# 1998 Montreal Expos season

The 1998 Montreal Expos season was the 30th season in franchise history.

## Offseason

* On November 18, 1997, the Expos sent Pedro Martínez to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and Carl Pavano. The Boston Red Sox sent Tony Armas, Jr on December 18, 1997, to complete the trade.
* December 12, 1997: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Miguel Batista.

## Spring training

In 1998, the Expos held spring training at a new facility, Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, which opened that spring. They shared the facility with the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Shane Andrews
* Brad Fullmer
* Mark Grudzielanek
* Vladimir Guerrero
* Carlos Pérez
* F.P. Santangelo
* José Vidro
* Rondell White
* Chris Widger

### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 106 | 56 | .654 | — | 56‍–‍25 | 50‍–‍31 |
| New York Mets | 88 | 74 | .543 | 18 | 47‍–‍34 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 75 | 87 | .463 | 31 | 40‍–‍41 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Montreal Expos | 65 | 97 | .401 | 41 | 39‍–‍42 | 26‍–‍55 |
| Florida Marlins | 54 | 108 | .333 | 52 | 31‍–‍50 | 23‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1998 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 |
Expos vs. American League :
| Team | AL East | AL East | AL East | AL East | AL East |
| Team | BAL | BOS | NYY | TB | TOR |
| Montreal | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 |

### Notable Transactions

* July 31, 1998: Ted Lilly was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jonathan Tucker (minors), Peter Bergeron, and Wilton Guerrero to the Montreal Expos for Carlos Pérez, Mark Grudzielanek, and Hiram Bocachica.

### Scorecard for McGwire's 70th

Heading into the final game of the season vs. the Expos, Mark McGwire had 68 home runs. On September 27, 1998, McGwire finished the season with 70 home runs. In the third inning, McGwire hit a home run off Mike Thurman, and in the seventh inning, he got number 70 off Carl Pavano.
September 27, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Montreal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| St. Louis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | x | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| W: Frascatore (3-4) L: Pavano (6-9) SV: Acevedo (15) HRs: Cabrera (3), Tatis (8), McGwire 2 (69, 70) |||||||||||||
| Attendance: 46,110 Time:2:33 U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Brian Gorman |||||||||||||

## Player stats
### 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 | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Chris Widger | 125 | 417 | 97 | .233 | 15 | 53 |
| 1B | Brad Fullmer | 140 | 505 | 138 | .273 | 13 | 73 |
| 2B | Wilton Guerrero | 52 | 222 | 63 | .284 | 2 | 20 |
| SS | Mark Grudzielanek | 105 | 396 | 109 | .275 | 8 | 41 |
| 3B | Shane Andrews | 150 | 492 | 117 | .238 | 25 | 69 |
| LF | F.P. Santangelo | 122 | 382 | 82 | .214 | 4 | 23 |
| CF | Rondell White | 97 | 357 | 107 | .300 | 17 | 58 |
| RF | Vladimir Guerrero | 159 | 623 | 202 | .324 | 38 | 109 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Orlando Cabrera | 79 | 261 | 73 | .280 | 3 | 22 |
| Terry Jones | 60 | 212 | 46 | .217 | 1 | 15 |
| Ryan McGuire | 130 | 210 | 39 | .186 | 1 | 10 |
| José Vidro | 83 | 205 | 45 | .220 | 0 | 18 |
| Derrick May | 55 | 180 | 43 | .239 | 5 | 15 |
| Mike Mordecai | 73 | 119 | 24 | .202 | 3 | 10 |
| Bob Henley | 41 | 115 | 35 | .304 | 3 | 18 |
| Scott Livingstone | 76 | 110 | 23 | .209 | 0 | 12 |
| Robert Pérez | 52 | 106 | 25 | .236 | 1 | 8 |
| DaRond Stovall | 62 | 78 | 16 | .205 | 2 | 6 |
| Mike Hubbard | 32 | 55 | 8 | .145 | 1 | 3 |
| Fernando Seguignol | 16 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 2 | 3 |
| Michael Barrett | 8 | 23 | 7 | .304 | 1 | 2 |
| Ray Holbert | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Dustin Hermanson | 32 | 187.0 | 14 | 11 | 3.13 | 154 |
| Javier Vázquez | 33 | 172.1 | 5 | 15 | 6.06 | 139 |
| Carlos Pérez | 23 | 163.1 | 7 | 10 | 3.75 | 82 |
| Carl Pavano | 24 | 134.2 | 6 | 9 | 4.21 | 83 |
| Mike Thurman | 14 | 67.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.70 | 32 |
| Trey Moore | 13 | 61.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.02 | 35 |
| Jeremy Powell | 7 | 25.0 | 1 | 5 | 7.92 | 14 |
| Shawn Boskie | 5 | 17.2 | 1 | 3 | 9.17 | 10 |
| Mike Johnson | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 2 | 14.73 | 4 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Miguel Batista | 56 | 135.0 | 3 | 5 | 3.80 | 92 |

##### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Ugueth Urbina | 64 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 1.30 | 94 |
| Steve Kline | 78 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2.76 | 76 |
| Anthony Telford | 77 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3.86 | 59 |
| Shayne Bennett | 62 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5.50 | 59 |
| Mike Maddux | 51 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.72 | 33 |
| Rick DeHart | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.82 | 14 |
| Marc Valdes | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7.43 | 28 |
| Tim Young | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 7 |
| Kirk Bullinger | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |

## Award winners

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Ugueth Urbina, pitcher

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Ottawa Lynx | International League | Pat Kelly |
| AA | Harrisburg Senators | Eastern League | Rick Sweet |
| A | Jupiter Hammerheads | Florida State League | Doug Sisson |
| A | Cape Fear Crocs | South Atlantic League | Luis Dorante |
| A-Short Season | Vermont Expos | New York–Penn League | Tony Barbone |
| Rookie | GCL Expos | Gulf Coast League | Frank Kremblas |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg