1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season

1998 Arizona Diamondbacks
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1998);
	Western Division (since 1998);
Location
	BankOne Ballpark (since 1998);
	Phoenix, Arizona (since 1998);
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Colangelo; Ken Kendrick
General manager(s)	Joe Garagiola, Jr.
Manager(s)	Buck Showalter
Local television	FSN Arizona; KTVK (3TV); (Thom Brennaman, Greg Schulte, Bob Brenly, Joe Garagiola, Al McCoy)
Local radio	KTAR (620 AM); (Thom Brennaman, Rod Allen, Greg Schulte); KSUN (Spanish); (Jose Tolentino, Ivan Lara)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the Diamondbacks' inaugural season. They looked to contend in what was a strong National League Western Division. They finished the season 33 games behind the National League Champion San Diego Padres with a record of 65-97, last in the division. However, they would improve in 1999, finishing with a record of 100-62 and winning 35 games more than the previous year.

Jeff Suppan was the last player from the inaugural team still active in Major League Baseball (as of the 2012 season).

Offseason

February 7, 1997: Mark Davis was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[1]
August 14, 1997: Mark Davis was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a conditional deal.^[1]
November 17, 1997: Jay Bell signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[2]
November 18, 1997: Devon White was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Jesus Martinez (minors).^[3]
November 18, 1997: Travis Fryman was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gabe Alvarez, Joe Randa, and Matt Drews (minors).^[4]
December 1, 1997: Matt Williams was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Travis Fryman, Tom Martin, and cash.^[5]
January 8, 1998: Andy Stankiewicz signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[6]
January 11, 1998: Mark Davis was signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[1]

Expansion Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Position	From	To
2	Brian Anderson	LHP	Cle	Ari
3	Jeff Suppan	RHP	Bos	Ari
5	Gabe Alvarez	3B	SD	Ari
7	Jorge Fábregas	C	CWS	Ari
9	Karim García	OF	LA	Ari
11	Edwin Diaz	IF	Tex	Ari
13	Cory Lidle	RHP	NYM	Ari
15	Joel Adamson	LHP	Mil	Ari
17	Ben Ford	RHP	NYY	Ari
19	Yamil Benitez	OF	KC	Ari
21	Neil Weber	LHP	Mon	Ari
23	Jason Boyd	RHP	Phi	Ari
25	Brent Brede	OF	Min	Ari
27	Tony Batista	IF	Oak	Ari

Round 2

Pick	Player	Position	From	To
29	Tom Martin	LHP	Hou	Ari
31	Omar Daal	LHP	Tor	Ari
33	Scott Winchester	RHP	Cin	Ari
35	Clint Sodowsky	RHP	Pit	Ari
37	Danny Klassen	IF	Mil	Ari
39	Matt Drews	RHP	Det	Ari
41	Todd Erdos	RHP	SD	Ari
43	Chris Clemons	RHP	CWS	Ari
45	David Dellucci	OF	Bal	Ari
47	Damian Miller	C	Min	Ari
49	Héctor Carrasco	RHP	KC	Ari
51	Hanley Frias	SS	Tex	Ari
53	Bob Wolcott	RHP	Sea	Ari
55	Mike Bell	3B	Ana	Ari

Round 3

Pick	Player	Position	From	To
57	Joe Randa	3B	Pit	Ari
59	Jesus Martinez	LHP	LA	Ari
61	Russ Springer	RHP	Hou	Ari
63	Bryan Corey	RHP	Det	Ari
65	Kelly Stinnett	C	Mil	Ari
67	Chuck McElroy	LHP	CWS	Ari
69	Marty Janzen	RHP	Tor	Ari

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Jay Bell
Andy Benes
Brent Brede
Edwin Diaz
Jorge Fábregas
Karim García
Travis Lee
Devon White
Matt Williams

Season standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Diego Padres	98	64	0.605	—	54–27	44–37
San Francisco Giants	89	74	0.546	9½	49–32	40–42
Los Angeles Dodgers	83	79	0.512	15	48–33	35–46
Colorado Rockies	77	85	0.475	21	42–39	35–46
Arizona Diamondbacks	65	97	0.401	33	34–47	31–50

Record vs. opponents

1998 National League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	1–8	5–7	4–5	6–6	6–2	4–5	4–8	6–3	2–7	4–5	2–7	6–3	3–9	5–7	2–7	5–8
Atlanta	8–1	—	3–6	7–2	5–3	7–5	4–5	8–1	7–2	6–6	9–3	8–4	7–2	5–4	7–2	6–3	9–7
Chicago	7–5	6–3	—	6–5	7–2	7–2	4–7	4–5	6–6	7–2	4–5	3–6	8–3	5–4	7–3	4–7	5–8
Cincinnati	5–4	2–7	5–6	—	4–5	9–0	3–8	5–4	6–5	8–1	3–6	4–5	5–7	1–11	2–7	8–3	7-6
Colorado	6–6	3–5	2–7	5–4	—	6–3	6–5	6–6	4–7	7–2	3–6	5–4	5–4	5–7	7–5	3–6	4–8
Florida	2–6	5–7	2–7	0–9	3–6	—	3–6	4–5	0–9	5–7	5–7	6–6	3–6	4–5	0–9	4–5	8–8
Houston	5–4	5–4	7–4	8–3	5–6	6-3	—	3–6	9–2	7–2	5–4	7–2	9–2	5–4	6–3	5–7	10–4
Los Angeles	8–4	1–8	5–4	4–5	6–6	5–4	6–3	—	5–4	5–4	3–5	5–4	7–5	5–7	6–6	4–5	8–5
Milwaukee	3–6	2–7	6–6	5–6	7–4	9–0	2–9	4–5	—	6–3	1–8	4–5	6–5	3–6	5–4	3–8	8–6
Montreal	7–2	6–6	2–7	1–8	2–7	7–5	2–7	4–5	3–6	—	8–4	5–7	2–7	4–4	3–6	3–6	6–10
New York	5–4	3–9	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–5	4–5	5–3	8–1	4–8	—	8–4	4–5	4–5	4–5	6–3	9–7
Philadelphia	7-2	4–8	6–3	5–4	4–5	6–6	2–7	4–5	5–4	7–5	4–8	—	8–1	1–8	2–6	3–6	7–9
Pittsburgh	3–6	2–7	3–8	7–5	4–5	6–3	2–9	5–7	5–6	7–2	5–4	1–8	—	5–4	2–7	6–5	6–7
San Diego	9–3	4–5	4–5	11–1	7–5	5–4	4–5	7–5	6–3	4–4	5–4	8–1	4–5	—	8–4	6–3	6–7
San Francisco	7–5	2–7	3–7	7–2	5–7	9–0	3–6	6–6	4–5	6–3	5–4	6–2	7–2	4–8	—	7–5	8–5
St. Louis	7–2	3–6	7–4	3–8	6–3	5-4	7–5	5–4	8–3	6–3	3–6	6–3	5–6	3–6	5–7	—	4–9

Notable transactions

June 23, 1998: Alan Embree was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Russ Springer.^[7]
June 26, 1998: Aaron Small was selected off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Oakland Athletics.^[8]

Roster

1998 Arizona Diamondbacks

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

51 Mike Robertson

Manager

11 Buck Showalter

Coaches

55 Brian Butterfield (3rd Base)
52 Mark Connor (Pitching)
21 Dwayne Murphy (1st Base)
17 Jim Presley (Hitting)
53 Glenn Sherlock (Bullpen)
14 Carlos Tosca (Bench)

Game log

1998 Game Log (65–97)

April (7–18)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	March 31	Rockies	9-2 L	D. Kile	A. Benes	47,484	0-1	Loss 1
2	April 1	Rockies	6-0 L	J. Thompson	W. Blair	43,758	0-2	Loss 2
3	April 2	Rockies	6-4 L	P. Astacio	B. Anderson	42,876	0-3	Loss 3
4	April 3	Giants	8-3 L	M. Gardner	J. Suppan	45,590	0-4	Loss 4
5	April 4	Giants	5-3 L	D. Darwin	G. Olson	47,047	0-5	Loss 5
6	April 5	Giants	3-2 W	A. Benes	S. Estes	47,593	1-5	Win 1
7	April 7	@Dodgers	9-1 L	C. Park	W. Blair	52,424	1-6	Loss 1
8	April 8	@Dodgers	3-0 W	B. Anderson	H. Nomo	37,016	2-6	Win 1
9	April 9	@Dodgers	7-2 L	I. Valdez	J. Suppan	39,541	2-7	Loss 1
10	April 10	@Padres	6-4 L	D. Mecili	F. Rodriguez	27,246	2-8	Loss 2
11	April 11	@Padres	7-0 L	P. Smith	J. Adamson	37,753	2-9	Loss 3
12	April 12	@Padres	4-2 L	J. Hamilton	W. Blair	26,217	2-10	Loss 4
13	April 13	@Padres	1-0 L	A. Ashby	B. Anderson	36,278	2-11	Loss 5
14	April 14	@Cardinals	15-5 L	M. Bushy	C. Sudowsky	31,477	2-12	Loss 6
15	April 16(1)	@Cardinals	5-4 L	T. Stottlmyrer	J. Adamson	N/A	2-13	Loss 7
16	April 16(2)	@Cardinals	8-2 W	A. Benes	D. Osborne	32,039	3-13	Win 1
17	April 17	Marlins	7-5 W	R. Springer	V. Darensbourgh	47,401	4-13	Win 2
18	April 18	Marlins	7-5 W	B. Manuel	A. Alfonseca	49,910	5-13	Win 3
19	April 19	Marlins	4-3 L	B. Meadows	J. Suppan	47,339	5-14	Loss 1
20	April 20	Marlins	15-4 W	C. Sodowsky	L. Hernandez	45,256	6-14	Win 1
21	April 22	@Braves	5-2 L	J. Smoltz	A. Benes	30,952	6-15	Loss 1
22	April 23	@Braves	3-1 L	T. Glavine	W. Blair	33,013	6-16	Loss 2
23	April 24	@Braves	6-5 L	K. Ligtenberg	R. Springer	41,514	6-17	Loss 3
24	April 25	@Marlins	4-3(11) W	S. Brow	V. Darensbourogh	28,710	7-17	Win 1
25	April 26	@Marlins	12-6 L	E. Ludwick	J. Adamson	24,782	7-18	Loss 1

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105

August

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
162

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
C	Kelly Stinnett	92	274	71	11	34	.259
1B	Travis Lee	146	562	151	22	72	.269
2B	Andy Fox	139	502	139	9	44	.277
3B	Matt Williams	135	510	136	20	71	.267
SS	Jay Bell	155	549	138	20	67	.251
LF	David Dellucci	124	416	108	5	51	.260
CF	Devon White	146	563	157	22	85	.279
RF	Karim García	113	333	74	9	43	.222

^[9]

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
Tony Batista	106	293	80	18	41	.273
Brent Brede	98	212	48	2	17	.226
Jorge Fábregas	50	151	30	1	15	.199
Bernard Gilkey	29	101	25	1	5	.248
Hensley Meulens	7	15	1	1	1	.067
Andy Stankiewicz	77	145	30	0	8	.207

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Brian Anderson	32	208.0	12	13	4.33	95	24
Andy Benes	34	231.1	14	13	3.97	164	74
Willie Blair	23	146.7	4	15	5.34	71	51
Omar Daal	33	162.7	8	12	2.88	132	51
Jeff Suppan	13	66.0	6	9	6.68	39	21
Amaury Telemaco	27	121.0	1	7	3.94	60	33

^[9]

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	BB
Joel Adamson	5	23.0	0	3	8.22	14	11
Scott Brow	17	21.3	1	0	7.17	13	14
Bobby Chouinard	26	38.3	0	2	4.23	26	11
Ben Ford	8	10.0	0	0	9.90	5	3
Aaron Small	23	31.7	3	1	3.69	14	8
Russ Springer	26	32.7	4	3	4.13	37	14
Bob Wolcott	6	33.0	1	3	7.09	21	13

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO	BB
Willie Banks	33	43.7	1	2	1	3.09	32	25
Alan Embree	35	35.0	3	2	1	4.11	24	13
Gregg Olson	64	68.7	3	4	30	3.01	55	25
Felix Rodriguez	43	44.0	0	2	5	6.14	36	29
Clint Sodowsky	45	77.7	3	6	0	5.68	42	39

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Sidewinders	Pacific Coast League	Chris Speier
A	High Desert Mavericks	California League	Don Wakamatsu
A	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	Roly de Armas
Rookie	AZL Diamondbacks	Arizona League	Mike Brumley
Rookie	Lethbridge Black Diamonds	Pioneer League	Joe Almaraz

^[10]^[11]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisma01.shtml
↑ Jay Bell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Devon White Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Travis Fryman Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Matt Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Andy Stankiewicz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Alan Embree Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/1998.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=ARI&year=1998

External links

[baseball-reference.com-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisma01.shtml

[2] Jay Bell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[3] Devon White Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[4] Travis Fryman Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[5] Matt Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[6] Andy Stankiewicz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[7] Alan Embree Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[8] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smallaa01.shtml

[ReferenceA-9] 9.0 ^9.1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/1998.shtml

[10] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

[11] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=ARI&year=1998

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