1998 Little League World Series

1998 Little League World Series
1998 Little League World Series
Dates	August 23–August 29
Teams participating	8
Champion	Toms River, New Jersey
Runner-up	Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan

The 1998 Little League World Series took place from August 23–29 in 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 MLB Home Run Derby champion Todd Frazier, who went 4-for-4 with a lead-off home run, and was also the winning pitcher.

Qualification[]

United States	International
Georgetown Township, MI Central	Langley, BC Canada
Toms River, NJ East American	Dhahran Europe
Greenville, North Carolina South	Kashima, Ibaraki Far East
Cypress, CA West	Guadalupe, Nuevo León Latin America

Pool play[]

**United States**
Region	Record
East	3-0
South	2-1
West	1-2
Central	0-3

**International**
Region	Record
Canada	3-0
Far East	2-1
Europe	1-2
Latin America	0-3

August 23

Latin America	1-6	Far East
Central	9-13 (11 innings)	East

August 24

Latin America	3-4	Canada
Central	1-3	South
Europe	3-10	Far East
West	2-4	East

August 25

Canada	10-5	Far East
South	3-5	East
Europe	8-7	Latin America
West	4-1	Central

August 26

Canada	9-3	Europe
West	4-6	South

Elimination round[]

Semi-finals		Final

27 August

Japan	3
		29 August
Canada	2
		Japan	9
27 August
		New Jersey	12
New Jersey	5

North Carolina	2

1998 Little League World Series Champions
Toms River East American Little League Toms River, New Jersey

Notable players[]

Todd Frazier (Toms River, New Jersey) infielder for the New York Mets and the 2015 Home Run Derby champion.
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.^[1]^[2]

Round	Opposition	Result
New Jersey District 18 Tournament
results unavailable
New Jersey Section 3 Tournament
Opening Round	North Wall LL	9-1
Winners' Bracket Semifinals	Woodbridge LL	4-1
Winners' Bracket Final	HTRBA LL	3-4 (9 inn.)
Losers' Bracket Final	Woodbridge LL	15-3
Championship	HTRBA LL	17-3 (4 inn.)
Championship	HTRBA LL	4-3
New Jersey State Tournament
Opening Round	Cherry Hill National LL	4-2 (7 inn.)
Winners' Bracket Final	Randolph LL	13-7
Championship	Randolph LL	2-3
Championship	Randolph LL	7-4
East Regional
Group Stage	South Shore American LL	0-1
Group Stage	Cranston Western LL	6-2
Group Stage	Goffstown LL	11-4
Group Stage	Cranston Western LL	7-1
Group Stage	Brattleboro LL	2-5
Semifinals	Simsbury National LL	1-0
Championship	Georgetown LL	2-0