1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
	1990 NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907);
Results
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Larry Doughty
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV; Jim Rooker; Kent Derdivanis; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass; KBL; Jim Rooker; Kent Derdivanis; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass
Local radio	KDKA; Jim Rooker; Kent Derdivanis; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass
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The 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 109th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 104th in the National League. The Pirates finished first in the National League East with a record of 95–67. They were defeated four games to two by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1990 National League Championship Series.

Offseason

December 4, 1989: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1989 rule 5 draft.^[2]
January 14, 1990: Mark Ross was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
January 31, 1990: Wally Backman was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[4]

Regular season

Barry Bonds became the first Major Leaguer in history to have a .300 batting average, 100 RBI, 100 runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season.

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	67	0.586	—	49–32	46–35
New York Mets	91	71	0.562	4	52–29	39–42
Montreal Expos	85	77	0.525	10	47–34	38–43
Chicago Cubs	77	85	0.475	18	39–42	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	0.475	18	41–40	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	70	92	0.432	25	34–47	36–45

Record vs. opponents

1990 National League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–6	4–8	5–7	5–7	8–10	5–13	7–5
Chicago	6–6	—	4–8	6–6	3–9	11–7	9–9	11–7	4–14	8–4	7–5	8–10
Cincinnati	10–8	8–4	—	11–7	9–9	9–3	6–6	7–5	6–6	9–9	7–11	9–3
Houston	13–5	6–6	7–11	—	9–9	5–7	5–7	5–7	5–7	4–14	10–8	6–6
Los Angeles	12–6	9–3	9–9	9–9	—	6–6	5–7	8–4	4–8	9–9	8–10	7–5
Montreal	6–6	7–11	3–9	7–5	6–6	—	8–10	10–8	13–5	7–5	7–5	11–7
New York	8–4	9–9	6–6	7–5	7–5	10–8	—	10–8	10–8	5–7	7–5	12–6
Philadelphia	7-5	7–11	5–7	7–5	4–8	8–10	8–10	—	6–12	7–5	8–4	10–8
Pittsburgh	7–5	14–4	6–6	7–5	8–4	5–13	8–10	12–6	—	10–2	8–4	10–8
San Diego	10–8	4–8	9–9	14–4	9–9	5–7	7–5	5–7	2–10	—	7–11	3–9
San Francisco	13–5	5–7	11–7	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	4–8	4–8	11–7	—	9–3
St. Louis	5–7	10–8	3–9	6–6	5–7	7–11	6–12	8–10	8–10	9–3	3–9	—

Game Log

1990 Game Log (95–67)

April (14–6)

May (15–11)

June (14–13)

July (15–11)

August (17–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
100	August 1	@ Cubs	0–5	Maddux	Reed	—	34,542	58–42
101	August 2	@ Cubs	8–5	Smiley	Wilson	Walk	34,493	59–42
102	August 3	@ Phillies	11–0	Drabek	Ruffin	—	36,057	60–42
103	August 4	@ Phillies	3–1 (10)	Patterson	McDowell	Power	45,305	61–42
104	August 5	@ Phillies	6–8	Carman	Ruskin	Boever	40,142	61–43
105	August 6	@ Phillies	10–1	Tomlin	Mulholland	—	0	62–43
106	August 6	@ Phillies	4–3 (10)	Landrum	McDowell	—	30,827	63–43
107	August 7	Expos	4–3 (12)	Ross	Mohorcic	—	23,666	64–43
108	August 8	Expos	2–6	Martinez	Drabek	—	21,180	64–44
109	August 9	Expos	6–7 (10)	Frey	Landrum	Sampen	21,499	64–45
110	August 10	Cardinals	3–8	Dayley	Kramer	—	23,701	64–46
111	August 11	Cardinals	2–3	Magrane	Tomlin	Smith	46,720	64–47
112	August 12	Cardinals	0–6	Tewksbury	Smiley	—	30,335	64–48
113	August 14	Braves	3–1	Drabek	Leibrandt	—	0	65–48
114	August 14	Braves	6–4	Smith	Avery	Patterson	25,542	66–48
115	August 15	Braves	1–8	Castillo	Heaton	—	16,063	66–49
116	August 16	Braves	4–3	Kipper	Mercker	—	19,304	67–49
117	August 17	@ Reds	7–1	York	Rijo	—	0	68–49
118	August 17	@ Reds	4–3	Smiley	Layana	Belinda	48,964	69–49
119	August 18	@ Reds	3–1	Smith	Hammond	Kipper	35,263	70–49
120	August 19	@ Reds	6–3	Drabek	Armstrong	Belinda	36,549	71–49
121	August 20	Astros	7–1	Heaton	Deshaies	—	20,997	72–49
122	August 21	Astros	1–2	Darwin	Patterson	—	14,062	72–50
123	August 22	Astros	4–2	Smiley	Gullickson	Landrum	29,420	73–50
124	August 23	Reds	9–3	Smith	Hammond	—	26,181	74–50
125	August 24	Reds	3–4	Dibble	Kipper	Myers	48,205	74–51
126	August 25	Reds	1–6	Charlton	Belinda	—	43,679	74–52
127	August 26	Reds	2–6	Mahler	Tomlin	Dibble	43,174	74–53
128	August 28	@ Braves	0–9	Leibrandt	Smiley	—	5,872	74–54
129	August 29	@ Braves	10–0 (7)	Drabek	Avery	—	5,403	75–54
130	August 31	@ Astros	2–3	Agosto	Patterson	—	10,892	75–55

September (19–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	@ Astros	1–2 (10)	Smith	Power	—	16,422	75–56
132	September 2	@ Astros	7–6	Smiley	Darwin	Kipper	16,598	76–56
133	September 3	Phillies	4–1	Drabek	Ruffin	—	23,854	77–56
134	September 4	Phillies	11–7	Landrum	Akerfelds	Patterson	16,858	78–56
135	September 5	Mets	1–0	Smith	Franco	—	0	79–56
136	September 5	Mets	3–1	Heaton	Ojeda	Power	49,793	80–56
137	September 6	Mets	7–1	Tomlin	Valera	—	32,528	81–56
138	September 7	Expos	1–4	Boyd	Smiley	Burke	22,083	81–57
139	September 8	Expos	6–1	Drabek	Farmer	—	44,614	82–57
140	September 9	Expos	5–9	Rojas	Walk	—	22,023	82–58
141	September 10	@ Phillies	3–2	Belinda	Boever	—	18,970	83–58
142	September 11	@ Phillies	5–1	Tomlin	Grimsley	—	20,289	84–58
143	September 12	@ Mets	1–2	Cone	Smiley	—	48,375	84–59
144	September 13	@ Mets	3–6	Gooden	Drabek	Franco	51,079	84–60
145	September 14	@ Expos	2–4	Frey	Heaton	—	15,880	84–61
146	September 15	@ Expos	3–4	Sampen	Smith	Burke	20,392	84–62
147	September 16	@ Expos	1–4	Ruskin	Tomlin	Frey	21,286	84–63
148	September 18	@ Cubs	5–8	Maddux	Smiley	—	23,168	84–64
149	September 19	@ Cubs	8–7	Drabek	Sutcliffe	Patterson	13,058	85–64
150	September 20	@ Cubs	11–2	Walk	Kramer	Palacios	14,926	86–64
151	September 21	Cardinals	1–0	Smith	DeLeon	—	29,048	87–64
152	September 22	Cardinals	2–3	Hill	Tomlin	Smith	22,895	87–65
153	September 23	Cardinals	7–2	Smiley	Tewksbury	Palacios	30,635	88–65
154	September 25	Cubs	5–3	Drabek	Wilson	—	21,644	89–65
155	September 26	Cubs	4–3	Smith	Coffman	—	26,157	90–65
156	September 27	Cubs	3–2	Tomlin	Bielecki	Palacios	25,049	91–65
157	September 28	@ Cardinals	6–4	Landrum	Hill	Belinda	24,837	92–65
158	September 29	@ Cardinals	8–0	Walk	Tewksbury	—	23,571	93–65
159	September 30	@ Cardinals	2–0	Drabek	Magrane	—	32,672	94–65

October (1–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen)
36 Bruce Kimm (bench)
32 Gene Lamont (third base)
39 Milt May (hitting)
31 Ray Miller (pitching)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day lineup

National League Championship Series

Awards and honors

Barry Bonds, OF, National League Most Valuable Player Award
Sid Bream, Hutch Award^[5]
Sid Bream, National League Record, Most Assists in One Season,^[6]
Doug Drabek, National League Cy Young Award
Doug Drabek, National League Pitcher of the Month, July
Doug Drabek, National League Pitcher of the Month, August
Jim Leyland, National League Manager of the Year Award
Andy Van Slyke, Outfield, Gold Glove Award

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Barry Bonds, OF, Reserve
Bobby Bonilla, OF, Reserve
Neal Heaton, P, Reserve

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[7]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C. García	4	4	2	0.500	0	0
L. McClendon	4	3	1	0.333	1	2
S. Ruskin	44	6	2	0.333	0	1
M. York	4	3	1	0.333	0	0
B. Bonds	151	519	156	0.301	33	114
D. Slaught	84	230	69	0.300	4	29
W. Backman	104	315	92	0.292	2	28
R. Reynolds	95	215	62	0.288	0	19
A. Van	136	493	140	0.284	17	77
B. Bonilla	160	625	175	0.280	32	120
S. Bream	147	389	105	0.270	15	67
J. Lind	152	514	134	0.261	1	48
M. LaValliere	96	279	72	0.258	3	31
J. Bell	159	583	148	0.254	7	52
R. Reed	13	16	4	0.250	0	1
G. Redus	96	227	56	0.247	6	23
J. King	127	371	91	0.245	14	53
D. Drabek	33	84	18	0.214	1	6
C. Martínez	12	19	4	0.211	2	4
O. Merced	25	24	5	0.208	0	0
R. Belliard	47	54	11	0.204	0	6
M. Alou	2	5	1	0.200	0	0
S. Carter	5	5	1	0.200	0	0
J. Cangelosi	58	76	15	0.197	0	1
B. Walk	26	37	6	0.162	0	4
B. Kipper	41	7	1	0.143	0	0
Z. Smith	11	28	4	0.143	0	0
T. Power	40	8	1	0.125	0	0
J. Smiley	26	49	6	0.122	0	3
B. Landrum	54	9	1	0.111	0	0
W. Terrell	16	28	3	0.107	0	0
T. Prince	4	10	1	0.100	0	0
M. Ryal	9	12	1	0.083	0	0
D. Bilardello	19	37	2	0.054	0	3
B. Patterson	55	19	1	0.053	0	0
N. Heaton	32	43	2	0.047	0	1
R. Tomlin	12	25	1	0.040	0	0
D. Bair	22	1	0	0.000	0	0
S. Belinda	55	5	0	0.000	0	0
R. Kramer	12	5	0	0.000	0	0
V. Palacios	7	4	0	0.000	0	0
M. Roesler	5	1	0	0.000	0	0
M. Ross	9	1	0	0.000	0	0
M. Huismann	2	0	0	—	0	0
J. Reuss	4	0	0	—	0	0
J. Tibbs	5	0	0	—	0	0

Postseason^[8]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
S. Bream	4	8	4	0.500	1	3
J. Bell	6	20	5	0.250	1	1
C. Martínez	2	8	2	0.250	0	2
G. Redus	5	8	2	0.250	0	0
J. Lind	6	21	5	0.238	1	2
A. Van	6	24	5	0.208	0	3
R. Reynolds	6	10	2	0.200	0	0
B. Bonilla	6	21	4	0.190	0	1
B. Bonds	6	18	3	0.167	0	1
D. Drabek	2	6	1	0.167	0	0
W. Backman	3	7	1	0.143	0	0
J. King	5	10	1	0.100	0	0
D. Slaught	4	11	1	0.091	0	1
M. LaValliere	3	6	0	0.000	0	0
T. Power	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
Z. Smith	2	3	0	0.000	0	0
B. Walk	2	4	0	0.000	0	0
S. Belinda	3	0	0	—	0	0
B. Landrum	2	0	0	—	0	0
B. Patterson	2	0	0	—	0	0
J. Smiley	1	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
V. Palacios	7	15	0	0	0.00	8
Z. Smith	11	76	6	2	1.30	50
B. Landrum	54	71²⁄₃	7	3	2.13	39
R. Tomlin	12	77²⁄₃	4	4	2.55	42
J. Tibbs	5	7	1	0	2.57	4
D. Drabek	33	231¹⁄₃	22	6	2.76	131
M. York	4	12²⁄₃	1	1	2.84	4
B. Patterson	55	94²⁄₃	8	5	2.95	70
M. Roesler	5	6	1	0	3.00	4
B. Kipper	41	62²⁄₃	5	2	3.02	35
S. Ruskin	44	47²⁄₃	2	2	3.02	34
N. Heaton	30	146	12	9	3.45	68
J. Reuss	4	7²⁄₃	0	0	3.52	1
S. Belinda	55	58¹⁄₃	3	4	3.55	55
M. Ross	9	12²⁄₃	1	0	3.55	5
T. Power	40	51²⁄₃	1	3	3.66	42
B. Walk	26	129²⁄₃	7	5	3.75	73
R. Reed	13	53²⁄₃	2	3	4.36	27
J. Smiley	26	149¹⁄₃	9	10	4.64	86
D. Bair	22	24¹⁄₃	0	0	4.81	19
R. Kramer	12	25²⁄₃	0	1	4.91	15
W. Terrell	16	82²⁄₃	2	7	5.88	34
M. Huismann	2	3	1	0	9.00	2

Postseason^[10]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
B. Landrum	2	2	0	0	0.00	1
B. Patterson	2	1	0	0	0.00	0
J. Smiley	1	2	0	0	0.00	0
D. Drabek	2	16¹⁄₃	1	1	1.65	13
S. Belinda	3	3²⁄₃	0	0	2.45	4
T. Power	3	5	0	0	3.60	3
B. Walk	2	13	1	1	4.85	8
Z. Smith	2	9	0	2	6.00	8

Notable transactions

May 2, 1990: Rico Rossy was traded by the Pirates to the Atlanta Braves for Greg Tubbs.^[11]
May 18, 1990: Roger Mason was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[12]
June 5, 1990: The Pirates traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Jay Tibbs. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Dorn Taylor to the Orioles on September 5.^[13]
August 8, 1990: Scott Ruskin, Willie Greene and a player to be named later were traded by the Pirates to the Montreal Expos for Zane Smith. The Pirates completed the trade by sending Moisés Alou to the Expos on August 16.^[14]
September 1, 1990: Randy Kramer was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Greg Kallevig (minors).^[15]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Terry Collins
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Marc Bombard
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Stan Cliburn
A	Augusta Pirates	South Atlantic League	Lee Driggers
Short-Season A	Welland Pirates	New York-Penn League	Jim Mallon
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Julio Garcia
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	--

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: DSL Pirates

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference
↑ Mark Ross page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/backmwa01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
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↑ Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/masonro01.shtml
↑ Dorn Taylor page at Baseball Reference
↑ Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference
↑ Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1990 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Gordon Dillard page at Baseball Reference

[3] Mark Ross page at Baseball Reference

[4] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/backmwa01.shtml

[5] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml

[6] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

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[11] Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference

[12] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/masonro01.shtml

[13] Dorn Taylor page at Baseball Reference

[14] Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference

[15] Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference

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v t e 1990 MLB season by team
AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas
NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco
1990 MLB draft 1990 MLB lockout 1990 All-Star Game 1990 World Series

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game Log

Roster

Opening Day lineup

National League Championship Series

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1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
1990 NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Larry Doughty
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV Jim Rooker Kent Derdivanis Lanny Frattare Steve Blass KBL Jim Rooker Kent Derdivanis Lanny Frattare Steve Blass
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