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1998 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central Division Team W L WPct GB Kansas City 100 62 .617 -- Cleveland 76 86 .469 24 New Orleans 68 94 .420 32 Minnesota 61 101 .377 39 Chicago (A) 57 105 .352 43	East Division Team W L WPct GB Toronto 103 59 .636 -- Boston 95 67 .586 8 Detroit 86 76 .531 17 Baltimore 78 84 .481 25 New York (A) 60 102 .370 43	West Division Team W L WPct GB Oakland 99 63 .611 -- California 97 65 .599 2 Texas 92 70 .568 7 Seattle 62 100 .383 37

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2)	Oakland A's over Los Angeles Dodgers
AL League Series (4-0)	Oakland A's over California Angels
AL Division Series (3-0)	Oakland A's over Kansas City Royals
AL Division Series (3-2)	California Angels over Toronto Blue Jays

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
TEX	6.3	1017	162	5755	1672	372	34	264	610	1164	.291	.359	.505	.863
BOS	6.2	1004	162	5750	1648	357	40	211	648	1153	.287	.359	.473	.832
CAL	6.1	992	162	5796	1655	373	72	214	558	1337	.286	.348	.486	.834
KCR	6.0	970	162	5786	1666	339	93	164	531	1140	.288	.348	.464	.811
TOR	5.9	958	162	5625	1585	377	55	228	595	1157	.282	.350	.490	.840
OAK	5.8	944	162	5588	1502	329	30	235	659	1267	.269	.346	.465	.810
BAL	5.8	938	162	5820	1717	303	35	199	488	1038	.295	.350	.462	.811
DET	5.4	880	162	5841	1676	350	48	130	568	1033	.287	.350	.430	.780
CLE	5.3	855	162	5656	1495	364	44	149	690	1294	.264	.344	.423	.768
NOR	4.9	800	162	5649	1423	317	28	164	520	1347	.252	.315	.405	.720
MIN	4.8	773	162	5698	1489	339	36	163	480	1375	.261	.319	.419	.738
NYY	4.7	769	162	5570	1369	308	37	223	538	1451	.246	.312	.434	.747
CHW	4.6	750	162	5567	1386	319	58	153	501	1193	.249	.311	.410	.721
SEA	4.5	721	162	5637	1416	322	33	158	506	1385	.251	.313	.404	.717
Totals	5.5	12371	2268	79738	21699	4769	643	2655	7892	17334	.272	.338	.448	.786
Average		884	162	5696	1550	341	46	190	564	1238

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
OAK	4.4	706	162	4.07	1439.7	1477	9.1	424	2.6	1084	6.7	45
TOR	4.4	710	162	4.22	1433.7	1385	8.5	534	3.3	1440	8.9	54
KCR	4.8	783	162	4.38	1454.7	1400	8.6	528	3.3	1333	8.2	55
TEX	5.1	825	162	4.79	1435.3	1517	9.4	539	3.3	1262	7.8	50
DET	5.1	829	162	4.64	1454.0	1520	9.4	560	3.5	1246	7.7	50
CAL	5.3	856	162	4.80	1450.7	1547	9.5	518	3.2	1256	7.8	51
BOS	5.4	876	162	5.03	1434.3	1536	9.5	529	3.3	1213	7.5	51
BAL	5.7	922	162	5.35	1431.0	1561	9.6	597	3.7	1466	9.0	40
MIN	5.9	956	162	5.52	1426.7	1664	10.3	641	4.0	988	6.1	27
SEA	5.9	962	162	5.61	1428.0	1628	10.0	581	3.6	1202	7.4	34
NOR	6.0	969	162	5.56	1446.0	1604	9.9	625	3.9	1186	7.3	37
CLE	6.0	973	162	5.45	1436.7	1592	9.8	584	3.6	1186	7.3	44
CHW	6.2	1000	162	5.92	1415.3	1589	9.8	680	4.2	1354	8.4	31
NYY	6.2	1004	162	5.74	1416.7	1679	10.4	552	3.4	1118	6.9	30
Totals	5.5	12371	2268	5.07	20102.6	21699	9.6	7892	3.5	17334	7.6	599
Average		884	162		1436	1550		564		1238		43

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
BOS	91	71	4	4	12	1	0	2	13	1.10	1.11	2,769,533		Shawn Martin
CAL	92	70	5	4	10	1	1	1	7	0.96	1.05	3,601,078		Joe Nichols
OAK	102	60	-3	4	9	5	2	1	13	1.07	1.14	3,252,599		Larry Pape
TEX	96	66	-4	4	14	5	1	5	15	1.01	1.06	2,847,782		Tito Luna
CLE	71	91	5	3	7	0	0	0	8	1.05	0.88	1,168,750		Chris Bertrand
TOR	103	59	0	3	10	0	1	2	7	1.02	0.98	3,482,274		Matt Holgate
BAL	82	80	-4	2	11	0	1	0	3	0.94	0.96	1,271,224		Steve Roy
MIN	65	97	-4	1	11	0	3	1	12	0.98	0.92	2,607,679		Jim Grimley
CHW	60	102	-3	0	5	4	0	0	6	0.99	1.19	1,215,375		Shawn Dyllla
DET	85	77	1	0	6	0	0	0	6	0.88	0.72	2,118,147		Nelson Casamalhuapa
KCR	97	65	3	0	8	0	1	0	12	1.02	1.13	2,611,561		Phil Duncan
NOR	67	95	1	0	5	0	2	2	7	1.10	1.08	1,768,239		Greg Lubbelinkhof
NYY	62	100	-2	0	11	0	0	1	10	0.95	0.98	902,480		Trapper Yuvienco
SEA	60	102	2	0	5	1	0	0	10	0.94	0.88	1,155,400		Grant Hughes

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
TOR	309	136.55	118.69	53.70	8.61	2.88	9.58	7.97	8.28	16.40
KCR	300	138.70	114.57	46.69	7.90	3.67	6.73	5.54	8.41	14.45
OAK	297	121.92	127.74	47.30	5.58	1.91	9.65	5.38	9.25	15.52
CAL	291	155.32	97.96	37.68	6.80	1.98	5.68	4.38	7.66	11.19
BOS	285	143.13	97.80	44.01	10.11	2.34	5.03	2.86	7.04	16.65
TEX	276	143.42	93.48	39.05	4.28	3.24	7.13	3.13	6.81	14.48
DET	258	127.59	88.51	41.85	3.59	3.27	7.18	5.66	6.50	15.66
BAL	234	132.42	67.89	33.63	9.63	3.14	5.23	4.38	5.04	6.24
CLE	228	111.64	76.87	39.45	4.73	0.57	4.36	5.68	8.78	15.34
NOR	204	84.06	79.09	40.79	10.25	2.07	3.43	4.49	11.25	9.32
SEA	186	83.45	67.28	35.22	2.25	3.26	8.10	3.91	9.40	8.33
MIN	183	85.67	68.98	28.29	7.57	2.83	7.99	3.41	0.63	5.87
NYY	180	95.10	56.23	28.64	9.92	2.94	2.04	5.60	4.93	3.21
CHW	171	82.79	56.80	31.36	5.68	2.20	6.66	2.61	6.12	8.10

League Award Winners
Bill Heckel Award:	Larry Pape	OAK	Managed the Oakland A's to a 99-63 record, finishing 1st in the West Division division of the American League. Defeated Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Championship 4 games to 2.
Ted Williams Batting Title:	Tino Martinez	OAK	.323, 55 HR, 158 RBI
Cy Young:	Brian Holman	OAK	22-6, 2.37, 247.3 IP, 209 K
Rolaids Relief Award:	Stu Tate	BOS	7-5, 38 SV, 2.82, 67.0 IP, 113 K
Rookie Of The Year:	Scott Spiezio	BOS	.303, 28 HR, 119 RBI
Gold Glove Award Winners
P	Brad Holman	NOR	1.000, 4 PO, 23 A, 0 E
C	Matt Nokes	BAL	.997, 1241 PO, 43 A, 4 E 34.8% (24-69) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Mark Whiten	MIN	.994, 1482 PO, 122 A, 9 E
2B	Brent Gates	OAK	.983, 225 PO, 483 A, 12 E
3B	Chris Snopek	NYY	.985, 68 PO, 317 A, 6 E
SS	Rich Aurilia	NOR	.978, 176 PO, 527 A, 16 E
LF	Al Martin	KCR	1.000, 281 PO, 8 A, 0 E
CF	John Cangelosi	DET	.995, 371 PO, 10 A, 2 E
RF	Shawn Green	DET	.997, 298 PO, 7 A, 1 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Gwynn   .394 Surhoff CAL .344 Coles BAL .339 Lawton BOS .339 Nokes BAL .336	On-Base Pct Lawton BOS .429 Bagwell BOS .428 Alomar CAL .423 Gwynn   .423 Javier TOR .417	Slugging Pct Martinez OAK .663 Rodriguez TEX .629 Bagwell BOS .607 Incaviglia CAL .606 Javier TOR .586	OPS Martinez OAK 1.035 Bagwell BOS 1.034 Lawton BOS 1.004 Javier TOR 1.002 Rodriguez TEX 1.000
XR Rodriguez TEX 144.5 Martinez OAK 139.0 Alomar CAL 131.3 Lawton BOS 130.4 Javier TOR 128.2	Games Gonzalez NYY 162 Jackson OAK 162 Salmon NYY 162 Vander Wal OAK 162 Johnson OAK 160	At-Bats Roberts BOS 693 Young CAL 692 Felix CAL 661 Rodriguez TEX 647 McNeely KCR 640	Runs Rodriguez TEX 139 McNeely KCR 138 Incaviglia CAL 136 Lawton BOS 132 Alomar CAL 131
Hits Gwynn   229 Felix CAL 209 Roberts BOS 208 Jefferson TOR 207 Vidro CLE 204	Total Bases Martinez OAK 409 Rodriguez TEX 407 Incaviglia CAL 379 Felix CAL 361 Palmeiro TEX 353	Singles Gwynn   167 Coles BAL 160 Roberts BOS 160 Cangelosi DET 150 Nokes BAL 147	Doubles Belle TOR 59 Cordova MIN 57 Kent TOR 57 Vidro CLE 57 Rodriguez TEX 56
Triples McNeely KCR 23 Johnson CHW 16 Branson KCR 15 Young CAL 14 Alomar CAL 13	Homeruns Martinez OAK 55 Incaviglia CAL 52 Williams TOR 52 Rodriguez TEX 51 Sosa   47	RBIs Martinez OAK 158 Williams TOR 138 Rodriguez TEX 137 Ordonez BAL 136 Palmeiro TEX 136	Stolen Bases McNeely KCR 109 Young CAL 61 Johnson CHW 50 Daniels NOR 49 Vina BAL 44
Caught Stealing McNeely KCR 29 Larkin   17 Cole BAL 16 Coleman CHW 16 Young CAL 16	Walks Bonds CLE 136 Davis   119 Horn CLE 112 Javier TOR 105 Bagwell BOS 104	Strikeouts Sosa   203 Incaviglia CAL 193 Nevin OAK 182 Salmon NYY 182 Bonds CLE 179

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Holman OAK 2.37 Montalvo OAK 2.58 Fraser TOR 3.13 Wetteland DET 3.22 Reed CAL 3.34	Wins Holman OAK 22 Montalvo OAK 22 Fraser TOR 20 Nen TOR 20 Reed CAL 19	Losses Maddux NYY 23 Ignasiak SEA 22 McDowell CHW 20 Estes CHW 19 Keyser   18	Winning Pct Holman OAK .786 Harris TOR .714 Eichhorn CAL .706 Castillo KCR .696 Fraser TOR .690
Saves Tate BOS 38 Bluma CLE 35 Dibble TOR 34 Shouse OAK 28 Pawlowski KCR 27	Games Pitched Foster CLE 87 McCullers TOR 87 Plesac BOS 84 McElroy CHW 81 Revenig BAL 81	Games Started Brantley CLE 39 Fernandez   39 Fraser TOR 38 Ignasiak SEA 38 Jeffcoat TEX 38	Complete Games Astacio CLE 4 Holman OAK 4 Keyser   4 King DET 4 Reed CAL 4
Shutouts Fernandez   2 Holman OAK 2 Montalvo OAK 2 Reed CAL 2 Worrell CLE 2	Innings Pitched Montalvo OAK 268.3 Reed CAL 267.0 King DET 247.7 Holman OAK 247.3 Fraser TOR 247.0	Hits Allowed Smoltz NYY 275 Reed CAL 268 Fernandez   262 Astacio CLE 257 King DET 256	Homeruns Allowed Martinez KCR 44 Urbina BAL 42 Pettitte DET 41 Keyser   40 Ritchie CLE 38
Strikeouts Wood KCR 296 Wetteland DET 284 Urbina BAL 265 Martinez KCR 260 Brantley CLE 239	Walks Allowed Wood KCR 117 Bere CHW 105 Palacios CAL 97 Urbina BAL 97 Fernandez   94	Walks per 9IP Reed CAL 1.3 Montalvo OAK 1.4 Vitko BAL 1.9 Jones SEA 2.1 Smoltz NYY 2.1	Hits per 9IP Wood KCR 6.0 Holman OAK 7.1 Wetteland DET 7.2 Nen TOR 7.5 Montalvo OAK 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Wood KCR 12.7 Urbina BAL 11.8 Wetteland DET 11.2 Martinez KCR 10.7 Vitko BAL 10.4	WHiP Montalvo OAK 1.04 Holman OAK 1.07 Reed CAL 1.15 Wetteland DET 1.18 Guardado TOR 1.20	OAVG Wood KCR .184 Holman OAK .214 Wetteland DET .216 Nen TOR .222 Montalvo OAK .232	OOBP Montalvo OAK .262 Holman OAK .272 Reed CAL .284 Wetteland DET .293 Guardado TOR .294
OSLG Holman OAK .313 Wetteland DET .316 Montalvo OAK .328 Rogers   .360 Fraser TOR .364	OOPS Holman OAK .585 Montalvo OAK .590 Wetteland DET .609 Fraser TOR .660 Rogers   .669

League All-Stars
Pedro Astacio	Jaime Bluma	Andujar Cedeno
Brad Cornett	Jerry Dipoto	Willie Fraser
Nomar Garciaparra	Chris Gwynn	Brian Holman
Pete Incaviglia	Stan Javier	Howard Johnson
Tino Martinez	Rafael Montalvo	Robb Nen
Matt Nokes	Rafael Palmeiro	Rick Reed
Alex Rodriguez	Scott Spiezio	Kelly Stinnett
B.J. Surhoff	Stu Tate	Jose Vidro
Fernando Vina

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	John Pawlowski	KCR	$ 15,000,000
	Stan Javier	TOR	$ 15,000,000
3.	Willie Fraser	TOR	$ 13,000,010
4.	Al Leiter	NYY	$ 13,000,000
5.	Roberto Alomar	CAL	$ 12,500,000
	Rick Reed	CAL	$ 12,500,000
7.	Eric Davis	OAK	$ 12,000,000
8.	Jeff Blauser	NYY	$ 10,800,000
9.	Jeff Bagwell	BOS	$ 10,500,000
10.	Bip Roberts	BOS	$ 10,420,000
11.	Kenny Rogers	NOR	$ 10,150,000
12.	B.J. Surhoff	CAL	$ 10,000,000
	Kevin Mitchell	NYY	$ 10,000,000
	John Wetteland	DET	$ 10,000,000
15.	Jeff Robinson	TEX	$ 9,320,000
16.	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	$ 9,000,000
	Vicente Palacios	CAL	$ 9,000,000
	Kal Daniels	NOR	$ 9,000,000
	Mark McGwire	CHW	$ 9,000,000
	Alex Fernandez	BAL	$ 9,000,000
21.	Barry Larkin	NOR	$ 8,930,000
22.	Mike Jeffcoat	TEX	$ 8,900,000
23.	Barry Bonds	CLE	$ 8,500,000
24.	Rafael Montalvo	OAK	$ 8,000,000
	John Cangelosi	DET	$ 8,000,000

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