1990 Montreal Expos season explained

Montreal Expos
Season:	1990
League:	National League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Olympic Stadium
City:	Montreal
General Managers:	Dave Dombrowski
Television:	CFCF-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)
Radio:	CJAD (English) (Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Jerry Trupiano, Elliott Price) CKAC (French) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
Record:	85–77
Divisional Place:	3rd

The 1990 Montreal Expos season was the 22nd season in franchise history. An 85–77 record was good enough to put them in third place in the National League East and 10 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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

Opening Day starters

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

(Pitching)
(First base)
(Bench)
(Bullpen)
(Hitting)
(Third base)

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	111	313	76	.243	9	41
1B	155	579	148	.256	20	87
2B	129	499	144	.289	4	45
SS	149	453	106	.234	5	35
3B	161	626	185	.296	21	98
LF	130	457	131	.287	9	62
CF	118	391	109	.279	11	39
RF	133	419	101	.241	19	51

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
98	288	74	.257	3	29
119	231	58	.251	1	20
73	164	35	.213	0	12
59	163	31	.190	6	28
96	161	39	.242	1	18
81	158	42	.266	0	14
52	119	27	.227	3	7
47	49	8	.163	1	5
14	15	3	.200	0	0
16	14	4	.286	0	1
8	8	2	.250	0	0
3	6	2	.333	0	1
4	3	1	.333	0	0
4	2	1	.500	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	226.0	10	11	2.95	156
31	190.2	10	6	2.93	113
31	163.1	9	12	4.57	111
27	152.2	7	9	3.42	135
22	139.1	6	7	3.23	80
11	70.0	6	2	2.83	53
4	28.0	1	1	2.89	23

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
	6	23.0	0	3	7.04	14
	4	18.0	0	1	3.00	16

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
58	3	3	20	2.52	47
59	12	7	2	2.99	69
51	8	2	9	2.10	29
42	4	7	3	5.09	40
34	1	2	2	3.23	29
34	3	3	13	4.31	22
23	3	1	1	3.60	26
23	1	0	0	2.28	23
4	0	0	0	5.68	1
2	1	0	0	0.00	3
1	0	0	0	0.00	1
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	9.00	0
1	0	0	0	0.00	0
1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Awards and honors

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

External links

1990 Montreal Expos team at Baseball-Reference
1990 Montreal Expos team at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

Web site: Yamil Benitez Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boydoi01.shtml Oil Can Boyd Statistics
Web site: Keith Atherton Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/candejo01.shtml John Candelaria Statistics
Web site: Eric Bullock Stats.
Web site: 1990 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac.
Web site: Rex Hudler Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1990&round=1&draft_type=junreg Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft
Web site: Rolando Roomes Stats.
Web site: Ugueth Urbina Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithza01.shtml Zane Smith Statistics
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007