The 1990 Major League Baseball season saw the Cincinnati Reds upset the heavily favored Oakland Athletics in the World Series, for their first title since 1976.
1990 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 9 – October 20, 1990 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 26 |
TV partner(s) | CBS, ESPN |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Chipper Jones |
Picked by | Atlanta Braves |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | AL: Rickey Henderson (OAK) NL: Barry Bonds (PIT) |
Postseason | |
AL champions | Oakland Athletics |
AL runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
NL champions | Cincinnati Reds |
NL runners-up | Pittsburgh Pirates |
World Series | |
Champions | Cincinnati Reds |
Runners-up | Oakland Athletics |
World Series MVP | José Rijo (CIN) |
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Ken Griffey Jr. | Bobby Bonilla |
May | Jose Canseco | Andre Dawson |
June | Brook Jacoby | Ryne Sandberg |
July | George Brett | Barry Bonds |
August | Cecil Fielder | David Justice |
September | Kelly Gruber | Kal Daniels |
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Dave Stewart | John Tudor |
May | Bobby Thigpen | Jack Armstrong |
June | Randy Johnson | Ramón Martínez |
July | Chuck Finley Bobby Witt |
Danny Darwin Doug Drabek |
August | Roger Clemens | Doug Drabek |
September | Dave Stewart | Dwight Gooden |
Statistic | American League | National League | ||
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AVG | George Brett KC | .329 | Willie McGee STL | .335 |
HR | Cecil Fielder DET | 51 | Ryne Sandberg CHC | 40 |
RBI | Cecil Fielder DET | 132 | Matt Williams SF | 122 |
Wins | Bob Welch OAK | 27 | Doug Drabek PIT | 22 |
ERA | Roger Clemens BOS | 1.93 | Danny Darwin HOU | 2.21 |
SO | Nolan Ryan TEX | 232 | David Cone NYM | 233 |
SV | Bobby Thigpen CWS | 57 | John Franco NYM | 33 |
SB | Rickey Henderson OAK | 65 | Vince Coleman STL | 77 |
McGee won the NL batting title despite being traded to Oakland in late August
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League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||
East | Boston | 0 | |||||||
West | Oakland | 4 | |||||||
AL | Oakland | 0 | |||||||
NL | Cincinnati | 4 | |||||||
East | Pittsburgh | 2 | |||||||
West | Cincinnati | 4 |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game | Est. payroll | %± |
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Toronto Blue Jays[1] | 86 | -3.4% | 3,885,284 | 15.1% | 47,966 | $19,259,334 | 16.1% |
Los Angeles Dodgers[2] | 86 | 11.7% | 3,002,396 | 2.0% | 37,067 | $22,018,704 | 4.5% |
Oakland Athletics[3] | 103 | 4.0% | 2,900,217 | 8.7% | 35,805 | $20,087,501 | 23.1% |
New York Mets[4] | 91 | 4.6% | 2,732,745 | -6.4% | 33,738 | $21,922,834 | 10.2% |
St. Louis Cardinals[5] | 70 | -18.6% | 2,573,225 | -16.5% | 31,768 | $21,048,334 | 30.9% |
California Angels[6] | 80 | -12.1% | 2,555,688 | -3.5% | 31,552 | $22,417,500 | 48.5% |
Boston Red Sox[7] | 88 | 6.0% | 2,528,986 | 0.8% | 31,222 | $20,858,333 | 12.4% |
Baltimore Orioles[8] | 76 | -12.6% | 2,415,189 | -4.7% | 30,190 | $10,100,084 | -7.5% |
Cincinnati Reds[9] | 91 | 21.3% | 2,400,892 | 21.3% | 29,641 | $14,470,000 | 23.5% |
Kansas City Royals[10] | 75 | -18.5% | 2,244,956 | -9.4% | 27,716 | $24,161,084 | 27.7% |
Chicago Cubs[11] | 77 | -17.2% | 2,243,791 | -10.0% | 27,701 | $14,599,000 | 22.5% |
Texas Rangers[12] | 83 | 0.0% | 2,057,911 | 0.7% | 25,096 | $15,597,872 | 31.1% |
Pittsburgh Pirates[13] | 95 | 28.4% | 2,049,908 | 49.2% | 25,308 | $15,556,000 | 11.2% |
New York Yankees[14] | 67 | -9.5% | 2,006,436 | -7.6% | 24,771 | $21,312,318 | 24.5% |
Chicago White Sox[15] | 94 | 36.2% | 2,002,357 | 91.5% | 25,029 | $10,721,500 | 25.2% |
Philadelphia Phillies[16] | 77 | 14.9% | 1,992,484 | 7.0% | 24,599 | $13,740,167 | 27.5% |
San Francisco Giants[17] | 85 | -7.6% | 1,975,528 | -4.1% | 24,389 | $21,565,333 | 43.4% |
San Diego Padres[18] | 75 | -15.7% | 1,856,396 | -7.6% | 22,918 | $17,788,334 | 16.3% |
Milwaukee Brewers[19] | 74 | -8.6% | 1,752,900 | -11.1% | 21,641 | $20,149,167 | 58.5% |
Minnesota Twins[20] | 74 | -7.5% | 1,751,584 | -23.1% | 21,624 | $15,272,000 | -9.1% |
Seattle Mariners[21] | 77 | 5.5% | 1,509,727 | 16.3% | 18,639 | $12,867,667 | 27.4% |
Detroit Tigers[22] | 79 | 33.9% | 1,495,785 | -3.1% | 18,466 | $18,393,238 | 17.4% |
Montreal Expos[23] | 85 | 4.9% | 1,373,087 | -23.0% | 16,952 | $17,334,888 | 25.5% |
Houston Astros[24] | 75 | -12.8% | 1,310,927 | -28.6% | 16,184 | $18,752,500 | 20.4% |
Cleveland Indians[25] | 77 | 5.5% | 1,225,240 | -4.7% | 15,126 | $15,208,000 | 53.7% |
Atlanta Braves[26] | 65 | 3.2% | 980,129 | -0.5% | 12,100 | $15,065,501 | 34.8% |
This was the first season of four-year deals with CBS and ESPN. CBS was awarded the rights to broadcast Saturday afternoon games, the All-Star game, and the entire postseason. ESPN's games included Sunday Night Baseball, Wednesday Night Baseball, and doubleheaders on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Network | Day of week | Announcers |
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CBS | Saturday afternoons | Jack Buck, Tim McCarver, Dick Stockton, Jim Kaat |
ESPN | Sunday nights Tuesday nights Wednesday nights Friday nights |
Jon Miller, Joe Morgan |