The 1998 Little League World Series took place from August 23–29 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Toms River, New Jersey, defeated Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan in the championship game of the 52nd Little League World Series. The title game was punctuated by a standout performance by future Major League Baseball (MLB) player and Home Run Derby champion Todd Frazier, who went 4-for-4 with a lead-off home run, and was also the winning pitcher.
Teams United States International Region Team Region Team Central Jenison, MichiganGeorgetown National Little League Canada Langley, British ColumbiaLangley Little League East Toms River, New JerseyToms River East American Little League Europe Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaArabian American Little League South Greenville, North CarolinaTar Heel Little League Far East Kashima, Ibaraki, JapanKashima Little League West Cypress, CaliforniaCypress Little League Latin America Guadalupe, Nuevo León, MexicoGuadalupe Linda Vista Little League
Pool play Standings
+United States Region Team Record East 3–0 South 2–1 West 1–2 Central 0–3
+International Region Team Record Canada 3–0 Far East 2–1 Europe 1–2 Latin America 0–3
Results
+ August 231–69–13(11 innings)
+ August 243–41–33–102–4
+ August 2510–53–58–74–1
+ August 269–34–6
Elimination round
1998 Little League World Series ChampionsToms River East American Little LeagueToms River, New Jersey
Notable players Todd Frazier (Toms River, New Jersey) was drafted 34th overall by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2007 MLB draft and played in 11 MLB seasons as an infielder for the Reds, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Texas Rangers and Pittsburgh Pirates. 2015 Home Run Derby champion, 2-time All-Star (2014 and 2015) and 2020 Olympic silver medalist. Jordan Lennerton (Langley, British Columbia) played first base in the Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves organizations. Won the CWS title with Oregon State in 2007.
Champions' path The Toms River East American LL lost five games before reaching the LLWS, losing once each in district, section, and state tournaments and twice in the East Region tournament. RoundOppositionResultNew Jersey District 18 Tournamentresults unavailableNew Jersey Section 3 TournamentOpening Round North Wall LL 9–1Winners' Bracket Semifinals Woodbridge LL 4–1Winners' Bracket Final HTRBA LL3–4 (9 inn.)Losers' Bracket Final Woodbridge LL15–3Championship HTRBA LL17–3 (4 inn.)Championship HTRBA LL4–3New Jersey State TournamentOpening Round Cherry Hill National LL 4–2 (7 inn.)Winners' Bracket Final Randolph LL13–7Championship Randolph LL2–3Championship Randolph LL7–4East RegionalGroup Stage South Shore American LL 0–1Group Stage Cranston Western LL6–2Group Stage Goffstown LL11–4Group Stage Cranston Western LL7–1Group Stage Brattleboro LL2–5Semifinals Simsbury National LL1–0Championship Georgetown LL2–0Little League World SeriesGroup Stage Georgetown National LL13–9 (11 inn.)Group Stage Cypress LL4–2Group Stage Tar Heel LL5–3U.S. Championship Tar Heel LL5–2World Championship Kashima LL12–9
References
Further reading
External links 1998 official results via Wayback Machine 1998 teams and rosters