1990 Boston Red Sox season

1990  Boston Red Sox
American League East Champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Fenway Park
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Jean Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan
President	John Harrington
General manager	Lou Gorman
Manager	Joe Morgan
Television	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 (Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery) NESN (Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
Radio	WRKO (Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione) WROL (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1990 Boston Red Sox season was the 90th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. It was the third AL East division championship in five years for the Red Sox. However, the team was defeated in a four-game sweep by the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS, as had been the case in 1988.

Offseason

• November 13, 1989: The Red Sox waive Jim Rice. ^[1]
• December 6, 1989: Dennis Lamp was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[2]
• December 6, 1989: Jeff Reardon was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[3]
• December 19, 1989: Rick Cerone was released by the Red Sox. ^[4]
• December 20, 1989: Sam Horn was released by the Red Sox. ^[5]

February

• February 5, 1990: Pitcher Eric Hetzel agrees to a one-year contract with the Red Sox; pitcher Joe Johnson and infielder Jim Pankovits agree to contracts with the Pawtucket Red Sox. ^[6]
• February 6, 1990: First Base Coach Al Bumbry agrees to a one year deal with the Red Sox. ^[7]
• February 9, 1990: Pitcher Rob Murphy agreed to a two-year $1.75 million contract with the Red Sox. ^[8]
• February 14, 1990: Bill Buckner agrees to a Triple-A Contract with the Red Sox. ^[9]
• February 15, 1990: Greg A. Harris was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. ^[10]

Regular season

Record by month ^[11]

Month	Record		Cumulative		AL East		Ref.
	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Position	GB
April	11	8	11	8	2nd	1+1⁄2	[12]
May	12	14	23	22	3rd	1	[13]
June	20	9	43	31	1st	+3+1⁄2	[14]
July	12	17	55	48	1st (tie)	—	[15]
August	19	9	74	57	1st	+6+1⁄2	[16]
September	12	16	86	73	1st	+1	[17]
October	2	1	88	74	1st	+2	[18]

Highlights

The Red Sox set a major league record, which still stands, for the most times grounding into a double play during a season, 174. ^[19]

On June 6, the Red Sox got a measure of retribution for Bucky Dent's home run in the 1978 American League East tie-breaker game. While in Boston for a four-game series, the New York Yankees fired Dent as their manager. The Red Sox had just defeated the Yankees in the first two games of the series, ^[20] giving the Yankees an 18–31 record, 8+1⁄2 games behind the first-place Red Sox. ^[21] The firing made Fenway Park arguably the scene of Dent's best moment as a player and worst moment as manager. ^[22] Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe criticized Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for firing Dent—his 18th managerial change in as many years—in Boston, and rhetorically asked if he couldn't have waited to fire Dent elsewhere. ^[23] Shaughnessy noted, "if Dent had been fired in Seattle or Milwaukee, this would have been just another event in an endless line of George's jettisons. But it happened in Boston and the nightly news had its hook." ^[23] Author Bill Pennington called the firing of Dent "merciless." ^[24] However, Yankees television analyst Tony Kubek blasted at Steinbrenner for the firing in a harsh, angry way. ^[25] At the beginning of the broadcast of the game on MSG Network, he said to Yankees television play-by-play announcer Dewayne Staats, "George Steinbrenner...mishandled this. You don't take a Bucky Dent (at) the site of one of the greatest home runs in Yankee history and fire him and make it a media circus for the Boston Red Sox." ^[26] He then stared defiantly on camera and said to Steinbrenner, "You don't do it by telephone, either, George. You do it face to face, eyeball to eyeball...If you really are a winner, you should not have handled this like a loser." ^[26] He then said, angrily, "George, you're a bully and a coward." ^[27] He then said that "What all this does, it just wrecks George Steinbrenner's credibility with his players, with the front office and in baseball more than it already is–if that's possible. It was just mishandled." ^[26] The firing of Dent shook New York to its core and the Yankees flagship radio station then, WABC, which also criticized the firing, ran editorials demanding that Steinbrenner sell the team. ^{[28] [29] [30]}

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	88	74	0.543	—	51–30	37–44
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	0.531	2	44–37	42–39
Detroit Tigers	79	83	0.488	9	39–42	40–41
Cleveland Indians	77	85	0.475	11	41–40	36–45
Baltimore Orioles	76	85	0.472	11½	40–40	36–45
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	0.457	14	39–42	35–46
New York Yankees	67	95	0.414	21	37–44	30–51

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	7–5	6–6	6–7	6–7	8–3	7–6	6–6	6–7	4–8	3–9	8–4	5–8
Boston	9–4	—	7–5	6–6	9–4	8–5	4–8	5–8	4–8	9–4	4–8	8–4	5–7	10–3
California	5–7	5–7	—	5–8	7–5	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	6–6	4–9	5–8	8–5	7–5
Chicago	6–6	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	5–7	9–4	10–2	7–6	10–2	8–5	8–5	7–6	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	4–9	5–7	7–5	—	5–8	6–6	9–4	7–5	5–8	4–8	7–5	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	5–8	7–5	7–5	8–5	—	5–7	3–10	6–6	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	3–8	8–4	6–7	4–9	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	8–4	4–9	7–6	5–8	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	8–5	5–7	2–10	4–9	10–3	8–4	—	4–8	6–7	5–7	4–8	5–7	7–6
Minnesota	6–6	8–4	4–9	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–4	—	6–6	6–7	6–7	5–8	3–9
New York	7–6	4–9	6–6	2–10	8–5	6–7	4–8	7–6	6–6	—	0–12	9–3	3–9	5–8
Oakland	8–4	8–4	9–4	5–8	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–5	7–6	12–0	—	9–4	8–5	7–5
Seattle	9–3	4–8	8–5	5–8	5–7	5–7	6–7	8–4	7–6	3–9	4–9	—	7–6	6–6
Texas	4–8	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	6–6	8–5	7–5	8–5	9–3	5–8	6–7	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	3–10	5–7	7–5	9–4	8–5	7–5	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–7	6–6	5–7	—

Notable transactions

• May 4, 1990: Lee Smith was traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Brunansky. ^[31]
• June 4, 1990: Les Norman was selected by the Red Sox in the 26th round of the 1990 MLB draft, but did not sign. ^[32]
• June 5, 1990: Bill Buckner was released by the Red Sox. ^[33]
• June 8, 1990: Rich Gedman was sent to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal. ^[34]
• August 23, 1990: Cecilio Guante signed as a free agent with the Red Sox. ^[35]
• August 30, 1990: The Red Sox traded Jeff Bagwell to the Houston Astros for Larry Andersen. ^[36]

Opening Day lineup

26	Wade Boggs	3B
17	Marty Barrett	2B
39	Mike Greenwell	LF
12	Ellis Burks	CF
24	Dwight Evans	DH
13	Billy Jo Robidoux	1B
6	Tony Peña	C
3	Jody Reed	SS
16	Kevin Romine	RF
21	Roger Clemens	P

Source: ^[37]

Red Sox debuts

Player	Position	Date	Game	Source
Tony Peña	Catcher	4/9/1990	Vs. Detroit Tigers	[38]
Billy Jo Robidoux	First Base	4/9/1990	Vs. Detroit Tigers	[38]
Jeff Reardon	Pitcher	4/17/1990	@ Chicago White Sox	[39]
Dana Kiecker	Pitcher	4/12/1990	@ Detroit Tigers	[40]
Daryl Irvine	Pitcher	4/28/1990	Vs. Oakland Athletics	[41]
Jerry Reed	Pitcher	5/4/1990	@ Oakland Athletics	[42]
Tom Brunansky	Right Field	5/6/1990	@ Oakland Athletics	[43]
Jeff Gray	Pitcher	6/10/1990	Vs. Cleveland Indians	[44]
Tim Naehring	Second Base	7/15/1990	Vs. Kansas City Royals	[45]
Joe Hesketh	Pitcher	8/3/1990	Vs. Detroit Tigers	[46]
Rick Lancellotti	Pinch Hitter	8/10/1990	@ Seattle Mariners	[47]
Mike Marshall	Designated Hitter	8/20/1990	Vs. Baltimore Orioles	[48]
Phil Plantier	Pinch Hitter	8/21/1990	Vs. Baltimore Orioles	[49]
Larry Andersen	Pitcher	9/2/1990	Vs. New York Yankees	[50]
Scott Cooper	Pinch Hitter	9/5/1990	@ Oakland Athletics	[51]
Jim Pankovits	Second Base	9/17/1990	@ Chicago White Sox	[52]

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 19, before a scheduled home game against the Minnesota Twins. Red Sox alumni pitchers Bill Lee, Bill Monbouquette, and Dick Radatz allowed just one hit (to former Detroit Tiger Willie Horton) in the four-inning game, as Boston won by a 2–0 score over a team of MLB alumni from other clubs. ^[53]

Roster

1990 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 40,48 Larry Andersen 52 Mike Boddicker 50 Tom Bolton 21 Roger Clemens 40 John Dopson 44 Wes Gardner 38 Jeff Gray 27 Greg Harris 55 Joe Hesketh 31 Eric Hetzel 59 Daryl Irvine 19 Dana Kiecker 15 Dennis Lamp 38 John Leister 47 Rob Murphy 41 Jeff Reardon 3,45 Jerry Reed 54 Mike Rochford 48 Lee Smith		Catchers 10 Rich Gedman 20 John Marzano  6 Tony Peña Infielders 17 Marty Barrett 26 Wade Boggs 22 Bill Buckner 10 Rick Lancellotti 11 Tim Naehring 42 Jim Pankovits 18 Carlos Quintana  3 Jody Reed  2 Luis Rivera 13 Billy Jo Robidoux		Outfielders 23 Tom Brunansky 12 Ellis Burks 39 Mike Greenwell 29 Danny Heep  5 Randy Kutcher  7 Phil Plantier 16 Kevin Romine Designated Hitters 24 Dwight Evans 22 Mike Marshall 28 Jeff Stone Pinch hitter 45 Scott Cooper		Manager 35 Joe Morgan Coaches 33 Dick Berardino (bullpen) 37 Al Bumbry (first base) 34 Bill Fischer (pitching) 32 Richie Hebner (hitting) 36 Rac Slider (third base)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Wade Boggs	155	619	89	187	44	5	6	63	0	87	.302	.418
Mike Greenwell	159	610	71	181	30	6	14	73	8	65	.297	.434
Jody Reed	155	598	70	173	45	0	5	51	4	75	.289	.390
Ellis Burks	152	588	89	174	33	8	21	89	9	48	.296	.486
Carlos Quintana	149	512	56	147	28	0	7	67	1	52	.287	.383
Tony Peña	143	491	62	129	19	1	7	56	8	43	.263	.348
Tom Brunansky	129	461	61	123	24	5	15	71	5	54	.267	.438
Dwight Evans	123	445	66	111	18	3	13	63	3	67	.249	.391
Luis Rivera	118	346	38	78	20	0	7	45	4	25	.225	.344
Marty Barrett	62	159	15	36	4	0	0	13	4	15	.226	.252
Kevin Romine	70	136	21	37	7	0	2	14	4	12	.272	.368
Mike Marshall	30	112	10	32	6	1	4	12	0	4	.286	.464
Tim Naehring	24	85	10	23	6	0	2	12	0	8	.271	.412
John Marzano	32	83	8	20	4	0	0	6	0	5	.241	.289
Randy Kutcher	63	74	18	17	4	1	1	5	3	13	.230	.351
Danny Heep	41	69	3	12	1	1	0	8	0	7	.174	.217
Billy Jo Robidoux	27	44	3	8	4	0	1	4	0	6	.182	.341
Bill Buckner	22	43	4	8	0	0	1	3	0	3	.186	.256
Phil Plantier	14	15	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	4	.133	.200
Rich Gedman	10	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200
Rick Lancellotti	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000
Jeff Stone	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500
Scott Cooper	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jim Pankovits	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.---	.---
Team Totals	162	5516	699	1502	298	31	106	660	53	598	.272	.395

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Roger Clemens	21	6	1.93	31	31	0	228.1	193	59	49	54	209
Mike Boddicker	17	8	3.36	34	34	0	228.0	225	92	85	69	143
Greg A. Harris	13	9	4.00	34	30	0	184.1	186	90	82	77	117
Dana Kiecker	8	9	3.97	32	25	0	152.0	145	74	67	54	93
Tom Bolton	10	5	3.38	21	16	0	119.2	111	46	45	47	65
Dennis Lamp	3	5	4.68	47	1	0	105.2	114	61	55	30	49
Wes Gardner	3	7	4.89	34	9	0	77.1	77	43	42	35	58
Rob Murphy	0	6	6.32	68	0	7	57.0	85	46	40	32	54
Jeff Reardon	5	3	3.16	47	0	21	51.1	39	19	18	19	33
Jeff Gray	2	4	4.44	41	0	9	50.2	53	27	25	15	50
Jerry Reed	2	1	4.80	29	0	2	45.0	55	27	24	16	17
Eric Hetzel	1	4	5.91	9	8	0	35.0	39	28	23	21	20
Joe Hesketh	0	4	3.51	12	2	0	25.2	37	12	10	11	26
Larry Andersen	0	0	1.23	15	0	1	22.0	18	3	3	3	25
John Dopson	0	0	2.04	4	4	0	17.2	13	7	4	9	9
Daryl Irvine	1	1	4.67	11	0	0	17.1	15	10	9	10	9
Lee Smith	2	1	1.88	11	0	4	14.1	13	4	3	9	17
John Leister	0	0	4.76	2	1	0	5.2	7	5	3	4	3
Mike Rochford	0	1	18.00	2	1	0	4.0	10	10	8	4	0
Danny Heep	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	88	74	3.72	162	162	44	1442.0	1439	664	596	519	997

Source:

Statistical leaders

Roger Clemens

Category	Player	Statistic
Youngest player	Phil Plantier	21
Oldest player	Bill Buckner	40
Wins Above Replacement	Roger Clemens	10.4

Source: ^[54]

Batting

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
G	Games played	Mike Greenwell	159
PA	Plate appearances	Wade Boggs	713
AB	At bats	Wade Boggs	619
R	Runs scored	Wade Boggs	89
		Ellis Burks
H	Hits	Wade Boggs	187
2B	Doubles	Jody Reed	45
3B	Triples	Ellis Burks	8
HR	Home runs	Ellis Burks	21
RBI	Runs batted in	Ellis Burks	89
SB	Stolen bases	Ellis Burks	9
CS	Caught stealing	Ellis Burks	11
BB	Base on balls	Wade Boggs	87
SO	Strikeouts	Tom Brunansky	105
BA	Batting average	Wade Boggs	.302
OBP	On-base percentage	Wade Boggs	.386
SLG	Slugging percentage	Ellis Burks	.486
OPS	On-base plus slugging	Ellis Burks	.835
OPS+	Adjusted OPS	Ellis Burks	128
TB	Total bases	Ellis Burks	286
GIDP	Grounded into double play	Tony Peña	23
HBP	Hit by pitch	3 tied	4
SH	Sacrifice hits	Luis Rivera	12
SF	Sacrifice flies	Tom Brunansky	8
IBB	Intentional base on balls	Wade Boggs	19

Source: ^[54]

Pitching

Abbr.	Category	Player	Statistic
W	Wins	Roger Clemens	21
L	Losses	Greg A. Harris	9
		Dana Kiecker
W-L %	Winning percentage	Roger Clemens	.778 (21–6)
ERA	Earned run average	Roger Clemens	1.93
G	Games pitched	Rob Murphy	68
GS	Games started	Mike Boddicker	34
GF	Games finished	Jeff Reardon	37
CG	Complete games	Roger Clemens	7
SHO	Shutouts	Roger Clemens	4
SV	Saves	Jeff Reardon	21
IP	Innings pitched	Roger Clemens	228+1⁄3
SO	Strikeouts	Roger Clemens	209
WHIP	Walks plus hits per inning pitched	Rogers Clemens	1.082

Source: ^[54]

ALCS

Main article: 1990 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 6, 1990, at Fenway Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	9	13	0
Boston	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: Larry Andersen (0-1)
HR: BOS– Wade Boggs (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1990, at Fenway Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	13	1
Boston	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
W: Bob Welch (1-0)   L: Greg Harris (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 9, 1990, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3
Oakland	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	x	4	6	0
W: Mike Moore (1-0)   L: Mike Boddicker (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (2)
HR: None

Game 4

October 10, 1990, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1
Oakland	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	3	6	0
W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Roger Clemens (0-1)  S: Rick Honeycutt (1)
HR: None

Awards and honors

Awards

• Mike Boddicker – Gold Glove Award (P)
• Ellis Burks – Silver Slugger Award (OF), Gold Glove Award (OF)
• Roger Clemens – AL Pitcher of the Month (August)

Accomplishments

• Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (4)

All-Star Game

• Wade Boggs, third base, starter
• Ellis Burks, outfield, reserve
• Roger Clemens, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Lynchburg Red Sox and Winter Haven Red Sox changed classification from Class A to Class A-Advanced.

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Ed Nottle and Johnny Pesky
AA	New Britain Red Sox	Eastern League	Butch Hobson
A-Advanced	Lynchburg Red Sox	Carolina League	Gary Allenson
A-Advanced	Winter Haven Red Sox	Florida State League	Dave Holt
A-Short Season	Elmira Pioneers	New York–Penn League	Mike Verdi
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Felix Maldonado
Rookie	DSL cooperative	Dominican Summer League

The Red Sox shared a DSL team with the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres.
Source: ^{[55] [56]}

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External links

• 1990 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1990 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com