1990 Minnesota Twins
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
CityMinneapolis
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place7th
OwnersCarl Pohlad
General managersAndy MacPhail
ManagersTom Kelly
TelevisionWCCO-TV
KITN
Midwest Sports Channel
(Jim Kaat, Ted Robinson, Dick Bremer)
Radio830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal, John Gordon)
Seasons

The 1990 Minnesota Twins, three years after their World Series title in 1987, fell to the bottom of the American League West once again. However, the season was not completely bad, as there were some bright spots that included pitchers Rick Aguilera and Scott Erickson. Aguilera converted from starter to closer and recorded 32 saves, while Erickson was promoted to the Twins in June from AA and went 8-4 with a 3.27 ERA. During Fan Appreciation Day on October 3, Outfielder Dan Gladden made a prediction saying that even though we finished in last place this season, we're going to improve next season and if we did, they could potentially bring another World Series championship to Minnesota. That prediction proved accurate the next year.

Offseason

Regular season

  • The lone representative of the Twins in the All-Star Game was center fielder Kirby Puckett.
  • The highest paid Twin in 1990 was Puckett at $2,816,667; followed by Kent Hrbek at $2,100,000.

Offense

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
HRKent Hrbek22
RBIGary Gaetti85
BAKirby Puckett.298
RunsKirby Puckett82

Pitching

Team Leaders
StatisticPlayerQuantity
ERAAllan Anderson4.53
WinsKevin Tapani12
SavesRick Aguilera32
StrikeoutsMark Guthrie, Kevin Tapani101

Defense

The highlight of the season came on July 17, in Boston, when the Twins turned two triple plays. In the 4th inning, with the bases loaded and Scott Erickson pitching, former Twin Tom Brunansky hit a sharp grounder to Gary Gaetti at third base, who stepped on the bag for the force out, fired to Al Newman at second, whose relay to Kent Hrbek was in time to get Brunansky at first. In the 8th inning, with John Candelaria pitching and runners on first and second, Jody Reed hit a one-hopper at Gaetti who again started a 5-4-3 triple play. This was the first time in MLB history that two triple plays were recorded in a game, a feat that has not been duplicated since.[3]

The following night, still in Boston, both teams combined for an MLB-record-tying ten double plays. Boston tied an American League record by grounding into six DPs in the game, only escaping the twin killings in the sixth and seventh innings.

Both games were won by Boston.

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636 — 51–30 52–29
Chicago White Sox 9468 0.580 9 49–31 45–37
Texas Rangers 8379 0.512 20 47–35 36–44
California Angels 8082 0.494 23 42–39 38–43
Seattle Mariners 7785 0.475 26 38–43 39–42
Kansas City Royals 7586 0.466 27½ 45–36 30–50
Minnesota Twins 7488 0.457 29 41–40 33–48

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—

Roster

1990 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Notable Transactions

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 G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBrian Harper134479141.294654
1BKent Hrbek143492141.2872279
2BAl Newman14438894.242030
3BGary Gaetti154577132.2291685
SSGreg Gagne13838891.235738
LFDan Gladden136534147.275540
CFKirby Puckett146551164.2981280
RFShane Mack125313102.326844
DHGene Larkin119401108.269542

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
Fred Manrique6922854.237529
Nelson Liriano5318547.254013
Randy Bush7318144.243618
John Moses11517238.221114
Junior Ortiz7117057.335018
Carmelo Castillo6413730.219012
Paul Sorrento4112125.207513
Pedro Muñoz228523.27105
Jim Dwyer376312.19015
Scott Leius14256.24014
Lenny Webster262.33300
Chip Hale120.00002
Doug Baker310.00000

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
Allan Anderson31188.27184.5382
Kevin Tapani28159.11284.07101
David West29146.1795.1092
Mark Guthrie24144.2793.79101
Scott Erickson19113.0842.8753
Paul Abbott734.2055.9725

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
Roy Smith32153.15104.8187
Tim Drummond3591.0354.3549
Larry Casian522.1213.2211
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
Rick Aguilera5653322.7661
Terry Leach552523.2046
Juan Berenguer518503.4177
Gary Wayne381114.1928
John Candelaria347343.3944
Jack Savage170218.3112
Rich Garcés50021.591
Rich Yett40002.082
John Moses200013.500

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Phil Roof
AA Orlando Sun Rays Southern League Ron Gardenhire
A Visalia Oaks California League Scott Ullger
A Kenosha Twins Midwest League Steve Liddle
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League Joel Lepel

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton[7]

Notes and explanations

  1. ↑ "Kent Hrbek Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ "Carmelo Castillo Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 17, 1990 at Fenway Park". baseball-almanac.com.
  4. ↑ "Midre Cummings Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ↑ "Jayhawk Owens Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ↑ "Randy Bush Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ↑ 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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