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New York Yankees 4, San Diego Padres 0 Β· 1998-10-17 to 1998-10-21 Β· 4 games Β· attendance 243,498 Β· season overview
Champion Β· 24th title
Runner-up
Series MVP
Ballparks
Note
A sweep
Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998-10-17 | 1β0 | Yankee Stadium I | 56,712 | David Wells | Donne Wall | Mariano Rivera | |
| 2 | 1998-10-18 | 2β0 | Yankee Stadium I | 56,692 | Orlando Hernandez | Andy Ashby | ||
| 3 | 1998-10-20 | 3β0 | Qualcomm Stadium | 64,667 | Ramiro Mendoza | Trevor Hoffman | Mariano Rivera | |
| 4 | 1998-10-21 | 4β0 | Qualcomm Stadium | 65,427 | Andy Pettitte | Kevin Brown | Mariano Rivera |
The players
New York Yankees
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul O'Neill | 4 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .211 |
| Scott Brosius | 4 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .471 |
| Derek Jeter | 4 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .353 |
| Chuck Knoblauch | 4 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .375 |
| Bernie Williams | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .062 |
| Tino Martinez | 4 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .385 |
| Ricky Ledee | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .600 |
| Jorge Posada | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| Chili Davis | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
| Joe Girardi | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Shane Spencer | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 |
| David Cone | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Andy Pettitte | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Ramiro Mendoza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mariano Rivera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | WβL | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Pettitte | 1 | 1 | 1β0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| David Wells | 1 | 1 | 1β0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6.43 |
| Orlando Hernandez | 1 | 1 | 1β0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1.29 |
| David Cone | 1 | 1 | 0β0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Mariano Rivera | 3 | 0 | 0β0 | 3 | 4.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jeff Nelson | 3 | 0 | 0β0 | 0 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ramiro Mendoza | 1 | 0 | 1β0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Mike Stanton | 1 | 0 | 0β0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 |
| Graeme Lloyd | 1 | 0 | 0β0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
San Diego Padres
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Gwynn | 4 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Quilvio Veras | 4 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .200 |
| Greg Vaughn | 4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .133 |
| Ken Caminiti | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .143 |
| Steve Finley | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .083 |
| Chris Gomez | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .364 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .200 |
| Jim Leyritz | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Wally Joyner | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Ruben Rivera | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 |
| John Vander Wal | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 |
| Greg Myers | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Mark Sweeney | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Kevin Brown | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Andy Sheets | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | WβL | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Brown | 2 | 2 | 0β1 | 0 | 14.1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 1 | 1 | 0β0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1.50 |
| Donne Wall | 1 | 0 | 0β0 | 0 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Andy Ashby | 1 | 1 | 0β1 | 0 | 2.2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13.50 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 1 | 0 | 0β1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Brian Boehringer | 2 | 0 | 0β0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Dan Miceli | 2 | 0 | 0β0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Randy Myers | 2 | 0 | 0β0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joey Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0β0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mark Langston | 1 | 0 | 0β0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40.50 |