1990 Boston Red Sox season

The 1990 Boston Red Sox season was the 90th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. It was the third AL East division championship in five years for the Red Sox. However, the team was defeated in a four-game sweep by the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS, as had been the case in 1988.

1990 Boston Red Sox
1990 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Jean Yawkey,
Haywood Sullivan
General manager(s)Lou Gorman
Manager(s)Joe Morgan
Local televisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
Local radioWRKO
(Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season
Record by month[7]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April1181182nd​1 1⁄2[8]
May121423223rd1[9]
June20943311st+​3 1⁄2[10]
July121755481st (tie)—[11]
August19974571st+​6 1⁄2[12]
September121686731st+1[13]
October2188741st+2[14]

Highlights

The Red Sox set a major league record, which still stands, for the most times grounding into a double play during a season, 174.[15]

On June 6, the Red Sox got a measure of retribution for Bucky Dent's home run in the 1978 American League East tie-breaker game. While in Boston for a four-game series, the New York Yankees fired Dent as their manager. The Red Sox had just defeated the Yankees in the first two games of the series,[16] giving the Yankees an 18–31 record, ​8 1⁄2 games behind the first-place Red Sox.[17] The firing made Fenway Park arguably the scene of Dent's best moment as a player and worst moment as manager.[18] Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe criticized Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for firing Dent—his 18th managerial change in as many years—in Boston, and rhetorically asked if he couldn't have waited to fire Dent elsewhere.[19] Shaughnessy noted, "if Dent had been fired in Seattle or Milwaukee, this would have been just another event in an endless line of George's jettisons. But it happened in Boston and the nightly news had its hook."[19] Author Bill Pennington called the firing of Dent "merciless."[20]

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—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup
26Wade Boggs3B
17Marty Barrett2B
39Mike GreenwellLF
12Ellis BurksCF
24Dwight EvansDH
13Billy Jo Robidoux    1B
  6Tony PeñaC
  3Jody ReedSS
16Kevin RomineRF
21Roger ClemensP

Source:[25]

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 19, before a scheduled home game against the Minnesota Twins. Red Sox alumni pitchers Bill Lee, Bill Monbouquette, and Dick Radatz allowed just one hit (to former Detroit Tiger Willie Horton) in the four-inning game, as Boston won by a 2–0 score over a team of MLB alumni from other clubs.[26]

Roster
1990 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated Hitters

Pinch hitter

 Manager

Coaches

Statistical leaders
Roger Clemens
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest playerPhil Plantier21
Oldest playerBill Buckner40
Wins Above ReplacementRoger Clemens10.4

Source:[27]

Batting
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
GGames playedMike Greenwell159
PAPlate appearancesWade Boggs713
ABAt batsWade Boggs619
RRuns scoredWade Boggs89
Ellis Burks
HHitsWade Boggs187
2BDoublesJody Reed45
3BTriplesEllis Burks8
HRHome runsEllis Burks21
RBIRuns batted inEllis Burks89
SBStolen basesEllis Burks9
CSCaught stealingEllis Burks11
BBBase on ballsWade Boggs87
SOStrikeoutsTom Brunansky105
BABatting averageWade Boggs.302
OBPOn-base percentageWade Boggs.386
SLGSlugging percentageEllis Burks.486
OPSOn-base plus sluggingEllis Burks.835
OPS+Adjusted OPSEllis Burks128
TBTotal basesEllis Burks286
GIDPGrounded into double playTony Peña23
HBPHit by pitch3 tied4
SHSacrifice hitsLuis Rivera12
SFSacrifice fliesTom Brunansky8
IBBIntentional base on ballsWade Boggs19

Source:[27]

Pitching
Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
WWinsRoger Clemens21
LLossesGreg A. Harris9
Dana Kiecker
W-L %Winning percentageRoger Clemens.778 (21–6)
ERAEarned run averageRoger Clemens1.93
GGames pitchedRob Murphy68
GSGames startedMike Boddicker34
GFGames finishedJeff Reardon37
CGComplete gamesRoger Clemens7
SHOShutoutsRoger Clemens4
SVSavesJeff Reardon21
IPInnings pitchedRoger Clemens​228 1⁄3
SOStrikeoutsRoger Clemens209
WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitchedRogers Clemens1.082

Source:[27]

ALCS
Main article: 1990 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 6, 1990, at Fenway Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 000 000 117 9130
Boston 000 100 000 151
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: Larry Andersen (0-1)  
HR: BOS – Wade Boggs (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1990, at Fenway Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 000 100 102 4131
Boston 001 000 000 160
W: Bob Welch (1-0)   L: Greg Harris (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 9, 1990, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 010 000 000 183
Oakland 000 202 00x 460
W: Mike Moore (1-0)   L: Mike Boddicker (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (2)
HR: None

Game 4

October 10, 1990, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 000 000 001 141
Oakland 030 000 00x 360
W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Roger Clemens (0-1)  S: Rick Honeycutt (1)
HR: None

Awards and honors
Awards
Accomplishments

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Lynchburg Red Sox and Winter Haven Red Sox changed classification from Class A to Class A-Advanced.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ed Nottle and Johnny Pesky
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Butch Hobson
A-Advanced Lynchburg Red Sox Carolina League Gary Allenson
A-Advanced Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Dave Holt
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Mike Verdi
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Felix Maldonado

Source:[28]

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