1998 Season
Manchester Softball League Results and Standings for the 1998 season
Division 1
May 6: Bees bt Runners 32-2 (5½); Dodgers bt Bats 28-9 (5); Mavericks bt M16s 39-6 (5); Greensox rested.
May 13: Bats bt Runners 19-18 (6½); Mavericks bt Dodgers 14-7 (6½); M16s bt Greensox 23-19 (7); Bees rested.
May 20: Bats bt Greensox 22-20 (7); Bees bt Mavericks 11-10 (5½); M16s and Runners tied 7-7 (8); Dodgers rested.
May 27: Mavericks bt Bats 65-6 (7); Dodgers bt Bees 9-8 (7); Greensox bt Runners 26-20 (7); M16s rested.
June 3: All games postponed due to waterlogged grounds.
June 10: Dodgers bt Runners 9-8 (7); Greensox bt Bees 13-7 (7); Bats vs M16s 8-6 after 4½: game curtailed by injury, to be completed August 12th; Mavericks rested.
June 17: Bees bt M16s 14-13 (7); Greensox bt Dodgers 28-27 (7); Mavericks bt Runners 19-7 (7 innings); Bats rested.
June 24: Greensox bt M16s 28-5 (6½); Mavericks bt Dodgers 16-9 (7); Runners bt Bats 19-3 (7); Bees rested.
July 1: Greensox bt Bats 15-5 (6½); Mavericks bt Bees 21-14 (6½); M16s bt Runners 13-6 (6½); Dodgers rested.
July 8: Bees and Dodgers tied 13-13 (7); Greensox bt Runners 14-3 (7); Mavericks bt Bats 32-10 (6½) M16s rested.
July 15: Bees bt Runners 27-6 (6½); Dodgers bt Bats 20-19 (7); Mavericks bt M16s (walk-over); Greensox rested.
July 22, 29: no games
Aug 5: All games postponed due to unfit grounds.
Aug 12: Greensox bt Bees 26-16 (7); Dodgers bt Runners 28-20 (6); Bats bt M16s w/o (1st game), 19-11 (7) (2nd game); Mavericks rested.
Aug 19: Bees bt M16s 16-2 (7); Dodgers bt Greensox 23-13 (6½); Mavericks bt Runners (w/o); Bats rested.
Aug 26: Bees bt Bats 7-5 (6½); Mavericks bt Greensox 13-4 (7); Dodgers bt M16s (w/o); Runners rested.
Sept 2: Bats bt Bees 15-9 (6); Dodgers bt M16s 18-4 (5); Mavericks bt Greensox 10-6 (4½); Runners rested.
| TEAM | P | W | T | L | RC | I | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Mavericks | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 64 | .917 | – |
| Jammie Dodgers | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 152 | 71 | .708 | 2½ |
| Akihero Greensox | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 175 | 80 | .583 | 4 |
| T S Bees | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 135 | 80 | .542 | 4½ |
| Didsbury Bats | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 244 | 71 | .417 | 6 |
| Manchester M16s | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9*** | 164 | 59 | .208 | 8½ |
| Ringway Runners | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10* | 201 | 73 | .125 | 9½ |
* number of walk-overs conceded
Division 2
May 6: Blaggers bt Eagles 28-19 (5); Tribe bt Spirits 30-0 (6½); Hackers bt Ks (w/o); Piranhas bt Speeders (w/o)
May 13: Hackers bt Blaggers 27-6 (6); Ks bt Spirits 19-13 (4½); Piranhas bt Eagles 33-5 (5½); Speeders bt Tribe 27-17 (7).
May 20: Hackers bt Spirits 40-8 (5); Ks bt Blaggers 16-12 (5½); Piranhas bt Tribe 16-15 (7); Speeders bt Eagles 53-0 (6).
May 27: Hackers and Speeders tied 29-29 (7); Piranhas bt Blaggers 30-16 (5½); Spirits bt Eagles 28-23 (5); Tribe bt Ks 17-6 (4½).
June 3: All games postponed due to waterlogged grounds.
June 10: Speeders bt Ks 36-9 (4½); Piranhas bt Hackers (w/o); Spirits bt Blaggers (w/o); Tribe bt Eagles (w/o).
June 17: Hackers bt Eagles 24-4 (5); Piranhas bt Ks 25-1 (5); Speeders bt Spirits 23-3 (4½); Tribe bt Blaggers 21-6 (6½).
June 24: Blaggers bt Eagles 18-11 (7); Hackers bt Ks 21-10 (4½); Speeders bt Piranhas 20-16 (7); Tribe bt Spirits 29-11 (7).
July 1: Hackers bt Blaggers 17-16 (6s); Ks bt Spirits 25-24 (7); Piranhas bt Eagles 21-6 (4½); Speeders bt Tribe 30-19 (7).
July 8: Eagles bt Spirits 30-26 (5); Piranhas bt Blaggers 26-1 (5); Speeders bt Hackers 45-26 (5); Tribe bt Ks 31-3 (5).
July 15: Eagles bt Ks (walk-over); Piranhas bt Spirits 28-2 (6½); Speeders bt Blaggers 20-19 (7); Hackers and Tribe tied 16-16 (7).
July 22, 29: no games
Aug 5: All games postponed due to unfit grounds.
Aug 12: Hackers bt Spirits 16-15 (7); Speeders bt Eagles 25-2 (5); Tribe bt Piranhas 26-19 (6½); Blaggers and Ks double walkover;
Aug 19: Hackers bt Eagles 13-12 (5); Piranhas bt Ks (w/o); Tribe bt Blaggers 13-6 (7); Speeders bt Spirits 37-11 (5)
Aug 24: Tribe bt Hackers 18-10 (6½)
Aug 26: Eagles bt Ks 23-16 (5½); Piranhas bt Spirits 32-6 (5); Speeders bt Blaggers 22-12 (4½)
Sept 2: Hackers bt Piranhas 14-13 (5); Speeders bt Ks 11-6 (4); Spirits bt Blaggers (w/o); Tribe bt Eagles 15-3 (5½)
| TEAM | P | W | T | L | RC | I | Pct | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Base Speeders | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1* | 169 | 73 | .893 | – |
| The Piranhas | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 64 | .786 | 1½ |
| The Tribe | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 153 | 86 | .750 | 2 |
| UMIST Hackers | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3* | 212 | 69 | .714 | 2½ |
| Surgical Spirits | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 332 | 68 | .214 | 9½ |
| Legal Eagles | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11* | 297 | 64 | .214 | 9½ |
| Special Ks | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11**** | 213 | 51 | .214 | 9½ |
| Insight Blaggers | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12** | 222 | 63 | .143 | 10½ |
*Number of walk-overs conceded
Teams on the same win-percentage and games behind are separated by head-to-head results, or by runs conceded (RC) per inning fielded (I). Any team with a defeat by walk-over is automatically below teams with the same percentage but with fewer walk-overs.