Milwaukee Bears History - 1998 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1998 Milwaukee Bears	75	87	.463	3^rd	24	70-92	5	.243	4.25			2,239,363	$59,887,708	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Robinson Cano (2B), Ryne Sandberg (3B)	2
All-Star	Willie Stargell	1
Player of the Week	Joe Hauser (May 11), Willie Stargell (Jul 6), Robinson Cano (Sep 21)	3

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
3B	Ryne Sandberg	24	159	654	170	37	5	10	53	80	39	1	1	6	111	27	19	.260	.300	.378	.678	3.0	91
CF	Lloyd Waner	25	158	655	164	18	6	2	38	68	29	1	2	6	22	4	0	.250	.281	.305	.586	1.8	66
RF	Felipe Alou	30	156	623	159	31	1	21	70	79	33	0	0	5	78	1	2	.255	.290	.409	.700	2.9	96
LF	Willie Stargell	31	159	597	186	41	0	35	99	96	56	0	0	1	175	0	1	.312	.370	.556	.926	5.9	158
1B	Joe Hauser	25	160	565	130	22	3	22	82	69	49	1	3	6	97	1	1	.230	.290	.396	.686	1.2	92
2B	Robinson Cano	36	157	573	159	24	0	14	69	57	38	0	1	2	83	0	0	.277	.321	.393	.714	4.3	101
SS	Alan Trammell	32	103	378	80	20	1	11	44	53	31	0	2	0	30	3	2	.212	.271	.357	.629	2.0	76
3B	Garrett Atkins	27	125	293	74	12	1	10	48	35	37	0	1	4	50	0	0	.253	.332	.403	.735	2.1	107
C	Eddie Ainsmith	24	94	286	44	10	1	2	19	19	27	0	1	0	54	3	1	.154	.227	.217	.444	-0.9	27
C	Dave Duncan	24	89	205	41	3	1	17	34	25	24	0	0	2	53	0	0	.200	.281	.473	.755	1.4	109
C	Todd Zeile	24	100	182	53	11	1	4	19	24	22	0	0	0	28	4	2	.291	.368	.429	.796	1.6	125
RF	Benny Agbayani	29	64	110	21	4	0	1	15	12	11	0	0	2	28	1	0	.191	.260	.255	.515	-0.3	47
P	Paul Minner	26	34	70	9	2	0	0	4	4	2	0	14	0	21	0	0	.129	.153	.157	.310	-1.0	-12
SS	Rabbit Maranville	33	49	69	16	1	0	0	5	7	7	0	2	0	14	1	1	.232	.303	.246	.549	0.0	58
P	Don Drysdale	21	28	58	5	2	0	0	2	4	3	0	7	1	14	0	0	.086	.129	.121	.250	-0.8	-29
P	Barney Wolfe	31	33	57	11	1	0	0	5	6	2	0	9	0	10	0	0	.193	.220	.211	.431	-0.4	23
P	Daisuke Matsuzaka	29	35	62	5	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	4	0	22	0	0	.081	.109	.129	.238	-0.9	-33
P	Charlie Bartson	26	25	44	10	3	1	0	7	1	4	0	3	0	7	1	1	.227	.292	.341	.633	-0.1	79
P	Jeff Calhoun	26	58	16	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	-0.0	7
P	Hunter Strickland	26	41	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Sparky Lyle	25	44	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Ron Piche	24	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Kenley Jansen	33	31	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	0.0	64
P	Sid Hudson	38	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Suds Sutherland	38	55	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	John Verhoeven	25	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-0.0	6
P	T J Mathews	24	57	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
27 Players		28.0	2052	5525	1341	244	22	149	619	644	417	3	60	36	907	46	30	.243	.294	.376	.670	21.1	88
NL Rank				3	5	5	8	6	6	6	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	8	6	6	4
ABBA Rank				10	12	11	13	13	13	13	16	16	7	11	8	9	8	13	16	14	14	9

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Paul Minner	26	34	34	14	11	0	3.68	232.3	210	110	95	21	53	134	0	2	1	1.13	.260	4.7	106
Barney Wolfe	31	33	33	9	14	0	4.54	190.3	190	110	96	18	86	60	0	4	1	1.45	.264	0.6	86
Don Drysdale	21	28	28	13	10	0	3.49	183.0	155	77	71	20	51	144	0	1	0	1.13	.259	3.7	112
Daisuke Matsuzaka	29	35	35	7	14	0	6.36	181.0	197	135	128	24	115	89	0	0	0	1.72	.288	-0.8	62
Charlie Bartson	26	25	21	7	9	1	4.22	145.0	140	69	68	28	34	74	0	2	0	1.20	.244	0.1	93
Jeff Calhoun	26	58	11	5	10	19	3.21	112.0	97	47	40	4	60	64	2	0	0	1.40	.259	1.6	122
Suds Sutherland	38	55	0	5	2	5	3.42	79.0	59	32	30	8	24	50	5	0	0	1.05	.219	0.4	115
T J Mathews	24	57	0	6	7	14	4.28	75.7	74	39	36	5	39	42	9	0	0	1.49	.287	0.6	91
Sparky Lyle	25	44	0	4	1	2	3.27	63.3	58	27	23	5	24	46	2	0	0	1.29	.276	0.6	120
Hunter Strickland	26	41	0	1	5	1	6.22	59.3	63	42	41	6	35	34	5	0	0	1.65	.302	-0.3	63
Kenley Jansen	33	31	0	1	3	0	3.27	52.3	41	21	19	7	16	29	2	0	0	1.09	.221	-0.0	120
Ron Piche	24	16	0	1	0	1	2.49	25.3	17	8	7	2	10	16	0	0	0	1.07	.203	0.1	158
John Verhoeven	25	14	0	1	1	0	8.61	23.0	31	23	22	3	12	14	0	0	0	1.87	.341	-0.3	46
Sid Hudson	38	8	0	1	0	0	2.08	17.3	10	4	4	1	5	9	2	0	0	.87	.180	0.2	189
14 Pitchers	27.3	479	162	75	87	43	4.25	1439.0	1342	744	680	152	564	805	27	9	2	1.32	.263	11.1	99
NL Rank		2	1	6	3	3	6	7	5	6	6	4	7	6	3	5	5	6	4	7
ABBA Rank		3	3	11	6	6	10	13	6	9	9	5	10	13	5	10	10	9	7	14

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Minner	34	34	12	31	0	48	5	.896	232.3	1.67	-0.1
B. Wolfe	33	33	14	23	1	38	1	.974	190.3	1.75	0.0
D. Drysdale	28	28	6	12	1	18	0	1.000	183.0	0.89	1.0
D. Matsuzaka	35	35	11	16	0	30	3	.900	181.0	1.34	0.2
C. Bartson	24	20	9	12	1	21	0	1.000	145.0	1.30	0.5
J. Calhoun	58	11	10	9	0	19	0	1.000	112.0	1.53	1.0
S. Sutherland	55	0	4	9	0	15	2	.867	79.0	1.48	-0.5
T. Mathews	56	0	4	7	1	11	0	1.000	75.7	1.31	0.3
S. Lyle	44	0	5	3	0	8	0	1.000	63.3	1.14	0.2
H. Strickland	41	0	2	5	0	8	1	.875	59.3	1.06	0.1
K. Jansen	31	0	0	8	1	8	0	1.000	52.3	1.38	0.3
R. Piche	16	0	2	1	0	4	1	.750	25.3	1.07	-0.3
J. Verhoeven	14	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	23.0	0.78	-0.3
S. Hudson	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	17.3	0.52	0.0
Totals	477	161	80	138	5	231	13	.944	1439.0	1.36	2.5

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
E. Ainsmith	86	83	412	53	2	473	8	.983	727.3	5.75	-0.1	5	35.6
D. Duncan	58	48	261	33	2	301	7	.977	437.0	6.05	-0.6	3	39.5
T. Zeile	34	31	159	11	4	172	2	.988	274.7	5.57	-2.6	5	16.0
Totals	178	162	832	97	8	946	17	.982	1439.0	5.81	-3.3	13	32.4

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Hauser	156	156	1397	96	105	1510	17	.989	1359.3	9.88	-0.2
T. Zeile	13	5	56	4	6	60	0	1.000	56.7	9.53	1.0
D. Duncan	4	0	12	2	2	14	0	1.000	11.0	11.45	-0.4
G. Atkins	2	1	14	1	0	15	0	1.000	9.0	15.00	-0.1
W. Stargell	1	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	2.0	18.00	0.0
F. Alou	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	177	162	1483	103	113	1603	17	.989	1439.0	9.92	0.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Cano	154	154	347	451	93	816	18	.978	1342.0	5.35	11.0
R. Sandberg	15	8	26	38	10	67	3	.955	97.0	5.94	0.1
Totals	169	162	373	489	103	883	21	.976	1439.0	5.39	11.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Sandberg	92	92	58	173	9	234	3	.987	797.7	2.61	7.2
G. Atkins	71	69	30	151	14	185	4	.978	595.0	2.74	1.3
R. Maranville	12	1	1	14	2	15	0	1.000	43.3	3.12	0.5
T. Zeile	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.1
Totals	176	162	89	339	25	435	7	.984	1439.0	2.68	9.0

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Trammell	100	100	150	344	53	506	12	.976	881.3	5.04	10.3
R. Sandberg	57	57	80	191	31	279	8	.971	494.0	4.94	2.1
R. Maranville	14	5	13	22	1	38	3	.921	63.7	4.95	-0.3
Totals	171	162	243	557	85	823	23	.972	1439.0	5.00	12.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Stargell	155	155	308	8	1	324	8	.975	1345.0	2.11	-11.1
B. Agbayani	25	6	27	3	0	30	0	1.000	94.0	2.87	0.6
Totals	180	161	335	11	1	354	8	.977	1439.0	2.16	-10.5

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Waner	104	103	349	9	2	359	1	.997	912.0	3.53	10.8
F. Alou	64	59	180	7	2	196	9	.954	527.0	3.19	-0.3
Totals	168	162	529	16	4	555	10	.982	1439.0	3.41	10.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Alou	96	94	182	3	0	191	6	.969	829.0	2.01	8.5
L. Waner	55	53	135	2	0	138	1	.993	462.7	2.66	5.7
B. Agbayani	22	15	34	0	0	34	0	1.000	146.3	2.09	-0.0
W. Stargell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	351	5	0	363	7	.981	1439.0	2.23	14.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Willie Stargell	.312
On-Base Percentage	Willie Stargell	.370
Slugging Percentage	Willie Stargell	.556
OPS	Willie Stargell	.926
Games	Joe Hauser	160
At-Bats	Lloyd Waner	655
Runs	Willie Stargell	96
Hits	Willie Stargell	186
Doubles	Willie Stargell	41
Triples	Lloyd Waner	6
Home Runs	Willie Stargell	35
Runs Batted In	Willie Stargell	99
Stolen Bases	Ryne Sandberg	27
Caught Stealing	Ryne Sandberg	19
Walks	Willie Stargell	56
Strikeouts	Willie Stargell	175

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Paul Minner	14
Losses	Barney Wolfe, Daisuke Matsuzaka	14
Saves	Jeff Calhoun	19
Games	Jeff Calhoun	58
Games Started	Daisuke Matsuzaka	35
Complete Games	Barney Wolfe	4
Shutouts	Paul Minner, Barney Wolfe	1
Innings Pitched	Paul Minner	232.3
Hits Allowed	Paul Minner	210
Home Runs Allowed	Charlie Bartson	28
Strikeouts	Don Drysdale	144
Walks Allowed	Daisuke Matsuzaka	115
Earned Run Average	Don Drysdale	3.49
Walks + Hits per IP	Don Drysdale	1.13
BABIP	Don Drysdale	.259

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 26th	3B Johnny Vergez	to the Houston Eagles for	P Suds Sutherland