The 1990 Detroit Tigers season was the 90th season in franchise history. The Tigers finished in third place in the American League East, with a record of 79–83, which was a 20-win improvement on the dismal 1989 season. They scored 750 runs and allowed 754. Notably, Cecil Fielder hit 51 home runs, making him the (to date) only Tiger to hit at least 50 home runs in a season since Hank Greenberg in 1938.
Offseason December 4, 1989: Steve Wapnick was drafted by the Tigers from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1989 rule 5 draft.Steve Wapnick at Baseball Reference December 5, 1989: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.Tony Phillips at Baseball Reference December 6, 1989: Bill Henderson (minors), Marcos Betances (minors), and Pat Austin (minors) were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Lindeman and Matt Kinzer.Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference December 7, 1989: Lloyd Moseby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.Lloyd Moseby at Baseball Reference December 8, 1989: Rick Schu was released by the Tigers.Rick Schu at Baseball Reference December 20, 1989: Willie Hernández was released by the Tigers.Willie Hernández at Baseball Reference January 15, 1990: Cecil Fielder was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.Cecil Fielder at Baseball Reference January 15, 1990: Ed Romero was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.Ed Romero at Baseball Reference
Regular season October 3, 1990: Cecil Fielder hit two home runs at Yankee Stadium to finish with 51 for the season. The 50th home run was hit off of Steve Adkins. Fielder was the first major leaguer since George Foster in 1977 to hit 50 home runs in a season. It was the 18th time that a major leaguer (and the 11th time that an American League player) hit 50 home runs in a season.
Opening Day starters 3B Tony Phillips SS Alan Trammell 2B Lou Whitaker 1B Cecil Fielder CF Lloyd Moseby C Matt Nokes LF Gary Ward RF Chet Lemon DH Dave Bergman SP Jack Morris
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 1, 1990: Steve Wapnick was returned by the Tigers to the Toronto Blue Jays. June 4, 1990: Tony Clark was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft.Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft – Baseball-Reference.com June 13, 1990: John Shelby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.John Shelby at Baseball Reference June 18, 1990: Kenny Williams was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the Toronto Blue Jays.Kenny Williams at Baseball Reference June 18, 1990: Tracy Jones was traded by the Tigers to the Seattle Mariners for Darnell Coles.Darnell Coles at Baseball Reference July 15, 1990: Ed Romero was released by the Detroit Tigers.
Roster 1990 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader 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 122 370 100 .270 7 38 1B 159 573 159 .277 51 132 2B 132 472 112 .237 18 60 3B 152 573 144 .251 8 55 SS 146 559 170 .304 14 89 LF 106 309 79 .256 9 46 CF 122 431 107 .248 14 51 RF 104 322 83 .258 5 32 DH 100 205 57 .278 2 26
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 131 360 94 .261 10 52 66 232 69 .297 9 27 78 222 55 .248 4 20 74 164 38 .232 9 24 50 118 27 .229 4 9 44 111 30 .270 3 8 52 108 22 .204 1 4 45 87 21 .241 2 16 57 83 11 .133 0 5 32 70 16 .229 0 4 19 51 13 .255 0 8 12 32 7 .219 2 8 7 19 3 .158 0 0 6 8 1 .125 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 36 249.2 15 18 4.51 162 34 176.1 9 8 5.31 114 32 149.2 10 9 4.45 73 27 145.0 10 9 5.96 76 13 75.1 6 4 4.54 30 12 58.1 3 5 5.09 34 4 7.1 0 4 11.05 3
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 16 75.1 2 7 4.66 66 9 29.2 1 0 2.73 20 13 24.1 2 0 7.03 12 4 14.1 1 2 3.77 7 3 7.0 1 1 7.71 3
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO 69 94.1 8 6 22 3.05 50 61 97.1 5 4 3 3.05 56 57 82.2 1 3 13 2.94 56 42 80.1 3 1 6 2.24 66 24 51.0 2 2 0 3.18 20 4 7.0 0 0 0 6.43 6 1 3.2 0 0 0 2.45 1 1 1.2 0 0 0 16.20 1
Awards and honors Cecil Fielder, Major League Home Run Champion (51) Cecil Fielder, American League RBI Champion (132) Cecil Fielder, Silver Slugger Award MLB All-Star Game Cecil Fielder, first base, reserve Alan Trammell, shortstop, reserve
Team leaders Home Runs – Cecil Fielder (51) Runs Batted In – Cecil Fielder (132)
Fielder's 51 Home Runs Home Run Game Date Inning Location Opposing Pitcher Team Reference 1 6 April 14 6th Tiger Stadium Dave Johnson Baltimore Orioles 2 9 April 18 5th Tiger Stadium Clay Parker New York Yankees 3 13 April 22 4th Memorial Stadium Jeff Ballard Baltimore Orioles 4 15 April 24 9th Metrodome John Candelaria Minnesota Twins 5 18 April 28 5th Tiger Stadium Paul Mirabella Milwaukee Brewers 6 18 April 28 8th Tiger Stadium Tony FossasMilwaukee Brewers 7 20 April 30 9th Tiger Stadium Mark KnudsonMilwaukee Brewers 8 26 May 6 3rd SkyDome Jimmy KeyToronto Blue Jays 9 26 May 6 5th SkyDome Jimmy Key Toronto Blue Jays 10 26 May 6 7th SkyDome David WellsToronto Blue Jays 11 27 May 7 4th County Stadium Mark Knudson Milwaukee Brewers 12 28 May 8 2nd County Stadium Jaime Navarro Milwaukee Brewers 13 30 May 10 2nd Tiger Stadium Todd Stottlemyre Toronto Blue Jays 14 34 May 15 7th Arlington Stadium Kevin Brown Texas Rangers 15 37 May 18 7th Comiskey Park Ken Patterson Chicago White Sox 16 39 May 20 4th Comiskey Park Greg Hibbard Chicago White Sox 17 42 May 23 3rd Tiger Stadium Mike Jeffcoat Texas Rangers 18 45 May 26 2nd Tiger Stadium Jerry Kutzler Chicago White Sox 19 50 June 1 2nd Kingdome Matt Young Seattle Mariners 20 54 June 6 2nd Cleveland Municipal Stadium Greg Swindell Cleveland Indians 21 54 June 6 4th Cleveland Municipal Stadium Greg Swindell Cleveland Indians 22 54 June 6 5th Cleveland Municipal Stadium Greg Swindell Cleveland Indians 23 61 June 13 2nd Tiger Stadium John Farrell Cleveland Indians 24 62 June 14 5th Tiger Stadium Sergio Valdez Cleveland Indians 25 65 June 17 7th Tiger Stadium Chuck Finley California Angels 26 77 June 30 5th Royals Stadium Storm Davis Kansas City Royals 27 80 July 3 1st Comiskey Park Eric King Chicago White Sox 28 83 July 6 4th Tiger Stadium Tom Gordon Kansas City Royals 29 87 July 13 6th Tiger Stadium Bobby Witt Texas Rangers 30 92 July 18 6th Tiger Stadium Greg Hibbard Chicago White Sox 31 95 July 21 1st Arlington Stadium Mike Jeffcoat Texas Rangers 32 98 July 24 3rd Tiger Stadium John Mitchell Baltimore Orioles 33 104 July 30 4th Yankee Stadium Dave LaPoint New York Yankees 34 108 August 3 2nd Fenway Park Greg Harris Boston Red Sox 35 111 August 7 9th Skydome Jimmy Key Toronto Blue Jays 36 117 August 13 1st Cleveland Stadium Jeff Shaw Cleveland Indians 37 120 August 16 3rd Tiger Stadium Ron Robinson Milwaukee Brewers 38 121 August 17 6th Tiger Stadium Tom Candiotti Cleveland Indians 39 122 August 18 3rd Tiger Stadium Efrain Valdez Cleveland Indians 40 127 August 25 1st Tiger Stadium Dave Stewart Oakland Athletics 41 127 August 25 4th Tiger Stadium Dave Stewart Oakland Athletics 42 130 August 29 8th Kingdome Matt Young Seattle Mariners 43 135 September 3 6th Tiger Stadium Jimmy Key Toronto Blue Jays 44 137 September 5 6th Tiger Stadium David WellsToronto Blue Jays 45 139 September 7 6th County Stadium Ted HigueraMilwaukee Brewers 46 145 September 13 9th Tiger Stadium Mike Witt New York Yankees 47 148 September 16 5th Tiger Stadium Mark Leiter New York Yankees 48 153 September 23 2nd Oakland Coliseum Mike MooreOakland Athletics 49 156 September 27 8th Tiger Stadium Dennis Lamp Boston Red Sox 50 162 October 3 4th Yankee Stadium Steve Adkins New York Yankees 51 162 October 3 8th Yankee Stadium Alan Mills New York Yankees
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LondonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
External links
1990 Detroit Tigers at Baseball Reference 1990 Detroit Tigers on Baseball Almanac