# 1998 Atlanta Braves season

The 1998 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 33rd season in Atlanta and 128th overall. The Braves entered the season as defending National League runner ups. They went on to win their fourth consecutive division title, taking the National League East title by 18 games over the second place New York Mets.
The team featured six all stars: shortstop Walt Weiss and third baseman Chipper Jones were voted as starters, while first baseman Andrés Galarraga, catcher Javy López, and pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux were selected as reserves. Jones and Lopez each hit over 30 home runs as Galarraga (acquired from Colorado) led the club in home runs and RBI. Galarraga finished as an MVP candidate.
The 1998 Braves beat the Chicago Cubs three games to none in the National League Division Series. In the next round Atlanta then lost to the San Diego Padres in the National League Championship Series four games to two. Despite winning two games after losing the first three, Atlanta's comeback bid came short by being eliminated in Game 6. San Diego's winning over Atlanta was seen as one of the biggest upsets in postseason history. The Braves failed to go to their fifth World Series of the 1990s.
The 1998 Atlanta Braves are seen as one of the greatest Major League Baseball teams of all time, despite not winning a title. ESPN writer David Schoenfield lists them as one of the top teams in MLB history to not win a World Series. The team's greatness and their surprising playoff defeat are memorialized by Morgan Wallen in his 2023 hit, "98 Braves."
ESPN columnist Jeff Merron also writes that the pitching staff of Maddux, Glavine, John Smoltz, Denny Neagle, and Kevin Millwood was the greatest of all time. The quintet posted a cumulative 2.97 ERA and amassed 88 wins (almost 18 wins per starter), equaling the win total of the 2nd place Mets. The 1998 Braves are the only team in MLB history to have five pitchers each strike out 150 batters in the same season. Glavine, the lone 20 game winner in the National League for that year, won the Cy Young Award.

## Offseason

* November 17, 1997: Walt Weiss was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* November 27, 1997: Andrés Galarraga was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* January 30, 1998: Dennis Martínez was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* February 6, 1998: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* C Eddie Pérez
* 1B Andrés Galarraga
* 2B Tony Graffanino
* 3B Chipper Jones
* SS Walt Weiss
* LF Ryan Klesko
* CF Andruw Jones
* RF Michael Tucker
* P Greg Maddux

### 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 |

### Transactions

* June 9, 1998: Howard Battle was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
* June 23, 1998: Alan Embree was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Russ Springer.
* August 14, 1998: Paul Byrd was selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Atlanta Braves.

### Game log

1998 Game Log: 106–56 (Home: 56–25; Away: 50–31) :
March/April: 18–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31Brewers2–1Ligtenberg (1–0)Wickman (0–1)—42,8911–0
2April 2Brewers6–8 (11)Myers (1–0)Butler (0–1)—29,6711–1
3April 3Phillies5–1Neagle (1–0)Grace (0–1)—30,0202–1
4April 4Phillies5–4Martinez (1–0)Brewer (0–1)Wohlers (1)39,1543–1
5April 5Phillies1–2Schilling (1–0)Maddux (0–1)—35,3313–2
6April 7@ Pirates11–3Glavine (1–0)Schmidt (1–1)—43,2684–2
7April 8@ Pirates3–5Loaiza (1–0)Neagle (1–1)Loiselle (3)11,2544–3
8April 9@ Pirates4–3Millwood (1–0)Lieber (0–1)Wohlers (2)9,5605–3
9April 10@ Phillies0–1Schilling (2–0)Cather (0–1)—30,3115–4
10April 11@ Phillies5–6Green (1–0)Martinez (1–1)—17,6765–5
11April 12@ Phillies3–2Glavine (2–0)Stephenson (0–1)Wohlers (3)18,7606–5
12April 13@ Phillies8–11Spradlin (1–0)Ligtenberg (1–1)Bottalico (2)15,1016–6
13April 14Pirates6–0Millwood (2–0)Lieber (0–2)—31,2597–6
14April 15Pirates7–0Maddux (1–1)Silva (1–2)—30,3818–6
15April 16Pirates3–1Smoltz (1–0)Cordova (2–1)Wohlers (4)35,7609–6
–April 17@ RockiesPostponed (snow); rescheduled for April 19
16April 18@ Rockies11–4Neagle (2–1)Astacio (1–3)—48,05810–6
17April 19 (1)@ Rockies5–3Millwood (3–0)Thompson (1–1)Wohlers (5)48,03811–6
18April 19 (2)@ Rockies7–10Wright (1–2)Martinez (1–2)Dipoto (4)43,97711–7
19April 20@ Rockies7–5Maddux (2–1)Kile (1–3)Ligtenberg (1)43,59412–7
20April 22Diamondbacks5–2Smoltz (2–0)Benes (2–2)—30,95213–7
21April 23Diamondbacks3–1Glavine (3–0)Blair (0–4)Wohlers (6)33,01314–7
22April 24Diamondbacks6–5Ligtenberg (2–1)Springer (1–1)—41,51415–7
23April 25Rockies7–11Kile (2–3)Millwood (3–1)—49,16115–8
24April 26Rockies6–7Wright (2–2)Maddux (2–2)Dipoto (5)42,20015–9
25April 27@ Diamondbacks6–5Cather (1–1)Daal (0–1)Wohlers (7)47,41016–9
26April 28@ Diamondbacks12–2Glavine (4–0)Blair (0–5)—47,59317–9
27April 30Giants6–0Neagle (3–1)Hershiser (0–3)—31,81818–9 :
May: 21–9 (Home: 15–4; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Giants6–2G. Maddux (3–2)Rueter (3–2)—35,77719–9
29May 2Giants4–3Ligtenberg (3–1)Nen (3–1)—46,59720–9
30May 3Giants8–12Darwin (2–2)Glavine (4–1)—36,95820–10
31May 4Dodgers4–2Millwood (4–1)Guthrie (1–1)Ligtenberg (2)32,33021–10
32May 5Dodgers8–3Neagle (4–1)Valdez (2–4)—30,31022–10
33May 6Dodgers7–0G. Maddux (4–2)Dreifort (0–3)—38,63723–10
34May 7Padres6–3Smoltz (3–0)Hamilton (3–2)Ligtenberg (3)31,81124–10
35May 8Padres2–3Ashby (5–2)Glavine (4–2)Hoffman (9)37,49024–11
36May 9Padres6–4Millwood (5–1)Van Ryn (0–1)Ligtenberg (4)46,16025–11
37May 10Padres8–5Cather (2–1)Wall (0–1)Ligtenberg (5)33,37626–11
38May 11@ Reds8–1G. Maddux (5–2)Remlinger (3–4)—19,28527–11
39May 12@ Reds5–1Smoltz (4–0)Weathers (2–2)—19,03328–11
40May 13@ Cardinals10–2Glavine (5–2)Politte (2–3)—31,53229–11
41May 14@ Cardinals7–3Rocker (1–0)Acevedo (1–1)—32,11930–11
42May 15@ Astros3–2Neagle (5–1)Lima (6–2)Martinez (1)38,94131–11
43May 16@ Astros2–3Henry (2–1)Ligtenberg (3–2)—51,52631–12
44May 17@ Astros1–8Bergman (4–2)Smoltz (4–1)—35,25031–13
45May 18@ Astros4–0Glavine (6–2)Hampton (6–2)—22,11932–13
46May 20Rockies5–1Millwood (6–1)Thomson (2–5)—33,53133–13
47May 21Rockies2–0Neagle (6–1)Kile (5–5)Ligtenberg (6)34,61134–13
48May 22Cubs8–2G. Maddux (6–2)Clark (3–6)—43,57635–13
49May 23Cubs6–10 (11)Beck (1–0)Edmondson (0–1)—50,18935–14
50May 24Cubs2–1Glavine (7–2)Adams (2–3)—48,58036–14
51May 25Cubs9–5Millwood (7–1)Tapani (6–3)—33,70437–14
52May 26Expos9–3Neagle (7–1)Batista (1–2)—28,66238–14
53May 27Expos2–0G. Maddux (7–2)Vazquez (1–6)Ligtenberg (7)32,83439–14
54May 28Expos5–9M. Maddux (1–1)Wohlers (0–1)—31,41639–15
55May 29@ Cubs3–5 (11)Adams (3–3)Rocker (1–1)—38,01039–16
56May 30@ Cubs8–9Trachsel (6–1)Millwood (7–2)Patterson (1)39,81739–17
57May 31@ Cubs2–4Tapani (7–3)Neagle (7–2)Beck (15)29,28539–18 :
June: 15–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58June 1@ Brewers5–2Maddux (8–2)Woodard (3–3)—21,87340–18
59June 2@ Brewers9–0D. Martinez (2–2)Wagner (1–4)—39,01741–18
60June 3@ Brewers5–2Glavine (8–2)Juden (5–4)Wohlers (8)19,11642–18
61June 5@ Orioles2–3Erickson (6–6)Neagle (7–3)—48,03942–19
62June 6@ Orioles10–5Millwood (8–2)Mussina (4–3)—48,09843–19
63June 7@ Orioles9–0Maddux (9–2)Drabek (5–6)—48,09044–19
64June 8Red Sox7–6Embree (1–0)Wasdin (3–3)—44,01845–19
65June 9Red Sox3–9Saberhagen (8–3)D. Martinez (2–3)—43,12145–20
66June 10Red Sox6–10P. Martínez (7–2)Neagle (7–4)—41,34545–21
67June 12Expos5–7Batista (2–3)Cather (2–2)Urbina (16)45,94245–22
68June 13Expos9–7Glavine (9–2)Johnson (0–2)D. Martinez (2)48,94346–22
69June 14Expos5–1Millwood (9–2)Perez (6–5)—46,54347–22
70June 16Marlins7–0Neagle (8–4)Fontenot (0–4)—39,33148–22
71June 17Marlins6–2Maddux (10–2)Sanchez (3–4)—38,02149–22
72June 18Marlins2–3Ojala (1–0)Glavine (9–3)Alfonseca (2)46,29649–23
73June 19@ Expos1–14Boskie (1–0)Millwood (9–3)—10,36449–24
74June 20@ Expos5–1Smoltz (5–1)Perez (6–6)—11,13950–24
75June 21@ Expos1–4Hermanson (5–6)Neagle (8–5)Urbina (18)12,26550–25
76June 22@ Yankees4–6Nelson (5–3)D. Martinez (2–4)Rivera (17)53,31650–26
77June 23@ Yankees7–2Glavine (10–3)Hernandez (2–1)—54,77551–26
78June 24Yankees6–10Cone (10–2)Millwood (9–4)Rivera (18)48,98051–27
79June 25Yankees0–6Wells (10–2)Neagle (8–6)—49,05251–28
80June 26Blue Jays4–6Hentgen (9–4)Smoltz (5–2)Myers (22)47,08151–29
81June 27Blue Jays2–0Maddux (11–2)Guzman (4–10)—48,33852–29
82June 28Blue Jays10–3Glavine (11–3)Carpenter (4–3)—44,18553–29
83June 30@ Devil Rays7–2Neagle (9–6)Saunders (1–9)—41,04754–29 :
July: 18–9 (Home: 6–4; Away: 12–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
84July 1@ Devil Rays6–5Springer (5–3)R. Hernandez (0–3)Ligtenberg (8)41,10055–29
85July 2@ Devil Rays6–0Maddux (12–2)Arrojo (10–5)—40,74956–29
86July 3Mets3–2Glavine (12–3)Bohanon (2–4)Ligtenberg (9)48,75757–29
87July 4Mets4–1Millwood (10–4)Yoshii (4–4)—47,90058–29
88July 5Mets3–2 (11)Seanez (1–0)Franco (0–2)—40,43059–29
69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado
89July 9@ Marlins6–4Smoltz (6–2)L. Hernandez (7–5)Ligtenberg (10)25,53560–29
90July 10@ Marlins1–3Sanchez (4–6)Neagle (9–7)Heredia (2)26,01860–30
91July 11@ Marlins3–4Mantei (3–0)Maddux (12–3)—36,79560–31
92July 12@ Marlins3–5Meadows (8–6)Glavine (12–4)Alfonseca (6)24,95660–32
93July 14@ Mets4–2Smoltz (7–2)Jones (7–6)Ligtenberg (11)38,00061–32
94July 15@ Mets12–1Neagle (10–7)Yoshii (4–5)—41,34762–32
95July 16Brewers4–3Maddux (13–3)Eldred (4–8)Seanez (1)46,09863–32
96July 17Brewers4–1Glavine (13–4)Woodall (4–5)Rocker (1)48,54464–32
97July 18Brewers1–7Woodard (7–5)Millwood (10–5)—50,28464–33
98July 19Brewers11–6Smoltz (8–2)Juden (7–9)—44,59865–33
99July 20Cubs3–11Tapani (11–6)Neagle (10–8)—47,47565–34
100July 21Cubs0–3Wood (9–5)Maddux (13–4)Beck (27)47,93365–35
101July 22@ Phillies14–2Glavine (14–4)Loewer (4–3)—28,30466–35
102July 23@ Phillies3–2Millwood (11–5)Green (6–7)Ligtenberg (12)28,22267–35
103July 24@ Pirates3–0Smoltz (9–2)Peters (4–8)—24,77668–35
104July 25@ Pirates1–4Cordova (9–8)Neagle (10–9)Christiansen (4)41,56868–36
105July 26@ Pirates2–1Maddux (14–4)Schmidt (8–8)Ligtenberg (13)34,92569–36
106July 27@ Reds3–2 (10)Seanez (2–0)Belinda (4–8)Ligtenberg (14)23,86670–36
107July 28@ Reds1–13Sullivan (3–4)Millwood (11–6)—22,69070–37
108July 29@ Reds11–5Seanez (3–0)Parris (1–2)—24,48071–37
109July 30@ Reds13–3Neagle (11–9)Krivda (2–2)—28,94672–37
110July 31Cardinals2–3Mercker (7–8)Maddux (14–5)Painter (1)50,66272–38 :
August: 18–10 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
111August 1Cardinals3–1Seanez (4–0)Croushore (0–3)Ligtenberg (15)50,13773–38
112August 2Cardinals4–3Millwood (12–6)Witt (6–7)Ligtenberg (16)49,29674–38
113August 4Reds4–2Smoltz (10–2)Sullivan (3–5)Ligtenberg (17)43,01275–38
114August 5Reds9–13Hudek (4–5)Springer (5–4)—43,31575–39
115August 6Reds5–0Maddux (15–5)Remlinger (6–12)—47,31176–39
116August 7@ Giants5–0Glavine (15–4)Rueter (12–7)—29,67677–39
117August 8@ Giants14–6Millwood (13–6)Darwin (7–10)—39,17478–39
118August 9@ Giants7–5Martinez (3–4)Mesa (5–6)Ligtenberg (18)43,95779–39
119August 11@ Padres1–3Hamilton (10–9)Neagle (11–10)Hoffman (39)31,43079–40
120August 12@ Padres1–5Ashby (16–6)Maddux (15–6)—40,59779–41
121August 13@ Padres5–0Glavine (16–4)Langston (4–5)—34,54780–41
122August 14@ Dodgers5–2Millwood (14–6)Mlicki (6–6)Ligtenberg (19)43,56081–41
123August 15@ Dodgers5–3Smoltz (11–2)Park (10–7)Ligtenberg (20)41,24082–41
124August 16@ Dodgers0–1Radinsky (5–5)Neagle (11–11)Shaw (36)44,47182–42
125August 18Giants8–4Maddux (16–6)Rueter (12–9)—42,98683–42
126August 19Giants2–6Gardner (10–5)Glavine (16–5)—44,53583–43
127August 20Padres0–2Brown (16–4)Millwood (14–7)Hoffman (41)43,73083–44
128August 21Padres5–4Smoltz (12–2)Hamilton (10–11)Ligtenberg (21)48,26884–44
129August 22Dodgers7–5Neagle (12–11)Dreifort (6–12)Ligtenberg (22)48,32685–44
130August 23Dodgers12–7Maddux (17–6)Perez (7–13)—45,17986–44
131August 24Dodgers4–3Glavine (17–5)Shaw (2–6)Ligtenberg (23)39,44987–44
132August 25@ Astros2–3Hampton (10–6)Millwood (14–8)Wagner (25)32,15787–45
133August 26@ Astros6–2Smoltz (13–2)Bergman (11–7)—32,65188–45
134August 27@ Cardinals6–4Neagle (13–11)Morris (4–4)Ligtenberg (24)33,88989–45
135August 28@ Cardinals4–5 (10)Acevedo (7–3)Martinez (3–5)—45,66689–46
136August 29@ Cardinals4–3Glavine (18–5)Bottenfield (4–6)Seanez (2)47,62790–46
137August 30@ Cardinals7–8Petkovsek (7–4)Martinez (3–6)Acevedo (4)44,05190–47
138August 31Astros3–4Powell (5–5)Smoltz (13–3)Wagner (26)33,88390–48 :
September: 16–8 (Home: 9–2; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 1Astros6–4Neagle (14–11)Elarton (1–1)Ligtenberg (25)31,16891–48
140September 2Astros2–4Johnson (15–11)Maddux (17–7)Wagner (27)46,23891–49
141September 4@ Mets1–2Leiter (14–5)Glavine (18–6)—34,61791–50
142September 5@ Mets4–5Wendell (5–1)Seanez (4–1)Franco (32)43,57391–51
143September 6@ Mets4–0Smoltz (14–3)Reed (16–9)—40,31192–51
144September 7@ Mets7–8McMichael (3–4)Rocker (1–2)Franco (33)22,95392–52
145September 8@ Expos3–6Batista (3–5)Maddux (17–8)Urbina (29)7,21692–53
146September 9@ Expos2–3Urbina (5–3)Rocker (1–3)—7,84292–54
147September 10@ Expos7–4Millwood (15–8)Thurman (3–4)Ligtenberg (26)8,45593–54
148September 11Marlins8–2Smoltz (15–3)Ojala (2–5)—47,23594–54
149September 12Marlins4–2Chen (1–0)Hernandez (10–12)Ligtenberg (27)48,79795–54
150September 13Marlins5–6Sanchez (7–8)Perez (0–1)Mantei (8)45,68395–55
151September 14Phillies4–2Glavine (19–6)Schilling (14–14)Ligtenberg (28)33,36796–55
152September 15Phillies3–0Millwood (16–8)Green (6–11)Charlton (1)35,47897–55
153September 16Phillies5–1Smoltz (16–3)Loewer (6–8)—34,96198–55
154September 17@ Diamondbacks1–0Neagle (15–11)Daal (7–12)Ligtenberg (29)43,25199–55
155September 18@ Diamondbacks0–5Benes (14–13)Maddux (17–9)—46,43499–56
156September 19@ Diamondbacks5–0Glavine (20–6)Anderson (12–13)—48,405100–56
157September 20@ Diamondbacks10–0Chen (2–0)Telemaco (6–10)—44,876101–56
158September 22@ Marlins4–1Millwood (17–8)Medina (2–5)Ligtenberg (30)23,355102–56
159September 23@ Marlins11–0Smoltz (17–3)Ojala (2–7)—22,469103–56
160September 25Mets6–5Martínez (4–6)Reed (16–11)Rocker (2)48,443104–56
161September 26Mets4–0Neagle (16–11)Leiter (17–6)—48,117105–56
162September 27Mets7–2Maddux (18–9)Reynoso (7–3)—48,685106–56 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Braves team member :

## Player stats
### 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 | Javy López | 133 | 489 | 139 | .284 | 34 | 107 |
| 1B | Andrés Galarraga | 153 | 555 | 169 | .305 | 44 | 121 |
| 2B | Keith Lockhart | 109 | 366 | 94 | .257 | 9 | 37 |
| SS | Walt Weiss | 96 | 347 | 97 | .280 | 0 | 27 |
| 3B | Chipper Jones | 160 | 601 | 188 | .313 | 34 | 107 |
| LF | Ryan Klesko | 129 | 427 | 117 | .274 | 18 | 70 |
| CF | Andruw Jones | 159 | 582 | 158 | .271 | 31 | 90 |
| RF | Michael Tucker | 130 | 414 | 101 | .244 | 13 | 46 |

#### 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 |
| Tony Graffanino | 105 | 289 | 61 | .211 | 5 | 22 |
| Gerald Williams | 129 | 266 | 81 | .305 | 10 | 44 |
| Ozzie Guillén | 83 | 264 | 73 | .277 | 1 | 22 |
| Eddie Pérez | 61 | 149 | 50 | .336 | 6 | 32 |
| Danny Bautista | 82 | 144 | 36 | .250 | 3 | 17 |
| Curtis Pride | 70 | 107 | 27 | .252 | 3 | 9 |
| Greg Colbrunn | 28 | 44 | 13 | .295 | 1 | 10 |
| Marty Malloy | 11 | 28 | 5 | .179 | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Belliard | 7 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Randall Simon | 7 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 4 |
| Ray Holbert | 8 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Wes Helms | 7 | 13 | 4 | .308 | 1 | 2 |
| Damon Hollins | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| George Lombard | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark DeRosa | 5 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| Greg Maddux | 34 | 251.0 | 18 | 9 | 2.22 | 204 |
| Tom Glavine | 33 | 229.1 | 20 | 6 | 2.47 | 157 |
| Denny Neagle | 32 | 210.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.55 | 165 |
| Kevin Millwood | 31 | 174.1 | 17 | 8 | 4.08 | 163 |
| John Smoltz | 26 | 167.2 | 17 | 3 | 2.90 | 173 |
| Bruce Chen | 4 | 20.1 | 2 | 0 | 3.98 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Kerry Ligtenberg | 75 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 2.71 | 79 |
| Dennis Martínez | 53 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4.45 | 62 |
| John Rocker | 47 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.13 | 42 |
| Mike Cather | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.92 | 33 |
| Rudy Seánez | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.75 | 50 |
| Mark Wohlers | 27 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10.18 | 22 |
| Russ Springer | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 19 |
| Alan Embree | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.34 | 19 |
| Norm Charlton | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.38 | 6 |
| Brian Edmondson | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 8 |
| Odalis Pérez | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.22 | 5 |
| Adam Butler | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 | 7 |
| Paul Byrd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50! | 1 |

## Postseason
### Game log

1998 Postseason Game Log :
National League Division Series: 3–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1September 30Cubs7–1Smoltz (1–0)Clark (0–1)—45,5981–0
2October 1Cubs2–1 (10)Perez (1–0)Mulholland (0–1)—51,7132–0
3October 3@ Cubs6–2Maddux (1–0)Wood (0–1)—39,5973–0 :
National League Championship Series: 2–4
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 7Padres2–3 (10)Hoffman (1–0)Ligtenberg (0–1)Wall (1)42,1170–1
2October 8Padres0–3Brown (2–0)Glavine (0–1)—43,0830–2
3October 10@ Padres1–4Hitchcock (2–0)Maddux (1–1)Hoffman (3)62,7990–3
4October 11@ Padres8–3Martínez (1–0)Hamilton (0–1)—65,0421–3
5October 12@ Padres7–6Rocker (1–0)Brown (2–1)Maddux (1)58,9882–3
6October 14Padres0–5Hitchcock (3–0)Glavine (0–2)—50,9882–4 :

## Award winners

* Tom Glavine, NL Cy Young Award,
* Tom Glavine, Pitcher of the Month, April
* Tom Glavine, P, Silver Slugger
* Andruw Jones, OF, Gold Glove (Center field)
* Greg Maddux, Pitcher of the Month, June
* Greg Maddux, P, Gold Glove
1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Chipper Jones, 3B, starter
* Greg Maddux, P, starter
* Walt Weiss, SS, starter
* Andrés Galarraga, 1B, reserve
* Tom Glavine, P, reserve
* Javy López, C, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Richmond Braves | International League | Jeff Cox |
| AA | Greenville Braves | Southern League | Randy Ingle |
| A | Danville 97s | Carolina League | Paul Runge |
| A | Macon Braves | South Atlantic League | Brian Snitker |
| A-Short Season | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Jim Saul |
| Rookie | Danville Braves | Appalachian League | Franklin Stubbs |
| Rookie | GCL Braves | Gulf Coast League | Rick Albert |