1998 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1998
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	3Com Park at Candlestick Point
City:	San Francisco, California
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Peter Magowan
General Managers:	Brian Sabean
Managers:	Dusty Baker
Television:	KTVU (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller) Fox Sports Bay Area (Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper)
Radio:	KNBR (Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller) SP Radio (Erwin Higueros,Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)

The 1998 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 116th season in Major League Baseball, their 41st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 39th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 89–74 record, 9½ games behind the San Diego Padres. They tied the Chicago Cubs for the Wild Card spot and played a tie-breaker game, which the Giants lost 5-3.

Offseason

November 11, 1997: Chris Singleton and Alberto Castillo were traded by the Giants to the New York Yankees for Charlie Hayes and cash.^[1]
November 21, 1997: Brent Mayne was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[2]
December 6, 1997: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[3]
January 21, 1998: Alex Diaz was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[4]
January 29, 1998: Jalal Leach was traded by the Seattle Mariners with Scott Smith (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for David McCarty.^[5]

April 6, 1998: Jalal Leach was released by the San Francisco Giants.^[5]
May 11, 1998: Jalal Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[5]
June 2, 1998: Cody Ransom was drafted by the Giants in the 9th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 4, 1998.^[7]
July 23, 1998: Joe Carter was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Darin Blood (minors).^[8]
September 14, 1998: Alex Diaz was released by the Giants.

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	99	308	73	.237	13	34
1B	138	435	108	.248	15	79
2B	137	526	156	.297	31	128
SS	122	413	110	.266	9	49
3B	145	534	157	.294	9	59
LF	156	552	167	.303	37	122
CF	97	367	108	.294	1	26
RF	135	417	121	.290	4	49

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
111	329	94	.286	12	62
109	316	90	.285	2	30
121	286	92	.322	3	36
94	275	75	.273	3	32
42	147	45	.306	5	22
41	105	31	.295	7	29
43	90	17	.189	2	10
34	62	8	.129	0	5
36	51	9	.176	3	8
19	19	6	.316	0	0
10	17	4	.235	1	4
10	12	2	.167	0	1
12	7	4	.571	2	3
8	4	2	.500	1	1
2	4	1	.250	0	0
3	3	0	.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	212.0	13	6	4.33	151
34	202.0	11	10	4.41	126
33	187.2	16	9	4.36	102
25	149.1	7	12	5.06	136
33	148.2	8	10	5.51	81

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

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
78	7	7	40	1.52	110
70	6	5	0	3.07	86
68	4	0	2	3.70	44
60	5	3	1	3.80	52
50	2	1	1	1.48	50
32	5	3	0	3.52	28
26	1	3	0	5.29	16
13	0	0	0	3.90	19
9	0	1	0	5.14	7
5	0	0	0	9.53	4
5	0	0	0	2.70	2