1990 Cleveland Indians season

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1990 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
  • Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)Hank Peters
Manager(s)John McNamara
Local televisionWUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
Dan Coughlin, Rick Manning
Local radioWWWE
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton
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Offseason[]

  • October 4, 1989: Luis Aguayo was released by the Cleveland Indians.[1]
  • November 21, 1989: Cecilio Guante was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[2]
  • December 6, 1989: Joe Carter was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Sandy Alomar, Jr., Carlos Baerga and Chris James.[3]
  • December 7, 1989: Keith Hernandez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[4]
  • December 8, 1989: Tom Brookens was signed as a free agent by the Cleveland Indians.[5]
  • January 9, 1990: Scott Bailes was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Colin Charland (minors) and Jeff Manto.[6]
  • January 10, 1990: Rafael Santana was signed as a free agent by the Indians.[7]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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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 —


Notable transactions[]

  • April 25, 1990: Rafael Santana was released by the Indians.[7]
  • April 30, 1990: Sergio Valdez was selected off waivers by the Indians from the Atlanta Braves.[8]
  • May 7, 1990: Stan Jefferson was selected off waivers by the Indians from the Baltimore Orioles.[9]
  • June 17, 1990: Ken Phelps was purchased by the Indians from the Oakland Athletics.[10]
  • July 11, 1990: Tom Lampkin was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Alex Cole.[11]
  • August 12, 1990: Cecilio Guante was released by the Indians.[2]
  • September 16, 1990: Bud Black was traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mauro Gozzo and players to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending Steve Cummings to the Indians on September 21 and Alex Sanchez to the Indians on September 24.[12]

Draft picks[]

  • June 4, 1990: David Bell was drafted by the Indians in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.[13]

Opening Day Lineup[]

Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
23 Mitch Webster CF
14 Jerry Browne 2B
22 Candy Maldonado LF
28 Cory Snyder RF
17 Keith Hernandez 1B
7 Chris James DH
26 Brook Jacoby 3B
15 Sandy Alomar, Jr. C
2 Rafael Santana SS
40 Bud Black P

[14]

Roster[]

1990 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  •  4 Joel Skinner

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  •  1 John McNamara

Coaches

Statistics[]

Batting[]

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Beau Allred 4 16 2 3 1 0 1 2 .188 0
Sandy Alomar Jr. 132 445 60 129 26 2 9 66 .290 4
Carlos Baerga 108 312 46 81 17 2 7 47 .260 0
Albert Belle 9 23 1 4 0 0 1 3 .174 0
Tom Brookens 64 154 18 41 7 2 1 20 .266 0
Jerry Browne 140 513 92 137 26 5 6 50 .267 12
Alex Cole 63 227 43 68 5 4 0 13 .300 40
Felix Fermin 148 414 47 106 13 2 1 40 .256 3
Keith Hernandez 43 130 7 26 2 0 1 8 .200 0
Brook Jacoby 155 553 77 162 24 4 14 75 .293 1
Chris James 140 528 62 158 32 4 12 70 .299 4
Dion James 87 248 28 68 15 2 1 22 .274 5
Stan Jefferson 49 98 21 27 8 0 2 10 .276 8
Candy Maldonado 155 590 76 161 32 2 22 95 .273 3
Jeff Manto 30 76 12 17 5 1 2 14 .224 0
Mark McLemore 8 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 .167 0
Ken Phelps 24 61 4 7 0 0 0 0 .115 1
Rafael Santana 7 13 3 3 0 0 1 3 .231 0
Joel Skinner 49 139 16 35 4 1 2 16 .252 0
Cory Snyder 123 438 46 102 27 3 14 55 .233 1
Steve Springer 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 .167 0
Turner Ward 14 46 10 16 2 1 1 10 .348 3
Mitch Webster 128 437 58 110 20 6 12 55 .252 22
Totals 162 5485 732 1465 266 41 110 675 .267 107

Pitching[]

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Kevin Bearse 0 2 12.91 3 3 0 7.2 11 11 5 2
Bud Black 11 10 3.53 29 29 0 191.0 79 75 58 103
Tom Candiotti 15 11 3.65 31 29 0 202.0 92 82 55 128
John Farrell 4 5 4.28 17 17 0 96.2 49 46 33 44
Mauro Gozzo 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 2 2
Cecilio Guante 2 3 5.01 26 1 0 46.2 26 26 18 30
Doug Jones 5 5 2.56 66 0 43 84.1 26 24 22 55
Jeff Kaiser 0 0 3.55 5 0 0 12.2 5 5 7 9
Charles Nagy 2 4 5.91 9 8 0 45.2 31 30 21 26
Rod Nichols 0 3 7.88 4 2 0 16.0 14 14 6 3
Al Nipper 2 3 6.75 9 5 0 24.0 19 18 19 12
Steve Olin 4 4 3.41 50 1 1 92.1 41 35 26 64
Jesse Orosco 5 4 3.90 55 0 2 64.2 35 28 38 55
Rudy Seanez 2 1 5.60 24 0 0 27.1 17 17 25 24
Jeff Shaw 3 4 6.66 12 9 0 48.2 38 36 20 25
Greg Swindell 12 9 4.40 34 34 0 214.2 110 105 47 135
Efrain Valdez 1 1 3.04 13 0 0 23.2 10 8 14 13
Sergio Valdez 6 6 4.75 24 13 0 102.1 62 54 35 63
Mike Walker 2 6 4.88 18 11 0 75.2 49 41 42 34
Colby Ward 1 3 4.25 22 0 1 36.0 17 17 21 23
Kevin Wickander 0 1 3.65 10 0 0 12.1 6 5 4 10
Totals 77 85 4.26 162 162 47 1427.1 737 676 518 860

Awards and honors[]

  • Sandy Alomar, American League Rookie of the Year, Gold Glove

All-Star Game

  • Sandy Alomar, Catcher, Starter
  • Brook Jacoby, Third Base, Reserve
  • Doug Jones, Relief Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Bob Molinaro and Charlie Manuel
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League Ken Bolek
A Kinston Indians Carolina League Brian Graham
A-Short Season Watertown Indians New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League Dave Keller
Rookie GCL Indians Gulf Coast League Dean Treanor

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References[]

  1. ^ "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Cecilio Guante at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Sandy Alomar, Jr. at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Keith Hernandez at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Tom Brookens at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Scott Bailes Stats".
  7. ^ a b Rafael Santana at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Sergio Valdez at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Stan Jefferson at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Alex Cole at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Bud Black at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ David Bell at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ 1990 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  15. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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