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1998 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Atlanta ATL 106 56 .654 -- NewYorkM NYM 88 74 .543 18.0 Phildlpa PHI 75 87 .463 31.0 Montreal MON 65 97 .401 41.0 Florida FLA 54 108 .333 52.0 Central Division Team W L WL% GB Houston HOU 102 60 .630 -- ChicagoC CHC 90 73 .552 12.5 St.Louis STL 83 79 .512 19.0 Cincnnti CIN 77 85 .475 25.0 Milwkee MIL 74 88 .457 28.0 Pittsbgh PIT 69 93 .426 33.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB SanDiego SDP 98 64 .605 -- SanFranc SFG 89 74 .546 9.5 LosAngls LAD 83 79 .512 15.0 Colorado COL 77 85 .475 21.0 Arizona ARI 65 97 .401 33.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | Central | West | Wildcard Postseason World Series (4-0):   New York Yankees over San Diego Padres NL Championship Series (4-2):   San Diego Padres over Atlanta Braves NL Division Series (3-0):   Atlanta Braves over Chicago Cubs NL Division Series (3-1):   San Diego Padres over Houston Astros BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 HOU  5.40   874  162  5641  1578  326  28  166  621  1122  .280  .351  .436  155   51 117  5.46  5.33
 SFG  5.18   845  163  5628  1540  292  26  161  678  1040  .274  .352  .421  102   51 114  5.22  5.15
 ATL  5.10   826  162  5484  1489  297  26  215  548  1062  .272  .338  .453   98   43 113  4.98  5.22
 CHC  5.10   831  163  5649  1494  250  34  212  601  1223  .264  .335  .433   65   44 104  5.13  5.06
 COL  5.10   826  162  5632  1640  333  36  183  469   949  .291  .346  .461   67   47 100  6.49  3.70
 STL  4.97   810  163  5593  1444  292  30  223  676  1179  .258  .338  .441  133   41 111  5.27  4.67
 CIN  4.63   750  162  5496  1441  298  28  138  608  1107  .262  .336  .402   95   42 100  4.68  4.58
 SDP  4.62   749  162  5490  1390  292  30  167  604  1072  .253  .327  .409   79   37 107  4.10  5.15
 PHI  4.40   713  162  5617  1482  286  36  126  508  1080  .264  .325  .395   97   45  93  4.80  4.00
 MIL  4.36   707  162  5541  1439  266  17  152  532  1039  .260  .325  .396   81   59  96  4.26  4.47
 NYM  4.36   706  162  5510  1425  289  24  136  572  1049  .259  .328  .394   62   46  96  4.32  4.40
 LAD  4.13   669  162  5459  1374  209  27  159  447  1056  .252  .308  .387  137   53  92  4.04  4.22
 FLA  4.12   667  162  5558  1381  277  36  114  525  1120  .248  .313  .373  115   57  93  4.10  4.14
 ARI  4.10   665  162  5491  1353  235  46  159  489  1239  .246  .308  .393   73   38  90  4.32  3.89
 PIT  3.99   650  163  5493  1395  271  35  107  393  1060  .254  .304  .374  159   51  84  4.37  3.61
 MON  3.98   644  162  5418  1348  280  32  147  439  1058  .249  .305  .394   91   46  91  3.77  4.19
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.60 11932 2596 88700 23213 4493 491 2565 8710 17455  .262  .331  .410 1609  751

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 ATL  3.59   581  162  3.25  1438  1291   8.0   467  2.9  117  1232   24    14    23  45 128  3.73  3.44
 HOU  3.83   620  162  3.50  1471  1435   8.9   465  2.9  147  1187   12     7    11  44 117  3.63  4.02
 SDP  3.92   635  162  3.63  1454  1384   8.5   501  3.1  139  1217   14     5    11  59 107  3.12  4.72
 NYM  3.98   645  162  3.77  1458  1381   8.5   532  3.3  152  1129    9     3    16  46 111  3.77  4.20
 LAD  4.19   678  162  3.81  1447  1332   8.2   587  3.6  135  1178   16     6    10  47 106  3.47  4.90
 PIT  4.40   718  163  3.91  1449  1433   8.8   530  3.3  147  1112    7     2    10  41 112  4.15  4.66
 SFG  4.53   739  163  4.19  1477  1457   8.9   562  3.4  171  1089    6     3     6  44  96  4.04  5.02
 STL  4.80   782  163  4.32  1469  1513   9.3   558  3.4  151   972    6     2    10  44  98  4.65  4.95
 MON  4.83   783  162  4.39  1427  1448   8.9   533  3.3  156  1017    4     0     5  39  96  4.11  5.56
 CIN  4.69   760  162  4.44  1441  1400   8.6   573  3.5  170  1098    6     3     8  42  97  4.72  4.67
 CHC  4.86   792  163  4.50  1477  1528   9.4   575  3.5  180  1207    7     5     7  56  97  4.85  4.86
 MIL  5.01   812  162  4.63  1451  1538   9.5   550  3.4  188  1063    2     0     2  39  92  5.27  4.75
 ARI  5.01   812  162  4.64  1432  1463   9.0   489  3.0  188   908    7     2     6  37  90  4.95  5.07
 PHI  4.99   808  162  4.64  1463  1476   9.1   544  3.4  188  1176   21     3    10  32  94  5.19  4.79
 COL  5.28   855  162  5.00  1432  1583   9.8   562  3.5  174   951    9     2     5  36 103  6.23  4.32
 FLA  5.70   923  162  5.20  1449  1617  10.0   715  4.4  182  1016   11     0     3  24  77  5.27  6.12
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.60 11943 2596  4.24 23236 23279   9.0  8743  3.4 2585 17552  161         144 675

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 ATL   91  139  .985   .699  3,360,860  41,492  106-56  56-25 50-31 100  98 28.9 29.4   0   6  25  $61,186,000 Cox
 HOU  108  144  .983   .688  2,458,451  30,351  106-56  55-26 47-34  98  97 29.7 27.8   0   2  16  $42,374,000 Dierker
 SDP  104  155  .983   .690  2,555,874  31,554   93-69  54-27 44-37  92  92 31.2 29.8   1   5  16  $46,861,500 Bochy
 CHC  101  107  .984   .682  2,623,194  31,990   85-78  51-31 39-42 103 103 30.1 28.8   0   1  25  $50,838,000 Riggleman
 SFG  101  157  .984   .699  1,925,364  23,770   91-72  49-32 40-42  95  95 30.7 31.8   0   2  21  $42,565,834 Baker
 NYM  101  151  .984   .697  2,287,948  28,246   88-74  47-34 41-40  99  99 28.8 31.7   0   2  19  $52,077,999 Valentine
 LAD  134  154  .978   .694  3,089,222  38,139   80-82  48-33 35-46  95  95 28.2 27.6   0   2  23  $48,820,000 Russell and Hoffman
 STL  142  160  .978   .686  3,195,691  38,972   84-78  48-34 35-45 100 100 30.5 28.9   0   1  30  $54,672,521 LaRussa
 CIN  122  142  .980   .696  1,793,649  22,144   80-82  39-42 38-43 102 102 27.5 28.0   0   1  26  $23,005,000 McKeon
 COL  102  193  .984   .674  3,792,683  46,823   78-84  42-39 35-46 121 122 29.5 27.6   0   3  17  $50,484,648 Baylor
 PHI  110  131  .982   .687  1,715,722  21,182   72-90  40-41 35-46 102 103 27.1 29.3   0   1  10  $36,297,500 Francona
 MIL  110  192  .982   .680  1,811,593  22,365   71-91  38-43 36-45 100 101 28.4 28.1   0   1  27  $33,914,904 Garner
 PIT  140  161  .977   .684  1,560,950  19,271   74-88  40-40 29-53 102 103 26.7 26.5   0   1  10  $15,065,000 Lamont
 ARI  100  125  .984   .704  3,610,290  44,571   66-96  34-47 31-50 100  99 27.8 27.4   0   1  15  $32,347,000 Showalter
 MON  155  127  .975   .685    914,909  11,295   67-95  39-42 26-55  98  99 25.8 25.7   0   1  13  $10,641,500 Alou
 FLA  129  177  .979   .667  1,730,384  21,363   58-104 31-50 23-58  94  95 25.5 24.5   0   1  19  $41,322,667 Leyland
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Sammy Sosa CHC .308/.377/.647 Cy Young Award Tom Glavine ATL 20-6  2.47 157 SO Rookie of the Year Kerry Wood CHC 13-6  3.40 233 SO Manager of the Year Larry Dierker Rolaids Relief Trevor Hoffman SDP 4-2 (53 sv) 1.48 86 SO NLCS MVP Sterling Hitchcock SDP 2-0  0.90

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Greg Maddux Catcher Charles Johnson First Base J.T. Snow Second Base Bret Boone Third Base Scott Rolen Shortstop Rey Ordonez Outfield Barry Bonds, Andruw Jones, and Larry Walker Silver Slugger Winners Pitcher Tom Glavine Catcher Mike Piazza First Base Mark McGwire Second Base Craig Biggio Third Base Vinny Castilla Shortstop Barry Larkin Outfield Moises Alou, Sammy Sosa, and Greg Vaughn

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Walker-COL .363 Olerud-NYM .354 Bichette-COL .331 Piazza-TOT .328 Kendall-PIT .327	On-base % McGwire-STL .470 Olerud-NYM .447 Walker-COL .445 Bonds-SFG .438 Sheffield-TOT .428	Slugging % McGwire-STL .752 Sosa-CHC .647 Walker-COL .630 Bonds-SFG .609 Vaughn-SDP .597	OPS McGwire-STL 1.222 Walker-COL 1.075 Bonds-SFG 1.047 Sosa-CHC 1.024 Olerud-NYM .998
Games Castilla-COL 162 Perez-COL 162 Bichette-COL 161 Burnitz-MIL 161 Biggio-HOU 160 Jones-ATL 160 Olerud-NYM 160 Rolen-PHI 160	At Bats Glanville-PHI 678 Bichette-COL 662 Womack-PIT 655 Perez-COL 647 Biggio-HOU 646	Plate Appearances (approx.) Biggio-HOU 738 Glanville-PHI 735 Sosa-CHC 722 Vina-MIL 722 Perez-COL 712	Runs Sosa-CHC 134 McGwire-STL 130 Bagwell-HOU 124 Biggio-HOU 123 Jones-ATL 123
Hits Bichette-COL 219 Biggio-HOU 210 Castilla-COL 206 Guerrero-MON 202 Bell-HOU 198 Sosa-CHC 198 Vina-MIL 198	Total Bases Sosa-CHC 416 McGwire-STL 383 Castilla-COL 380 Guerrero-MON 367 Vaughn-SDP 342	Doubles Biggio-HOU 51 Bichette-COL 48 Young-CIN 48 Walker-COL 46 Floyd-FLA 45 Rolen-PHI 45	Triples Dellucci-ARI 12 Larkin-CIN 10 Guerrero-TOT 9 Perez-COL 9 DeShields-STL 8 Garcia-ARI 8 Jones-ATL 8
Home Runs McGwire-STL 70 Sosa-CHC 66 Vaughn-SDP 50 Castilla-COL 46 Galarraga-ATL 44	RBI Sosa-CHC 158 McGwire-STL 147 Castilla-COL 144 Kent-SFG 128 Burnitz-MIL 125	Bases on Balls McGwire-STL 162 Bonds-SFG 130 Bagwell-HOU 109 Jones-ATL 96 Olerud-NYM 96	Strikeouts Sosa-CHC 171 Burnitz-MIL 158 McGwire-STL 155 Lankford-STL 151 Galarraga-ATL 146
Stolen Bases Womack-PIT 58 Biggio-HOU 50 Young-LAD 42 Renteria-FLA 41 Bonds-SFG 28	Singles Womack-PIT 149 Cirillo-MIL 148 Bichette-COL 147 Glanville-PHI 146 Vina-MIL 145	Adjusted OPS+ McGwire-STL 216 Bonds-SFG 178 Olerud-NYM 163 Sosa-CHC 160 Bagwell-HOU 158	Runs Created McGwire-STL 193 Bonds-SFG 153 Sosa-CHC 149 Biggio-HOU 142 Olerud-NYM 141
Adjusted Batting Runs McGwire-STL 95 Bonds-SFG 71 Olerud-NYM 57 Sosa-CHC 53 Bagwell-HOU 52	Batting Wins McGwire-STL 8.9 Bonds-SFG 6.7 Olerud-NYM 5.4 Sosa-CHC 5.0 Bagwell-HOU 4.9	Extra-Base Hits McGwire-STL 91 Bonds-SFG 88 Sosa-CHC 86 Guerrero-MON 82 Vaughn-SDP 82	Times on Base McGwire-STL 320 Bonds-SFG 305 Biggio-HOU 297 Olerud-NYM 297 Jones-ATL 285
Offensive Win% McGwire-STL .875 Walker-COL .827 Olerud-NYM .784 Bonds-SFG .783 Bagwell-HOU .754	Hit By Pitch Kendall-PIT 31 Galarraga-ATL 25 Vina-MIL 25 Biggio-HOU 23 Santangelo-MON 23	Sac. Hits Perez-COL 22 Jones-MON 15 Ordonez-NYM 15 Glavine-ATL 14 Perez-TOT 14	Sac. Flies Bell-HOU 10 Brogna-PHI 10 Kent-SFG 10 Burks-TOT 9 Sheffield-TOT 9 Young-PIT 9
Intentional Walks Bonds-SFG 29 McGwire-STL 28 Abreu-PHI 14 Piazza-TOT 14 Sosa-CHC 14	Grounded into Double Plays Cirillo-MIL 26 Castilla-COL 24 Boone-CIN 23 Bichette-COL 22 Lopez-ATL 22	Caught Stealing Renteria-FLA 22 Vina-MIL 16 Floyd-FLA 14 Young-LAD 13 Bonds-SFG 12 Everett-HOU 12	Power/Speed Number Bonds-SFG 31.9 Jones-ATL 28.9 Biggio-HOU 28.6 Sosa-CHC 28.3 Lankford-STL 28.3
At Bats per Strikeout Gwynn-SDP 25.6 Jefferies-PHI 17.9 Young-LAD 14.1 Vina-MIL 13.8 Grace-CHC 10.6	At Bats per Home Run McGwire-STL 7.3 Sosa-CHC 9.7 Vaughn-SDP 11.5 Galarraga-ATL 12.6 Castilla-COL 14.0	Outs Glanville-PHI 511 Perez-COL 510 Womack-PIT 493 Finley-SDP 484 Sosa-CHC 479	ERA Maddux-ATL 2.22 Brown-SDP 2.38 Glavine-ATL 2.47 Leiter-NYM 2.47 Daal-ARI 2.88
Wins Glavine-ATL 20 Reynolds-HOU 19 Tapani-CHC 19 Brown-SDP 18 Maddux-ATL 18	Won-Loss % Smoltz-ATL .850 Glavine-ATL .769 Leiter-NYM .739 Brown-SDP .720 Reynolds-HOU .704	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Maddux-ATL 0.980 Brown-SDP 1.066 Schilling-PHI 1.105 Reed-NYM 1.116 Lima-HOU 1.119	Hits Allowed/9IP Wood-CHC 6.32 Leiter-NYM 7.04 Maddux-ATL 7.21 Harnisch-CIN 7.58 Smoltz-ATL 7.78
Bases on Balls/9IP Anderson-ARI 1.04 Reed-NYM 1.23 Lima-HOU 1.23 Maddux-ATL 1.61 Brown-SDP 1.72	Strikeouts/9IP Wood-CHC 12.58 Schilling-PHI 10.05 Smoltz-ATL 9.29 Brown-SDP 9.00 Millwood-ATL 8.41	Games Beck-CHC 81 Kline-MON 78 McElroy-COL 78 Nen-SFG 78 Telford-MON 77	Saves Hoffman-SDP 53 Beck-CHC 51 Shaw-TOT 48 Nen-SFG 40 Franco-NYM 38
Innings Schilling-PHI 268.7 Brown-SDP 257.0 Maddux-ATL 251.0 Perez-TOT 241.0 Hernandez-FLA 234.3	Strikeouts Schilling-PHI 300 Brown-SDP 257 Wood-CHC 233 Reynolds-HOU 209 Maddux-ATL 204	Games Started Brown-SDP 35 Kile-COL 35 Reynolds-HOU 35 Schilling-PHI 35 Astacio-COL 34 Benes-ARI 34 Hamilton-SDP 34 Hershiser-SFG 34 Maddux-ATL 34 Park-LAD 34 Perez-TOT 34 Tapani-CHC 34 Tomko-CIN 34 Wright-COL 34	Comp. Games Schilling-PHI 15 Hernandez-FLA 9 Maddux-ATL 9 Brown-SDP 7 Perez-TOT 7
Shutouts Maddux-ATL 5 Johnson-HOU 4 Brown-SDP 3 Glavine-ATL 3 Cordova-PIT 2 Gardner-SFG 2 Leiter-NYM 2 Neagle-ATL 2 Perez-TOT 2 Schilling-PHI 2 Smoltz-ATL 2 Tapani-CHC 2 Valdez-LAD 2	Home Runs Allow. Anderson-ARI 39 Astacio-COL 39 Hernandez-FLA 37 Lima-HOU 34 Blair-TOT 31 Vazquez-MON 31	Bases On Balls Allow. Hamilton-SDP 106 Hernandez-FLA 104 Park-LAD 97 Kile-COL 96 Wright-COL 95	Hits Allowed Hernandez-FLA 265 Kile-COL 257 Reynolds-HOU 257 Astacio-COL 245 Perez-TOT 244 Tapani-CHC 244
SO to Walk Lima-HOU 5.28 Reed-NYM 5.28 Brown-SDP 5.24 Schilling-PHI 4.92 Maddux-ATL 4.53	Losses Kile-COL 17 Blair-TOT 16 Remlinger-CIN 15 Vazquez-MON 15 Astacio-COL 14 Clark-CHC 14 Cordova-PIT 14 Lieber-PIT 14 Perez-TOT 14 Schilling-PHI 14 Schmidt-PIT 14 Wright-COL 14	Earned Runs Allow. Astacio-COL 145 Kile-COL 133 Wright-COL 130 Hernandez-FLA 123 Tapani-CHC 118	Wild Pitches Schmidt-PIT 15 Nomo-TOT 13 Hershiser-SFG 12 Kile-COL 12 Schilling-PHI 12
Hit Batsmen Astacio-COL 17 Hershiser-SFG 13 Bohanon-TOT 11 Leiter-NYM 11 Park-LAD 11 Vazquez-MON 11 Wood-CHC 11 Wright-COL 11	Batters Faced Schilling-PHI 1089 Hernandez-FLA 1040 Brown-SDP 1032 Kile-COL 1020 Perez-TOT 1009	Games Finished Beck-CHC 70 Shaw-TOT 69 Nen-SFG 67 Hoffman-SDP 61 Urbina-MON 59	Adjusted ERA+ Maddux-ATL 187 Leiter-NYM 170 Glavine-ATL 168 Brown-SDP 164 Daal-ARI 146
Salary Sheffield-FLA $14,936,667 Maddux-ATL $9,600,000 McGwire-STL $8,928,354 Bonds-SFG $8,916,667 Galarraga-ATL $8,400,000	Oldest Player Martinez-ATL 1955-05-14 (43) Darwin-SFG 1955-10-25 (42) Jones-MIL 1957-06-24 (41) Fossas-CHC 1957-09-23 (40) Gaetti-TOT 1958-08-19 (39)	Youngest Player Beltre-LAD 1979-04-07 (19) Ramirez-PIT 1978-06-25 (20) Chen-ATL 1977-06-19 (21) Wood-CHC 1977-06-16 (21) Perez-ATL 1977-06-07 (21)

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Starters P. Greg Maddux (ATL) C. Mike Piazza (NYM) 1B. Mark McGwire (STL) 2B. Craig Biggio (HOU) 3B. Chipper Jones (ATL) SS. Walt Weiss (ATL) LF. Barry Bonds (SFG) CF. Larry Walker (COL) RF. Tony Gwynn (SDP)		Moises Alou* (HOU) Andy Ashby* (SDP) Dante Bichette* (COL) Bret Boone (CIN) Kevin Brown* (SDP) Vinny Castilla* (COL) Andres Galarraga* (ATL) Tom Glavine* (ATL) Trevor Hoffman* (SDP)		Jason Kendall* (PIT) Javy Lopez* (ATL) Robb Nen* (SFG) Rick Reed (NYM) Edgar Renteria* (FLA) Curt Schilling (PHI) Jeff Shaw* (LAD) Gary Sheffield* (LAD) Sammy Sosa (CHC)		Ugueth Urbina* (MON) Greg Vaughn* (SDP) Fernando Vina* (MIL) Devon White* (ARI)

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