The 1990 Baltimore Orioles season was the 90th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 37th in Baltimore, and the 37th at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles finished fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason October 3, 1989: Mark Huismann was released by the Orioles.Mark Huismann at Baseball-Reference November 2, 1989: Jamie Quirk was released by the Orioles.Jamie Quirk at Baseball-Reference December 5, 1989: Keith Hughes and Cesar Mejia (minors) were traded by the Orioles to the New York Mets for John Mitchell and Joaquin Contreras (minors).John Mitchell at Baseball-Reference February 20, 1990: Sam Horn was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Sam Horn at Baseball-Reference February 22, 1990: Danny Boone was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Danny Boone at Baseball-Reference

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. When Cleveland announced that they would leave Hi Corbett Field for Florida, Tucson tried to attract the Orioles to move to Arizona.

Ben McDonald became the first Oriole to win his first six major league decisions.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters Phil Bradley Steve Finley Sam Horn Dave Johnson Randy Milligan Joe Orsulak Billy Ripken Cal Ripken Jr. Mickey Tettleton Craig Worthington 1990 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac

Notable transactions June 4, 1990: 1990 Major League Baseball draft Mike Mussina was drafted by the Orioles in the first round.Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com Scott McClain was drafted by the Orioles in the 22nd round. Player signed June 7, 1990.Scott McClain at Baseball-Reference June 5, 1990: Jay Tibbs was traded by the Orioles to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Dorn Taylor to the Orioles on September 5.Dorn Taylor at Baseball-Reference July 30, 1990: Phil Bradley was traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Ron Kittle.Phil Bradley at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1990 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Bullpen) (Pitching) (Hitting) (First base) (Bench) (Third base)

Player stats

Batting

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 C Mickey Tettleton 135 444 99 .223 15 51 1B Randy Milligan 109 362 96 .265 20 60 2B Billy Ripken 129 406 118 .291 3 38 3B Craig Worthington 133 425 96 .226 8 44 SS Cal Ripken Jr. 161 600 150 .250 21 84 LF Phil Bradley 72 289 78 .270 4 26 CF Mike Devereaux 108 367 88 .240 12 49 RF Joe Orsulak 124 413 111 .269 11 57 DH Sam Horn 79 246 61 .248 14 45

Other batters 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 Steve Finley 142 464 119 .256 3 37 Bob Melvin 93 301 73 .231 5 37 Brady Anderson 89 234 54 .231 3 24 Tim Hulett 53 153 39 .255 3 16 David Segui 40 123 30 .244 2 15 Rene Gonzales 67 103 22 .214 1 12 Brad Komminsk 46 101 24 .238 3 8 Jeff McKnight 29 75 15 .200 1 4 Chris Hoiles 23 63 12 .190 1 6 Ron Kittle 22 61 10 .164 2 3 Dave Gallagher 23 51 11 .216 0 2 Leo Gómez 12 39 9 .231 0 1 Greg Walker 14 34 5 .147 0 2 Donell Nixon 8 20 5 .250 0 2 Stan Jefferson 10 19 0 .000 0 0 Marty Brown 9 15 3 .200 0 0 Juan Bell 5 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Pete Harnisch 31 188.2 11 11 4.34 122 Dave Johnson 30 180.0 13 9 4.10 68 Bob Milacki 27 135.1 5 8 4.46 60 Ben McDonald 21 118.2 8 5 2.43 65 Jay Tibbs 10 50.2 2 7 5.68 23 José Mesa 7 46.2 3 2 3.86 24

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jeff Ballard 44 133.1 2 11 4.93 50 John Mitchell 24 114.1 6 6 4.64 43 Anthony Telford 8 36.1 3 3 4.95 20 Mickey Weston 9 21.0 0 1 7.71 9 Danny Boone 4 9.2 0 0 2.79 2

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Gregg Olson 64 6 5 37 2.42 74 Joe Price 50 3 4 0 3.58 54 Mark Williamson 49 8 2 1 2.21 60 Kevin Hickey 37 1 3 1 5.13 17 Curt Schilling 35 1 2 3 2.54 32 Brian Holton 33 2 3 0 4.50 27 José Bautista 22 1 0 0 4.05 15 Jay Aldrich 7 1 2 1 8.25 5 Dorn Taylor 4 0 1 0 2.45 4 Mike Smith 2 0 0 0 12.00 2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, FrederickJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links 1990 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference 1990 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com