1990 Cleveland Indians season

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1990  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division Eastern Division
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Richard Jacobs
General managers Hank Peters
Managers John McNamara
Television WUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
Dan Coughlin, Rick Manning
Radio WWWE
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton
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The 1990 Cleveland Indians season was the 90th season for the franchise.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 88740.543—51–3037–44
Toronto Blue Jays 86760.531244–3742–39
Detroit Tigers 79830.488939–4240–41
Cleveland Indians 77850.4751141–4036–45
Baltimore Orioles 76850.47211½40–4036–45
Milwaukee Brewers 74880.4571439–4235–46
New York Yankees 67950.4142137–4430–51

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—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
23 Mitch Webster CF
14 Jerry Browne 2B
22 Candy Maldonado LF
28 Cory Snyder RF
17 Keith Hernandez 1B
7 Chris James DH
26 Brook Jacoby 3B
15 Sandy Alomar Jr. C
2 Rafael Santana SS
40 Bud Black P

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Roster

1990 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Beau Allred 416231012.1880
Sandy Alomar Jr. 13244560129262966.2904
Carlos Baerga 1083124681172747.2600
Albert Belle 923140013.1740
Tom Brookens 64154184172120.2660
Jerry Browne 14051392137265650.26712
Alex Cole 63227436854013.30040
Felix Fermin 14841447106132140.2563
Keith Hernandez 431307262018.2000
Brook Jacoby 155553771622441475.2931
Chris James 140528621583241270.2994
Dion James 872482868152122.2745
Stan Jefferson 4998212780210.2768
Candy Maldonado 155590761613222295.2733
Jeff Manto 3076121751214.2240
Mark McLemore 812220000.1670
Ken Phelps 2461470000.1151
Rafael Santana 713330013.2310
Joel Skinner 49139163541216.2520
Cory Snyder 123438461022731455.2331
Steve Springer 412120001.1670
Turner Ward 1446101621110.3483
Mitch Webster 128437581102061255.25222
Team Totals1625485732146526641110675.267107

Pitching

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Kevin Bearse 0212.913307.2111152
Bud Black 11103.5329290191.0797558103
Tom Candiotti 15113.6531290202.0928255128
John Farrell 454.281717096.249463344
Mauro Gozzo 000.002003.00022
Cecilio Guante 235.01261046.226261830
Doug Jones 552.566604384.126242255
Jeff Kaiser 003.5550012.25579
Charles Nagy 245.9198045.231302126
Rod Nichols 037.8842016.0141463
Al Nipper 236.7595024.019181912
Steve Olin 443.41501192.141352664
Jesse Orosco 543.90550264.235283855
Rudy Seanez 215.60240027.117172524
Jeff Shaw 346.66129048.238362025
Greg Swindell 1294.4034340214.211010547135
Efrain Valdez 113.04130023.21081413
Sergio Valdez 664.7524130102.162543563
Mike Walker 264.881811075.249414234
Colby Ward 134.25220136.017172123
Kevin Wickander 013.65100012.165410
Team Totals77854.26162162471427.1737676518860

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Bob Molinaro and Charlie Manuel
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League Ken Bolek
A Kinston Indians Carolina League Brian Graham
A-Short Season Watertown Indians New York–Penn League Jim Gabella
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League Dave Keller
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Dean Treanor

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References

  1. ↑ "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Cecilio Guante at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Sandy Alomar, Jr. at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Keith Hernandez at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Tom Brookens at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ "Scott Bailes Stats".
  7. 1 2 Rafael Santana at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Sergio Valdez at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Stan Jefferson at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Alex Cole at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Bud Black at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ David Bell at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ 1990 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  15. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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