1990 Baltimore Orioles season

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1990 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Memorial Stadium (since 1954)
  • Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
Results
Record76–85 (.472)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Eli Jacobs
General manager(s)Roland Hemond
Manager(s)Frank Robinson
Local televisionWMAR-TV
(Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)
Local radioWBAL (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[]

  • October 3, 1989: Mark Huismann was released by the Orioles.[1]
  • November 2, 1989: Jamie Quirk was released by the Orioles.[2]
  • December 5, 1989: Keith Hughes and Cesar Mejia (minors) were traded by the Orioles to the New York Mets for John Mitchell and Joaquin Contreras (minors).[3]
  • February 20, 1990: Sam Horn was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[4]
  • February 22, 1990: Danny Boone was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[5]

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.[citation needed]

Season standings[]

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  • t
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
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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[]

  • June 4, 1990: 1990 Major League Baseball draft
    • Mike Mussina was drafted by the Orioles in the first round.[9]
    • Scott McClain was drafted by the Orioles in the 22nd round. Player signed June 7, 1990.[10]
  • June 5, 1990: Jay Tibbs was traded by the Orioles to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Dorn Taylor to the Orioles on September 5.[11]
  • July 30, 1990: Phil Bradley was traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Ron Kittle.[12]

Roster[]

1990 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • 28 Chris Hoiles
  •  2 Bob Melvin
  • 14 Mickey Tettleton

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

  • 35 Greg Walker
 Manager
  • 20 Frank Robinson

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[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
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
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". The 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

External links[]

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