1990 Detroit Tigers season

1990 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (since 1912)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Monaghan
General manager(s)	Bill Lajoie
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Local radio	WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The 1990 Detroit Tigers season was the 90th season in franchise history. The Tigers finished in third place in the American League East, with a record of 79-83. They scored 750 runs and allowed 754. Notably, Cecil Fielder reached the 50 Home Run plateau, the first and last Detroit Tiger to hit at least 50 home runs since Hank Greenberg in 1938.

Offseason

December 4, 1989: Steve Wapnick was drafted by the Tigers from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1989 rule 5 draft.^[1]
December 5, 1989: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[2]
December 6, 1989: Bill Henderson (minors), Marcos Betances (minors), and Pat Austin (minors) were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Lindeman and Matt Kinzer.^[3]
December 7, 1989: Lloyd Moseby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[4]
December 8, 1989: Rick Schu was released by the Tigers.^[5]
December 20, 1989: Willie Hernández was released by the Tigers.^[6]
January 15, 1990: Cecil Fielder was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[7]
January 15, 1990: Ed Romero was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[8]

Regular season

October 3, 1990: Cecil Fielder hit two home runs at Yankee Stadium to finish with 51 for the season. The 50th home run was hit off of Steve Adkins. Fielder was the first major leaguer since George Foster in 1977 to hit 50 Home Runs in a season. It was the 18th time that a major leaguer (and the 11th time that an American League player) hit for 50 home runs in a season.

Opening Day starters^[9]

3B Tony Phillips
SS Alan Trammell
2B Lou Whitaker
1B Cecil Fielder
CF Lloyd Moseby
C Matt Nokes
LF Gary Ward
RF Chet Lemon
DH Dave Bergman
SP Jack Morris

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	—

Notable transactions

May 1, 1990: Steve Wapnick was returned by the Tigers to the Toronto Blue Jays.^[1]
June 4, 1990: Tony Clark was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft.^[10]
June 13, 1990: John Shelby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[11]
June 18, 1990: Kenny Williams was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the Toronto Blue Jays.^[12]
June 18, 1990: Tracy Jones was traded by the Tigers to the Seattle Mariners for Darnell Coles.^[13]
July 15, 1990: Ed Romero was released by the Detroit Tigers.^[8]

Roster

1990 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

30 Scott Aldred

16 Brian Dubois

48 Paul Gibson

19 Jerry Don Gleaton

39 Mike Henneman

43 Matt Kinzer

20 Urbano Lugo

18 Lance McCullers

47 Jack Morris

37 Randy Nosek

41 Edwin Núñez

17 Clay Parker

23 Dan Petry

31 Kevin Ritz

44 Jeff Robinson

46 Mike Schwabe

49 Steve Searcy

26 Frank Tanana

35 Walt Terrell

43 Steve Wapnick

Catchers

8 Mike Heath

33 Matt Nokes

12 Rich Rowland

10 Mark Salas

Infielders

14 Dave Bergman

45 Cecil Fielder

24 Travis Fryman

33 Jim Lindeman

18 Johnny Paredes

4 Tony Phillips

12 Ed Romero

3 Alan Trammell

1 Lou Whitaker

Outfielders

21 Darnell Coles

22 Milt Cuyler

15 Tracy Jones

34 Chet Lemon

7 Scott Lusader

15,17 Lloyd Moseby

9 Larry Sheets

25 John Shelby

32 Gary Ward

25 Kenny Williams

Manager

11 Sparky Anderson

Coaches

50 Billy Consolo

51 Alex Grammas

56 Billy Muffett

28 Vada Pinson

53 Dick Tracewski

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	Heath, MikeMike Heath	122	370	100	.270	7	38
1B	Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder	159	573	159	.277	51	132
2B	Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker	132	472	112	.237	18	60
3B	Phillips, TonyTony Phillips	152	573	144	.251	8	55
SS	Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell	146	559	170	.304	14	89
LF	Ward, GaryGary Ward	106	309	79	.256	9	46
CF	Moseby, LloydLloyd Moseby	122	431	107	.248	14	51
RF	Lemon, ChetChet Lemon	104	322	83	.258	5	32
DH	Bergman, DaveDave Bergman	100	205	57	.278	2	26

^[14]

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Sheets, LarryLarry Sheets	131	360	94	.261	10	52
Fryman, TravisTravis Fryman	66	232	69	.297	9	27
Shelby, JohnJohn Shelby	78	222	55	.248	4	20
Salas, MarkMark Salas	74	164	38	.232	9	24
Jones, TracyTracy Jones	50	118	27	.229	4	9
Nokes, MattMatt Nokes	44	111	30	.270	3	8
Coles, DarnellDarnell Coles	52	108	22	.204	1	4
Lusader, ScottScott Lusader	45	87	21	.241	2	16
Williams, KennyKenny Williams	57	83	11	.133	0	5
Romero, EdEd Romero	32	70	16	.229	0	4
Cuyler, MiltMilt Cuyler	19	51	13	.255	0	8
Lindeman, JimJim Lindeman	12	32	7	.219	2	8
Rowland, RichRich Rowland	7	19	3	.158	0	0
Paredes, JohnnyJohnny Paredes	6	8	1	.125	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Morris, JackJack Morris	36	249.7	15	18	4.51	162
Tanana, FrankFrank Tanana	34	176.3	9	8	5.31	114
Robinson, JeffJeff Robinson	27	145	10	9	5.96	76
Petry, DanDan Petry	32	149.7	10	9	4.45	73
Terrell, WaltWalt Terrell	13	75.3	6	4	4.54	30
Dubois, BrianBrian Dubois	12	58.3	3	5	5.09	34
Ritz, KevinKevin Ritz	4	7.3	0	4	11.05	3

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Searcy, SteveSteve Searcy	16	75.3	2	7	4.66	66
Aldred, ScottScott Aldred	4	14.3	1	2	3.77	7
McCullers, LanceLance McCullers	9	29.7	1	0	2.73	20
Lugo, UrbanoUrbano Lugo	13	24.3	2	0	7.03	12
Nosek, RandyRandy Nosek	3	7	1	1	7.71	3

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Henneman, MikeMike Henneman	69	94.3	8	6	22	3.05	50
Gibson, PaulPaul Gibson	61	97.3	5	4	3	3.05	56
Gleaton, Jerry DonJerry Don Gleaton	57	82.7	1	3	13	2.94	56
Núñez, EdwinEdwin Núñez	42	80.3	3	1	6	2.24	66
Parker, ClayClay Parker	24	51	2	2	0	3.18	20
Wapnick, SteveSteve Wapnick	4	7	0	0	0	6.43	6
Schwabe, MikeMike Schwabe	1	3.7	0	0	0	2.45	1
Kinzer, MattMatt Kinzer	1	1.7	0	0	0	16.20	1

Awards and honors

Cecil Fielder, Major League Home Run Champion (51)
Cecil Fielder, American League RBI Champion (132)
Cecil Fielder, Silver Slugger Award

MLB All-Star Game

Cecil Fielder, First Base, Reserve
Alan Trammell, Shortstop, Reserve

Team leaders

Home Runs – Cecil Fielder (51)
Runs Batted In – Cecil Fielder (132)

Fielder's Fifty-One

Home Run	Game	Date	Inning	Location	Opposing Pitcher	Team	Reference
1	6	April 14	6th	Tiger Stadium	Dave Johnson	Baltimore Orioles	^[15]
2	9	April 18	5th	Tiger Stadium	Clay Parker	New York Yankees	^[16]
3	13	April 22	4th	Memorial Stadium	Jeff Ballard	Baltimore Orioles	^[17]
4	15	April 24	9th	Metrodome	John Candelaria	Minnesota Twins	^[18]
5	18	April 28	5th	Tiger Stadium	Paul Mirabella	Milwaukee Brewers	^[19]
6	18	April 28	8th	Tiger Stadium	Tony Fossas	Milwaukee Brewers	^[19]
7	20	April 30	9th	Tiger Stadium	Mark Knudson	Milwaukee Brewers	^[20]
8	26	May 6	3rd	SkyDome	Jimmy Key	Toronto Blue Jays	^[21]
9	26	May 6	5th	SkyDome	Jimmy Key	Toronto Blue Jays	^[21]
10	26	May 6	7th	SkyDome	David Wells	Toronto Blue Jays	^[21]
11	27	May 7	4th	County Stadium	Mark Knudson	Milwaukee Brewers	^[22]
12	28	May 8	2nd	County Stadium	Jaime Navarro	Milwaukee Brewers	^[23]
13	30	May 10	2nd	Tiger Stadium	Todd Stottlemyre	Toronto Blue Jays	^[24]
14	34	May 15	7th	Arlington Stadium	Kevin Brown	Texas Rangers	^[25]
15	37	May 18	7th	Comiskey Park	Ken Patterson	Chicago White Sox	^[26]
16	39	May 20	4th	Comiskey Park	Greg Hibbard	Chicago White Sox	^[27]
17	42	May 23	3rd	Tiger Stadium	Mike Jeffcoat	Texas Rangers	^[28]
18	45	May 26	2nd	Tiger Stadium	Jerry Kutzler	Chicago White Sox	^[29]
19	50	June 1	2nd	Kingdome	Matt Young	Seattle Mariners	^[30]
20	54	June 6	2nd	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	Greg Swindell	Cleveland Indians	^[31]
21	54	June 6	4th	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	Greg Swindell	Cleveland Indians	^[31]
22	54	June 6	5th	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	Greg Swindell	Cleveland Indians	^[31]
23	61	June 13	2nd	Tiger Stadium	John Farrell	Cleveland Indians	^[32]
24	62	June 14	5th	Tiger Stadium	Sergio Valdez	Cleveland Indians	^[33]
25	65	June 17	7th	Tiger Stadium	Chuck Finley	California Angels	^[34]
26	77	June 30	5th	Royals Stadium	Storm Davis	Kansas City Royals	^[35]
27	80	July 3	1st	Comiskey Park	Eric King	Chicago White Sox	^[36]
28	83	July 6	4th	Tiger Stadium	Tom Gordon	Kansas City Royals	^[37]
29	87	July 13	6th	Tiger Stadium	Bobby Witt	Texas Rangers	^[38]
30	92	July 18	6th	Tiger Stadium	Greg Hibbard	Chicago White Sox	^[39]
31	95	July 21	1st	Arlington Stadium	Mike Jeffcoat	Texas Rangers	^[40]
32	98	July 24	3rd	Tiger Stadium	John Mitchell	Baltimore Orioles	^[41]
33	104	July 30	4th	Yankee Stadium	Dave LaPoint	New York Yankees	^[42]
34	108	August 3	2nd	Fenway Park	Greg Harris	Boston Red Sox	^[43]
35	111	August 7	9th	Skydome	Jimmy Key	Toronto Blue Jays	^[44]
36	117	August 13	1st	Cleveland Stadium	Jeff Shaw	Cleveland Indians	^[45]
37	120	August 16	3rd	Tiger Stadium	Ron Robinson	Milwaukee Brewers	^[46]
38	121	August 17	6th	Tiger Stadium	Tom Candiotti	Cleveland Indians	^[47]
39	122	August 18	3rd	Tiger Stadium	Efrain Valdez	Cleveland Indians	^[48]
40	127	August 25	1st	Tiger Stadium	Dave Stewart	Oakland Athletics	^[49]
41	127	August 25	4th	Tiger Stadium	Dave Stewart	Oakland Athletics	^[49]
42	130	August 29	8th	Kingdome	Matt Young	Seattle Mariners	^[50]
43	135	September 3	6th	Tiger Stadium	Jimmy Key	Toronto Blue Jays	^[51]
44	137	September 5	6th	Tiger Stadium	David Wells	Toronto Blue Jays	^[52]
45	139	September 7	6th	County Stadium	Ted Higuera	Milwaukee Brewers	^[53]
46	145	September 13	9th	Tiger Stadium	Mike Witt	New York Yankees	^[54]
47	148	September 16	5th	Tiger Stadium	Mark Leiter	New York Yankees	^[55]
48	153	September 23	2nd	Oakland Coliseum	Mike Moore	Oakland Athletics	^[56]
49	156	September 27	8th	Tiger Stadium	Dennis Lamp	Boston Red Sox	^[57]
50	162	October 3	4th	Yankee Stadium	Steve Adkins	New York Yankees	^[58]
51	162	October 3	8th	Yankee Stadium	Alan Mills	New York Yankees	^[58]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	John Wockenfuss and Tom Gamboa
AA	London Tigers	Eastern League	Chris Chambliss
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Johnny Lipon
A	Fayetteville Generals	South Atlantic League	Gene Roof
A-Short Season	Niagara Falls Rapids	New York–Penn League	Juan López
Rookie	Bristol Tigers	Appalachian League	Ken Cunningham

References

External links

1990 Detroit Tigers at Baseball Reference
1990 Detroit Tigers on Baseball Almanac

1990 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1990 MLB draft 1990 MLB lockout 1990 All-Star Game 1990 World Series

Detroit Tigers

Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture

Lore

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Sparky Anderson Ty Cobb Mickey Cochrane Sam Crawford Charlie Gehringer Hank Greenberg Harry Heilmann Hughie Jennings Al Kaline George Kell Heinie Manush Hal Newhouser

Frick Award recipient	Ernie Harwell

Spink Award recipients	Joe Falls Tom Gage H. G. Salsinger

Minors

Key personnel

Owner: Mike Ilitch
General Manager: Al Avila
Manager: Brad Ausmus

World Series
championships (4)

League pennants (11)

American League: 1907
1908
1909
1934
1935
1940
1945
1968
1984
2006
2012

Division titles (7)

East: 1972
1984
1987
Central: 2011
2012
2013
2014

Wild card berths (1)

2006

Broadcasters

TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Mario Impemba
Rod Allen
Kirk Gibson
Radio: Detroit Tigers Radio Network
WXYT
WXYT-FM
Dan Dickerson
Jim Price
History: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

Seasons (117)

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