1998 Cincinnati Reds season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Cincinnati Reds

| season = 1998

| misc =

| league = National League

| division = Central

| ballpark = Cinergy Field

| city = Cincinnati

| record = 77–85 (.475)

| divisional_place = 4th

| owners = Marge Schott

| general_managers = Jim Bowden

| managers = Jack McKeon

| television = WSTR/WKRC-TV
Fox Sports Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)

| radio = WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

|}}

The 1998 Cincinnati Reds season was the 129th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 29th and 28th full season at Cinergy Field The Reds improved on their record of 76–86 from 1997 and finished the season at 77–85, but missed the postseason for the 3rd consecutive season.

Offseason

November 11, 1997: Paul Bako and Donne Wall were traded by the Reds to the Detroit Tigers for Melvin Nieves.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml Melvin Nieves] at Baseball Reference
November 11, 1997: Mike Kelly was traded by the Reds to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later. The Devil Rays completed the deal by sending Dmitri Young to the Reds on November 18.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellymi02.shtml Mike Kelly] at Baseball Reference
November 27, 1997: Ricardo Jordan was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jordari03.shtml Ricardo Jordan] at Baseball Reference
December 20, 1997: Dave Weathers was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml |title=David Weathers Statistics and History |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 5, 2010}}
January 8, 1998: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rijojo01.shtml José Rijo] at Baseball Reference
January 12, 1998: Pete Rose Jr. was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosepe02.shtml Pete Rose] at Baseball Reference
March 19, 1998: Midre Cummings was selected off waivers from the Reds by the Boston Red Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml Midre Cummings] at Baseball Reference

Regular season

=Season standings=

=Record vs. opponents=

=Notable transactions=

April 8, 1998: Buddy Carlyle was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Diego Padres for Marc Kroon.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlybu01.shtml |title=Buddy Carlyle Statistics and History |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 5, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100825141146/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlybu01.shtml| archive-date= August 25, 2010 | url-status= live}}
June 24, 1998: Dave Weathers was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Cincinnati Reds.
July 4, 1998: Jeff Shaw was traded by the Reds to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Paul Konerko and Dennys Reyes.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/konerpa01.shtml Paul Konerko] at Baseball Reference
July 21, 1998: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml Jason Bere] at Baseball Reference

==Draft picks==

June 2, 1998: Adam Dunn was drafted by the Reds in the 2nd round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 11, 1998.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dunnad01.shtml Adam Dunn] at Baseball Reference
June 2, 1998: Termel Sledge was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 45th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.

=Roster=

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colspan="10" style="background:#c6011f; color:#fff; text-align:center;"\| 1998 Cincinnati Reds
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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|37\|Stan Belinda}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Jason Bere}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Steve Cooke}} {{MLBplayer\|54\|Keith Glauber}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Danny Graves}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Pete Harnisch}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|John Hudek}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Mark Hutton}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Ricardo Jordan}} {{MLBplayer\|56\|Scott Klingenbeck}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Rick Krivda}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Marc Kroon}} {{MLBplayer\|58\|Steve Parris}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Eddie Priest}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Mike Remlinger}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Dennys Reyes}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Jeff Shaw}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Scott Sullivan}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Brett Tomko}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|David Weathers}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Gabe White}} {{MLBplayer\|53\|Todd Williams}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Scott Winchester}} \| style="width:25px;"\| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Brook Fordyce}} {{MLBplayer\|62\|Guillermo Garcia}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Eddie Taubensee}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|17\|Aaron Boone}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Bret Boone}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Sean Casey}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Willie Greene}} {{MLBplayer\|4,12\|Damian Jackson}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Paul Konerko}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Barry Larkin}} {{MLBplayer\|70\|Stephen Larkin}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Eduardo Pérez}} {{MLBplayer\|57\|Roberto Petagine}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Pokey Reese}} \| style="width:25px;"\| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|34\|Mike Frank}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Jeffrey Hammonds}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Lenny Harris}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Melvin Nieves}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Jon Nunnally}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Reggie Sanders}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Chris Stynes}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Tony Tarasco}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Pat Watkins}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Dmitri Young}} \| style="width:25px;"\| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|15\|Jack McKeon}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Harry Dunlop (third base)}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Ken Griffey, Sr. (hitting)}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Don Gullett (pitching)}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Tom Hume (bullpen)}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Denis Menke (bench)}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Ron Oester (first base)}}

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colspan="10" style="background:black; color:#fff; text-align:center;"| Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

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

class="wikitable sortable"
style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"\| Pos ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| AB ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| H ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| Avg. ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| HR ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| RBI
style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"\| C ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Ed Taubensee ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 130 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 491 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 120 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| .278 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 11 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 72
style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"\| 1B ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Sean Casey ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 96 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 351 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 82 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| .272 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 7 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 52
style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"\| 2B ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Bret Boone ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 157 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 648 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 155 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| .266 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 24 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 95
style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"\| SS ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Barry Larkin ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 145 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 626 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 166 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| .309 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 17 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 72
style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"\| 3B ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Willie Greene ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 111 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 417 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 96 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| .270 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 14 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 49
style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"\| LF ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Dmitri Young ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 144 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 590 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 166 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| .310 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 14 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 83
style="background:#ddf; width:5%" \| CF ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%" \| Reggie Sanders ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" \| 135 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" \| 481 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" \| 129 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" \| .268 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" \| 14 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" \| 59
style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"\| RF ! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Jon Nunnally ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 74 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 213 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 36 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| .207 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 7 ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| 20

class="wikitable sortable"

style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"| Pos

! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Player

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| G

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| AB

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| H

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| Avg.

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| HR

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| RBI

style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"| C

! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Ed Taubensee

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 130

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 491

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 120

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| .278

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 11

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 72

style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"| 1B

! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Sean Casey

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 96

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 351

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 82

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| .272

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 7

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 52

style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"| 2B

! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Bret Boone

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 157

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 648

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 155

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| .266

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 24

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 95

style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"| SS

! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Barry Larkin

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 145

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 626

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 166

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| .309

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 17

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 72

style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"| 3B

! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Willie Greene

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 111

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 417

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 96

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| .270

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 14

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 49

style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"| LF

! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Dmitri Young

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 144

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 590

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 166

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| .310

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 14

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 83

style="background:#ddf; width:5%" | CF

! style="background:#ddf; width:16%" | Reggie Sanders

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" | 135

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" | 481

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" | 129

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" | .268

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" | 14

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%" | 59

style="background:#ddf; width:5%;"| RF

! style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Jon Nunnally

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 74

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 213

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 36

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| .207

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 7

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| 20

Stats through the end of the 1998 season

==Other batters==

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

style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| AB ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| H ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| Avg. ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| HR ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| Chris Stynes	123	347	88	.254	6	27
align=center \| Aaron Boone	58	181	51	.282	2	28
align=center \| Eduardo Pérez	84	172	41	.238	4	30
align=center \| Pat Watkins	83	147	39	.265	2	15
align=center \| Brook Fordyce	57	146	37	.253	3	14
align=center \| Pokey Reese	59	133	34	.256	1	16
align=center \| Lenny Harris	57	122	36	.295	0	10
align=center \| Melvin Nieves	83	119	30	.252	2	17
align=center \| Mike Frank	28	89	20	.225	0	7
align=center \| Jeffrey Hammonds	26	86	26	.302	0	11
align=center \| Paul Konerko	26	73	16	.219	3	13
align=center \| Roberto Petagine	34	62	16	.258	3	7
align=center \| Damian Jackson	13	38	12	.316	0	7
align=center \| Guillermo Garcia	12	36	7	.194	2	4
align=center \| Tony Tarasco	15	24	5	.208	1	4
align=center \| Stephen Larkin	1	3	1	.333	0	0

=Pitching=

==Starting pitchers==

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

style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| IP ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| W ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| L ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| ERA ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| Brett Tomko	34	210.2	13	12	4.44	162
align=center \| Pete Harnisch	32	209.0	14	7	3.14	157
align=center \| Mike Remlinger	35	164.1	8	15	4.82	144
align=center \| Steve Parris	18	99.0	6	5	3.73	77
align=center \| Scott Winchester	16	79.0	3	6	5.81	40
align=center \| Jason Bere	9	43.2	3	2	4.12	31
align=center \| Dennys Reyes	8	38.2	3	1	4.42	44
align=center \| Scott Klingenbeck	4	22.2	1	3	5.96	13
align=center \| Eddie Priest	2	6.0	0	1	10.50	1
align=center \| Steve Cooke	1	6.0	1	0	1.50	3

==Other pitchers==

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

class="wikitable sortable"
style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| IP ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| W ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| L ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| ERA ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| SO
align=center \| David Weathers	16	62.1	2	4	6.21	51

class="wikitable sortable"

style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"| Player

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| G

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| IP

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| W

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| L

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| ERA

! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"| SO

align=center

| David Weathers

62.1

6.21

==Relief pitchers==

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

style="background:#ddf; width:16%;"\| Player ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| G ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| W ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| L ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| SV ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| ERA ! style="background:#ddf; width:9%;"\| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center;" \| Jeff Shaw	39	2	4	23	1.81	29
align=center \| Gabe White	69	5	5	9	4.01	83
align=center \| Scott Sullivan	67	5	5	1	5.21	86
align=center \| Danny Graves	62	2	1	8	3.32	44
align=center \| Stan Belinda	40	4	8	1	3.23	57
align=center \| John Hudek	30	4	2	0	2.43	40
align=center \| Rick Krivda	16	0	2	0	11.28	19
align=center \| Mark Hutton	10	0	1	0	7.41	3
align=center \| Todd Williams	6	0	1	0	7.71	4
align=center \| Ricardo Jordan	6	1	0	0	24.30	1
align=center \| Marc Kroon	4	0	0	0	13.50	4
align=center \| Keith Glauber	3	0	0	0	2.35	4
align=center \| Lenny Harris	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Indianapolis Indians|league16=International League|manager16=Dave Miley

|level17=AA |team17=Chattanooga Lookouts|league17=Southern League|manager17=Mark Berry

|level18=A|team18=Burlington Bees|league18=Midwest League|manager18=Phillip Wellman

|level19=A |team19=Charleston Alley Cats|league19=South Atlantic League|manager19=Barry Lyons

|level20=Rookie|team20=Billings Mustangs|league20=Pioneer League|manager20=Russ Nixon

}}Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/1998.shtml 1998 Cincinnati Reds season] at Baseball Reference

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