1990 Montreal Expos season

The 1990 Montreal Expos season was the 22nd season in franchise history.

1990 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)Buck Rodgers
Local televisionCFCF-TV
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton, Ron Reusch)
CBFT
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Dave Van Horne)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte)
Local radioCJAD (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Jerry Trupiano, Elliott Price)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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Offseason
  • October 26, 1989: Yamil Benitez was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.[1]
  • December 7, 1989: Oil Can Boyd signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.[2]
  • December 7, 1989: Keith Atherton was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.[3]
  • January 24, 1990: John Candelaria was released by the Montreal Expos.[4]
  • March 17, 1990: Eric Bullock was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.[5]

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 14th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 9171 0.562 4 52–29 39–42
Montreal Expos 8577 0.525 10 47–34 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 18 39–42 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 7785 0.475 18 41–40 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7092 0.432 25 34–47 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1990 National League Records

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 starters
  • Delino DeShields
  • Andrés Galarraga
  • Marquis Grissom
  • Kevin Gross
  • Spike Owen
  • Tim Raines
  • Nelson Santovenia
  • Larry Walker
  • Tim Wallach [6]

Notable transactions
  • April 23, 1990: Rex Hudler was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Costello.[7]
  • June 4, 1990: Shane Andrews, Rondell White, Gabe White, Stan Spencer, Ben Van Ryn and Stan Robertson were drafted by the Expos in the 1st round of the 1990 amateur draft.[8]
  • June 18, 1990: Rolando Roomes was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Cincinnati Reds.[9]
  • July 2, 1990: Ugueth Urbina was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.[10]
  • August 8, 1990: Zane Smith was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later, Scott Ruskin, and Willie Greene. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Moisés Alou (August 16, 1990) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.[11]

Roster
1990 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMike Fitzgerald11131376.243941
1BAndrés Galarraga155579148.2562087
2BDelino DeShields129499144.289445
SSSpike Owen149453106.234535
3BTim Wallach161626185.2962198
LFTim Raines130457131.287962
CFDave Martinez118391109.2791139
RFLarry Walker133419101.2411951

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
Marquis Grissom9828874.257329
Otis Nixon11923158.251120
Tom Foley7316435.213012
Nelson Santovenia5916331.190628
Mike Aldrete9616139.242118
Junior Noboa8115842.266014
Jerry Goff5211927.22737
Wallace Johnson47498.16315
Moisés Alou14153.20000
Rolando Roomes16144.28601
Orlando Mercado882.25000
Johnny Paredes362.33301
Rex Hudler431.33300
Eric Bullock421.50000

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
Dennis Martínez3222610112.95156
Oil Can Boyd31190.21062.93113
Kevin Gross31163.19124.57111
Mark Gardner27152.2793.42135
Zane Smith22139.1673.2380
Chris Nabholz1170622.8353
Brian Barnes428112.8923

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
Howard Farmer623037.0414
Scott Anderson418013.0016

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
Bill Sampen5912722.9969
Tim Burke5833202.5247
Steve Frey518292.1029
Drew Hall424735.0940
Dale Mohorcic341223.2329
Dave Schmidt3433134.3122
Mel Rojas233113.6026
Scott Ruskin231002.2823
John Costello40005.681
Joe Hesketh21000.003
Bob Malloy10000.001
Rich Thompson10000.000
Brett Gideon10009.000
Junior Noboa10000.000
Dave Martinez100054.000

Awards and honors

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Tim Johnson
AA Jacksonville Expos Southern League Jerry Manuel
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Felipe Alou
A Rockford Expos Midwest League Mike Quade
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Pat Daugherty
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Lorenzo Bundy

[12]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benitya01.shtml
  2. Oil Can Boyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/atherke01.shtml
  4. John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bulloer01.shtml
  6. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1990&t=MON
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudlere01.shtml
  8. Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roomero01.shtml
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml
  11. Zane Smith Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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