The 1990 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 21st season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 22nd overall. The Brewers finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. This was the first season where the players last names appeared on the back of the jerseys, but only for away games. It would be another 3 years before the names appeared on the home jerseys.

Offseason October 16, 1989: Joey Meyer was released by the Brewers.Joey Meyer page at Baseball Reference December 3, 1989: Dave Parker was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Dave Parker page at Baseball Reference December 12, 1989: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Terry Francona page at Baseball Reference December 19, 1989: Robin Yount was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Robin Yount page at Baseball Reference

Regular season April 9, 1990: Pitcher Tony Fossas threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs.3 Pitch Inning This was accomplished in the sixth inning. July 11, 1990: As part of the celebration of Comiskey Park, the Chicago White Sox played a Turn Back the Clock game against the Brewers. The White Sox wore their 1917 home uniforms. This was the first Turn Back the Clock game in the major leagues and started what has become a popular promotion. The club turned off the electronic scoreboards and public address system. They constructed a special manually operated scoreboard in center field for the day and even the grounds-crew wore period costume. General admission tickets were sold for $0.50, popcorn was a nickel, and the stadium organ was shut down for the game.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 27, 1990: Terry Francona was released by the Brewers. May 23, 1990: Mark Lee was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Mark Lee page at Baseball Reference June 9, 1990: Ron Robinson was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Bob Sebra to the Milwaukee Brewers for Billy Bates and Glenn Braggs. August 30, 1990: Charlie O'Brien and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the New York Mets for players to be named later. The Mets sent completed the deal by sending Julio Machado and Kevin Brown to the Brewers on September 7. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Kevin Carmody (minors) to the Mets on September 11.Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1990 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (hitting)

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 B. J. Surhoff 135 474 131 .276 6 59 1B Greg Brock 123 367 91 .248 7 50 2B Jim Gantner 88 323 85 .263 0 25 3B Gary Sheffield 125 487 143 .294 10 67 SS Bill Spiers 112 363 88 .242 2 36 LF Greg Vaughn 120 382 84 .220 17 61 CF Robin Yount 158 587 145 .247 17 77 RF Rob Deer 134 440 92 .209 27 69 DH Dave Parker 157 610 176 .289 21 92

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 Paul Molitor 103 418 119 .285 12 45 Mike Felder 121 237 65 .274 3 27 Edgar Díaz 86 218 59 .271 0 14 Charlie O'Brien 62 188 44 .234 6 35 Darryl Hamilton 89 156 46 .295 1 18 Dale Sveum 48 117 23 .197 1 12 Glenn Braggs 37 113 28 .248 3 13 Billy Bates 14 29 3 .103 0 2 Gus Polidor 18 15 1 .077 0 0 George Canale 10 13 1 .077 0 0 Tim McIntosh 5 5 1 .200 1 1 Terry Francona 3 4 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 Teddy Higuera 27 170.0 11 10 3.76 129 Mark Knudson 30 168.1 10 9 4.12 56 Ron Robinson 22 148.1 12 5 2.91 57 Chris Bosio 20 133.0 4 9 4.00 76

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 Jaime Navarro 32 149.1 8 7 4.46 75 Bill Krueger 30 129.0 6 8 3.98 64 Tom Edens 35 89.0 4 5 4.45 40 Dennis Powell 9 39.1 0 4 6.86 23 Bill Wegman 8 29.2 2 2 4.85 20 Tom Filer 7 22.0 2 3 6.14 8 Kevin Brown 5 21.0 1 1 2.57 12

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 Dan Plesac 66 3 7 24 4.43 65 Chuck Crim 67 3 5 11 3.47 39 Paul Mirabella 44 4 2 0 3.97 28 Tony Fossas 32 2 3 0 6.44 24 Randy Veres 26 0 3 1 3.67 16 Mark Lee 11 1 0 0 2.11 14 Julio Machado 10 0 0 3 0.69 12 Bob Sebra 10 1 2 0 8.18 4 Don August 5 0 3 0 6.55 2 Narciso Elvira 4 0 0 0 5.40 6 Mike Capel 2 0 0 0 135.00 1

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1990. The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Stockton Ports won the California League championship, and the AZL Brewers won the Arizona League championship.

References

1990 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference 1990 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com