1990 San Diego Padres season

The 1990 San Diego Padres season was the 22nd season in franchise history. The team finished with a 75–87 record. They scored 673 runs and allowed 673 runs for a run differential of zero.[1]

1990 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Joan Kroc, Tom Werner
General manager(s)Jack McKeon
Manager(s)Jack McKeon, Greg Riddoch
Local televisionKUSI-TV
(Rick Monday, Jerry Coleman)
Local radioKFMB (AM)
(Bob Chandler, Jerry Coleman, Rick Monday, Ted Leitner)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)
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Offseason

Regular season
The Padres playing host to the New York Mets at Jack Murphy Stadium during a 1990 home game.
  • Joe Carter set a club record for most RBIs in a season.
  • July 12, 1990: Jack McKeon, holding the dual positions of general manager and field manager of the Padres, turns over the managing portfolio to one of his coaches, Greg Riddoch, during the All-Star break. The Padres are 37–43 (.463) and in fourth place in the NL West at the time of McKeon's resignation.
  • July 25, 1990: Roseanne Barr performed a controversial rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" before a game against the Cincinnati Reds. As she later reported, she was initially having trouble hearing herself over the public-address system, so she was singing as loudly as possible, and her rendition of the song sounded "screechy". Following her rendition, she mimicked the often-seen actions of players by spitting and grabbing her crotch as if adjusting a protective cup. Barr claimed she had been encouraged by baseball officials to "bring humor to the song". The song and the closing routine offended many in the audience, and it was replayed frequently on television, drawing further attention to it.
  • September 23, 1990: Ten weeks after stepping down as field manager, McKeon is fired from his general manager position by the Padres' new ownership group. He had led the San Diego front office since July 1980 and had acquired many of the players who led the team to its 1984 National League pennant. He is replaced by New York Mets executive Joe McIlvaine.

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9171 0.562 — 46–35 45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 0.531 5 47–34 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8577 0.525 6 49–32 36–45
Houston Astros 7587 0.463 16 49–32 26–55
San Diego Padres 7587 0.463 16 37–44 38–43
Atlanta Braves 6597 0.401 26 37–44 28–53

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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1990 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CBenito Santiago10034493.2701153
1BJack Clark11533489.2662562
2BRoberto Alomar147586168.287660
3BMike Pagliarulo128398101.254738
SSGarry Templeton144505125.248959
LFBip Roberts149556172.309944
CFJoe Carter162634147.23224115
RFTony Gwynn141573177.309472

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Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Fred Lynn9019647.240623
Mark Parent6518942.222316
Shawn Abner9118445.245115
Phil Stephenson10318238.209419
Darrin Jackson5811329.25739
Jerald Clark5210127.267511
Joey Cora5110027.27002
Tom Lampkin266314.22214
Thomas Howard204412.27300
Eddie Williams144212.28634
Paul Faries14377.18902
Ronn Reynolds8151.06701
Rob Nelson550.00000

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Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bruce Hurst33223.21193.14162
Dennis Rasmussen32187.211154.5186
Ed Whitson32228.21492.60127
Andy Benes32192.110113.60140

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eric Show39106.1685.7655
Derek Lilliquist1660.1334.3329

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Greg W. Harris73117.18892.3097
Craig Lefferts5678.275232.5260
Rich Rodriguez3247.21112.8352
Rafael Valdez35.201011.123

Award winners
  • Joe Carter, National League Leader in At-Bats (634)
  • Jack Clark, National League Leader Walks (104)
  • Bruce Hurst, National League Leader Shutouts (4)

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Pat Kelly
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Steve Lubratich
A Riverside Red Wave California League Bruce Bochy
A Waterloo Diamonds Midwest League Bryan Little
A Charleston Rainbows South Atlantic League Jack Krol
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Gene Glynn
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Jaime Moreno

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane[14]

References
  1. "1990 Baseball Standings". MLB.com. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  2. Don Schulze at Baseball Reference
  3. Fred Lynn at Baseball Reference
  4. Sandy Alomar, Jr. at Baseball Reference
  5. Craig Lefferts at Baseball Reference
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynoro02.shtml
  7. Alex Cole at Baseball Reference
  8. 1990 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac
  9. 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft at Baseball-Reference.com
  10. Alan Benes at Baseball Reference
  11. Derek Lilliquist at Baseball Reference
  12. Atlee Hammaker at Baseball Reference
  13. 1990 San Diego Padres Statistics and Roster Archived March 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Baseball-Reference.com
  14. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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