1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1998 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1887) Central Division (Since 1994)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (Since 1970) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Since 1887)
1998 Information
Owner(s)	Kevin McClatchy
General Manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Gene Lamont
Local television	WPGH-TV/WCWB Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Greg Brown, Bob Walk Fox Sports Pittsburgh Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Bob Walk
Local radio	KDKA Steve Blass,Lanny Frattare, Greg Brown, Bob Walk

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Opening Day Starters 1.2 Season standings 1.3 Notable Transactions 1.4 Roster 2 Batting 2.1 Other batters 3 Starting pitchers 3.1 Other pitchers 3.2 Relief pitchers 4 Award Winners 5 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

National League Central
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Houston Astros	102	60	.630	--
2nd	Chicago Cubs	90	73	.552	12.5
3rd	St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	19.0
4th	Cincinnati Reds	77	85	.475	25.0
5th	Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	.457	28.0
6th	Pittsburgh Pirates	69	93	.426	33.0

[edit] Notable Transactions

• July 17, 1998: Todd Van Poppel was traded by the Texas Rangers with Warren Morris to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Esteban Loaiza.

[edit] Roster

1998 Pittsburgh Pirates roster v • d • e
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Batting

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
Aramis Ramirez	72	251	59	.235	6	24

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] Award Winners

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References

• 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1998 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • New York • Tampa Bay • Toronto AL Central Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota AL West Anaheim • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Atlanta • Florida • Montreal • New York • Philadelphia NL Central Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Milwaukee • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Arizona • Colorado • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1998 All-Star Game • 1998 World Series

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