1998 Florida Marlins

54-108 • .333 Win% • 5th in NL E

The 1998 Florida Marlins went 54-108 (.333) finishing 5th in the NL E division. The club scored 667 runs, allowed 923, and played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. Team leaders included Cliff Floyd (22 HR, 90 RBI) and Brian Meadows (11-13, 5.21 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

54 Wins
108 Losses
.333 Win %
5th Rank
667 R 923 RA
Diff -256

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667 Runs Scored
923 Runs Allowed
-256 Run Diff
1,750K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 NL Average

Batting Avg .248 5% below the 1998 league average (.261)
OBP .316 4% below the 1998 league average (.331)
SLG .372 9% below the 1998 league average (.410)
Team ERA 5.18 22% worse than the 1998 league average (4.23)
Runs Scored 667 11% below the 1998 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumJoe Robbie Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,750,395
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Avg per Game 21,609

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1998

Batting Avg

1 Mike Redmond 0.331 2 Dave Berg 0.313 3 Todd Zeile 0.291 4 Edgar Renteria 0.282 5 Cliff Floyd 0.282

Home Runs

1 Cliff Floyd 22 2 Derrek Lee 17 3 Mark Kotsay 11 4 Charles Johnson 7 5 Kevin Orie 6

RBI

1 Cliff Floyd 90 2 Derrek Lee 74 3 Mark Kotsay 68 4 Craig Counsell 40 5 Todd Zeile 39
1998 Florida Marlins — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Cliff Floyd 153 588 85 166 45 3 22 90 47 112 27 0.282
Mark Kotsay 154 578 72 161 25 7 11 68 34 61 10 0.279
Edgar Renteria 133 517 79 146 18 2 3 31 48 78 41 0.282
Derrek Lee 141 454 62 106 29 1 17 74 47 120 5 0.233
Todd Dunwoody 116 434 53 109 27 7 5 28 21 113 5 0.251
Craig Counsell 107 335 43 84 19 5 4 40 51 47 3 0.251
Gregg Zaun 106 298 19 56 12 2 5 29 35 52 5 0.188
Ryan Jackson 111 260 26 65 15 1 5 31 20 73 1 0.250
Todd Zeile 66 234 37 68 12 1 6 39 31 34 2 0.291
Dave Berg 81 182 18 57 11 0 2 21 26 46 3 0.313
Kevin Orie 48 175 23 46 8 1 6 17 14 24 1 0.263
John Cangelosi 104 171 19 43 8 0 1 10 30 23 2 0.251
Luis Castillo 44 153 21 31 3 2 1 10 22 33 3 0.203
Gary Sheffield 40 136 21 37 11 1 6 28 26 16 4 0.272
Mike Redmond 37 118 10 39 9 0 2 12 5 16 0 0.331
Charles Johnson 31 113 13 25 5 0 7 23 16 30 0 0.221
Bobby Bonilla 28 97 11 27 5 0 4 15 12 22 0 0.278
John Wehner 53 88 10 20 2 0 0 5 7 12 1 0.227
Alex Gonzalez 25 86 11 13 2 0 3 7 9 30 0 0.151
Livan Hernandez 35 82 3 16 3 0 0 6 0 20 0 0.195
Jim Eisenreich 30 64 9 16 1 0 1 7 4 14 2 0.250
Brian Meadows 31 54 4 7 0 0 0 3 4 19 0 0.130
Jesus Sanchez 37 52 2 7 0 1 0 1 1 15 0 0.135
Randy Knorr 15 49 4 10 4 1 2 11 1 10 0 0.204
Preston Wilson 14 31 4 2 0 0 1 1 4 13 0 0.065
Andy Larkin 17 29 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 19 0 0.138
Kirt Ojala 41 26 2 4 1 0 0 3 3 10 0 0.154
Josh Booty 7 19 0 3 1 0 0 3 3 8 0 0.158
Rafael Medina 12 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.053
Mike Piazza 5 18 1 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0.278
Brian Daubach 10 15 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 5 0 0.200
Ryan Dempster 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.000
Brian Edmondson 43 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Joe Fontenot 8 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.000
John Roskos 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.100
Vic Darensbourg 60 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Eric Ludwick 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Chris Hammond 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Rob Stanifer 38 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Antonio Alfonseca 58 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Felix Heredia 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Matt Mantei 42 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Kevin Millar 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500
Donn Pall 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Oscar Henriquez 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Manuel Barrios 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gabe Gonzalez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jay Powell 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Speier 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1998

ERA

1 Matt Mantei 2.96 2 Vic Darensbourg 3.68 3 Brian Edmondson 3.79 4 Antonio Alfonseca 4.08 5 Jay Powell 4.21

Wins

1 Brian Meadows 11 2 Livan Hernandez 10 3 Jesus Sanchez 7 4 Antonio Alfonseca 4 5 Brian Edmondson 4

Strikeouts

1 Livan Hernandez 162 2 Jesus Sanchez 137 3 Brian Meadows 88 4 Kirt Ojala 75 5 Vic Darensbourg 74
1998 Florida Marlins — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Livan Hernandez 10 12 4.72 33 33 0 234.1 265 123 104 162
Brian Meadows 11 13 5.21 31 31 0 174.1 222 101 46 88
Jesus Sanchez 7 9 4.47 35 29 0 173.0 178 86 91 137
Kirt Ojala 2 7 4.25 41 13 0 125.0 128 59 59 75
Andy Larkin 3 8 9.64 17 14 0 74.2 101 80 55 43
Vic Darensbourg 0 7 3.68 59 0 1 71.0 52 29 30 74
Antonio Alfonseca 4 6 4.08 58 0 8 70.2 75 32 33 46
Rafael Medina 2 6 6.01 12 12 0 67.1 76 45 52 49
Brian Edmondson 4 3 3.79 43 0 0 59.1 62 25 29 32
Ryan Dempster 1 5 7.08 14 11 0 54.2 72 43 38 35
Matt Mantei 3 4 2.96 42 0 9 54.2 38 18 23 63
Rob Stanifer 2 4 5.63 38 0 1 48.0 54 30 22 30
Joe Fontenot 0 7 6.33 8 8 0 42.2 56 30 20 24
Felix Heredia 0 3 5.49 41 2 2 41.0 38 25 32 38
Jay Powell 4 4 4.21 33 0 3 36.1 36 17 22 24
Donn Pall 0 1 5.13 23 0 0 33.1 42 19 7 26
Eric Ludwick 1 4 7.44 13 6 0 32.2 46 27 17 27
Oscar Henriquez 0 0 8.55 15 0 0 20.0 26 19 12 19
Justin Speier 0 3 8.38 18 0 0 19.1 25 18 12 15
Chris Hammond 0 2 6.59 3 3 0 13.2 20 10 8 8
Manuel Barrios 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 2.2 4 1 2 1
Gabe Gonzalez 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0

👥 Roster (49)

Antonio Alfonseca Manuel Barrios Dave Berg Bobby Bonilla Josh Booty John Cangelosi Luis Castillo Craig Counsell Vic Darensbourg Brian Daubach Ryan Dempster Todd Dunwoody +37 more

49 players

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The 1998 Florida Marlins in brief

A 54-108 record (.333) put the 1998 Florida Marlins 5th in the NL East. With 667 runs scored and 923 given up, the 1998 differential was -256. The team batting average of .248 was 5% below the 1998 league mark of .261. Pitchers allowed 5.18 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.23. League clubs averaged 746 runs that year, so the Florida Marlins scored 11% fewer.

The home park, Joe Robbie Stadium, recorded 1,750,395 in attendance, about 21,609 a game. For power, Cliff Floyd led the way with 22 homers. On the mound, Brian Meadows won 11 games to lead the staff. Livan Hernandez struck out 162, the most on the club. The roster section lists 49 players who appeared for the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1998 Florida Marlins

What was the 1998 Florida Marlins record?
The 1998 Florida Marlins finished 54-108 (.333 win pct).
Who led the 1998 Florida Marlins in home runs?
Cliff Floyd led the 1998 Florida Marlins with 22 home runs.
What was the 1998 Florida Marlins team ERA?
The 1998 Florida Marlins posted a team ERA of 5.18.
Did the 1998 Florida Marlins win the World Series?
No. The 1998 Florida Marlins did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1998 Florida Marlins play?
The 1998 Florida Marlins played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium.
Who led the 1998 Florida Marlins in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Cliff Floyd (22 HR, 90 RBI) and Brian Meadows (11-13, 5.21 ERA).
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