1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
General managers	Larry Doughty
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV KBL
Radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
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The 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season was their 109th season; the 104th in the National League. This was their 21st season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished first in the National League East with a record of 95–67. They were defeated four games to two by the Cincinnati Reds in the NLCS.

• December 4, 1989: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1989 rule 5 draft.^[2]
• January 14, 1990: Mark Ross was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
• January 31, 1990: Wally Backman was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[4]

• Barry Bonds became the first Major Leaguer in history to have a .300 batting average, 100 RBI, 100 runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season. With 33 home runs, he became the second to have 30 home runs and 50 steals in a season, following Cincinnati's Eric Davis in 1987.

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	67	.586	—	49‍–‍32	46‍–‍35
New York Mets	91	71	.562	4	52‍–‍29	39‍–‍42
Montreal Expos	85	77	.525	10	47‍–‍34	38‍–‍43
Chicago Cubs	77	85	.475	18	39‍–‍42	38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	.475	18	41‍–‍40	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	70	92	.432	25	34‍–‍47	36‍–‍45

1990 Game Log: 95–67 (Home: 49–32; Away: 46–35)
April: 14–6 (Home: 2–4; Away: 12–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 9 @ Mets 12–3 Drabek Gooden — 47,919 1–0 2 April 11 @ Mets 0–3 Viola Smiley Franco 16,880 1–1 3 April 12 @ Mets 6–2 Heaton Fernandez — 16,544 2–1 4 April 13 Cubs 0–2 Maddux Walk Williams 44,799 2–2 5 April 14 Cubs 1–4 Harkey Drabek Williams 13,226 2–3 6 April 15 Cubs 4–3 (10) Patterson Lancaster — 6,289 3–3 7 April 16 Cardinals 4–6 DeLeon Smiley Horton 7,136 3–4 8 April 17 Cardinals 7–2 Heaton Mathews — 3,981 4–4 9 April 18 Cardinals 0–3 Tudor Walk Dayley 11,626 4–5 10 April 19 @ Cardinals 5–1 Drabek Magrane — 20,495 5–5 11 April 20 @ Cubs 9–4 (7) Roesler Bielecki — 15,171 6–5 12 April 21 @ Cubs 4–3 Smiley Wilson Landrum 37,091 7–5 13 April 22 @ Cubs 3–2 Heaton Nunez Power 33,583 8–5 14 April 23 @ Cardinals 4–7 Tudor Walk — 22,748 8–6 15 April 24 @ Giants 4–1 Drabek Garrelts Landrum 10,881 9–6 16 April 25 @ Giants 7–4 (12) Patterson Bedrosian — 10,698 10–6 17 April 26 @ Giants 2–1 Smiley LaCoss — 10,493 11–6 18 April 27 @ Padres 9–4 Heaton Show — 23,376 12–6 19 April 28 @ Padres 4–3 Walk Benes Landrum 26,473 13–6 20 April 29 @ Padres 10–1 Drabek Rasmussen — 27,206 14–6
May: 15–11 (Home: 13–2; Away: 2–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 21 May 1 @ Dodgers 1–4 Belcher Terrell — 31,292 14–7 22 May 2 @ Dodgers 2–6 Valenzuela Smiley — 32,089 14–8 23 May 6 Braves 6–4 Heaton Smoltz Ruskin 15–8 24 May 6 Braves 4–2 Drabek Lilliquist Patterson 17,108 16–8 25 May 7 Padres 4–1 Walk Hurst Power 9,653 17–8 26 May 8 Padres 10–2 Terrell Show — 10,694 18–8 27 May 9 Reds 6–2 Smiley Armstrong Landrum 17,149 19–8 28 May 10 Reds 4–10 Charlton Power — 15,071 19–9 29 May 11 Astros 4–3 Drabek Deshaies Landrum 24,734 20–9 30 May 12 Astros 3–1 Heaton Portugal Power 16,066 21–9 31 May 13 Astros 5–1 Walk Gullickson Landrum 16,658 22–9 32 May 14 @ Reds 3–5 Armstrong Terrell Myers 24,211 22–10 33 May 15 @ Reds 4–5 (11) Layana Patterson — 13,353 22–11 34 May 17 @ Braves 1–6 Lilliquist Heaton Hesketh 6,340 22–12 35 May 18 @ Braves 9–3 Walk Clary — 19,001 23–12 36 May 19 @ Braves 1–2 Glavine Terrell Hesketh 26,170 23–13 37 May 20 @ Braves 11–13 Smith Kipper Boever 8,288 23–14 38 May 21 @ Astros 2–3 (11) Agosto Power — 8,116 23–15 39 May 22 @ Astros 8–4 Heaton Schatzeder — 8,661 24–15 40 May 23 @ Astros 3–7 Agosto Ruskin — 10,961 24–16 41 May 25 Giants 8–9 Burkett Terrell Brantley 24,644 24–17 42 May 26 Giants 10–4 Drabek Garrelts — 25,150 25–17 43 May 27 Giants 5–2 Heaton Reuschel Power 23,943 26–17 44 May 28 Dodgers 6–5 Landrum Howell — 26,171 27–17 45 May 29 Dodgers 9–5 Patterson Valenzuela Ruskin 10,252 28–17 46 May 30 Dodgers 5–3 Terrell Martinez Landrum 22,198 29–17
June: 14–13 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 47 June 1 Expos 1–4 Gross Drabek Mohorcic 27,410 29–18 48 June 2 Expos 4–3 (10) Landrum Hall — 47,374 30–18 49 June 3 Expos 3–4 Sampen Belinda Schmidt 27,817 30–19 50 June 4 Cubs 6–2 Patterson Boskie Landrum 9,257 31–19 51 June 5 Cubs 6–5 Belinda Williams — 20,642 32–19 52 June 6 Cubs 6–1 (7) Drabek Maddux — 21,164 33–19 53 June 7 @ Mets 5–4 Ruskin Musselman Kipper 28,443 34–19 54 June 8 @ Mets 1–7 Fernandez Walk — 29,710 34–20 55 June 9 @ Mets 3–9 Cone Patterson — 38,379 34–21 56 June 10 @ Mets 3–8 Ojeda Terrell — 46,868 34–22 57 June 11 @ Cardinals 8–7 Belinda Niedenfuer Landrum 27,403 35–22 58 June 12 @ Cardinals 6–3 Heaton DeLeon Landrum 30,815 36–22 59 June 13 @ Cardinals 6–5 Huismann DiPino Reed 26,926 37–22 60 June 15 Mets 5–7 Ojeda Terrell Franco 35,935 37–23 61 June 16 Mets 11–6 Kipper Viola — 43,653 38–23 62 June 17 Mets 3–4 Gooden Heaton Franco 35,652 38–24 63 June 19 @ Phillies 1–2 (10) Carman Landrum — 29,781 38–25 64 June 20 @ Phillies 2–7 Ruffin Patterson — 40,256 38–26 65 June 22 @ Expos 3–4 Sampen Belinda Schmidt 22,968 38–27 66 June 23 @ Expos 1–6 Smith Drabek — 27,605 38–28 67 June 24 @ Expos 5–3 Heaton Martinez Belinda 41,054 39–28 68 June 25 Phillies 5–0 Reed de Jesus — 29,369 40–28 69 June 26 Phillies 1–0 Ruskin Ruffin Belinda 25,807 41–28 70 June 27 Phillies 5–3 Kipper Howell Landrum 40,207 42–28 71 June 28 @ Cardinals 1–5 Tewksbury Drabek Smith 22,602 42–29 72 June 29 @ Giants 3–7 Wilson Heaton Brantley 21,231 42–30 73 June 30 @ Giants 4–3 Kipper Thurmond Belinda 31,159 43–30
July: 15–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 74 July 1 @ Giants 8–5 Tibbs Oliveras Landrum 36,441 44–30 75 July 2 @ Padres 4–3 (14) Patterson Schiraldi — 13,842 45–30 76 July 3 @ Padres 5–3 Landrum Lefferts — 33,949 46–30 77 July 4 @ Padres 4–5 Show Heaton Harris 10,897 46–31 78 July 5 @ Dodgers 9–6 Reed Martinez Patterson 36,231 47–31 79 July 6 @ Dodgers 6–3 Smiley Morgan — 33,386 48–31 80 July 7 @ Dodgers 2–4 Belcher Terrell — 38,977 48–32 81 July 8 @ Dodgers 7–2 Drabek Wells — 37,271 49–32 82 July 12 Padres 4–3 (15) Patterson Schiraldi — 10,960 50–32 83 July 13 Padres 4–1 Drabek Rasmussen Belinda 16,108 51–32 84 July 14 Padres 8–4 Power Harris — 27,955 52–32 85 July 15 Padres 1–4 Whitson Heaton Lefferts 34,386 52–33 86 July 16 Giants 1–6 Garrelts Reed — 28,304 52–34 87 July 17 Giants 3–6 Robinson Smiley — 23,098 52–35 88 July 18 Giants 11–2 Drabek Wilson — 38,430 53–35 89 July 20 Dodgers 4–2 Walk Morgan Power 23,198 54–35 90 July 21 Dodgers 0–6 Belcher Heaton — 39,498 54–36 91 July 22 Dodgers 11–6 Kipper Wells — 26,818 55–36 92 July 23 @ Expos 0–5 Martinez Smiley — 27,499 55–37 93 July 24 @ Expos 5–3 Drabek Gross Belinda 24,444 56–37 94 July 25 @ Expos 7–8 (10) Sampen Belinda — 21,669 56–38 95 July 26 Phillies 4–12 Mulholland Heaton — 24,088 56–39 96 July 27 Phillies 3–5 Cook Reed Boever 29,117 56–40 97 July 28 Phillies 3–4 Parrett Landrum Boever 37,022 56–41 98 July 29 Phillies 2–1 Drabek Combs — 33,018 57–41 99 July 31 @ Cubs 9–1 Patterson Boskie — 35,126 58–41
August: 17–14 (Home: 7–10; Away: 10–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 100 August 1 @ Cubs 0–5 Maddux Reed — 34,542 58–42 101 August 2 @ Cubs 8–5 Smiley Wilson Walk 34,493 59–42 102 August 3 @ Phillies 11–0 Drabek Ruffin — 36,057 60–42 103 August 4 @ Phillies 3–1 (10) Patterson McDowell Power 45,305 61–42 104 August 5 @ Phillies 6–8 Carman Ruskin Boever 40,142 61–43 105 August 6 @ Phillies 10–1 Tomlin Mulholland — 62–43 106 August 6 @ Phillies 4–3 (10) Landrum McDowell — 30,827 63–43 107 August 7 Expos 4–3 (12) Ross Mohorcic — 23,666 64–43 108 August 8 Expos 2–6 Martinez Drabek — 21,180 64–44 109 August 9 Expos 6–7 (10) Frey Landrum Sampen 21,499 64–45 110 August 10 Cardinals 3–8 Dayley Kramer — 23,701 64–46 111 August 11 Cardinals 2–3 Magrane Tomlin Smith 46,720 64–47 112 August 12 Cardinals 0–6 Tewksbury Smiley — 30,335 64–48 113 August 14 Braves 3–1 Drabek Leibrandt — 65–48 114 August 14 Braves 6–4 Smith Avery Patterson 25,542 66–48 115 August 15 Braves 1–8 Castillo Heaton — 16,063 66–49 116 August 16 Braves 4–3 Kipper Mercker — 19,304 67–49 117 August 17 @ Reds 7–1 York Rijo — 68–49 118 August 17 @ Reds 4–3 Smiley Layana Belinda 48,964 69–49 119 August 18 @ Reds 3–1 Smith Hammond Kipper 35,263 70–49 120 August 19 @ Reds 6–3 Drabek Armstrong Belinda 36,549 71–49 121 August 20 Astros 7–1 Heaton Deshaies — 20,997 72–49 122 August 21 Astros 1–2 Darwin Patterson — 14,062 72–50 123 August 22 Astros 4–2 Smiley Gullickson Landrum 29,420 73–50 124 August 23 Reds 9–3 Smith Hammond — 26,181 74–50 125 August 24 Reds 3–4 Dibble Kipper Myers 48,205 74–51 126 August 25 Reds 1–6 Charlton Belinda — 43,679 74–52 127 August 26 Reds 2–6 Mahler Tomlin Dibble 43,174 74–53 128 August 28 @ Braves 0–9 Leibrandt Smiley — 5,872 74–54 129 August 29 @ Braves 10–0 (7) Drabek Avery — 5,403 75–54 130 August 31 @ Astros 2–3 Agosto Patterson — 10,892 75–55
September: 19–10 (Home: 11–3; Away: 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 131 September 1 @ Astros 1–2 (10) Smith Power — 16,422 75–56 132 September 2 @ Astros 7–6 Smiley Darwin Kipper 16,598 76–56 133 September 3 Phillies 4–1 Drabek Ruffin — 23,854 77–56 134 September 4 Phillies 11–7 Landrum Akerfelds Patterson 16,858 78–56 135 September 5 Mets 1–0 Smith Franco — 79–56 136 September 5 Mets 3–1 Heaton Ojeda Power 49,793 80–56 137 September 6 Mets 7–1 Tomlin Valera — 32,528 81–56 138 September 7 Expos 1–4 Boyd Smiley Burke 22,083 81–57 139 September 8 Expos 6–1 Drabek Farmer — 44,614 82–57 140 September 9 Expos 5–9 Rojas Walk — 22,023 82–58 141 September 10 @ Phillies 3–2 Belinda Boever — 18,970 83–58 142 September 11 @ Phillies 5–1 Tomlin Grimsley — 20,289 84–58 143 September 12 @ Mets 1–2 Cone Smiley — 48,375 84–59 144 September 13 @ Mets 3–6 Gooden Drabek Franco 51,079 84–60 145 September 14 @ Expos 2–4 Frey Heaton — 15,880 84–61 146 September 15 @ Expos 3–4 Sampen Smith Burke 20,392 84–62 147 September 16 @ Expos 1–4 Ruskin Tomlin Frey 21,286 84–63 148 September 18 @ Cubs 5–8 Maddux Smiley — 23,168 84–64 149 September 19 @ Cubs 8–7 Drabek Sutcliffe Patterson 13,058 85–64 150 September 20 @ Cubs 11–2 Walk Kramer Palacios 14,926 86–64 151 September 21 Cardinals 1–0 Smith DeLeon — 29,048 87–64 152 September 22 Cardinals 2–3 Hill Tomlin Smith 22,895 87–65 153 September 23 Cardinals 7–2 Smiley Tewksbury Palacios 30,635 88–65 154 September 25 Cubs 5–3 Drabek Wilson — 21,644 89–65 155 September 26 Cubs 4–3 Smith Coffman — 26,157 90–65 156 September 27 Cubs 3–2 Tomlin Bielecki Palacios 25,049 91–65 157 September 28 @ Cardinals 6–4 Landrum Hill Belinda 24,837 92–65 158 September 29 @ Cardinals 8–0 Walk Tewksbury — 23,571 93–65 159 September 30 @ Cardinals 2–0 Drabek Magrane — 32,672 94–65
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 Mets 1–4 Cone Smith — 50,393 94–66 161 October 2 Mets 9–4 Landrum Gooden — 50,028 95–66 162 October 3 Mets 3–6 Viola York Pena 27,641 95–67
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Pirates team member

1990 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–6	4–8	5–7	5–7	8–10	5–13	7–5
Chicago	6–6	—	4–8	6–6	3–9	11–7	9–9	11–7	4–14	8–4	7–5	8–10
Cincinnati	10–8	8–4	—	11–7	9–9	9–3	6–6	7–5	6–6	9–9	7–11	9–3
Houston	13–5	6–6	7–11	—	9–9	5–7	5–7	5–7	5–7	4–14	10–8	6–6
Los Angeles	12–6	9–3	9–9	9–9	—	6–6	5–7	8–4	4–8	9–9	8–10	7–5
Montreal	6–6	7–11	3–9	7–5	6–6	—	8–10	10–8	13–5	7–5	7–5	11–7
New York	8–4	9–9	6–6	7–5	7–5	10–8	—	10–8	10–8	5–7	7–5	12–6
Philadelphia	7-5	7–11	5–7	7–5	4–8	8–10	8–10	—	6–12	7–5	8–4	10–8
Pittsburgh	7–5	14–4	6–6	7–5	8–4	5–13	8–10	12–6	—	10–2	8–4	10–8
San Diego	10–8	4–8	9–9	14–4	9–9	5–7	7–5	5–7	2–10	—	7–11	3–9
San Francisco	13–5	5–7	11–7	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	4–8	4–8	11–7	—	9–3
St. Louis	5–7	10–8	3–9	6–6	5–7	7–11	6–12	8–10	8–10	9–3	3–9	—

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 46 Doug Bair 50,60 Stan Belinda 15 Doug Drabek 26 Neal Heaton 27 Mark Huismann 16 Bob Kipper 28 Randy Kramer 43 Bill Landrum 58 Vicente Palacios 38 Bob Patterson 48 Ted Power 34 Rick Reed 47,49 Jerry Reuss 58 Mike Roesler 29,30 Mark Ross 56 Scott Ruskin 57 John Smiley 41 Zane Smith 35 Walt Terrell 30 Jay Tibbs 29 Randy Tomlin 17 Bob Walk 53 Mike York	Catchers 22 Dann Bilardello 12 Mike LaValliere 54 Orlando Merced 14 Tom Prince 11 Don Slaught Infielders 19 Wally Backman  3 Jay Bell  6 Rafael Belliard  5 Sid Bream 51 Carlos García  7 Jeff King 13 José Lind 35 Carmelo Martínez  2 Gary Redus	Outfielders 52 Moisés Alou 24 Barry Bonds 25 Bobby Bonilla 44 John Cangelosi 42 Steve Carter 30 Lloyd McClendon 23 R. J. Reynolds 27 Mark Ryal 18 Andy Van Slyke	Manager 10 Jim Leyland Coaches 45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen) 36 Bruce Kimm (bench) 32 Gene Lamont (third base) 39 Milt May (hitting) 31 Ray Miller (pitching) 37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
19	Wally Backman	3B
3	Jay Bell	SS
18	Andy Van Slyke	CF
25	Bobby Bonilla	RF
24	Barry Bonds	LF
5	Sid Bream	1B
12	Mike LaValliere	C
13	José Lind	2B
15	Doug Drabek	SP

• Barry Bonds, OF, National League Most Valuable Player Award
• Sid Bream, Hutch Award^[5]
• Sid Bream, National League Record, Most Assists in One Season,^[6]
• Doug Drabek, National League Cy Young Award
• Doug Drabek, National League Pitcher of the Month, July
• Doug Drabek, National League Pitcher of the Month, August
• Jim Leyland, National League Manager of the Year Award
• Andy Van Slyke, Outfield, Gold Glove Award

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Barry Bonds, OF, reserve
• Bobby Bonilla, OF, reserve
• Neal Heaton, P, reserve

Batting

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

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

• May 2, 1990: Rico Rossy was traded by the Pirates to the Atlanta Braves for Greg Tubbs.^[11]
• May 18, 1990: Roger Mason was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[12]
• June 5, 1990: The Pirates traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Jay Tibbs. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Dorn Taylor to the Orioles on September 5.^[13]
• August 8, 1990: Scott Ruskin, Willie Greene and a player to be named later were traded by the Pirates to the Montreal Expos for Zane Smith. The Pirates completed the trade by sending Moisés Alou to the Expos on August 16.^[14]
• September 1, 1990: Randy Kramer was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Greg Kallevig (minors).^[15]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Terry Collins
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Marc Bombard
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Stan Cliburn
A	Augusta Pirates	South Atlantic League	Lee Driggers
A-Short Season	Welland Pirates	New York–Penn League	Jim Mallon
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Julio Garcia
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	--

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: DSL Pirates

• 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates team at Baseball-Reference
• 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.