1998 Eastern League season

The 1998 Eastern League season began on approximately April 1 and the regular season ended on approximately September 1.

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the New Britain Rock Cats 3 games to 1 to win the Eastern League Championship Series.

Regular season

Standings

Eastern League - Northern Division
Team	Win	Loss	%	GB
New Britain Rock Cats	83	59	.585	–
Binghamton Mets	82	60	.577	1.0
Portland Sea Dogs	66	75	.468	16.5
Norwich Navigators	66	76	.465	17.0
New Haven Ravens	59	83	.415	24.0

Eastern League - Southern Division
Team	Win	Loss	%	GB
Akron Aeros	81	60	.574	–
Harrisburg Senators	73	69	.514	8.5
Trenton Thunder	71	70	.504	10.0
Bowie Baysox	71	71	.500	10.5
Reading Phillies	56	85	.397	25.0

Notes:

Green shade indicates that team advanced to the playoffs

Bold indicates that team advanced to ELCS

Italics indicates that team won ELCS

Statistical league leaders

Batting leaders

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Doug Mientkiewicz (New Britain Rock Cats)	.323
HR	Calvin Pickering (Bowie Baysox)	31
RBI	Calvin Pickering (Bowie Baysox)	114
R	Doug Mientkiewicz (New Britain Rock Cats)	96

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Total
W	Mike Lincoln (New Britain Rock Cats)	15
ERA	Mike Kusiewicz (New Haven Ravens)	2.32
SO	Brent Billingsley (Portland Sea Dogs)	183
SV	Brent Stentz (New Britain Rock Cats)	43

Playoffs

Divisional Series

Northern Division

The New Britain Rock Cats defeated the Binghamton Mets in the Northern Division playoffs 3 games to 1.

Southern Division

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the Akron Aeros in the Southern Division playoffs 3 games to 1.

Championship Series

The Harrisburg Senators defeated the New Britain Rock Cats in the ELCS 3 games to 1.

External links

• 1998 Eastern League Review at thebaseballcube.com