1990 Baltimore Orioles season

1990 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 76–85 (.472)
Divisional place 5th
Other information
Owner(s) Eli Jacobs
General manager(s) Roland Hemond
Manager(s) Frank Robinson
Local television WMAR-TV
(Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)
Local 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.

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.

Season standings

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 Records

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 —

Opening Day starters

[8]

Notable transactions

Roster

1990 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Mickey Tettleton 135 444 99 .223 15 51
1B Randy Milligan 109 362 96 .265 20 60
2B Billy Ripken 129 406 118 .291 3 38
3B Craig Worthington 133 425 96 .226 8 44
SS Cal Ripken, Jr. 161 600 150 .250 21 84
LF Phil Bradley 72 289 78 .270 4 26
CF Mike Devereaux 108 367 88 .240 12 49
RF Joe Orsulak 124 413 111 .269 11 57
DH Sam Horn 79 246 61 .248 14 45

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Steve Finley 142 464 119 .256 3 37
Juan Bell 5 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Johnson 30 180 13 9 4.10 68
John Mitchell 24 114.1 6 6 4.64 43
Ben McDonald 21 118.2 8 5 2.43 65

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Danny Boone 4 9.2 0 0 2.79 2

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dorn Taylor 4 0 1 0 2.45 4

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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]

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". 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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