1998 Florida Marlins season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Florida Marlins
season = 1998
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1993
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1993
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Pro Player Stadium
y4 = 1993
city = Miami Gardens, Florida
y5 = 1993
owners = Wayne Huizenga
managers = Jim Leyland
television = Sports Channel Florida
WBFS-TV
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Tommy Hutton)
radio = WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramirez, Manolo Alvarez)|The Florida Marlins' 1998 season started off with the team trying to repeat as World Series Champions, a title they won from 1997. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 54-108, 5 in the NL East. The team is notable for having arguably the biggest fire sale in sports history, auctioning off nearly all of their most notable players.

Offseason

*November 18, 1997: Devon White was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Jesus Martinez (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitede03.shtml Devon White Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*December 15, 1997: Scott Podsednik was drafted by the Texas Rangers from the Florida Marlins in the 1997 rule 5 draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/podsesc01.shtml Scott Podsednik Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*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. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leede02.shtml]
*December 21, 1997: Kevin Millar was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/millake01.shtml]

Regular season

*June 22, 1998 - The first interleague game between the Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays took place at Tropicana Field. The rivalry would be known as the Citrus Series. The Marlins won the game in twelve innings by a score of 3-2. [ http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199806220TBA]

eason standings

Transactions

*April 15, 1998: Jacob Brumfield was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brumfja01.shtml Jacob Brumfield Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

The Mike Piazza Trades

* May 14, 1998: Mike Piazza was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for Manuel Barrios, Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson, and Gary Sheffield. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bonilbo01.shtml Bobby Bonilla Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* May 22, 1998: Mike Piazza was traded by the Florida Marlins to the New York Mets for Preston Wilson, Ed Yarnall, and Geoff Goetz (minors).

Game log

Roster

Player stats

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/FLA/1998.shtml]

Pitching

Starting pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/FLA/1998.shtml 1998 Marlins]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1998&t=FLO 1998 Florida Marlins team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]