1990 Minnesota Twins season

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1990  Minnesota Twins
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
City Minneapolis
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place7th
Owners Carl Pohlad
General managers Andy MacPhail
Managers Tom Kelly
Television WCCO-TV
KITN
Midwest Sports Channel
(Jim Kaat, Ted Robinson, Dick Bremer)
Radio 830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, John Gordon)
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The 1990 Minnesota Twins season was the 30th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 9th season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 90th overall in the American League. Three years after their World Series title in 1987, the team fell to the bottom of the American League West once again. However, the season had some bright spots that included pitchers Rick Aguilera and Scott Erickson. Aguilera was converted from a starter to a closer and recorded 32 saves, while Erickson was promoted to the Twins in June from the team's AA affiliate and went 8-4 with a 3.27 ERA.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Offense

Team Leaders
Statistic PlayerQuantity
HR Kent Hrbek 22
RBI Gary Gaetti 85
BA Kirby Puckett .298
Runs Kirby Puckett 82

Pitching

Team Leaders
Statistic PlayerQuantity
ERA Allan Anderson 4.53
Wins Kevin Tapani 12
Saves Rick Aguilera 32
Strikeouts Mark Guthrie, Kevin Tapani 101

Defense

The highlight of the season came on July 17, in Boston, when the Twins turned two triple plays. In the 4th inning, with the bases loaded and Scott Erickson pitching, former Twin Tom Brunansky hit a sharp grounder to Gary Gaetti at third base, who stepped on the bag for the force out, fired to Al Newman at second, whose relay to Kent Hrbek was in time to get Brunansky at first. In the 8th inning, with John Candelaria pitching and runners on first and second, Jody Reed hit a one-hopper at Gaetti who again started a 5-4-3 triple play. This was the first time in MLB history that two triple plays were recorded in a game, a feat that has not been duplicated since. [3]

The following night, still in Boston, both teams combined for an MLB-record-tying ten double plays. Boston tied an American League record by grounding into six DPs in the game, only escaping the twin killings in the sixth and seventh innings.

Both games were won by Boston.

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10359.636—51‍–‍3052‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox 9468.580949‍–‍3145‍–‍37
Texas Rangers 8379.5122047‍–‍3536‍–‍44
California Angels 8082.4942342‍–‍3938‍–‍43
Seattle Mariners 7785.4752638‍–‍4339‍–‍42
Kansas City Royals 7586.46627½45‍–‍3630‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 7488.4572941‍–‍4033‍–‍48

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—

Roster

1990 Minnesota Twins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Notable Transactions

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 Brian Harper 134479141.294654
1B Kent Hrbek 143492141.2872279
2B Al Newman 14438894.242030
3B Gary Gaetti 154577132.2291685
SS Greg Gagne 13838891.235738
LF Dan Gladden 136534147.275540
CF Kirby Puckett 146551164.2981280
RF Shane Mack 125313102.326844
DH Gene Larkin 119401108.269542

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Fred Manrique 6922854.237529
Nelson Liriano 5318547.254013
Randy Bush 7318144.243618
John Moses 11517238.221114
Junior Ortiz 7117057.335018
Carmelo Castillo 6413730.219012
Paul Sorrento 4112125.207513
Pedro Muñoz 228523.27105
Jim Dwyer 376312.19015
Scott Leius 14256.24014
Lenny Webster 262.33300
Chip Hale 120.00002
Doug Baker 310.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Allan Anderson 31188.27184.5382
Kevin Tapani 28159.11284.07101
David West 29146.1795.1092
Mark Guthrie 24144.2793.79101
Scott Erickson 19113.0842.8753
Paul Abbott 734.2055.9725

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roy Smith 32153.15104.8187
Tim Drummond 3591.0354.3549
Larry Casian 522.1213.2211
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rick Aguilera 5653322.7661
Terry Leach 552523.2046
Juan Berenguer 518503.4177
Gary Wayne 381114.1928
John Candelaria 347343.3944
Jack Savage 170218.3112
Rich Garcés 50021.591
Rich Yett 40002.082
John Moses 200013.500

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Phil Roof
AA Orlando Sun Rays Southern League Ron Gardenhire
A Visalia Oaks California League Scott Ullger
A Kenosha Twins Midwest League Steve Liddle
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Joel Lepel

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton [7]

Notes and explanations

  1. ↑ "Kent Hrbek Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ "Carmelo Castillo Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 17, 1990 at Fenway Park". baseball-almanac.com.
  4. ↑ "Midre Cummings Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ↑ "Jayhawk Owens Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ↑ "Randy Bush Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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