# 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 117th season of the franchise; the 112th in the National League. This was their 29th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 69–93.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Houston Astros | 102 | 60 | .630 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Chicago Cubs | 90 | 73 | .552 | 12½ | 51‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 19 | 48‍–‍34 | 35‍–‍45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 85 | .475 | 25 | 39‍–‍42 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 28 | 38‍–‍43 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 69 | 93 | .426 | 33 | 40‍–‍40 | 29‍–‍53 |

### Game log

1998 Game Log (69–93) :
April (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Expos4–0Cordova (1–0)Perez—31,2201–0
2April 2@ Expos4–3Schmidt (1–0)MadduxLoiselle (1)6,3962–0
3April 3@ Mets1–2McMichaelPeters (0–1)—15,2452–1
4April 4@ Mets6–7 (13)WendellPeters (0–2)—17,6332–2
5April 5@ Mets0–7YoshiiSilva (0–1)—18,2052–3
6April 6@ Mets4–2Cordova (2–0)JonesLoiselle (2)13,5283–3
7April 7Braves3–11GlavineSchmidt (1–1)—43,2683–4
8April 8Braves5–3Loaiza (1–0)NeagleLoiselle (3)11,2544–4
9April 9Braves3–4MillwoodLieber (0–1)Wohlers9,5604–5
10April 10Marlins4–1Silva (1–1)MeadowsLoiselle (4)16,5615–5
11April 11Marlins7–6 (10)Loiselle (1–0)Powell—19,9206–5
12April 12Marlins7–3Schmidt (2–1)Medina—12,2037–5
13April 13Marlins2–7LarkinLoaiza (1–1)—10,9387–6
14April 14@ Braves0–6MillwoodLieber (0–2)—31,2597–7
15April 15@ Braves0–7MadduxSilva (1–2)—30,3817–8
16April 16@ Braves1–3SmoltzCordova (2–1)Wohlers35,7607–9
17April 17Padres5–7BoehringerTabaka (0–1)Hoffman12,5557–10
18April 18Padres5–7 (10)MiceliLoiselle (1–1)Hoffman14,7287–11
19April 21Giants3–6GardnerLieber (0–3)—8,9767–12
20April 22Giants5–2Silva (2–2)DarwinLoiselle (5)11,3678–12
21April 23Giants7–0Cordova (3–1)Estes—9,8999–12
22April 24@ Padres4–2Schmidt (3–1)SmithRincon (1)26,41310–12
23April 25@ Padres3–4 (16)ReyesMartinez (0–1)—53,71010–13
24April 26@ Padres6–0Lieber (1–3)Brown—42,28111–13
25April 27@ Giants5–6NenLoiselle (1–2)—10,12711–14
26April 28@ Giants1–2EstesCordova (3–2)Nen11,55111–15
27April 30Dodgers6–14ClontzDessens (0–1)—9,72811–16 :
May (15–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1Dodgers5–4Tabaka (1–1)DreifortLoiselle (6)15,49112–16
29May 2Dodgers4–5MartinezLieber (1–4)Radinsky22,62912–17
30May 3Dodgers5–10ParkSilva (2–3)—18,67412–18
31May 5Cardinals5–2Cordova (4–2)MerckerLoiselle (7)10,32913–18
32May 6Cardinals5–0Schmidt (4–1)Stottlemyre—12,05114–18
33May 7Reds8–7Dessens (1–1)BelindaLoiselle (8)8,40015–18
34May 8Reds3–5 (10)BelindaRincon (0–1)Shaw13,84815–19
35May 9Reds6–1Silva (3–3)WinchesterPeters (1)27,18516–19
36May 10Reds3–4 (12)BelindaLoiselle (1–3)—19,50716–20
37May 11Rockies5–2Schmidt (5–1)Ritz—9,49817–20
38May 12Rockies6–0Loaiza (2–1)Wright—12,95418–20
39May 13@ Astros0–1HamptonLieber (1–5)Wagner14,23918–21
40May 14@ Astros7–2Silva (4–3)Schourek—16,12319–21
41May 15@ Diamondbacks1–6SuppanCordova (4–3)—43,58419–22
42May 16@ Diamondbacks6–3Schmidt (6–1)AndersonLoiselle (9)48,16720–22
43May 17@ Diamondbacks2–8BenesLoaiza (2–2)—44,01420–23
44May 18@ Diamondbacks2–9BlairLieber (1–6)—41,46520–24
45May 19Padres3–0Silva (5–3)HamiltonLoiselle (10)10,49321–24
46May 20Padres5–2Cordova (5–3)AshbyLoiselle (11)—22–24
47May 20Padres3–8HitchcockPeters (0–3)—17,24822–25
48May 21Padres3–2Schmidt (7–1)BrownRincon (2)10,22223–25
49May 22@ Marlins1–3HernandezLoaiza (2–3)—22,05723–26
50May 23@ Marlins10–4Lieber (2–6)FontenotRincon (3)30,49924–26
51May 24@ Marlins3–4PowellChristiansen (0–1)—16,97224–27
52May 26@ Brewers2–3MyersLoiselle (1–4)—12,27224–28
53May 27@ Brewers2–3 (10)WoodallRincon (0–2)—10,27424–29
54May 29Expos1–4PerezLieber (2–7)Urbina17,05324–30
55May 30Expos8–7Christiansen (1–1)Urbina—38,14925–30
56May 31Expos9–4Cordova (6–3)Batista—24,71826–30 :
June (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Mets4–3Schmidt (8–1)MlickiRincon (4)11,27427–30
58June 2Mets5–2Peters (1–3)BohanonRincon (5)9,04028–30
59June 3Mets3–0Lieber (3–7)ReedChristiansen (1)17,69129–30
60June 5Twins6–1Silva (6–3)Morgan—28,44630–30
61June 6Twins4–3 (12)Loaiza (3–3)Aguilera—19,80931–30
62June 7Twins2–3SerafiniSchmidt (8–2)Aguilera32,77331–31
63June 8@ Indians0–8ColonPeters (1–4)—43,06831–32
64June 9@ Indians7–4Lieber (4–7)MormanRincon (6)41,76232–32
65June 10@ Indians4–3 (11)Loaiza (4–3)MesaLoiselle (12)43,10133–32
66June 12Brewers2–4KarlCordova (6–4)Wickman16,85133–33
67June 13Brewers1–8JudenSchmidt (8–3)—28,94533–34
68June 14Brewers7–2Peters (2–4)Woodard—23,75534–34
69June 15@ Phillies1–2BeechLieber (4–8)Leiter14,41134–35
70June 16@ Phillies7–8DoddLoiselle (1–5)—24,61534–36
71June 17@ Phillies1–3SchillingCordova (6–5)—25,69434–37
72June 18@ Brewers1–0Dessens (2–1)JonesRincon (7)14,77435–37
73June 19@ Brewers1–2WoodardPeters (2–5)Wickman20,93535–38
74June 20@ Brewers4–2Lieber (5–8)EldredRincon (8)28,55636–38
75June 21@ Brewers8–7Loaiza (5–3)JudenRincon (9)22,33837–38
76June 22White Sox4–5CastilloDessens (2–2)Karchner21,53137–39
77June 23White Sox4–5SirotkaSchmidt (8–4)Karchner20,31037–40
78June 24@ Royals10–3Peters (3–5)Rusch—18,00738–40
79June 25@ Royals1–6BelcherLieber (5–9)—22,50438–41
80June 26@ Dodgers2–5ParkLoaiza (5–4)Osuna52,93438–42
81June 27@ Dodgers0–2ValdezCordova (6–6)—37,82138–43
82June 28@ Dodgers6–4Williams (1–0)RadinskyLoiselle (13)38,86539–43
83June 30Tigers0–3MoehlerLieber (5–10)—11,76039–44 :
July (11–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
84July 1Tigers1–9GreisingerPeters (3–6)—18,95739–45
85July 2Tigers5–2Loaiza (6–4)PowellLoiselle (14)34,59440–45
86July 3@ Cubs9–12TapaniCordova (6–7)Beck40,42040–46
87July 4@ Cubs4–5PisciottaSchmidt (8–5)Beck37,78040–47
88July 5@ Cubs6–7StevensLoiselle (1–6)Beck38,74240–48
89July 10Phillies6–7SchillingCordova (6–8)—18,66540–49
90July 11Phillies0–1PortugalLoiselle (1–7)Leiter30,08440–50
91July 12Phillies4–10LoewerLoaiza (6–5)—34,14440–51
92July 13Cubs6–2Lieber (6–10)Gonzalez—11,77241–51
93July 14Cubs4–7TapaniPeters (3–7)Beck13,40541–52
94July 15Cubs3–0Cordova (7–8)WoodRincon (10)28,65542–52
95July 16@ Expos5–10PavanoSchmidt (8–6)Maddux8,55842–53
96July 17@ Expos5–1Williams (2–0)VazquezChristiansen (2)9,38043–53
97July 18@ Expos5–2Lieber (7–10)Boskie—11,49944–53
98July 19@ Expos6–1Peters (4–7)Hermanson—17,55845–53
99July 20@ Mets3–1Cordova (8–8)YoshiiRincon (11)18,08846–53
100July 21@ Mets0–4ReedSchmidt (8–7)—22,84446–54
101July 22Marlins6–4Van Poppel (1–0)DempsterChristiansen (3)13,54447–54
102July 23Marlins9–1Lieber (8–10)Meadows—11,37448–54
103July 24Braves0–3SmoltzPeters (4–8)—24,77648–55
104July 25Braves4–1Cordova (9–8)NeagleChristiansen (4)41,56849–55
105July 26Braves1–2MadduxSchmidt (8–8)Ligtenberg34,92549–56
106July 27@ Rockies7–8 (13)LeskanicMcCurry (0–1)—46,02449–57
107July 28@ Rockies6–12AstacioLieber (8–11)—46,85649–58
108July 29@ Rockies12–1Peters (5–8)Kile—47,41150–58
109July 31Astros4–7HamptonCordova (9–9)Henry32,47650–59 :
August (14–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 1Astros1–2LimaWilliams (2–1)—19,78350–60
111August 2Astros2–6JohnsonChristiansen (1–2)Elarton21,20150–61
112August 3Rockies2–7JonesLieber (8–12)—11,20450–62
113August 4Rockies13–5Christiansen (2–2)Kile—15,78451–62
114August 5Rockies2–6WrightCordova (9–10)—12,86251–63
115August 6Rockies1–5ThomsonSchmidt (8–9)—14,06051–64
116August 7@ Dodgers1–3BohanonVan Poppel (1–1)Shaw41,67651–65
117August 8@ Dodgers1–2OsunaChristiansen (2–3)—45,18751–66
118August 9@ Dodgers2–1Peters (6–8)ParkRincon (12)43,22752–66
119August 11@ Reds7–0Cordova (10–10)Tomko—16,39953–66
120August 12@ Reds5–4Schmidt (9–9)RemlingerRincon (13)16,94654–66
121August 13@ Reds9–6McCurry (1–1)HarnischRincon (14)16,00255–66
122August 14@ Cardinals5–10OsborneLieber (8–13)—47,83655–67
123August 15@ Cardinals7–8 (12)PainterMcCurry (1–2)—46,81755–68
124August 16@ Cardinals4–1Cordova (11–10)MorrisLieber (1)46,90456–68
125August 18Dodgers6–4Schmidt (10–9)PerezLoiselle (15)12,73057–68
126August 19Dodgers6–5Williams (3–1)BohanonChristiansen (5)27,25958–68
127August 20Reds6–5Christiansen (3–3)Graves—13,13759–68
128August 21Reds14–2Peters (7–8)Tomko—17,00760–68
129August 22Cardinals14–4Cordova (12–10)Witt—45,08261–68
130August 23Cardinals4–3Schmidt (11–9)MerckerChristiansen (6)42,13462–68
131August 24Cardinals5–5 (7)———28,43562–68
132August 25@ Diamondbacks9–6Lawrence (1–0)SodowskyLoiselle (16)38,96063–68
133August 26@ Diamondbacks4–3Tabaka (2–1)DaalLoiselle (17)39,90664–68
134August 28@ Astros0–2JohnsonCordova (12–11)—40,70964–69
135August 29@ Astros3–6LimaSchmidt (11–10)Powell41,76264–70
136August 30@ Astros4–11ReynoldsMcCurry (1–3)—25,34264–71 :
September (5–22)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1Diamondbacks3–4DaalPeters (7–9)Olson11,42764–72
138September 2Diamondbacks1–2 (11)SmallTabaka (2–2)Olson12,01064–73
139September 3Diamondbacks0–1AndersonCordova (12–12)—8,61064–74
140September 4Cubs2–5KarchnerWilliams (3–2)Beck36,51064–75
141September 5Cubs4–8TapaniLawrence (1–1)Beck37,71164–76
142September 6Cubs4–3 (10)Loiselle (2–7)Stevens—22,20965–76
143September 7Brewers3–6RoqueDessens (2–3)Wickman12,83065–77
144September 8Brewers8–7Williams (4–2)PlunkLoiselle (18)7,17166–77
145September 9@ Cubs2–4ClarkSchmidt (11–11)Beck34,85766–78
146September 10@ Cubs2–5TapaniSilva (6–4)Beck38,72266–79
147September 11@ Phillies6–1Peters (8–9)Loewer—16,59767–79
148September 12@ Phillies4–13PortugalDessens (2–4)—19,32967–80
149September 13@ Phillies1–4ByrdCordova (12–13)Leiter19,66267–81
150September 14@ Cardinals3–7JimenezSchmidt (11–12)—42,26567–82
151September 15@ Cardinals8–6Lawrence (2–1)OsborneLoiselle (19)—68–82
152September 15@ Cardinals3–9AybarSilva (6–5)Acevedo41,27168–83
153September 16@ Cardinals0–4MorrisVan Poppel (1–2)—39,75868–84
154September 18Astros2–5JohnsonDessens (2–5)Powell16,93768–85
155September 19Astros7–1Cordova (13–13)Lima—20,67069–85
156September 20Astros0–2ReynoldsSchmidt (11–13)Wagner23,65769–86
157September 21@ Giants1–8HershiserSilva (6–6)—15,69569–87
158September 22@ Giants2–14RueterLieber (8–14)—16,22869–88
159September 23@ Giants1–4GardnerPeters (8–10)Nen13,91569–89
160September 24@ Giants2–6OrtizDessens (2–6)—16,75469–90
161September 25@ Reds1–4BereCordova (13–14)Graves17,42969–91
162September 26@ Reds2–6HarnischSchmidt (11–14)White19,39169–92
163September 27@ Reds1–4TomkoSilva (6–7)—19,36069–93 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Pirates team member :

### 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 |

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| NL East |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | 2 | 7 | 0.222 | 17 | 40 |
| Florida Marlins | 6 | 3 | 0.667 | 49 | 33 |
| Montreal Expos | 7 | 2 | 0.778 | 47 | 32 |
| New York Mets | 5 | 4 | 0.556 | 26 | 28 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 8 | 0.111 | 30 | 49 |
| Total | 21 | 24 | 0.467 | 169 | 182 |
| NL Central |||||||
| Chicago Cubs | 3 | 8 | 0.273 | 46 | 58 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 65 | 48 |
| Houston Astros | 2 | 9 | 0.182 | 30 | 45 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 5 | 6 | 0.455 | 39 | 44 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 6 | 5 | 0.545 | 63 | 59 |
| Total | 23 | 33 | 0.411 | 243 | 254 |
| NL West |||||||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 3 | 6 | 0.333 | 28 | 42 |
| Colorado Rockies | 4 | 5 | 0.444 | 54 | 46 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 44 | 59 |
| San Diego Padres | 5 | 4 | 0.556 | 37 | 32 |
| San Francisco Giants | 2 | 7 | 0.222 | 27 | 48 |
| Total | 19 | 29 | 0.396 | 190 | 227 |
| American League |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 8 | 10 |
| Cleveland Indians | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 11 | 15 |
| Detroit Tigers | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 6 | 14 |
| Kansas City Royals | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 11 | 9 |
| Minnesota Twins | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | 12 | 7 |
| Total | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 48 | 55 |
| Season Total | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 650 | 718 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0.407 | 101 | 122 |
| May | 29 | 15 | 14 | 0.517 | 123 | 113 |
| June | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0.481 | 95 | 98 |
| July | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0.423 | 121 | 120 |
| August | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0.538 | 137 | 122 |
| September | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0.185 | 73 | 143 |
| Total | 162 | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 650 | 718 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 80 | 40 | 40 | 0.500 | 354 | 336 |
| Away | 82 | 29 | 53 | 0.354 | 296 | 382 |
| Total | 162 | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 650 | 718 |

## Roster
### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 5 | Tony Womack | 2B |
| 18 | Jason Kendall | C |
| 28 | Al Martin | LF |
| 29 | Kevin Young | 1B |
| 46 | Jermaine Allensworth | CF |
| 11 | José Guillén | RF |
| 14 | Freddy García | 3B |
| 6 | Lou Collier | SS |
| 67 | Francisco Córdova | SP |

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| T. Laker | 14 | 24 | 9 | 0.375 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Kendall | 149 | 535 | 175 | 0.327 | 12 | 75 |
| J. Allensworth | 69 | 233 | 72 | 0.309 | 3 | 24 |
| A. Brown | 41 | 152 | 43 | 0.283 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Womack | 159 | 655 | 185 | 0.282 | 3 | 45 |
| S. Bieser | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0.273 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Young | 159 | 592 | 160 | 0.270 | 27 | 108 |
| J. Guillén | 153 | 573 | 153 | 0.267 | 14 | 84 |
| T. Ward | 123 | 282 | 74 | 0.262 | 9 | 46 |
| E. Brown | 13 | 39 | 10 | 0.256 | 0 | 3 |
| F. García | 56 | 172 | 44 | 0.256 | 9 | 26 |
| J. Christiansen | 60 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Martínez | 73 | 180 | 45 | 0.250 | 6 | 24 |
| T. Van Poppel | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Collier | 110 | 334 | 82 | 0.246 | 2 | 34 |
| E. Loaiza | 21 | 29 | 7 | 0.241 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Martin | 125 | 440 | 105 | 0.239 | 12 | 47 |
| A. Ramírez | 72 | 251 | 59 | 0.235 | 6 | 24 |
| C. Peters | 39 | 39 | 9 | 0.231 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Osik | 39 | 98 | 21 | 0.214 | 0 | 7 |
| M. Smith | 59 | 128 | 25 | 0.195 | 2 | 13 |
| A. Núñez | 24 | 52 | 10 | 0.192 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Polcovich | 81 | 212 | 40 | 0.189 | 0 | 14 |
| D. Strange | 90 | 185 | 32 | 0.173 | 0 | 14 |
| J. Lieber | 29 | 48 | 8 | 0.167 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Sanford | 14 | 28 | 4 | 0.143 | 0 | 3 |
| F. Córdova | 33 | 75 | 9 | 0.120 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Schmidt | 33 | 62 | 6 | 0.097 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Silva | 18 | 27 | 1 | 0.037 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Dessens | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Lawrence | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Martínez | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Rincón | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Tabaka | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Williams | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Loiselle | 54 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| J. McCurry | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| M. Wilkins | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 163 | 5,493 | 1,395 | 0.254 | 107 | 613 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| M. Williams | 37 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 1.94 | 59 |
| J. Christiansen | 60 | 642⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 2.51 | 71 |
| R. Rincón | 60 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 2.91 | 64 |
| J. Tabaka | 37 | 502⁄3 | 2 | 2 | 3.02 | 40 |
| F. Córdova | 33 | 2201⁄3 | 13 | 14 | 3.31 | 157 |
| R. Loiselle | 54 | 55 | 2 | 7 | 3.44 | 48 |
| C. Peters | 39 | 148 | 8 | 10 | 3.47 | 103 |
| M. Wilkins | 16 | 151⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 17 |
| J. Schmidt | 33 | 2141⁄3 | 11 | 14 | 4.07 | 158 |
| J. Lieber | 29 | 171 | 8 | 14 | 4.11 | 138 |
| J. Silva | 18 | 1001⁄3 | 6 | 7 | 4.40 | 64 |
| E. Loaiza | 21 | 912⁄3 | 6 | 5 | 4.52 | 53 |
| J. Martínez | 37 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 4.83 | 42 |
| T. Van Poppel | 18 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 5.36 | 32 |
| E. Dessens | 43 | 742⁄3 | 2 | 6 | 5.67 | 43 |
| J. McCurry | 16 | 191⁄3 | 1 | 3 | 6.52 | 11 |
| S. Lawrence | 7 | 192⁄3 | 2 | 1 | 7.32 | 12 |
| Team Totals | 163 | 1,449 | 69 | 93 | 3.91 | 1,112 |

## Awards and honors

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Jason Kendall, C, reserve

## Notable transactions

* July 17, 1998: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Warren Morris and Todd Van Poppel.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Nashville Sounds | Pacific Coast League | Trent Jewett |
| AA | Carolina Mudcats | Southern League | Jeff Banister |
| A | Lynchburg Hillcats | Carolina League | Jeff Richardson and Jeff Livesey |
| A | Augusta Greenjackets | South Atlantic League | Marty Brown |
| A-Short Season | Erie SeaWolves | New York–Penn League | Tracy Woodson |
| Rookie | GCL Pirates | Gulf Coast League | Woody Huyke |