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1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
OwnersPittsburgh Associates
General managersLarry Doughty
ManagersJim Leyland
TelevisionKDKA-TV
KBL
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
← 1989 Seasons 1991 →

The 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season was their 109th season; the 104th in the National League. This was their 21st season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished first in the National League East with a record of 95–67. They were defeated four games to two by the Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS.

Offseason

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Regular season

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  • Barry Bonds became the first Major Leaguer in history to have a .300 batting average, 100 RBI, 100 runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season. With 33 home runs, he became the second to have 30 home runs and 50 steals in a season, following Cincinnati's Eric Davis in 1987.

Season standings

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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

Game log

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1990 Game Log: 95–67 (Home: 49–32; Away: 46–35)
April: 14–6 (Home: 2–4; Away: 12–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 9 @ Mets 12–3 Drabek Gooden 47,919 1–0
2 April 11 @ Mets 0–3 Viola Smiley Franco 16,880 1–1
3 April 12 @ Mets 6–2 Heaton Fernandez 16,544 2–1
4 April 13 Cubs 0–2 Maddux Walk Williams 44,799 2–2
5 April 14 Cubs 1–4 Harkey Drabek Williams 13,226 2–3
6 April 15 Cubs 4–3 (10) Patterson Lancaster 6,289 3–3
7 April 16 Cardinals 4–6 DeLeon Smiley Horton 7,136 3–4
8 April 17 Cardinals 7–2 Heaton Mathews 3,981 4–4
9 April 18 Cardinals 0–3 Tudor Walk Dayley 11,626 4–5
10 April 19 @ Cardinals 5–1 Drabek Magrane 20,495 5–5
11 April 20 @ Cubs 9–4 (7) Roesler Bielecki 15,171 6–5
12 April 21 @ Cubs 4–3 Smiley Wilson Landrum 37,091 7–5
13 April 22 @ Cubs 3–2 Heaton Nunez Power 33,583 8–5
14 April 23 @ Cardinals 4–7 Tudor Walk 22,748 8–6
15 April 24 @ Giants 4–1 Drabek Garrelts Landrum 10,881 9–6
16 April 25 @ Giants 7–4 (12) Patterson Bedrosian 10,698 10–6
17 April 26 @ Giants 2–1 Smiley LaCoss 10,493 11–6
18 April 27 @ Padres 9–4 Heaton Show 23,376 12–6
19 April 28 @ Padres 4–3 Walk Benes Landrum 26,473 13–6
20 April 29 @ Padres 10–1 Drabek Rasmussen 27,206 14–6
May: 15–11 (Home: 13–2; Away: 2–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
21 May 1 @ Dodgers 1–4 Belcher Terrell 31,292 14–7
22 May 2 @ Dodgers 2–6 Valenzuela Smiley 32,089 14–8
23 May 6 Braves 6–4 Heaton Smoltz Ruskin 15–8
24 May 6 Braves 4–2 Drabek Lilliquist Patterson 17,108 16–8
25 May 7 Padres 4–1 Walk Hurst Power 9,653 17–8
26 May 8 Padres 10–2 Terrell Show 10,694 18–8
27 May 9 Reds 6–2 Smiley Armstrong Landrum 17,149 19–8
28 May 10 Reds 4–10 Charlton Power 15,071 19–9
29 May 11 Astros 4–3 Drabek Deshaies Landrum 24,734 20–9
30 May 12 Astros 3–1 Heaton Portugal Power 16,066 21–9
31 May 13 Astros 5–1 Walk Gullickson Landrum 16,658 22–9
32 May 14 @ Reds 3–5 Armstrong Terrell Myers 24,211 22–10
33 May 15 @ Reds 4–5 (11) Layana Patterson 13,353 22–11
34 May 17 @ Braves 1–6 Lilliquist Heaton Hesketh 6,340 22–12
35 May 18 @ Braves 9–3 Walk Clary 19,001 23–12
36 May 19 @ Braves 1–2 Glavine Terrell Hesketh 26,170 23–13
37 May 20 @ Braves 11–13 Smith Kipper Boever 8,288 23–14
38 May 21 @ Astros 2–3 (11) Agosto Power 8,116 23–15
39 May 22 @ Astros 8–4 Heaton Schatzeder 8,661 24–15
40 May 23 @ Astros 3–7 Agosto Ruskin 10,961 24–16
41 May 25 Giants 8–9 Burkett Terrell Brantley 24,644 24–17
42 May 26 Giants 10–4 Drabek Garrelts 25,150 25–17
43 May 27 Giants 5–2 Heaton Reuschel Power 23,943 26–17
44 May 28 Dodgers 6–5 Landrum Howell 26,171 27–17
45 May 29 Dodgers 9–5 Patterson Valenzuela Ruskin 10,252 28–17
46 May 30 Dodgers 5–3 Terrell Martinez Landrum 22,198 29–17
June: 14–13 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
47 June 1 Expos 1–4 Gross Drabek Mohorcic 27,410 29–18
48 June 2 Expos 4–3 (10) Landrum Hall 47,374 30–18
49 June 3 Expos 3–4 Sampen Belinda Schmidt 27,817 30–19
50 June 4 Cubs 6–2 Patterson Boskie Landrum 9,257 31–19
51 June 5 Cubs 6–5 Belinda Williams 20,642 32–19
52 June 6 Cubs 6–1 (7) Drabek Maddux 21,164 33–19
53 June 7 @ Mets 5–4 Ruskin Musselman Kipper 28,443 34–19
54 June 8 @ Mets 1–7 Fernandez Walk 29,710 34–20
55 June 9 @ Mets 3–9 Cone Patterson 38,379 34–21
56 June 10 @ Mets 3–8 Ojeda Terrell 46,868 34–22
57 June 11 @ Cardinals 8–7 Belinda Niedenfuer Landrum 27,403 35–22
58 June 12 @ Cardinals 6–3 Heaton DeLeon Landrum 30,815 36–22
59 June 13 @ Cardinals 6–5 Huismann DiPino Reed 26,926 37–22
60 June 15 Mets 5–7 Ojeda Terrell Franco 35,935 37–23
61 June 16 Mets 11–6 Kipper Viola 43,653 38–23
62 June 17 Mets 3–4 Gooden Heaton Franco 35,652 38–24
63 June 19 @ Phillies 1–2 (10) Carman Landrum 29,781 38–25
64 June 20 @ Phillies 2–7 Ruffin Patterson 40,256 38–26
65 June 22 @ Expos 3–4 Sampen Belinda Schmidt 22,968 38–27
66 June 23 @ Expos 1–6 Smith Drabek 27,605 38–28
67 June 24 @ Expos 5–3 Heaton Martinez Belinda 41,054 39–28
68 June 25 Phillies 5–0 Reed de Jesus 29,369 40–28
69 June 26 Phillies 1–0 Ruskin Ruffin Belinda 25,807 41–28
70 June 27 Phillies 5–3 Kipper Howell Landrum 40,207 42–28
71 June 28 @ Cardinals 1–5 Tewksbury Drabek Smith 22,602 42–29
72 June 29 @ Giants 3–7 Wilson Heaton Brantley 21,231 42–30
73 June 30 @ Giants 4–3 Kipper Thurmond Belinda 31,159 43–30
July: 15–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
74 July 1 @ Giants 8–5 Tibbs Oliveras Landrum 36,441 44–30
75 July 2 @ Padres 4–3 (14) Patterson Schiraldi 13,842 45–30
76 July 3 @ Padres 5–3 Landrum Lefferts 33,949 46–30
77 July 4 @ Padres 4–5 Show Heaton Harris 10,897 46–31
78 July 5 @ Dodgers 9–6 Reed Martinez Patterson 36,231 47–31
79 July 6 @ Dodgers 6–3 Smiley Morgan 33,386 48–31
80 July 7 @ Dodgers 2–4 Belcher Terrell 38,977 48–32
81 July 8 @ Dodgers 7–2 Drabek Wells 37,271 49–32
82 July 12 Padres 4–3 (15) Patterson Schiraldi 10,960 50–32
83 July 13 Padres 4–1 Drabek Rasmussen Belinda 16,108 51–32
84 July 14 Padres 8–4 Power Harris 27,955 52–32
85 July 15 Padres 1–4 Whitson Heaton Lefferts 34,386 52–33
86 July 16 Giants 1–6 Garrelts Reed 28,304 52–34
87 July 17 Giants 3–6 Robinson Smiley 23,098 52–35
88 July 18 Giants 11–2 Drabek Wilson 38,430 53–35
89 July 20 Dodgers 4–2 Walk Morgan Power 23,198 54–35
90 July 21 Dodgers 0–6 Belcher Heaton 39,498 54–36
91 July 22 Dodgers 11–6 Kipper Wells 26,818 55–36
92 July 23 @ Expos 0–5 Martinez Smiley 27,499 55–37
93 July 24 @ Expos 5–3 Drabek Gross Belinda 24,444 56–37
94 July 25 @ Expos 7–8 (10) Sampen Belinda 21,669 56–38
95 July 26 Phillies 4–12 Mulholland Heaton 24,088 56–39
96 July 27 Phillies 3–5 Cook Reed Boever 29,117 56–40
97 July 28 Phillies 3–4 Parrett Landrum Boever 37,022 56–41
98 July 29 Phillies 2–1 Drabek Combs 33,018 57–41
99 July 31 @ Cubs 9–1 Patterson Boskie 35,126 58–41
August: 17–14 (Home: 7–10; Away: 10–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
100 August 1 @ Cubs 0–5 Maddux Reed 34,542 58–42
101 August 2 @ Cubs 8–5 Smiley Wilson Walk 34,493 59–42
102 August 3 @ Phillies 11–0 Drabek Ruffin 36,057 60–42
103 August 4 @ Phillies 3–1 (10) Patterson McDowell Power 45,305 61–42
104 August 5 @ Phillies 6–8 Carman Ruskin Boever 40,142 61–43
105 August 6 @ Phillies 10–1 Tomlin Mulholland 62–43
106 August 6 @ Phillies 4–3 (10) Landrum McDowell 30,827 63–43
107 August 7 Expos 4–3 (12) Ross Mohorcic 23,666 64–43
108 August 8 Expos 2–6 Martinez Drabek 21,180 64–44
109 August 9 Expos 6–7 (10) Frey Landrum Sampen 21,499 64–45
110 August 10 Cardinals 3–8 Dayley Kramer 23,701 64–46
111 August 11 Cardinals 2–3 Magrane Tomlin Smith 46,720 64–47
112 August 12 Cardinals 0–6 Tewksbury Smiley 30,335 64–48
113 August 14 Braves 3–1 Drabek Leibrandt 65–48
114 August 14 Braves 6–4 Smith Avery Patterson 25,542 66–48
115 August 15 Braves 1–8 Castillo Heaton 16,063 66–49
116 August 16 Braves 4–3 Kipper Mercker 19,304 67–49
117 August 17 @ Reds 7–1 York Rijo 68–49
118 August 17 @ Reds 4–3 Smiley Layana Belinda 48,964 69–49
119 August 18 @ Reds 3–1 Smith Hammond Kipper 35,263 70–49
120 August 19 @ Reds 6–3 Drabek Armstrong Belinda 36,549 71–49
121 August 20 Astros 7–1 Heaton Deshaies 20,997 72–49
122 August 21 Astros 1–2 Darwin Patterson 14,062 72–50
123 August 22 Astros 4–2 Smiley Gullickson Landrum 29,420 73–50
124 August 23 Reds 9–3 Smith Hammond 26,181 74–50
125 August 24 Reds 3–4 Dibble Kipper Myers 48,205 74–51
126 August 25 Reds 1–6 Charlton Belinda 43,679 74–52
127 August 26 Reds 2–6 Mahler Tomlin Dibble 43,174 74–53
128 August 28 @ Braves 0–9 Leibrandt Smiley 5,872 74–54
129 August 29 @ Braves 10–0 (7) Drabek Avery 5,403 75–54
130 August 31 @ Astros 2–3 Agosto Patterson 10,892 75–55
September: 19–10 (Home: 11–3; Away: 8–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
131 September 1 @ Astros 1–2 (10) Smith Power 16,422 75–56
132 September 2 @ Astros 7–6 Smiley Darwin Kipper 16,598 76–56
133 September 3 Phillies 4–1 Drabek Ruffin 23,854 77–56
134 September 4 Phillies 11–7 Landrum Akerfelds Patterson 16,858 78–56
135 September 5 Mets 1–0 Smith Franco 79–56
136 September 5 Mets 3–1 Heaton Ojeda Power 49,793 80–56
137 September 6 Mets 7–1 Tomlin Valera 32,528 81–56
138 September 7 Expos 1–4 Boyd Smiley Burke 22,083 81–57
139 September 8 Expos 6–1 Drabek Farmer 44,614 82–57
140 September 9 Expos 5–9 Rojas Walk 22,023 82–58
141 September 10 @ Phillies 3–2 Belinda Boever 18,970 83–58
142 September 11 @ Phillies 5–1 Tomlin Grimsley 20,289 84–58
143 September 12 @ Mets 1–2 Cone Smiley 48,375 84–59
144 September 13 @ Mets 3–6 Gooden Drabek Franco 51,079 84–60
145 September 14 @ Expos 2–4 Frey Heaton 15,880 84–61
146 September 15 @ Expos 3–4 Sampen Smith Burke 20,392 84–62
147 September 16 @ Expos 1–4 Ruskin Tomlin Frey 21,286 84–63
148 September 18 @ Cubs 5–8 Maddux Smiley 23,168 84–64
149 September 19 @ Cubs 8–7 Drabek Sutcliffe Patterson 13,058 85–64
150 September 20 @ Cubs 11–2 Walk Kramer Palacios 14,926 86–64
151 September 21 Cardinals 1–0 Smith DeLeon 29,048 87–64
152 September 22 Cardinals 2–3 Hill Tomlin Smith 22,895 87–65
153 September 23 Cardinals 7–2 Smiley Tewksbury Palacios 30,635 88–65
154 September 25 Cubs 5–3 Drabek Wilson 21,644 89–65
155 September 26 Cubs 4–3 Smith Coffman 26,157 90–65
156 September 27 Cubs 3–2 Tomlin Bielecki Palacios 25,049 91–65
157 September 28 @ Cardinals 6–4 Landrum Hill Belinda 24,837 92–65
158 September 29 @ Cardinals 8–0 Walk Tewksbury 23,571 93–65
159 September 30 @ Cardinals 2–0 Drabek Magrane 32,672 94–65
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
160 October 1 Mets 1–4 Cone Smith 50,393 94–66
161 October 2 Mets 9–4 Landrum Gooden 50,028 95–66
162 October 3 Mets 3–6 Viola York Pena 27,641 95–67
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

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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


Detailed records

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Roster

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1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

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Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
19 Wally Backman 3B
3 Jay Bell SS
18 Andy Van Slyke CF
25 Bobby Bonilla RF
24 Barry Bonds LF
5 Sid Bream 1B
12 Mike LaValliere C
13 José Lind 2B
15 Doug Drabek SP

National League Championship Series

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Awards and honors

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1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Player stats

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Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Notable transactions

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Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons American Association Terry Collins
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Marc Bombard
A Salem Buccaneers Carolina League Stan Cliburn
A Augusta Pirates South Atlantic League Lee Driggers
A-Short Season Welland Pirates New York–Penn League Jim Mallon
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Julio Garcia
Rookie DSL Pirates Dominican Summer League --

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: DSL Pirates

References

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  1. ^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ^ Gordon Dillard at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Mark Ross at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ "Wally Backman Stats".
  5. ^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  6. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. ^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  8. ^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  9. ^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  10. ^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  11. ^ Rico Rossy at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ "Roger Mason Stats".
  13. ^ Dorn Taylor at Baseball-Reference
  14. ^ Zane Smith at Baseball-Reference
  15. ^ Randy Kramer at Baseball-Reference