# 1998 Boston Red Sox season

The 1998 Boston Red Sox season was the 98th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League East with a record of 92–70, twenty-two games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1998 World Series. The Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card but lost to the American League Central champion Cleveland Indians in the ALDS. The Red Sox would start a winning record run, nonplayoff or playoff until 2012.

## Offseason

* November 6, 1997: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Texas Rangers with Damon Buford to the Boston Red Sox for Mark Brandenburg, Bill Haselman, and Aaron Sele.
* November 17, 1997: Bret Saberhagen was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.
* November 18, 1997: Pedro Martínez was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later and Carl Pavano. The Boston Red Sox sent Tony Armas (December 18, 1997) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
* November 18, 1997: Jeff Suppan was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1997 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
* November 18, 1997: Jim Mecir was selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1997 Major League Baseball expansion draft.
* November 21, 1997: Mike Benjamin was signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.
* March 19, 1998: Midre Cummings was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cincinnati Reds.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 114 | 48 | .704 | — | 62‍–‍19 | 52‍–‍29 |
| Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | 22 | 51‍–‍30 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 88 | 74 | .543 | 26 | 51‍–‍30 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 79 | 83 | .488 | 35 | 42‍–‍39 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 63 | 99 | .389 | 51 | 33‍–‍48 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1998 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 10–6 |
| Baltimore | 6–5 | — | 6–6 | 2–9 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 5–6 | 7–3 | 3–9 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 5–11 |
| Boston | 5–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–6 | 8–3 | 5–5 | 8–3 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 9–2 | 7–4 | 9–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 9–7 |
| Chicago | 6–5 | 9–2 | 6–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 4–6–1 | 7–9 |
| Cleveland | 7–4 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 9–2 | 7–3 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 10–6 |
| Detroit | 3–8 | 1–10 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 7–9 |
| Kansas City | 5–6 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 0–10 | 7–4 | 4–6 | 8–3 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 9–7 |
| Minnesota | 5–6 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 4–7 | 4–7 | 2–9 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 7–9 |
| New York | 5–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 10–0 | 7–4 | — | 8–3 | 8–3 | 11–1 | 8–3 | 6–6 | 13–3 |
| Oakland | 7–5 | 3–8 | 2–9 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 3–8 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–8 |
| Seattle | 3–9 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 6–4 | 9–2 | 3–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 7–9 |
| Tampa Bay | 5–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–5 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 1–11 | 6–5 | 5–6 | — | 4–7 | 5–7 | 5–11 |
| Texas | 7–5 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–4 | — | 7–4 | 8–8 |
| Toronto | 7–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–4–1 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 4–7 | — | 9–7 |
Red Sox vs. National League East :
| Team | ATL | FLA | MON | NYM | PHI |
| Boston | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |

### Notable transactions

* June 2, 1998: Mark Teixeira was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 9th round of the 1998 amateur draft, but did not sign.
* June 20, 1998: Jim Leyritz was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Ethan Faggett (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Carlos Reyes, Mandy Romero, and Darío Veras.
* July 30, 1998: Pete Munro and Jay Yennaco were traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mike Stanley.
* July 31, 1998: Greg Swindell was traded by the Minnesota Twins with Orlando Merced to the Boston Red Sox for John Barnes, Matt Kinney, and Joe Thomas (minors).
* August 6, 1998: Pete Schourek was purchased from the Houston Astros.

### Opening Day lineup

| 5 | Nomar Garciaparra | SS |
| 13 | John Valentin | 3B |
| 42 | Mo Vaughn | 1B |
| 18 | Reggie Jefferson | DH |
| 25 | Troy O'Leary | LF |
| 10 | Scott Hatteberg | C |
| 20 | Darren Lewis | CF |
| 56 | Darren Bragg | RF |
| 52 | Donnie Sadler | 2B |
| 45 | Pedro Martínez | P |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging average; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | Slg. | SB |
| C | Scott Hatteberg | 112 | 359 | 46 | 99 | 12 | 43 | .276 | .446 | 0 |
| 1B | Mo Vaughn | 154 | 609 | 107 | 205 | 40 | 115 | .337 | .591 | 0 |
| 2B | Mike Benjamin | 124 | 349 | 46 | 95 | 4 | 39 | .272 | .372 | 3 |
| 3B | John Valentin | 153 | 588 | 113 | 145 | 23 | 73 | .247 | .442 | 4 |
| SS | Nomar Garciaparra | 143 | 604 | 111 | 195 | 35 | 122 | .323 | .584 | 12 |
| LF | Troy O'Leary | 156 | 611 | 95 | 165 | 23 | 83 | .270 | .468 | 2 |
| CF | Darren Lewis | 155 | 585 | 95 | 157 | 8 | 63 | .268 | .362 | 29 |
| RF | Darren Bragg | 129 | 409 | 51 | 114 | 8 | 57 | .279 | .423 | 5 |
| DH | Damon Buford | 86 | 216 | 37 | 61 | 10 | 42 | .282 | .523 | 5 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in, SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Jason Varitek | 86 | 221 | 56 | .253 | 7 | 33 | 2 |
| Reggie Jefferson | 62 | 196 | 60 | .306 | 8 | 31 | 0 |
| Mike Stanley | 47 | 156 | 45 | .288 | 7 | 32 | 1 |
| Jim Leyritz | 52 | 129 | 37 | .287 | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| Donnie Sadler | 58 | 124 | 28 | .226 | 3 | 15 | 4 |
| Midre Cummings | 67 | 120 | 34 | .283 | 5 | 15 | 3 |
| Lou Merloni | 39 | 96 | 27 | .281 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Mark Lemke | 31 | 91 | 17 | .187 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell | 23 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Trot Nixon | 13 | 27 | 7 | .259 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Ashley | 13 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Mandy Romero | 12 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Snopek | 8 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Orlando Merced | 9 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Keith Johns | 2 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Pedro Martínez | 33 | 33 | 233.2 | 19 | 7 | 2.89 | 251 |
| Tim Wakefield | 36 | 33 | 216.0 | 17 | 8 | 4.58 | 146 |
| Bret Saberhagen | 31 | 31 | 175.0 | 15 | 8 | 3.96 | 100 |
| Pete Schourek | 10 | 8 | 44.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.30 | 36 |
| Brian Rose | 8 | 8 | 37.2 | 1 | 4 | 6.93 | 18 |
| Jin-ho Cho | 4 | 4 | 18.2 | 0 | 3 | 8.20 | 15 |
| Butch Henry | 2 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 6 |
| Robinson Checo | 2 | 2 | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 9.39 | 5 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Steve Avery | 34 | 23 | 123.2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5.02 | 57 |
| Derek Lowe | 63 | 10 | 123.0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4.02 | 77 |
| John Wasdin | 47 | 8 | 96.0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5.25 | 59 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Tom Gordon | 73 | 0 | 79.1 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 2.72 | 78 |
| Jim Corsi | 59 | 0 | 66.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.59 | 49 |
| Dennis Eckersley | 50 | 0 | 39.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.76 | 22 |
| Rich Garcés | 30 | 0 | 46.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.33 | 34 |
| Ron Mahay | 29 | 0 | 26.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.46 | 14 |
| Greg Swindell | 29 | 0 | 24.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.38 | 18 |
| Carlos Reyes | 24 | 0 | 38.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.52 | 23 |
| Brian Shouse | 7 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 5 |
| Darío Veras | 7 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.13 | 2 |
| Brian Barkley | 6 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 2 |
| David West | 6 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 4 |
| Carlos Valdez | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |

## ALDS
### Game 1

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| W: Pedro Martínez (1-0) L: Jaret Wright (0-1) |||||||||||||
| HR: BOS: Mo Vaughn (2), Nomar Garciaparra; CLE: Kenny Lofton, Jim Thome |||||||||||||

### Game 2

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| W: Dave Burba (1-0) L: Tim Wakefield (0-1) S: Mike Jackson (1) |||||||||||||
| HR: CLE: David Justice |||||||||||||

### Game 3

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| W: Charles Nagy (1-0) L: Bret Saberhagen (0-1); S: Mike Jackson (2) |||||||||||||
| HR: CLE: Jim Thome, Kenny Lofton, Manny Ramírez (2); BOS – Nomar Garciaparra |||||||||||||

### Game 4

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| W: Steve Reed (1-0) L: Tom Gordon (0-1) S: Mike Jackson (3) |||||||||||||
| HR: BOS: Nomar Garciaparra |||||||||||||

## Awards and honors
### All-Star Game

* Tom Gordon, reserve P
* Pedro Martínez, reserve P
* Mo Vaughn, reserve 1B (did not attend)

## Game log

| Red Sox Win | Red Sox Loss | Game Postponed | Clinched Playoff Spot |
1998 Boston Red Sox Season Game Log: 92–70 (Home: 51–30; Away: 41–40) :
April: 18–8
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 1@ Athletics2–0Martínez (1–0)Candiotti (0–1)Gordon (1)Network Associates Coliseum36,9151–0W1
2April 2@ Athletics6–3Wasdin (1–0)Taylor (0–1)Gordon (2)Network Associates Coliseum7,3132–0W2
3April 3@ Mariners6–11Cloude (1–0)Lowe (0–1)—Kingdome27,5532–1L1
4April 4@ Mariners6–12Swift (1–0)Rose (0–1)—Kingdome43,0352–2L2
5April 5@ Mariners10–5Saberhagen (1–0)Johnson (0–1)—Kingdome35,1433–2W1
6April 6@ Angels1–2 (11)Holtz (1–0)Gordon (0–1)—Edison Field21,3523–3L1
7April 7@ Angels1–6Hill (2–0)Wakefield (0–1)—Edison Field19,9263–4L2
8April 8@ Angels1–2McDowell (1–1)Lowe (0–2)Percival (2)Edison Field24,4503–5L3
9April 10Mariners9–7Garcés (1–0)Timlin (0–1)—Fenway Park32,8054–5W1
10April 11Mariners5–0Martínez (2–0)Moyer (1–2)—Fenway Park32,4035–5W2
11April 12Mariners8–7Wasdin (2–0)Slocumb (0–1)—Fenway Park23,2706–5W3
12April 13Athletics6–3Saberhagen (2–0)Rogers (1–1)Gordon (3)Fenway Park18,0117–5W4
13April 14Athletics8–6Gordon (1–1)Taylor (0–2)—Fenway Park18,4908–5W5
14April 15Athletics4–3Eckersley (1–0)Mathews (0–2)—Fenway Park18,4779–5W6
15April 17Indians3–2 (10)Gordon (2–1)Assenmacher (1–2)—Fenway Park26,92410–5W7
16April 18Indians4–7Martin (1–0)Eckersley (1–1)Jackson (7)Fenway Park31,73510–6L1
17April 19Indians2–0Saberhagen (3–0)Burba (2–2)Gordon (4)Fenway Park31,84611–6W1
18April 20Indians6–5 (11)Gordon (3–1)Plunk (1–1)—Fenway Park33,00112–6W2
19April 21@ Tigers11–4Rose (1–1)Worrell (1–3)—Tiger Stadium10,02213–6W3
20April 22@ Tigers8–5Corsi (1–0)Jones (0–1)Gordon (5)Tiger Stadium10,10214–6W4
21April 24@ Indians7–5Wakefield (1–1)Burba (2–3)Gordon (6)Jacobs Field40,57015–6W5
22April 25@ Indians3–2Saberhagen (4–0)Colón (1–1)Gordon (7)Jacobs Field40,57116–6W6
—April 26TigersPostponed (rain). Makeup date July 21.
23April 27Tigers6–5Eckersley (2–1)Runyan (0–2)Gordon (8)Fenway Park18,45617–6W7
24April 28Tigers5–7Florie (2–0)Shouse (0–1)Jones (3)Fenway Park20,93617–7L1
25April 29Angels8–4Wakefield (2–1)Watson (1–3)Gordon (9)Fenway Park21,55718–7W1
26April 30Angels2–7Hill (5–1)Checo (0–1)—Fenway Park21,52618–8L1 :
May: 13–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
27May 1Rangers5–3Wasdin (3–0)Sele (5–1)Gordon (10)Fenway Park24,16919–8W2
28May 2Rangers6–7Helling (6–0)Rose (1–2)Wetteland (7)Fenway Park25,82719–9L1
29May 3Rangers2–1Martínez (3–0)Oliver (1–4)Gordon (11)Fenway Park28,07520–9W1
30May 5Twins4–2Wakefield (3–1)Tewksbury (3–4)Gordon (12)Fenway Park20,88221–9W2
31May 6Twins7–8Hawkins (1–3)Checo (0–2)—Fenway Park20,94521–10L1
32May 7@ Royals3–5Rapp (2–3)Rose (1–3)Montgomery (7)Kauffman Stadium14,70321–11L2
33May 8@ Royals14–3Saberhagen (5–0)Haney (2–3)Garcés (1)Kauffman Stadium24,43922–11W1
34May 9@ Royals3–1Martínez (4–0)Belcher (1–5)Gordon (13)Kauffman Stadium18,03523–11W2
35May 10@ Royals3–1Wakefield (4–1)Rosado (0–2)Gordon (14)Kauffman Stadium14,79324–11W3
36May 11@ Rangers2–8Witt (4–1)Wasdin (3–1)—The Ballpark in Arlington40,27524–12L1
37May 12@ Rangers3–6Sele (6–2)Rose (1–4)Wetteland (10)The Ballpark in Arlington39,61424–13L2
38May 13@ Twins4–7Radke (4–3)Saberhagen (5–1)Aguilera (7)Metrodome9,07624–14L3
39May 14@ Twins1–2 (12)Trombley (1–1)Wasdin (3–2)—Metrodome12,12124–15L4
40May 15Royals5–2Wakefield (5–1)Rosado (0–3)Eckersley (1)Fenway Park31,46625–15W1
41May 16Royals5–0Avery (1–0)Walker (0–1)Gordon (15)Fenway Park31,70026–15W2
42May 17Royals5–3Mahay (1–0)Rusch (3–6)Gordon (16)Fenway Park29,73627–15W3
43May 19White Sox5–9Bere (2–4)Saberhagen (5–2)—Fenway Park27,12127–16L1
44May 20White Sox6–2Martínez (5–0)Navarro (4–4)Gordon (17)Fenway Park26,95328–16W1
45May 22Yankees5–4Wakefield (6–1)Nelson (1–1)Gordon (18)Fenway Park33,60529–16W2
46May 23Yankees3–12Wells (6–1)Lowe (0–3)—Fenway Park33,12029–17L1
47May 24Yankees4–14Cone (6–1)Saberhagen (5–3)—Fenway Park33,04229–18L2
48May 25Blue Jays5–7Hentgen (7–3)Martínez (5–1)Myers (11)Fenway Park32,34229–19L3
49May 26Blue Jays2–5Guzmán (3–6)Avery (1–1)Myers (12)Fenway Park27,66829–20L4
50May 28@ Yankees3–8Wells (7–1)Wakefield (6–2)Stanton (5)Yankee Stadium42,18229–21L5
51May 29@ Yankees2–6Cone (7–1)Lowe (0–4)—Yankee Stadium47,16029–22L6
52May 30@ Yankees3–2Saberhagen (6–3)Irabu (4–1)Gordon (19)Yankee Stadium55,19130–22W1
53May 31@ Yankees13–7Martínez (6–1)Pettitte (6–5)—Yankee Stadium55,71131–22W2 :
June: 17–10
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
54June 1@ Blue Jays9–5Corsi (2–1)Myers (2–1)—Skydome27,37232–22W3
55June 2@ Blue Jays11–3Avery (2–1)Carpenter (1–2)—Skydome26,17733–22W4
56June 3Orioles0–3Johns (2–1)Lowe (0–5)Rhodes (2)Fenway Park31,35533–23L1
57June 4Orioles9–1Saberhagen (7–3)Ponson (0–3)—Fenway Park33,10434–23W1
58June 5Mets2–9Leiter (6–3)Martínez (6–2)—Fenway Park32,21434–24L1
59June 6Mets0–1Jones (5–3)Wakefield (6–3)Franco (13)Fenway Park32,52534–25L2
60June 7Mets5–0Avery (3–1)Yoshii (4–2)—Fenway Park30,63035–25W1
61June 8@ Braves6–7Embree (1–0)Wasdin (3–3)—Turner Field44,01835–26L1
62June 9@ Braves9–3Saberhagen (8–3)Martínez (2–3)—Turner Field43,12136–26W1
63June 10@ Braves10–6Martínez (7–2)Neagle (7–4)—Turner Field41,34537–26W2
64June 12Devil Rays5–1Wakefield (7–3)Arrojo (8–4)—Fenway Park31,99438–26W3
—June 13Devil RaysPostponed (rain). Makeup date September 21.
65June 14Devil Rays3–2 (10)Gordon (4–1)Lopez (2–2)—Fenway Park27,76839–26W4
66June 15@ White Sox2–3Parque (2–0)Saberhagen (8–4)Karchner (8)Comiskey Park16,10339–27L1
67June 16@ White Sox6–1Martínez (8–2)Bere (3–6)—Comiskey Park13,48340–27W1
68June 17@ White Sox12–5Wakefield (8–3)Eyre (1–7)Gordon (20)Comiskey Park13,56341–27W1
69June 18@ Devil Rays7–5 (10)Wasdin (4–3)Yan (4–1)Gordon (21)Tropicana Field30,17742–27W2
70June 19@ Devil Rays4–1Avery (4–1)Saunders (1–7)Gordon (22)Tropicana Field32,37543–27W3
71June 20@ Devil Rays5–8Santana (2–0)Saberhagen (8–5)Hernández (15)Tropicana Field41,16943–28L1
72June 21@ Devil Rays3–1Martínez (9–2)Johnson (2–4)Gordon (23)Tropicana Field40,34844–28W1
73June 22Phillies8–9 (10)Gomes (6–2)Gordon (4–2)Leiter (14)Fenway Park33,59244–29L1
74June 23Phillies2–3Portugal (3–2)Lowe (0–6)—Fenway Park33,21244–30L2
75June 24Phillies8–11Loewer (2–0)Avery (4–2)Leiter (15)Fenway Park28,07944–31L3
76June 25Phillies7–5Saberhagen (9–5)Beech (3–5)Mahay (1)Fenway Park28,26345–31W1
77June 26@ Marlins6–1Martínez (10–2)Fontenot (0–6)—Pro Player Stadium23,79246–31W2
78June 27@ Marlins9–4Wakefield (9–3)Sánchez (3–5)—Pro Player Stadium31,21247–31W3
79June 28@ Marlins1–5Dempster (1–3)Lowe (0–7)Alfonseca (3)Pro Player Stadium28,41847–32L1
80June 30Expos7–4Avery (5–2)Pérez (6–8)Gordon (24)Fenway Park27,70448–32W1 :
July: 15–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
81July 1Expos6–1Saberhagen (10–5)Hermanson (6–7)—Fenway Park24,92349–32W2
82July 2Expos15–0Martínez (11–2)Pavano (2–2)—Fenway Park32,63750–32W3
83July 3White Sox15–2Wakefield (10–3)Sirotka (8–8)—Fenway Park32,46751–32W4
84July 4White Sox0–3Snyder (1–0)Cho (0–1)Simas (5)Fenway Park29,60051–33L1
85July 5White Sox15–14Reyes (3–2)Howry (0–1)Gordon (25)Fenway Park32,97052–33W1
86July 9@ Orioles2–3Orosco (2–1)Corsi (2–1)Benítez (10)Camden Yards48,01452–34L1
87July 10@ Orioles2–3Orosco (3–1)Martínez (11–3)Benítez (11)Camden Yards48,04352–35L2
88July 11@ Orioles1–2Erickson (9–7)Wakefield (10–4)Orosco (6)Camden Yards48,24452–36L3
89July 12@ Orioles7–11Johns (3–2)Cho (0–2)Mills (1)Camden Yards48,19352–37L4
90July 13@ Devil Rays2–0Avery (6–2)Santana (2–2)Gordon (26)Tropicana Field29,18653–37W1
91July 14@ Devil Rays4–5Lopez (5–2)Mahay (1–1)—Tropicana Field27,31053–38L1
92July 15Indians1–0Martínez (12–3)Colón (9–5)—Fenway Park33,50154–38W1
93July 16Indians15–5Wakefield (11–4)Gooden (3–4)Lowe (1)Fenway Park33,56855–38W2
94July 17@ Tigers4–6Powell (1–1)Cho (0–3)Jones (17)Tiger Stadium26,25555–39L1
95July 18@ Tigers9–4Avery (7–2)Castillo (2–6)Lowe (2)Tiger Stadium22,98356–39W1
96July 19@ Tigers7–10Thompson (9–8)Gordon (4–3)—Tiger Stadium21,01856–40L1
97July 21 (1)@ Indians10–7Martínez (13–3)Gooden (3–5)Gordon (27)Jacobs Field42,87457–40W1
98July 21 (2)@ Indians2–4 (8)Ogea (3–2)Wakefield (11–5)Jackson (23)Jacobs Field43,22757–41L1
99July 22@ Indians3–4Nagy (8–6)Garcés (1–1)Jackson (24)Jacobs Field43,07357–42L2
100July 23Blue Jays8–7 (10)Gordon (5–3)Myers (3–3)—Fenway Park33,01158–42W1
101July 24Blue Jays6–10Guzmán (5–12)Avery (7–3)Quantrill (2)Fenway Park33,15958–43L1
102July 25Blue Jays5–3Lowe (1–7)Williams (9–5)Gordon (28)Fenway Park33,09959–43W1
103July 26Blue Jays6–3Martínez (14–3)Hentgen (9–8)—Fenway Park33,05960–43W2
104July 28@ Athletics8–4Wakefield (12–5)Haynes (7–4)Gordon (29)Network Associates Coliseum11,20861–43W3
105July 29@ Athletics10–2Wasdin (5–3)Oquist (6–8)Lowe (3)Network Associates Coliseum11,63262–43W4
106July 30@ Athletics5–6Rogers (11–4)Avery (7–4)Taylor (22)Network Associates Coliseum17,53562–44L1
107July 31@ Angels7–2Saberhagen (11–5)Olivares (5–8)Gordon (30)Edison Field43,39063–44W1 :
August: 17–11
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
108August 1@ Angels11–3Martínez (15–3)Watson (4–7)Lowe (4)Edison Field29,89364–44W2
109August 2@ Angels8–7Wakefield (13–5)Dickson (9–9)Gordon (31)Edison Field35,76365–44W3
110August 3@ Mariners1–3Cloude (6–7)Wasdin (5–4)Timlin (7)Kingdome27,88765–45L1
111August 4@ Mariners2–1Avery (8–4)McCarthy (0–2)Gordon (32)Kingdome29,62166–45W1
112August 6@ Rangers7–4Burkett (7–11)Saberhagen (11–6)Wetteland (30)The Ballpark at Arlington32,13266–46L1
113August 7@ Rangers3–4Helling (15–6)Martínez (15–4)Wetteland (31)The Ballpark at Arlington34,90666–47L2
114August 8@ Rangers11–1Wakefield (14–5)Sele (13–9)—The Ballpark at Arlington44,24267–47W1
115August 9@ Rangers14–8Corsi (3–1)Stottlemyre (10–10)—The Ballpark at Arlington31,12768–47W2
116August 11Royals4–7 (10)Gordon (6–3)Montgomery (1–4)—Fenway Park32,29069–47W3
117August 12Royals4–8Service (5–3)Swindell (3–4)—Fenway Park32,48869–48L1
118August 13Twins8–7Eckersley (3–1)Miller (0–2)Gordon (33)Fenway Park32,80170–48W1
119August 14Twins13–12Lowe (2–7)Baptist (0–1)Gordon (34)Fenway Park32,88871–48W2
120August 15Twins2–3Rodriguez (2–2)Schourek (7–7)Aguilera (29)Fenway Park32,41271–49L1
121August 16Twins3–6Milton (7–9)Avery (8–5)Aguilera (30)Fenway Park30,89371–50L2
—August 17RangersPostponed (rain). Makeup date August 18.
122August 18 (1)Rangers4–1Martínez (16–4)Burkett (7–13)Gordon (35)Fenway Park33,20172–50W1
123August 18 (2)Rangers5–4Lowe (3–7)Patterson (1–5)Gordon (36)Fenway Park26,67773–50W2
124August 19@ Royals11–1Wakefield (15–5)Barber (0–1)—Kauffman Stadium14,01774–50W3
125August 20@ Royals2–8Pichardo (7–8)Schourek (7–8)—Kauffman Stadium14,27874–51L1
126August 21@ Twins9–2Avery (9–5)Milton (7–10)—Metrodome16,78675–51W1
127August 22@ Twins3–4Trombley (4–3)Swindell (3–5)—Metrodome18,41575–52L1
128August 23@ Twins5–1Martínez (17–4)Radke (10–12)—Metrodome12,68676–52W1
129August 25Athletics3–2Swindell (4–5)Rogers (12–6)Gordon (37)Fenway Park28,36677–52W2
130August 26Athletics7–4Wasdin (6–4)Worrell (2–7)Gordon (38)Fenway Park26,37978–52W3
131August 27Athletics3–6Candiotti (10–14)Schourek (7–9)Taylor (27)Fenway Park31,23978–53L1
132August 28Angels6–7Hill (9–5)Avery (9–6)—Fenway Park32,47078–54L2
133August 29Angels6–1Martínez (18–4)McDowell (3–3)—Fenway Park32,51979–54W1
134August 30Angels6–8Hasegawa (7–3)Wakefield (15–6)Percival (38)Fenway Park31,47679–55L1
135August 31Mariners5–1Saberhagen (12–6)Fassero (10–11)—Fenway Park28,55380–55W1 :
September: 12–15
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
136September 1Mariners3–7Moyer (12–8)Lowe (3–8)—Fenway Park28,15080–56L1
137September 2Mariners7–3Gordon (7–3)Ayala (1–10)—Fenway Park25,81381–56W1
138September 3@ Blue Jays3–4 (11)Person (3–0)Veras (0–1)—SkyDome27,22681–57L1
139September 4@ Blue Jays1–12Hentgen (12–10)Wakefield (15–7)Steib (2)SkyDome29,16681–58L2
140September 5@ Blue Jays3–4Clemens (18–6)Saberhagen (12–7)Quantrill (7)SkyDome37,15881–59L3
141September 6@ Blue Jays7–8Quantrill (3–4)Lowe (3–9)Person (1)SkyDome38,37481–60L4
142September 7Yankees4–3Swindell (5–5)Wells (17–3)Gordon (39)Fenway Park32,10682–60W1
143September 8Yankees2–3Cone (19–5)Martínez (18–5)Rivera (34)Fenway Park33,40982–61L1
144September 9Yankees5–7Mendoza (9–2)Wakefield (15–8)Rivera (35)Fenway Park32,94282–62L2
145September 11Tigers6–2Saberhagen (13–7)Powell (3–7)Gordon (40)Fenway Park29,13183–62W1
146September 12Tigers2–3Anderson (4–1)Gordon (7–4)Jones (24)Fenway Park31,22083–63L1
147September 13Tigers1–4Moehler (13–13)Swindell (5–6)Jones (25)Fenway Park31,22583–64L2
148September 14@ Yankees0–3Hernández (10–4)Martínez (18–6)—Yankee Stadium42,72583–65L3
149September 15@ Yankees9–4Wakefield (16–8)Jerzembeck (0–1)—Yankee Stadium43,21884–65W1
150September 16@ Orioles4–3Saberhagen (14–7)Erickson (15–12)Gordon (41)Camden Yards42,67685–65W2
151September 17@ Orioles3–2Eckersley (4–1)Benítez (5–6)Gordon (42)Camden Yards44,56586–65W3
152September 18@ White Sox9–11Parque (7–5)Avery (9–7)Simas (18)Comiskey Park17,76786–66L1
153September 19@ White Sox2–5Snyder (7–2)Martínez (18–7)—Comiskey Park21,92486–67L2
154September 20@ White Sox4–6Sirotka (13–15)Corsi (3–2)Ward (1)Comiskey Park24,16586–68L3
155September 21 (1)Devil Rays4–3Saberhagen (15–7)Saunders (6–15)Gordon (43)Fenway Park—87–68W1
156September 21 (2)Devil Rays4–8Wade (1–0)Reyes (3–3)—Fenway Park23,37987–69L1
157September 22Devil Rays11–2Schourek (8–9)Santana (5–6)—Fenway Park20,33988–69W1
158September 23Devil Rays5–4Avery (10–7)Rekar (2–8)Gordon (44)Fenway Park23,24089–69W2
159September 24Orioles9–6Martínez (19–7)Ponson (8–9)Gordon (45)Fenway Park30,99790–69W3
160September 25Orioles8–3Wakefield (17–8)Fussell (0–1)—Fenway Park32,64491–69W4
161September 26Orioles2–5Erickson (16–13)Saberhagen (15–8)Benítez (22)Fenway Park29,22691–70L1
162September 27Orioles6–4Valdez (1–0)Mussina (13–10)Gordon (46)Fenway Park32,15892–70W1 :
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### Postseason game log

Boston Red Sox 1998 Postseason Game Log (1–3) :
American League Division Series vs. Cleveland Indians (1–3)
#/DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesStreak
1September 29@ Indians11–3Martínez (1–0)Wright (0–1)—Jacobs Field45,1851–0W1
2September 30@ Indians5–9Burba (1–0)Wakefield (0–1)Jackson (1)Jacobs Field45,2291–1L1
3October 2Indians3–4Nagy (1–0)Saberhagen (0–1)Jackson (2)Fenway Park33,1141–2L2
4October 3Indians1–2Reed (1–0)Gordon (0–1)Jackson (3)Fenway Park33,5371–3L3
Red Sox Lose Series 1–3 :

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Pawtucket Red Sox | International League | Ken Macha |
| AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League | DeMarlo Hale |
| A-Advanced | Sarasota Red Sox | Florida State League | Bob Geren |
| A | Michigan Battle Cats | Midwest League | Billy Gardner Jr. |
| A-Short Season | Lowell Spinners | New York–Penn League | Dick Berardino |
| Rookie | GCL Red Sox | Gulf Coast League | Luis Aguayo |
| Rookie | DSL Red Sox | Dominican Summer League | Nelson Norman |
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