1990 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1990 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1990

World Series Champions

Cincinnati Reds

Runner Up

Oakland Athletics

Most Valuable Players

AL: Rickey Henderson NL: Barry Bonds

Cy Young Winners

AL: Bob Welch NL: Doug Drabek

Rookies of the Year

AL: Sandy Alomar NL: David Justice

Managers of the Year

AL: Jeff Torborg NL: Jim Leyland

#1 Draft Pick

Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves)

All-Star Game

Chicago,Illinois

Teams

Players

1028

Attendance

54,823,768

Payroll

$454,422,925

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1990 Major League Baseball Standings

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American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	6	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	--	699	664	35	Lost ALCS (Athletics)	2,528,986	7	$ 20,983,333	4	Lou Gorman	Joe Morgan	Fenway Park
2	4	7	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	2.0	767	661	106	dnq	3,885,284	1	$ 18,486,834	7	Pat Gillick	Cito Gaston	SkyDome
3	7	13	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	9.0	750	754	-4	dnq	1,495,785	22	$ 18,092,238	8	Bill Lajoie	Sparky Anderson	Tiger Stadium
4	9	16	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	11.0	732	737	-5	dnq	1,225,240	25	$ 15,152,000	9	Hank Peters	John McNamara	Cleveland Stadium
5	10	18	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	161	76	85	.472	11.5	669	698	-29	dnq	2,415,189	8	$ 10,037,084	13	Roland Hemond	Frank Robinson	Memorial Stadium
6	13	23	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	14.0	732	760	-28	dnq	1,752,900	19	$ 20,019,167	5	Harry Dalton	Tom Trebelhorn	County Stadium
7	14	25	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	21.0	603	749	-146	dnq	2,006,436	14	$ 20,991,318	3	Hardy Peterson	Stump Merrill, Bucky Dent	Yankee Stadium I
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	103	59	.636	--	733	570	163	Lost World Series (Reds)	2,900,217	3	$ 19,987,501	6	Sandy Alderson	Tony La Russa	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2	2	3	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	94	68	.580	9.0	682	633	49	dnq	2,002,357	15	$ 9,496,238	14	Larry Himes	Jeff Torborg	Comiskey Park
3	5	11	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	20.0	676	696	-20	dnq	2,057,911	12	$ 15,104,372	11	Tom Grieve	Bobby Valentine	Arlington Stadium
4	6	12	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	23.0	690	706	-16	dnq	2,555,688	6	$ 21,870,000	2	Mike Port	Doug Rader	Anaheim Stadium
5	8	15	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	26.0	640	680	-40	dnq	1,509,727	21	$ 12,941,667	12	Woody Woodward	Jim Lefebvre	The Kingdome
6	11	19	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	161	75	86	.466	27.5	707	709	-2	dnq	2,244,956	10	$ 23,873,745	1	John Schuerholz	John Wathan	Royals Stadium
7	12	22	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	29.0	666	729	-63	dnq	1,751,584	20	$ 15,106,000	10	Andy MacPhail	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	733	619	114	Lost NLCS (Reds)	2,049,908	13	$ 15,656,000	8	Larry Doughty	Jim Leyland	Three Rivers Stadium
2	2	4	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	4.0	775	613	162	dnq	2,732,745	4	$ 22,518,834	1	Frank Cashen	Bud Harrelson, Davey Johnson	Shea Stadium
3	6	10	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	10.0	662	598	64	dnq	1,373,087	23	$ 16,656,388	7	Dave Dombrowski	Buck Rodgers	Olympic Stadium
4	7	17	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	18.0	646	729	-83	dnq	1,992,484	16	$ 13,953,667	11	Lee Thomas	Nick Leyva	Veterans Stadium
5	8	14	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	18.0	690	774	-84	dnq	2,243,791	11	$ 14,496,000	10	Jim Frey	Don Zimmer	Wrigley Field
6	11	24	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	70	92	.432	25.0	599	698	-99	dnq	2,573,225	5	$ 20,923,334	4	Dal Maxvill	Whitey Herzog, Joe Torre, Red Schoendienst	Busch Stadium II
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	--	693	597	96	Won World Series (Athletics)	2,400,892	9	$ 14,769,500	9	Bob Quinn	Lou Piniella	Riverfront Stadium
2	4	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	5.0	728	685	43	dnq	3,002,396	2	$ 21,618,704	2	Fred Claire	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
3	5	9	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	6.0	719	710	9	dnq	1,975,528	17	$ 20,942,333	3	Al Rosen	Roger Craig	Candlestick Park
4	9	21	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	16.0	673	673	0	dnq	1,856,396	18	$ 18,588,334	6	Jack McKeon	Greg Riddoch, Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium
5	10	20	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	16.0	573	656	-83	dnq	1,310,927	24	$ 18,830,000	5	Bill Wood	Art Howe	Astrodome
6	12	26	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	26.0	682	821	-139	dnq	980,129	26	$ 13,328,334	12	Bobby Cox	Bobby Cox, Russ Nixon	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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