1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

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1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record63–99 (.389)
Divisional place5th
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLarry Rothschild
TelevisionSportschannel Florida
WWWB
WTSP
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
RadioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
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The 1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was the first season in franchise history. This season, they finished last in the American League East and finished the season with a record of 63–99, 51 games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. They finished with the worst record in the American League and second worst in all of MLB, ahead of only their in-state rivals and defending World Series champion Florida Marlins. Their manager was Larry Rothschild.

Miguel Cairo was the last active player remaining from the Opening Day roster, until retiring after the 2012 season.

Offseason[edit]

  • March 11, 1997: Luis Polonia was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]
  • May 10, 1997: Pete Laforest was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[2]
  • June 3, 1997: Jason Standridge was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1997.[3]
  • June 3, 1997: Kenny Kelly was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1997.[4]
  • November 11, 1997: Mike Kelly was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Dmitri Young (November 18, 1997) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.[5]
  • December 9, 1997: Wade Boggs signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[6]
  • December 16, 1997: Scott McClain was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[7]
  • December 18, 1997: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[8]
  • January 27, 1998: Dave Silvestri was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[9]
  • January 27, 1998: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[10]

Expansion Draft[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Pick Player Position From To
1 Tony Saunders LHP FLA TB
4 Quinton McCracken OF COL TB
6 Bobby Abreu OF HOU TB
8 Miguel Cairo 2B CHC TB
10 Rich Butler OF TOR TB
12 Bob Smith 3B ATL TB
14 Jason Johnson RHP PIT TB
16 Dmitri Young 1B CIN TB
18 Esteban Yan RHP BAL TB
20 Mike DiFelice C STL TB
22 Bubba Trammell OF DET TB
24 Andy Sheets IF SEA TB
26 Dennis Springer RHP ANA TB
28 Dan Carlson RHP SF TB

Round 2[edit]

Pick Player Position From To
30 Brian Boehringer RHP NYY TB
32 Mike Duvall LHP FLA TB
34 John LeRoy RHP ATL TB
36 Jim Mecir RHP BOS TB
38 Bryan Rekar RHP COL TB
40 Rick Gorecki RHP LAD TB
42 Ramón Tatís LHP CHC TB
44 Kerry Robinson OF STL TB
46 Steve Cox 1B OAK TB
48 Albie Lopez RHP CLE TB
50 José Paniagua RHP MON TB
52 Carlos Mendoza OF NYM TB
54 Ryan Karp LHP PHI TB
56 Santos Hernández RHP SF TB

Round 3[edit]

Pick Player Position From To
58 Randy Winn OF FLA TB
60 Terrell Wade LHP ATL TB
62 Aaron Ledesma IF BAL TB
64 Brooks Kieschnick OF CHC TB
66 Luke Wilcox OF NYY TB
68 Herbert Perry IF CLE TB
70 Vaughn Eshelman LHP OAK TB

1996–97 MLB June drafts and minor league affiliates[edit]

The two expansion teams set to debut in 1998, the Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks, had two full seasons to establish scouting and player development systems and were permitted to participate fully in the 1996 and 1997 Major League Baseball drafts. The Devil Rays drafted 29th in 1996 (when they selected 97 players overall) and 31st in 1997 (when they selected 92). The team began developing those players in a farm system with three minor-league affiliates in 1996 and five in 1997.

Among the players selected and signed by Tampa Bay from those drafts were pitcher Dan Wheeler (34th round, 1996), catcher Toby Hall (ninth, 1997), infielder Jared Sandberg (16th, 1996) and outfielder Alex Sánchez (fifth, 1996).

1996 farm system[edit]

Level Team League Manager
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Bump Wills
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Tom Foley
Rookie GCL Devil Rays Gulf Coast League Bill Evers

Hudson Valley affiliation shared with Texas Rangers[11]

1997 farm system[edit]

Level Team League Manager
A St. Petersburg Devil Rays Florida State League Bill Evers
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Scott Fletcher
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Julio García
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Charlie Montoyo
Rookie GCL Devil Rays Gulf Coast League Bobby Ramos

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Petersburg

Regular season[edit]

  • March 31, 1998 – The Devil Rays played their inaugural game, as well as their first home game, against the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers won 11–6 in front of an audience of 45,369 fans.[12]
  • April 1, 1998 – The Devil Rays enjoyed the first win in their franchise's history, an 11-8 comeback against the Tigers. Rolando Arrojo was the winning pitcher.[13]
  • June 22, 1998 – The first interleague game between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays took place at Tropicana Field. The rivalry would be known as the Citrus Series. The Marlins won the game in twelve innings by a score of 3–2.[14]

Opening Day starters[edit]

3 Quinton McCracken CF
13 Miguel Cairo 2B
12 Wade Boggs 3B
29 Fred McGriff 1B
24 Mike Kelly LF
44 Paul Sorrento DH
6 John Flaherty C
14 Dave Martinez RF
19 Kevin Stocker SS
40 Wilson Álvarez P

Season standings[edit]

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 114 48 0.704 — 62–19 52–29
Boston Red Sox 92 70 0.568 22 51–30 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 88 74 0.543 26 51–30 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 79 83 0.488 35 42–39 37–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 63 99 0.389 51 33–48 30–51

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1998 American League record

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


Notable transactions[edit]

  • May 26, 1998: Jerome Walton was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[10]
  • June 2, 1998: Aubrey Huff was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1998.[15]
  • July 1, 1998: Josías Manzanillo was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[8]

Citrus Series[edit]

The season series each year between the Devil Rays and the Florida Marlins has come to be known as the Citrus Series. In 1998, the Marlins won the series 3 games to 1.[16]

  • June 22 - Devil Rays vs Marlins: 2 – 3
  • June 23 - Devil Rays vs Marlins: 6 – 4
  • June 24 - Devil Rays @ Marlins: 4 – 8
  • June 25 - Devil Rays @ Marlins: 1 – 5

Roster[edit]

1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

= Indicates team leader

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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

Pos Player G AB H HR RBI Avg. SB
C John Flaherty 91 304 63 3 24 .207 0
1B Fred McGriff 151 564 160 19 81 .284 7
2B Miguel Cairo 150 515 138 5 46 .268 19
3B Bob Smith 117 370 102 11 55 .276 5
SS Kevin Stocker 112 336 70 6 25 .208 5
LF Quinton McCracken 155 614 179 7 59 .292 19
CF Randy Winn 109 338 94 1 17 .278 26
RF Dave Martinez 90 309 79 3 20 .256 8
DH Paul Sorrento 137 435 98 17 57 .225 2

[17]

Other batters[edit]

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

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg. SB
Wade Boggs 123 435 122 7 52 .280 3
Aaron Ledesma 95 299 97 0 29 .324 9
Mike Kelly 106 279 67 10 33 .240 13
Mike Difelice 84 248 57 3 23 .230 0
Rich Butler 72 217 49 7 20 .226 4
Bubba Trammell 59 199 57 12 35 .286 0
Jerome Walton 12 34 11 0 3 .324 0
Scott McClain 9 20 2 0 0 .100 0
Dave Silvestri 8 14 1 0 0 .071 0
Tim Laker 3 5 1 0 0 .200 0
Kerry Robinson 2 3 0 0 0 .000 0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rolando Arrojo 32 202.0 14 12 3.56 152
Tony Saunders 31 192.1 6 15 4.12 172
Wilson Álvarez 25 142.2 6 14 4.73 107
Julio Santana 32 140.1 5 6 4.23 60
Dennis Springer 29 115.2 3 11 5.45 46
Bryan Rekar 16 86.2 2 8 4.98 55

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO SV
Roberto Hernández 67 71.1 2 6 4.04 55 26
Esteban Yan 64 88.2 5 4 3.86 77 1
Jim Mecir 68 84.0 7 2 3.11 77 0
Albie Lopez 54 79.2 7 4 2.60 62 1
Rick White 38 68.2 2 6 3.80 39 0
Scott Aldred 48 31.1 0 0 3.73 21 0
Dan Carlson 10 17.2 0 0 7.64 16 0
Ramón Tatís 22 11.2 0 0 13.89 5 0
Matt Ruebel 7 8.2 0 2 6.23 6 0
Eddie Gaillard 6 7.2 0 0 5.87 5 0
Mike Duvall 3 4.0 0 0 6.75 1 0
Brad Pennington 1 0.0 0 0 inf 0 0

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO SV
Jason Johnson 13 60.0 2 5 5.70 36 0
Rick Gorecki 3 16.2 1 2 4.86 8 0
Terrell Wade 2 10.2 1 1 5.06 8 0
Dave Eiland 1 2.2 0 1 20.25 1 0

Game log[edit]

Game Log
March (0-1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 March 31 Tigers 11 – 6 Thompson (1-0) Álvarez (0-1) 45,369 0-1
April (12-13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
2 April 1 Tigers 11 – 8 Arrojo (1-0) Moehler (0-1) 30,109 1-1
3 April 2 Tigers 7 – 1 Yan (1-0) Worrell (0-1) 28,261 2-1
4 April 3 White Sox 10 – 4 Baldwin (1-0) Gorecki (0-1) 31,816 2-2
5 April 4 White Sox 8 – 2 Springer (1-0) Eyre (0-1) 36,599 3-2
6 April 5 White Sox 5 – 0 Álvarez (1-1) Bere (0-1) 33,733 4-2
7 April 7 @ Tigers 3 – 1 Florie (0-1) Arrojo (1-1) Jones (1) 45,768 4-3
8 April 10 @ White Sox 3 – 0 Sirotka (1-1) Saunders (0-1) Karchner (1) 13,563 4-4
9 April 11 @ White Sox 5 – 1 Gorecki (1-1) Bere (0-2) 17,322 5-4
10 April 12 @ White Sox 4 – 1 Álvarez (2-1) Navarro (0-2) Hernández (1) 14,004 6-4
11 April 13 Twins 13 – 12 (14) Yan (1-0) Trombley (0-2) 31,969 7-4
12 April 14 Twins 8 – 2 Radke (2-1) Springer (1-1) 34,337 7-5
13 April 16 @ Angels 6 – 5 Saunders (1-1) Holtz (1-1) Hernández (2) 22,906 8-5
14 April 17 @ Angels 5 – 0 Finley (3-0) Gorecki (1-2) 31,516 8-6
15 April 18 @ Angels 8 – 1 Álvarez (3-1) Dickson (0-3) 37,878 9-6
16 April 19 @ Angels 6 – 0 Arrojo (2-1) Watson (0-2) 34,580 10-6
17 April 21 @ Rangers 4 – 0 Sele (4-0) Springer (1-2) 26,776 10-7
18 April 22 @ Rangers 7 – 2 Helling (4-0) Saunders (1-2) 30,770 10-8
19 April 23 @ Rangers 12 – 5 Johnson (1-0) Oliver (0-3) 33,319 11-8
20 April 24 Angels 10 – 3 Watson (1-2) Álvarez (3-2) 27,767 11-9
21 April 25 Angels 7 – 1 Hill (4-1) Arrojo (2-2) 33,395 11-10
22 April 26 Angels 2 – 1 Olivares (1-0) Springer (1-3) Percival (5) 26,882 11-11
23 April 27 Athletics 7 – 6 Mathews (1-0) Hernández (0-1) Taylor (4) 25,484 11-12
24 April 28 Athletics 4 – 3 Small (1-0) Johnson (1-1) Taylor (5) 25,138 11-13
25 April 29 @ Twins 2 – 0 Tewksbury (1-0) Álvarez (3-3) Aguilera (5) 8,964 11-14
26 April 30 @ Twins 2 – 0 Arrojo (3-2) Hawkins (0-3) 8,860 12-14
May (12-16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
27 May 1 @ Indians 7 – 5 Colón (2-1) Springer (1-4) Jackson (10) 42,712 12-15
28 May 2 @ Indians 5 – 1 Ogea (1-1) Saunders (1-3) 42,525 12-16
29 May 3 @ Indians 10 – 8 Mesa (3-0) Hernández (0-2) 42,597 12-17
30 May 5 @ Royals 4 – 2 Pichardo (3-0) Álvarez (3-4) Montgomery (6) 12,096 12-18
31 May 6 @ Royals 5 – 0 Arrojo (4-2) Rusch (3-4) 11,401 13-18
32 May 8 Orioles 8 – 2 Rhodes (3-0) Lopez (0-1) 35,355 13-19
33 May 9 Orioles 7 – 0 Mussina (4-2) Springer (1-5) 42,486 13-20
34 May 10 Orioles 4 – 3 Yan (3-0) Mills (0-1) Hernández (3) 34,123 14-20
35 May 11 Indians 4 – 2 Arrojo (5-2) Burba (3-4) Hernández (4) 30,334 15-20
36 May 12 Indians 6 – 5 (15) Santana (1-0) Jackson (0-1) 30,194 16-20
37 May 13 Royals 4 – 0 Rapp (3-3) Saunders (1-4) 25,244 16-21
38 May 14 Royals 10 – 2 Belcher (2-5) Springer (1-6) 24,296 16-22
39 May 15 @ Orioles 4 – 1 Álvarez (4-4) Erickson (4-2) Hernández (5) 47,421 17-22
40 May 16 @ Orioles 5 – 2 Arrojo (6-2) Belcher (2-5) Hernández (6) 47,538 18-22
41 May 17 @ Orioles 7 – 3 Mecir (1-0) Mills (0-2) 47,628 19-22
42 May 18 @ Orioles 6 – 3 Lopez (1-1) Drabek (3-5) Hernández (7) 45,033 20-22
43 May 19 @ Blue Jays 3 – 1 Williams (4-2) Springer (1-7) Myers (10) 25,662 20-23
44 May 20 @ Blue Jays 9 – 1 Hentgen (6-3) Álvarez (4-5) 26,107 20-24
45 May 21 @ Blue Jays 6 – 1 Guzmán (2-6) Arrojo (6-3) 30,108 20-25
46 May 22 @ Mariners 5 – 2 Johnson (2-1) Moyer (2-5) Hernández (8) 29,522 21-25
47 May 23 @ Mariners 6 – 3 Yan (4-0) Ayala (0-4) Hernández (9) 35,819 22-25
48 May 24 @ Mariners 3 – 1 Johnson (4-3) Springer (1-8) 46,867 22-26
49 May 25 @ Athletics 8 – 2 Oquist (1-3) Ruebel (0-1) 13,199 22-27
50 May 26 @ Athletics 7 – 2 Arrojo (7-3) Candiotti (4-5) 9,801 23-27
51 May 28 Mariners 5 – 2 Moyer (3-5) Johnson (2-2) 27,017 23-28
52 May 29 Mariners 6 – 2 Johnson (5-3) Saunders (1-5) 32,142 23-29
53 May 30 Mariners 5 – 2 Springer (2-8) Cloude (3-3) Hernández (10) 40,212 24-29
54 May 31 Mariners 11 – 6 Swift (4-3) White (0-1) 35,184 24-30
June (10-17)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
55 June 1 Rangers 11 – 6 Arrojo (8-3) Burkett (4-3) Hernández (11) 24,388 25-30
56 June 2 Rangers 11 – 6 Witt (5-3) Johnson (2-3) 24,477 25-31
57 June 3 @ Yankees 7 – 1 Hernández (1-0) Saunders (1-6) 27,291 25-32
58 June 4 @ Yankees 6 – 1 Irabu (5-1) Springer (2-9) 22,759 25-33
59 June 5 Expos 5 – 2 Hermanson (4-4) White (0-2) 24,025 25-34
60 June 6 Expos 7 – 5 Telford (3-2) Ruebel (0-2) Urbina (14) 26,501 25-35
61 June 7 Expos 4 – 3 (11) Lopez (2-1) Kline (1-3) 26,334 26-35
62 June 8 @ Mets 3 – 0 Reed (7-3) Springer (2-10) 24,186 26-36
63 June 9 @ Mets 5 – 4 (11) Mecir (2-0) Hudek (0-3) Hernández (12) 30,336 27-36
64 June 10 @ Mets 3 – 2 Leiter (7-3) White (0-3) Rojas (2) 21,682 27-37
65 June 12 @ Red Sox 5 – 1 Wakefield (7-3) Arrojo (8-4) 31,994 27-38
66 June 14 @ Red Sox 3 – 2 Gordon (4-1) Lopez (2-2) 27,768 27-39
67 June 15 Blue Jays 8 – 7 White (1-3) Quantrill (0-3) Hernández (13) 24,122 28-39
68 June 16 Blue Jays 4 – 3 Mecir (3-0) Myers (2-2) 24,278 29-39
69 June 17 Blue Jays 2 – 1 Arrojo (9-4) Guzmán (3-9) Hernández (14) 24,394 30-39
70 June 18 Red Sox 7 – 5 (10) Wasdin (4-3) Yan (4-1) Gordon (21) 30,177 30-40
71 June 19 Red Sox 4 – 1 Avery (4-1) Saunders (1-7) Gordon (22) 32,375 30-41
72 June 20 Red Sox 8 – 5 Santana (2-0) Saberhagen (8-5) Hernández (15) 41,169 31-41
73 June 21 Red Sox 3 – 1 Martínez (9-2) Johnson (2-4) Gordon (23) 40,348 31-42
74 June 22 Marlins 3 – 2 (12) Alfonseca (1-2) Mecir (3-1) 25,623 31-43
75 June 23 Marlins 6 – 4 Lopez (3-2) Dempster (1-2) Hernández (16) 27,523 32-43
76 June 24 @ Marlins 8 – 4 Meadows (6-6) Saunders (1-8) 19,501 32-44
77 June 25 @ Marlins 5 – 1 Hernández (6-4) Santana (2-1) 16,826 32-45
78 June 26 @ Phillies 7 – 0 Green (6-4) Johnson (2-5) 17,559 32-46
79 June 27 @ Phillies 5 – 1 Arrojo (10-4) Schilling (7-8) 44,262 33-46
80 June 28 @ Phillies 5 – 4 Lopez (4-2) Gomes (6-3) Hernández (17) 25,157 34-46
81 June 30 Braves 7 – 2 Neagle (9-6) Saunders (1-9) 41,047 34-47
July (9-16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
82 July 1 Braves 6 – 5 Springer (5-3) Hernández (0-3) Ligtenberg (8) 41,100 34-48
83 July 2 Braves 6 – 0 Maddux (12-2) Arrojo (10-5) 40,749 34-49
84 July 3 @ Blue Jays 3 – 2 (10) Myers (3-2) Yan (4-2) 25,625 34-50
85 July 4 @ Blue Jays 8 – 0 Carpenter (5-3) Springer (2-11) 29,198 34-51
86 July 5 @ Blue Jays 2 – 1 Quantrill (1-3) White (1-4) Myers (23) 31,240 34-52
87 July 9 Yankees 2 – 0 Pettitte (11-5) Rekar (0-1) Rivera (23) 38,386 34-53
88 July 10 Yankees 8 – 4 Irabu (7-3) Álvarez (4-6) Mendoza (1) 40,363 34-54
89 July 11 Yankees 2 – 0 Cone (13-2) Arrojo (10-6) Rivera (24) 44,589 34-55
90 July 12 Yankees 9 – 2 Stanton (4-0) Hernández (0-4) 43,373 34-56
91 July 13 Red Sox 2 – 0 Avery (6-2) Santana (2-2) Gordon (26) 34-57
92 July 14 Red Sox 5 – 4 Lopez (5-2) Mahay (1-1) 27,310 35-57
93 July 15 @ Angels 4 – 2 Hasegawa (4-1) Álvarez (4-7) Percival (27) 19,681 35-58
94 July 16 @ Angels 8 – 1 Arrojo (11-6) Sparks (3-2) 24,085 36-58
95 July 17 @ Rangers 7 – 4 Oliver (5-7) Mecir (3-2) Wetteland (26) 33,876 36-59
96 July 18 @ Rangers 9 – 8 Crabtree (4-0) Yan (4-3) 44,356 36-60
97 July 19 @ Rangers 7 – 4 Burkett (6-10) Rekar (0-2) Wetteland (27) 34,700 36-61
98 July 21 Mariners 8 – 3 Moyer (7-7) Álvarez (4-8) 30,298 36-62
99 July 22 Mariners 7 – 5 Lopez (6-2) Johnson (9-9) Hernández (18) 31,558 37-62
100 July 24 Athletics 6 – 0 Saunders (2-9) Oquist (6-7) 25,476 38-62
101 July 25 Athletics 7 – 5 Hernández (1-4) Rogers (10-4) 30,179 39-62
102 July 26 Athletics 3 – 1 Álvarez (5-8) Candiotti (5-13) Yan (1) 37,194 40-62
103 July 27 Athletics 11 – 5 Rekar (1-2) Stein (4-6) 24,359 41-62
104 July 28 @ White Sox 4 – 1 Baldwin (6-4) Arrojo (11-7) Simas (10) 18,402 41-63
105 July 29 @ White Sox 7 – 2 Saunders (3-9) Parque (2-4) 17,387 42-63
106 July 31 Tigers 5 – 1 Santana (3-2) Greisinger (1-6) Hernández (19) 25,654 43-63
August (10-20)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
107 August 1 Tigers 8 – 0 Moehler (12-7) Álvarez (5-9) 28,130 43-64
108 August 2 Tigers 3 – 2 Powell (2-2) Rekar (1-3) Jones (19) 26,120 43-65
109 August 3 White Sox 6 – 1 Baldwin (7-4) Arrojo (11-8) 24,698 43-66
110 August 4 White Sox 8 – 6 Castillo (5-4) Saunders (3-10) Simas (11) 24,866 43-67
111 August 5 White Sox 7 – 3 Hernández (2-4) Howry (0-2) 24,814 44-67
112 August 7 Indians 5 – 1 Gooden (4-6) Álvarez (5-10) 32,254 44-68
113 August 8 Indians 6 – 2 Nagy (10-7) Rekar (1-4) 37,108 44-69
114 August 9 Indians 2 – 1 Mecir (4-2) Assenmacher (2-5) 36,641 45-69
115 August 10 Orioles 2 – 1 Guzmán (8-12) Saunders (3-11) Benítez (16) 26,352 45-70
116 August 11 Orioles 2 – 1 Mecir (5-2) Benítez (4-3) 26,472 46-70
117 August 12 Orioles 7 – 0 Erickson (12-9) Álvarez (5-11) 29,211 46-71
118 August 13 @ Royals 6 – 4 Montgomery (2-4) Hernández (2-5) 18,289 46-72
119 August 14 @ Royals 11 – 9 Haney (5-5) Arrojo (11-9) Service (3) 28,133 46-73
120 August 15 @ Royals 8 – 6 Mecir (6-2) Bones (0-1) Hernández (20) 18,706 47-73
121 August 16 @ Royals 8 – 3 Santana (4-2) Belcher (11-10) 16,762 48-73
122 August 17 @ Indians 4 – 3 Colón (13-6) Álvarez (5-12) Jackson (30) 43,139 48-74
123 August 18 @ Indians 4 – 2 Gooden (5-6) Rekar (1-5) Jackson (31) 42,967 48-75
124 August 19 Orioles 6 – 4 Mussina (12-6) Arrojo (11-10) Benítez (19) 44,530 48-76
125 August 20 Orioles 4 – 2 Saunders (4-11) Rhodes (3-4) Hernández (21) 44,566 49-76
126 August 21 Royals 6 – 5 Whisenant (2-1) Yan (4-4) Montgomery (27) 25,638 49-77
127 August 22 Royals 3 – 2 Rosado (7-9) Álvarez (5-13) Montgomery (28) 27,346 49-78
128 August 23 Royals 11 – 5 Rapp (10-11) Rekar (1-6) 33,123 49-79
129 August 25 Twins 4 – 1 Rodriguez (4-2) Arrojo (11-11) Aguilera (32) 23,126 49-80
130 August 26 Twins 7 – 3 Tewksbury (6-9) Saunders (4-12) Aguilera (33) 23,059 49-81
131 August 27 Twins 10 – 3 Santana (5-2) Milton (7-11) 23,314 50-81
132 August 28 @ Tigers 4 – 3 Mecir (7-2) Moehler (12-11) Hernández (22) 19,534 51-81
133 August 29 @ Tigers 10 – 6 Springer (3-11) Thompson (10-12) ? 52-81
134 August 29 @ Tigers 8 – 2 Greisinger (4-7) Rekar (1-7) 16,406 52-82
135 August 30 @ Tigers 10 – 5 Arrojo (12-11) Powell (3-5) Hernández (23) 14,765 53-82
136 August 31 @ Twins 2 – 1 Tewksbury (7-9) Saunders (4-13) Aguilera (34) 7,888 53-83
September (10-16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137 September 1 @ Twins 6 – 5 Serafini (7–4) Hernandez (2–6) 7.947 53-84
138 September 2 @ Twins 4 – 1 Yan (5–4) Hawkins (7–13) Lopez (1) 7,165 54-84
139 September 3 @ Twins 5 – 4 (12) Guardado (3–1) White (1–5) 7,072 54-85
140 September 4 @ Athletics 5 – 2 Arrojo (13–11) Haynes (10–7) Hernandez (24) 8.198 55-85
141 September 5 @ Athletics 3 – 0 Rogers (13–7) Saunders (4–14) 34,193 55-86
142 September 6 @ Athletics 9 – 2 Candiotti (11–15) Santana (5–3) 35,162 55-87
143 September 8 @ Mariners 10 – 0 Alvarez (6–13) Suzuki (0–1) 20,679 56-87
144 September 9 @ Mariners 5 – 2 Abbot (0–1) Arrojo (13–12) Timlin (14) 22,256 56-88
145 September 11 Rangers 3 – 2 Saunders (5–14) Stottlemyre (12–13) Hernandez (25) 28,522 57-88
146 September 12 Rangers 8 – 2 Helling (19–7) Santana (5–4) 31,278 57-89
147 September 13 Rangers 10 – 5 White (2–5) Loaiza (9–9) 34,007 58-89
148 September 14 Angels 4 – 2 Hasegawa (8–3) Lopez (6–3) Percival (40) 24,279 58-90
149 September 15 Angels 8 – 1 Arrojo (14–12) Juden (8-14) 24,347 59-90
150 September 16 Yankees 7 – 0 Saunders (6–14) Pettitte (16-10) 38,862 60-90
151 September 17 Yankees 4 – 0 Irabu (12–9) Santana (5–5) 38,820 60-91
152 September 18 Blue Jays 6 – 1 Rekar (2–7) Escobar (6–3) 32,053 61-91
153 September 19 Blue Jays 7 – 5 Lopez (7–3) Van Ryn (0–2) Hernandez (26) 35,689 62-91
154 September 20 Blue Jays 7 – 5 Risley (2–4) Lopez (7–4) 32,183 62-92
155 September 21 @ Red Sox 4 – 3 Saberhagen (15–7) Saunders (6–15) Gordon (43) ? 62-93
156 September 21 @ Red Sox 8 – 4 Wade (1–0) Reyes (3–3) 23,379 63-93
157 September 22 @ Red Sox 11 – 2 Schourek (8–9) Santana (5–6) 20,399 63-94
158 September 23 @ Red Sox 5 – 4 Avery (10–7) Rekar (2–8) Gordon (44) 23,240 63-95
159 September 24 @ Yankees 5 – 2 Buddie (4–1) Alvarez (6–14) Nelson (3) 24,555 63-96
160 September 25 @ Yankees 6 – 1 Hernandez (12–4) Eiland (0–1) 32,447 63-97
161 September 26 @ Yankees 3 – 1 Cone (20–7) Wade (1–1) 41,150 63-98
162 September 27 @ Yankees 8 – 3 Bruske (4–0) White (2–6) 49,608 63-99

Awards and honors[edit]

1998 MLB All-Star Game selection:

  • Rolando Arrojo, pitcher

Team leaders[edit]

  • Home runs – Fred McGriff (19)
  • Runs batted in – Fred McGriff (81)
  • Batting average – Aaron Ledesma (.324)
  • Hits – Quinton McCracken (179)
  • Stolen bases – Randy Winn (26)
  • Walks – Fred McGriff (79)
  • Wins – Rolando Arrojo (14)
  • Strikeouts – Tony Saunders (172)
  • Earned run average – Rolando Arrojo (starters) (3.56), Albie Lopez (relievers) (2.60)
  • Saves – Roberto Hernández (26)

Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
A St. Petersburg Devil Rays Florida State League Roy Silver
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Charlie Montoyo
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Dave Howard
Rookie GCL Devil Rays Gulf Coast League Bobby Ramos

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  2. ^ "Pete LaForest Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
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  4. ^ Kenny Kelly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Mike Kelly Stats".
  6. ^ Wade Boggs Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ "Scott McClain Stats".
  8. ^ a b "Josias Manzanillo Stats".
  9. ^ "Dave Silvestri Stats".
  10. ^ a b "Jerome Walton Stats".
  11. ^ a b Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  12. ^ "Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Devil Rays Box Score, March 31, 1998". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  13. ^ "Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Devil Rays Box Score, April 1, 1998". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  14. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 22, 1998 at Tropicana Field".
  15. ^ Aubrey Huff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  16. ^ "1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  17. ^ "1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Statistics".
  18. ^ "1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Minor League Affiliates".
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