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The following are the baseball events of the year 1990 throughout the world.  

Champions[]

Major League Baseball[]

Other champions[]

  • Caribbean World Series: Leones del Escogido (Dominican Republic)
  • College World Series: Georgia
  • Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Yomiuri Giants (4-0)
  • Little League World Series: San-Hua, Tainan County, Taiwan

Awards and honors[]

MLB Statistical Leaders[]

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG George Brett .329 Willie McGee .335
HR Cecil Fielder 51 Ryne Sandberg 40
RBI Cecil Fielder 132 Matt Williams 122
Wins Bob Welch 27 Doug Drabek 22
ERA Roger Clemens 1.93 Danny Darwin 2.21

Major League Baseball final standings[]

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Boston Red Sox   88 74 .543    --
2nd Toronto Blue Jays   86 76 .531   2.0
3rd Detroit Tigers   79 83 .488   9.0
4th Cleveland Indians   77 85 .475 11.0
5th Baltimore Orioles   76 85 .472 11.5
6th Milwaukee Brewers   74 88 .457 14.0
7th New York Yankees   67 95 .414 21.0
West Division
1st Oakland Athletics 103 59 .636    --
2nd Chicago White Sox   94 68 .580   9.0
3rd Texas Rangers   83 79 .512 20.0
4th California Angels   80 82 .494 23.0
5th Seattle Mariners   77 85 .475 26.0
6th Kansas City Royals   75 86 .466 27.5
7th Minnesota Twins   74 88 .457 29.0


National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Pittsburgh Pirates 95 67 .586    --
2nd New York Mets 91 71 .562   4.0
3rd Montréal Expos 85 77 .525 10.0
4th Chicago Cubs 77 85 .475 18.0
4th Philadelphia Phillies 77 85 .475 18.0
6th St. Louis Cardinals 70 92 .432 25.0
West Division
1st Cincinnati Reds 91 71 .562    --
2nd Los Angeles Dodgers 86 76 .531   5.0
3rd San Francisco Giants 85 77 .525   6.0
4th Houston Astros 75 87 .463 16.0
4th San Diego Padres 75 87 .463 16.0
6th Atlanta Braves 65 97 .401 26.0

Events[]

  • January 9 - Jim Palmer, a three-time American League Cy Young Award winner, and Joe Morgan, a two-time National League MVP, are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America in their first year of eligibility.
  • October 20 - The talk of an Oakland Athletics dynasty is proven premature, as the Cincinnati Reds beat Oakland 2–1 to complete one of the most stunning sweeps in World Series history. Series MVP José Rijo (2-0, 0.59 ERA) retires the last 20 batters he faces to give the Reds their first World Championship since 1976. Not joining the celebration at the end is Eric Davis, who ruptures his kidney diving for a ball during the game and is taken to the hospital. It will take Davis several years to fully recover.
  • December 6 - At Leland's auction house in New York City, Shoeless Joe Jackson's signature is sold for $23,100, the most money ever paid for a 19th- or 20th-century signature. Jackson, who could not read or write, copied the signature from one written out by his wife. The signature, which is resold within hours, was cut from an unknown document.
  • December 18 - The National League announces the six finalist cities for the two expansion clubs that will join the league in 1993: Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Washington, D.C.

Deaths[]

  • January 7 - Horace Stoneham, 86, owner of the Giants from 1936 to 1976 who moved the team from New York City to San Francisco for the 1958 season; the team won five NL pennants and the 1954 World Series during his tenure
  • January 9 - Spud Chandler, 82, All-Star pitcher for the New York Yankees who was the AL's MVP in a 20-4 season in 1943; owned career .717 winning percentage
  • February 24 - Tony Conigliaro, 45, All-Star right fielder for the Boston Red Sox who at age 20 became the younger player ever to win a home run title, but never fully recovered from being hit in the face by a pitch two years later
  • March 6 - Joe Sewell, 91, Hall of Fame shortstop for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees who batted .312 lifetime and struck out only 114 times in over 8300 plate appearances; led AL in doubles in 1924, and in putouts and assists four times each
  • March 26 - Chet Brewer, 83, All-Star pitcher of the Negro Leagues, later a scout for the Pirates
  • March 29 - Phil Masi, 74, a four-time All-Star catcher who played for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox between 1939 and 1952
  • May 23 - Charlie Keller, 73, 5-time All-Star left fielder for the New York Yankees who hit 30 home runs three times
  • May 24 - Augie Donatelli, 75, National League umpire from 1950 to 1973 who initiated that league's trend toward a low strike zone, and spearheaded the formation of the first umpires' union
  • July 28 - Red Barrett, 75, All-Star pitcher for three NL teams who set a major league record for the fewest pitches (58) in a nine-inning game in 1944; led NL in wins in 1945
  • August 10 - Cookie Lavagetto, 77, All-Star third baseman who, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, spoiled a Yankee no-hitter with two out in the ninth inning of Game Four in the 1947 World Series, hitting a game-winning double; later managed the Senators and Twins
  • August 28 - Larry Jackson, 59, All-Star pitcher who won 194 games for the Cardinals, Cubs and Phillies; led NL in wins in 1964
  • September 9 - Doc Cramer, 85, 5-time All-Star center fielder for four AL teams who collected 2,705 hits and was a defensive standout; the only AL player to twice go 6-for-6 in a nine-inning game
  • October 10 - Wally Moses, 80, All-Star right fielder for the Athletics, White Sox and Red Sox who hit .300 in his first seven seasons, led AL in doubles and triples once each
  • November 8 - Earl Torgeson, 66, first baseman who hit .389 in 1948 World Series with Boston Braves, led NL in runs in 1950
  • November 10 - Aurelio Monteagudo, 46, Cuban pitcher with five teams who also gained renown pitching in the Venezuelan and Mexican leagues
  • November 23 - Baudilio "Bo" Díaz, 37, All-Star catcher, most notably with the Phillies and Reds, who batted .333 in the 1983 World Series
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