1990 Baltimore Orioles season

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.

1990 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
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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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 8874 0.543 — 51–30 37–44
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 2 44–37 42–39
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 9 39–42 40–41
Cleveland Indians 7785 0.475 11 41–40 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 7685 0.472 11½ 40–40 36–45
Milwaukee Brewers 7488 0.457 14 39–42 35–46
New York Yankees 6795 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 —4–97–56–66–76–78–37–66–66–74–83–98–45–8
Boston 9–4—7–56–69–48–54–85–84–89–44–88–45–710–3
California 5–75–7—5–87–55–77–67–59–46–64–95–88–57–5
Chicago 6–66–68–5—5–75–79–410–27–610–28–58–57–65–7
Cleveland 7–64–95–77–5—5–86–69–47–55–84–87–57–54–9
Detroit 7–65–87–57–58–5—5–73–106–67–66–67–56–65–8
Kansas City 3–88–46–74–96–67–5—4–88–58–44–97–65–85–7
Milwaukee 6–78–55–72–104–910–38–4—4–86–75–74–85–77–6
Minnesota 6–68–44–96–75–76–65–88–4—6–66–76–75–83–9
New York 7–64–96–62–108–56–74–87–66–6—0–129–33–95–8
Oakland 8–48–49–45–88–46–69–47–57–612–0—9–48–57–5
Seattle 9–34–88–55–85–75–76–78–47–63–94–9—7–66–6
Texas 4–87–55–86–75–76–68–57–58–59–35–86–7—7–5
Toronto 8–53–105–77–59–48–57–56–79–38–55–76–65–7—

Opening Day starters

[8]

Notable transactions

Roster
1990 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMickey Tettleton13544499.2231551
1BRandy Milligan10936296.2652060
2BBilly Ripken129406118.291338
3BCraig Worthington13342596.226844
SSCal Ripken, Jr.161600150.2502184
LFPhil Bradley7228978.270426
CFMike Devereaux10836788.2401249
RFJoe Orsulak124413111.2691157
DHSam Horn7924661.2481445

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Steve Finley142464119.256337
Juan Bell520.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Johnson301801394.1068
John Mitchell24114.1664.6443
Ben McDonald21118.2852.4365

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Danny Boone49.2002.792

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dorn Taylor40102.454

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 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". 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
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