1998 San Diego Padres season

March 2026 November 2013 San Diego Padres 1998 National League championsNational League West champions National League West Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California 98–64 (.605) 1st John Moores Kevin Towers Bruce Bochy KUSI-TV4SD(Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe) KFMB (AM)(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler) The 1998 San Diego Padres season was the 30th season in franchise history. The Padres won the National League championship and advanced to the World Series for the second time in franchise history. San Diego featured five All-Stars: pitchers Andy Ashby, Kevin Brown, and Trevor Hoffman, and outfielders Tony Gwynn and Greg Vaughn. Brown and Hoffman were two of the premier pitchers in baseball for 1998. Brown led the staff in wins, earned run average, and strikeouts, and he also finished in the league's top five in each category. Hoffman saved 53 games and was voted the NL Rolaids Relief Man Award for best closer in the league. Ashby was the team's number two starter with 17 wins. The Padres offense was led by Vaughn, who had the greatest season of his career in 1998. He ended up winning both the Comeback Player of the Year Award and the Silver Slugger Award. And in a season headlined by sluggers Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, Vaughn was matching them in home runs before finishing with 50 (compared to 70 for McGwire and 66 for Sosa). Former MVP Ken Caminiti was second on the team in home runs and runs batted in. Gwynn had a .321 batting average. In the regular season, San Diego won the NL Western Division. Their 98–64 record was third-best in the National League, behind the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves. Facing those teams in the NLDS and NLCS respectively, the Padres defeated both teams 3-1 and 4-2 to win their second NL pennant. The Padres were swept in the World Series by the New York Yankees. Offseason November 26, 1997: Jorge Velandia was traded by the San Diego Padres with Doug Bochtler to the Oakland Athletics for David Newhan and Don Wengert.https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velanjo01.shtml Jorge Velandia Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com July 31, 2012 December 15, 1997: Derrek Lee was traded by the San Diego Padres with Steve Hoff (minors) and Rafael Medina to the Florida Marlins for Kevin Brown.https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leede02.shtml Derrek Lee Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com July 31, 2012 Regular season Opening Day starters Player Pos Quilvio Veras 2B Steve Finley CF Tony Gwynn RF Ken Caminiti 3B Greg Vaughn LF Wally Joyner 1B Carlos Hernández C Chris Gomez SS Kevin Brown P Season standings San Diego Padres Game log San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; 1998 game log: 98–64 (Home: 54–27; Away: 44–37) y San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; March/April: 19–7 (Home: 9–3; Away: 10–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 1 || March 31 || @ Reds || 10–2 || Brown (1–0) || Remlinger (0–1) || — || 54,578 || 1–0 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 2 || April 1 || @ Reds || 10–9 || Hamilton (1–0) || Sullivan (0–1) || Hoffman (1) || 13,706 || 2–0 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 3 || April 2 || @ Reds || 1–5 || Cooke (1–0) || Ashby (0–1) || Shaw (1) || 13,630 || 2–1 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 4 || April 3 || @ Cardinals || 13–5 || Langston (1–0) || Aybar (0–1) || — || 26,760 || 3–1 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 5 || April 4 || @ Cardinals || 6–8 || Mercker (1–0) || Smith (0–1) || Bottenfield (1) || 34,292 || 3–2 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 6 || April 5 || @ Cardinals || 8–7 || Hoffman (1–0) || Looper (0–1) || Miceli (1) || 35,499 || 4–2 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 7 || April 7 || Reds || 3–2 (10) || Hoffman (2–0) || Shaw (0–1) || — || 55,454 || 5–2 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 8 || April 8 || Reds || 6–3 || Ashby (1–1) || White (0–1) || Hoffman (2) || 19,626 || 6–2 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 9 || April 9 || Reds || 6–2 || Boehringer (1–0) || Tomko (1–1) || — || 24,482 || 7–2 || W4 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 10 || April 10 || Diamondbacks || 6–4 || Miceli (1–0) || Rodriguez (0–1) || — || 27,243 || 8–2 || W5 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 11 || April 11 || Diamondbacks || 7–0 || Smith (1–1) || Adamson (0–1) || — || 37,753 || 9–2 || W6 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 12 || April 12 || Diamondbacks || 4–2 || Hamilton (2–0) || Blair (0–3) || Hoffman (3) || 26,217 || 10–2 || W7 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 13 || April 13 || Diamondbacks || 1–0 || Ashby (2–1) || Anderson (1–2) || — || 36,278 || 11–2 || W8 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 14 || April 14 || @ Giants || 7–13 || Tavarez (2–1) || Boehringer (1–1) || — || 11,669 || 11–3 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 15 || April 15 || @ Giants || 1–0 || Brown (2–0) || Darwin (1–1) || — || 16,255 || 12–3 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 16 || April 17 || @ Pirates || 7–5 || Boehringer (2–1) || Tabaka (0–1) || Hoffman (4) || 12,555 || 13–3 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 17 || April 18 || @ Pirates || 7–5 (10) || Miceli (2–0) || Loiselle (1–1) || Hoffman (5) || 14,728 || 14–3 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bbb" | – || April 19 || @ Pirates || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 20 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 18 || April 21 || @ Cubs || 3–5 || Trachsel (3–1) || Brown (2–1) || Beck (7) || 20,363 || 14–4 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 19 || April 22 || @ Cubs || 3–2 (14) || Boehringer (3–1) || Telemaco (0–1) || Reyes (1) || 15,852 || 15–4 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 20 || April 23 || @ Cubs || 4–1 || Ashby (3–1) || Clark (2–2) || Hoffman (6) || 20,276 || 16–4 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 21 || April 24 || Pirates || 2–4 || Schmidt (3–1) || Smith (1–2) || Rincon (1) || 26,413 || 16–5 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 22 || April 25 || Pirates || 4–3 (16) || Reyes (1–0) || Martinez (0–1) || — || 53,710 || 17–5 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 23 || April 26 || Pirates || 0–6 || Lieber (1–3) || Brown (2–2) || — || 42,281 || 17–6 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 24 || April 27 || Cubs || 1–3 || Tapani (4–1) || Hamilton (2–1) || Beck (8) || 20,106 || 17–7 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 25 || April 28 || Cubs || 7–3 || Ashby (4–1) || Clark (2–3) || Hitchcock (1) || 21,024 || 18–7 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 26 || April 30 || @ Marlins || 4–1 || Smith (2–2) || Meadows (3–3) || Hoffman (7) || 14,562 || 19–7 || W2 y San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; May: 16–14 (Home: 8–2; Away: 8–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 27 || May 1 || @ Marlins || 5–6 (11) || Powell (3–2) || Miceli (2–1) || — || 19,465 || 19–8 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 28 || May 2 || @ Marlins || 8–7 || Hamilton (3–1) || Ludwick (1–3) || Hoffman (8) || 22,383 || 20–8 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 29 || May 3 || @ Marlins || 0–1 || Sanchez (1–1) || Ashby (4–2) || Powell (1) || 18,644 || 20–9 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 30 || May 4 || @ Brewers || 13–5 || Hitchcock (1–0) || Mercedes (2–2) || Wengert (1) || 9,357 || 21–9 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 31 || May 5 || @ Brewers || 13–4 || Smith (3–2) || Wagner (1–3) || — || 9,162 || 22–9 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 32 || May 6 || @ Brewers || 2–3 || D. Jones (2–1) || Reyes (1–1) || — || 13,381 || 22–10 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 33 || May 7 || @ Braves || 3–6 || Smoltz (3–0) || Hamilton (3–2) || Ligtenberg (3) || 31,811 || 22–11 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 34 || May 8 || @ Braves || 3–2 || Ashby (5–2) || Glavine (4–2) || Hoffman (9) || 37,490 || 23–11 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 35 || May 9 || @ Braves || 4–6 || Millwood (5–1) || Van Ryn (0–1) || Ligtenberg (4) || 46,160 || 23–12 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 36 || May 10 || @ Braves || 5–8 || Cather (2–1) || Wall (0–1) || Ligtenberg (5) || 33,376 || 23–13 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 37 || May 11 || Mets || 2–1 || Brown (3–2) || A. Leiter (3–2) || Hoffman (10) || 15,291 || 24–13 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bbb" | – || May 12 || Mets || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for May 14 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 38 || May 13 || Mets || 3–4 || B. Jones (2–3) || Hamilton (3–3) || Franco (7) || 14,929 || 24–14 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 39 || May 14 (1) || Mets || 3–1 || Boehringer (4–1) || Cook (2–2) || Hoffman (11) || N/A || 25–14 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 40 || May 14 (2) || Mets || 6–2 || Miceli (3–1) || McMichael (1–1) || — || 26,488 || 26–14 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 41 || May 15 || Phillies || 7–6 || Boehringer (5–1) || Grace (1–5) || Hoffman (12) || 25,157 || 27–14 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 42 || May 16 || Phillies || 3–2 || Reyes (2–1) || M. Leiter (2–1) || — || 53,117 || 28–14 || W4 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 43 || May 17 || Phillies || 3–1 || Wall (1–1) || Schilling (5–4) || Hoffman (13) || 27,913 || 29–14 || W5 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 44 || May 19 || @ Pirates || 0–3 || Silva (5–3) || Hamilton (3–4) || Loiselle (10) || 10,493 || 29–15 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 45 || May 20 (1) || @ Pirates || 2–5 || Cordova (5–3) || Ashby (5–3) || Loiselle (11) || N/A || 29–16 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 46 || May 20 (2) || @ Pirates || 8–3 || Hitchcock (2–0) || Peters (0–3) || — || 17,248 || 30–16 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 47 || May 21 || @ Pirates || 2–3 || Schmidt (7–1) || Brown (3–3) || Rincon (2) || 10,222 || 30–17 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 48 || May 22 || @ Astros || 9–6 || Miceli (4–1) || Nitkowski (1–2) || Hoffman (14) || 28,550 || 31–17 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 49 || May 23 || @ Astros || 3–4 || Miller (2–0) || Miceli (4–2) || Wagner (12) || 36,281 || 31–18 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 50 || May 24 || @ Astros || 2–5 || Schourek (2–2) || Hamilton (3–5) || Wagner (13) || 25,701 || 31–19 || L2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 51 || May 25 || @ Diamondbacks || 2–3 || Springer (3–2) || Ashby (5–4) || Olson (5) || 45,367 || 31–20 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 52 || May 26 || @ Diamondbacks || 12–1 || Brown (4–3) || Suppan (1–5) || — || 41,204 || 32–20 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 53 || May 27 || @ Diamondbacks || 6–4 || Wall (2–1) || Benes (3–5) || Hoffman (15) || 42,844 || 33–20 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 54 || May 29 || Cardinals || 3–8 || Petkovsek (3–1) || Hamilton (3–6) || — || 36,648 || 33–21 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 55 || May 30 || Cardinals || 3–2 || Ashby (6–4) || Brantley (0–1) || — || 54,089 || 34–21 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 56 || May 31 || Cardinals || 7–3 || Brown (5–3) || Lowe (0–1) || — || 42,618 || 35–21 || W2 y San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; June: 18–9 (Home: 13–4; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 57 || June 1 || Cardinals || 3–2 || Hitchcock (3–0) || Stottlemyre (6–5) || Hoffman (16) || 22,156 || 36–21 || W3 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 58 || June 2 || Astros || 3–4 || Reynolds (6–3) || Reyes (2–2) || Wagner (15) || 15,735 || 36–22 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 59 || June 3 || Astros || 2–8 || Bergman (5–3) || Hamilton (3–7) || — || 13,229 || 36–23 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 60 || June 4 || Astros || 5–1 || Ashby (7–4) || Hampton (7–3) || — || 21,027 || 37–23 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 61 || June 5 || @ Rangers || 7–8 || Crabtree (3–0) || Wall (2–2) || Wetteland (15) || 37,903 || 37–24 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 62 || June 6 || @ Rangers || 0–3 || Burkett (4–5) || Hitchcock (3–1) || Wetteland (16) || 46,022 || 37–25 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 63 || June 7 || @ Rangers || 17–8 || Miceli (5–2) || Patterson (1–2) || — || 46,372 || 38–25 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 64 || June 8 || Reds || 4–2 || Hamilton (4–7) || Sullivan (1–3) || Hoffman (17) || 14,620 || 39–25 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 65 || June 9 || Reds || 5–1 || Ashby (8–4) || Tomko (5–5) || Hoffman (18) || 14,857 || 40–25 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 66 || June 10 || Reds || 2–1 || Brown (6–3) || Shaw (1–3) || — || 12,957 || 41–25 || W4 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 67 || June 12 || Giants || 10–3 || Miceli (6–2) || Reed (2–1) || — || 60,789 || 42–25 || W5 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 68 || June 13 || Giants || 4–2 || Hamilton (5–7) || Gardner (5–3) || Hoffman (19) || 54,390 || 43–25 || W6 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 69 || June 14 || Giants || 3–2 || Ashby (9–4) || Darwin (6–4) || Hoffman (20) || 40,151 || 44–25 || W7 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 70 || June 16 || Dodgers || 10–6 || Brown (7–3) || Park (5–4) || Hoffman (21) || 38,166 || 45–25 || W8 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 71 || June 17 || Dodgers || 3–2 (12) || Hoffman (3–0) || Reyes (0–2) || — || 35,765 || 46–25 || W9 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 72 || June 18 || @ Giants || 7–6 || Ramirez (1–0) || Johnstone (2–4) || Miceli (2) || 16,899 || 47–25 || W10 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 73 || June 19 || @ Giants || 9–5 || Ashby (10–4) || Darwin (6–5) || — || 23,034 || 48–25 || W11 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 74 || June 20 || @ Giants || 2–5 || Estes (6–5) || Langston (1–1) || Nen (22) || 35,782 || 48–26 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 75 || June 21 || @ Giants || 5–1 || Brown (8–3) || Hershiser (6–5) || Hoffman (22) || 46,506 || 49–26 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 76 || June 22 || @ Mariners || 5–3 || Miceli (7–2) || Fassero (5–5) || Hoffman (23) || 41,571 || 50–26 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 77 || June 23 || @ Mariners || 3–5 || Moyer (5–6) || Hamilton (5–8) || Slocumb (2) || 30,961 || 50–27 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 78 || June 24 || Mariners || 1–2 || Johnson (7–6) || Ashby (10–5) || — || 36,900 || 50–28 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 79 || June 25 || Mariners || 6–0 || Langston (2–1) || Cloude (3–7) || Wall (1) || 32,626 || 51–28 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 80 || June 26 || Angels || 6–3 || Brown (9–3) || Dickson (8–5) || Hoffman (24) || 40,621 || 52–28 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 81 || June 27 || Angels || 5–1 || Hitchcock (4–1) || Olivares (5–3) || — || 31,948 || 53–28 || W3 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 82 || June 28 || Angels || 3–11 || Washburn (4–0) || Hamilton (5–9) || — || 41,547 || 53–29 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 83 || June 30 || @ Athletics || 10–12 || Taylor (3–5) || Miceli (7–3) || Fetters (4) || 10,263 || 53–30 || L2 y San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; July: 18–8 (Home: 8–2; Away: 10–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 84 || July 1 || @ Athletics || 8–4 || Brown (10–3) || Stein (3–5) || — || 10,154 || 54–30 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 85 || July 2 || @ Athletics || 2–7 || Rogers (8–3) || Hitchcock (4–2) || — || 40,374 || 54–31 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 86 || July 3 || Rockies || 4–2 || Hamilton (6–9) || DeJean (3–1) || Hoffman (25) || 40,588 || 55–31 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 87 || July 4 || Rockies || 9–1 || Langston (3–1) || Jones (2–3) || — || 61,148 || 56–31 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 88 || July 5 || Rockies || 7–2 || Ashby (11–5) || Astacio (6–9) || — || 32,649 || 57–31 || W3 |- bgcolor="bbcaff" | colspan=10 | 69th All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 89 || July 9 || @ Dodgers || 3–12 || Park (8–5) || Langston (3–2) || — || 41,250 || 57–32 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 90 || July 10 || @ Dodgers || 2–6 || Osuna (5–0) || Miceli (7–4) || — || 53,245 || 57–33 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 91 || July 11 || @ Dodgers || 4–1 || Ashby (12–5) || Valdez (6–9) || Hoffman (26) || 48,950 || 58–33 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 92 || July 12 || @ Dodgers || 6–3 || Hamilton (7–9) || Bohanon (2–5) || Hoffman (27) || 42,056 || 59–33 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 93 || July 13 || @ Rockies || 5–9 || Jones (3–3) || Hitchcock (4–3) || — || 48,098 || 59–34 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 94 || July 14 || @ Rockies || 8–7 || Sanders (1–2) || Kile (6–12) || Hoffman (28) || 48,114 || 60–34 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 95 || July 15 || @ Rockies || 6–2 || Brown (11–3) || Wright (5–9) || — || 48,369 || 61–34 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 96 || July 17 || @ Reds || 13–3 || Ashby (13–5) || Remlinger (6–10) || — || 26,443 || 62–34 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 97 || July 18 || @ Reds || 2–1 || Hamilton (8–9) || Harnisch (7–4) || Hoffman (29) || 30,289 || 63–34 || W4 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 98 || July 19 || @ Reds || 7–6 || Wall (3–2) || Hudek (2–5) || Hoffman (30) || 23,439 || 64–34 || W5 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 99 || July 20 || Cardinals || 1–13 || Morris (1–0) || Langston (3–3) || — || 32,339 || 64–35 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 100 || July 21 || Cardinals || 6–3 || Brown (12–3) || Mercker (5–8) || Hoffman (31) || 37,145 || 65–35 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 101 || July 22 || Diamondbacks || 9–3 || Ashby (14–5) || Blair (4–14) || — || 18,780 || 66–35 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 102 || July 23 || Diamondbacks || 3–0 || Hamilton (9–9) || Anderson (7–9) || Hoffman (32) || 24,278 || 67–35 || W3 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 103 || July 24 || Astros || 1–2 || Schourek (6–6) || Hitchcock (4–4) || Magnante (2) || 31,047 || 67–36 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 104 || July 25 || Astros || 6–5 || Langston (4–3) || Reynolds (12–6) || Hoffman (33) || 54,176 || 68–36 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 105 || July 26 || Astros || 5–4 (10) || Wall (4–2) || Magnante (3–5) || — || 41,034 || 69–36 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 106 || July 28 || @ Mets || 3–7 || Nomo (5–8) || Ashby (14–6) || McMichael (2) || 21,005 || 69–37 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 107 || July 29 || @ Mets || 6–7 || Rojas (4–2) || Wall (4–3) || Franco (21) || 23,694 || 69–38 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 108 || July 30 || @ Mets || 3–1 (10) || Miceli (8–4) || Cook (6–4) || Hoffman (34) || 22,882 || 70–38 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 109 || July 31 || @ Expos || 5–4 || Brown (13–3) || Pavano (3–5) || Hoffman (35) || 10,340 || 71–38 || W2 y San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; August: 18–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 110 || August 1 || @ Expos || 2–4 || Bennett (4–4) || Langston (4–4) || Urbina (24) || 28,937 || 71–39 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 111 || August 2 || @ Expos || 4–1 || Ashby (15–6) || Vasquez (3–10) || Hoffman (36) || 14,485 || 72–39 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 112 || August 3 || @ Expos || 1–6 || Hermanson (9–9) || Boehringer (5–2) || — || 10,129 || 72–40 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 113 || August 4 || Phillies || 3–1 || Hitchcock (5–4) || Beech (3–8) || Hoffman (37) || 22,125 || 73–40 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 114 || August 5 || Phillies || 4–0 || Brown (14–3) || Schilling (10–11) || — || 19,109 || 74–40 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 115 || August 6 || Phillies || 2–3 (11) || Leiter (6–2) || Hoffman (3–1) || — || 19,007 || 74–41 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 116 || August 7 || Marlins || 6–3 (13) || Sanders (2–2) || Speier (0–1) || — || 39,145 || 75–41 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 117 || August 9 || Marlins || 6–5 || Hitchcock (6–4) || Larkin (3–7) || Hoffman (38) || 21,065 || 76–41 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 118 || August 10 || Marlins || 2–3 || Hernandez (10–8) || Brown (14–4) || — || 41,514 || 76–42 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 119 || August 11 || Braves || 3–1 || Hamilton (10–9) || Neagle (11–10) || Hoffman (39) || 31,430 || 77–42 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 120 || August 12 || Braves || 5–1 || Ashby (16–6) || Maddux (15–6) || — || 40,597 || 78–42 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 121 || August 13 || Braves || 0–5 || Glavine (16–4) || Langston (4–5) || — || 34,547 || 78–43 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 122 || August 14 || Brewers || 7–0 || Hitchcock (7–4) || Karl (9–7) || — || 38,639 || 79–43 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 123 || August 16 (1) || Brewers || 4–0 || Brown (15–4) || Roque (0–1) || — || N/A || 80–43 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 124 || August 16 (2) || Brewers || 2–4 || Pulsipher (1–0) || Hamilton (10–10) || Wickman (20) || 29,319 || 80–44 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 125 || August 18 || @ Marlins || 7–5 || Miceli (9–4) || Alfonseca (2–6) || Hoffman (40) || 23,275 || 81–44 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 126 || August 19 || @ Marlins || 0–6 || Meadows (10–9) || Hitchcock (7–5) || — || 15,409 || 81–45 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 127 || August 20 || @ Braves || 2–0 || Brown (16–4) || Millwood (14–7) || Hoffman (41) || 43,730 || 82–45 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 128 || August 21 || @ Braves || 4–5 || Smoltz (12–2) || Hamilton (10–11) || Ligtenberg (21) || 48,268 || 82–46 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 129 || August 22 || @ Brewers || 4–8 || Roque (1–1) || Langston (4–6) || Wickman (21) || 26,253 || 82–47 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 130 || August 23 || @ Brewers || 13–11 (10) || Hoffman (4–1) || Wickman (6–7) || — || 27,641 || 83–47 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 131 || August 24 || @ Brewers || 7–2 || Hitchcock (8–5) || Woodard (9–9) || — || 14,121 || 84–47 || W2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 132 || August 25 || @ Phillies || 5–3 || Brown (17–4) || Schilling (12–12) || Hoffman (42) || 18,100 || 85–47 || W3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 133 || August 26 || @ Phillies || 2–0 || Hamilton (11–11) || Portugal (8–4) || Hoffman (43) || 15,656 || 86–47 || W4 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 134 || August 27 || @ Phillies || 8–1 || Spencer (1–0) || Byrd (2–1) || — || 23,371 || 87–47 || W5 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 135 || August 28 || Expos || 12–8 || Wall (5–3) || Maddux (2–3) || — || 21,518 || 88–47 || W6 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 136 || August 29 || Expos || 1–3 || Hermanson (12–10) || Hitchcock (8–6) || Urbina (27) || 52,661 || 88–48 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 137 || August 30 || Expos || 1–2 || Bullinger (1–0) || Brown (17–5) || Urbina (28) || 21,765 || 88–49 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 138 || August 31 || Expos || 5–2 || Hamilton (12–11) || Pavano (4–7) || Hoffman (44) || 13,449 || 89–49 || W1 y San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; September: 9–15 (Home: 6–10; Away: 3–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 139 || September 1 || Mets || 9–8 || Myers (4–4) || Wendell (4–1) || Hoffman (45) || 18,489 || 90–49 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 140 || September 2 || Mets || 1–4 || Reynoso (6–1) || Ashby (16–7) || Franco (31) || 17,565 || 90–50 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 141 || September 4 || @ Rockies || 5–11 || Veres (3–1) || Sanders (2–3) || — || 44,596 || 90–51 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 142 || September 5 || @ Rockies || 4–2 || Brown (18–5) || Kile (10–16) || Hoffman (46) || 42,930 || 91–51 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 143 || September 6 || @ Rockies || 2–12 || Wright (9–12) || Hamilton (12–12) || — || 46,240 || 91–52 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 144 || September 7 || Giants || 4–5 || Tavarez (4–3) || Myers (4–5) || Nen (35) || 19,393 || 91–53 || L2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 145 || September 8 || Giants || 1–5 || Rueter (15–9) || Ashby (16–8) || — || 19,362 || 91–54 || L3 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 146 || September 9 || Giants || 8–3 || Hitchcock (9–6) || Estes (7–10) || Hoffman (47) || 26,589 || 92–54 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 147 || September 10 || Dodgers || 3–4 || Park (13–8) || Brown (18–6) || Shaw (42) || 26,018 || 92–55 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 148 || September 11 || Dodgers || 1–0 || Hamilton (13–12) || Bohanon (6–10) || Hoffman (48) || 32,830 || 93–55 || W1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 149 || September 12 || Dodgers || 8–7 || Sanders (3–3) || Maloney (0–1) || Hoffman (49) || 60,823 || 94–55 || W2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 150 || September 13 || Dodgers || 4–5 (10) || Weaver (1–0) || Wall (5–4) || Shaw (43) || 37,390 || 94–56 || L1 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 151 || September 14 || Cubs || 4–3 || Miceli (10–4) || Karchner (5–5) || Hoffman (50) || 23,948 || 95–56 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 152 || September 15 || Cubs || 2–4 || Tapani (19–7) || Brown (18–7) || Beck (47) || 37,995 || 95–57 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 153 || September 16 || Cubs || 3–6 || Mulholland (5–5) || Miceli (10–5) || Beck (48) || 49,981 || 95–58 || L2 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 154 || September 17 || Cubs || 3–4 (10) || Heredia (3–3) || Hoffman (4–2) || Beck (49) || 32,047 || 95–59 || L3 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 155 || September 18 || Rockies || 1–4 || Astacio (13–14) || Ashby (16–9) || Veres (6) || 28,158 || 95–60 || L4 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 156 || September 19 || Rockies || 4–1 || Clement (1–0) || Thomson (8–11) || Hoffman (51) || 54,042 || 96–60 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 157 || September 20 || Rockies || 0–1 (11) || Kile (13–16) || Myers (4–6) || Veres (7) || 37,939 || 96–61 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 158 || September 22 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 || Park (14–9) || Hamilton (13–13) || Shaw (45) || 29,255 || 96–62 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 159 || September 23 || @ Dodgers || 3–2 || Ashby (17–9) || Bohanon (7–11) || Hoffman (52) || 29,163 || 97–62 || W1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 160 || September 25 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–6 || Olson (3–4) || Myers (4–7) || — || 47,288 || 97–63 || L1 |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 161 || September 26 || @ Diamondbacks || 2–3 || Telemaco (7–10) || Hitchcock (9–7) || Olson (30) || 48,196 || 97–64 || L2 |- bgcolor="#bfb" | 162 || September 27 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–2 || Clement (2–0) || Small (4–2) || Hoffman (53) || 48,390 || 98–64 || W1 Postseason San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; 1998 postseason game log: 7-7 (Home: 3-4; Away: 4-3) y San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; National League Division Series: 3-1 (Home: 2-0; Away: 1-1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 1 || Sep 29 || @ Astros || 2–1 || Brown (1-0) || Johnson (0-1) || Hoffman (1) || 50,080 || 1-0 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 2 || Oct 1 || @ Astros || 4–5 || Wagner (1-0) || Miceli (0-1) || || 45,550 || 1-1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 3 || Oct 3 || Astros || 2–1 || Miceli (1-1) || Elarton (0-1) || Hoffman (2) || 65,235 || 2-1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 4 || Oct 4 || Astros || 6–1 || Hitchcock (1-0) || Johnson (0-2) || || 64,898 || 3-1 y San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; National League Championship Series: 4-2 (Home: 1-2; Away: 3-0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 1 || Oct 7 || @ Braves || 3–2 (10) || Hoffman (1-0) || Ligtenberg (0-1) || Wall (1) || 42,117 || 1-0 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 2 || Oct 8 || @ Braves || 3–0 || Brown (2-0) || Glavine (0-1) || || 43,083 || 2-0 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 3 || Oct 10 || Braves || 4–1 || Hitchcock (2-0) || Maddux (1-1) || Hoffman (3) || 62,799 || 3-0 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 4 || Oct 11 || Braves || 3–8 || Martínez (1-0) || Hamilton (0-1) || || 65,042 || 3-1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 5 || Oct 12 || Braves || 6–7 || Rocker (1-0) || Brown (2-1) || Maddux (1) || 58,988 || 3-2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 6 || Oct 14 || @ Braves || 5–0 || Hitchcock (3-0) || Glavine (0-2) || || 50,988 || 4-2 y San Diego Padres 1991thru2003 2; World Series: 0-4 (Home: 0-2; Away: 0-2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 1 || Oct 17 || @ Yankees || 6–9 || Wells (4-0) || Wall (1-0) || Rivera (4) || 56,712 || 0-1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 2 || Oct 18 || @ Yankees || 3–9 || Hernández (2-0) || Ashby (0-1) || || 56,692 || 0-2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 3 || Oct 20 || Yankees || 4–5 || Mendoza (1-0) || Hoffman (1-1) || Rivera (5) || 64,667 || 0-3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 4 || Oct 21 || Yankees || 0–3 || Pettitte (2-1) || Brown (2-2) || Rivera (6) || 65,427 || 0-4 Record vs. opponents SD Notable transactions April 8, 1998: Buddy Carlyle was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the San Diego Padres for Marc Kroon.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlybu01.shtml Buddy Carlyle Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com July 31, 2012 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.Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 6, 1998: Randy Myers was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the San Diego Padres for Brian Loyd (minors).Randy Myers Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 31, 1998: John Vander Wal was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Kevin Burford (minors) (October 29, 1998) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.John Vander Wal Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Roster 1998 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers 43 Andy Ashby 37 Brian Boehringer 27 Kevin Brown 55 Jim Bruske 31 Matt Clement 39 Will Cunnane 50 Joey Hamilton 41 Sterling Hitchcock 51 Trevor Hoffman 32 Marc Kroon 24 Mark Langston 33 Dan Miceli 18 Randy Myers 32 Roberto Ramírez 56 Carlos Reyes 26 Scott Sanders 47 Pete Smith 58 Stan Spencer 49 Ben Van Ryn 36 Donne Wall 26 Don Wengert Catchers 25 Ben Davis  9 Carlos Hernández 13 Jim Leyritz 20 Greg Myers  3 Mandy Romero Infielders 14 George Arias 21 Ken Caminiti 29 Archi Cianfrocco 17 Ed Giovanola 10 Chris Gomez 22 Wally Joyner 2,3 Andy Sheets  4 Quilvio Veras 25 Eddie Williams Outfielders 12 Steve Finley 19 Tony Gwynn  7 James Mouton 28 Rubén Rivera  8 Mark Sweeney 44 John Vander Wal 23 Greg Vaughn Manager 15 Bruce Bochy Coaches 38 Greg Booker (bullpen) 34 Dave Stewart (pitching) 24 Davey Lopes (first base) 11 Tim Flannery (third base)  5 Rob Picciolo (bench) 16 Merv Rettenmund (hitting) Player stats Batting 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 Carlos Hernández Carlos Hernández (catcher) 129 390 102 .262 9 52 1B Wally Joyner 131 439 131 .298 12 80 2B Quilvio Veras 138 517 138 .267 645 SS Chris Gomez 145 449 120 .267 439 3B Ken Caminiti 131 452 114 .252 2982 LF Greg Vaughn 158 573 156 .272 50119 CF Steve Finley 159 619 154 .249 1467 RF Tony Gwynn 127 461 148 .321 16 69 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 Andy Sheets 88 194 47 .242 729 Mark Sweeney 122 192 45 .234 215 Rubén Rivera 95 172 36 .209 629 Greg Myers Greg Myers (baseball) 69 171 42 .246 420 Jim Leyritz 62 14338 .266 418 Ed Giovanola 92 139 32 .230 19 Archi Cianfrocco 40 72 9 .125 1 5 James Mouton 55 63 12 .190 0 7 George Arias 20 36 7 .194 1 4 Eddie Williams Eddie Williams (baseball) 17 28 4 .143 0 3 John Vander Wal 20 25 6 .240 0 0 Mandy Romero 6 9 0 .000 0 0 Ben Davis Ben Davis (baseball) 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching 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 Kevin Brown Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher) 36 257.0 18 7 2.38257 Andy Ashby 33 226.2 17 9 3.34 151 Joey Hamilton 34 217.1 13 13 4.27147 Sterling Hitchcock 39 176.1 9 7 3.93158 Mark Langston 22 81.1 4 6 5.8656 Stan Spencer 6 30.2 1 0 4.70 31 Other 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 Pete Smith Pete Smith (baseball, born 1966) 10 43.1 3 2 4.78 36 Matt Clement 4 13.2 2 0 4.6113 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 Trevor Hoffman 66 4 2 53 1.48 86 Dan Miceli 67 10 5 2 3.2270 Brian Boehringer 56 5 2 0 4.36 67 Donne Wall 46 5 4 1 2.4356 Scott Sanders Scott Sanders (baseball) 23 3 1 0 4.11 26 Roberto Ramírez Roberto Ramírez (pitcher) 21 1 0 0 6.14 17 Carlos Reyes Carlos Reyes (baseball) 22 2 2 1 3.58 24 Randy Myers 21 1 3 0 6.28 9 Don Wengert 10 0 0 1 5.93 5 Ben Van Ryn 6 0 1 0 10.13 1 Jim Bruske 4 0 0 0 3.86 4 Will Cunnane 3 0 0 0 6.00 1 Marc Kroon 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 League honors All-Stars Andy Ashby Kevin Brown Tony Gwynn, starter Trevor Hoffman Greg Vaughn Awards Rolaids Relief Award: Trevor Hoffman Comeback Player of the Year Award: Greg Vaughn Silver Slugger Award: Greg Vaughn (OF) Statistical leaders Kevin Brown #2 ERA (2.38) #2 Strikeouts (257) #2 WHIP (1.07) #2 Innings Pitched (257) #4 Wins (18) #4 Complete Games (7) Tony Gwynn #1 At-Bats Per Strikeout (25.6) Trevor Hoffman #1 Saves (53) Greg Vaughn #3 Home runs (50) #5 Slugging percentage (.597) #5 Total Bases (342) National League Division Series 1998 National League Division Series Houston Astros vs. San Diego Padres San Diego wins the series, 3-1 GameVisitorScoreHomeScoreDateSeries1San Diego2Houston1September 291-0 (SD)2San Diego4Houston5October 11-13Houston1San Diego2October 32-1 (SD)4Houston1San Diego6October 43-1 (SD) National League Championship Series 1998 National League Championship Series GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord (SD-Atl)Attendance1October 7San Diego3Atlanta21-042,1172October 8San Diego3Atlanta02-043,0833October 10Atlanta1San Diego43-062,7794October 11Atlanta8San Diego33-165,0425October 12Atlanta7San Diego63-258,9886October 14San Diego5Atlanta04-250,988 San Diego wins series 4–2 and advances to the World Series World Series 1998 World Series Game 1 October 17, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York City San Diego SD 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 8 1 New York NYY 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 X 9 9 1 David Wells (1-0) Donne Wall (0-1) Mariano Rivera (1) Greg Vaughn 2 (2), Tony Gwynn (1) Chuck Knoblauch (1), Tino Martinez (1) In Game 1, Kevin Brown took the hill for the Padres and he was opposed by Yankee ace and ALCS MVP David Wells. The Yankees began the scoring in the 2nd inning, when rookie Ricky Ledée laced a 2-run double into the right field corner with the bases loaded. Wells was battered hard for the only time in the postseason beginning with the 3rd when Greg Vaughn homered to right-center with a man aboard tying the game up at 2 runs apiece. In the 5th, Tony Gwynn smashed a 2-run shot off the facing of the upper deck and that was followed up immediately by Vaughn's second dinger of the night. Trailing 5–2, the Yanks made their comeback in the 7th. Jorge Posada singled and Ledee walked ending the night for Brown. It turned out to be a bad move by Padres manager Bruce Bochy. New York took advantage of the Padres bullpen with a 3-run homer by Chuck Knoblauch that tied the game at 5. Later in the inning, a 2-2 count call by home plate umpire Rich Garcia was decisive. Mark Langston's pitch was shown on television replays to be a strike, which Rich Garcia called a ball. Tino Martinez took advantage of Garcia's call and on the next pitch sent a grand slam into the upper deck making it a 9–5 lead. The Padres score only one more run as the Yankees won game one, 9–6. Game 2 October 18, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York City San Diego SD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 10 1 New York NYY 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 9 16 0 Orlando Hernández (1-0) Andy Ashby (0-1) Bernie Williams (1), Jorge Posada (1) In Game 2, the Bombers took a big early lead, thanks to a dreadful outing by San Diego starter Andy Ashby. Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada hit home runs to assist the Yankees on offense. New York started Cuban import, Orlando Hernández, who was outstanding. Game 3 October 20, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California New York NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 9 1 San Diego SD 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 7 1 Ramiro Mendoza (1-0) Trevor Hoffman (0-1) Mariano Rivera (2) Scott Brosius 2 (2) With the Yankees up 2–0, they sent David Cone to the mound to face former Yankee pitcher, Sterling Hitchcock, the MVP of the NLCS. Both teams were kept off the scoreboard until the bottom of the 6th when Hitchcock himself led off the inning with a single off Cone. He and Qulivio Veras both scored two batters later when Tony Gwynn shot a double down the line past Tino Martinez at first base. Gwynn also scored in the inning to give San Diego a 3–0 lead. However, a half inning later the Yanks jumped on Hitchcock for two runs beginning with a home run to left-center by Scott Brosius. The second run came in after Shane Spencer doubled and scored on an error by Ken Caminiti. In the 8th, the call was made to Trevor Hoffman after Randy Myers walked Paul O'Neill to open the inning. Hoffman then walked Tino Martinez before Scott Brosius tagged a three-run blast over the fence in dead center. With a 5–3 lead, the Yankees wrapped up the victory when Mariano Rivera picked up the save in the 9th to end it. Game 4 October 21, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California New York NYY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 9 0 San Diego SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Andy Pettitte (1-0) Kevin Brown (0-1) Mariano Rivera (3) New York's Andy Pettitte outpitched San Diego's Kevin Brown with 71 3 strong innings for the 3-0 Yankees victory, giving the Bombers their 24th title. Though New York's reliever Jeff Nelson allowed the Padres to load the bases, Mariano Rivera came in to end the threat by getting Jim Leyritz, known for his clutch postseason homers with San Diego, to fly out. Rivera added another scoreless inning for the save. Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Jerry Royster AA Mobile BayBears Southern League Mike Ramsey A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Carlos Lezcano A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Tom LeVasseur Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Randy Whisler Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Don WernerLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mobile, Idaho FallsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1998 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 1998 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac Category:San Diego Padres seasons Category:1998 in San Diego San Diego Padres season Category:National League West champion seasons Category:National League champion seasons San Diego Padres