1998 New York Yankees season


The New York Yankees' 1998 season was the 96th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a franchise record regular-season standing of 114–48. These Yankees set an American League record for wins in a season, a record that would stand until 2001, when the Seattle Mariners won 116 games in the regular season against 46 losses. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium in which they celebrated the stadium's 75th Anniversary.
In the postseason, they swept the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, won the American League pennant by beating the Cleveland Indians four games to two in the American League Championship Series, and swept the San Diego Padres to capture their 24th World Series. Including the playoffs, the 1998 Yankees won a total of 125 games against 50 losses, an MLB record. In rankings in 2014 and 2016, they were considered to be the fourth or fifth greatest team in baseball history.

Offseason transactions

Record vs. opponents

Detailed records




MonthGamesWonLostWin %
April23176135107
May27207192118
June2619713587
July2720714289
August322210222151
September271611139104
Total16211448965656

Roster

Game log

Postseason Game log

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CJorge Posada11135896.2681763
1BTino Martinez142531149.28128123
2BChuck Knoblauch150603160.2651764
3BScott Brosius152530159.3001998
SSDerek Jeter149626203.3241984
LFChad Curtis151456111.2431056
CFBernie Williams128499169.3392697
RFPaul O'Neill152602191.31724116
DHDarryl Strawberry10129573.2472457

Other batters

Starting pitchers

Relief pitchers

Other pitchers

ALDS

Game 1

September 29 at Yankee Stadium

Game 2

September 30 at Yankee Stadium

Game 3

October 2 at The Ballpark in Arlington

ALCS

New York wins the series, 4-2

World Series

Game 1

October 17, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Game 2

October 18, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York

Game 3

October 20, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_98ws_gm4_nyasdn Game 4

October 21, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system