1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = Los Angeles Dodgers
season = 1998
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Dodger Stadium
y4 = 1962
city = Los Angeles, California
y5 = 1958
owners = News Corporation
general managers = Fred Claire/Tommy Lasorda
managers = Bill Russell/Glenn Hoffman
television = Fox Sports West 2; KTLA (5)
radio = XTRA Sports 1150
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrin, Rene Cardenas, Pepe Yñiguez|

The 1998 season saw the sale of the franchise from Peter O'Malley to the News Corporation (Fox) take effect. The new corporate executives would quickly anger Dodger fans when they bypassed General Manager Fred Claire and made one of the biggest trades in franchise history. They traded All-Star catcher Mike Piazza and starting third baseman Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for a package that included Gary Sheffield.

The team on the field performed poorly under all the stress and soon Fox fired Claire and manager Bill Russell, replacing them with former Manager Tommy Lasorda, who was appointed interim GM and Minor League manager Glenn Hoffman who took over for Russell. The team limped along to finish in third place in the National League West and more changes were in the offing for the following season.

Season standings

MLBBioRet


Name = Don Sutton
Number = 20
Team = Los Angeles Dodgers
Year = 1998|

1998 roster

Relief Pitchers stats

Batting Stats

1998 Awards

*1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Gary Sheffield reserve
**Jeff Shaw reserve (selected as a member of the Cincinnati Reds but was traded to the Dodgers during the break and made his first appearance in a Dodger uniform in the All-Star Game)
*Gold Glove Award
**Charles Johnson
*NL Pitcher of the Month
**Chan Ho Park (July 1998)
*NL Player of the Week
**Mike Piazza (April 6-12)
**Mike Piazza (April 20-26)
**Raúl Mondesí (June 29-July 5)

1998 Transactions

*May 15: Acquired Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson, Gary Sheffield and Manuel Barrios from the Florida Marlins for Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile
*June 4: Acquired Dave Mlicki and Greg McMichael from the New York Mets for Hideo Nomo and Brad Clontz
*July 4: Acquired Jeff Shaw from the Cincinnati Reds for Paul Konerko and Dennys Reyes
*July 10: Acquired Brian Bohanon from the New York Mets for Greg McMichael
*July 23: Acquired [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/W/Widd-Workman.shtml Widd Workman] from the San Diego Padres for Jim Bruske
*July 31: Acquired Mark Grudzielanek, Carlos Perez and Hiram Bocachica from the Montreal Expos for Wilton Guerrero, Ted Lilly, Peter Bergeron and [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/T/Jon-Tucker.shtml Jonathan Tucker]

1998 Minor League Teams

*AAA: Albuquerque Dukes (managed by Glenn Hoffman/Ron Roenicke) - Pacific Coast League
*AA: San Antonio Missions (managed by Ron Roenicke/Lance Parrish) - Texas League
*A: San Bernardino Stampede (managed by Mickey Hatcher/Joe Vavra/Tim Wallach) - California League
*A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by John Shoemaker) - Florida State League
*A: Yakima Bears (managed by Tony Harris) - Northwest League
*Rookie: Great Falls Dodgers (managed by Dino Ebel) - Pioneer League

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1997_losangeles.gif&Entryid=1860 1998 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.Dodgers.com Los Angeles Dodgers official web site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/1998.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1998&t=LAN Baseball Almanac season page]