1998 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1998
misc = 1998 AL Wild Card

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = JRY Trust
managers = Jimy Williams
television = WABU
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
radio = WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)|The by|1998 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses.

Offseason

*November 6, 1997: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Texas Rangers with Damon Buford to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Brandenburg, Bill Haselman, and Aaron Sele. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leyriji01.shtml Jim Leyritz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*November 17, 1997: Bret Saberhagen was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saberbr01.shtml Bret Saberhagen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*November 18, 1997: Pedro Martínez was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and Carl Pavano. The Boston Red Sox sent Tony Armas (December 18, 1997) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martipe02.shtml Pedro Martinez Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*November 21, 1997: Mike Benjamin was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benjami01.shtml Mike Benjamin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*March 19, 1998: Midre Cummings was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

*June 2, 1998: Mark Teixeira was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/teixema01.shtml]
*June 20, 1998: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Ethan Faggett (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Carlos Reyes, Mandy Romero, and Dario Veras.
*July 31, 1998: Greg Swindell was traded by the Minnesota Twins with Orlando Merced to the Boston Red Sox for John Barnes, Matt Kinney, and Joe Thomas (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/swindgr01.shtml Greg Swindell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Game 3

Game 4

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Ken Macha, manager)
* Class AA: Trenton Thunder (Eastern League; DeMarlo Hale, manager)
* Class A: Sarasota Red Sox (Florida State League; Bob Geren, manager)
* Class A: Michigan Battle Cats (Midwest League; Billy Gardner, Jr., manager)
* Class SS-A: Lowell Spinners (New York-Penn League; Dick Berardino, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Red Sox (Gulf Coast League; Luis Aguayo, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1998.shtml 1998 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1998&t=BOS 1998 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com] succession box
title = AL Wild Card
years = 1998
before = New York Yankees
1997
after = Boston Red Sox
1999