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1998 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1997)  (1999) 90-72, 1st in NL Central Division Scored 800 runs, Allowed 796 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-81 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .696 Park Factor: Batting - 106 / Pitching - 106 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-82   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 69-93 Manager(s): Mike Mashanic Lost to Atlanta Braves in Divisional Series, 3 games to 2.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 C   Jason Kendall        24  158  523   91  177  35   2  11   75  35   5   54   50  .338  .435  .476  120   8.9  2(0)e4     27  
 1B  Kevin Young          29  152  584  103  173  49   3  35  135   8   7   52  116  .296  .358  .570  113   6.8  2e9       119  
 OF *Bobby Abreu          24  138  480   91  138  30   3  20   77  23   7   78  130  .288  .385  .488   93   6.9  3(-3)e9   -33  
 2B *Andy Fox             27  140  485   62  145  32   7   7   76  12   7   59   89  .299  .387  .437   87   6.4  3e13       73  
 OF *Brian Giles          27  119  368   70  105  24   0  25   77  10   6   54   68  .285  .377  .554   77   7.5  3(0)e9     75  
 OF #Tim Raines           38  105  313   47   96   9   1   5   35   6   1   60   50  .307  .423  .390   57   6.8  4(+2)e4    35  
 SS *Tony Womack          28  148  547   79  141  19   6   2   45  41   8   27   77  .258  .290  .325   56   3.5  4e20      -62  
 3B  David Bell           25  114  416   65  108  36   0   6   53   0   0   31   65  .260  .313  .389   52   4.4  3e18      -34  
 OF #Turner Ward          33   93  287   33   70  15   2   9   34  12   3   21   41  .244  .311  .404   35   4.1  3(0)e7    -38  
 OF  Jose Guillen         22   73  194   20   54  14   0  10   36   0   1   11   41  .278  .320  .505   30   5.6  3(-4)e11  114  
 3B  Aramis Ramirez       20   68  210   20   43   4   2   7   19   0   0   17   60  .205  .277  .343   19   3.1  3e22      -27  
 SS  Lou Collier          24   63  167   18   45   8   1   0   15   3   2   12   50  .269  .330  .329   18   3.9  4e30        4  
 OF  Rich Amaral          36   96  125   15   34   2   1   1   11  11   3   18   22  .272  .359  .328   17   4.8  3(+3)e1     1  
 OF #Adrian Brown         24   52  135   15   35   4   0   0   13   3   1   12   19  .259  .320  .289   13   3.2  3(-1)e9   -37  
 2B  Kevin Polcovich      28   25   63    8   19   8   0   0    2   4   0    5    4  .302  .366  .429   11   6.4  3e16      294  
 1B  Todd Greene          27   20   72    8   21   5   0   2   16   0   0    1   24  .292  .301  .444    9   5.1  4e25      120  
 OF *Al Martin            30   27   74    9   19   2   1   1    5   2   1    6   13  .257  .321  .351    8   4.0  4(+1)e5    12  
 C   Keith Osik           29   65  102   15   19   4   0   0    3   3   1   16   16  .186  .306  .225    7   2.4  3(-1)e4   -40  
 UT  Billy Ripken         33   21   72    2   20   3   0   0    9   6   0    0   12  .278  .288  .319    7   3.9            -25  
 OF  Emil Brown           23   14   28    1    8   0   0   0    4   0   0    0    8  .286  .267  .286    2   3.0  3(0)e13   -22  
 PH #Abraham O. Nunez     22    9    7    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .143  .250  .143    0   1.4           -239  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           840                   22

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Francisco Cordova    26  12  14  .462  34  34   4   0   0   0   2  219.2  240  117  113  30   67  161  4.63  129   5.3   56  
  P  Bryan Rekar          26  10   4  .714  24  23   1   1   0   0   0  135.0  145   78   74  28   42   83  4.93   83   5.6  -25  
  P *Chris Peters         26   9   4  .692  53  11   0  16   7   3   0  147.2  150   68   65  19   51  103  3.96   74   4.5    5  
  P  Jon Lieber           28   9   6  .600  28  28   1   0   0   0   1  170.2  150   72   64  23   43  137  3.38   78   4.1  -96  
  P  Doug Henry           34   7   2  .778  58   0   0  15   3   4   0   61.0   63   47   47  17   38   57  6.93   51   7.5  193  
  P  Esteban Loaiza       26   7   4  .636  18  14   0   1   0   0   0   77.2   88   39   36  10   28   42  4.17   48   5.6  -26  
  P  Hideo Nomo           29   7   7  .500  29  29   0   0   0   0   0  144.0  129   96   91  18   93  174  5.69   88   5.6   13  
  P  Mark Leiter          35   5   3  .625  70   0   0  22   4   3   0   83.2   78   50   46  13   53   93  4.95   50   5.4   68  
  P  Troy Percival        28   5   6  .455  64   0   0  41  29   5   0   66.0   41   27   22   5   52   73  3.00   26   3.6  -25  
  P *Kent Mercker         30   5   9  .357  16  15   0   0   0   0   0   81.2  119   71   66   8   32   46  7.27   71   7.9   97  
  P  Rich Loiselle        26   4   0 1.000  18   0   0   4   1   1   0   23.1   22    5    5   1   10   20  1.93    9   3.7  -94  
  P  Shigetoshi Hasegawa  29   4   4  .500  64   0   0  23   5   3   0   93.1   82   44   40  15   31   84  3.86   46   4.5  -19  
  P  Carlos Reyes         29   3   3  .500  25   0   0  14   2   1   0   38.2   42   21   20   4   16   25  4.66   20   4.8   61  
  P *Ricardo Rincon       28   2   2  .500  51   0   0  17   4   4   0   49.2   35   25   23   8   30   47  4.17   23   4.3   33  
  P  Todd Ritchie         26   1   0 1.000   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   12.1    7    2    2   1    3   15  1.46    2   1.9 -342  
  P  Sean Maloney         27   0   0  .000   7   0   0   2   0   0   0    8.0   14   10    9   2    3    9 10.12   12  14.4  303  
  P  Mark Brownson        23   0   1  .000   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   11.2   13    8    4   3    0    8  3.09    6   5.1  -44  
  P  Jose Silva           24   0   3  .000   6   6   0   0   0   0   0   34.1   36   16   16   1   21   34  4.19   19   5.0  -24  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      844         11

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jason Kendall 1259 137 147 1122 58 11 3 .991 65 16 Keith Osik 200 25 29 191 10 1 0 .995 10 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kevin Young 1300 143 150 1228 136 4 118 .997 9.45 Todd Greene 153 19 20 142 12 4 13 .975 9.08 Rich Amaral 6 0 3 7 0 0 1 1.000 10.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andy Fox 1220 136 137 290 403 13 82 .982 5.11 Kevin Polcovich 150 17 20 21 46 1 11 .985 4.03 Billy Ripken 79 9 9 20 27 2 6 .959 5.35 Tony Womack 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 Rich Amaral 4 0 4 2 3 0 1 1.000 11.25 David Bell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- David Bell 865 91 111 62 147 7 11 .968 2.18 Aramis Ramirez 486 58 63 34 81 6 8 .950 2.13 Billy Ripken 92 12 12 7 19 0 0 1.000 2.54 Kevin Polcovich 7 1 2 2 1 1 0 .750 3.86 Rich Amaral 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 Keith Osik 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Andy Fox 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Womack 1087 116 135 191 378 12 78 .979 4.71 Lou Collier 372 46 47 62 108 7 28 .960 4.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tim Raines 667 72 90 104 4 1 2 .991 1.46 Brian Giles 549 67 71 101 6 2 1 .982 1.75 Al Martin 152 17 20 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 Emil Brown 53 6 8 11 0 1 0 .917 1.88 Rich Amaral 25 0 12 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 Jose Guillen 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Adrian Brown 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Andy Fox 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 David Bell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Turner Ward 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Turner Ward 672 80 83 170 5 3 1 .983 2.34 Adrian Brown 320 34 47 92 4 1 0 .990 2.70 Brian Giles 309 34 44 85 1 2 0 .977 2.51 Rich Amaral 147 14 24 37 2 0 0 1.000 2.39 Jose Guillen 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 Tony Womack 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Bobby Abreu 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Andy Fox 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Abreu 1086 116 135 183 2 5 0 .974 1.53 Jose Guillen 370 46 48 76 3 1 1 .988 1.92 Brian Giles 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1998 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Bobby Abreu
Round 2 (#27):	David Bell
Round 3 (#50):	Andy Fox
Round 4 (#73):	Hideo Nomo
Round 5 (#96):	Bryan Rekar
Round 6 (#117):	Doug Henry

Transactions

• 1998 preseason: released rookie Javier Martinez
• 1998-01: acquired Kent Mercker as a free agent
• 1998-02: acquired Carlos Reyes as a free agent
• 1998-03: acquired Billy Ripken as a free agent
• 1998-19: released Billy Ripken
• 1998-19: acquired Sean Maloney as a free agent
• 1998-20: traded Jose Silva to MNA for Todd Ritchie
• 1998-22: released Carlos Reyes
• 1998-22: acquired Todd Greene as a free agent
• 1998-25: released Sean Maloney
• 1998-25: acquired Mark Brownson as a free agent
• 1998 postseason: released Emil Brown, Doug Henry, Rich Loiselle

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