Barry Larkin had the best on-base percentage by a shortstop in 1998, with an on-base percentage of .397.

Interpreted as:

highest obp with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a shortstop 1998

	NAME	OBP	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Barry Larkin B. Larkin	.397	1998	CIN	145	538	93	166	34	10	17	72	79	2	69	26	3	626	271	61	4	3	5	12	.309	.504	.901	109	31.2	.391	135	27.9
2	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.384	1998	NYY	149	626	127	203	25	8	19	84	57	5	119	30	6	694	301	52	3	3	1	13	.324	.481	.864	113	27.6	.379	128	25.2
3	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	.362	1998	BOS	143	604	111	195	37	8	35	122	33	8	62	12	6	652	353	80	0	7	1	20	.323	.584	.946	119	38.3	.402	139	32.8
4	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	.360	1998	SEA	161	686	123	213	35	5	42	124	45	10	121	46	13	748	384	82	3	4	0	12	.310	.560	.919	132	39	.394	136	34.6
5	Omar Vizquel O. Vizquel	.358	1998	CLE	151	576	86	166	30	6	2	50	62	4	64	37	12	660	214	38	12	6	1	10	.288	.372	.730	80	-1.5	.329	92	-7
6	Jay Bell J. Bell	.353	1998	ARI	155	549	79	138	29	5	20	67	81	7	129	3	5	645	237	54	5	3	3	14	.251	.432	.785	88	8.2	.346	106	4.8
7	Edgar Renteria E. Renteria	.347	1998	FLA	133	517	79	146	18	2	3	31	48	4	78	41	22	580	177	23	9	2	1	13	.282	.342	.689	63	-8.6	.314	90	-7.3
8	Chris Gomez C. Gomez	.346	1998	SDP	145	449	55	120	32	3	4	39	51	5	87	1	3	515	170	39	7	3	7	11	.267	.379	.725	59	-4.5	.321	97	-2.1
9	Ricky Gutierrez R. Gutierrez	.337	1998	HOU	141	491	55	128	24	3	2	46	54	6	84	13	7	561	164	29	3	7	5	20	.261	.334	.671	56	-13.6	.302	85	-11
10	Mike Caruso M. Caruso	.331	1998	CWS	133	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	14	7	38	22	6	555	204	28	8	3	0	8	.306	.390	.721	63	-5.6	.319	90	-7.5
11	Mike Bordick M. Bordick	.328	1998	BAL	151	465	59	121	29	1	13	51	39	10	65	6	7	533	191	43	15	4	0	13	.260	.411	.739	64	-1.9	.327	96	-3.1
12	Gary Disarcina G. Disarcina	.321	1998	ANA	157	551	73	158	39	3	3	56	21	8	51	11	7	595	212	45	12	3	0	11	.287	.385	.706	64	-9.4	.312	83	-12.9
13	Royce Clayton R. Clayton	.319	1998	TOT	142	541	89	136	31	2	9	53	53	3	83	24	11	608	198	42	6	5	1	16	.251	.366	.685	62	-12.9	.306	80	-15.7
14	Neifi Perez N. Perez	.313	1998	COL	162	647	80	177	25	9	9	59	38	1	70	5	6	712	247	43	22	4	0	8	.274	.382	.695	74	-14.4	.307	58	-37.6
15	Mark Grudzielanek M. Grudzielanek	.311	1998	TOT	156	589	62	160	21	1	10	62	26	11	73	18	5	641	213	32	8	7	2	18	.272	.362	.673	62	-17.7	.298	78	-17.7
16	Pat Meares P. Meares	.296	1998	MIN	149	543	56	141	26	3	9	70	24	6	86	7	4	581	200	38	3	5	1	12	.260	.368	.664	53	-18.8	.293	68	-24.4
17	Desi Relaford D. Relaford	.293	1998	PHI	142	494	45	121	25	3	5	41	33	3	87	9	5	546	167	33	10	6	4	9	.245	.338	.631	43	-24.1	.278	62	-26.3
18	Alex Gonzalez A. Gonzalez	.281	1998	TOR	158	568	70	136	28	1	13	51	28	6	121	21	6	618	205	42	13	3	1	13	.239	.361	.642	52	-24.9	.283	64	-28.6
19	Rey Ordonez R. Ordonez	.278	1998	NYM	153	505	46	124	20	2	1	42	23	1	60	3	6	548	151	23	15	4	7	11	.246	.299	.577	32	-35.8	.253	50	-34.6