1990 Boston Red Sox
American League East Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place1st
OwnersJean Yawkey,
Haywood Sullivan
PresidentJohn Harrington
General managerLou Gorman
ManagerJoe Morgan
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
RadioWRKO
(Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 1990 Boston Red Sox season was the 90th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. It was the third AL East division championship in five years for the Red Sox. However, the team was defeated in a four-game sweep by the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS, as had been the case in 1988.

Offseason

February

Regular season

Record by month[11]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April1181182nd1+1⁄2[12]
May121423223rd1[13]
June20943311st+3+1⁄2[14]
July121755481st (tie)—[15]
August19974571st+6+1⁄2[16]
September121686731st+1[17]
October2188741st+2[18]

Highlights

The Red Sox set a major league record, which still stands, for the most times grounding into a double play during a season, 174.[19]

On June 6, the Red Sox got a measure of retribution for Bucky Dent's home run in the 1978 American League East tie-breaker game. While in Boston for a four-game series, the New York Yankees fired Dent as their manager. The Red Sox had just defeated the Yankees in the first two games of the series,[20] giving the Yankees an 18–31 record, 8+1⁄2 games behind the first-place Red Sox.[21] The firing made Fenway Park arguably the scene of Dent's best moment as a player and worst moment as manager.[22] Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe criticized Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for firing Dent—his 18th managerial change in as many years—in Boston, and rhetorically asked if he couldn't have waited to fire Dent elsewhere.[23] Shaughnessy noted, "if Dent had been fired in Seattle or Milwaukee, this would have been just another event in an endless line of George's jettisons. But it happened in Boston and the nightly news had its hook."[23] Author Bill Pennington called the firing of Dent "merciless."[24] However, Yankees television analyst Tony Kubek blasted at Steinbrenner for the firing in a harsh, angry way.[25] At the beginning of the broadcast of the game on MSG Network, he said to Yankees television play-by-play announcer Dewayne Staats, "George Steinbrenner...mishandled this. You don't take a Bucky Dent (at) the site of one of the greatest home runs in Yankee history and fire him and make it a media circus for the Boston Red Sox."[26] He then stared defiantly on camera and said to Steinbrenner, "You don't do it by telephone, either, George. You do it face to face, eyeball to eyeball...If you really are a winner, you should not have handled this like a loser."[26] He then said, angrily, "George, you're a bully and a coward."[27] He then said that "What all this does, it just wrecks George Steinbrenner's credibility with his players, with the front office and in baseball more than it already is–if that's possible. It was just mishandled."[26] The firing of Dent shook New York to its core and the Yankees flagship radio station then, WABC, which also criticized the firing, ran editorials demanding that Steinbrenner sell the team.[28][29][30]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8874 0.543 — 51–30 37–44
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 2 44–37 42–39
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 9 39–42 40–41
Cleveland Indians 7785 0.475 11 41–40 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 7685 0.472 11½ 40–40 36–45
Milwaukee Brewers 7488 0.457 14 39–42 35–46
New York Yankees 6795 0.414 21 37–44 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–97–56–66–76–78–37–66–66–74–83–98–45–8
Boston 9–4—7–56–69–48–54–85–84–89–44–88–45–710–3
California 5–75–7—5–87–55–77–67–59–46–64–95–88–57–5
Chicago 6–66–68–5—5–75–79–410–27–610–28–58–57–65–7
Cleveland 7–64–95–77–5—5–86–69–47–55–84–87–57–54–9
Detroit 7–65–87–57–58–5—5–73–106–67–66–67–56–65–8
Kansas City 3–88–46–74–96–67–5—4–88–58–44–97–65–85–7
Milwaukee 6–78–55–72–104–910–38–4—4–86–75–74–85–77–6
Minnesota 6–68–44–96–75–76–65–88–4—6–66–76–75–83–9
New York 7–64–96–62–108–56–74–87–66–6—0–129–33–95–8
Oakland 8–48–49–45–88–46–69–47–57–612–0—9–48–57–5
Seattle 9–34–88–55–85–75–76–78–47–63–94–9—7–66–6
Texas 4–87–55–86–75–76–68–57–58–59–35–86–7—7–5
Toronto 8–53–105–77–59–48–57–56–79–38–55–76–65–7—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

26Wade Boggs3B
17Marty Barrett2B
39Mike GreenwellLF
12Ellis BurksCF
24Dwight EvansDH
13Billy Jo Robidoux    1B
  6Tony PeñaC
  3Jody ReedSS
16Kevin RomineRF
21Roger ClemensP

Source:[37]

Red Sox debuts

Player Position Date Game Source
Tony Peña Catcher 4/9/1990 Vs. Detroit Tigers [38]
Billy Jo Robidoux First Base 4/9/1990 Vs. Detroit Tigers [38]
Jeff Reardon Pitcher 4/17/1990 @ Chicago White Sox [39]
Dana Kiecker Pitcher 4/12/1990 @ Detroit Tigers [40]
Daryl Irvine Pitcher 4/28/1990 Vs. Oakland Athletics [41]
Jerry Reed Pitcher 5/4/1990 @ Oakland Athletics [42]
Tom Brunansky Right Field 5/6/1990 @ Oakland Athletics [43]
Jeff Gray Pitcher 6/10/1990 Vs. Cleveland Indians [44]
Tim Naehring Second Base 7/15/1990 Vs. Kansas City Royals [45]
Joe Hesketh Pitcher 8/3/1990 Vs. Detroit Tigers [46]
Rick Lancellotti Pinch Hitter 8/10/1990 @ Seattle Mariners [47]
Mike Marshall Designated Hitter 8/20/1990 Vs. Baltimore Orioles [48]
Phil Plantier Pinch Hitter 8/21/1990 Vs. Baltimore Orioles [49]
Larry Andersen Pitcher 9/2/1990 Vs. New York Yankees [50]
Scott Cooper Pinch Hitter 9/5/1990 @ Oakland Athletics [51]
Jim Pankovits Second Base 9/17/1990 @ Chicago White Sox [52]

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 19, before a scheduled home game against the Minnesota Twins. Red Sox alumni pitchers Bill Lee, Bill Monbouquette, and Dick Radatz allowed just one hit (to former Detroit Tiger Willie Horton) in the four-inning game, as Boston won by a 2–0 score over a team of MLB alumni from other clubs.[53]

Roster

1990 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Designated Hitters

Pinch hitter

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Wade Boggs15561989187445663087.302.418
Mike Greenwell159610711813061473865.297.434
Jody Reed15559870173450551475.289.390
Ellis Burks152588891743382189948.296.486
Carlos Quintana14951256147280767152.287.383
Tony Peña14349162129191756843.263.348
Tom Brunansky129461611232451571554.267.438
Dwight Evans123445661111831363367.249.391
Luis Rivera1183463878200745425.225.344
Marty Barrett62159153640013415.226.252
Kevin Romine70136213770214412.272.368
Mike Marshall3011210326141204.286.464
Tim Naehring248510236021208.271.412
John Marzano3283820400605.241.289
Randy Kutcher637418174115313.230.351
Danny Heep4169312110807.174.217
Billy Jo Robidoux274438401406.182.341
Bill Buckner224348001303.186.256
Phil Plantier141512100304.133.200
Rich Gedman101533000005.200.200
Rick Lancellotti4800000100.000.000
Jeff Stone10211000100.500.500
Scott Cooper2100000000.000.000
Jim Pankovits2000000000.---.---
Team Totals162551669915022983110666053598.272.395

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Roger Clemens2161.9331310228.1193594954209
Mike Boddicker1783.3634340228.0225928569143
Greg A. Harris1394.0034300184.1186908277117
Dana Kiecker893.9732250152.014574675493
Tom Bolton1053.3821160119.211146454765
Dennis Lamp354.684710105.211461553049
Wes Gardner374.89349077.17743423558
Rob Murphy066.32680757.08546403254
Jeff Reardon533.164702151.13919181933
Jeff Gray244.44410950.25327251550
Jerry Reed214.80290245.05527241617
Eric Hetzel145.9198035.03928232120
Joe Hesketh043.51122025.23712101126
Larry Andersen001.23150122.01833325
John Dopson002.0444017.2137499
Daryl Irvine114.67110017.115109109
Lee Smith211.88110414.11343917
John Leister004.762105.275343
Mike Rochford0118.002104.01010840
Danny Heep009.001001.041100
Team Totals88743.72162162441442.01439664596519997

Source:

Statistical leaders

Roger Clemens
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest playerPhil Plantier21
Oldest playerBill Buckner40
Wins Above ReplacementRoger Clemens10.4

Source:[54]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
GGames playedMike Greenwell159
PAPlate appearancesWade Boggs713
ABAt batsWade Boggs619
RRuns scoredWade Boggs89
Ellis Burks
HHitsWade Boggs187
2BDoublesJody Reed45
3BTriplesEllis Burks8
HRHome runsEllis Burks21
RBIRuns batted inEllis Burks89
SBStolen basesEllis Burks9
CSCaught stealingEllis Burks11
BBBase on ballsWade Boggs87
SOStrikeoutsTom Brunansky105
BABatting averageWade Boggs.302
OBPOn-base percentageWade Boggs.386
SLGSlugging percentageEllis Burks.486
OPSOn-base plus sluggingEllis Burks.835
OPS+Adjusted OPSEllis Burks128
TBTotal basesEllis Burks286
GIDPGrounded into double playTony Peña23
HBPHit by pitch3 tied4
SHSacrifice hitsLuis Rivera12
SFSacrifice fliesTom Brunansky8
IBBIntentional base on ballsWade Boggs19

Source:[54]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
WWinsRoger Clemens21
LLossesGreg A. Harris9
Dana Kiecker
W-L %Winning percentageRoger Clemens.778 (21–6)
ERAEarned run averageRoger Clemens1.93
GGames pitchedRob Murphy68
GSGames startedMike Boddicker34
GFGames finishedJeff Reardon37
CGComplete gamesRoger Clemens7
SHOShutoutsRoger Clemens4
SVSavesJeff Reardon21
IPInnings pitchedRoger Clemens228+1⁄3
SOStrikeoutsRoger Clemens209
WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitchedRogers Clemens1.082

Source:[54]

ALCS

Game 1

October 6, 1990, at Fenway Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 000 000 117 9130
Boston 000 100 000 151
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: Larry Andersen (0-1)  
HR: BOS – Wade Boggs (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1990, at Fenway Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 000 100 102 4131
Boston 001 000 000 160
W: Bob Welch (1-0)   L: Greg Harris (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 9, 1990, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 010 000 000 183
Oakland 000 202 00x 460
W: Mike Moore (1-0)   L: Mike Boddicker (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (2)
HR: None

Game 4

October 10, 1990, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 000 000 001 141
Oakland 030 000 00x 360
W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Roger Clemens (0-1)  S: Rick Honeycutt (1)
HR: None

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments

All-Star Game

Farm system

The Lynchburg Red Sox and Winter Haven Red Sox changed classification from Class A to Class A-Advanced.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ed Nottle and Johnny Pesky
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Butch Hobson
A-Advanced Lynchburg Red Sox Carolina League Gary Allenson
A-Advanced Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Dave Holt
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Mike Verdi
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Felix Maldonado
Rookie DSL cooperative Dominican Summer League  

The Red Sox shared a DSL team with the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres.
Source:[55][56]

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