1998 American League Division Series
| 1998 American League Division Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | September 29 – October 2 | ||||||||||||
| Television |
Fox (Game 1) NBC (Games 2–3) |
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| TV announcers |
Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly (Game 1) Bob Costas and Joe Morgan (Games 2–3) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Buck Martinez | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | September 29 – October 3 | ||||||||||||
| Television |
ESPN (Games 1–3) Fox (Game 4) |
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| TV announcers |
Chris Berman and Ray Knight (Games 1–3) Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Game 4) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Ernie Harwell and Dave Campbell | ||||||||||||
| Umpires |
Jim Joyce, Rich Garcia, Tim Tschida, Drew Coble, Terry Craft (Yankees–Rangers, Games 1–2; Indians–Red Sox, Games 3–4) Durwood Merrill (Yankees–Rangers, Games 1–2; Indians–Red Sox, Game 3) Dale Scott, Joe Brinkman, John Hirschbeck, Larry McCoy, Dave Phillips (Indians–Red Sox, Games 1–2; Yankees–Rangers, Game 3) Chuck Meriwether (Indians–Red Sox, Games 1–2,4) |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Yankees (3) | Joe Torre | 114–48, .704, GA: 22 | |
| Texas Rangers (0) | Johnny Oates | 88–74, .543, GA: 3 |
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Cleveland Indians (3) | Mike Hargrove | 89–73, .549, GA: 9 | |
| Boston Red Sox (1) | Jimy Williams | 92–70, .568, GB: 22 |
The 1998 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1998 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 29, and ended on Saturday, October 3, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage, which for the first time was determined by playing record. Also for the first time, the team with home field advantage played the first two games at home, with potentially Game 5 at home as well; previously, the team with the home field advantage had played the first two games on the road, with the possibility of the final three games at home. The Red Sox were ineligible for home field advantage due to not winning their division.
The New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Yankees became the American League champion, and defeated the National League champion San Diego Padres in the 1998 World Series.
New York won the series, 3–0.
Cleveland won the series, 3–1.
Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York
Scott Brosius was the hero of Game 1, as Todd Stottlemyre faced David Wells. In the bottom of the second, Stottlemyre yielded two runs when Brosius singled in Jorge Posada after Chad Curtis doubled and Curtis scored when Chuck Knoblauch struck out and Brosius was caught stealing. Stottlemyre pitched a complete game in a losing effort. David Wells and Mariano Rivera limited the loaded Texas lineup, which had scored 940 runs in 1998, to only five hits.
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