1990 Cleveland Indians season

1990 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)	Hank Peters
Manager(s)	John McNamara
Local television	WUAB · SportsChannel
Local radio	WWWE
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Offseason

• October 4, 1989: Luis Aguayo was released by the Cleveland Indians.^[1]
• November 21, 1989: Cecilio Guante was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[2]
• December 6, 1989: Joe Carter was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Sandy Alomar, Jr., Carlos Baerga and Chris James.^[3]
• December 7, 1989: Keith Hernandez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[4]
• December 8, 1989: Tom Brookens was signed as a free agent by the Cleveland Indians.^[5]
• January 9, 1990: Scott Bailes was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Colin Charland (minors) and Jeff Manto.^[6]
• January 10, 1990: Rafael Santana was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[7]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	88	74	0.543	—	51–30	37–44
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	0.531	2	44–37	42–39
Detroit Tigers	79	83	0.488	9	39–42	40–41
Cleveland Indians	77	85	0.475	11	41–40	36–45
Baltimore Orioles	76	85	0.472	11½	40–40	36–45
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	0.457	14	39–42	35–46
New York Yankees	67	95	0.414	21	37–44	30–51

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	—

Notable transactions

• April 25, 1990: Rafael Santana was released by the Indians.^[7]
• April 30, 1990: Sergio Valdez was selected off waivers by the Indians from the Atlanta Braves.^[8]
• May 7, 1990: Stan Jefferson was selected off waivers by the Indians from the Baltimore Orioles.^[9]
• June 17, 1990: Ken Phelps was purchased by the Indians from the Oakland Athletics.^[10]
• July 11, 1990: Tom Lampkin was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Alex Cole.^[11]
• August 12, 1990: Cecilio Guante was released by the Indians.^[2]
• September 16, 1990: Bud Black was traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mauro Gozzo and players to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending Steve Cummings to the Indians on September 21 and Alex Sanchez to the Indians on September 24.^[12]

Draft picks

• June 4, 1990: David Bell was drafted by the Indians in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.^[13]

Roster

1990 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 34 Kevin Bearse 40 Bud Black 49 Tom Candiotti 52 John Farrell 36 Mauro Gozzo 38 Cecilio Guante 11 Doug Jones 47 Jeff Kaiser 41 Charles Nagy 54 Rod Nichols 42 Al Nipper 50 Steve Olin 47 Jesse Orosco 32 Rudy Seánez 57 Jeff Shaw 21 Greg Swindell 33 Efrain Valdez 30 Sergio Valdez 48 Mike Walker 50 Colby Ward 53 Kevin Wickander		Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr.  4 Joel Skinner Infielders  9 Carlos Baerga 10 Tom Brookens 14 Jerry Browne 16 Félix Fermín 17 Keith Hernandez 26 Brook Jacoby 20 Dion James 45 Jeff Manto  6 Mark McLemore 44 Ken Phelps  2 Rafael Santana  2 Steve Springer		Outfielders 55 Beau Allred  8 Albert Belle  2 Alex Cole  7 Chris James 24 Stan Jefferson 22 Candy Maldonado 28 Cory Snyder 68 Turner Ward 23 Mitch Webster		Manager  1 John McNamara Coaches 25 Rich Dauer (third base) 12 Mike Hargrove (first base) 13 Luis Isaac (bullpen) 32 José Morales (hitting) 35 Mark Wiley (pitching) 51 Billy Williams (bench)

Statisics

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Allred, BeauBeau Allred	4	16	2	3	1	0	1	2	.188	0
Alomar Jr., SandySandy Alomar Jr.	132	445	60	129	26	2	9	66	.290	4
Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga	108	312	46	81	17	2	7	47	.260	0
Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	9	23	1	4	0	0	1	3	.174	0
Brookens, TomTom Brookens	64	154	18	41	7	2	1	20	.266	0
Browne, JerryJerry Browne	140	513	92	137	26	5	6	50	.267	12
Cole, AlexAlex Cole	63	227	43	68	5	4	0	13	.300	40
Fermin, FelixFelix Fermin	148	414	47	106	13	2	1	40	.256	3
Hernandez, KeithKeith Hernandez	43	130	7	26	2	0	1	8	.200	0
Jacoby, BrookBrook Jacoby	155	553	77	162	24	4	14	75	.293	1
James, ChrisChris James	140	528	62	158	32	4	12	70	.299	4
James, DionDion James	87	248	28	68	15	2	1	22	.274	5
Jefferson, StanStan Jefferson	49	98	21	27	8	0	2	10	.276	8
Maldonado, CandyCandy Maldonado	155	590	76	161	32	2	22	95	.273	3
Manto, JeffJeff Manto	30	76	12	17	5	1	2	14	.224	0
McLemore, MarkMark McLemore	8	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Phelps, KenKen Phelps	24	61	4	7	0	0	0	0	.115	1
Santana, RafaelRafael Santana	7	13	3	3	0	0	1	3	.231	0
Skinner, JoelJoel Skinner	49	139	16	35	4	1	2	16	.252	0
Snyder, CoryCory Snyder	123	438	46	102	27	3	14	55	.233	1
Springer, SteveSteve Springer	4	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	.167	0
Ward, TurnerTurner Ward	14	46	10	16	2	1	1	10	.348	3
Webster, MitchMitch Webster	128	437	58	110	20	6	12	55	.252	22
Totals	162	5485	732	1465	266	41	110	675	.267	107

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Bearse, KevinKevin Bearse	0	2	12.91	3	3	0	7.2	11	11	5	2
Black, BudBud Black	11	10	3.53	29	29	0	191.0	79	75	58	103
Candiotti, TomTom Candiotti	15	11	3.65	31	29	0	202.0	92	82	55	128
Farrell, JohnJohn Farrell	4	5	4.28	17	17	0	96.2	49	46	33	44
Gozzo, MauroMauro Gozzo	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	2	2
Guante, CecilioCecilio Guante	2	3	5.01	26	1	0	46.2	26	26	18	30
Jones, DougDoug Jones	5	5	2.56	66	0	43	84.1	26	24	22	55
Kaiser, JeffJeff Kaiser	0	0	3.55	5	0	0	12.2	5	5	7	9
Nagy, CharlesCharles Nagy	2	4	5.91	9	8	0	45.2	31	30	21	26
Nichols, RodRod Nichols	0	3	7.88	4	2	0	16.0	14	14	6	3
Nipper, AlAl Nipper	2	3	6.75	9	5	0	24.0	19	18	19	12
Olin, SteveSteve Olin	4	4	3.41	50	1	1	92.1	41	35	26	64
Orosco, JesseJesse Orosco	5	4	3.90	55	0	2	64.2	35	28	38	55
Seanez, RudyRudy Seanez	2	1	5.60	24	0	0	27.1	17	17	25	24
Shaw, JeffJeff Shaw	3	4	6.66	12	9	0	48.2	38	36	20	25
Swindell, GregGreg Swindell	12	9	4.40	34	34	0	214.2	110	105	47	135
Valdez, EfrainEfrain Valdez	1	1	3.04	13	0	0	23.2	10	8	14	13
Valdez, SergioSergio Valdez	6	6	4.75	24	13	0	102.1	62	54	35	63
Walker, MikeMike Walker	2	6	4.88	18	11	0	75.2	49	41	42	34
Ward, ColbyColby Ward	1	3	4.25	22	0	1	36.0	17	17	21	23
Wickander, KevinKevin Wickander	0	1	3.65	10	0	0	12.1	6	5	4	10
Totals	77	85	4.26	162	162	47	1427.1	737	676	518	860

Awards and honors

• Sandy Alomar, American League Rookie of the Year, Gold Glove

All-Star Game

• Sandy Alomar, Catcher, Starter
• Brook Jacoby, Third Base, Reserve
• Doug Jones, Relief Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	Bob Molinaro and Charlie Manuel
AA	Canton–Akron Indians	Eastern League	Ken Bolek
A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League	Brian Graham
A-Short Season	Watertown Indians	New York–Penn League	Jim Gabella
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League	Dave Keller
Rookie	GCL Indians	Gulf Coast League	Dean Treanor

^[14]

References

1. "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
2. Cecilio Guante at Baseball Reference
3. Sandy Alomar, Jr. at Baseball Reference
4. Keith Hernandez at Baseball Reference
5. Tom Brookens at Baseball Reference
6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bailesc01.shtml
7. Rafael Santana at Baseball Reference
8. Sergio Valdez at Baseball Reference
9. Stan Jefferson at Baseball Reference
10. Ken Phelps at Baseball Reference
11. Alex Cole at Baseball Reference
12. Bud Black at Baseball Reference
13. David Bell at Baseball Reference
14. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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