1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 117th season of the franchise; the 112th in the National League. This was their 29th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 69–93.

Regular season

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
April	27	11	16		101	122
May	29	15	14		123	113
June	27	13	14		95	98
July	26	11	15		121	120
August	26	14	12		137	122
September	27	5	22		73	143
Total	162	69	93		650	718

Player stats

;Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player
	14	24	9	0.375	1	2
	149	535	175	0.327	12	75
	69	233	72	0.309	3	24
	41	152	43	0.283	0	5
	159	655	185	0.282	3	45
	13	11	3	0.273	0	1
	159	592	160	0.270	27	108
	153	573	153	0.267	14	84
	123	282	74	0.262	9	46
	13	39	10	0.256	0	3
	56	172	44	0.256	9	26
	60	4	1	0.250	0	1
	73	180	45	0.250	6	24
	18	12	3	0.250	0	1
	110	334	82	0.246	2	34
	21	29	7	0.241	0	3
	125	440	105	0.239	12	47
	72	251	59	0.235	6	24
	39	39	9	0.231	0	2
	39	98	21	0.214	0	7
	59	128	25	0.195	2	13
	24	52	10	0.192	1	2
	81	212	40	0.189	0	14
	90	185	32	0.173	0	14
	29	48	8	0.167	0	1
	14	28	4	0.143	0	3
	33	75	9	0.120	0	1
	33	62	6	0.097	0	2
	18	27	1	0.037	0	0
	43	8	0	0.000	0	1
	7	6	0	0.000	0	0
	37	1	0	0.000	0	0
	60	2	0	0.000	0	0
	37	1	0	0.000	0	0
	37	3	0	0.000	0	0
	54	0	0		0	0
	16	0	0		0	0
	16	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	163	5,493	1,395	0.254	107	613

;Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player
	37	51	4	2	1.94	59
	60	64	3	3	2.51	71
	60	65	0	2	2.91	64
	37	50	2	2	3.02	40
	33	220	13	14	3.31	157
	54	55	2	7	3.44	48
	39	148	8	10	3.47	103
	16	15	0	0	3.52	17
	33	214	11	14	4.07	158
	29	171	8	14	4.11	138
	18	100	6	7	4.40	64
	21	91	6	5	4.52	53
	37	41	0	1	4.83	42
	18	47	1	2	5.36	32
	43	74	2	6	5.67	43
	16	19	1	3	6.52	11
	7	19	2	1	7.32	12
Team Totals	163	1,449	69	93	3.91	1,112

Awards and honors

1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Jason Kendall, C, reserve

Notable transactions

July 17, 1998: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Pirates to the Texas Rangers for Warren Morris and Todd Van Poppel.