1990 San Francisco Giants season explained

San Francisco Giants
Season:	1990
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Candlestick Park
City:	San Francisco, California
Owners:	Bob Lurie
General Managers:	Al Rosen
Managers:	Roger Craig
Television:	KTVU (Duane Kuiper, Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald) SportsChannel America (Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
Radio:	KNBR (Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald, Mike Krukow) KLOK (Tito Fuentes, Julio Gonzalez)

The 1990 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 108th season in Major League Baseball, their 33rd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 31st at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 85–77 record, 6 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

In a game against the San Diego Padres, Gary Carter broke the National League record set by Al López for most games caught by a catcher. It was Carter's 1,862nd game as a catcher.

April 5, 1990: Greg Booker was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[4]
April 8, 1990: Rick Leach was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.^[5]
June 23, 1990: Ernie Camacho was released by the Giants.^[6]
June 24, 1990: Rick Rodriguez was signed as a free agent by the Giants.^[7]
August 12, 1990: Atlee Hammaker was released by the Giants.^[8]

June 4, 1990: Rikkert Faneyte was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 16th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed March 19, 1991.^[9]

Batters:
- Steve Decker (Sep 18)
- Mark Leonard (Jul 21)
- Rick Parker (May 4)
- Andres Santana (Sep 16)
Pitchers:
- Mark Dewey (Aug 24)
- Eric Gunderson (Apr 11)
- Paul McClellan (Sep 2)
- Rafael Novoa (Jul 31) ^[10]

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	107	303	84	.277	2	26
1B	154	600	177	.295	19	95
2B	144	498	122	.245	15	56
SS	138	415	103	.248	1	24
3B	159	617	171	.277	33	122
LF	140	524	152	.290	35	93
CF	160	622	192	.309	3	44
RF	61	214	54	.252	7	32

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
92	244	62	.254	9	27
105	207	61	.295	0	24
93	204	50	.245	1	24
78	174	51	.293	2	16
92	155	31	.200	8	21
54	107	26	.243	2	14
60	100	35	.350	1	6
22	56	12	.214	2	3
15	54	16	.296	3	8
52	48	11	.229	3	12
23	27	5	.185	2	4
11	17	3	.176	1	2
8	13	2	.154	0	1
5	7	1	.143	1	3
8	5	1	.200	0	0
4	3	1	.333	0	0
6	2	0	.000	0	1

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	204.0	14	7	3.79	118
31	182.0	12	11	4.15	80
26	157.2	10	7	4.57	78
15	87.0	3	6	3.93	49
13	77.2	6	4	3.94	39

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
27	110.1	8	7	4.00	66
25	67.1	4	5	4.28	28
13	63.0	3	2	3.43	31
12	44.1	3	3	5.68	24
7	19.2	1	2	5.49	14
7	18.2	0	1	6.75	14
4	7.2	0	1	11.74	2
2	2.1	0	1	3.86	1

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
55	5	3	19	1.56	61
68	9	9	17	4.20	43
43	2	3	4	3.34	24
33	2	2	2	2.77	41
26	1	0	0	3.83	30
18	1	1	0	5.55	12
14	1	1	0	2.78	11
8	0	0	0	3.60	8
5	0	1	0	13.50	2
4	0	0	0	17.36	4
3	0	0	0	3.00	5
3	0	0	0	8.10	2
2	0	0	0	13.50	0