1998 Atlanta Braves season

The 1998 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 33rd season in Atlanta and 128th overall. The Braves entered the season as defending National League runner ups. They went on to win their fourth consecutive division title, taking the National League East title by 18 games over the second place New York Mets.

1998 Atlanta Braves
National League East champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Turner Field
City	Atlanta
Record	106–56 (.654)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Time Warner
General managers	John Schuerholz
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	WTBS TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South (Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun)
Radio	WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
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The team featured six all stars: shortstop Walt Weiss and third baseman Chipper Jones were voted as starters, while first baseman Andrés Galarraga, catcher Javy López, and pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux were selected as reserves. Jones and Lopez each hit over 30 home runs as Galarraga (acquired from Colorado) led the club in home runs and RBI. Galarraga finished as an MVP candidate.

The 1998 Braves beat the Chicago Cubs three games to none in the National League Division Series. In the next round Atlanta then lost to the San Diego Padres in the National League Championship Series four games to two. Despite winning two games after losing the first three, Atlanta's comeback bid came short by being eliminated in Game 6. San Diego's winning over Atlanta was seen as one of the biggest upsets in postseason history. The Braves failed to go to their fifth World Series of the 1990s.

The 1998 Atlanta Braves are seen as one of the greatest Major League Baseball teams of all time, despite not winning a title. ESPN writer David Schoenfield lists them as one of the top teams in MLB history to not win a World Series.^[1] The team's greatness and their surprising playoff defeat are memorialized by Morgan Wallen in his 2023 hit, "98 Braves." The song is an extended metaphor that compares a past relationship to the season. ^[2]

ESPN columnist Jeff Merron also writes that the pitching staff of Maddux, Glavine, John Smoltz, Denny Neagle, and Kevin Millwood was the greatest of all time.^[3] The quintet posted a cumulative 2.97 ERA and amassed 88 wins (almost 18 wins per starter), equaling the win total of the 2nd place Mets. The 1998 Braves are the only team in MLB history to have five pitchers each strike out 150 batters in the same season.^[4] Glavine, the lone 20 game winner in the National League for that year, won the Cy Young Award.

Offseason

• November 17, 1997: Walt Weiss was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[5]
• November 27, 1997: Andrés Galarraga was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[6]
• January 30, 1998: Dennis Martínez was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[7]
• February 6, 1998: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[8]

Regular season

Tom Glavine pitches in spring training, 1998. Chipper Jones plays third base in background.

Opening Day starters

• C Eddie Pérez
• 1B Andrés Galarraga
• 2B Tony Graffanino
• 3B Chipper Jones
• SS Walt Weiss
• LF Ryan Klesko
• CF Andruw Jones
• RF Michael Tucker
• P Greg Maddux

Season standings

• v
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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	106	56	.654	—	56‍–‍25	50‍–‍31
New York Mets	88	74	.543	18	47‍–‍34	41‍–‍40
Philadelphia Phillies	75	87	.463	31	40‍–‍41	35‍–‍46
Montreal Expos	65	97	.401	41	39‍–‍42	26‍–‍55
Florida Marlins	54	108	.333	52	31‍–‍50	23‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1998 v t e
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	1–8	5–7	4–5	6–6	6–2	4–5	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–5	2–7	6–3	3–9	5–7	2–7	5–8
Atlanta	8–1	—	3–6	7–2	5–3	7–5	4–5	8–1	7–2	6–6	9–3	8–4	7–2	5–4	7–2	6–3	9–7
Chicago	7–5	6–3	—	6–5	7–2	7–2	4–7	4–5	6–6	7–2	4–5	3–6	8–3	5–4	7–3	4–7	5–8
Cincinnati	5–4	2–7	5–6	—	4–5	9–0	3–8	5–4	6–5	8–1	3–6	4–5	5–7	1–11	2–7	8–3	7-6
Colorado	6–6	3–5	2–7	5–4	—	6–3	6–5	6–6	4–7	7–2	3–6	5–4	5–4	5–7	7–5	3–6	4–8
Florida	2–6	5–7	2–7	0–9	3–6	—	3–6	4–5	0–9	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–6	4–5	0–9	4–5	8–8
Houston	5–4	5–4	7–4	8–3	5–6	6–3	—	3–6	9–2	7–2	5–4	7–2	9–2	5–4	6–3	5–7	10–4
Los Angeles	8–4	1–8	5–4	4–5	6–6	5–4	6–3	—	5–4	5–4	3–5	5–4	7–5	5–7	6–6	4–5	8–5
Milwaukee	3–6	2–7	6–6	5–6	7–4	9–0	2–9	4–5	—	6–3	1–8	4–5	6–5	3–6	5–4	3–8	8–6
Montreal	7–2	6–6	2–7	1–8	2–7	7–5	2–7	4–5	3–6	—	8–4	5–7	2–7	4–4	3–6	3–6	6–10
New York	5–4	3–9	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–5	4–5	5–3	8–1	4–8	—	8–4	4–5	4–5	4–5	6–3	9–7
Philadelphia	7-2	4–8	6–3	5–4	4–5	6–6	2–7	4–5	5–4	7–5	4–8	—	8–1	1–8	2–6	3–6	7–9
Pittsburgh	3–6	2–7	3–8	7–5	4–5	6–3	2–9	5–7	5–6	7–2	5–4	1–8	—	5–4	2–7	6–5	6–7
San Diego	9–3	4–5	4–5	11–1	7–5	5–4	4–5	7–5	6–3	4–4	5–4	8–1	4–5	—	8–4	6–3	6–7
San Francisco	7–5	2–7	3–7	7–2	5–7	9–0	3–6	6–6	4–5	6–3	5–4	6–2	7–2	4–8	—	7–5	8–5
St. Louis	7–2	3–6	7–4	3–8	6–3	5-4	7–5	5–4	8–3	6–3	3–6	6–3	5–6	3–6	5–7	—	4–9

Transactions

• June 9, 1998: Howard Battle was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.^[9]
• June 23, 1998: Alan Embree was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Russ Springer.^[10]
• August 14, 1998: Paul Byrd was selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Atlanta Braves.^[11]

Roster

1998 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers 50 Adam Butler 45 Paul Byrd 38 Mike Cather 30 Norm Charlton 48 Bruce Chen 48 Brian Edmondson 36 Alan Embree 47 Tom Glavine 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 31 Greg Maddux 32 Dennis Martínez 34 Kevin Millwood 15 Denny Neagle 45 Odalis Pérez 49 John Rocker 40 Rudy Seánez 29 John Smoltz 36 Russ Springer 43 Mark Wohlers		Catchers  8 Javy López 12 Eddie Pérez Infielders  2 Rafael Belliard 23 Greg Colbrunn  7 Mark DeRosa 14 Andrés Galarraga 11 Tony Graffanino 13 Ozzie Guillén  9 Wes Helms 30 Ray Holbert 10 Chipper Jones  1 Keith Lockhart 20 Marty Malloy 33 Randall Simon 22 Walt Weiss		Outfielders 17 Danny Bautista 16 Damon Hollins 25 Andruw Jones 18 Ryan Klesko 26 George Lombard 19 Curtis Pride 24 Michael Tucker 27 Gerald Williams		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 37 Jim Beauchamp (bench) 39 Pat Corrales (first base) 22 Bobby Dews 28 Clarence Jones (hitting) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching)  5 Ned Yost (bullpen)

Game log

1998 Game Log: 106–56 (Home: 56–25; Away: 50–31)
March/April: 18–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 Brewers 2–1 Ligtenberg (1–0) Wickman (0–1) — 42,891 1–0 2 April 2 Brewers 6–8 (11) Myers (1–0) Butler (0–1) — 29,671 1–1 3 April 3 Phillies 5–1 Neagle (1–0) Grace (0–1) — 30,020 2–1 4 April 4 Phillies 5–4 Martinez (1–0) Brewer (0–1) Wohlers (1) 39,154 3–1 5 April 5 Phillies 1–2 Schilling (1–0) Maddux (0–1) — 35,331 3–2 6 April 7 @ Pirates 11–3 Glavine (1–0) Schmidt (1–1) — 43,268 4–2 7 April 8 @ Pirates 3–5 Loaiza (1–0) Neagle (1–1) Loiselle (3) 11,254 4–3 8 April 9 @ Pirates 4–3 Millwood (1–0) Lieber (0–1) Wohlers (2) 9,560 5–3 9 April 10 @ Phillies 0–1 Schilling (2–0) Cather (0–1) — 30,311 5–4 10 April 11 @ Phillies 5–6 Green (1–0) Martinez (1–1) — 17,676 5–5 11 April 12 @ Phillies 3–2 Glavine (2–0) Stephenson (0–1) Wohlers (3) 18,760 6–5 12 April 13 @ Phillies 8–11 Spradlin (1–0) Ligtenberg (1–1) Bottalico (2) 15,101 6–6 13 April 14 Pirates 6–0 Millwood (2–0) Lieber (0–2) — 31,259 7–6 14 April 15 Pirates 7–0 Maddux (1–1) Silva (1–2) — 30,381 8–6 15 April 16 Pirates 3–1 Smoltz (1–0) Cordova (2–1) Wohlers (4) 35,760 9–6 – April 17 @ Rockies Postponed (snow); rescheduled for April 19 16 April 18 @ Rockies 11–4 Neagle (2–1) Astacio (1–3) — 48,058 10–6 17 April 19 (1) @ Rockies 5–3 Millwood (3–0) Thompson (1–1) Wohlers (5) 48,038 11–6 18 April 19 (2) @ Rockies 7–10 Wright (1–2) Martinez (1–2) Dipoto (4) 43,977 11–7 19 April 20 @ Rockies 7–5 Maddux (2–1) Kile (1–3) Ligtenberg (1) 43,594 12–7 20 April 22 Diamondbacks 5–2 Smoltz (2–0) Benes (2–2) — 30,952 13–7 21 April 23 Diamondbacks 3–1 Glavine (3–0) Blair (0–4) Wohlers (6) 33,013 14–7 22 April 24 Diamondbacks 6–5 Ligtenberg (2–1) Springer (1–1) — 41,514 15–7 23 April 25 Rockies 7–11 Kile (2–3) Millwood (3–1) — 49,161 15–8 24 April 26 Rockies 6–7 Wright (2–2) Maddux (2–2) Dipoto (5) 42,200 15–9 25 April 27 @ Diamondbacks 6–5 Cather (1–1) Daal (0–1) Wohlers (7) 47,410 16–9 26 April 28 @ Diamondbacks 12–2 Glavine (4–0) Blair (0–5) — 47,593 17–9 27 April 30 Giants 6–0 Neagle (3–1) Hershiser (0–3) — 31,818 18–9
May: 21–9 (Home: 15–4; Away: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 Giants 6–2 G. Maddux (3–2) Rueter (3–2) — 35,777 19–9 29 May 2 Giants 4–3 Ligtenberg (3–1) Nen (3–1) — 46,597 20–9 30 May 3 Giants 8–12 Darwin (2–2) Glavine (4–1) — 36,958 20–10 31 May 4 Dodgers 4–2 Millwood (4–1) Guthrie (1–1) Ligtenberg (2) 32,330 21–10 32 May 5 Dodgers 8–3 Neagle (4–1) Valdez (2–4) — 30,310 22–10 33 May 6 Dodgers 7–0 G. Maddux (4–2) Dreifort (0–3) — 38,637 23–10 34 May 7 Padres 6–3 Smoltz (3–0) Hamilton (3–2) Ligtenberg (3) 31,811 24–10 35 May 8 Padres 2–3 Ashby (5–2) Glavine (4–2) Hoffman (9) 37,490 24–11 36 May 9 Padres 6–4 Millwood (5–1) Van Ryn (0–1) Ligtenberg (4) 46,160 25–11 37 May 10 Padres 8–5 Cather (2–1) Wall (0–1) Ligtenberg (5) 33,376 26–11 38 May 11 @ Reds 8–1 G. Maddux (5–2) Remlinger (3–4) — 19,285 27–11 39 May 12 @ Reds 5–1 Smoltz (4–0) Weathers (2–2) — 19,033 28–11 40 May 13 @ Cardinals 10–2 Glavine (5–2) Politte (2–3) — 31,532 29–11 41 May 14 @ Cardinals 7–3 Rocker (1–0) Acevedo (1–1) — 32,119 30–11 42 May 15 @ Astros 3–2 Neagle (5–1) Lima (6–2) Martinez (1) 38,941 31–11 43 May 16 @ Astros 2–3 Henry (2–1) Ligtenberg (3–2) — 51,526 31–12 44 May 17 @ Astros 1–8 Bergman (4–2) Smoltz (4–1) — 35,250 31–13 45 May 18 @ Astros 4–0 Glavine (6–2) Hampton (6–2) — 22,119 32–13 46 May 20 Rockies 5–1 Millwood (6–1) Thomson (2–5) — 33,531 33–13 47 May 21 Rockies 2–0 Neagle (6–1) Kile (5–5) Ligtenberg (6) 34,611 34–13 48 May 22 Cubs 8–2 G. Maddux (6–2) Clark (3–6) — 43,576 35–13 49 May 23 Cubs 6–10 (11) Beck (1–0) Edmondson (0–1) — 50,189 35–14 50 May 24 Cubs 2–1 Glavine (7–2) Adams (2–3) — 48,580 36–14 51 May 25 Cubs 9–5 Millwood (7–1) Tapani (6–3) — 33,704 37–14 52 May 26 Expos 9–3 Neagle (7–1) Batista (1–2) — 28,662 38–14 53 May 27 Expos 2–0 G. Maddux (7–2) Vazquez (1–6) Ligtenberg (7) 32,834 39–14 54 May 28 Expos 5–9 M. Maddux (1–1) Wohlers (0–1) — 31,416 39–15 55 May 29 @ Cubs 3–5 (11) Adams (3–3) Rocker (1–1) — 38,010 39–16 56 May 30 @ Cubs 8–9 Trachsel (6–1) Millwood (7–2) Patterson (1) 39,817 39–17 57 May 31 @ Cubs 2–4 Tapani (7–3) Neagle (7–2) Beck (15) 29,285 39–18
June: 15–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 58 June 1 @ Brewers 5–2 Maddux (8–2) Woodard (3–3) — 21,873 40–18 59 June 2 @ Brewers 9–0 D. Martinez (2–2) Wagner (1–4) — 39,017 41–18 60 June 3 @ Brewers 5–2 Glavine (8–2) Juden (5–4) Wohlers (8) 19,116 42–18 61 June 5 @ Orioles 2–3 Erickson (6–6) Neagle (7–3) — 48,039 42–19 62 June 6 @ Orioles 10–5 Millwood (8–2) Mussina (4–3) — 48,098 43–19 63 June 7 @ Orioles 9–0 Maddux (9–2) Drabek (5–6) — 48,090 44–19 64 June 8 Red Sox 7–6 Embree (1–0) Wasdin (3–3) — 44,018 45–19 65 June 9 Red Sox 3–9 Saberhagen (8–3) D. Martinez (2–3) — 43,121 45–20 66 June 10 Red Sox 6–10 P. Martínez (7–2) Neagle (7–4) — 41,345 45–21 67 June 12 Expos 5–7 Batista (2–3) Cather (2–2) Urbina (16) 45,942 45–22 68 June 13 Expos 9–7 Glavine (9–2) Johnson (0–2) D. Martinez (2) 48,943 46–22 69 June 14 Expos 5–1 Millwood (9–2) Perez (6–5) — 46,543 47–22 70 June 16 Marlins 7–0 Neagle (8–4) Fontenot (0–4) — 39,331 48–22 71 June 17 Marlins 6–2 Maddux (10–2) Sanchez (3–4) — 38,021 49–22 72 June 18 Marlins 2–3 Ojala (1–0) Glavine (9–3) Alfonseca (2) 46,296 49–23 73 June 19 @ Expos 1–14 Boskie (1–0) Millwood (9–3) — 10,364 49–24 74 June 20 @ Expos 5–1 Smoltz (5–1) Perez (6–6) — 11,139 50–24 75 June 21 @ Expos 1–4 Hermanson (5–6) Neagle (8–5) Urbina (18) 12,265 50–25 76 June 22 @ Yankees 4–6 Nelson (5–3) D. Martinez (2–4) Rivera (17) 53,316 50–26 77 June 23 @ Yankees 7–2 Glavine (10–3) Hernandez (2–1) — 54,775 51–26 78 June 24 Yankees 6–10 Cone (10–2) Millwood (9–4) Rivera (18) 48,980 51–27 79 June 25 Yankees 0–6 Wells (10–2) Neagle (8–6) — 49,052 51–28 80 June 26 Blue Jays 4–6 Hentgen (9–4) Smoltz (5–2) Myers (22) 47,081 51–29 81 June 27 Blue Jays 2–0 Maddux (11–2) Guzman (4–10) — 48,338 52–29 82 June 28 Blue Jays 10–3 Glavine (11–3) Carpenter (4–3) — 44,185 53–29 83 June 30 @ Devil Rays 7–2 Neagle (9–6) Saunders (1–9) — 41,047 54–29
July: 18–9 (Home: 6–4; Away: 12–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 84 July 1 @ Devil Rays 6–5 Springer (5–3) R. Hernandez (0–3) Ligtenberg (8) 41,100 55–29 85 July 2 @ Devil Rays 6–0 Maddux (12–2) Arrojo (10–5) — 40,749 56–29 86 July 3 Mets 3–2 Glavine (12–3) Bohanon (2–4) Ligtenberg (9) 48,757 57–29 87 July 4 Mets 4–1 Millwood (10–4) Yoshii (4–4) — 47,900 58–29 88 July 5 Mets 3–2 (11) Seanez (1–0) Franco (0–2) — 40,430 59–29 69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado 89 July 9 @ Marlins 6–4 Smoltz (6–2) L. Hernandez (7–5) Ligtenberg (10) 25,535 60–29 90 July 10 @ Marlins 1–3 Sanchez (4–6) Neagle (9–7) Heredia (2) 26,018 60–30 91 July 11 @ Marlins 3–4 Mantei (3–0) Maddux (12–3) — 36,795 60–31 92 July 12 @ Marlins 3–5 Meadows (8–6) Glavine (12–4) Alfonseca (6) 24,956 60–32 93 July 14 @ Mets 4–2 Smoltz (7–2) Jones (7–6) Ligtenberg (11) 38,000 61–32 94 July 15 @ Mets 12–1 Neagle (10–7) Yoshii (4–5) — 41,347 62–32 95 July 16 Brewers 4–3 Maddux (13–3) Eldred (4–8) Seanez (1) 46,098 63–32 96 July 17 Brewers 4–1 Glavine (13–4) Woodall (4–5) Rocker (1) 48,544 64–32 97 July 18 Brewers 1–7 Woodard (7–5) Millwood (10–5) — 50,284 64–33 98 July 19 Brewers 11–6 Smoltz (8–2) Juden (7–9) — 44,598 65–33 99 July 20 Cubs 3–11 Tapani (11–6) Neagle (10–8) — 47,475 65–34 100 July 21 Cubs 0–3 Wood (9–5) Maddux (13–4) Beck (27) 47,933 65–35 101 July 22 @ Phillies 14–2 Glavine (14–4) Loewer (4–3) — 28,304 66–35 102 July 23 @ Phillies 3–2 Millwood (11–5) Green (6–7) Ligtenberg (12) 28,222 67–35 103 July 24 @ Pirates 3–0 Smoltz (9–2) Peters (4–8) — 24,776 68–35 104 July 25 @ Pirates 1–4 Cordova (9–8) Neagle (10–9) Christiansen (4) 41,568 68–36 105 July 26 @ Pirates 2–1 Maddux (14–4) Schmidt (8–8) Ligtenberg (13) 34,925 69–36 106 July 27 @ Reds 3–2 (10) Seanez (2–0) Belinda (4–8) Ligtenberg (14) 23,866 70–36 107 July 28 @ Reds 1–13 Sullivan (3–4) Millwood (11–6) — 22,690 70–37 108 July 29 @ Reds 11–5 Seanez (3–0) Parris (1–2) — 24,480 71–37 109 July 30 @ Reds 13–3 Neagle (11–9) Krivda (2–2) — 28,946 72–37 110 July 31 Cardinals 2–3 Mercker (7–8) Maddux (14–5) Painter (1) 50,662 72–38
August: 18–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 111 August 1 Cardinals 3–1 Seanez (4–0) Croushore (0–3) Ligtenberg (15) 50,137 73–38 112 August 2 Cardinals 4–3 Millwood (12–6) Witt (6–7) Ligtenberg (16) 49,296 74–38 113 August 4 Reds 4–2 Smoltz (10–2) Sullivan (3–5) Ligtenberg (17) 43,012 75–38 114 August 5 Reds 9–13 Hudek (4–5) Springer (5–4) — 43,315 75–39 115 August 6 Reds 5–0 Maddux (15–5) Remlinger (6–12) — 47,311 76–39 116 August 7 @ Giants 5–0 Glavine (15–4) Rueter (12–7) — 29,676 77–39 117 August 8 @ Giants 14–6 Millwood (13–6) Darwin (7–10) — 39,174 78–39 118 August 9 @ Giants 7–5 Martinez (3–4) Mesa (5–6) Ligtenberg (18) 43,957 79–39 119 August 11 @ Padres 1–3 Hamilton (10–9) Neagle (11–10) Hoffman (39) 31,430 79–40 120 August 12 @ Padres 1–5 Ashby (16–6) Maddux (15–6) — 40,597 79–41 121 August 13 @ Padres 5–0 Glavine (16–4) Langston (4–5) — 34,547 80–41 122 August 14 @ Dodgers 5–2 Millwood (14–6) Mlicki (6–6) Ligtenberg (19) 43,560 81–41 123 August 15 @ Dodgers 5–3 Smoltz (11–2) Park (10–7) Ligtenberg (20) 41,240 82–41 124 August 16 @ Dodgers 0–1 Radinsky (5–5) Neagle (11–11) Shaw (36) 44,471 82–42 125 August 18 Giants 8–4 Maddux (16–6) Rueter (12–9) — 42,986 83–42 126 August 19 Giants 2–6 Gardner (10–5) Glavine (16–5) — 44,535 83–43 127 August 20 Padres 0–2 Brown (16–4) Millwood (14–7) Hoffman (41) 43,730 83–44 128 August 21 Padres 5–4 Smoltz (12–2) Hamilton (10–11) Ligtenberg (21) 48,268 84–44 129 August 22 Dodgers 7–5 Neagle (12–11) Dreifort (6–12) Ligtenberg (22) 48,326 85–44 130 August 23 Dodgers 12–7 Maddux (17–6) Perez (7–13) — 45,179 86–44 131 August 24 Dodgers 4–3 Glavine (17–5) Shaw (2–6) Ligtenberg (23) 39,449 87–44 132 August 25 @ Astros 2–3 Hampton (10–6) Millwood (14–8) Wagner (25) 32,157 87–45 133 August 26 @ Astros 6–2 Smoltz (13–2) Bergman (11–7) — 32,651 88–45 134 August 27 @ Cardinals 6–4 Neagle (13–11) Morris (4–4) Ligtenberg (24) 33,889 89–45 135 August 28 @ Cardinals 4–5 (10) Acevedo (7–3) Martinez (3–5) — 45,666 89–46 136 August 29 @ Cardinals 4–3 Glavine (18–5) Bottenfield (4–6) Seanez (2) 47,627 90–46 137 August 30 @ Cardinals 7–8 Petkovsek (7–4) Martinez (3–6) Acevedo (4) 44,051 90–47 138 August 31 Astros 3–4 Powell (5–5) Smoltz (13–3) Wagner (26) 33,883 90–48
September: 16–8 (Home: 9–2; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 139 September 1 Astros 6–4 Neagle (14–11) Elarton (1–1) Ligtenberg (25) 31,168 91–48 140 September 2 Astros 2–4 Johnson (15–11) Maddux (17–7) Wagner (27) 46,238 91–49 141 September 4 @ Mets 1–2 Leiter (14–5) Glavine (18–6) — 34,617 91–50 142 September 5 @ Mets 4–5 Wendell (5–1) Seanez (4–1) Franco (32) 43,573 91–51 143 September 6 @ Mets 4–0 Smoltz (14–3) Reed (16–9) — 40,311 92–51 144 September 7 @ Mets 7–8 McMichael (3–4) Rocker (1–2) Franco (33) 22,953 92–52 145 September 8 @ Expos 3–6 Batista (3–5) Maddux (17–8) Urbina (29) 7,216 92–53 146 September 9 @ Expos 2–3 Urbina (5–3) Rocker (1–3) — 7,842 92–54 147 September 10 @ Expos 7–4 Millwood (15–8) Thurman (3–4) Ligtenberg (26) 8,455 93–54 148 September 11 Marlins 8–2 Smoltz (15–3) Ojala (2–5) — 47,235 94–54 149 September 12 Marlins 4–2 Chen (1–0) Hernandez (10–12) Ligtenberg (27) 48,797 95–54 150 September 13 Marlins 5–6 Sanchez (7–8) Perez (0–1) Mantei (8) 45,683 95–55 151 September 14 Phillies 4–2 Glavine (19–6) Schilling (14–14) Ligtenberg (28) 33,367 96–55 152 September 15 Phillies 3–0 Millwood (16–8) Green (6–11) Charlton (1) 35,478 97–55 153 September 16 Phillies 5–1 Smoltz (16–3) Loewer (6–8) — 34,961 98–55 154 September 17 @ Diamondbacks 1–0 Neagle (15–11) Daal (7–12) Ligtenberg (29) 43,251 99–55 155 September 18 @ Diamondbacks 0–5 Benes (14–13) Maddux (17–9) — 46,434 99–56 156 September 19 @ Diamondbacks 5–0 Glavine (20–6) Anderson (12–13) — 48,405 100–56 157 September 20 @ Diamondbacks 10–0 Chen (2–0) Telemaco (6–10) — 44,876 101–56 158 September 22 @ Marlins 4–1 Millwood (17–8) Medina (2–5) Ligtenberg (30) 23,355 102–56 159 September 23 @ Marlins 11–0 Smoltz (17–3) Ojala (2–7) — 22,469 103–56 160 September 25 Mets 6–5 Martínez (4–6) Reed (16–11) Rocker (2) 48,443 104–56 161 September 26 Mets 4–0 Neagle (16–11) Leiter (17–6) — 48,117 105–56 162 September 27 Mets 7–2 Maddux (18–9) Reynoso (7–3) — 48,685 106–56
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Braves team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Javy López	133	489	139	.284	34	107
1B	Andrés Galarraga	153	555	169	.305	44	121
2B	Keith Lockhart	109	366	94	.257	9	37
SS	Walt Weiss	96	347	97	.280	0	27
3B	Chipper Jones	160	601	188	.313	34	107
LF	Ryan Klesko	129	427	117	.274	18	70
CF	Andruw Jones	159	582	158	.271	31	90
RF	Michael Tucker	130	414	101	.244	13	46

Other batters

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
Tony Graffanino	105	289	61	.211	5	22
Gerald Williams	129	266	81	.305	10	44
Ozzie Guillén	83	264	73	.277	1	22
Eddie Pérez	61	149	50	.336	6	32
Danny Bautista	82	144	36	.250	3	17
Curtis Pride	70	107	27	.252	3	9
Greg Colbrunn	28	44	13	.295	1	10
Marty Malloy	11	28	5	.179	1	1
Rafael Belliard	7	20	5	.250	0	1
Randall Simon	7	16	3	.188	0	4
Ray Holbert	8	15	2	.133	0	1
Wes Helms	7	13	4	.308	1	2
Damon Hollins	3	6	1	.167	0	0
George Lombard	6	6	2	.333	1	1
Mark DeRosa	5	3	1	.333	0	0

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Greg Maddux	34	251.0	18	9	2.22	204
Tom Glavine	33	229.1	20	6	2.47	157
Denny Neagle	32	210.1	16	11	3.55	165
Kevin Millwood	31	174.1	17	8	4.08	163
John Smoltz	26	167.2	17	3	2.90	173
Bruce Chen	4	20.1	2	0	3.98	17

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Kerry Ligtenberg	75	3	2	30	2.71	79
Dennis Martínez	53	4	6	2	4.45	62
John Rocker	47	1	3	2	2.13	42
Mike Cather	36	2	2	0	3.92	33
Rudy Seánez	34	4	1	2	2.75	50
Mark Wohlers	27	0	1	8	10.18	22
Russ Springer	22	1	1	0	4.05	19
Alan Embree	20	1	0	0	4.34	19
Norm Charlton	13	0	0	1	1.38	6
Brian Edmondson	10	0	1	0	4.32	8
Odalis Pérez	10	0	1	0	4.22	5
Adam Butler	8	0	1	0	10.80	7
Paul Byrd	1	0	0	0	13.50!	1

Postseason

Game log

1998 Postseason Game Log
National League Division Series: 3–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 September 30 Cubs 7–1 Smoltz (1–0) Clark (0–1) — 45,598 1–0 2 October 1 Cubs 2–1 (10) Perez (1–0) Mulholland (0–1) — 51,713 2–0 3 October 3 @ Cubs 6–2 Maddux (1–0) Wood (0–1) — 39,597 3–0
National League Championship Series: 2–4 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 October 7 Padres 2–3 (10) Hoffman (1–0) Ligtenberg (0–1) Wall (1) 42,117 0–1 2 October 8 Padres 0–3 Brown (2–0) Glavine (0–1) — 43,083 0–2 3 October 10 @ Padres 1–4 Hitchcock (2–0) Maddux (1–1) Hoffman (3) 62,799 0–3 4 October 11 @ Padres 8–3 Martínez (1–0) Hamilton (0–1) — 65,042 1–3 5 October 12 @ Padres 7–6 Rocker (1–0) Brown (2–1) Maddux (1) 58,988 2–3 6 October 14 Padres 0–5 Hitchcock (3–0) Glavine (0–2) — 50,988 2–4

Award winners

• Tom Glavine, NL Cy Young Award,
• Tom Glavine, Pitcher of the Month, April
• Tom Glavine, P, Silver Slugger
• Andruw Jones, OF, Gold Glove (Center field)
• Greg Maddux, Pitcher of the Month, June
• Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Chipper Jones, 3B, starter
• Greg Maddux, P, starter
• Walt Weiss, SS, starter
• Andrés Galarraga, 1B, reserve
• Tom Glavine, P, reserve
• Javy López, C, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Jeff Cox
AA	Greenville Braves	Southern League	Randy Ingle
A	Danville 97s	Carolina League	Paul Runge
A	Macon Braves	South Atlantic League	Brian Snitker
A-Short Season	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Jim Saul
Rookie	Danville Braves	Appalachian League	Franklin Stubbs
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Rick Albert

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