colorado Rockies77-85280.8Vinny Castilla
Cincinnati Reds77-85247.2Barry Larkin
Seattle Mariners76-85206.8Ken Griffey Jr.
Philadelphia Phillies75-87261.5Scott Rolen
Milwaukee Brewers74-88240.3Jeromy Burnitz
Athletics74-88200.4Jason Giambi
Kansas City Royals72-89227.6Dean Palmer
Minnesota Twins70-92196.7Matt Lawton III
Pittsburgh Pirates69-93293.9Jason Kendall
Washington Nationals65-97257.6Vladimir Guerrero
Detroit Tigers65-97222.8Tony Clark
Arizona Diamondbacks65-97190.8Gregg Olson
Tampa Bay Devil Rays63-99232.5Fred McGriff
Miami Marlins54-108220.4Matt Mantei

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.