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1998 Anaheim Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkEdison International Field of Anaheim
CityAnaheim, California
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersJackie Autry
General managersBill Bavasi
ManagersTerry Collins
TelevisionFox Sports West
•Sparky Anderson, Steve Physioc
KCAL-9
•Jerry Reuss, Steve Physioc
RadioKLAC (AM 570)
•Mario Impemba, Brian Barnhart
XPRS (Spanish)
•José Tolentino, Ivan Lara
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1998 Anaheim Angels season was the 38th season of the Anaheim Angels franchise in the American League, the 333rd in Anaheim, and their 33rd season playing their home games at Edison International Field of Anaheim. The Angels finished second in the American League West with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses.

Offseason

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  • December 4, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[1]
  • December 19, 1997: Cecil Fielder signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[2]
  • December 22, 1997: Chip Hale signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[3]
  • January 9, 1998: Norberto Martin was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[4]
  • January 10, 1998: William Van Landingham was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[5]
  • January 26, 1998: Damon Mashore was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[6]
  • February 27, 1998: Jack McDowell signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[7]
  • March 30, 1998: Chip Hale was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for Craig Shipley.[3]

Regular season

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Jim Fregosi's number 11 was retired by the Anaheim Angels in 1998.

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 88 74 .543 — 48‍–‍33 40‍–‍41
Anaheim Angels 85 77 .525 3 42‍–‍39 43‍–‍38
Seattle Mariners 76 85 .472 11½ 42‍–‍39 34‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics 74 88 .457 14 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

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1998 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 5–6 6–5 5–6 4–7 8–3 6–5 6–5 6–5 5–7 9–3 6–5 5–7 4–7 10–6
Baltimore 6–5 — 6–6 2–9 5–6 10–1 5–6 7–3 3–9 8–3 6–5 5–7 6–5 5–7 5–11
Boston 5–6 6–6 — 5–6 8–3 5–5 8–3 5–6 5–7 9–2 7–4 9–3 6–5 5–7 9–7
Chicago 6–5 9–2 6–5 — 6–6 6–6 8–4 6–6 4–7 4–7 4–7 5–6 5–6 4–6–1 7–9
Cleveland 7–4 6–5 3–8 6–6 — 9–3 8–4 6–6 4–7 3–8 9–2 7–3 4–7 7–4 10–6
Detroit 3–8 1–10 5–5 6–6 3–9 — 6–6 8–4 3–8 7–4 3–8 5–6 3–8 5–6 7–9
Kansas City 5–6 6–5 3–8 4–8 4–8 6–6 — 7–5 0–10 7–4 4–6 8–3 3–8 6–5 9–7
Minnesota 5–6 3–7 6–5 6–6 6–6 4–8 5–7 — 4–7 4–7 2–9 7–4 7–4 4–7 7–9
New York 5–6 9–3 7–5 7–4 7–4 8–3 10–0 7–4 — 8–3 8–3 11–1 8–3 6–6 13–3
Oakland 7–5 3–8 2–9 7–4 8–3 4–7 4–7 7–4 3–8 — 5–7 5–6 6–6 5–6 8–8
Seattle 3–9 5–6 4–7 7–4 2–9 8–3 6–4 9–2 3–8 7–5 — 6–5 5–7 4–7 7–9
Tampa Bay 5–6 7–5 3–9 6–5 3–7 6–5 3–8 4–7 1–11 6–5 5–6 — 4–7 5–7 5–11
Texas 7–5 5–6 5–6 6–5 7–4 8–3 8–3 4–7 3–8 6–6 7–5 7–4 — 7–4 8–8
Toronto 7–4 7–5 7–5 6–4–1 4–7 6–5 5–6 7–4 6–6 6–5 7–4 7–5 4–7 — 9–7


Transactions

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  • July 30, 1998: Charlie O'Brien was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Anaheim Angels for Brian Tokarse (minors) and Jason Stockstill (minors).[8]
  • August 7, 1998: Jeff Juden was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels from the Milwaukee Brewers.[9]
  • August 10, 1998: Cecil Fielder was released by the Anaheim Angels.[2]
  • August 26, 1998: Greg Cadaret was selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Anaheim Angels.[1]

Roster

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1998 Anaheim Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. Slg. SB
C Matt Walbeck 108 338 41 87 6 46 .257 .367 1
1B Cecil Fielder 103 381 48 92 17 68 .241 .423 0
2B Justin Baughman 63 196 24 50 1 20 .255 .327 10
3B Dave Hollins 101 363 60 88 11 39 .242 .388 11
SS Gary DiSarcina 157 551 73 158 3 56 .287 .385 11
LF Darin Erstad 133 537 84 159 19 82 .296 .486 20
CF Jim Edmonds 154 599 115 184 25 91 .307 .506 7
RF Garret Anderson 156 622 62 183 15 79 .284 .455 8
DH Tim Salmon 136 463 84 139 26 88 .300 .533 0

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Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Phil Nevin 75 237 54 .228 8 27
Norberto Martin 79 195 42 .215 1 13
Randy Velarde 51 188 49 .261 4 26
Orlando Palmeiro 75 165 53 .321 0 21
Troy Glaus 48 165 36 .218 1 23
Craig Shipley 77 147 38 .259 2 17
Damon Mashore 43 98 23 .235 2 11
Chris Pritchett 31 80 23 .288 2 8
Greg Jefferies 19 72 25 .347 1 10
Todd Greene 29 71 18 .254 1 7
Frank Bolick 21 45 7 .156 1 2
Reggie Williams 29 36 13 .361 1 5
Carlos García 19 35 5 .143 0 0
Mark Johnson 10 14 1 .071 0 0
Charlie O'Brien 5 11 2 .182 0 0
Chad Kreuter 3 7 1 .143 0 0
Bengie Molina 2 1 0 .000 0 0

Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chuck Finley 34 223.1 11 9 3.39 212
Omar Olivares 37 183.0 9 9 4.03 112
Steve Sparks 22 128.2 9 4 4.34 90
Ken Hill 19 103.0 9 6 4.98 57
Jack McDowell 14 76.0 5 3 5.09 45
Jarrod Washburn 15 74.0 6 3 4.62 48
Jeff Juden 8 40.0 1 3 6.75 39

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jason Dickson 27 122.0 10 10 6.05 61
Allen Watson 28 92.1 6 7 6.04 64
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Troy Percival 67 2 7 42 3.65 87
Shigetoshi Hasegawa 61 8 3 5 3.14 73
Rich DeLucia 61 2 6 3 4.27 73
Mike Holtz 53 2 2 1 4.75 29
Pep Harris 49 3 1 0 4.35 34
Greg Cadaret 39 1 2 1 4.14 37
Trevor Wilson 15 0 0 0 3.52 6
Mike Fetters 12 1 2 0 5.56 9
Mike James 11 0 0 0 1.93 12
Rich Robertson 5 0 0 0 15.88 3

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Mitch Seoane
AA Midland Angels Texas League Don Long
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Mario Mendoza
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Garry Templeton
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Tom Kotchman
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Bill Lachemann

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Greg Cadaret Stats".
  2. ^ a b Cecil Fielder Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ a b Chip Hale Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "Norberto Martin Stats".
  5. ^ William Van Landingham Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ "Damon Mashore Stats".
  7. ^ Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ Charlie O'Brien Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ Jeff Juden Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ "1998 Seattle Mariners Statistics".
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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