1990 Baltimore Orioles season

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1990  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record76–85 (.472)
Divisional place5th
Owners Eli Jacobs
General managers Roland Hemond
Managers Frank Robinson
Television WMAR-TV
(Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Jon Miller, Joe Angel, Charlie Slowes)
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The 1990 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball in which the Orioles finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

On May 25, 1990, the Orioles announced that the team would move their spring training home games from Miami Stadium where they had played since 1959 to Bradenton and Sarasota in 1991. [6] When Cleveland announced that they would leave Hi Corbett Field for Florida, Tucson tried to attract the Orioles to move to Arizona. [7]

Ben McDonald became the first Oriole to win his first six major league decisions.[ citation needed ]

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8874.543—51‍–‍3037‍–‍44
Toronto Blue Jays 8676.531244‍–‍3742‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers 7983.488939‍–‍4240‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians 7785.4751141‍–‍4036‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles 7685.47211½40‍–‍4036‍–‍45
Milwaukee Brewers 7488.4571439‍–‍4235‍–‍46
New York Yankees 6795.4142137‍–‍4430‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–97–56–66–76–78–37–66–66–74–83–98–45–8
Boston 9–4—7–56–69–48–54–85–84–89–44–88–45–710–3
California 5–75–7—5–87–55–77–67–59–46–64–95–88–57–5
Chicago 6–66–68–5—5–75–79–410–27–610–28–58–57–65–7
Cleveland 7–64–95–77–5—5–86–69–47–55–84–87–57–54–9
Detroit 7–65–87–57–58–5—5–73–106–67–66–67–56–65–8
Kansas City 3–88–46–74–96–67–5—4–88–58–44–97–65–85–7
Milwaukee 6–78–55–72–104–910–38–4—4–86–75–74–85–77–6
Minnesota 6–68–44–96–75–76–65–88–4—6–66–76–75–83–9
New York 7–64–96–62–108–56–74–87–66–6—0–129–33–95–8
Oakland 8–48–49–45–88–46–69–47–57–612–0—9–48–57–5
Seattle 9–34–88–55–85–75–76–78–47–63–94–9—7–66–6
Texas 4–87–55–86–75–76–68–57–58–59–35–86–7—7–5
Toronto 8–53–105–77–59–48–57–56–79–38–55–76–65–7—

Opening Day starters

[8]

Notable transactions

Roster

1990 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Mickey Tettleton 13544499.2231551
1B Randy Milligan 10936296.2652060
2B Billy Ripken 129406118.291338
3B Craig Worthington 13342596.226844
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 161600150.2502184
LF Phil Bradley 7228978.270426
CF Mike Devereaux 10836788.2401249
RF Joe Orsulak 124413111.2691157
DH Sam Horn 7924661.2481445

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Steve Finley 142464119.256337
Bob Melvin 9330173.231537
Brady Anderson 8923454.231324
Tim Hulett 5315339.255316
David Segui 4012330.244215
Rene Gonzales 6710322.214112
Brad Komminsk 4610124.23838
Jeff McKnight 297515.20014
Chris Hoiles 236312.19016
Ron Kittle 226110.16423
Dave Gallagher 235111.21602
Leo Gómez 12399.23101
Greg Walker 14345.14702
Donell Nixon 8205.25002
Stan Jefferson 10190.00000
Marty Brown 9153.20000
Juan Bell 520.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pete Harnisch 31188.211114.34122
Dave Johnson 30180.01394.1068
Bob Milacki 27135.1584.4660
Ben McDonald 21118.2852.4365
Jay Tibbs 1050.2275.6823
José Mesa 746.2323.8624

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jeff Ballard 44133.12114.9350
John Mitchell 24114.1664.6443
Anthony Telford 836.1334.9520
Mickey Weston 921.0017.719
Danny Boone 49.2002.792

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Gregg Olson 6465372.4274
Joe Price 503403.5854
Mark Williamson 498212.2160
Kevin Hickey 371315.1317
Curt Schilling 351232.5432
Brian Holton 332304.5027
José Bautista 221004.0515
Jay Aldrich 71218.255
Dorn Taylor 40102.454
Mike Smith 200012.002

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Greg Biagini
AA Hagerstown Suns Eastern League Jerry Narron
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Wally Moon
A Wausau Timbers Midwest League Mike Young
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Gus Gil

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Frederick [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Mark Huismann at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Jamie Quirk at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ John Mitchell at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Sam Horn at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Associated Press (May 27, 1990). "BASEBALL; Orioles to Switch Spring Training Sites". The New York Times . Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Tucson Trying to Attract Orioles". Los Angeles Times . December 13, 1990. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  8. ↑ 1990 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac
  9. ↑ Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Scott McClain at Baseball-Reference
  11. ↑ Dorn Taylor at Baseball-Reference
  12. ↑ Phil Bradley at Baseball-Reference
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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