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1998 AL Division Series (3-0): New York Yankees (114-48) over Texas Rangers (88-74)

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WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  September 29, 1998 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Texas Rangers                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  0
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: TEX - Stottlemyre
              NYY - Wells, Rivera (9)

               WP - David Wells
	       LP - Todd Stottlemyre
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: TEX - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 57,362

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  September 30, 1998 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Texas Rangers                0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  5  0
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  x     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: TEX - Helling, Crabtree (7)
              NYY - Pettitte, Nelson (8), Rivera (8)

               WP - Andy Pettitte
	       LP - Rick Helling
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: TEX - none
              NYY - Brosius, Spencer

  ATTENDANCE: 57,360

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1998 at Rangers Bpk (Texas Rangers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0     4  9  1
    Texas Rangers                0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Cone, Lloyd (6), Nelson (7), Rivera (9)
              TEX - Sele, Crabtree (7), Wetteland (9)

               WP - David Cone
	       LP - Aaron Sele
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - O'Neill, Spencer
              TEX - none

  ATTENDANCE: 49,450

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Scott Brosius       3  10  1  4  0  0  1   3  0  3  .400  .400  .700  0 | 530 159 19  .300  .843  11
 Homer Bush          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    1 |  71  27  1  .380  .886   6
*David Cone          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Chad Curtis         3   3  1  2  1  0  0   0  1  1  .667  .750 1.000  1 | 456 111 10  .243  .715  21
#Chili Davis         2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .167  .167  .167  0 | 103  30  3  .291  .820   0
 Joe Girardi         2   7  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  .429  .429  .429  0 | 254  70  3  .276  .703   2
 Derek Jeter         3   9  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  2  .111  .273  .111  0 | 626 203 19  .324  .865  30
 Chuck Knoblauch     3  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  4  .091  .167  .091  0 | 603 160 17  .265  .766  31
*Graeme Lloyd        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Tino Martinez       3  11  1  3  2  0  0   0  0  2  .273  .273  .455  0 | 531 149 28  .281  .860   2
 Jeff Nelson         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Paul O'Neill        3  11  1  4  2  0  1   1  1  1  .364  .417  .818  0 | 602 191 24  .317  .882  15
*Andy Pettitte       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
#Jorge Posada        1   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  2  .000  .333  .000  0 | 358  96 17  .268  .825   0
#Tim Raines          2   4  1  1  1  0  0   0  1  1  .250  .400  .500  0 | 321  93  5  .290  .778   8
 Mariano Rivera      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Shane Spencer       2   6  3  3  0  0  2   4  0  1  .500  .500 1.500  0 |  67  25 10  .373 1.321   0
*David Wells         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   1  0  .250  .500   0
#Bernie Williams     3  11  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  4  .000  .083  .000  0 | 499 169 26  .339  .997  15
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3  91  9 23  6  0  4   8  7 24  .253  .313  .451  2 |        207  .288  .822 153

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Texas Rangers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Luis Alicea         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 259  71  6  .274  .797   4
*Will Clark          3  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  .091  .167  .091  0 | 554 169 23  .305  .891   1
 Royce Clayton       3   9  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  4  .222  .222  .222  0 |+541 136  9  .251  .685  24
 Tim Crabtree        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Juan Gonzalez       3  12  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  3  .083  .083  .167  0 | 606 193 45  .318  .996   2
*Tom Goodwin         2   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 | 520 151  2  .290  .716  38
*Rusty Greer         3  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  .091  .167  .091  0 | 598 183 16  .306  .841   2
 Rick Helling        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   1  0  .200  .400   0
 Roberto Kelly       2   7  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  2  .143  .143  .286  0 | 257  83 16  .323  .909   0
#Mark McLemore       3  10  0  1  1  0  0   0  2  3  .100  .250  .200  0 | 461 114  5  .247  .686  12
 Ivan Rodriguez      3  10  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  5  .100  .100  .100  0 | 579 186 21  .321  .871   9
 Aaron Sele          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   1  0  .250  .750   0
 Mike Simms          2   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0 | 186  55 16  .296  .994   0
*Lee Stevens         1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 344  91 20  .265  .836   0
*Todd Stottlemyre    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 53  12  0  .226  .507   0
 John Wetteland      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Todd Zeile          3   9  0  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  .333  .333  .333  0 |+572 155 19  .271  .787   4
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               3  92  1 13  3  0  0   1  4 27  .141  .177  .174  0 |        201  .289  .818  82

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*David Wells         1   0.00 1-0  0  0  8.0  5  0  1  9 | 18-4  214  3.49  1.05 163   
*Andy Pettitte       1   1.29 1-0  0  0  7.0  3  1  0  8 | 16-11 216  4.24  1.45 146   
 David Cone          1   0.00 1-0  0  0  5.7  2  0  1  6 | 20-7  208  3.55  1.18 209   
 Mariano Rivera      3   0.00 0-0  2  0  3.3  1  0  1  2 |  3-0   61  1.91  1.06  36 36
 Jeff Nelson         2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  2  0  1  2 |  5-3   40  3.79  1.64  35  3
*Graeme Lloyd        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  0  0 |  3-0   38  1.67  0.85  20   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   0.33 3-0  2  0 27.0 13  1  4 27 |            3.82 1.250   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Texas Rangers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Todd Stottlemyre    1   2.25 0-1  0  1  8.0  6  2  4  8 |+14-13 222  3.74  1.33 204   
 Rick Helling        1   4.50 0-1  0  0  6.0  8  3  1  9 | 20-7  216  4.41  1.33 164   
 Aaron Sele          1   6.00 0-1  0  0  6.0  8  4  1  4 | 19-11 213  4.23  1.52 167   
 Tim Crabtree        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.0  1  0  0  2 |  6-1   85  3.59  1.42  60   
 John Wetteland      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  1  1 |  3-1   62  2.03  0.98  72 42
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.24 0-3  0  1 25.0 23  9  7 24 |            5.00 1.500   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: NYY-SDP / ALCS: NYY-CLE / NLCS: SDP-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-BOS / NYY-TEX / ATL-CHC / SDP-HOU

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