1990 California Angels season

1990 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Mike Port
Manager(s)	Doug Rader
Local television	KTLA (Joe Torre, Reggie Jackson, Paul Olden) SportsChannel Los Angeles (Joe Torre, Joe Garagiola, Charlie Jones)
Local radio	KMPC (Ken Brett, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The 1990 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League west with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.

Offseason

• October 6, 1989: Jim Eppard was released by the California Angels.^[1]
• January 9, 1990: Scott Bailes was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Colin Charland (minors) and Jeff Manto.^[2]
• February 3, 1990: Greg Minton was released by the California Angels.^[3]
• February 5, 1990: Rick Schu was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[4]
• February 21, 1990: Greg Minton was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[3]

Regular season

Transactions

• April 29, 1990: Luis Polonia was traded by the New York Yankees to the California Angels for Claudell Washington and Rich Monteleone.^[5]
• May 11, 1990 – The California Angels sent Mike Witt to the New York Yankees in exchange for Dave Winfield^[6]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	103	59	0.636	—	51–30	52–29
Chicago White Sox	94	68	0.580	9	49–31	45–37
Texas Rangers	83	79	0.512	20	47–35	36–44
California Angels	80	82	0.494	23	42–39	38–43
Seattle Mariners	77	85	0.475	26	38–43	39–42
Kansas City Royals	75	86	0.466	27½	45–36	30–50
Minnesota Twins	74	88	0.457	29	41–40	33–48

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	7–5	6–6	6–7	6–7	8–3	7–6	6–6	6–7	4–8	3–9	8–4	5–8
Boston	9–4	—	7–5	6–6	9–4	8–5	4–8	5–8	4–8	9–4	4–8	8–4	5–7	10–3
California	5–7	5–7	—	5–8	7–5	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	6–6	4–9	5–8	8–5	7–5
Chicago	6–6	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	5–7	9–4	10–2	7–6	10–2	8–5	8–5	7–6	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	4–9	5–7	7–5	—	5–8	6–6	9–4	7–5	5–8	4–8	7–5	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	5–8	7–5	7–5	8–5	—	5–7	3–10	6–6	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	3–8	8–4	6–7	4–9	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	8–4	4–9	7–6	5–8	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	8–5	5–7	2–10	4–9	10–3	8–4	—	4–8	6–7	5–7	4–8	5–7	7–6
Minnesota	6–6	8–4	4–9	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–4	—	6–6	6–7	6–7	5–8	3–9
New York	7–6	4–9	6–6	2–10	8–5	6–7	4–8	7–6	6–6	—	0–12	9–3	3–9	5–8
Oakland	8–4	8–4	9–4	5–8	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–5	7–6	12–0	—	9–4	8–5	7–5
Seattle	9–3	4–8	8–5	5–8	5–7	5–7	6–7	8–4	7–6	3–9	4–9	—	7–6	6–6
Texas	4–8	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	6–6	8–5	7–5	8–5	9–3	5–8	6–7	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	3–10	5–7	7–5	9–4	8–5	7–5	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–7	6–6	5–7	—

Roster

1990 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 25 Jim Abbott 43 Scott Bailes 28 Bert Blyleven 36,46 Mark Clear 36 Sherman Corbett 45 Mark Eichhorn 48 Mike Fetters 31 Chuck Finley 27 Willie Fraser 44 Joe Grahe 34 Bryan Harvey 12 Mark Langston 46 Scott Lewis 15 Kirk McCaskill 33,37 Bob McClure 38 Greg Minton 37 Jeff Richardson 39 Mike Witt 35 Cliff Young		Catchers 14 John Orton 13 Lance Parrish 23 Bill Schroeder 32,41 Ron Tingley Infielders  7 Kent Anderson 10 Pete Coachman 11 Gary DiSarcina 18,22 Donnie Hill 16 Jack Howell 21 Wally Joyner 10 Mark McLemore  3 Johnny Ray  6 Bobby Rose 17 Dick Schofield 20,60 Rick Schu  9 Lee Stevens		Outfielders 19 Dante Bichette 24 Chili Davis 18,22 Luis Polonia  8 Max Venable 18 Claudell Washington 30,39 Devon White 32 Dave Winfield Other batters  5 Brian Downing		Manager  4 Doug Rader Coaches 40 Joe Coleman (bullpen)  2 Deron Johnson (hitting)  1 Bobby Knoop (first base) 53 Marcel Lachemann (pitching) 50 Jimmie Reese (conditioning) 47 Moose Stubing (third base)

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	Parrish, LanceLance Parrish	133	470	126	.268	24	70
1B	Joyner, WallyWally Joyner	83	310	83	.268	8	41
2B	Ray, JohnnyJohnny Ray	105	404	112	.277	5	43
3B	Howell, JackJack Howell	105	316	72	.228	8	33
SS	Schofield, DickDick Schofield	99	310	79	.255	1	18
LF	Polonia, LuisLuis Polonia	109	381	128	.336	2	32
CF	White, DevonDevon White	125	443	96	.217	11	44
RF	Winfield, DaveDave Winfield	112	414	114	.275	19	72
DH	Downing, BrianBrian Downing	96	330	90	.273	14	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

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

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

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
Young, CliffCliff Young	17	1	1	0	3.52	19

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Mako Oliveras
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Eddie Rodríguez
A	Palm Springs Angels	California League	Nate Oliver
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Don Long
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Tom Kotchman
Rookie	AZL Angels	Arizona League	Bill Lachemann

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quad Cities^[7]

References

1. Jim Eppard Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bailesc01.shtml
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mintogr01.shtml
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schuri01.shtml
5. Luis Polonia Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
6. Dave Winfield Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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• 1990 California Angels at Baseball Almanac