1990 Toronto Blue Jays season

1990  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	SkyDome
City	Toronto
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers	Pat Gillick
Managers	Cito Gaston
Television	CFTO-TV (Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton, Fergie Olver) The Sports Network (Jim Hughson, Buck Martinez)
Radio	CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1990 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 14th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. It was their first full season in the SkyDome, where an MLB attendance record of 3,885,284 was set that year. ^[1] The Blue Jays led the division by 1½ games over the Boston Red Sox with one week left in the season. However, they then proceeded to drop six of their last eight games, losing the division title to the Red Sox by a two-game margin.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1990 season. ^[2]

October 1989

October 15	DeWayne Buice granted free agency. Mark Ross granted free agency.
October 20	Released Ozzie Virgil Jr.
October 22	Enrique Burgos granted free agency. Chico Walker granted free agency.

November 1989

November 13	Tom Lawless granted free agency (signed with the Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $250,000 contract on December 7, 1989). Lee Mazzilli granted free agency. Lloyd Moseby granted free agency (signed with the Detroit Tigers to a two-year, $3 million contract on December 7, 1989). Mookie Wilson granted free agency (signed with the Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $2.75 million contract on November 27, 1989).
November 20	Player rights of Alexis Infante sold to the Atlanta Braves.
November 27	Re-signed free agent Mookie Wilson to a two-year, $2.75 million contract.

December 1989

December 4	Sil Campusano drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1989 MLB Rule 5 draft. Xavier Hernandez drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1989 MLB Rule 5 draft. Steve Wapnick drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1989 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 5	Drafted Mike Maksudian from the Miami Miracle of the FSL in the 1989 Minor League Draft.
December 7	Re-signed free agent Tom Lawless to a one-year, $250,000 contract. Acquired Paul Kilgus from the Chicago Cubs for José Núñez.
December 17	Acquired Ricky Trlicek from the Atlanta Braves for Kevin Batiste and Ernie Whitt.

January 1990

January 10	Signed amateur free agent Tilson Brito to a contract. Signed amateur free agent José Herrera to a contract. Signed amateur free agent Sandy Martínez to a contract.
January 23	Signed amateur free agent Giovanni Carrara to a contract.
January 29	Signed free agent Jim Eppard from the California Angels to a contract.

February 1990

February 2

Re-signed free agent Ozzie Virgil Jr. to a one-year, $275,000 contract.

Regular season

The 1990 season belonged to third baseman Kelly Gruber. He had career highs in home runs and RBIs, with 31 and 118, respectively. Along with outfielder George Bell and pitcher Dave Stieb, Gruber was named an American League All-Star, stealing two bases in the All-Star Game on July 10 at Chicago's Wrigley Field. A finalist for the American League MVP Award, at season's end he was named the AL's Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Award winner at third base.

The Blue Jays were involved in two no-hitters during the 1990 season. On June 29, Dave Stewart of the Oakland Athletics no-hit them by a score of 5–0. On September 2, Jays ace Dave Stieb finally got the no-hitter that had eluded him, blanking the Cleveland Indians 3–0.

Opening Day starters

• George Bell, OF
• Junior Felix, OF
• Tony Fernández, SS
• Kelly Gruber, 3B
• Nelson Liriano, 2B
• Fred McGriff, 1B
• Greg Myers, C
• John Olerud, DH
• Dave Stieb, P
• Mookie Wilson, OF

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	88	74	.543	—	51‍–‍30	37‍–‍44
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	2	44‍–‍37	42‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	9	39‍–‍42	40‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians	77	85	.475	11	41‍–‍40	36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles	76	85	.472	11½	40‍–‍40	36‍–‍45
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	.457	14	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
New York Yankees	67	95	.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	—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1990 regular season. ^[3]

May 1990

May 1	Steve Wapnick returned by the Detroit Tigers.
May 8	Released Mike Flanagan.

June 1990

June 18

Selected Kenny Williams off of waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

July 1990

July 22	Released Tom Lawless.
July 27	Acquired John Candelaria from the Minnesota Twins for Nelson Liriano and Pedro Muñoz.

September 1990

September 16	Acquired Bud Black from the Cleveland Indians for Mauro Gozzo and players to be named later (Steve Cummings on September 21, 1990 and Alex Sanchez on September 24, 1990).
September 24	Signed amateur free agent Rich Butler to a contract. Signed amateur free agent Rob Butler to a contract. Selected Rick Luecken off of waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

1990 MLB Draft

• June 4, 1990: 1990 Major League Baseball draft
  • Steve Karsay was drafted by the Jays in the 1st round (22nd pick). ^[4]
  • Future Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke was drafted by the Blue Jays. Player signed August 20, 1990. ^[5]
  • Felipe Crespo was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 3rd round. Player signed September 22, 1990. ^[6]
  • Howard Battle was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 4th round. Player signed June 6, 1990. ^[7]
  • Ricardo Jordan was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 37th round. ^[8]

Eric Lindros

The hype around Eric Lindros during his early career led to an exclusive deal with sports card manufacturer SCORE. Attempting to leverage this arrangement as much as possible, he was even featured on a baseball card showing him as a third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, although he never actually played baseball. He was only there taking batting practice one day. ^[9]

Roster

1990 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 34 Jim Acker 35 Bud Black 27 Willie Blair 48 John Candelaria 55 John Cerutti 32 Steve Cummings 46 Mike Flanagan 46 Tom Gilles 50 Tom Henke 22 Jimmy Key 39 Paul Kilgus 28 Al Leiter 38 Rick Luecken 45 Bob MacDonald 37 Dave Stieb 30 Todd Stottlemyre 31 Duane Ward 36 David Wells 44 Frank Wills		Catchers 10 Pat Borders 59 Carlos Diaz 21 Greg Myers 26 Ozzie Virgil Jr. Infielders  1 Tony Fernández 17 Kelly Gruber 18 Tom Lawless  4 Manuel Lee  2 Nelson Liriano 19 Fred McGriff  5 Rance Mulliniks  9 John Olerud 16 Tom Quinlan  6 Luis Sojo		Outfielders 11 George Bell 20 Rob Ducey 47 Junior Félix 24 Glenallen Hill 40 Mark Whiten 12 Kenny Williams  3 Mookie Wilson Other batters 26 Jim Eppard		Manager 43 Cito Gaston Coaches 42 Galen Cisco (pitching)  7 John McLaren (third base) 25 Mike Squires (first base)  8 John Sullivan (bullpen) 15 Gene Tenace (hitting)

Game log

1990 Game Log
April: 12–9 (Home: 9–4; Away: 3–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 9 @ Rangers 4–2 Ryan (1–0) Stottlemyre (0–1) Russell (1) 40,907 0–1 2 April 10 Rangers 2–1 Stieb (1–0) Hough (0–1) Wells (1) 49,673 1–1 3 April 11 Rangers 11–5 Brown (1–0) Cerutti (0–1) Jeffcoat (1) 35,301 1–2 4 April 12 Rangers 7–1 Flanagan (1–0) Moyer (0–1) 35,354 2–2 5 April 13 @ Royals 3–1 Key (1–0) Davis (0–1) Ward (1) 20,522 3–2 6 April 14 @ Royals 3–1 Saberhagen (1–0) Stottlemyre (0–2) Davis (2) 25,930 3–3 7 April 15 @ Royals 5–4 Stieb (2–0) Crawford (0–1) Wells (2) 21,925 4–3 8 April 16 Orioles 4–2 Cerutti (1–1) Tibbs (0–1) Henke (1) 40,301 5–3 9 April 17 Orioles 8–2 Flanagan (2–0) Ballard (0–2) 38,212 6–3 10 April 18 Orioles 8–5 Harnisch (1–0) Wills (0–1) Olson (3) 41,181 6–4 11 April 20 Royals 17–6 Stottlemyre (1–2) Saberhagen (1–1) 49,151 7–4 12 April 21 Royals 5–1 Stieb (3–0) Gubicza (1–2) 49,121 8–4 13 April 22 Royals 7–1 Gordon (1–0) Cerutti (1–2) 49,056 8–5 14 April 23 Indians 12–9 Wills (1–1) Wickander (0–1) Ward (2) 34,139 9–5 15 April 24 Indians 4–3 Key (2–0) Swindell (1–2) Wells (3) 35,203 10–5 16 April 25 Indians 5–3 Stottlemyre (2–2) Nichols (0–1) Ward (3) 38,168 11–5 17 April 26 Indians 4–3 Candiotti (3–0) Stieb (3–1) Jones (5) 44,174 11–6 18 April 27 @ White Sox 6–1 Hibbard (2–1) Cerutti (1–3) 10,965 11–7 19 April 28 @ White Sox 5–4 Kutzler (1–0) Flanagan (2–1) Thigpen (5) 15,395 11–8 20 April 29 @ White Sox 10–3 King (1–0) Key (2–1) Edwards (1) 12,936 11–9 21 April 30 @ Indians 10–4 Stottlemyre (3–2) Bearse (0–2) 6,254 12–9
May: 14–14 (Home: 5–9; Away: 9–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 1 @ Indians 4–3 Stieb (4–1) Candiotti (3–1) Henke (2) 5,111 13–9 23 May 2 @ Indians 3–0 Black (3–0) Cerutti (1–4) Jones (7) 8,801 13–10 24 May 4 Tigers 3–1 Petry (2–1) Flanagan (2–2) Henneman (6) 49,146 13–11 25 May 5 Tigers 5–1 Stottlemyre (4–2) Robinson (1–3) 49,219 14–11 26 May 6 Tigers 11–7 Key (3–1) Dubois (0–1) 49,206 15–11 27 May 7 White Sox 6–1 Stieb (5–1) McDowell (1–2) 41,384 16–11 28 May 8 White Sox 4–1 Hibbard (3–2) Cerutti (1–5) Thigpen (7) 41,101 16–12 29 May 9 White Sox 4–3 Wills (2–1) Edwards (0–1) Ward (4) 43,128 17–12 30 May 10 @ Tigers 10–5 Robinson (2–3) Stottlemyre (4–3) 11,296 17–13 31 May 11 @ Tigers 4–2 Key (4–1) Dubois (0–2) Henke (3) 17,376 18–13 -- May 12 @ Tigers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 14 32 May 13 @ Tigers 6–3 Wells (1–0) Morris (2–5) 17,068 19–13 33 May 14 @ Tigers 8–3 (10) Ward (1–0) Henneman (0–3) 10,833 20–13 34 May 15 Mariners 4–3 (10) Comstock (1–1) Acker (0–1) Schooler (10) 41,108 20–14 35 May 16 Mariners 4–2 Holman (6–2) Stottlemyre (4–4) Schooler (11) 45,640 20–15 36 May 17 Mariners 14–6 Johnson (3–2) Key (4–2) 47,283 20–16 37 May 18 Angels 4–2 Abbott (2–3) Stieb (5–2) Eichhorn (6) 49,339 20–17 38 May 19 Angels 11–9 Fraser (1–2) Ward (1–1) Eichhorn (7) 49,335 20–18 39 May 20 Angels 5–1 Wills (3–1) Langston (3–4) Henke (4) 49,421 21–18 40 May 21 Athletics 4–1 Welch (5–2) Stottlemyre (4–5) Eckersley (10) 49,471 21–19 41 May 22 Athletics 5–4 Young (2–1) Wills (3–2) Eckersley (11) 49,559 21–20 42 May 23 @ Angels 5–4 Bailes (1–0) Ward (1–2) 25,179 21–21 43 May 24 @ Angels 4–3 (11) Harvey (2–1) Henke (0–1) 24,460 21–22 44 May 25 @ Mariners 3–1 (11) Acker (1–1) Swift (2–2) Henke (5) 15,334 22–22 45 May 26 @ Mariners 11–4 Wills (4–2) Holman (6–3) 25,004 23–22 46 May 27 @ Mariners 5–1 Cerutti (2–5) Johnson (3–3) 25,858 24–22 47 May 28 @ Athletics 1–0 Stieb (6–2) Moore (4–4) 45,005 25–22 48 May 29 @ Athletics 2–1 Wells (2–0) Stewart (8–2) Henke (6) 25,255 26–22 49 May 30 @ Athletics 8–5 Burns (1–0) Blair (0–1) Eckersley (14) 24,257 26–23
June: 15–13 (Home: 6–8; Away: 9–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 1 Brewers 7–1 Higuera (5–1) Stottlemyre (4–6) Crim (3) 49,698 26–24 51 June 2 Brewers 7–6 Fossas (2–3) Wells (2–1) Plesac (10) 49,553 26–25 52 June 3 Brewers 7–4 Stieb (7–2) Knudson (3–3) Henke (7) 49,702 27–25 53 June 5 Twins 7–3 Wells (3–1) Smith (4–5) 49,741 28–25 54 June 6 Twins 12–5 Candelaria (7–1) Blair (0–2) 49,652 28–26 55 June 7 Twins 10–3 Stottlemyre (5–6) Tapani (6–4) 49,845 29–26 56 June 8 @ Brewers 11–5 Gilles (1–0) Crim (2–2) Henke (8) 27,021 30–26 57 June 9 @ Brewers 7–3 Stieb (8–2) Bosio (4–4) 46,612 31–26 58 June 10 @ Brewers 13–5 Wells (4–1) Navarro (2–2) 18,091 32–26 59 June 11 @ Brewers 4–1 Krueger (3–3) Blair (0–3) Plesac (11) 17,701 32–27 60 June 12 @ Twins 5–4 Stottlemyre (6–6) Candelaria (7–2) Ward (5) 18,298 33–27 61 June 13 @ Twins 10–1 Cerutti (3–5) West (2–4) Henke (9) 17,086 34–27 62 June 14 @ Twins 7–1 Stieb (9–2) Anderson (2–9) 18,679 35–27 63 June 15 @ Yankees 5–4 Wells (5–1) Robinson (0–5) Henke (10) 31,827 36–27 64 June 16 @ Yankees 2–1 (11) Wills (5–2) Mills (0–2) Ward (6) 26,061 37–27 65 June 17 @ Yankees 8–1 Stottlemyre (7–6) LaPoint (4–6) 38,173 38–27 66 June 19 Red Sox 4–2 Kiecker (2–3) Ward (1–3) Murphy (3) 49,907 38–28 67 June 20 Red Sox 11–0 Stieb (10–2) Gardner (1–4) Henke (11) 49,857 39–28 68 June 21 Yankees 7–6 Mills (1–2) Acker (1–2) Righetti (14) 49,883 39–29 69 June 22 Yankees 8–7 (15) Cadaret (2–4) Blair (0–4) Righetti (15) 49,908 39–30 70 June 23 Yankees 8–4 Stottlemyre (8–6) Leary (3–10) Henke (12) 49,858 40–30 71 June 24 Yankees 8–3 Cerutti (4–5) Cary (4–3) Acker (1) 49,806 41–30 72 June 25 @ Red Sox 10–8 Lamp (1–2) Blair (0–5) Reardon (11) 32,591 41–31 73 June 26 @ Red Sox 3–0 Gardner (2–4) Wells (5–2) Reardon (12) 23,244 41–32 74 June 27 @ Red Sox 9–5 Boddicker (10–3) Key (4–3) Gray (2) 32,961 41–33 75 June 28 @ Red Sox 4–3 Clemens (12–3) Stottlemyre (8–7) Reardon (13) 34,547 41–34 76 June 29 Athletics 5–0 Stewart (10–6) Cerutti (4–6) 49,817 41–35 77 June 30 Athletics 9–4 Welch (13–2) Stieb (10–3) 49,865 41–36
July: 14–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 Athletics 4–3 Blair (1–5) Burns (2–2) Henke (13) 49,857 42–36 79 July 2 Athletics 3–2 Moore (6–7) Key (4–4) Eckersley (25) 49,855 42–37 80 July 3 Angels 5–2 Stottlemyre (9–7) Blyleven (7–5) Henke (14) 49,836 43–37 81 July 4 Angels 4–2 Cerutti (5–6) Abbott (5–7) Henke (15) 49,831 44–37 82 July 5 Angels 9–2 Stieb (11–3) McCaskill (6–5) 49,838 45–37 83 July 6 Mariners 1–0 Wells (6–2) Holman (8–7) Henke (16) 49,872 46–37 84 July 7 Mariners 4–2 Key (5–4) Swan (1–2) Ward (7) 48,899 47–37 85 July 8 Mariners 6–3 Young (3–9) Stottlemyre (9–8) 49,816 47–38 86 July 12 @ Angels 5–0 Wells (7–2) McCaskill (6–6) 27,365 48–38 87 July 13 @ Angels 2–0 Abbott (6–7) Stottlemyre (9–9) 35,001 48–39 88 July 14 @ Angels 8–7 Eichhorn (1–4) Ward (1–4) 34,446 48–40 89 July 15 @ Angels 3–2 Finley (12–4) Henke (0–2) 31,609 48–41 90 July 16 @ Mariners 4–3 Key (6–4) Hanson (10–7) Henke (17) 24,833 49–41 91 July 17 @ Mariners 7–5 Jackson (4–3) Ward (1–5) Schooler (24) 14,259 49–42 92 July 18 @ Mariners 5–2 Young (4–10) Stottlemyre (9–10) 15,868 49–43 93 July 20 @ Athletics 8–6 Cerutti (6–6) Young (5–4) Henke (18) 40,171 50–43 94 July 21 @ Athletics 2–1 Stieb (12–3) Sanderson (11–6) Henke (19) 43,097 51–43 95 July 22 @ Athletics 3–0 Moore (9–8) Key (6–5) Honeycutt (4) 43,821 51–44 96 July 24 Royals 5–3 (13) Farr (8–4) Ward (1–6) 49,884 51–45 97 July 25 Royals 6–1 McGaffigan (1–0) Stottlemyre (9–11) 49,855 51–46 98 July 26 Royals 7–5 Cerutti (7–6) Appier (5–4) Henke (20) 49,862 52–46 99 July 27 Rangers 1–0 Stieb (13–3) Hough (7–7) Henke (21) 49,882 53–46 100 July 28 Rangers 3–2 (13) Arnsberg (4–1) Wills (5–3) Barfield (1) 49,850 53–47 101 July 29 Rangers 10–8 Acker (2–2) McMurtry (0–1) Candelaria (5) 49,853 54–47 102 July 30 @ Orioles 9–2 Stottlemyre (10–11) Milacki (4–8) Ward (8) 43,638 55–47 103 July 31 @ Orioles 6–4 McDonald (3–0) Cerutti (7–7) Olson (24) 37,771 55–48
August: 13–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Orioles 7–4 Stieb (14–3) Ballard (1–10) Henke (22) 40,625 56–48 105 August 2 @ Rangers 5–4 (11) Arnsberg (5–1) Candelaria (7–4) 30,814 56–49 106 August 3 @ Rangers 9–1 Moyer (1–3) Wells (7–3) 23,728 56–50 107 August 4 @ Rangers 3–2 Witt (10–8) Stottlemyre (10–12) 35,211 56–51 108 August 5 @ Rangers 6–4 Cerutti (8–7) Ryan (11–5) Henke (23) 41,635 57–51 109 August 6 @ Rangers 4–3 Hough (9–7) Stieb (14–4) Rogers (11) 28,638 57–52 110 August 7 Tigers 11–7 Key (7–5) Morris (9–14) 49,894 58–52 111 August 8 Tigers 8–3 Wells (8–3) Terrell (0–1) 49,897 59–52 112 August 9 Tigers 5–4 Robinson (9–9) Stottlemyre (10–13) Gleaton (6) 49,911 59–53 113 August 10 Twins 7–3 West (6–7) Cerutti (8–8) 49,888 59–54 114 August 11 Twins 7–4 Stieb (15–4) Leach (2–4) Henke (24) 49,873 60–54 115 August 12 Twins 5–4 Anderson (5–15) Key (7–6) 49,892 60–55 116 August 13 @ White Sox 4–3 Ward (2–6) Thigpen (4–5) Henke (25) 28,961 61–55 117 August 14 @ White Sox 12–4 Stottlemyre (11–13) Hibbard (9–7) 24,314 62–55 118 August 15 @ White Sox 4–3 McDowell (9–6) Candelaria (7–5) Thigpen (38) 27,947 62–56 119 August 17 @ Twins 5–1 Stieb (16–4) Erickson (3–3) Ward (9) 28,173 63–56 120 August 18 @ Twins 3–0 Key (8–6) Anderson (5–16) Henke (26) 32,605 64–56 121 August 19 @ Twins 9–1 Wells (9–3) Guthrie (4–6) 29,004 65–56 122 August 20 @ Yankees 6–5 (11) Cadaret (5–4) Acker (2–3) 21,661 65–57 123 August 21 @ Yankees 3–2 Cary (5–8) Candelaria (7–6) Guetterman (2) 22,315 65–58 124 August 22 @ Yankees 4–2 Hawkins (4–10) Cerutti (8–9) Righetti (27) 25,088 65–59 125 August 23 Red Sox 4–3 Henke (1–2) Hesketh (0–1) 49,918 66–59 126 August 24 Red Sox 2–0 Kiecker (5–6) Ward (2–7) Gray (5) 49,914 66–60 127 August 25 Red Sox 1–0 Clemens (19–5) Wells (9–4) 49,890 66–61 128 August 26 Red Sox 1–0 Harris (11–5) Stottlemyre (11–14) Gray (6) 49,897 66–62 129 August 27 Brewers 4–2 Higuera (8–6) Acker (2–4) 49,892 66–63 130 August 28 Brewers 6–2 Navarro (5–5) Stieb (16–5) 49,871 66–64 131 August 29 Brewers 7–3 Key (9–6) Knudson (10–7) Ward (10) 49,909 67–64 132 August 31 @ Indians 12–8 Acker (3–4) Swindell (10–8) 12,508 68–64
September: 17–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 @ Indians 8–0 Stottlemyre (12–14) Candiotti (13–10) 16,547 69–64 134 September 2 @ Indians 3–0 Stieb (17–5) Black (10–9) 23,640 70–64 135 September 3 @ Tigers 5–0 Terrell (4–2) Key (9–7) 33,658 70–65 136 September 4 @ Tigers 3–1 Gibson (4–4) Ward (2–8) Henneman (20) 14,760 70–66 137 September 5 @ Tigers 7–3 Wells (10–4) Parker (3–2) 16,677 71–66 138 September 7 White Sox 3–1 Stottlemyre (13–14) Pérez (12–13) Henke (27) 49,885 72–66 139 September 8 White Sox 3–0 Stieb (18–5) Fernandez (2–3) Henke (28) 49,898 73–66 140 September 9 White Sox 6–1 Key (10–7) McDowell (12–7) 49,870 74–66 141 September 10 @ Royals 6–1 Wells (11–4) Wagner (0–1) 22,158 75–66 142 September 11 @ Royals 8–4 Wills (6–3) Stottlemyre (0–1) Ward (11) 18,493 76–66 143 September 12 @ Royals 7–5 Gordon (11–10) Stottlemyre (13–15) Davis (6) 20,135 76–67 144 September 13 Orioles 5–3 Mesa (1–2) Stieb (18–6) Olson (31) 49,875 76–68 145 September 14 Orioles 8–7 Blair (2–5) Olson (5–5) 49,893 77–68 146 September 15 Orioles 4–3 Blair (3–5) Schilling (1–2) 49,888 78–68 147 September 16 Orioles 6–5 Henke (2–2) Price (3–4) 49,886 79–68 148 September 17 Yankees 6–4 Cerutti (9–9) Plunk (5–3) Henke (29) 49,902 80–68 149 September 18 Yankees 3–2 Black (12–10) Guetterman (10–7) 49,887 81–68 150 September 19 Yankees 7–6 Key (11–7) Leary (9–19) Henke (30) 49,890 82–68 151 September 21 Indians 2–1 (13) Valdez (1–1) Wills (6–4) Jones (39) 49,894 82–69 152 September 22 Indians 5–2 Shaw (3–4) Stottlemyre (13–16) Jones (40) 49,883 82–70 153 September 23 Indians 5–4 (10) Acker (4–4) Ward (1–3) 49,901 83–70 154 September 24 @ Brewers 9–5 Key (12–7) Navarro (7–7) Henke (31) 8,769 84–70 155 September 25 @ Brewers 8–4 Krueger (6–8) Black (12–11) 8,576 84–71 156 September 26 @ Brewers 6–0 Robinson (12–4) Wells (11–5) 8,804 84–72 157 September 28 @ Red Sox 7–6 Reardon (4–3) Henke (2–3) 35,735 84–73 158 September 29 @ Red Sox 7–5 Clemens (21–6) Stottlemyre (13–17) Reardon (20) 35,444 84–74 159 September 30 @ Red Sox 10–5 Key (13–7) Hesketh (0–4) 34,400 85–74
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Orioles 6–3 Mesa (3–2) Wells (11–6) Olson (37) 24,442 85–75 161 October 2 @ Orioles 2–1 Black (13–11) Johnson (13–9) Henke (32) 19,789 86–75 162 October 3 @ Orioles 3–2 Olson (6–5) Henke (2–4) 26,913 86–76

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Pat Borders	125	346	99	.286	15	49
1B	Fred McGriff	153	557	167	.300	35	88
2B	Manuel Lee	117	391	95	.243	6	41
3B	Kelly Gruber	150	592	162	.274	31	118
SS	Tony Fernández	161	635	175	.276	4	66
LF	George Bell	142	562	149	.265	21	86
CF	Mookie Wilson	147	588	156	.265	3	51
RF	Junior Félix	127	463	122	.263	15	65
DH	John Olerud	111	358	95	.265	14	48

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Glenallen Hill	84	260	60	.231	12	32
Greg Myers	87	250	59	.236	5	22
Nelson Liriano	50	170	36	.212	1	15
Rance Mulliniks	57	97	28	.289	2	16
Mark Whiten	33	88	24	.273	2	7
Luis Sojo	33	80	18	.225	1	9
Kenny Williams	49	72	14	.194	0	8
Rob Ducey	19	53	16	.302	0	7
Tom Lawless	15	12	1	.083	0	1
Jim Eppard	6	5	1	.200	0	0
Ozzie Virgil Jr.	3	5	0	.000	0	0
Carlos Diaz	9	3	1	.333	0	0
Tom Quinlan	1	2	1	.500	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave Stieb	33	208.2	18	6	2.93	125
Todd Stottlemyre	33	203.0	13	17	4.34	115
Jimmy Key	27	154.2	13	7	4.25	88
John Cerutti	30	140.0	9	9	4.76	49
Mike Flanagan	5	20.1	2	2	5.31	5

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
David Wells	43	189.0	11	6	3.14	115
Willie Blair	27	68.2	3	5	4.06	43
John Candelaria	13	21.1	0	3	5.48	19
Bud Black	3	15.2	2	1	4.02	3
Steve Cummings	6	12.1	0	0	5.11	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Henke	61	2	4	32	2.17	75
Duane Ward	73	2	8	11	3.45	112
Jim Acker	59	4	4	1	3.83	54
Frank Wills	44	6	4	0	4.73	72
Paul Kilgus	11	0	0	0	6.06	7
Al Leiter	4	0	0	0	0.00	5
Bob MacDonald	4	0	0	0	0.00	0
Tom Gilles	2	1	0	0	6.75	0
Rick Luecken	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Award winners

• Kelly Gruber , Player of the Month Award, September
• Kelly Gruber, Silver Slugger Award
• Kelly Gruber, Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game

• George Bell, OF
• Kelly Gruber, 3B
• Dave Stieb, P ^[10]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Bob Bailor
AA	Knoxville Blue Jays	Southern League	John Stearns
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Dennis Holmberg
A	Myrtle Beach Blue Jays	South Atlantic League	Mike Fischlin
A-Short Season	St. Catharines Blue Jays	New York–Penn League	Doug Ault
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	Garth Iorg

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References

1. "BLUE JAYS TIMELINE (1990–1999)". The Official Site of The Toronto Blue Jays. Archived from the original on June 3, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
2. "1990 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
3. "1990 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
4. Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com
5. Chris Weinke News – The New York Times – Narrowed by 'TORONTO BLUE JAYS'
6. Felipe Crespo at Baseball Reference
7. Howard Battle at Baseball Reference
8. Ricardo Jordan at Baseball Reference
9. Archived July 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , The Baseball Card Project, accessed August 31, 2006
10. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1990 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1990 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac