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1990 Detroit Tigers season

1990 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersTom Monaghan
General managersBill Lajoie
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
RadioWJR
(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, which was a 20-win improvement on the dismal 1989 season. They scored 750 runs and allowed 754. Notably, Cecil Fielder hit 51 home runs, making him the (to date) only Tiger to hit at least 50 home runs in a season since Hank Greenberg in 1938.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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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

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1990 American League record

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

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Roster

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1990 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Mike Heath 122 370 100 .270 7 38
1B Cecil Fielder 159 573 159 .277 51 132
2B Lou Whitaker 132 472 112 .237 18 60
3B Tony Phillips 152 573 144 .251 8 55
SS Alan Trammell 146 559 170 .304 14 89
LF Gary Ward 106 309 79 .256 9 46
CF Lloyd Moseby 122 431 107 .248 14 51
RF Chet Lemon 104 322 83 .258 5 32
DH Dave Bergman 100 205 57 .278 2 26

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Other batters

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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
Larry Sheets 131 360 94 .261 10 52
Travis Fryman 66 232 69 .297 9 27
John Shelby 78 222 55 .248 4 20
Mark Salas 74 164 38 .232 9 24
Tracy Jones 50 118 27 .229 4 9
Matt Nokes 44 111 30 .270 3 8
Darnell Coles 52 108 22 .204 1 4
Scott Lusader 45 87 21 .241 2 16
Kenny Williams 57 83 11 .133 0 5
Ed Romero 32 70 16 .229 0 4
Milt Cuyler 19 51 13 .255 0 8
Jim Lindeman 12 32 7 .219 2 8
Rich Rowland 7 19 3 .158 0 0
Johnny Paredes 6 8 1 .125 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Morris 36 249.2 15 18 4.51 162
Frank Tanana 34 176.1 9 8 5.31 114
Dan Petry 32 149.2 10 9 4.45 73
Jeff Robinson 27 145.0 10 9 5.96 76
Walt Terrell 13 75.1 6 4 4.54 30
Brian Dubois 12 58.1 3 5 5.09 34
Kevin Ritz 4 7.1 0 4 11.05 3

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Searcy 16 75.1 2 7 4.66 66
Lance McCullers 9 29.2 1 0 2.73 20
Urbano Lugo 13 24.1 2 0 7.03 12
Scott Aldred 4 14.1 1 2 3.77 7
Randy Nosek 3 7.0 1 1 7.71 3

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Mike Henneman 69 94.1 8 6 22 3.05 50
Paul Gibson 61 97.1 5 4 3 3.05 56
Jerry Don Gleaton 57 82.2 1 3 13 2.94 56
Edwin Núñez 42 80.1 3 1 6 2.24 66
Clay Parker 24 51.0 2 2 0 3.18 20
Steve Wapnick 4 7.0 0 0 0 6.43 6
Mike Schwabe 1 3.2 0 0 0 2.45 1
Matt Kinzer 1 1.2 0 0 0 16.20 1

Awards and honors

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MLB All-Star Game

Team leaders

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Fielder's 51 Home Runs

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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

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See also: Minor League Baseball
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: London[59]

References

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  1. ^ a b Steve Wapnick at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Tony Phillips at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Lloyd Moseby at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Rick Schu at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Willie Hernández at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Cecil Fielder at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ a b Ed Romero at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ "April 9, 1990 Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox". Baseball Reference.com.
  10. ^ Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft – Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ^ John Shelby at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Kenny Williams at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Darnell Coles at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ "1993 Detroit Tigers Statistics".
  15. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, April 14, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  16. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, April 18, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  17. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, April 22, 1990 at Memorial Stadium".
  18. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, April 24, 1990 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome".
  19. ^ a b "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, April 28, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  20. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, April 30, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  21. ^ a b c "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, May 6, 1990 at Skydome".
  22. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, May 7, 1990 at County Stadium".
  23. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, May 8, 1990 at County Stadium".
  24. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Thursday, May 10, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  25. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, May 15, 1990 at Arlington Stadium".
  26. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, May 18, 1990 at Comiskey Park I".
  27. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, May 20, 1990 at Comiskey Park I".
  28. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, May 23, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  29. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, May 26, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  30. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 1, 1990 at Kingdome".
  31. ^ a b c "Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, June 6, 1990 at Cleveland Stadium".
  32. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, June 13, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  33. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Thursday, June 14, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  34. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 17, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  35. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 30, 1990 at Royals Stadium".
  36. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 3, 1990 at Comiskey Park I".
  37. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 6, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  38. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 13, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  39. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, July 18, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  40. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, July 21, 1990 at Arlington Stadium".
  41. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 24, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  42. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, July 30, 1990 at Yankee Stadium".
  43. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, August 3, 1990 at Fenway Park".
  44. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, August 7, 1990 at Skydome".
  45. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, August 13, 1990 at Cleveland Stadium".
  46. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Thursday, August 16, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  47. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, August 17, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  48. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, August 18, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  49. ^ a b "Box Score of Game played on Saturday, August 25, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  50. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, August 29, 1990 at Kingdome".
  51. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, September 3, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  52. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  53. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Friday, September 7, 1990 at County Stadium".
  54. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Thursday, September 13, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  55. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, September 16, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  56. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Sunday, September 23, 1990 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum".
  57. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Thursday, September 27, 1990 at Tiger Stadium".
  58. ^ a b "Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, October 3, 1990 at Yankee Stadium".
  59. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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