The 1990 Montreal Expos season was the 22nd season in franchise history. An 85–77 record was good enough to put them in third place in the National League East and 10 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Offseason October 26, 1989: Yamil Benitez was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent. December 7, 1989: Oil Can Boyd signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.Oil Can Boyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 7, 1989: Keith Atherton was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos. January 24, 1990: John Candelaria was released by the Montreal Expos.John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 17, 1990: Eric Bullock was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.
Spring training The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 14th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.
Regular season On May 14, 1990, pitching for the in Los Angeles, Kevin Gross and Dodgers starter Fernando Valenzuela accomplished the rare feat of hitting homers off each other in the same inning.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day starters Delino DeShields Andrés Galarraga Marquis Grissom Kevin Gross Spike Owen Tim Raines Nelson Santovenia Larry Walker Tim Wallach
Notable transactions April 23, 1990: Rex Hudler was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Costello. June 4, 1990: Shane Andrews, Rondell White, Gabe White, Stan Spencer, Ben Van Ryn and Stan Robertson were drafted by the Expos in the 1st round of the 1990 amateur draft.Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com June 18, 1990: Rolando Roomes was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Cincinnati Reds. July 2, 1990: Ugueth Urbina was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent. August 8, 1990: Zane Smith was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later, Scott Ruskin, and Willie Greene. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Moisés Alou (August 16, 1990) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.Zane Smith Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 1990 Montreal Expos Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters
Manager
Coaches (Pitching) (First base) (Bench) (Bullpen) (Hitting) (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 Mike Fitzgerald 111 313 76 .243 9 41 1B Andrés Galarraga 155 579 148 .256 20 87 2B Delino DeShields 129 499 144 .289 4 45 SS Spike Owen 149 453 106 .234 5 35 3B Tim Wallach 161 626 185 .296 21 98 LF Tim Raines 130 457 131 .287 9 62 CF Dave Martinez 118 391 109 .279 11 39 RF Larry Walker 133 419 101 .241 19 51
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 Marquis Grissom 98 288 74 .257 3 29 Otis Nixon 119 231 58 .251 1 20 73 164 35 .213 0 12 Nelson Santovenia 59 163 31 .190 6 28 Mike Aldrete 96 161 39 .242 1 18 Junior Noboa 81 158 42 .266 0 14 Jerry Goff 52 119 27 .227 3 7 Wallace Johnson 47 49 8 .163 1 5 Moisés Alou 14 15 3 .200 0 0 Rolando Roomes 16 14 4 .286 0 1 Orlando Mercado 8 8 2 .250 0 0 Johnny Paredes 3 6 2 .333 0 1 Rex Hudler 4 3 1 .333 0 0 Eric Bullock 4 2 1 .500 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 Dennis Martínez 32 226.0 10 11 2.95 156 31 190.2 10 6 2.93 113 Kevin Gross 31 163.1 9 12 4.57 111 Mark Gardner 27 152.2 7 9 3.42 135 Zane Smith 22 139.1 6 7 3.23 80 Chris Nabholz 11 70.0 6 2 2.83 53 Brian Barnes 4 28.0 1 1 2.89 23
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 Howard Farmer 6 23.0 0 3 7.04 14 Scott Anderson 4 18.0 0 1 3.00 16
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 Tim Burke 58 3 3 20 2.52 47 Bill Sampen 59 12 7 2 2.99 69 Steve Frey 51 8 2 9 2.10 29 Drew Hall 42 4 7 3 5.09 40 Dale Mohorcic 34 1 2 2 3.23 29 Dave Schmidt 34 3 3 13 4.31 22 Mel Rojas 23 3 1 1 3.60 26 Scott Ruskin 23 1 0 0 2.28 23 John Costello 4 0 0 0 5.68 1 Joe Hesketh 2 1 0 0 0.00 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Rich Thompson 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Brett Gideon 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 Junior Noboa 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Dave Martinez 1 0 0 0 54.00 0
Awards and honors
1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Dennis Martinez, Pitcher, Reserve Tim Wallach, Third Base, Reserve
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1990 Montreal Expos team at Baseball-Reference 1990 Montreal Expos team at baseball-almanac.com