1998 Chicago Cubs

90-73 • .552 Win% • 2nd in NL C

The 1998 Chicago Cubs went 90-73 (.552) finishing 2nd in the NL C division. The club scored 831 runs, allowed 792, and played home games at Wrigley Field. Team leaders included Sammy Sosa (66 HR, 158 RBI) and Kevin Tapani (19-9, 4.85 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

90 Wins
73 Losses
.552 Win %
2nd Rank
831 R 792 RA
Diff +39

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⚡ Quick Stats

831 Runs Scored
792 Runs Allowed
+39 Run Diff
2,623K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 NL Average

Batting Avg .264 1% above the 1998 league average (.261)
OBP .337 2% above the 1998 league average (.331)
SLG .433 6% above the 1998 league average (.410)
Team ERA 4.47 6% worse than the 1998 league average (4.23)
Runs Scored 831 11% above the 1998 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 2,623,000
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Avg per Game 31,987

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1998

Batting Avg

1 Glenallen Hill 0.351 2 Gary Gaetti 0.320 3 Mark Grace 0.309 4 Sammy Sosa 0.308 5 Matt Mieske 0.299

Home Runs

1 Sammy Sosa 66 2 Henry Rodriguez 31 3 Jose Hernandez 23 4 Mark Grace 17 5 Brant Brown 14

RBI

1 Sammy Sosa 158 2 Mark Grace 89 3 Henry Rodriguez 85 4 Jose Hernandez 75 5 Mickey Morandini 53
1998 Chicago Cubs — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sammy Sosa 159 643 134 198 20 0 66 158 73 171 18 0.308
Mark Grace 158 595 92 184 39 3 17 89 93 56 4 0.309
Mickey Morandini 154 582 93 172 20 4 8 53 72 84 13 0.296
Jose Hernandez 149 488 76 124 23 7 23 75 40 140 4 0.254
Henry Rodriguez 128 415 56 104 21 1 31 85 54 113 1 0.251
Jeff Blauser 119 361 49 79 11 3 4 26 60 93 2 0.219
Brant Brown 124 347 56 101 17 7 14 48 30 95 4 0.291
Scott Servais 113 325 35 72 15 1 7 36 26 51 1 0.222
Lance Johnson 85 304 51 85 8 4 2 21 26 22 10 0.280
Manny Alexander 108 264 34 60 10 1 5 25 18 66 4 0.227
Tyler Houston 95 255 26 65 7 1 9 33 13 53 2 0.255
Kevin Orie 64 204 24 37 14 0 2 21 18 35 1 0.181
Glenallen Hill 48 131 26 46 5 0 8 23 14 34 0 0.351
Gary Gaetti 37 128 21 41 11 0 8 27 12 23 0 0.320
Matt Mieske 77 97 16 29 7 0 1 12 11 17 0 0.299
Sandy Martinez 45 87 7 23 9 1 0 7 13 21 1 0.264
Kevin Tapani 35 75 7 10 2 0 1 11 7 30 0 0.133
Steve Trachsel 33 64 11 17 3 0 1 8 7 18 0 0.266
Mark Clark 33 62 1 4 2 0 0 3 3 27 0 0.065
Kerry Wood 26 54 3 7 0 0 2 8 1 16 0 0.130
Geremi Gonzalez 21 32 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 11 0 0.188
Pedro Valdes 14 23 1 5 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 0.217
Jason Hardtke 18 21 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.238
Terry Mulholland 70 17 3 5 2 0 0 3 2 10 0 0.294
Terrell Lowery 24 15 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.200
Don Wengert 23 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Orlando Merced 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 5 1 2 0 0.300
Derrick White 11 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0.100
Mike Morgan 5 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.667
Amaury Telemaco 14 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Dave Stevens 31 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Jason Maxwell 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0.333
Marc Pisciotta 43 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Terry Adams 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rod Beck 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rodney Myers 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jose Nieves 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ben VanRyn 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tony Fossas 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Foster 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Haney 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Felix Heredia 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Matt Karchner 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kurt Miller 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Patterson 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Speier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kennie Steenstra 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1998

ERA

1 Terry Mulholland 2.89 2 Rod Beck 3.02 3 Kerry Wood 3.40 4 Marc Pisciotta 4.09 5 Terry Adams 4.33

Wins

1 Kevin Tapani 19 2 Steve Trachsel 15 3 Kerry Wood 13 4 Mark Clark 9 5 Terry Adams 7

Strikeouts

1 Kerry Wood 233 2 Mark Clark 161 3 Steve Trachsel 149 4 Kevin Tapani 136 5 Rod Beck 81
1998 Chicago Cubs — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kevin Tapani 19 9 4.85 35 34 0 219.0 244 118 62 136
Mark Clark 9 14 4.84 33 33 0 213.2 236 115 48 161
Steve Trachsel 15 8 4.46 33 33 0 208.0 204 103 84 149
Kerry Wood 13 6 3.40 26 26 0 166.2 117 63 85 233
Terry Mulholland 6 5 2.89 70 6 3 112.0 100 36 39 72
Geremi Gonzalez 7 7 5.32 20 20 0 110.0 124 65 41 70
Rod Beck 3 4 3.02 81 0 51 80.1 86 27 20 81
Terry Adams 7 7 4.33 63 0 1 72.2 72 35 41 73
Don Wengert 1 5 5.07 21 6 0 49.2 55 28 23 41
Marc Pisciotta 1 2 4.09 43 0 0 44.0 44 20 32 31
Dave Stevens 1 2 4.74 31 0 0 38.0 42 20 17 31
Matt Karchner 3 1 5.14 29 0 0 28.0 30 16 14 22
Amaury Telemaco 1 1 3.90 14 0 0 27.2 23 12 13 18
Mike Morgan 0 1 7.15 5 5 0 22.2 30 18 15 10
Bob Patterson 1 1 7.52 33 0 1 20.1 36 17 12 17
Rodney Myers 0 0 7.00 12 0 0 18.0 26 14 6 15
Felix Heredia 3 0 4.08 30 0 0 17.2 19 8 6 16
Ben VanRyn 0 0 3.38 9 0 0 8.0 9 3 6 6
Chris Haney 0 0 7.20 5 0 0 5.0 3 4 1 4
Tony Fossas 0 0 9.00 8 0 0 4.0 8 4 6 6
Kurt Miller 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 6
Kevin Foster 0 0 16.20 3 0 0 3.1 8 6 2 3
Kennie Steenstra 0 0 10.80 4 0 0 3.1 7 4 1 4
Justin Speier 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 1.1 2 2 1 2

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Division Series
Lost to ATL 3-0

👥 Roster (47)

Terry Adams Manny Alexander Rod Beck Jeff Blauser Brant Brown Mark Clark Tony Fossas Kevin Foster Gary Gaetti Geremi Gonzalez Mark Grace Chris Haney +35 more

47 players

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The 1998 Chicago Cubs in brief

The 1998 Chicago Cubs won 90 games and lost 73, ending up 2nd in the NL Central. The club earned a wild-card berth. Runs came in at 831 scored against 792 allowed (+39). Against a league average of .261, the 1998 Chicago Cubs batted .264. The staff ERA of 4.47 was 6% worse than the league average of 4.23.

Wrigley Field was home in 1998, drawing a total attendance of 2,623,000. Sammy Sosa topped the Chicago Cubs with 66 home runs. Kevin Tapani was the top winner, with 19 victories. Kerry Wood struck out 233, the most on the club. The saves leader was Rod Beck with 51. The NL Division Series ended in a loss against ATL 3-0.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1998 Chicago Cubs

What was the 1998 Chicago Cubs record?
The 1998 Chicago Cubs finished 90-73 (.552 win pct).
Who led the 1998 Chicago Cubs in home runs?
Sammy Sosa led the 1998 Chicago Cubs with 66 home runs.
What was the 1998 Chicago Cubs team ERA?
The 1998 Chicago Cubs posted a team ERA of 4.47.
Did the 1998 Chicago Cubs win the World Series?
No. The 1998 Chicago Cubs did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1998 Chicago Cubs play?
The 1998 Chicago Cubs played home games at Wrigley Field.
Who led the 1998 Chicago Cubs in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Sammy Sosa (66 HR, 158 RBI) and Kevin Tapani (19-9, 4.85 ERA).
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