------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 560 ***************** 8-25-98 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NL West W L PCT. G.B. R OR Manager Season Entered DODGERS 92 52 .639 - 746 612 Massimo Ortensi 1995 GIANTS 76 68 .528 16 707 661 Mike Mayko 1990 PADRES 72 72 .500 20 653 625 Andrea Cristiani 1988 ROCKIES 44 106 .293 51 761 1084 Wing Lee 1998 NL Central W L PCT. G.B. R OR Manager Season Entered PIRATES *106 44 .707 - 896 582 Ricky Diaz 1990 CARDINALS 72 78 .480 34 612 638 Don Tobin 1991 CUBS 69 84 .451 38.5 692 785 Mike Boling 1998 ASTROS 53 92 .366 50.5 666 923 Mike Ranney 1997 REDS 48 91 .345 52.5 708 1073 Jeff Nicholson 1994 NL East W L PCT. G.B. R OR Manager Season Entered PHILLIES 92 55 .626 - 875 621 John Parker 1990 MARLINS 92 64 .590 4.5 813 615 Don Swearingen 1993 EXPOS 90 66 .577 6.5 801 688 Chris Williams 1998 BRAVES 74 76 .493 19.5 779 730 Jim Jansen 1997 METS 63 80 .441 27 674 715 Gerry McDonald 1996 AL West W L PCT. G.B. R OR Manager Season Entered ANGELS 78 67 .538 - 723 664 Matt Cummings 1991 ATHLETICS 77 68 .531 1 821 718 Bill Koens 1997 MARINERS 67 68 .496 6 565 550 Ray Keith 1998 RANGERS 61 89 .407 19.5 594 686 Michael Walsh 1996 AL Central W L PCT. G.B. R OR Manager Season Entered WHITE SOX 92 53 .634 - 850 588 Chip Hopkins 1992 BREWERS 88 57 .607 4 786 714 John Mattfeld 1977 ROYALS 81 56 .591 7 702 614 Barry Koopersmith (TGM) TWINS 74 64 .536 14.5 710 668 Mark Johnson 1995 INDIANS 56 90 .384 36.5 650 801 Bill Mattfeld 1976 AL East W L PCT. G.B. R OR Manager Season Entered RED SOX 79 65 .549 - 819 706 Frank Hopkins 1991 TIGERS 61 69 .469 11 586 613 Rick Dean 1998 YANKEES 60 79 .432 16.5 592 743 Barry Koopersmith 1974 ORIOLES 56 83 .403 20.5 668 884 Carmine Salerno 1997 BLUE JAYS 45 82 .354 25.5 469 617 Barry Koopersmith (TGM) *-clinched division title IRBL # 560 8-25-98 2 ...................................... Wild-Card Races NL W L PCT. G.B. MARLINS 92 64 .590 - EXPOS 90 66 .577 2 GIANTS 76 68 .528 10 PADRES 72 72 .500 14 BRAVES 74 76 .493 15 AL W L PCT. G.B. BREWERS 88 57 .607 - ROYALS 81 56 .591 3 TWINS 74 64 .536 10.5 ATHLETICS 77 68 .531 11 MARINERS 67 68 .496 16 ...................................... The standings include only series received thru the AUG 24 series. ...................................... The following series were overdue: NL SERIES: (1 series) --------- AUG 9, 3 g, CUB @ ROY (M.Boling) AL SERIES: (6 series) --------- JUL 10, 5 g, MAR @ BLU (R.Keith) JUL 15, 6 g, TIG @ BLU (R.Dean) JUL 30, 5 g, MAR @ TIG R.Dean AUG 4, 3 g, MET @ ORI C.Salerno AUG 9, 3 g, MET @ TIG R.Dean AUG 9, 3 g, PHI @ BLU (J.Parker) ...................................... DELAYED RULING ON PROTEST: Earlier in the season, Matt Cummings (ANGELS) protested the outcome of the APR 26, ANGELS at ROYALS (where the ANGELS lost 5 of 6 games) because there was an initial first game that the ANGELS won but was not included in the series results (which would have given the ANGELS two wins in the series instead of one). After an investigation where additional questionble actions were found, the ROYALS' manager was dropped from the IRBL. I told Matt at the time, since it was an effort to subtract out a series that was already added into the standings and replay it, I would only do that if the ANGELS were still a contending team late in the season. Since the ANGELS are still in contention for the playoffs, I have voided the original series, subtracted the results from the league records and replayed the series myself. I used IRBL # 560 8-25-98 3 the same starting lineups and starting pitchers as were originally used in the series and let the computer manager handle both teams. The results were that the ROYALS won 4 of 6 games this time. In fact, the ROYALS would have won 5 of 6 games again except that the ANGELS won one of the games, 2-1 in 12 innings. ...................................... MANAGER RESIGNATION: Roch Doran (BLUE JAYS) has resigned from the IRBL because he no longer has the time to participate. Unfortunately for me, Roch never reimbursed me for the telephone calls I made to him during the draft last February. It is not that I need $4.50 but the idea that someone says, in effect, "trust me, you make the calls and I'll pay you" and then does not pay me, bothers me. This has happened a number of times by departing managers. The road managers should complete all remaining unplayed BLUE JAYS' home series. ...................................... The expansion DEVIL RAYS and DIAMONDBACKS teams have been reserved by prospective new managers. The person who reserved the ROYALS dragged his feet for 6 weeks, then sent me a dues check and then resigned. The ROYALS and BLUE JAYS are currently without managers. ...................................... Files included on LRD # 560: --------------------------- NEWSL560.xxx --> Newsletter # 560 plus revised team instructions files: INACTIVE.T23 --> TIGERS (8-25-98) INSTRUCT.T23 --> TIGERS (8-25-98) File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK IRBL # 560 8-25-98 4 MESSAGES OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE IRBL BBS OR SENT VIA INTERNET EMAIL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Twins Sweep Cardinals Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 17:01:02 EDT From: MJPJ64@aol.com To: All Managers Hi Guys, The Twins swept their August 4th interleague series with the Cardinals 3-0 behind great pitching, especially that of willie Blair who hurled a one run complete game. St. Louis hit just .133 for the series. Mark Subject: 08042527.zip Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 10:02:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Wing Lee To: bkoopers@nassau.cv.net, wlee@netcom20.netcom.com Enclosed is 08042527.zip Series Highlights ------------------ In a rare pitching duel in Coors Field, the Mariners defeated the Rockies 1-0 with a strong performance from Shane Reynolds. Allen Watson fanned 14, in 8 1/3 innings, in a losing cause. The only run came on a solo home run by Benito Santiago in the 2nd inning Subject: Get Active in Trading This Year! Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:18:18 -0700 From: Don Tobin To: All Managers Just for fun, all of you should go back and check out the draft picks for the previous years. I did, and it is very funny. My first draft year, I selected Sandy Alomar, Jr for the overall first pick, and Frank Thomas slipped to 4th overall... RATS! I joined during the 1990 season, and this was my first play-by-mail league... I had only played face-to-face before. I asked my wife which team I should take, since there were 5 open. Being from Ireland, she knew nothing of baseball, so she asked me for the names, and liked the Cardinals the best. They were rated sixth of five teams on my list, but I took them anyway. My first year, I had 5 players using the sub-.200 rule to get 400 ABs. But, in 5 years, between trades and (lousy) draft picks, I won it all. So, what this comes down to: be active in trading this year, and don't leave me out! I'm ready, and usually one of the first folks to pay money... (I need the trades because I am unable to win by drafting... at least until last year!) don IRBL # 560 8-25-98 5 Subject: Re: Get Active in Trading This Year! Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 22:13:07 -0600 From: "Matthew Cummings" To: All Managers Don's right!!!! I have six starters this year, and I'm looking for a serious upgrade at LF, 1B, 3B, C, or even DH. My starters are Reed, Harnisch, Fassero, Moyer, Hershiser and Swift. Since good starters are so scarce, I figure Reed = a 40 HR guy (like Vaughn, who I traded last year for nothing, duhhhh, or Moises Alou)(just giving examples here). Not really looking for prospects, although a high draft pick would be nice. Anyway, if you need pitching, I have it, and more than likely you need it. It won't be hard to deal a Fassero, Moyer, or Hershiser if you give me some hitting. Matt. IRBL # 560 8-25-98 6 Team Records by Category: 1998 IRBL NL 8-25 NL West Home Away Left Right Div IL Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra DODGERS 50-19 42-33 22-17 70-35 14-10 13-3 75-6 8-4 9-42 34-14 12-2 GIANTS 37-38 39-30 21-16 55-52 14-4 10-6 65-9 7-10 4-49 24-25 5-7 PADRES 41-34 31-38 13-21 59-51 11-7 5-11 61-9 6-8 5-55 21-23 6-7 ROCKIES 16-59 28-47 12-22 32-84 3-21 6-10 30-11 4-13 10-82 12-23 1-8 NL Central Home Away Left Right Div IL Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra PIRATES 55-20 51-24 22-8 84-36 30-12 14-1 82-6 15-6 9-32 25-22 10-2 CARDINALS 38-43 34-35 13-16 59-62 19-17 4-11 56-7 7-8 9-63 17-21 6-7 CUBS 33-42 36-42 20-16 49-68 18-24 7-5 51-8 11-6 7-70 26-21 3-7 ASTROS 23-46 30-46 9-28 44-64 19-23 4-11 35-4 5-4 13-84 24-17 8-4 REDS 22-48 26-43 11-22 37-69 10-20 6-9 34-16 8-5 6-70 20-17 7-7 NL East Home Away Left Right Div IL Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra PHILLIES 55-26 37-29 17-16 75-39 21-15 11-1 79-7 7-4 6-44 14-20 6-4 MARLINS 48-27 44-37 26-11 66-53 25-17 9-6 77-10 10-11 5-43 20-27 5-11 EXPOS 48-33 42-33 21-12 69-54 21-21 10-5 68-7 11-6 11-53 26-24 9-2 BRAVES 33-36 41-40 16-22 58-54 19-17 7-8 55-8 9-16 10-52 24-22 7-11 METS 27-43 36-37 16-17 47-63 16-32 4-8 45-9 8-11 10-60 23-27 7-12 NL West Home Away Left Right Div IL Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra ANGELS 41-34 37-33 19-19 59-48 10-14 9-7 55-3 12-8 11-56 21-26 12-4 ATHLETICS 39-30 38-38 25-16 52-52 12-12 9-7 66-11 6-10 5-47 16-28 3-10 MARINERS 42-39 25-29 23-13 44-55 13-11 8-8 56-5 6-9 5-54 22-14 4-3 RANGERS 31-44 30-45 13-27 48-62 13-11 4-12 47-9 12-10 2-70 17-31 5-8 NL Central Home Away Left Right Div IL Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra WHITE SOX 48-21 44-32 25-13 67-40 26-10 7-8 75-5 7-10 10-38 19-18 10-5 BREWERS 41-29 47-28 20-22 68-35 19-17 11-4 72-10 9-8 7-39 29-15 7-6 ROYALS 41-27 40-29 24-19 57-37 22-14 6-6 61-6 9-7 11-43 27-21 6-7 TWINS 42-27 32-37 24-22 50-42 11-19 8-7 64-8 7-10 3-46 20-26 5-9 INDIANS 25-50 31-40 14-26 42-64 12-30 5-10 42-11 7-9 7-70 16-21 4-9 NL East Home Away Left Right Div IL Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra RED SOX 38-31 41-34 22-15 57-50 18-12 8-7 60-7 8-10 11-48 25-25 9-3 TIGERS 35-32 26-37 17-19 44-50 14-10 2-10 49-5 5-3 7-61 14-17 2-3 YANKEES 32-38 28-41 14-18 46-61 17-13 7-8 41-3 9-8 10-68 26-14 5-5 ORIOLES 26-38 30-45 18-25 38-58 13-17 7-8 40-9 8-4 8-70 20-19 4-5 BLUE JAYS 19-38 26-44 16-26 29-56 16-26 4-8 31-9 7-10 7-63 20-24 5-5 IRBL Home Record: 1026-992 .508 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 7 Team Versus Team Analysis: 1998 IRBL NL 8-25 Read across for wins, down for losses DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI 98 DODGERS 0 2 2 10 4 7 6 5 10 7 7 5 7 7 98 GIANTS 4 0 4 6 9 6 6 3 8 4 3 5 7 1 98 PADRES 4 2 0 5 5 7 9 1 8 7 2 6 6 5 98 ROCKIES 2 0 1 0 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN 98 DODGERS 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 GIANTS 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 PADRES 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 ROCKIES 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI 98 ASTROS 1 2 6 8 0 4 6 4 5 4 3 3 2 1 98 CARDINALS 4 5 4 8 8 0 6 2 3 9 6 4 3 6 98 CUBS 5 5 2 7 6 6 0 3 3 3 7 5 6 4 98 PIRATES 6 8 10 7 8 4 9 0 9 8 5 7 4 7 98 REDS 1 3 3 7 1 3 3 3 0 5 4 3 2 4 ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN 98 ASTROS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 98 CARDINALS 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 98 CUBS 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 98 PIRATES 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 98 REDS 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI 98 BRAVES 4 7 4 7 7 2 8 3 6 0 3 6 8 2 98 EXPOS 4 8 9 8 8 5 4 6 7 3 0 3 7 8 98 MARLINS 6 6 5 8 8 7 6 4 8 6 9 0 10 0 98 METS 4 4 5 8 4 8 5 1 4 4 5 2 0 5 98 PHILLIES 4 10 6 7 10 5 7 4 7 4 4 6 7 0 ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN 98 BRAVES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 98 EXPOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 98 MARLINS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 1 98 METS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 98 PHILLIES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 8 Team Versus Team Analysis: 1998 IRBL AL 8-25 Read across for wins, down for losses ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN 98 ANGELS 0 6 2 2 0 8 5 8 4 6 9 4 7 8 98 ATHLETICS 6 0 4 2 5 8 2 5 6 9 4 5 5 7 98 MARINERS 4 2 0 7 7 7 6 4 1 3 3 6 2 7 98 RANGERS 4 4 5 0 3 2 6 3 7 6 6 3 4 4 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI 98 ANGELS 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 ATHLETICS 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 MARINERS 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 RANGERS 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN 98 BREWERS 6 6 4 8 0 6 6 4 3 8 7 4 7 8 98 INDIANS 3 3 4 9 6 0 2 1 3 3 6 5 4 2 98 ROYALS 6 4 5 5 6 10 0 4 2 5 8 7 6 7 98 TWINS 3 6 7 8 2 5 2 0 2 4 8 6 7 6 98 WHITE SOX 7 5 10 4 3 9 4 10 0 4 7 6 7 9 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI 98 BREWERS 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 98 INDIANS 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 98 ROYALS 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 98 TWINS 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 98 WHITE SOX 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN 98 BLUE JAYS 5 2 3 5 3 3 1 1 2 0 7 4 1 4 98 ORIOLES 2 7 3 5 4 5 3 3 4 5 0 4 0 4 98 RED SOX 7 6 5 8 7 6 4 5 5 8 2 0 4 4 98 TIGERS 4 6 4 7 4 7 5 4 4 5 6 2 0 1 98 YANKEES 3 4 4 7 3 4 4 5 2 8 2 2 5 0 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI 98 BLUE JAYS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 98 ORIOLES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 98 RED SOX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 98 TIGERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 98 YANKEES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 9 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL NL 8-25 BATTING AVERAGE ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Lopez ROC .365 Bagwell CAR .442 Lopez ROC .700 Gwynn PIR .346 Caminiti GIA .427 Griffey MET .666 Giambi RED .338 Lopez ROC .420 Galarraga PHI .657 Ramirez PHI .329 Grace EXP .411 Klesko RED .646 Klesko RED .326 Ramirez PHI .408 Hundley BRA .619 Meares ROC .325 Giambi RED .408 Palmeiro PHI .565 Galarraga PHI .325 Galarraga PHI .408 Giambi RED .564 Jefferson BRA .324 Bonds PIR .408 Bagwell CAR .552 O'Neill GIA .318 Henderson MLN .403 Ramirez PHI .549 Caminiti GIA .317 Klesko RED .402 Gonzalez PHI .544 HITS RUNS RUNS BATTED IN Gwynn PIR 215 Galarraga PHI 127 Galarraga PHI 149 Lopez ROC 184 Bonds PIR 122 Griffey MET 135 Ramirez PHI 184 Buhner EXP 115 Clark PIR 118 Galarraga PHI 184 Knoblauch GIA 111 Zeile AST 116 Young EXP 181 Griffey MET 110 Buhner EXP 116 Renteria BRA 180 Martinez PIR 106 White MLN 115 Grace EXP 179 Young EXP 106 Martinez PIR 111 Griffey MET 177 Nixon PIR 104 Gwynn PIR 110 Giambi RED 176 Bagwell CAR 104 Lopez ROC 108 Meares ROC 176 Gwynn PIR 103 Higginson BRA 108 DOUBLES TRIPLES HOMERUNS Giambi RED 51 Guerrero GIA 16 Griffey MET 58 Lopez ROC 47 Jeter DOD 13 Galarraga PHI 46 Cirillo MLN 45 DeShields AST 11 Buhner EXP 45 Galarraga PHI 44 Lewis RED 9 Palmeiro PHI 41 Berry EXP 42 Vizquel EXP 9 Hundley BRA 40 Gwynn PIR 42 Offerman ROC 9 Lopez ROC 40 Delgado DOD 40 Higginson BRA 9 Delgado DOD 35 Ramirez PHI 40 Samuel PIR 8 Zeile AST 34 Higginson BRA 40 Tucker MET 8 Bonds PIR 34 Bell PAD 37 Martinez PIR 7 Bagwell CAR 33 EXTRA BASE HITS STOLEN BASES STOLEN BASE PERCENTAGE Galarraga PHI 93 Nixon PIR 82-11 Jordan PAD .947 Lopez ROC 88 Young EXP 79-19 Cameron PHI .914 Griffey MET 87 DeShields AST 71-19 Galarraga PHI .905 Delgado DOD 78 Jeter DOD 66-15 Roberts EXP .902 Giambi RED 75 Knoblauch GIA 61-18 Martinez PIR .900 Higginson BRA 73 Henderson MLN 57-15 Nixon PIR .882 Buhner EXP 72 Vizquel EXP 56-20 King DOD .870 Palmeiro PHI 71 Goodwin AST 52-12 Bournigal PIR .867 Hundley BRA 69 Hunter CAR 49-15 Giles AST .833 Gwynn PIR 69 Clayton MLN 47-15 Stocker PHI .828 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 10 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL NL 8-25 WALKS INTENTIONAL WALKS STRIKEOUTS Bonds PIR 129 Bagwell CAR 39 Gwynn PIR 24 Buhner EXP 125 Delgado DOD 15 DiSarcina MET 28 Clark PIR 123 Clark PIR 14 Grace EXP 35 Bagwell CAR 119 Bonds PIR 14 Giles AST 53 Grace EXP 105 Caminiti GIA 11 Anderson RED 54 Henderson MLN 98 Jones,C ROC 11 Cora DOD 57 King DOD 97 Snow AST 10 Vizquel EXP 61 Snow AST 94 Stevens MLN 9 Edmonds RED 63 Phillips DOD 92 Vizcaino PIR 9 Martinez PIR 65 Caminiti GIA 89 Nilsson MET 9 Roberts EXP 66 SACRIFICE HITS SACRIFICE FLIES HIT BY PITCH Stocker PHI 22 Cirillo MLN 11 Santangelo GIA 25 Matheny PAD 18 Valentin CAR 9 Galarraga PHI 21 Mueller PHI 17 Fryman CAR 8 Bagwell CAR 19 Listach PAD 15 Fielder PAD 7 Hoiles CAR 18 Damon CUB 15 O'Neill GIA 7 Meares ROC 15 Renteria BRA 13 Martinez PIR 6 Knoblauch GIA 15 Manwaring GIA 12 Clayton MLN 6 Brown,E CAR 13 Strange PAD 11 Ramirez PHI 6 Rolen DOD 12 Mayne GIA 10 Galarraga PHI 6 Cirillo MLN 12 Ausmus PHI 9 Gwynn PIR 6 Vina CUB 11 DOUBLE PLAYS RUNS CREATED RUNS CREATED / 27 OUTS Martinez PIR 0 Galarraga PHI 151.9 Lopez ROC 11.83 Daulton DOD 2 Lopez ROC 146.3 Galarraga PHI 10.00 Anderson RED 3 Griffey MET 146.2 Griffey MET 9.40 Rolen DOD 4 Gwynn PIR 137.3 Giambi RED 9.37 Mueller PHI 4 Bagwell CAR 133.1 Klesko RED 9.37 Damon CUB 5 Bonds PIR 126.1 Bagwell CAR 9.36 Higginson BRA 5 Ramirez PHI 125.1 Hundley BRA 9.03 Snow AST 5 Giambi RED 122.9 Caminiti GIA 8.75 Hundley BRA 5 Higginson BRA 121.6 Gwynn PIR 8.66 Veras,Q MLN 5 Buhner EXP 119.5 Martinez PIR 8.44 ISOLATED POWER TOTAL AVERAGE TOTAL BASES Griffey MET .357 Lopez ROC 1.218 Griffey MET 382 Lopez ROC .335 Galarraga PHI 1.173 Galarraga PHI 372 Galarraga PHI .332 Bagwell CAR 1.172 Lopez ROC 353 Hundley BRA .328 Griffey MET 1.123 Gwynn PIR 337 Klesko RED .321 Klesko RED 1.094 Palmeiro PHI 308 Buhner EXP .302 Hundley BRA 1.063 Ramirez PHI 307 Palmeiro PHI .288 Bonds PIR 1.055 White MLN 303 Delgado DOD .274 Caminiti GIA 1.018 Higginson BRA 301 Bagwell CAR .259 Giambi RED 1.014 Buhner EXP 299 Gonzalez PHI .249 Martinez PIR 1.012 Giambi RED 294 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 11 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL NL 8-25 EARNED RUN AVERAGE STRIKEOUTS WALKS Martinez DOD 1.70 Schilling MLN 309 Tewksbury AST 38 Thompson CAR 2.51 Martinez DOD 290 Rueter EXP 45 Brown DOD 2.66 Johnson MET 267 Schilling MLN 54 Schilling MLN 2.67 Mussina CUB 237 Valdes PHI 56 Johnson MET 2.74 Cone MLN 228 Benes,Al PAD 58 Thomson MLN 3.00 Smoltz PHI 225 Radke MET 59 Appier PIR 3.03 Appier PIR 189 Wolcott RED 59 Valdes PHI 3.08 Radke MET 188 Thomson MLN 59 Loaiza PAD 3.12 Park GIA 184 Beech MET 59 Glavine PIR 3.19 Fernandez PHI 183 Smoltz PHI 61 WINS WIN PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS Martinez DOD 21- 3 Martinez DOD .875 Benes,Al PAD 4 Brown DOD 21- 5 Valdes PHI .826 Brown DOD 4 Fernandez PHI 21-10 Brown DOD .808 Morris PAD 4 Schilling MLN 20- 7 Cone MLN .789 Thompson CAR 4 Valdes PHI 19- 4 Glavine PIR .750 Rueter EXP 4 Glavine PIR 18- 6 Thomson MLN .750 Schilling MLN 4 Rueter EXP 18- 9 Schilling MLN .741 Martinez DOD 3 Thompson CAR 17- 9 Alvarez PIR .727 Clark,M PHI 3 Alvarez PIR 16- 6 Erickson PIR .714 Appier PIR 3 Park GIA 16- 8 Tomko EXP .688 Thomson MLN 2 OPP. BATTING AVERAGE OPP. ON BASE PERCENTAGE OPP. SLUGGING PCT Martinez DOD .177 Martinez DOD .265 Martinez DOD .254 Johnson MET .191 Thompson CAR .270 Brown DOD .295 Park GIA .202 Schilling MLN .272 Thompson CAR .306 Thompson CAR .207 Valdes PHI .287 Johnson MET .320 Mussina CUB .221 Johnson MET .288 Benes,Al PAD .333 Schilling MLN .225 Mussina CUB .292 Pettitte BRA .339 Cone MLN .228 Park GIA .296 Appier PIR .345 Appier PIR .229 Brown DOD .299 Morris PAD .353 Brown DOD .230 Appier PIR .299 Thomson MLN .356 Finley EXP .234 Smoltz PHI .305 Cone MLN .356 HITS PER 9 INNINGS WALKS PER 9 INNINGS RNRS PER 9 INNINGS Martinez DOD 5.58 Tewksbury AST 1.74 Martinez DOD 9.34 Johnson MET 6.11 Schilling MLN 1.87 Thompson CAR 9.64 Park GIA 6.56 Rueter EXP 1.90 Schilling MLN 9.68 Thompson CAR 6.76 Radke MET 2.08 Valdes PHI 10.51 Mussina CUB 7.41 Smoltz PHI 2.20 Johnson MET 10.53 Schilling MLN 7.50 Hentgen DOD 2.38 Mussina CUB 10.80 Cone MLN 7.50 Valdes PHI 2.39 Park GIA 10.98 Appier PIR 7.60 Pettitte BRA 2.44 Appier PIR 11.03 Finley EXP 7.68 Loaiza PAD 2.68 Brown DOD 11.09 Brown DOD 7.78 Thomson MLN 2.68 Glavine PIR 11.19 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 12 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL NL 8-25 BATTERS FACED PER GAME STRIKEOUTS PER 9 HOMERUNS PER 9 Radke MET 33.09 Martinez DOD 11.48 Pettitte BRA 0.18 Wolcott RED 32.40 Johnson MET 11.25 Brown DOD 0.35 Brown DOD 32.20 Schilling MLN 10.72 Rueter EXP 0.42 Martinez DOD 31.93 Cone MLN 10.56 Thomson MLN 0.45 Smoltz PHI 31.76 Benes,Al PAD 8.88 Martinez DOD 0.55 Lowe RED 31.69 Mussina CUB 8.65 Erickson PIR 0.61 Park GIA 31.50 Estes GIA 8.55 Morris PAD 0.68 Tewksbury AST 31.44 Beech MET 8.51 Estes GIA 0.68 Brock RED 31.35 Smoltz PHI 8.11 Benes,Al PAD 0.70 Schilling MLN 31.24 Juden CUB 8.05 Thompson CAR 0.70 DOUBLES ALLOWED TRIPLES ALLOWED HOMERUNS ALLOWED Benes,Al PAD 17 Martinez DOD 0 Pettitte BRA 5 Thompson CAR 18 Juden CUB 0 Brown DOD 9 Martinez DOD 19 Glavine PIR 1 Rueter EXP 10 Finley EXP 20 Wells AST 1 Thomson MLN 10 Brown DOD 22 Appier PIR 2 Benes,Al PAD 12 Cone MLN 24 Alvarez PIR 2 Martinez DOD 14 Juden CUB 25 Erickson PIR 2 Estes GIA 14 Bullinger EXP 26 Cone MLN 2 Brock RED 14 Morris PAD 27 Person CUB 2 Wright AST 14 Estes GIA 27 Saberhagen CUB 2 Erickson PIR 15 EXTRA BASE HITS TOTAL BASES DOUBLE PLAYS Benes,Al PAD 31 Benes,Al PAD 195 Thomson MLN 37 Martinez DOD 33 Martinez DOD 202 Glavine PIR 36 Brown DOD 35 Johnson MET 243 Erickson PIR 29 Thompson CAR 43 Mercker MLN 252 Morris PAD 29 Finley EXP 45 Cone MLN 253 Pettitte BRA 27 Estes GIA 46 Maduro BRA 257 Ritz MET 26 Thomson MLN 46 Brown DOD 259 Thompson CAR 24 Morris PAD 47 Thomson MLN 260 Bullinger EXP 23 Cone MLN 47 Finley EXP 263 Appier PIR 22 Juden CUB 49 Juden CUB 269 Valdes PHI 21 APPEARANCES INNINGS PITCHED BATTERS FACED Service ROC 68 Schilling MLN 259.1 Radke MET 1059 Ayala CAR 67 Radke MET 255.1 Smoltz PHI 1048 Cruz RED 66 Smoltz PHI 249.2 Schilling MLN 1031 Fetters MLN 64 Mussina CUB 246.2 Mussina CUB 1019 Holtz MLN 63 Pettitte BRA 246.2 Appier PIR 1017 Ritchie ROC 61 Appier PIR 246.1 Pettitte BRA 1016 Trombley BRA 61 Thompson CAR 243.2 Hentgen DOD 1014 Sullivan PAD 58 Hentgen DOD 242.0 Fernandez PHI 1006 Swindell AST 58 Fernandez PHI 240.2 Alvarez PIR 981 Mathews GIA 56 Glavine PIR 237.1 Holt GIA 974 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 13 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL NL 8-25 GAMES STARTED QUALITY STARTS QUALITY START PCT Castillo BRA 36 Thompson CAR 26 Martinez DOD .857 Trachsel BRA 36 Martinez DOD 24 Johnson MET .852 Schmidt CAR 35 Brown DOD 24 Thompson CAR .813 Navarro CAR 35 Glavine PIR 24 Brown DOD .800 Appier PIR 35 Schilling MLN 24 Valdes PHI .759 Mlicki EXP 34 Johnson MET 23 Glavine PIR .750 Pettitte BRA 34 Pettitte BRA 23 Cone MLN .733 Alvarez PIR 33 Cone MLN 22 Schilling MLN .727 Fernandez PHI 33 Valdes PHI 22 Benes,Al PAD .727 Hentgen DOD 33 Appier PIR 22 Park GIA .679 COMPLETE GAMES RUN SUPPORT PER GAME RUNNERS LEFT SCORED PCT Brown DOD 15 Valdes PHI 7.28 Fernandez PHI .083 Radke MET 13 Pettitte BRA 6.85 Loaiza PAD .103 Hentgen DOD 13 Clark,M PHI 6.55 Saberhagen CUB .111 Martinez DOD 12 Erickson PIR 6.50 Glavine PIR .182 Schilling MLN 11 Alvarez PIR 6.36 Astacio MLN .192 Pettitte BRA 11 Johnson RED 5.92 Trachsel BRA .194 Tewksbury AST 10 Martinez DOD 5.75 Thompson CAR .200 Smoltz PHI 10 Hentgen DOD 5.73 Clark,M PHI .250 Morris PAD 9 Schilling MLN 5.70 Valdes PHI .250 Mussina CUB 8 Smoltz PHI 5.64 Wolcott RED .261 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES SAVES SAVE PERCENTAGE Jackson,M CUB 42 Jackson,M CUB 35 Franco,J CAR .914 Hoffman PIR 39 Hoffman PIR 33 Hoffman PIR .846 Stanton EXP 38 Franco,J CAR 32 Jackson,M CUB .833 Wohlers DOD 37 Stanton EXP 30 Wetteland GIA .794 Franco,J CAR 35 Wetteland GIA 27 Stanton EXP .789 Wetteland GIA 34 Wohlers DOD 25 Urbina AST .773 Holtz MLN 31 Powell MET 18 Reed,S ROC .714 Fetters MLN 31 Urbina AST 17 Powell MET .692 Sullivan PAD 28 Sullivan PAD 17 Wohlers DOD .676 Powell MET 26 Reed,S ROC 15 Sullivan PAD .607 GAMES FINISHED INHERITED RNRS SCRD PCT Reed,S ROC 49 Franco,J CAR .147 Sullivan PAD 49 Miceli MET .162 Hoffman PIR 44 Timlin PHI .167 Jackson,M CUB 44 Plesac PHI .173 Stanton EXP 42 Miller,T BRA .200 Wohlers DOD 42 Stanton EXP .214 Wetteland GIA 42 Brocail MLN .238 Franco,J CAR 41 Wetteland GIA .246 Powell MET 35 Frascatore PHI .257 Urbina AST 34 Florie EXP .259 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 14 DMB League Team Leaders: 1998 IRBL NL 8-25 TEAM AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 98 PHILLIES .291 .367 .477 5084 875 1479 310 26 194 830 588 931 149 53 98 PIRATES .289 .370 .447 5366 896 1553 257 37 171 852 669 775 200 51 98 ROCKIES .284 .348 .443 5349 761 1519 280 37 165 726 488 982 126 52 98 BRAVES .275 .340 .438 5364 779 1477 281 42 169 739 487 1128 78 38 98 REDS .274 .334 .452 5005 708 1372 277 38 179 672 417 985 101 29 98 EXPOS .274 .355 .414 5361 801 1467 274 37 134 760 641 968 198 52 98 GIANTS .273 .347 .415 5005 707 1367 246 45 125 671 514 894 106 54 98 MARLINS .270 .347 .425 5442 813 1472 295 31 161 777 603 1072 180 72 98 CUBS .264 .330 .407 5309 692 1399 226 37 154 653 484 999 61 37 98 DODGERS .262 .359 .432 4951 746 1297 269 32 169 708 725 1037 207 62 98 METS .260 .330 .414 5038 674 1312 220 32 163 645 477 925 77 35 98 PADRES .258 .333 .401 4878 653 1258 234 19 142 626 532 1070 91 55 98 ASTROS .249 .324 .390 4955 666 1233 232 34 133 623 536 961 159 51 98 CARDINALS .239 .323 .368 5064 612 1208 251 20 121 569 569 1092 138 52 League Totals .269 .344 .423 10383 3652 2180 7730 1871 72171 19413 467 9851 13819 693 TEAM ERA W L S G IP H R ER BB K HR GDP 98 MARLINS 3.58 92 64 39 156 1417.0 1309 615 564 506 1207 134 129 98 PIRATES 3.58 106 44 43 150 1361.2 1239 582 542 527 1015 122 124 98 PHILLIES 3.78 92 55 28 147 1323.1 1286 621 556 414 935 153 118 98 DODGERS 3.85 92 52 34 144 1304.2 1210 612 558 532 1107 128 86 98 CARDINALS 3.87 72 78 43 150 1350.0 1345 638 580 478 1035 143 127 98 PADRES 3.97 72 72 27 144 1292.2 1335 625 570 442 884 152 104 98 EXPOS 4.07 90 66 44 156 1394.0 1344 688 631 550 1054 142 126 98 GIANTS 4.19 76 68 42 144 1300.2 1255 661 606 622 984 134 106 98 BRAVES 4.34 74 76 38 150 1348.1 1441 730 650 525 894 131 119 98 METS 4.40 63 80 24 143 1294.0 1344 715 633 532 1082 138 100 98 CUBS 4.70 69 84 44 153 1364.2 1374 785 712 594 988 192 107 98 ASTROS 5.89 53 92 21 145 1280.0 1530 923 838 624 832 172 90 98 ROCKIES 6.57 44 106 21 150 1324.0 1721 1084 967 680 959 217 109 98 REDS 6.86 48 91 25 139 1240.2 1606 1073 945 765 923 232 115 League Totals 4.53 1028 1035 19339 9352 13899 1560 1043 473 18595.2 10352 7791 2190 TEAM G PO A E DP TC PCT PB 98 PIRATES 150 4085 1618 65 136 5768 .989 1 98 DODGERS 144 3914 1394 81 103 5389 .985 21 98 CARDINALS 150 4050 1544 87 138 5681 .985 7 98 MARLINS 156 4251 1628 93 142 5972 .984 10 98 GIANTS 144 3902 1524 89 117 5515 .984 7 98 PADRES 144 3878 1571 93 116 5542 .983 15 98 CUBS 153 4094 1465 102 131 5661 .982 2 98 EXPOS 156 4182 1682 111 136 5975 .981 2 98 PHILLIES 147 3970 1562 109 134 5641 .981 4 98 METS 143 3882 1370 110 113 5362 .979 12 98 ASTROS 145 3840 1473 115 101 5428 .979 10 98 BRAVES 150 4045 1524 123 132 5692 .978 18 98 ROCKIES 150 3972 1481 123 125 5576 .978 17 98 REDS 139 3722 1441 145 131 5308 .973 19 League Totals 1035 55787 21277 1446 1755 78510 .982 145 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 15 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL AL 8-25 BATTING AVERAGE ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Piazza ROY .395 Thomas,F YAN .457 Piazza ROY .692 Justice ORI .360 Thome RSX .448 Justice ORI .657 Biggio BRE .347 Piazza ROY .443 McGwire WHI .638 Thomas,F YAN .345 Justice ORI .441 Martinez BRE .604 Alou ATH .334 Biggio BRE .439 Alou ATH .581 Valentin ATH .328 Martinez,E YAN .431 Martinez,E YAN .564 Greer IND .326 Anderson WHI .426 Thomas,F YAN .564 Martinez,E YAN .324 Sheffield ORI .420 Biggio BRE .562 Alomar BLU .320 Alomar BLU .413 Alomar ANG .560 Anderson WHI .318 Greer IND .408 Sanders,R TWI .556 HITS RUNS RUNS BATTED IN Piazza ROY 219 Biggio BRE 133 McGwire WHI 153 Biggio BRE 206 Walker RSX 121 Martinez BRE 128 Alou ATH 195 Finley RSX 116 Piazza ROY 121 Valentin ATH 190 McGwire WHI 116 Alou ATH 120 Anderson WHI 185 Anderson WHI 109 Justice ORI 112 Mondesi WHI 181 Piazza ROY 106 Davis ATH 109 Glanville RAN 176 Valentin ATH 105 Sosa BRE 109 Martinez BRE 175 Alou ATH 105 Garciap'ra TWI 102 Greer IND 174 Martinez BRE 104 Walker RSX 102 Durham IND 174 Sosa BRE 104 Sorrento ANG 100 DOUBLES TRIPLES HOMERUNS Lansing MAR 54 Anderson WHI 14 McGwire WHI 56 Anderson WHI 49 Burnitz BRE 13 Martinez BRE 44 Alou ATH 45 Stewart BLU 10 Piazza ROY 39 Walker RSX 44 Johnson TIG 10 Sorrento ANG 37 Sosa BRE 43 Martin MAR 9 Walker RSX 36 Alomar ANG 42 Garciap'ra TWI 9 Thome RSX 34 Valentin ATH 41 McRae YAN 8 Davis ATH 34 Garciap'ra TWI 40 Womack YAN 8 Sosa BRE 34 Justice ORI 39 Perez ANG 7 Justice ORI 33 Rodriguez ORI 39 Javier TWI 7 Burks ROY 31 EXTRA BASE HITS STOLEN BASES STOLEN BASE PERCENTAGE Walker RSX 84 Womack YAN 62-26 Stewart BLU .909 Piazza ROY 82 Glanville RAN 52-23 Gant BRE .900 McGwire WHI 81 Biggio BRE 48-15 Cangelosi ANG .875 Alou ATH 80 McCracken RAN 45-13 Alexander ATH .867 Anderson WHI 77 Erstad RAN 39-17 Finley RSX .844 Sosa BRE 77 Walker RSX 38- 9 Rodriguez RSX .829 Martinez BRE 76 Dunston BRE 38-12 Carter ANG .826 Garciap'ra TWI 75 Javier TWI 37-12 Reese MAR .818 Finley RSX 73 Rodriguez RSX 34- 7 Walker RSX .809 Justice ORI 72 Sosa BRE 34-13 Fernandez ANG .800 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 16 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL AL 8-25 WALKS INTENTIONAL WALKS STRIKEOUTS Thome RSX 133 Thome RSX 28 Guillen ORI 16 McGwire WHI 103 Burnitz BRE 19 Johnson TIG 30 Anderson WHI 97 McGwire WHI 19 Alomar BLU 31 Thomas,F YAN 95 Alomar BLU 11 Olerud BLU 45 Burnitz BRE 94 Coomer ATH 10 Joyner YAN 46 Greene RSX 88 Belle BLU 10 Surhoff WHI 51 Martinez,E YAN 87 Biggio BRE 10 Alfonzo TIG 52 Sheffield ORI 85 Thomas,F YAN 9 Alomar ANG 52 Gonzalez ORI 81 Sheffield ORI 8 Fernandez ANG 52 Davis ATH 79 Segui IND 8 Kendall ATH 53 SACRIFICE HITS SACRIFICE FLIES HIT BY PITCH McLemore RSX 32 Belle BLU 8 Kendall ATH 34 Grebeck RSX 26 McRae YAN 8 Biggio BRE 21 Weiss ROY 17 Bichette IND 8 Blauser ATH 17 Ordonez IND 13 Castilla WHI 8 Anderson WHI 14 Fabregas YAN 12 McGwire WHI 8 Olerud BLU 13 Bordick WHI 12 Olerud BLU 7 Castilla WHI 13 Butler RSX 12 Boggs ROY 6 Rodriguez ORI 12 Perez ANG 11 Magadan WHI 6 Martinez,E YAN 11 Lofton ATH 11 Spiezio BRE 6 Sheffield ORI 10 Snopek ORI 10 Alomar ANG 6 Kent WHI 10 DOUBLE PLAYS RUNS CREATED RUNS CREATED / 27 OUTS Alomar BLU 2 Piazza ROY 160.3 Justice ORI 12.01 Erstad RAN 3 Biggio BRE 157.5 Piazza ROY 11.82 Thome RSX 3 McGwire WHI 142.2 Biggio BRE 10.40 Cruz RAN 3 Martinez BRE 140.3 Thome RSX 10.23 Biggio BRE 4 Justice ORI 137.4 Thomas,F YAN 10.13 Finley RSX 4 Anderson WHI 136.6 Martinez BRE 9.52 Womack YAN 4 Alou ATH 133.1 McGwire WHI 9.39 Greer IND 4 Thome RSX 128.8 Greer IND 8.95 Surhoff WHI 4 Thomas,F YAN 123.8 Anderson WHI 8.87 McLemore RSX 4 Greer IND 123.4 Alomar BLU 8.82 ISOLATED POWER TOTAL AVERAGE TOTAL BASES McGwire WHI .357 Justice ORI 1.229 Piazza ROY 384 Justice ORI .297 Piazza ROY 1.210 McGwire WHI 345 Piazza ROY .297 Biggio BRE 1.182 Martinez BRE 342 Martinez BRE .295 Thome RSX 1.171 Alou ATH 339 Sanders,R TWI .282 McGwire WHI 1.145 Biggio BRE 333 Walker RSX .268 Thomas,F YAN 1.122 Walker RSX 324 Burks ROY .268 Martinez BRE 1.068 Mondesi WHI 313 Thome RSX .263 Burnitz BRE 1.064 Sosa BRE 313 Lankford ORI .260 Martinez,E YAN 1.045 Justice ORI 305 Burnitz BRE .259 Anderson WHI 1.029 Anderson WHI 304 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 17 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL AL 8-25 EARNED RUN AVERAGE STRIKEOUTS WALKS Maddux WHI 2.14 Clemens ROY 247 Maddux WHI 20 Clemens ROY 2.48 Lieber RAN 203 McDonald BLU 34 Wakefield MAR 2.81 Maddux WHI 182 Karl YAN 40 McDonald BLU 2.95 Fassero ANG 169 Neagle RSX 41 Blair TWI 3.00 Benes,An ROY 163 Burkett IND 44 Kile WHI 3.43 Stottlemyr TWI 158 Wells RSX 45 Lieber RAN 3.45 Kile WHI 154 Reynolds MAR 46 Rogers TIG 3.51 Wells RSX 148 Reed ANG 47 Reed ANG 3.54 Nomo ORI 147 Morgan RSX 47 Reynolds MAR 3.59 Gordon ROY 142 Darwin,D ATH 48 WINS WIN PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS Maddux WHI 19- 8 Kile WHI .750 Perez YAN 5 Kile WHI 18- 6 Olivares BRE .750 Nagy BRE 4 Clemens ROY 16- 8 Stottlemyr TWI .750 Clemens ROY 3 Olivares BRE 15- 5 Cordova TIG .737 Burkett IND 3 Stottlemyr TWI 15- 5 Maddux WHI .704 Grace MAR 2 Lieber RAN 15-10 Martinez ATH .688 Garcia BRE 2 Cordova TIG 14- 5 Clemens ROY .667 Ogea ATH 2 Neagle RSX 14- 8 Gardner ATH .667 Gordon ROY 2 Cooke BRE 14- 9 Gordon ROY .667 Stottlemyr TWI 2 Nagy BRE 14- 9 Reynolds MAR .650 Moyer ANG 2 OPP. BATTING AVERAGE OPP. ON BASE PERCENTAGE OPP. SLUGGING PCT Clemens ROY .214 Maddux WHI .249 Clemens ROY .291 Wakefield MAR .214 Lieber RAN .274 Maddux WHI .291 Lieber RAN .228 Clemens ROY .284 Wakefield MAR .338 Maddux WHI .229 Blair TWI .296 Stottlemyr TWI .355 Kile WHI .234 McDonald BLU .296 Gordon ROY .356 Gordon ROY .234 Wakefield MAR .304 Lieber RAN .357 Burba RAN .234 Kile WHI .304 Kile WHI .359 Jones WHI .237 Jones WHI .305 Blair TWI .362 Blair TWI .238 Reynolds MAR .305 Gonzalez TWI .379 Benes,An ROY .240 Benes,An ROY .308 Ashby TIG .381 HITS PER 9 INNINGS WALKS PER 9 INNINGS RNRS PER 9 INNINGS Clemens ROY 7.00 Maddux WHI 0.69 Maddux WHI 8.64 Wakefield MAR 7.06 Neagle RSX 1.76 Lieber RAN 9.88 Maddux WHI 7.68 Burkett IND 1.93 Clemens ROY 10.25 Lieber RAN 7.69 Reed ANG 1.93 McDonald BLU 10.85 Gordon ROY 7.78 Wells RSX 1.93 Blair TWI 11.05 Burba RAN 7.80 Lieber RAN 2.04 Jones WHI 11.35 Jones WHI 7.99 Morgan RSX 2.24 Reynolds MAR 11.43 Kile WHI 8.02 Karl YAN 2.29 Wakefield MAR 11.47 Blair TWI 8.13 Reynolds MAR 2.30 Kile WHI 11.57 McDonald BLU 8.18 Perez YAN 2.33 Benes,An ROY 11.74 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 18 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL AL 8-25 BATTERS FACED PER GAME STRIKEOUTS PER 9 HOMERUNS PER 9 Blair TWI 31.75 Clemens ROY 9.55 Maddux WHI 0.28 Reed ANG 31.72 Benes,An ROY 8.58 Clemens ROY 0.35 Maddux WHI 31.66 Gordon ROY 7.67 Fassero ANG 0.55 Kile WHI 31.63 Leiter WHI 7.57 Bailey IND 0.56 Clemens ROY 31.43 Lieber RAN 7.54 Stottlemyr TWI 0.56 Nagy BRE 31.32 Burba RAN 7.43 Olivares BRE 0.63 Gordon ROY 31.00 Stottlemyr TWI 7.42 Gordon ROY 0.65 Stottlemyr TWI 30.89 Foster TWI 6.81 Baldwin YAN 0.67 Moyer ANG 30.71 McDonald BLU 6.80 Morgan RSX 0.67 Olivares BRE 30.58 Wakefield MAR 6.77 Gonzalez TWI 0.73 DOUBLES ALLOWED TRIPLES ALLOWED HOMERUNS ALLOWED Ashby TIG 24 Foster TWI 0 Maddux WHI 8 Moyer ANG 26 Fassero ANG 1 Clemens ROY 9 Burba RAN 26 Olivares BRE 1 Baldwin YAN 11 Suppan RAN 26 Eldred TWI 1 Stottlemyr TWI 12 Jones WHI 29 Suppan RAN 1 Gordon ROY 12 Wakefield MAR 29 Maddux WHI 2 McDonald BLU 12 Key BLU 29 Clemens ROY 2 Bailey IND 13 Gordon ROY 29 Moyer ANG 2 Gonzalez TWI 13 Gonzalez TWI 29 Belcher ROY 2 Hamilton MAR 13 Hamilton MAR 30 Cordova TIG 2 Rogers TIG 13 EXTRA BASE HITS TOTAL BASES DOUBLE PLAYS Suppan RAN 42 McDonald BLU 191 Bailey IND 36 Maddux WHI 43 Gordon ROY 219 Hershiser ANG 32 Clemens ROY 45 Rogers TIG 226 Reed ANG 29 McDonald BLU 45 Wakefield MAR 230 Olivares BRE 28 Gordon ROY 46 Gonzalez TWI 231 Maddux WHI 28 Gonzalez TWI 47 Hamilton MAR 239 Hampton ATH 26 Hamilton MAR 47 Clemens ROY 246 Suppan RAN 22 Rogers TIG 47 Burba RAN 248 Cooke BRE 22 Stottlemyr TWI 48 Benes,An ROY 254 Drabek IND 22 Ashby TIG 48 Stottlemyr TWI 257 Dickson RAN 22 APPEARANCES INNINGS PITCHED BATTERS FACED Tavarez YAN 80 Maddux WHI 261.1 Maddux WHI 1013 Carrasco IND 76 Lieber RAN 242.1 Fassero ANG 991 Belinda RSX 68 Clemens ROY 232.2 Dickson RAN 987 Henry ATH 67 Fassero ANG 230.0 Lieber RAN 979 Hernandez ATH 66 Dickson RAN 229.0 Nagy BRE 971 Percival ATH 64 Nagy BRE 223.2 Kile WHI 949 Veres IND 64 Kile WHI 223.1 Olivares BRE 948 Wilkins TIG 63 Reed ANG 218.2 Clemens ROY 943 Spoljaric ATH 62 Rosado MAR 218.2 Drabek IND 937 McElroy YAN 61 Olivares BRE 215.1 Rosado MAR 930 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 19 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1998 IRBL AL 8-25 GAMES STARTED QUALITY STARTS QUALITY START PCT Drabek IND 34 Maddux WHI 27 Maddux WHI .844 Dickson RAN 34 Clemens ROY 23 Clemens ROY .767 Fassero ANG 34 Fassero ANG 23 Oquist MAR .765 Hershiser ANG 33 Blair TWI 20 Blair TWI .714 Rosado MAR 33 Lieber RAN 20 Wakefield MAR .704 Lieber RAN 33 Dickson RAN 20 Burba RAN .704 Burkett IND 32 Burba RAN 19 Martinez ATH .682 Wells RSX 32 Wakefield MAR 19 Fassero ANG .676 Maddux WHI 32 Kile WHI 19 Hermanson ORI .650 Gardner ATH 31 Jones WHI 18 Rogers TIG .636 COMPLETE GAMES RUN SUPPORT PER GAME RUNNERS LEFT SCORED PCT Maddux WHI 13 Kile WHI 7.40 Suppan RAN .158 Clemens ROY 12 Leiter WHI 6.56 Kile WHI .182 Kile WHI 11 Wells RSX 6.19 Clemens ROY .188 Blair TWI 9 Stottlemyr TWI 6.04 Hampton ATH .200 Reed ANG 8 Kamien'cki RSX 6.00 Rogers TIG .217 Lieber RAN 8 Cordova TIG 5.96 Dickson RAN .222 Nagy BRE 6 Olivares BRE 5.77 Ashby TIG .238 Dickson RAN 6 Neagle RSX 5.77 Stottlemyr TWI .267 Gordon ROY 5 Gardner ATH 5.71 Wakefield MAR .267 Wakefield MAR 5 Darwin,D ATH 5.69 Cordova TIG .269 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES SAVES SAVE PERCENTAGE DiPoto BRE 37 Jones MAR 29 Jones MAR .906 Sager RSX 35 Shaw YAN 28 Myers ORI .871 Shaw YAN 34 Myers ORI 27 Shaw YAN .824 Jones MAR 32 Sager RSX 24 Worrell TIG .760 Beltran TWI 32 DiPoto BRE 24 Beck BLU .750 Myers ORI 31 Jones ANG 23 Jones ANG .742 Nen IND 31 Beltran TWI 22 Rivera ROY .733 Jones ANG 31 Rivera ROY 22 Martin RAN .700 Martin RAN 30 Martin RAN 21 Beltran TWI .688 Rivera ROY 30 Worrell TIG 19 Sager RSX .686 GAMES FINISHED INHERITED RNRS SCRD PCT Jones ANG 48 Orosco WHI .118 Hernandez ATH 48 Castillo,C ORI .139 Shaw YAN 47 Myers ORI .172 DiPoto BRE 47 Wagner WHI .174 Nen IND 44 Walker RAN .195 Loiselle IND 40 Patterson TIG .219 Beltran TWI 38 Wickman RAN .220 Jones MAR 37 Hernandez ATH .231 Rivera ROY 37 Bruske ANG .241 Sager RSX 36 Heredia BRE .250 IRBL # 560 8-25-98 20 DMB League Team Leaders: 1998 IRBL AL 8-25 TEAM AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 98 ATHLETICS .296 .364 .469 5209 821 1543 318 31 174 781 494 839 122 74 98 WHITE SOX .284 .356 .475 5125 850 1455 298 33 205 801 540 894 50 32 98 ROYALS .283 .345 .455 4819 702 1364 293 26 162 663 433 885 63 42 98 BREWERS .281 .345 .465 5143 786 1444 288 36 196 747 452 994 184 70 98 TWINS .279 .342 .439 4885 710 1362 282 28 148 677 448 848 111 59 98 ANGELS .273 .334 .448 5117 723 1399 262 15 201 687 445 1012 110 43 98 TIGERS .268 .333 .397 4439 586 1190 229 24 98 551 401 700 75 39 98 YANKEES .268 .340 .380 4765 592 1277 224 18 92 557 484 827 123 84 98 INDIANS .268 .334 .401 5123 650 1371 236 27 131 614 490 919 90 47 98 RED SOX .267 .355 .445 5000 819 1334 272 24 191 778 663 934 136 36 98 ORIOLES .257 .335 .407 4837 668 1243 252 16 148 634 528 804 67 43 98 RANGERS .255 .317 .360 5209 594 1327 264 16 84 564 453 921 210 85 98 BLUE JAYS .249 .319 .366 4339 469 1079 213 35 76 441 411 737 83 27 98 MARINERS .245 .315 .405 4542 565 1115 266 20 140 529 430 928 88 39 League Totals .270 .339 .424 9535 3697 2046 6672 1512 68552 18503 349 9024 12242 720 TEAM ERA W L S G IP H R ER BB K HR GDP 98 MARINERS 3.68 67 68 38 135 1205.2 1144 550 493 423 882 129 66 98 WHITE SOX 3.70 92 53 33 145 1303.0 1208 588 535 481 991 122 101 98 ROYALS 3.97 81 56 33 137 1230.0 1155 614 542 467 1041 130 90 98 ANGELS 4.08 78 67 26 145 1308.2 1366 664 593 461 804 151 122 98 RANGERS 4.12 61 89 33 150 1361.2 1394 686 624 479 878 157 130 98 TIGERS 4.21 61 69 26 130 1147.1 1163 613 537 457 830 143 78 98 RED SOX 4.37 79 65 36 144 1296.2 1408 706 629 380 852 129 107 98 TWINS 4.42 74 64 30 138 1245.0 1278 668 611 525 798 138 82 98 BLUE JAYS 4.43 45 82 20 127 1124.0 1154 617 553 392 722 138 77 98 BREWERS 4.46 88 57 39 145 1316.1 1394 714 653 586 884 154 135 98 ATHLETICS 4.49 77 68 40 145 1305.0 1425 718 651 530 1020 168 97 98 YANKEES 4.87 60 79 34 139 1243.0 1469 743 673 410 767 147 117 98 INDIANS 5.03 56 90 29 146 1311.0 1502 801 732 474 781 147 137 98 ORIOLES 5.75 56 83 30 139 1241.0 1517 884 793 546 912 183 118 League Totals 4.40 990 982 18577 8619 12162 1457 975 447 17638.1 9566 6611 2036 TEAM G PO A E DP TC PCT PB 98 WHITE SOX 145 3909 1586 87 109 5582 .984 13 98 ANGELS 145 3926 1653 101 134 5680 .982 2 98 BLUE JAYS 127 3372 1203 84 88 4659 .982 9 98 RANGERS 150 4085 1629 106 139 5820 .982 1 98 ATHLETICS 145 3915 1417 105 113 5437 .981 8 98 MARINERS 135 3617 1308 98 79 5023 .980 7 98 INDIANS 146 3933 1700 114 147 5747 .980 11 98 RED SOX 144 3890 1524 111 125 5525 .980 17 98 BREWERS 145 3949 1785 123 147 5857 .979 9 98 ROYALS 137 3690 1297 107 94 5094 .979 11 98 TWINS 138 3735 1385 112 101 5232 .979 6 98 YANKEES 139 3729 1520 117 129 5366 .978 12 98 TIGERS 130 3442 1306 114 89 4862 .977 17 98 ORIOLES 139 3723 1357 128 136 5208 .975 1 League Totals 982 52915 20670 1507 1630 75092 .980 124