1998 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1998
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 Cincinnati Reds' 1998 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central.

Offseason

• November 11, 1997: Paul Bako and Donne Wall were traded by the Reds to the Detroit Tigers for Melvin Nieves.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• November 27, 1997: Ricardo Jordan was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[3]
• December 20, 1997: Dave Weathers was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.^[4]
• January 8, 1998: José Rijo was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[5]
• January 12, 1998: Pete Rose Jr. was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[6]
• March 19, 1998: Midre Cummings was selected off waivers from the Reds by the Boston Red Sox.^[7]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 8, 1998: Buddy Carlyle was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Diego Padres for Marc Kroon.^[8]
• June 24, 1998: Dave Weathers was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Cincinnati Reds.^[4]
• July 4, 1998: Jeff Shaw was traded by the Reds to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Paul Konerko and Dennys Reyes.^[9]
• July 21, 1998: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent by the Reds.^[10]

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.^[11]
• 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

1998 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	123	347	88	.254	6	27
	58	181	51	.282	2	28
	84	172	41	.238	4	30
	83	147	39	.265	2	15
	57	146	37	.253	3	14
	59	133	34	.256	1	16
	57	122	36	.295	0	10
	83	119	30	.252	2	17
	28	89	20	.225	0	7
	26	86	26	.302	0	11
	26	73	16	.219	3	13
	34	62	16	.258	3	7
	13	38	12	.316	0	7
	12	36	7	.194	2	4
	15	24	5	.208	1	4
	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	34	210.2	13	12	4.44	162
	32	209.0	14	7	3.14	157
	35	164.1	8	15	4.82	144
	18	99.0	6	5	3.73	77
	16	79.0	3	6	5.81	40
	9	43.2	3	2	4.12	31
	8	38.2	3	1	4.42	44
	4	22.2	1	3	5.96	13
	2	6.0	0	1	10.50	1
	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

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
	39	2	4	23	1.81	29
	69	5	5	9	4.01	83
	67	5	5	1	5.21	86
	62	2	1	8	3.32	44
	40	4	8	1	3.23	57
	30	4	2	0	2.43	40
	16	0	2	0	11.28	19
	10	0	1	0	7.41	3
	6	0	1	0	7.71	4
	6	1	0	0	24.30	1
	4	0	0	0	13.50	4
	3	0	0	0	2.35	4
	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1998 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml Melvin Nieves
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellymi02.shtml Mike Kelly
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jordari03.shtml Ricardo Jordan
4. Web site: David Weathers Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . September 5, 2010.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rijojo01.shtml José Rijo
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosepe02.shtml Pete Rose
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml Midre Cummings
8. Web site: Buddy Carlyle Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . September 5, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100825141146/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlybu01.shtml. August 25, 2010 . live.
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/konerpa01.shtml Paul Konerko
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml Jason Bere
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dunnad01.shtml Adam Dunn
12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007