1990 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1990 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersPeter O'Malley
General managersFred Claire
ManagersTommy Lasorda
TelevisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale
SportsChannel Los Angeles
Joel Meyers, Ron Cey
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale

KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas, Tito Rondon

KAZN
Richard Choi

The 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 101st for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 33rd season in Los Angeles, California.

The Dodgers finished in second place to the Cincinnati Reds in the National League West race, as the team's pitching staff led the majors with 29 complete games. Ramón Martínez became the youngest Dodger starter to win 20 games since Ralph Branca, and also tied Sandy Koufax's club record with 18 strikeouts against the Atlanta Braves on June 4. On June 29, Fernando Valenzuela managed to throw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals, on the same night that Dave Stewart of the Oakland Athletics no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9171 .562 — 46‍–‍35 45‍–‍36
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 .531 5 47‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants 8577 .525 6 49‍–‍32 36‍–‍45
Houston Astros 7587 .463 16 49‍–‍32 26‍–‍55
San Diego Padres 7587 .463 16 37‍–‍44 38‍–‍43
Atlanta Braves 6597 .401 26 37‍–‍44 28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–68–105–136–126–64–85–75–78–105–137–5
Chicago 6–6—4–86–63–911–79–911–74–148–47–58–10
Cincinnati 10–88–4—11–79–99–36–67–56–69–97–119–3
Houston 13–56–67–11—9–95–75–75–75–74–1410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–69–39–99–9—6–65–78–44–89–98–107–5
Montreal 6–67–113–97–56–6—8–1010–813–57–57–511–7
New York 8–49–96–67–57–510–8—10–810–85–77–512–6
Philadelphia 7-57–115–77–54–88–108–10—6–127–58–410–8
Pittsburgh 7–514–46–67–58–45–138–1012–6—10–28–410–8
San Diego 10–84–89–914–49–95–77–55–72–10—7–113–9
San Francisco 13–55–711–78–1010–85–75–74–84–811–7—9–3
St. Louis 5–710–83–96–65–77–116–128–108–109–33–9—

Opening day lineup

Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Juan SamuelCenter fielder
Willie RandolphSecond baseman
Hubie BrooksRight fielder
Eddie MurrayFirst baseman
Kal DanielsLeft fielder
Jeff HamiltonThird baseman
Mike SciosciaCatcher
Alfredo GriffinShortstop
Orel HershiserStarting pitcher

Roster

1990 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Notable Transactions

Game log

Regular season

Legend
 Dodgers win
 Dodgers loss
 Postponement
 Eliminated from playoff race
BoldDodgers team member
1990 regular season game log: 86–76 (Home: 47–34; Away: 39–42)[3]
April: 11–10 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–3)
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May: 14–13 (Home: 8–3; Away: 6–10)
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June: 11–15 (Home: 8–6; Away: 3–9)
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July: 16–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 6–4)
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August: 18–12 (Home: 7–4; Away: 11–8)
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September: 14–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–8)
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October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0)
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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 GP AB H Avg. HR RBI
CMike Scioscia135435115.2641266
1BEddie Murray155558184.3302695
2BJuan Samuel143492119.2421352
SSAlfredo Griffin14146197.210135
3BMike Sharperson129357106.297336
LFKal Daniels130450133.2962794
CFKirk Gibson8931582.260838
RFHubie Brooks153568151.2662091

Other batters

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

Player GP AB H Avg. HR RBI
Lenny Harris137431131.304229
Stan Javier10427684.304324
Chris Gwynn10114140.284522
Mickey Hatcher8513228.212013
Rick Dempsey6212825.195215
José González1069923.23228
Willie Randolph269626.27119
José Offerman29589.15517
José Vizcaíno375114.27502
Jeff Hamilton7243.12501
John Shelby25246.25002
Carlos Hernández10204.20001
Brian Traxler9111.09100
Dave Hansen571.14301
Luis Lopez660.00000
Barry Lyons351.20012
Darrin Fletcher210.00000

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
Ramón Martínez33234.12062.92223
Mike Morgan33211.011153.75106
Fernando Valenzuela33204.013134.59115
Tim Belcher24153.0994.00102
Jim Neidlinger1274.0533.2846
Orel Hershiser425.1114.2616
Terry Wells520.2127.8418

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
Mike Hartley3279.1632.9576
John Wetteland2243.0244.8136
Dennis Cook514.1117.536

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
Jay Howell4555162.1859
Tim Crews664552.7776
Jim Gott503532.9044
Don Aase323134.9724
Ray Searage291002.7819
Dave Walsh201013.8615
Jim Poole160004.226
Darren Holmes140105.1919
Mike Maddux110106.5311
Mike Munoz80103.182
Pat Perry70008.102

1990 Awards

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Kevin Kennedy
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League John Shoemaker
High A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Tom Beyers
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Joe Alvarez
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Jerry Royster
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Joe Vavra
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Iván DeJesús
Rookie San Pedro de Marcoris Dodgers
Cibao Dodgers		 Dominican Summer League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers drafted 63 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers lost their second round pick to the Montreal Expos because they had signed free agent Hubie Brooks but they gained two supplemental second round picks as compensation for losing Dave Anderson and John Tudor. They also lost their third round pick to the Pittsburgh Pirates because they had signed pitcher Jim Gott.

The first round pick was left-handed pitcher Ronnie Walden out of Blanchard High School in Blanchard, Oklahoma. Serious arm injuries derailed his career and he only pitched in seven games in the Dodgers farm system, three in 1990 and four in 1993 when he attempted a comeback. He retired for good in 1994 with his arm so bad he would never be able to even play catch with his kids.[4]

This years draft class was a disappointment as neither second round pick got out of "A" ball. Mike Busch, the fourth round pick, made the Majors, appearing in 51 games in 1995 and 1996 as a third baseman for the Dodgers but his decision to be a replacement player during the 1994–95 strike made it hard for him to catch on. He played in Korea and later played and managed in the independent Northern League. Busch was the only one of the Dodgers first 13 draft picks to advance past class A. Pitcher Todd Williams, who was selected in the 54th round, was the only Major Leaguer that signed from this draft class to have a length career as he had a 12-14 record in 227 games over parts of eight seasons.

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