1998 New York Yankees season

The 1998 season was the 96th season played by the New York Yankees. Widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in baseball history,^[1][2][3] the Yankees finished with a franchise record regular-season standing of 114–48. These Yankees set an American League record for wins in a season, a record that would stand until 2001, when the Seattle Mariners won 116 games in the regular season against 46 losses. It also saw Yankee David Wells pitch the 15th perfect game in baseball history. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium, in which they celebrated the stadium's 75th anniversary. Joe Torre managed the team.

1998 New York Yankees
World Series champions American League champions American League East champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Record	114–48 (.704)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	George Steinbrenner
General managers	Brian Cashman
Managers	Joe Torre
Television	WPIX (Bobby Murcer, Tommy John) MSG (Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman)
Radio	WABC (AM) (John Sterling, Michael Kay)
← 1997 Seasons 1999 →

In the postseason, they swept the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, won the American League pennant by beating the Cleveland Indians four games to two in the American League Championship Series, and swept the San Diego Padres to capture their 24th World Series. Including the playoffs, the 1998 Yankees won a total of 125 games against 50 losses, a Major League Baseball record.

Offseason transactions

• November 11, 1997: Charlie Hayes was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Singleton and Alberto Castillo (minors).^[4]
• November 12, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[5]
• November 18, 1997: Scott Brosius was sent by the Oakland Athletics to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on November 7, 1997. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Kenny Rogers and cash.^[6]
• November 25, 1997: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[7]
• December 10, 1997: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[8]
• January 8, 1998: Darryl Strawberry re-signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[9]
• January 15, 1998: Tim Raines re-signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[10]
• January 26, 1998: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[11]
• February 6, 1998: Chuck Knoblauch was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the New York Yankees for Brian Buchanan, Cristian Guzmán, Eric Milton, Danny Mota, and cash.^[12]
• March 14, 1998: Doug Linton was released by the New York Yankees.^[11]
• June 2, 1998: Mark Prior was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[13]
• June 2, 1998: Drew Henson was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed July 24, 1998.^[14]
• June 28, 1998: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[15]
• August 3, 1998: Dale Sveum was released by the New York Yankees.^[7]
• September 29, 1998: Alfonso Soriano was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Japan Central).^[16]

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	114	48	.704	—	62‍–‍19	52‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	22	51‍–‍30	41‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays	88	74	.543	26	51‍–‍30	37‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles	79	83	.488	35	42‍–‍39	37‍–‍44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	63	99	.389	51	33‍–‍48	30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1998 v t e
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

Roster

1998 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 13 Willie Banks 57 Joe Borowski 59 Ryan Bradley 61 Jim Bruske 52 Mike Buddie 36 David Cone 54 Todd Erdos 26 Orlando Hernández 40 Darren Holmes 35 Hideki Irabu 58 Mike Jerzembeck 27 Graeme Lloyd 55 Ramiro Mendoza 43 Jeff Nelson 46 Andy Pettitte 42 Mariano Rivera 29 Mike Stanton 62 Jay Tessmer 33 David Wells		Catchers 13 Mike Figga 25 Joe Girardi 20 Jorge Posada Infielders 18 Scott Brosius 22 Homer Bush  2 Derek Jeter 11 Chuck Knoblauch 60 Mike Lowell 24 Tino Martinez 19 Luis Sojo 17 Dale Sveum		Outfielders 28 Chad Curtis 38 Ricky Ledée 21 Paul O'Neill 31 Tim Raines 47 Shane Spencer 39 Darryl Strawberry 51 Bernie Williams Designated Hitter 45 Chili Davis		Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 53 José Cardenal (First Base) 48 Chris Chambliss (Hitting) 40 Tony Cloninger (Bullpen) 30 Willie Randolph (Third Base) 34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching) 50 Don Zimmer (Bench)

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
	Yankees tie
	Postponement
	Clinched division
Bold	Yankees team member

1998 regular season game log: 114–48 (Home: 62–19 Away: 52–29)[17]
April: 17–6 (Home: 9–1 Away: 8–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 1 @ Angels 1–4 Finley (1–0) Pettitte (0–1) Percival (1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,311 0–1 2 April 2 @ Angels 2–10 Hill (1–0) Wells (0–1) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 29,899 0–2 — April 3 @ Athletics Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 4 3 April 4 @ Athletics 3–7 Haynes (1–0) Cone (0–1) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 17,118 0–3 4 April 5 @ Athletics 9–7 (10) Nelson (1–0) Mohler (0–1) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 18,109 1–3 5 April 6 @ Mariners 0–8 Moyer (1–1) Pettitte (0–2) — Kingdome 27,445 1–4 6 April 7 @ Mariners 13–7 Wells (1–1) Bullinger (0–1) — Kingdome 28,424 2–4 7 April 8 @ Mariners 4–3 Lloyd (1–0) Ayala (0–1) Stanton (1) Kingdome 33,922 3–4 8 April 10 Athletics 17–13 Buddie (1–0) Dougherty (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 56,717 4–4 9 April 11 Athletics 3–1 Pettitte (1–2) Candiotti (0–3) Stanton (2) Yankee Stadium 33,238 5–4 10 April 12 Athletics 7–5 Buddie (2–0) Mathews (0–1) Stanton (3) Yankee Stadium 27,057 6–4 — April 13 Angels Postponed (stadium structural problems); rescheduled for August 24 — April 14 Angels Postponed (stadium structural problems); rescheduled for August 26 11 April 15 Angels 6–3 Wells (2–1) Hill (2–1) Nelson (1) Shea Stadium 40,743 7–4 12 April 17 @ Tigers 11–2 Pettitte (2–2) Thompson (1–3) — Tiger Stadium 12,348 8–4 13 April 18 @ Tigers 8–3 Cone (1–1) Keagle (0–3) — Tiger Stadium 13,803 9–4 14 April 19 @ Tigers 1–2 Moehler (1–2) Holmes (0–1) Jones (2) Tiger Stadium 12,568 9–5 15 April 20 @ Blue Jays 3–2 (11) Banks (1–0) Risley (0–2) Stanton (4) SkyDome 26,385 10–5 16 April 21 @ Blue Jays 5–3 (10) Stanton (1–0) Plesac (0–2) — SkyDome 27,192 11–5 17 April 22 @ Blue Jays 9–1 Pettitte (3–2) Clemens (2–2) — SkyDome 29,164 12–5 18 April 24 Tigers 8–4 Cone (2–1) Keagle (0–4) — Yankee Stadium 26,173 13–5 19 April 25 Tigers 5–4 Wells (3–1) Runyan (0–1) Rivera (1) Yankee Stadium 33,196 14–5 — April 26 Tigers Postponed (rain); rescheduled for July 20 20 April 27 Blue Jays 1–0 Pettitte (4–2) Clemens (2–3) Rivera (2) Yankee Stadium 17,863 15–5 21 April 28 Blue Jays 2–5 Williams (2–1) Mendoza (0–1) Myers (5) Yankee Stadium 18,727 15–6 22 April 29 Mariners 8–5 Cone (3–1) Fassero (2–1) Rivera (3) Yankee Stadium 27,949 16–6 23 April 30 Mariners 9–8 (10) Rivera (1–0) Ayala (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 28,517 17–6
May: 20–7 (Home: 9–4 Away: 11–3) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 24 May 1 @ Royals 2–1 Irabu (1–0) Rapp (1–3) Rivera (4) Kauffman Stadium 19,002 18–6 25 May 2 @ Royals 12–6 Pettitte (5–2) Haney (2–2) — Kauffman Stadium 22,743 19–6 26 May 3 @ Royals 10–1 Mendoza (1–1) Belcher (1–4) — Kauffman Stadium 22,609 20–6 27 May 5 @ Rangers 7–2 Cone (4–1) Burkett (2–4) — The Ballpark in Arlington 31,693 21–6 28 May 6 @ Rangers 15–13 Stanton (2–0) Patterson (0–1) Rivera (5) The Ballpark in Arlington 33,274 22–6 29 May 8 @ Twins 5–1 Irabu (2–0) Radke (3–3) Nelson (2) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 22,612 23–6 30 May 9 @ Twins 1–8 Morgan (1–1) Pettitte (5–3) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 20,471 23–7 31 May 10 @ Twins 7–0 Mendoza (2–1) Milton (2–4) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 12,444 24–7 — May 11 Royals Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 7 32 May 12 Royals 3–2 Wells (4–1) Rusch (3–5) Rivera (6) Yankee Stadium 16,606 25–7 33 May 13 Rangers 8–6 Cone (5–1) Helling (6–1) Rivera (7) Yankee Stadium 23,142 26–7 34 May 14 Rangers 5–7 (13) Patterson (1–1) Banks (1–1) Wetteland (11) Yankee Stadium 20,694 26–8 35 May 15 Twins 6–7 Milton (3–4) Pettitte (5–4) Aguilera (8) Yankee Stadium 31,272 26–9 36 May 16 Twins 5–2 Mendoza (3–1) Tewksbury (3–6) Rivera (8) Yankee Stadium 35,137 27–9 37 May 17 Twins 4–0 Wells (5–1) Hawkins (2–4) — Yankee Stadium 49,820 28–9 38 May 19 Orioles 9–5 Stanton (3–0) Charlton (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 31,311 29–9 39 May 20 Orioles 9–6 Irabu (3–0) Key (4–3) — Yankee Stadium 32,449 30–9 40 May 21 Orioles 3–1 Pettitte (6–4) Erickson (4–5) Rivera (9) Yankee Stadium 34,588 31–9 41 May 22 @ Red Sox L 4–5 Wakefield (6–1) Nelson (1–1) Gordon (18) 33,605 31–10 L1 42 May 23 @ Red Sox W 12–3 Wells (6–1) Lowe (0–3) — 33,120 32–10 W1 43 May 24 @ Red Sox W 14–4 Cone (6–1) Saberhagen (5–3) — 33,042 33–10 W2 44 May 25 @ White Sox 12–0 Irabu (4–0) Navarro (4–5) — Comiskey Park 19,812 34–10 45 May 26 @ White Sox 7–5 Nelson (2–1) Foulke (1–1) Rivera (10) Comiskey Park 14,596 35–10 46 May 27 @ White Sox 9–12 Simas (1–1) Nelson (2–2) Karchner (5) Comiskey Park 15,232 35–11 47 May 28 Red Sox W 8–3 Wells (7–1) Wakefield (6–2) Stanton (5) 42,182 36–11 W1 48 May 29 Red Sox W 6–2 Cone (7–1) Lowe (0–4) — 47,160 37–11 W2 49 May 30 Red Sox L 2–3 Saberhagen (6–3) Irabu (4–1) Gordon (19) 55,191 37–12 L1 50 May 31 Red Sox L 7–13 Martinez (6–1) Pettitte (6–5) — 55,711 37–13 L2
June: 19–7 (Home: 10–1 Away: 9–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 51 June 1 White Sox 5–4 (10) Nelson (3–2) Karchner (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 19,131 38–13 52 June 2 White Sox 6–3 Wells (8–1) Sirotka (6–5) Rivera (11) Yankee Stadium 22,599 39–13 53 June 3 Devil Rays 7–1 Hernandez (1–0) Saunders (1–6) — Yankee Stadium 27,291 40–13 54 June 4 Devil Rays 6–1 Irabu (5–1) Springer (2–9) — Yankee Stadium 22,759 41–13 55 June 5 Marlins 5–1 Pettitte (7–5) Fontenot (0–3) — Yankee Stadium 28,085 42–13 56 June 6 Marlins 4–2 Mendoza (4–1) Sanchez (3–2) Rivera (12) Yankee Stadium 36,419 43–13 57 June 7 Marlins 4–1 Cone (8–1) Dempster (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 47,731 44–13 58 June 9 @ Expos 11–1 Hernandez (2–0) Perez (6–4) — Olympic Stadium 16,238 45–13 59 June 10 @ Expos 6–2 Irabu (6–1) Hermanson (4–5) — Olympic Stadium 14,335 46–13 60 June 11 @ Expos 5–7 Valdes (1–3) Nelson (3–3) Urbina (15) Olympic Stadium 16,036 46–14 — June 12 7:35 p.m. EDT Indians Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 21) — June 13 1:15 p.m. EDT Indians Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 22) 61 June 14 1:36 p.m. EDT Indians W 4–2 Cone (9–1) Wright (5–4) Rivera (13) 2:48 42,949 47–14 W1 62 June 15 @ Orioles 4–7 Erickson (7–6) Wells (8–2) Orosco (5) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,022 47–15 63 June 16 @ Orioles 0–2 Ponson (1–4) Irabu (6–2) Rhodes (3) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,027 47–16 64 June 17 @ Orioles 5–3 Pettitte (8–5) Mussina (5–4) Rivera (14) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,269 48–16 65 June 18 7:08 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 5–2 Nelson (4–3) Assenmacher (2–4) Rivera (15) 3:05 43,096 49–16 W2 66 June 19 7:05 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 4–7 Wright (6–4) Cone (9–2) Jackson (14) 3:04 43,180 49–17 L1 67 June 20 1:17 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 5–3 Wells (9–2) Burba (8–5) Rivera (16) 2:58 43,259 50–17 W1 68 June 21 8:08 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 0–11 Colón (7–4) Irabu (6–3) — 2:50 43,104 50–18 L1 69 June 22 7:35 p.m. EDT Braves W 6–4 Nelson (5–3) Martinez (2–4) Rivera (17) 3:10 53,316 51–18 W1 70 June 23 7:35 p.m. EDT Braves L 2–7 Glavine (10–3) Hernández (2–1) — 2:44 54,775 51–19 L1 71 June 24 7:40 p.m. EDT @ Braves W 10–6 Cone (10–2) Millwood (9–4) Rivera (18) 3:19 48,980 52–19 W1 72 June 25 7:41 p.m. EDT @ Braves W 6–0 Wells (10–2) Neagle (8–6) — 2:58 49,052 53–19 W2 73 June 26 @ Mets 8–4 Mendoza (5–1) Leiter (9–4) Rivera (19) Shea Stadium 53,404 54–19 74 June 27 @ Mets 7–2 Pettitte (9–5) Jones (6–5) — Shea Stadium 53,587 55–19 75 June 28 @ Mets 1–2 Cook (4–2) Mendoza (5–2) — Shea Stadium 53,749 55–20 76 June 30 Phillies 9–2 Cone (11–2) Loewer (2–1) — Yankee Stadium 29,087 56–20
July: 20–7 (Home: 10–2 Away: 10–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 77 July 1 Phillies 5–2 Wells (11–2) Beech (3–6) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 28,919 57–20 78 July 2 Phillies 9–8 (11) Buddie (3–0) Spradlin (3–4) — Yankee Stadium 31,259 58–20 79 July 3 Orioles 3–2 Pettitte (10–5) Orosco (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 43,328 59–20 80 July 4 Orioles 4–3 Hernandez (3–1) Drabek (5–9) Rivera (21) Yankee Stadium 37,390 60–20 81 July 5 Orioles 1–0 Cone (12–2) Erickson (8–7) Rivera (22) Yankee Stadium 52,506 61–20 69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado 82 July 9 @ Devil Rays 2–0 Pettitte (11–5) Rekar (0–1) Rivera (23) Tropicana Field 38,386 62–20 83 July 10 @ Devil Rays 8–4 Irabu (7–3) Alvarez (4–6) Mendoza (1) Tropicana Field 40,363 63–20 84 July 11 @ Devil Rays 2–0 Cone (13–2) Arrojo (10–6) Rivera (24) Tropicana Field 44,589 64–20 85 July 12 @ Devil Rays 9–2 Stanton (4–0) Hernandez (0–4) — Tropicana Field 43,373 65–20 86 July 13 7:05 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 1–4 Wright (9–5) Hernández (3–2) Jackson (20) 2:54 43,177 65–21 L1 87 July 14 7:07 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 7–1 Pettitte (12–5) Burba (10–7) — 2:49 43,164 66–21 W1 88 July 15 @ Tigers 11–0 Irabu (8–3) Greisinger (1–4) — Tiger Stadium 19,868 67–21 89 July 16 @ Tigers 1–3 Moehler (10–6) Cone (13–3) Jones (16) Tiger Stadium 21,336 67–22 90 July 17 @ Blue Jays 6–9 Clemens (11–6) Holmes (0–2) Myers (25) SkyDome 39,172 67–23 91 July 18 @ Blue Jays 10–3 Hernandez (4–2) Guzman (4–12) — SkyDome 48,123 68–23 92 July 19 @ Blue Jays 3–9 Williams (9–4) Pettitte (12–6) — SkyDome 42,176 68–24 93 July 20 (1) Tigers 3–4 (17) Sager (3–1) Holmes (0–3) — Yankee Stadium N/A 68–25 94 July 20 (2) Tigers 4–3 Irabu (9–3) Florie (5–4) Rivera (25) Yankee Stadium 36,285 69–25 95 July 21 Tigers 5–1 Cone (14–3) Moehler (10–7) — Yankee Stadium 35,980 70–25 96 July 22 Tigers 13–2 Hernandez (5–2) Powell (1–2) Holmes (1) Yankee Stadium 49,029 71–25 97 July 24 White Sox 5–4 Pettitte (13–6) Ward (0–1) Rivera (26) Yankee Stadium 44,264 72–25 98 July 25 White Sox 2–6 Sirotka (10–9) Irabu (9–4) Simas (9) Yankee Stadium 55,638 72–26 99 July 26 White Sox 6–3 Wells (12–2) Navarro (8–12) Rivera (27) Yankee Stadium 51,865 73–26 100 July 28 @ Angels 9–3 Cone (15–3) Dickson (9–8) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 36,241 74–26 101 July 29 @ Angels 5–10 Sparks (4–2) Hernandez (5–3) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 38,829 74–27 102 July 30 @ Angels 3–0 (10) Mendoza (6–2) DeLucia (1–4) Rivera (28) Edison International Field of Anaheim 42,915 75–27 103 July 31 @ Mariners 5–3 Irabu (10–4) Fassero (10–7) Rivera (29) Kingdome 43,837 76–27
August: 22–10 (Home: 14–5 Away: 8–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 104 August 1 @ Mariners 5–2 D. Wells (13–2) Moyer (8–8) — Kingdome 53,840 77–27 105 August 2 @ Mariners 3–6 B. Wells (1–2) Cone (15–4) Timlin (6) Kingdome 47,872 77–28 106 August 3 @ Athletics 14–1 O. Hernandez (6–3) Oquist (6–9) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 18,209 78–28 107 August 4 (1) @ Athletics 10–4 Mendoza (7–2) Witasick (0–1) Stanton (6) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum N/A 79–28 108 August 4 (2) @ Athletics 10–5 Lloyd (2–0) Taylor (3–9) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 23,357 80–28 109 August 5 @ Athletics 1–3 Candiotti (7–13) Irabu (10–5) — Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 22,458 80–29 110 August 7 (1) Royals 8–2 Cone (16–4) Rapp (9–11) — Yankee Stadium 14,425 81–29 111 August 7 (2) Royals 14–2 D. Wells (14–2) Haney (4–5) — Yankee Stadium 37,988 82–29 112 August 8 Royals 14–1 O. Hernandez (7–3) Rusch (6–15) — Yankee Stadium 45,975 83–29 113 August 9 Royals 5–4 Mendoza (8–2) Service (4–3) Rivera (30) Yankee Stadium 55,911 84–29 114 August 10 Twins 7–3 Irabu (11–5) Rodriguez (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 29,600 85–29 115 August 11 Twins 7–0 D. Wells (15–2) Milton (6–9) — Yankee Stadium 37,413 86–29 116 August 12 Twins 11–2 Cone (17–4) Hawkins (7–11) — Yankee Stadium 47,841 87–29 117 August 13 Rangers 2–0 O. Hernandez (8–3) Helling (15–7) Rivera (31) Yankee Stadium 53,835 88–29 118 August 14 Rangers 6–4 Pettitte (14–6) Sele (13–10) Rivera (32) Yankee Stadium 46,547 89–29 119 August 15 Rangers 5–16 Stottlemyre (11–10) Irabu (11–6) — Yankee Stadium 53,117 89–30 120 August 16 Rangers 6–5 Rivera (2–0) X. Hernandez (5–2) — Yankee Stadium 50,304 90–30 121 August 17 @ Royals 7–1 Cone (18–4) Rosado (6–9) — Kauffman Stadium 27,895 91–30 122 August 18 @ Royals 3–2 (13) Borowski (1–0) Whisenant (1–1) — Kauffman Stadium 26,259 92–30 123 August 19 @ Twins 3–5 Serafini (6–4) Pettitte (14–7) Aguilera (31) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 17,923 92–31 124 August 20 @ Twins 4–9 Rodriguez (3–2) Buddie (3–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 18,548 92–32 125 August 21 @ Rangers 5–0 D. Wells (16–2) Loaiza (7–8) — The Ballpark in Arlington 45,841 93–32 126 August 22 @ Rangers 12–9 Bradley (1–0) X. Hernandez (5–3) Rivera (33) The Ballpark in Arlington 46,483 94–32 127 August 23 @ Rangers 10–12 Helling (16–7) O. Hernandez (8–4) Wetteland (34) The Ballpark in Arlington 37,284 94–33 128 August 24 Angels 3–7 McDowell (3–2) Pettitte (14–8) — Yankee Stadium 19,297 94–34 129 August 25 Angels 6–7 Watson (6–7) Stanton (4–1) Percival (36) Yankee Stadium 30,422 94–35 130 August 26 (1) Angels 4–6 Juden (8–13) Bradley (1–1) Percival (37) Yankee Stadium 20,077 94–36 131 August 26 (2) Angels 7–6 Rivera (3–0) Fetters (2–7) — Yankee Stadium 28,837 95–36 132 August 27 Angels 6–5 (11) Tessmer (1–0) Fetters (2–8) — Yankee Stadium 29,213 96–36 133 August 28 Mariners 10–3 O. Hernandez (9–4) Spoljaric (4–3) — Yankee Stadium 49,789 97–36 134 August 29 Mariners 11–6 Pettitte (15–8) Cloude (8–10) — Yankee Stadium 55,146 98–36 135 August 30 Mariners 3–13 Swift (11–8) Irabu (11–7) — Yankee Stadium 55,341 98–37
September: 16–11 (Home: 10–6 Away: 6–5) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 136 September 1 Athletics 7–0 Wells (17–2) Candiotti (10–15) — Yankee Stadium 29,632 99–37 137 September 2 Athletics 0–2 Heredia (3–0) Cone (18–5) Taylor (29) Yankee Stadium 30,332 99–38 138 September 4 @ White Sox 11–6 Lloyd (3–0) Bradford (2–1) — Comiskey Park 19,876 100–38 139 September 5 @ White Sox 5–9 Abbott (1–0) Pettitte (15–9) — Comiskey Park 33,092 100–39 140 September 6 @ White Sox 5–6 Baldwin (10–5) Irabu (11–8) Howry (5) Comiskey Park 24,498 100–40 141 September 7 @ Red Sox L 3–4 Swindell (5–5) Wells (17–3) Gordon (39) 32,106 100–41 L3 142 September 8 @ Red Sox W 3–2 Cone (19–5) Martinez (18–5) Rivera (34) 33,409 101–41 W1 143 September 9 @ Red Sox W 7–5 Mendoza (9–2) Wakefield (15–8) Rivera (35) 32,942 102–41 W2 144 September 10 Blue Jays 8–5 Pettitte (16–9) Hentgen (12–11) Holmes (2) Yankee Stadium 25,881 103–41 145 September 11 Blue Jays 4–5 Almanzar (2–2) Irabu (11–9) Person (2) Yankee Stadium 35,856 103–42 146 September 12 Blue Jays 3–5 Carpenter (11–7) Wells (17–4) Person (3) Yankee Stadium 48,752 103–43 147 September 13 Blue Jays 3–5 Escobar (6–2) Cone (19–6) Person (4) Yankee Stadium 47,471 103–44 148 September 14 Red Sox W 3–0 Hernandez (10–4) Martinez (18–6) — 42,735 104–44 W1 149 September 15 Red Sox L 4–9 Wakefield (16–8) Jerzembeck (0–1) — 43,218 104–45 L1 150 September 16 @ Devil Rays 0–7 Saunders (6–14) Pettitte (16–10) — Tropicana Field 38,862 104–46 151 September 17 @ Devil Rays 4–0 Irabu (12–9) Santana (5–5) — Tropicana Field 38,820 105–46 152 September 18 @ Orioles 15–5 Wells (18–4) Guzman (10–15) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,113 106–46 153 September 19 @ Orioles 3–5 Ponson (8–8) Cone (19–7) Mills (2) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,044 106–47 154 September 20 @ Orioles 5–4 Hernandez (11–4) Johns (3–3) Rivera (36) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,013 107–47 155 September 21 7:37 p.m. EDT Indians L 1–4 Nagy (15–10) Pettitte (16–11) Shuey (2) 2:48 21,449 107–48 L1 156 (1) September 22 1:05 p.m. EDT Indians W 10–4 Mendoza (10–2) Burba (14–10) — 2:52 14,840 108–48 W1 157 (2) September 22 7:35 p.m. EDT Indians W 5–1 Irabu (13–9) Ogea (5–4) — 2:23 32,315 109–48 W2 158 September 23 7:35 p.m. EDT Indians W 8–4 Bradley (2–1) Jacome (0–1) — 2:38 32,367 110–48 W3 159 September 24 Devil Rays 5–2 Buddie (4–1) Alvarez (6–14) Nelson (3) Yankee Stadium 24,555 111–48 160 September 25 Devil Rays 6–1 Hernandez (12–4) Eiland (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 32,447 112–48 161 September 26 Devil Rays 3–1 Cone (20–7) Wade (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 41,150 113–48 162 September 27 Devil Rays 8–3 Bruske (1–0) White (2–6) — Yankee Stadium 49,608 114–48

Detailed records

American League Opponent W L WP RS RA AL East Baltimore Orioles 9 3 0.750 61 43 Boston Red Sox 7 5 0.583 73 53 New York Yankees Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11 1 0.917 60 22 Toronto Blue Jays 6 6 0.500 57 52 Div Total 33 15 0.688 251 170 AL Central Chicago White Sox 7 4 0.636 73 58 Cleveland Indians 7 4 0.636 50 43 Detroit Tigers 8 3 0.727 70 28 Kansas City Royals 10 0 1.000 78 22 Minnesota Twins 7 4 0.636 60 37 Div Total 39 15 0.722 331 188 AL West Anaheim Angels 5 6 0.455 52 61 Oakland Athletics 8 3 0.727 81 48 Seattle Mariners 8 3 0.727 71 64 Texas Rangers 8 3 0.727 81 74 Div Total 29 15 0.659 285 247 League Total 101 45 0.692 867 605 National League Atlanta Braves 3 1 0.750 24 17 Florida Marlins 3 0 1.000 13 4 Montreal Expos 2 1 0.667 22 10 New York Mets 2 1 0.667 16 8 Philadelphia Phillies 3 0 1.000 23 12 League Total 13 3 0.813 98 51 Season Total 114 48 0.704 965 656

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 23 17 6 0.739 135 107 May 27 20 7 0.741 192 118 June 26 19 7 0.731 135 87 July 27 20 7 0.741 142 89 August 32 22 10 0.688 222 151 September 27 16 11 0.593 139 104 Total 162 114 48 0.704 965 656 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 62 19 0.765 472 314 Away 81 52 29 0.642 493 342 Total 162 114 48 0.704 965 656

Postseason Game log

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
Bold	Yankees team member

1998 Postseason game log: 11–2 (Home: 8–1; Away: 5–1)
AL Division Series vs. Texas Rangers 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 1–0)[18] # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 September 29 Rangers 2–0 Wells (1–0) Stottlemyre (0–1) Rivera (1) 57,362 NYA 1–0 2 September 30 Rangers 3–1 Pettitte (1–0) Helling (0–1) Rivera (2) 57,360 NYA 2–0 3 October 2 @ Rangers 4–0 Cone (1–0) Sele (0–1) — 49,450 NYA 3–0
AL Championship Series vs. Cleveland Indians 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–1)[19] # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 6 8:07 p.m. EDT Indians W 7–2 Wells (1–0) Wright (0–1) — 3:31 57,138 NYA 1–0 W1 2 October 7 4:07 p.m. EDT Indians L 1–4 (12) Burba (2–0) Nelson (0–1) Jackson (4) 4:28 57,128 Tied 1–1 L1 3 October 9 8:07 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 1–6 Colón (1–0) Pettitte (0–1) — 2:53 44,904 CLE 2–1 L2 4 October 10 7:07 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 4–0 Hernández (1–0) Gooden (0–1) — 3:31 44,981 Tied 2–2 W1 5 October 11 4:07 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 5–3 Wells (3–0) Ogea (0–1) Rivera (1) 3:33 44,966 NYA 3–2 W2 6 October 13 8:07 p.m. EDT Indians W 9–5 Cone (2–0) Nagy (1–1) — 3:31 57,142 NYA 4–2 W3
World Series vs. San Diego Padres 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–0)[20] # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 17 8:00 p.m. EDT Padres W 9–6 Wells (1–0) Wall (0–1) Rivera (1) 3:29 56,712 NYA 1–0 W1 2 October 18 7:55 p.m. EDT Padres W 9–3 Hernández (1–0) Ashby (0–1) — 3:31 56,692 NYA 2–0 W2 3 October 20 8:20 p.m. EDT @ Padres W 5–4 Mendoza (1–0) Hoffman (0–1) Rivera (2) 3:14 64,667 NYA 3–0 W3 4 October 21 8:20 p.m. EDT @ Padres W 3–0 Pettitte (1–0) Brown (0–1) Rivera (3) 2:58 65,427 NYA 4–0 W4

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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	Jorge Posada	111	358	96	.268	17	63
1B	Tino Martinez	142	531	149	.281	28	123
2B	Chuck Knoblauch	150	603	160	.265	17	64
3B	Scott Brosius	152	530	159	.300	19	98
SS	Derek Jeter	149	626	203	.324	19	84
LF	Chad Curtis	151	456	111	.243	10	56
CF	Bernie Williams	128	499	169	.339	26	97
RF	Paul O'Neill	152	602	191	.317	24	116
DH	Darryl Strawberry	101	295	73	.247	24	57

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
Tim Raines	109	321	93	.290	5	47
Joe Girardi	78	254	70	.276	3	31
Luis Sojo	54	147	34	.231	0	14
Chili Davis	35	103	30	.291	3	9
Ricky Ledée	42	79	19	.241	1	12
Homer Bush	45	71	27	.380	1	5
Shane Spencer	27	67	25	.373	10	27
Dale Sveum	30	58	9	.155	0	3
Mike Lowell	8	15	4	.267	0	0
Mike Figga	1	4	1	.250	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
Andy Pettitte	33	216.1	16	11	4.24	146
David Wells	30	214.1	18	4	3.49	163
David Cone	31	207.2	20	7	3.55	209
Hideki Irabu	29	173.0	13	9	4.06	129
Orlando Hernández	21	141.0	12	4	3.13	131

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mariano Rivera	54	61.1	3	0	36	1.91	36
Mike Stanton	67	79.0	4	1	6	5.47	69
Graeme Lloyd	50	37.2	3	0	0	1.67	20
Jeff Nelson	45	40.1	5	3	3	3.79	35
Darren Holmes	34	51.1	0	3	2	3.33	31
Mike Buddie	24	41.2	4	1	0	5.62	20
Willie Banks	9	14.1	1	1	0	10.05	8
Joe Borowski	8	9.2	1	0	0	6.52	7
Jay Tessmer	7	8.2	1	0	0	3.12	6
Todd Erdos	2	2.0	0	0	0	9.00	0

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ramiro Mendoza	41	130.1	10	2	1	3.25	56
Ryan Bradley	5	12.2	2	1	0	5.68	13
Jim Bruske	3	9.0	1	0	0	3.00	3
Mike Jerzembeck	3	6.1	0	1	0	12.79	1

ALDS

Main article: 1998 American League Division Series

Game 1

September 29 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	6	0
WP: David Wells (1-0)   LP: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)

Game 2

September 30 at Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
New York	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	3	8	0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0)   LP: Rick Helling (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: TEX: None NYY: Shane Spencer, Scott Brosius

Game 3

October 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington (Texas Rangers)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	9	1
Texas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
WP: David Cone (1-0)   LP: Aaron Sele (0-1) Home runs: NYY: Shane Spencer, Paul O'Neill TEX: None

ALCS

Main article: 1998 American League Championship Series

New York wins the series, 4-2

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	New York	7	Cleveland	2	October 6	1-0 (NYY)
2	New York	1	Cleveland	4	October 7	1-1
3	Cleveland	6	New York	1	October 9	2-1 (CLE)
4	Cleveland	0	New York	4	October 10	2-2
5	Cleveland	3	New York	5	October 11	3-2 (NYY)
6	New York	9	Cleveland	5	October 13	4-2 (NYY)

World Series

Main article: 1998 World Series

Game 1

October 17, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	8	1
New York	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	X	9	9	1
WP: David Wells (1-0)   LP: Donne Wall (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1) Home runs: SD: Greg Vaughn 2 (2), Tony Gwynn (1) NYY: Chuck Knoblauch (1), Tino Martinez (1)

Game 2

October 18, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Diego	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	10	1
New York	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	9	16	0
WP: Orlando Hernández (1-0)   LP: Andy Ashby (0-1) Home runs: SD: None NYY: Bernie Williams (1), Jorge Posada (1)

Game 3

October 20, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	5	9	1
San Diego	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	7	1
WP: Ramiro Mendoza (1-0)   LP: Trevor Hoffman (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: NYY: Scott Brosius 2 (2) SD: None

Game 4

October 21, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	9	0
San Diego	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (3)

Awards and honors

• Scott Brosius, 3B, World Series Most Valuable Player
• David Wells, Pitcher, American League Championship Series Most Valuable Player
• David Cone, Pitcher, Hutch Award^[21]
• Derek Jeter, Shortstop, American League Leader in Runs scored, 127
• Joe Torre, Associated Press Manager of the Year
• Bernie Williams, Outfielder, 1998 American League Batting Title

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Stump Merrill
AA	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	Trey Hillman
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Lee Mazzilli
A	Greensboro Bats	South Atlantic League	Tom Nieto
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Joe Arnold
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Ken Dominguez

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Oneonta^[22]