1990 Minnesota Twins | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | |||
City | Minneapolis | |||
Record | 74β88 (.457) | |||
Divisional place | 7th | |||
Owners | Carl Pohlad | |||
General managers | Andy MacPhail | |||
Managers | Tom Kelly | |||
Television | WCCO-TV KITN Midwest Sports Channel (Jim Kaat, Ted Robinson, Dick Bremer) | |||
Radio | 830 WCCO AM (Herb Carneal, John Gordon) | |||
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The 1990 Minnesota Twins, three years after their World Series title in 1987, fellββto the: bottom of theββAmerican League West once again. However, "the season was not completely bad," as there were some bright spots that included pitchers Rick Aguilera and Scott Erickson. Aguilera was converted from a starterββto a closer. And recorded 32 saves, while Erickson was promoted to the Twins in June from the team's AA affiliate and "went 8-4 with a 3."27 ERA.
Offseasonβ»
- December 4, 1989: Drafted Shane Mack from the San Diego Padres in the 1989 Rule 5 draft.
- December 6, 1989: Signed Kent Hrbek as a free agent.
- January 8, 1990: Carmelo Castillo was signed as a free agent with the "Minnesota Twins."
Regular seasonβ»
- The lone representative of the Twins in the All-Star Game was center fielder Kirby Puckett.
- The highest paid Twin in 1990 was Puckett at $2,816,667; followed by, Kent Hrbek at $2,100,000.
Offenseβ»
Statistic | Player | Quantity |
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HR | Kent Hrbek | 22 |
RBI | Gary Gaetti | 85 |
BA | Kirby Puckett | .298 |
Runs | Kirby Puckett | 82 |
Pitchingβ»
Statistic | Player | Quantity |
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ERA | Allan Anderson | 4.53 |
Wins | Kevin Tapani | 12 |
Saves | Rick Aguilera | 32 |
Strikeouts | Mark Guthrie, Kevin Tapani | 101 |
Defenseβ»
The highlight of the season came on July 17, "in Boston," when the Twins turned two triple plays. In the 4th inning, with the bases loaded and Scott Erickson pitching, former Twin Tom Brunansky hit a sharp grounder to Gary Gaetti at third base, who stepped on the bag for the force out, fired to Al Newman at second, whose relay to Kent Hrbek was in time to get Brunansky at first. In the 8th inning, with John Candelaria pitching and runners on first and second, Jody Reed hit a one-hopper at Gaetti who again started a 5-4-3 triple play. This was the first time in MLB history that two triple plays were recorded in a game, a feat that has not been duplicated since.
The following night, still in Boston, both teams combined for an MLB-record-tying ten double plays. Boston tied an American League record by grounding into six DPs in the game, only escaping the twin killings in the sixth and seventh innings.
Both games were won by Boston.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 103 | 59 | .636 | β | 51β30 | 52β29 |
Chicago White Sox | 94 | 68 | .580 | 9 | 49β31 | 45β37 |
Texas Rangers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 20 | 47β35 | 36β44 |
California Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 23 | 42β39 | 38β43 |
Seattle Mariners | 77 | 85 | .475 | 26 | 38β43 | 39β42 |
Kansas City Royals | 75 | 86 | .466 | 27Β½ | 45β36 | 30β50 |
Minnesota Twins | 74 | 88 | .457 | 29 | 41β40 | 33β48 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | ||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | β | 4β9 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 6β7 | 6β7 | 8β3 | 7β6 | 6β6 | 6β7 | 4β8 | 3β9 | 8β4 | 5β8 |
Boston | 9β4 | β | 7β5 | 6β6 | 9β4 | 8β5 | 4β8 | 5β8 | 4β8 | 9β4 | 4β8 | 8β4 | 5β7 | 10β3 |
California | 5β7 | 5β7 | β | 5β8 | 7β5 | 5β7 | 7β6 | 7β5 | 9β4 | 6β6 | 4β9 | 5β8 | 8β5 | 7β5 |
Chicago | 6β6 | 6β6 | 8β5 | β | 5β7 | 5β7 | 9β4 | 10β2 | 7β6 | 10β2 | 8β5 | 8β5 | 7β6 | 5β7 |
Cleveland | 7β6 | 4β9 | 5β7 | 7β5 | β | 5β8 | 6β6 | 9β4 | 7β5 | 5β8 | 4β8 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 4β9 |
Detroit | 7β6 | 5β8 | 7β5 | 7β5 | 8β5 | β | 5β7 | 3β10 | 6β6 | 7β6 | 6β6 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 5β8 |
Kansas City | 3β8 | 8β4 | 6β7 | 4β9 | 6β6 | 7β5 | β | 4β8 | 8β5 | 8β4 | 4β9 | 7β6 | 5β8 | 5β7 |
Milwaukee | 6β7 | 8β5 | 5β7 | 2β10 | 4β9 | 10β3 | 8β4 | β | 4β8 | 6β7 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 5β7 | 7β6 |
Minnesota | 6β6 | 8β4 | 4β9 | 6β7 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 5β8 | 8β4 | β | 6β6 | 6β7 | 6β7 | 5β8 | 3β9 |
New York | 7β6 | 4β9 | 6β6 | 2β10 | 8β5 | 6β7 | 4β8 | 7β6 | 6β6 | β | 0β12 | 9β3 | 3β9 | 5β8 |
Oakland | 8β4 | 8β4 | 9β4 | 5β8 | 8β4 | 6β6 | 9β4 | 7β5 | 7β6 | 12β0 | β | 9β4 | 8β5 | 7β5 |
Seattle | 9β3 | 4β8 | 8β5 | 5β8 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 6β7 | 8β4 | 7β6 | 3β9 | 4β9 | β | 7β6 | 6β6 |
Texas | 4β8 | 7β5 | 5β8 | 6β7 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 8β5 | 7β5 | 8β5 | 9β3 | 5β8 | 6β7 | β | 7β5 |
Toronto | 8β5 | 3β10 | 5β7 | 7β5 | 9β4 | 8β5 | 7β5 | 6β7 | 9β3 | 8β5 | 5β7 | 6β6 | 5β7 | β |
Rosterβ»
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Notable Transactionsβ»
- April 4: Traded Mike Pomeranz (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Junior Ortiz and Orlando Lind (minors).
- June 4, 1990: Midre Cummings was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.
- June 4, 1990: Jayhawk Owens was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.
- June 4: Drafted Eddie Guardado in the 21st round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed May 23, 1991.
- July 27: Traded John Candelaria to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Nelson Liriano and Pedro MuΓ±oz.
- December 18: Randy Bush was signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Twins.
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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C | Brian Harper | 134 | 479 | 141 | .294 | 6 | 54 |
1B | Kent Hrbek | 143 | 492 | 141 | .287 | 22 | 79 |
2B | Al Newman | 144 | 388 | 94 | .242 | 0 | 30 |
3B | Gary Gaetti | 154 | 577 | 132 | .229 | 16 | 85 |
SS | Greg Gagne | 138 | 388 | 91 | .235 | 7 | 38 |
LF | Dan Gladden | 136 | 534 | 147 | .275 | 5 | 40 |
CF | Kirby Puckett | 146 | 551 | 164 | .298 | 12 | 80 |
RF | Shane Mack | 125 | 313 | 102 | .326 | 8 | 44 |
DH | Gene Larkin | 119 | 401 | 108 | .269 | 5 | 42 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Fred Manrique | 69 | 228 | 54 | .237 | 5 | 29 |
Nelson Liriano | 53 | 185 | 47 | .254 | 0 | 13 |
Randy Bush | 73 | 181 | 44 | .243 | 6 | 18 |
John Moses | 115 | 172 | 38 | .221 | 1 | 14 |
Junior Ortiz | 71 | 170 | 57 | .335 | 0 | 18 |
Carmelo Castillo | 64 | 137 | 30 | .219 | 0 | 12 |
Paul Sorrento | 41 | 121 | 25 | .207 | 5 | 13 |
Pedro MuΓ±oz | 22 | 85 | 23 | .271 | 0 | 5 |
Jim Dwyer | 37 | 63 | 12 | .190 | 1 | 5 |
Scott Leius | 14 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 1 | 4 |
Lenny Webster | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Chip Hale | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 |
Doug Baker | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Allan Anderson | 31 | 188.2 | 7 | 18 | 4.53 | 82 |
Kevin Tapani | 28 | 159.1 | 12 | 8 | 4.07 | 101 |
David West | 29 | 146.1 | 7 | 9 | 5.10 | 92 |
Mark Guthrie | 24 | 144.2 | 7 | 9 | 3.79 | 101 |
Scott Erickson | 19 | 113.0 | 8 | 4 | 2.87 | 53 |
Paul Abbott | 7 | 34.2 | 0 | 5 | 5.97 | 25 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Roy Smith | 32 | 153.1 | 5 | 10 | 4.81 | 87 |
Tim Drummond | 35 | 91.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.35 | 49 |
Larry Casian | 5 | 22.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.22 | 11 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Rick Aguilera | 56 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 2.76 | 61 |
Terry Leach | 55 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3.20 | 46 |
Juan Berenguer | 51 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3.41 | 77 |
Gary Wayne | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.19 | 28 |
John Candelaria | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3.39 | 44 |
Jack Savage | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.31 | 12 |
Rich GarcΓ©s | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.59 | 1 |
Rich Yett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 |
John Moses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton
Notes and explanationsβ»
- ^ "Kent Hrbek Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Carmelo Castillo Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 17, 1990 at Fenway Park". baseball-almanac.com.
- ^ "Midre Cummings Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Jayhawk Owens Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Randy Bush Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007