1998 Cleveland Indians season

1998 Cleveland Indians
American League Central Champions
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	89–73 (.549)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Richard Jacobs
General managers	John Hart
Managers	Mike Hargrove
Television	WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan FSN Ohio John Sanders, Rick Manning
Radio	WKNR (1220 AM) Tom Hamilton, Dave Nelson, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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The 1998 Cleveland Indians season was the 98th season for the franchise and the 5th season at Jacobs Field. The Indians hoped to improve upon their American League pennant-winning season of 1997, but succumbed to the New York Yankees in the ALCS in six games. The Indians would lead the AL Central wire-to-wire in 1998, becoming the first team in franchise history (and as of 2020^[update], the only team in franchise history) to do so.

• November 12, 1997: Paul Assenmacher was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[1]
• December 1, 1997: Matt Williams was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Travis Fryman, Tom Martin, and cash.^[2]
• December 8, 1997: Kenny Lofton signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
• December 8, 1997: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Jeff Juden to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Fetters, Ben McDonald, and Ron Villone.
• December 8, 1997: Dwight Gooden signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.
• December 20, 1997: Dave Weathers was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.^[3]

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	89	73	.549	—	46‍–‍35	43‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	80	82	.494	9	44‍–‍37	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	72	89	.447	16½	29‍–‍51	43‍–‍38
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	19	35‍–‍46	35‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers	65	97	.401	24	32‍–‍49	33‍–‍48

1998 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

• April 14, 1998: David Bell was selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[4]
• May 6, 1998: Mark Whiten was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[5]
• June 2, 1998: C.C. Sabathia was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 1998.^[6]
• July 2, 1998: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[7]
• August 13, 1998: Cecil Fielder signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[8]
• August 31, 1998: David Bell was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Seattle Mariners for Joey Cora.^[4]
• September 18, 1998: Cecil Fielder was released by the Cleveland Indians.^[8]

1998 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 45 Paul Assenmacher 34 Dave Burba 40 Bartolo Colón 16 Dwight Gooden 42 Mike Jackson 46 Jason Jacome 43 Doug Jones 20 Steve Karsay 30 Rick Krivda 36 Tom Martin 49 José Mesa 51 Alvin Morman 41 Charles Nagy 37 Chad Ogea 38 Eric Plunk 62 Jim Poole 59 Jason Rakers 39 Steve Reed 53 Paul Shuey 47 Ron Villone 33 Tim Worrell 27 Jaret Wright		Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. 10 Pat Borders  2 Einar Díaz Infielders  6 David Bell 11 Jeff Branson 66 Russell Branyan  6 Jolbert Cabrera 28 Joey Cora  9 Shawon Dunston 33 Cecil Fielder 17 Travis Fryman  9 Torey Lovullo 12,26 Jeff Manto 44 Richie Sexson 25 Jim Thome 13 Omar Vizquel 35 Enrique Wilson		Outfielders 29 Gerónimo Berroa 22 Brian Giles 23 David Justice  7 Kenny Lofton 61 Alex Ramírez 24 Manny Ramírez 12 Mark Whiten Other batters 51 Jacob Cruz 33 Matt Luke		Manager 30 Mike Hargrove Coaches  1 Al Bumbry (First base) 54 Johnny Goryl (Bench)  4 Luis Isaac (Bullpen) 32 Charlie Manuel (Hitting) 55 Jeff Newman (Third base) 28 Mark Wiley (Pitching) 43 Dan Williams (Bullpen catcher)

1998 Game Log: 89–73 (Home: 46–35; Away: 43–38)
March: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 March 31 @ Mariners 10–9 Mesa (1–0) Fossas (0–1) Jackson (1) Kingdome 57,822 1–0 W1
April: 13–12 (Home: 6–7; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 2 April 1 @ Mariners 9–7 Wright (1–0) Moyer (0–1) Jackson (2) Kingdome 24,523 2–0 W2 3 April 3 @ Angels 6–2 Burba (1–0) McDowell (0–1) – Edison International Field of Anaheim 26,240 3–0 W3 4 April 4 @ Angels 11–0 Colon (1–0) Watson (0–1) – Edison International Field of Anaheim 34,834 4–0 W4 5 April 5 @ Angels 6–4 Nagy (1–0) Dickson (0–1) Jackson (3) Edison International Field of Anaheim 35,628 5–0 W5 – April 6 @ Athletics Suspended (curfew, continuation April 8) 6 April 8 @ Athletics 6–5 Krivda (1–0) Candiotti (0–2) Jackson (4) Network Associates Coliseum 6,963 6–0 W6 7 April 8 @ Athletics 1–3 Rogers (1–0) Burba (1–1) Taylor (1) Network Associates Coliseum 8,361 6–1 L1 8 April 10 Angels 8–5 (10) Plunk (1–0) Percival (0–1) – Jacobs Field 42,707 7–1 W1 9 April 11 Angels 8–5 Nagy (2–0) Dickson (0–2) Jackson (5) Jacobs Field 42,802 8–1 W2 10 April 12 Angels 1–12 Finley (2–0) Wright (1–1) – Jacobs Field 42,555 8–2 L1 11 April 13 Mariners 6–5 Burba (2–1) Cloude (1–1) Jackson (6) Jacobs Field 42,793 9–2 W1 12 April 14 Mariners 8–3 Assenmacher (1–0) Slocumb (0–2) – Jacobs Field 40,490 10–2 W2 13 April 15 Mariners 3–5 Spoljaric (1–0) Assenmacher (1–1) Ayala (1) Jacobs Field 40,527 10–3 L1 14 April 17 @ Red Sox 2–3 (10) Gordon (2–1) Assenmacher (1–2) – Fenway Park 26,924 10–4 L2 15 April 18 @ Red Sox 7–4 Martin (1–0) Eckersley (1–1) Jackson (7) Fenway Park 31,735 11–4 W1 16 April 19 @ Red Sox 0–2 Saberhagen (3–0) Burba (2–2) Gordon (4) Fenway Park 31,846 11–5 L1 17 April 20 @ Red Sox 5–6 (11) Gordon (3–1) Plunk (1–1) – Fenway Park 33,001 11–6 L2 18 April 21 White Sox 14–6 Mesa (2–0) Baldwin (2–2) – Jacobs Field 42,836 12–6 W1 19 April 22 White Sox 7–14 Sirotka (3–1) Nagy (2–1) – Jacobs Field 42,840 12–7 L1 20 April 23 White Sox 5–4 Plunk (2–1) Castillo (0–1) Jackson (8) Jacobs Field 42,865 13–7 W1 21 April 24 Red Sox 5–7 Wakefield (1–1) Burba (2–3) Gordon (6) Jacobs Field 40,570 13–8 L1 22 April 25 Red Sox 2–3 Saberhagen (4–0) Colon (1–1) Gordon (7) Jacobs Field 40,571 13–9 L2 – April 26 Red Sox Postponed (rain, makeup July 21) 23 April 27 @ White Sox 3–10 Sirotka (4–1) Ogea (0–1) – Comiskey Park 13,575 13–10 L3 24 April 28 @ White Sox 4–1 Nagy (3–1) Karchner (0–1) Jackson (9) Comiskey Park 13,208 14–10 W1 25 April 29 Athletics 4–11 Rogers (4–1) Wright (1–2) – Jacobs Field 42,190 14–11 L1 26 April 30 Athletics 2–5 Mathews (3–3) Assenmacher (1–3) Taylor (6) Jacobs Field 42,855 14–12 L2
May: 18–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 27 May 1 Devil Rays 7–5 Colon (2–1) Springer (1–4) Jackson (10) Jacobs Field 42,712 15–12 W1 28 May 2 Devil Rays 5–1 Ogea (1–1) Saunders (1–3) – Jacobs Field 42,525 16–12 W2 29 May 3 Devil Rays 10–8 Mesa (3–0) R. Hernandez (0–2) – Jacobs Field 42,597 17–12 W3 30 May 5 Orioles 6–5 Assenmacher (2–3) Benitez (1–1) – Jacobs Field 40,706 18–12 W4 31 May 6 Orioles 14–5 Burba (3–3) Erickson (3–3) – Jacobs Field 40,672 19–12 W5 32 May 7 @ Rangers 7–2 Colon (3–1) Sele (5–2) – The Ballpark in Arlington 28,504 20–12 W6 33 May 8 @ Rangers 3–6 X. Hernandez (1–0) Mesa (3–1) Wetteland (8) The Ballpark in Arlington 38,067 20–13 L1 34 May 9 @ Rangers 3–7 Oliver (2–4) Nagy (3–2) – The Ballpark in Arlington 46,355 20–14 L2 35 May 10 @ Rangers 3–5 Burkett (3–4) Wright (1–3) Wetteland (9) The Ballpark in Arlington 31,232 20–15 L3 36 May 11 @ Devil Rays 2–4 Arrojo (5–2) Burba (3–4) R. Hernandez (4) Tropicana Field 27,097 20–16 L4 37 May 12 @ Devil Rays 5–6 (14) Santana (1–0) Jackson (0–1) – Tropicana Field 27,084 20–17 L5 38 May 13 @ Orioles 1–8 Drabek (3–4) Ogea (1–2) – Oriole Park at Camden Yards 43,379 20–18 L6 39 May 14 @ Orioles 5–4 Nagy (4–2) Rhodes (2–2) Jackson (11) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 43,039 21–18 W1 40 May 15 Rangers 3–2 (14) Krivda (2–0) Levine (0–1) – Jacobs Field 41,128 22–18 W2 41 May 16 Rangers 10–3 Burba (4–4) Witt (4–2) – Jacobs Field 40,925 23–18 W3 42 May 17 Rangers 0–1 Sele (7–2) Colon (3–2) Wetteland (12) Jacobs Field 42,247 23–19 L1 43 May 19 @ Royals 16–3 Ogea (2–2) Rapp (3–4) – Kauffman Stadium 13,367 24–19 W1 44 May 20 @ Royals 14–5 Nagy (5–2) Belcher (2–6) – Kauffman Stadium 13,575 25–19 W2 45 May 21 @ Royals 6–2 Wright (2–3) Rosado (0–4) – Kauffman Stadium 17,243 26–19 W3 46 May 22 Blue Jays 9–7 Burba (5–4) Hanson (0–2) Jackson (12) Jacobs Field 43,269 27–19 W4 47 May 23 Blue Jays 2–7 Clemens (5–5) Colon (3–3) – Jacobs Field 43,306 27–20 L1 48 May 24 Blue Jays 0–5 Williams (5–2) Gooden (0–1) – Jacobs Field 43,194 27–21 L2 49 May 25 Tigers 7–4 Nagy (6–2) Castillo (2–2) – Jacobs Field 43,342 28–21 W1 50 May 26 Tigers 9–2 Wright (3–3) Worrell (2–6) – Jacobs Field 42,372 29–21 W2 51 May 28 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Burba (6–4) Carpenter (1–1) – SkyDome 30,282 30–21 W3 52 May 29 @ Blue Jays 7–3 Colon (4–3) Clemens (5–6) – SkyDome 29,085 31–21 W4 53 May 30 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Williams (6–2) Gooden (0–2) Myers (13) SkyDome 37,179 31–22 L1 54 May 31 @ Blue Jays 8–3 Nagy (7–2) Hentgen (7–4) Mesa (1) SkyDome 30,090 32–22 W1
June: 14–12 (Home: 7–8; Away: 7–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 55 June 1 @ Tigers 2–0 Wright (4–3) Florie (3–1) – Tiger Stadium 18,230 33–22 W2 56 June 2 @ Tigers 8–3 Burba (7–4) Thompson (3–6) – Tiger Stadium 16,351 34–22 W3 57 June 3 @ Twins 2–3 Swindell (1–2) Colon (4–4) Aguilera (10) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 8,897 34–23 L1 58 June 4 @ Twins 3–2 Gooden (1–2) Radke (7–4) Jackson (13) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 9,417 35–23 W1 59 June 5 @ Reds 1–2 Harnisch (6–1) Nagy (7–3) Shaw (17) Cinergy Field 43,532 35–24 L1 60 June 6 @ Reds 10–1 Wright (5–3) Remlinger (3–7) – Cinergy Field 51,796 36–24 W1 61 June 7 @ Reds 6–1 Burba (8–4) Klingenbeck (0–1) – Cinergy Field 49,589 37–24 W2 62 June 8 Pirates 8–0 Colon (5–4) Peters (1–4) – Jacobs Field 43,068 38–24 W3 63 June 9 Pirates 4–7 Lieber (4–7) Morman (0–1) Rincon (6) Jacobs Field 41,762 38–25 L1 64 June 10 Pirates 3–4 (11) Loaiza (4–3) Mesa (3–2) Loiselle (12) Jacobs Field 43,101 38–26 L2 – June 12 @ Yankees Postponed (rain, makeup September 21) – June 13 @ Yankees Postponed (rain, makeup September 22) 65 June 14 @ Yankees 2–4 Cone (9–1) Wright (5–4) Rivera (13) Yankee Stadium 42,949 38–27 L3 66 June 15 Royals 6–7 (10) Montgomery (1–3) Mesa (3–3) Whisenant (1) Jacobs Field 43,246 38–28 L4 67 June 16 Royals 9–1 Colon (6–4) Pichardo (2–6) – Jacobs Field 43,184 39–28 W1 68 June 17 Royals 3–4 Rosado (3–5) Gooden (1–3) Montgomery (12) Jacobs Field 43,196 39–29 L1 69 June 18 Yankees 2–5 Nelson (4–3) Assenmacher (2–4) Rivera (15) Jacobs Field 43,096 39–30 L2 70 June 19 Yankees 7–4 Wright (6–4) Cone (9–2) Jackson (14) Jacobs Field 43,180 40–30 W1 71 June 20 Yankees 3–5 Wells (9–2) Burba (8–5) Rivera (16) Jacobs Field 43,259 40–31 L1 72 June 21 Yankees 11–0 Colon (7–4) Irabu (6–3) – Jacobs Field 43,104 41–31 W1 73 June 22 @ Cubs 3–1 Gooden (2–3) Tapani (8–6) Jackson (15) Wrigley Field 39,556 42–31 W2 74 June 23 @ Cubs 5–4 Plunk (3–1) Adams (6–4) Jackson (16) Wrigley Field 39,006 43–31 W3 75 June 24 Cardinals 14–3 Wright (7–4) Petkovsek (5–4) – Jacobs Field 43,321 44–31 W4 76 June 25 Cardinals 8–2 Burba (9–5) Aybar (3–4) – Jacobs Field 43,309 45–31 W5 77 June 26 Astros 4–2 Colon (8–4) Magnante (3–3) Jackson (17) Jacobs Field 43,222 46–31 W6 78 June 27 Astros 5–9 (11) Wagner (2–2) Mesa (3–4) – Jacobs Field 43,132 46–32 L1 79 June 28 Astros 3–12 Reynolds (9–5) Nagy (7–4) Nitkowski (3) Jacobs Field 43,047 46–33 L2 80 June 30 @ Brewers 4–5 Eldred (4–5) Wright (7–5) Wickman (11) County Stadium 16,012 46–34 L3
July: 16–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 81 July 1 @ Brewers 5–2 Burba (10–5) Juden (7–7) Jackson (18) County Stadium 19,558 47–34 W1 82 July 2 @ Brewers 7–2 Colon (9–4) Woodall (4–3) – County Stadium 21,022 48–34 W2 83 July 3 @ Royals 2–1 Shuey (1–0) Rosado (3–6) Jackson (19) Kauffman Stadium 27,661 49–34 W3 84 July 4 @ Royals 3–5 Rapp (8–7) Nagy (7–5) Montgomery (18) Kauffman Stadium 34,270 49–35 L1 85 July 5 @ Royals 12–3 Wright (8–5) Rusch (6–10) – Kauffman Stadium 15,507 50–35 W1 – July 7 69th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Coors Field, Denver, Colorado) 86 July 9 Twins 0–3 Tewksbury (5–9) Burba (10–6) Aguilera (19) Jacobs Field 43,236 50–36 L1 87 July 10 Twins 6–5 Jackson (1–1) Trombley (3–3) – Jacobs Field 43,182 51–36 W1 88 July 11 Twins 12–2 Gooden (3–3) Radke (9–7) – Jacobs Field 43,140 52–36 W2 89 July 12 Twins 6–11 Milton (5–7) Nagy (7–6) – Jacobs Field 43,053 52–37 L1 90 July 13 Yankees 4–1 Wright (9–5) Hernandez (3–2) Jackson (20) Jacobs Field 43,177 53–37 W1 91 July 14 Yankees 1–7 Pettitte (12–5) Burba (10–7) – Jacobs Field 43,164 53–38 L1 92 July 15 @ Red Sox 0–1 Martinez (12–3) Colon (9–5) – Fenway Park 33,501 53–39 L2 93 July 16 @ Red Sox 5–15 Wakefield (11–4) Gooden (3–4) Lowe (1) Fenway Park 33,568 53–40 L3 94 July 17 @ White Sox 3–4 Simas (4–3) Shuey (1–1) – Comiskey Park 27,733 53–41 L4 95 July 18 @ White Sox 15–9 Shuey (2–1) Karchner (2–4) Jackson (21) Comiskey Park 26,067 54–41 W1 96 July 19 @ White Sox 1–8 Sirotka (9–9) Burba (10–8) – Comiskey Park 23,543 54–42 L1 97 July 20 @ White Sox 5–4 Colon (10–5) Navarro (8–11) Jackson (22) Comiskey Park 27,160 55–42 W1 98 July 21 (1) Red Sox 7–10 Martinez (13–3) Gooden (3–5) Gordon (27) Jacobs Field 42,874 55–43 L1 99 July 21 (2) Red Sox 4–2 (8) Ogea (3–2) Wakefield (11–5) Jackson (23) Jacobs Field 43,227 56–43 W1 100 July 22 Red Sox 4–3 Nagy (8–6) Garces (1–1) Jackson (24) Jacobs Field 43,073 57–43 W2 101 July 23 Tigers 2–3 Castillo (3–6) Wright (9–6) Jones (18) Jacobs Field 43,085 57–44 L1 102 July 24 Tigers 2–1 (11) Reed (3–1) Bochtler (0–1) – Jacobs Field 43,156 58–44 W1 103 July 25 Tigers 6–5 Colon (11–5) Greisinger (1–5) Jackson (25) Jacobs Field 43,094 59–44 W2 104 July 26 Tigers 1–8 Moehler (11–7) Gooden (3–6) – Jacobs Field 43,055 59–45 L1 105 July 28 @ Mariners 4–3 Nagy (9–6) Johnson (9–10) Jackson (26) Kingdome 31,124 60–45 W1 106 July 29 @ Mariners 8–7 Ogea (4–2) McCarthy (0–1) Jackson (27) Kingdome 25,953 61–45 W2 107 July 30 @ Mariners 9–8 (17) Shuey (3–1) Wells (0–2) – Kingdome 31,081 62–45 W3 108 July 31 @ Athletics 2–12 Candiotti (6–13) Colon (11–6) – Network Associates Coliseum 14,096 62–46 L1
August: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 109 August 1 @ Athletics 5–6 (10) Mathews (5–4) Karsay (0–1) – Network Associates Coliseum 48,241 62–47 L2 110 August 2 @ Athletics 5–7 Mohler (3–2) Nagy (9–7) Taylor (23) Network Associates Coliseum 27,712 62–48 L3 111 August 3 @ Angels 4–11 Sparks (5–2) Wright (9–7) – Edison International Field of Anaheim 25,339 62–49 L4 112 August 4 @ Angels 4–5 Hasegawa (6–1) Jones (3–5) Percival (30) Edison International Field of Anaheim 29,916 62–50 L5 113 August 5 @ Angels 6–5 Shuey (4–1) Percival (2–5) Assenmacher (1) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,104 63–50 W1 114 August 7 @ Devil Rays 5–1 Gooden (4–6) Alvarez (5–10) – Tropicana Field 29,590 64–50 W2 115 August 8 @ Devil Rays 6–2 Nagy (10–7) Rekar (1–4) – Tropicana Field 35,283 65–50 W3 116 August 9 @ Devil Rays 1–2 Mecir (4–2) Assenmacher (2–5) – Tropicana Field 34,666 65–51 L1 117 August 11 Rangers 1–2 Loaiza (7–7) Karsay (0–2) Wetteland (32) Jacobs Field 42,992 65–52 L2 118 August 12 Rangers 6–3 Colon (12–6) Burkett (7–12) Jackson (28) Jacobs Field 43,247 66–52 W1 119 August 13 Orioles 4–7 (12) Smith (5–5) Reed (3–2) Benitez (17) Jacobs Field 43,217 66–53 L1 120 August 14 Orioles 3–15 Mussina (11–6) Nagy (10–8) – Jacobs Field 43,169 66–54 L2 121 August 15 Orioles 8–9 (10) Benitez (5–3) Jones (3–6) – Jacobs Field 43,238 66–55 L3 122 August 16 Orioles 5–3 Wright (10–7) Kamieniecki (2–5) Jackson (29) Jacobs Field 43,069 67–55 W1 123 August 17 Devil Rays 4–3 Colon (13–6) Alvarez (5–12) Jackson (30) Jacobs Field 43,139 68–55 W2 124 August 18 Devil Rays 4–2 Gooden (5–6) Rekar (1–5) Jackson (31) Jacobs Field 42,967 69–55 W3 125 August 19 @ Rangers 1–3 Sele (14–10) Nagy (10–9) Wetteland (33) The Ballpark in Arlington 26,146 69–56 L1 126 August 20 @ Rangers 2–8 Stottlemyre (12–10) Burba (10–9) Patterson (2) The Ballpark in Arlington 37,094 69–57 L2 127 August 21 @ Orioles 6–3 Wright (11–7) Kamieniecki (2–6) – Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,374 70–57 W1 128 August 22 @ Orioles 3–6 Erickson (14–9) Colon (13–7) – Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,138 70–58 L1 129 August 23 @ Orioles 4–1 Gooden (6–6) Ponson (7–7) Jackson (32) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,272 71–58 W1 130 August 25 Mariners 10–4 Nagy (11–9) Swift (10–8) – Jacobs Field 43,113 72–58 W2 131 August 26 Mariners 5–3 Burba (11–9) Fassero (10–10) Jackson (33) Jacobs Field 43,091 73–58 W3 132 August 27 Mariners 4–10 Moyer (11–8) Wright (11–8) – Jacobs Field 43,142 73–59 L1 133 August 28 Athletics 6–14 (10) Heredia (2–0) Reed (3–3) – Jacobs Field 43,191 73–60 L2 134 August 29 Athletics 6–11 Haynes (10–6) Martin (1–1) Taylor (28) Jacobs Field 43,020 73–61 L3 135 August 30 Athletics 9–4 Nagy (12–9) Rogers (12–7) Jackson (34) Jacobs Field 42,951 74–61 W1 136 August 31 Athletics 15–6 Burba (12–9) Stein (5–8) Jones (13) Jacobs Field 42,897 75–61 W2
September: 14–12 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 137 September 1 Angels 7–6 Reed (4–3) DeLucia (2–5) – Jacobs Field 43,184 76–61 W3 138 September 2 Angels 5–13 Sparks (9–2) Colon (13–8) – Jacobs Field 43,200 76–62 L1 139 September 3 @ Tigers 2–1 Gooden (7–6) Thompson (10–13) Jackson (35) Tiger Stadium 14,605 77–62 W1 140 September 4 @ Tigers 10–2 Nagy (13–9) Greisinger (4–8) – Tiger Stadium 23,139 78–62 W2 141 September 5 @ Tigers 5–4 Burba (13–9) Powell (3–6) Jackson (36) Tiger Stadium 30,031 79–62 W3 142 September 6 @ Tigers 2–3 Florie (7–9) Wright (11–9) Jones (23) Tiger Stadium 32,815 79–63 L1 143 September 7 @ Blue Jays 1–15 Escobar (5–2) Ogea (4–3) – SkyDome 31,089 79–64 L2 144 September 9 @ Blue Jays 6–3 (13) Jones (4–6) Almanzar (1–2) Jackson (37) SkyDome 32,157 80–64 W1 145 September 11 White Sox 2–3 Abbott (2–0) Nagy (13–10) Howry (6) Jacobs Field 43,210 80–65 L1 146 September 12 White Sox 4–6 Baldwin (11–5) Shuey (4–2) Howry (7) Jacobs Field 43,170 80–66 L2 147 September 13 White Sox 6–3 Shuey (5–2) Ward (1–2) Jackson (38) Jacobs Field 43,178 81–66 W1 148 September 14 Blue Jays 6–3 Gooden (8–6) Sinclair (0–2) Jackson (39) Jacobs Field 43,152 82–66 W2 149 September 15 Blue Jays 7–5 Ogea (5–3) Stieb (1–2) Assenmacher (2) Jacobs Field 43,323 83–66 W3 150 September 16 Twins 8–6 Nagy (14–10) Tewksbury (7–11) Assenmacher (3) Jacobs Field 43,277 84–66 W4 151 September 17 Twins 9–1 Burba (14–9) Milton (7–13) – Jacobs Field 43,299 85–66 W5 152 September 18 Royals 4–1 Wright (12–9) Appier (1–1) Shuey (1) Jacobs Field 43,260 86–66 W6 153 September 19 Royals 6–7 Service (6–3) Shuey (5–3) Montgomery (35) Jacobs Field 43,182 86–67 L1 154 September 20 Royals 5–3 Colon (14–8) Rapp (12–13) Jackson (40) Jacobs Field 43,082 87–67 W1 155 September 21 @ Yankees 4–1 Nagy (15–10) Pettitte (16–11) Shuey (2) Yankee Stadium 21,449 88–67 W2 156 September 22 (1) @ Yankees 4–10 Mendoza (10–2) Burba (14–10) – Yankee Stadium 14,840 88–68 L1 157 September 22 (2) @ Yankees 1–5 Irabu (13–9) Ogea (5–4) – Yankee Stadium 32,315 88–69 L2 158 September 23 @ Yankees 4–8 Bradley (2–1) Jacome (0–1) – Yankee Stadium 32,367 88–70 L3 159 September 24 @ Twins 0–2 Radke (12–14) Wright (12–10) Aguilera (38) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 7,800 88–71 L4 160 September 25 @ Twins 4–5 Aguilera (4–9) Shuey (5–4) – Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 11,940 88–72 L5 161 September 26 @ Twins 9–5 Burba (15–9) Tewksbury (7–13) – Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 28,764 89–72 W1 162 September 27 @ Twins 2–6 Milton (8–14) Colon (14–9) Trombley (1) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 12,049 89–73 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	Slg.	SB
C	Sandy Alomar Jr.	117	409	45	96	6	44	.235	.352	0
1B	Jim Thome	123	440	89	129	30	85	.293	.584	1
2B	David Bell	107	340	37	89	10	41	.262	.424	0
3B	Travis Fryman	146	557	74	160	28	96	.287	.504	10
SS	Omar Vizquel	151	576	86	166	2	50	.288	.372	37
LF	Brian Giles	112	350	56	94	16	66	.269	.460	10
CF	Kenny Lofton	154	600	101	169	12	64	.282	.413	54
RF	Manny Ramirez	150	571	108	168	45	145	.294	.599	5
DH	David Justice	146	540	94	151	21	88	.280	.476	9

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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
Mark Whiten	87	226	64	.283	6	29
Richie Sexson	49	174	54	.310	11	35
Pat Borders	54	160	38	.238	0	6
Shawon Dunston	62	156	37	.237	3	12
Jeff Branson	63	100	20	.200	1	9
Enrique Wilson	32	90	29	.322	2	12
Joey Cora	24	83	19	.229	0	6
Gerónimo Berroa	20	65	13	.200	0	3
Einar Díaz	17	48	11	.229	2	9
Jeff Manto	15	37	8	.216	2	6
Cecil Fielder	14	35	5	.143	0	0
Torey Lovullo	6	19	4	.211	0	1
Alex Ramírez	3	8	1	.125	0	0
Russell Branyan	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Jolbert Cabrera	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Matt Luke	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Jacob Cruz	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Charles Nagy	33	210.1	15	10	5.22	120
Bartolo Colón	31	204.0	14	9	3.71	158
Dave Burba	32	203.2	15	10	4.11	132
Jaret Wright	32	192.2	12	10	4.72	140
Dwight Gooden	23	134.0	8	6	3.76	83
Jason Jacome	1	5.0	0	1	14.40	2

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chad Ogea	19	69.0	5	4	5.61	43

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Jackson	69	1	1	40	1.55	55
Paul Assenmacher	69	2	5	3	3.26	43
José Mesa	44	3	4	1	5.17	35
Paul Shuey	43	5	4	2	3.00	58
Eric Plunk	37	3	1	0	4.83	38
Alvin Morman	31	0	1	0	5.32	16
Ron Villone	25	0	0	0	6.00	15
Doug Jones	23	1	2	1	3.45	28
Steve Reed	20	2	2	0	6.66	23
Tom Martin	14	1	1	0	12.89	9
Jim Poole	12	0	0	0	5.14	11
Rick Krivda	11	2	0	0	3.24	10
Steve Karsay	11	0	2	0	5.92	13
Tim Worrell	3	0	0	0	5.06	2
Mark Whiten	1	0	0	0	9.00	3
Jason Rakers	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

All-Star Game

Classification level	Team	League	Season article
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	1998 Buffalo Bisons season
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League	1998 Akron Aeros season
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
A-Short Season	Watertown Indians	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

• 1998 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1998 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac