1990 Montreal Expos season

1990 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record85–77
Divisional place3rd
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersBuck Rodgers
TelevisionCFCF-TV
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton, Ron Reusch)
CBFT
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Dave Van Horne)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte)
RadioCJAD (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Jerry Trupiano, Elliott Price)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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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.[1]
  • December 7, 1989: Oil Can Boyd signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[2]
  • December 7, 1989: Keith Atherton was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[3]
  • January 24, 1990: John Candelaria was released by the Montreal Expos.[4]
  • March 17, 1990: Eric Bullock was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[5]

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

Season standings

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 95 67 .586 49‍–‍32 46‍–‍35
New York Mets 91 71 .562 4 52‍–‍29 39‍–‍42
Montreal Expos 85 77 .525 10 47‍–‍34 38‍–‍43
Chicago Cubs 77 85 .475 18 39‍–‍42 38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 77 85 .475 18 41‍–‍40 36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals 70 92 .432 25 34‍–‍47 36‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 6–6 8–10 5–13 6–12 6–6 4–8 5–7 5–7 8–10 5–13 7–5
Chicago 6–6 4–8 6–6 3–9 11–7 9–9 11–7 4–14 8–4 7–5 8–10
Cincinnati 10–8 8–4 11–7 9–9 9–3 6–6 7–5 6–6 9–9 7–11 9–3
Houston 13–5 6–6 7–11 9–9 5–7 5–7 5–7 5–7 4–14 10–8 6–6
Los Angeles 12–6 9–3 9–9 9–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 4–8 9–9 8–10 7–5
Montreal 6–6 7–11 3–9 7–5 6–6 8–10 10–8 13–5 7–5 7–5 11–7
New York 8–4 9–9 6–6 7–5 7–5 10–8 10–8 10–8 5–7 7–5 12–6
Philadelphia 7-5 7–11 5–7 7–5 4–8 8–10 8–10 6–12 7–5 8–4 10–8
Pittsburgh 7–5 14–4 6–6 7–5 8–4 5–13 8–10 12–6 10–2 8–4 10–8
San Diego 10–8 4–8 9–9 14–4 9–9 5–7 7–5 5–7 2–10 7–11 3–9
San Francisco 13–5 5–7 11–7 8–10 10–8 5–7 5–7 4–8 4–8 11–7 9–3
St. Louis 5–7 10–8 3–9 6–6 5–7 7–11 6–12 8–10 8–10 9–3 3–9


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

  • April 23, 1990: Rex Hudler was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Costello.[7]
  • 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.[8]
  • June 18, 1990: Rolando Roomes was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Cincinnati Reds.[9]
  • July 2, 1990: Ugueth Urbina was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.[10]
  • 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.[11]

Roster

1990 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
Tom Foley 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
Oil Can Boyd 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
Bob Malloy 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

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Tim Johnson
AA Jacksonville Expos Southern League Jerry Manuel
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Felipe Alou
A Rockford Expos Midwest League Mike Quade
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Pat Daugherty
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Lorenzo Bundy

[12]

References

  1. ^ "Yamil Benitez Stats".
  2. ^ Oil Can Boyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Keith Atherton Stats".
  4. ^ John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Eric Bullock Stats".
  6. ^ "1990 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  7. ^ "Rex Hudler Stats".
  8. ^ Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ "Rolando Roomes Stats".
  10. ^ "Ugueth Urbina Stats".
  11. ^ Zane Smith Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007