The 1998 roster for the Pirates included Francisco Cordova at pitcher, Jason Kendall at catcher, Kevin Young at first baseman, Tony Womack at second baseman and Aramis Ramirez at third baseman.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Jermaine Allensworth J. Allensworth	OF	6'0"	195	1/11/1972	26	Anderson, IN
2	Steve Bieser S. Bieser	OF	5'10"	170	8/4/1967	30	Perryville, MO
3	Adrian Brown A. Brown	OF	6'0"	190	2/7/1974	24	McComb, MS
4	Emil Brown E. Brown	OF	6'2"	210	12/29/1974	23	Chicago, IL
5	Jason Christiansen J. Christiansen	P	6'5"	230	9/21/1969	28	Omaha, NE
6	Lou Collier L. Collier	SS	5'10"	195	8/21/1973	24	Chicago, IL
7	Francisco Cordova F. Cordova	P	5'10"	190	4/26/1972	26	Cerro Azul, Mexico
8	Elmer Dessens E. Dessens	P	5'11"	200	1/13/1971	27	Hermosillo, Mexico
9	Freddy Garcia F. Garcia	3B	6'2"	190	8/1/1972	25	La Romana, Dominican Republic
10	Jose Guillen J. Guillen	OF	6'0"	215	5/17/1976	22	San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
11	Jason Kendall J. Kendall	C	6'0"	190	6/26/1974	24	San Diego, CA
12	Tim Laker T. Laker	1B	6'3"	225	11/27/1969	28	Encino, CA
13	Sean Lawrence S. Lawrence	P	6'4"	215	9/2/1970	27	Oak Park, IL
14	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	P	6'2"	240	4/2/1970	28	Council Bluffs, IA
15	Esteban Loaiza E. Loaiza	P	6'2"	230	12/31/1971	26	Tijuana, Mexico
16	Rich Loiselle R. Loiselle	P	6'5"	245	1/12/1972	26	Neenah, WI
17	Al Martin A. Martin	OF	6'2"	215	11/24/1967	30	West Covina, CA
18	Javier Martinez J. Martinez	P	6'2"	235	2/5/1977	21	Bayamon, Puerto Rico
19	Manny Martinez M. Martinez	OF	6'2"	190	10/3/1970	27	San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
20	Jeff McCurry J. McCurry	P	6'7"	210	1/21/1970	28	Tokyo, Japan
21	Abraham O. Nunez A. O. Nunez	SS	5'11"	200	3/16/1976	22	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
22	Keith Osik K. Osik	C	6'0"	200	10/22/1968	29	Port Jefferson, NY
23	Chris Peters C. Peters	P	6'1"	170	1/28/1972	26	Fort Thomas, KY
24	Kevin Polcovich K. Polcovich	SS	5'9"	170	6/28/1970	28	Auburn, NY
25	Aramis Ramirez A. Ramirez	3B	6'1"	205	6/25/1978	20	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic