1998 Florida Marlins | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Pro Player Stadium | |
City | Miami Gardens, Florida | |
Record | 54–108 (.333) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | Wayne Huizenga | |
General managers | Dave Dombrowski | |
Managers | Jim Leyland | |
Television |
Sports Channel Florida WBFS-TV ( Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton, Jay Randolph) | |
Radio |
WQAM ( Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez) | |
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The Florida Marlins' 1998 season was the sixth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to defend their World Series Champion title, having won the title in 1997. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium, and finished with a record of 54–108, the worst record in all of baseball. The team is notable for having arguably the biggest fire sale in sports history, auctioning off nearly all of their most notable players. The 1998 Marlins were the first defending World Series champions to finish last in their division and the first to lose 100 games. To make matters worse, the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who also finished last in their own division (the AL East), were nine games better than the Marlins, at 63–99.
The Marlins won on opening day against the Chicago Cubs, but it would be the only time they were over .500 all season. They promptly lost 11 straight, the most consecutive losses by a reigning champion. By the end of May, they were 17–38, 21 games under .500, and their season was all but over. The Marlins would finish 0–9 against three teams: Cincinnati, San Francisco, and Milwaukee. The 1998 Marlins are the most recent team to finish winless against three separate opponents.
15 | Cliff Floyd | LF |
16 | Edgar Renteria | SS |
3 | Ryan Jackson | 1B |
10 | Gary Sheffield | RF |
7 | Mark Kotsay | CF |
23 | Charles Johnson | C |
30 | Craig Counsell | 2B |
2 | Josh Booty | 3B |
61 | Livan Hernandez | P |
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Atlanta Braves | 106 | 56 | 0.654 | — | 56–25 | 50–31 |
New York Mets | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 18 | 47–34 | 41–40 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 87 | 0.463 | 31 | 40–41 | 35–46 |
Montreal Expos | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 41 | 39–42 | 26–55 |
Florida Marlins | 54 | 108 | 0.333 | 52 | 31–50 | 23–58 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | 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 |
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 and would go on to win the season series 3 games to 1. [7]
= Indicates team leader |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | SB |
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C | Gregg Zaun | 106 | 298 | 19 | 56 | 5 | 29 | .188 | 5 |
1B | Derrek Lee | 141 | 454 | 62 | 106 | 17 | 74 | .233 | 5 |
2B | Craig Counsell | 107 | 335 | 43 | 84 | 4 | 40 | .251 | 3 |
3B | Todd Zeile | 66 | 234 | 37 | 68 | 6 | 39 | .291 | 2 |
SS | Édgar Rentería | 133 | 517 | 79 | 146 | 3 | 31 | .282 | 41 |
LF | Cliff Floyd | 153 | 588 | 85 | 166 | 22 | 90 | .282 | 27 |
CF | Todd Dunwoody | 116 | 434 | 53 | 109 | 5 | 28 | .251 | 5 |
RF | Mark Kotsay | 154 | 578 | 72 | 161 | 11 | 68 | .279 | 10 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | SB |
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Dave Berg | 81 | 182 | 18 | 57 | 2 | 21 | .313 | 3 |
Bobby Bonilla | 28 | 97 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 15 | .278 | 0 |
Josh Booty | 7 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .158 | 0 |
John Cangelosi | 104 | 171 | 19 | 43 | 1 | 10 | .251 | 2 |
Luis Castillo | 44 | 153 | 21 | 31 | 1 | 10 | .203 | 3 |
Brian Daubach | 10 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .200 | 0 |
Jim Eisenreich | 30 | 64 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 7 | .250 | 2 |
Alex Gonzalez | 25 | 86 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | .151 | 0 |
Ryan Jackson | 111 | 260 | 26 | 65 | 5 | 31 | .250 | 1 |
Charles Johnson | 31 | 113 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 23 | .221 | 0 |
Randy Knorr | 15 | 49 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | .204 | 0 |
Kevin Millar | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
Kevin Orie | 48 | 175 | 23 | 46 | 6 | 17 | .263 | 1 |
Mike Piazza | 5 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .278 | 0 |
Mike Redmond | 37 | 118 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 12 | .331 | 0 |
John Roskos | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .100 | 0 |
Gary Sheffield | 40 | 136 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 28 | .272 | 4 |
John Wehner | 53 | 88 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 5 | .227 | 1 |
Preston Wilson | 14 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .065 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Liván Hernández | 33 | 234.1 | 10 | 12 | 4.72 | 162 |
Brian Meadows | 31 | 174.1 | 11 | 13 | 5.21 | 88 |
Jesús Sánchez | 35 | 173.0 | 7 | 9 | 4.47 | 137 |
Andy Larkin | 17 | 74.2 | 3 | 8 | 9.64 | 43 |
Rafael Medina | 12 | 67.1 | 2 | 6 | 6.01 | 49 |
Joe Fontenot | 8 | 42.2 | 0 | 7 | 6.33 | 24 |
Chris Hammond | 3 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.59 | 8 |
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 |
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Antonio Alfonseca | 58 | 70.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.08 | 46 | 8 |
Vic Darensbourg | 59 | 71.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.68 | 74 | 1 |
Brian Edmondson | 43 | 59.1 | 4 | 3 | 3.79 | 32 | 0 |
Oscar Henriquez | 15 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 8.55 | 19 | 0 |
Felix Heredia | 41 | 41.0 | 0 | 3 | 5.49 | 38 | 2 |
Matt Mantei | 42 | 54.2 | 3 | 4 | 2.96 | 63 | 9 |
Donn Pall | 23 | 33.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.13 | 26 | 0 |
Jay Powell | 33 | 36.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.21 | 24 | 3 |
Justin Speier | 18 | 19.1 | 0 | 3 | 8.38 | 15 | 0 |
Rob Stanifer | 38 | 48.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.63 | 30 | 1 |
Manuel Barrios | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 | 0 |
Gabe Gonzalez | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Kirt Ojala | 41 | 125.0 | 2 | 7 | 4.25 | 75 | 0 |
Ryan Dempster | 14 | 54.2 | 1 | 5 | 7.08 | 35 | 0 |
Eric Ludwick | 13 | 32.2 | 1 | 4 | 7.44 | 27 | 0 |