1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkThree Rivers Stadium
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
OwnersPittsburgh Associates
General managersLarry Doughty
ManagersJim Leyland
TelevisionKDKA-TV
KBL
RadioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
Seasons

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.

Offseason

Regular season

  • 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.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 9171 0.562 4 52–29 39–42
Montreal Expos 8577 0.525 10 47–34 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 18 39–42 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 7785 0.475 18 41–40 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7092 0.432 25 34–47 36–45

Game log

1990 Game Log: 95–67 (Home: 49–32; Away: 46–35)
April: 14–6 (Home: 2–4; Away: 12–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9@ Mets12–3DrabekGooden—47,9191–0
2April 11@ Mets0–3ViolaSmileyFranco16,8801–1
3April 12@ Mets6–2HeatonFernandez—16,5442–1
4April 13Cubs0–2MadduxWalkWilliams44,7992–2
5April 14Cubs1–4HarkeyDrabekWilliams13,2262–3
6April 15Cubs4–3 (10)PattersonLancaster—6,2893–3
7April 16Cardinals4–6DeLeonSmileyHorton7,1363–4
8April 17Cardinals7–2HeatonMathews—3,9814–4
9April 18Cardinals0–3TudorWalkDayley11,6264–5
10April 19@ Cardinals5–1DrabekMagrane—20,4955–5
11April 20@ Cubs9–4 (7)RoeslerBielecki—15,1716–5
12April 21@ Cubs4–3SmileyWilsonLandrum37,0917–5
13April 22@ Cubs3–2HeatonNunezPower33,5838–5
14April 23@ Cardinals4–7TudorWalk—22,7488–6
15April 24@ Giants4–1DrabekGarreltsLandrum10,8819–6
16April 25@ Giants7–4 (12)PattersonBedrosian—10,69810–6
17April 26@ Giants2–1SmileyLaCoss—10,49311–6
18April 27@ Padres9–4HeatonShow—23,37612–6
19April 28@ Padres4–3WalkBenesLandrum26,47313–6
20April 29@ Padres10–1DrabekRasmussen—27,20614–6
May: 15–11 (Home: 13–2; Away: 2–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1@ Dodgers1–4BelcherTerrell—31,29214–7
22May 2@ Dodgers2–6ValenzuelaSmiley—32,08914–8
23May 6Braves6–4HeatonSmoltzRuskin15–8
24May 6Braves4–2DrabekLilliquistPatterson17,10816–8
25May 7Padres4–1WalkHurstPower9,65317–8
26May 8Padres10–2TerrellShow—10,69418–8
27May 9Reds6–2SmileyArmstrongLandrum17,14919–8
28May 10Reds4–10CharltonPower—15,07119–9
29May 11Astros4–3DrabekDeshaiesLandrum24,73420–9
30May 12Astros3–1HeatonPortugalPower16,06621–9
31May 13Astros5–1WalkGullicksonLandrum16,65822–9
32May 14@ Reds3–5ArmstrongTerrellMyers24,21122–10
33May 15@ Reds4–5 (11)LayanaPatterson—13,35322–11
34May 17@ Braves1–6LilliquistHeatonHesketh6,34022–12
35May 18@ Braves9–3WalkClary—19,00123–12
36May 19@ Braves1–2GlavineTerrellHesketh26,17023–13
37May 20@ Braves11–13SmithKipperBoever8,28823–14
38May 21@ Astros2–3 (11)AgostoPower—8,11623–15
39May 22@ Astros8–4HeatonSchatzeder—8,66124–15
40May 23@ Astros3–7AgostoRuskin—10,96124–16
41May 25Giants8–9BurkettTerrellBrantley24,64424–17
42May 26Giants10–4DrabekGarrelts—25,15025–17
43May 27Giants5–2HeatonReuschelPower23,94326–17
44May 28Dodgers6–5LandrumHowell—26,17127–17
45May 29Dodgers9–5PattersonValenzuelaRuskin10,25228–17
46May 30Dodgers5–3TerrellMartinezLandrum22,19829–17
June: 14–13 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
47June 1Expos1–4GrossDrabekMohorcic27,41029–18
48June 2Expos4–3 (10)LandrumHall—47,37430–18
49June 3Expos3–4SampenBelindaSchmidt27,81730–19
50June 4Cubs6–2PattersonBoskieLandrum9,25731–19
51June 5Cubs6–5BelindaWilliams—20,64232–19
52June 6Cubs6–1 (7)DrabekMaddux—21,16433–19
53June 7@ Mets5–4RuskinMusselmanKipper28,44334–19
54June 8@ Mets1–7FernandezWalk—29,71034–20
55June 9@ Mets3–9ConePatterson—38,37934–21
56June 10@ Mets3–8OjedaTerrell—46,86834–22
57June 11@ Cardinals8–7BelindaNiedenfuerLandrum27,40335–22
58June 12@ Cardinals6–3HeatonDeLeonLandrum30,81536–22
59June 13@ Cardinals6–5HuismannDiPinoReed26,92637–22
60June 15Mets5–7OjedaTerrellFranco35,93537–23
61June 16Mets11–6KipperViola—43,65338–23
62June 17Mets3–4GoodenHeatonFranco35,65238–24
63June 19@ Phillies1–2 (10)CarmanLandrum—29,78138–25
64June 20@ Phillies2–7RuffinPatterson—40,25638–26
65June 22@ Expos3–4SampenBelindaSchmidt22,96838–27
66June 23@ Expos1–6SmithDrabek—27,60538–28
67June 24@ Expos5–3HeatonMartinezBelinda41,05439–28
68June 25Phillies5–0Reedde Jesus—29,36940–28
69June 26Phillies1–0RuskinRuffinBelinda25,80741–28
70June 27Phillies5–3KipperHowellLandrum40,20742–28
71June 28@ Cardinals1–5TewksburyDrabekSmith22,60242–29
72June 29@ Giants3–7WilsonHeatonBrantley21,23142–30
73June 30@ Giants4–3KipperThurmondBelinda31,15943–30
July: 15–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
74July 1@ Giants8–5TibbsOliverasLandrum36,44144–30
75July 2@ Padres4–3 (14)PattersonSchiraldi—13,84245–30
76July 3@ Padres5–3LandrumLefferts—33,94946–30
77July 4@ Padres4–5ShowHeatonHarris10,89746–31
78July 5@ Dodgers9–6ReedMartinezPatterson36,23147–31
79July 6@ Dodgers6–3SmileyMorgan—33,38648–31
80July 7@ Dodgers2–4BelcherTerrell—38,97748–32
81July 8@ Dodgers7–2DrabekWells—37,27149–32
82July 12Padres4–3 (15)PattersonSchiraldi—10,96050–32
83July 13Padres4–1DrabekRasmussenBelinda16,10851–32
84July 14Padres8–4PowerHarris—27,95552–32
85July 15Padres1–4WhitsonHeatonLefferts34,38652–33
86July 16Giants1–6GarreltsReed—28,30452–34
87July 17Giants3–6RobinsonSmiley—23,09852–35
88July 18Giants11–2DrabekWilson—38,43053–35
89July 20Dodgers4–2WalkMorganPower23,19854–35
90July 21Dodgers0–6BelcherHeaton—39,49854–36
91July 22Dodgers11–6KipperWells—26,81855–36
92July 23@ Expos0–5MartinezSmiley—27,49955–37
93July 24@ Expos5–3DrabekGrossBelinda24,44456–37
94July 25@ Expos7–8 (10)SampenBelinda—21,66956–38
95July 26Phillies4–12MulhollandHeaton—24,08856–39
96July 27Phillies3–5CookReedBoever29,11756–40
97July 28Phillies3–4ParrettLandrumBoever37,02256–41
98July 29Phillies2–1DrabekCombs—33,01857–41
99July 31@ Cubs9–1PattersonBoskie—35,12658–41
August: 17–14 (Home: 7–10; Away: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
100August 1@ Cubs0–5MadduxReed—34,54258–42
101August 2@ Cubs8–5SmileyWilsonWalk34,49359–42
102August 3@ Phillies11–0DrabekRuffin—36,05760–42
103August 4@ Phillies3–1 (10)PattersonMcDowellPower45,30561–42
104August 5@ Phillies6–8CarmanRuskinBoever40,14261–43
105August 6@ Phillies10–1TomlinMulholland—62–43
106August 6@ Phillies4–3 (10)LandrumMcDowell—30,82763–43
107August 7Expos4–3 (12)RossMohorcic—23,66664–43
108August 8Expos2–6MartinezDrabek—21,18064–44
109August 9Expos6–7 (10)FreyLandrumSampen21,49964–45
110August 10Cardinals3–8DayleyKramer—23,70164–46
111August 11Cardinals2–3MagraneTomlinSmith46,72064–47
112August 12Cardinals0–6TewksburySmiley—30,33564–48
113August 14Braves3–1DrabekLeibrandt—65–48
114August 14Braves6–4SmithAveryPatterson25,54266–48
115August 15Braves1–8CastilloHeaton—16,06366–49
116August 16Braves4–3KipperMercker—19,30467–49
117August 17@ Reds7–1YorkRijo—68–49
118August 17@ Reds4–3SmileyLayanaBelinda48,96469–49
119August 18@ Reds3–1SmithHammondKipper35,26370–49
120August 19@ Reds6–3DrabekArmstrongBelinda36,54971–49
121August 20Astros7–1HeatonDeshaies—20,99772–49
122August 21Astros1–2DarwinPatterson—14,06272–50
123August 22Astros4–2SmileyGullicksonLandrum29,42073–50
124August 23Reds9–3SmithHammond—26,18174–50
125August 24Reds3–4DibbleKipperMyers48,20574–51
126August 25Reds1–6CharltonBelinda—43,67974–52
127August 26Reds2–6MahlerTomlinDibble43,17474–53
128August 28@ Braves0–9LeibrandtSmiley—5,87274–54
129August 29@ Braves10–0 (7)DrabekAvery—5,40375–54
130August 31@ Astros2–3AgostoPatterson—10,89275–55
September: 19–10 (Home: 11–3; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1@ Astros1–2 (10)SmithPower—16,42275–56
132September 2@ Astros7–6SmileyDarwinKipper16,59876–56
133September 3Phillies4–1DrabekRuffin—23,85477–56
134September 4Phillies11–7LandrumAkerfeldsPatterson16,85878–56
135September 5Mets1–0SmithFranco—79–56
136September 5Mets3–1HeatonOjedaPower49,79380–56
137September 6Mets7–1TomlinValera—32,52881–56
138September 7Expos1–4BoydSmileyBurke22,08381–57
139September 8Expos6–1DrabekFarmer—44,61482–57
140September 9Expos5–9RojasWalk—22,02382–58
141September 10@ Phillies3–2BelindaBoever—18,97083–58
142September 11@ Phillies5–1TomlinGrimsley—20,28984–58
143September 12@ Mets1–2ConeSmiley—48,37584–59
144September 13@ Mets3–6GoodenDrabekFranco51,07984–60
145September 14@ Expos2–4FreyHeaton—15,88084–61
146September 15@ Expos3–4SampenSmithBurke20,39284–62
147September 16@ Expos1–4RuskinTomlinFrey21,28684–63
148September 18@ Cubs5–8MadduxSmiley—23,16884–64
149September 19@ Cubs8–7DrabekSutcliffePatterson13,05885–64
150September 20@ Cubs11–2WalkKramerPalacios14,92686–64
151September 21Cardinals1–0SmithDeLeon—29,04887–64
152September 22Cardinals2–3HillTomlinSmith22,89587–65
153September 23Cardinals7–2SmileyTewksburyPalacios30,63588–65
154September 25Cubs5–3DrabekWilson—21,64489–65
155September 26Cubs4–3SmithCoffman—26,15790–65
156September 27Cubs3–2TomlinBieleckiPalacios25,04991–65
157September 28@ Cardinals6–4LandrumHillBelinda24,83792–65
158September 29@ Cardinals8–0WalkTewksbury—23,57193–65
159September 30@ Cardinals2–0DrabekMagrane—32,67294–65
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1Mets1–4ConeSmith—50,39394–66
161October 2Mets9–4LandrumGooden—50,02895–66
162October 3Mets3–6ViolaYorkPena27,64195–67
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1990 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–68–105–136–126–64–85–75–78–105–137–5
Chicago 6–6—4–86–63–911–79–911–74–148–47–58–10
Cincinnati 10–88–4—11–79–99–36–67–56–69–97–119–3
Houston 13–56–67–11—9–95–75–75–75–74–1410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–69–39–99–9—6–65–78–44–89–98–107–5
Montreal 6–67–113–97–56–6—8–1010–813–57–57–511–7
New York 8–49–96–67–57–510–8—10–810–85–77–512–6
Philadelphia 7-57–115–77–54–88–108–10—6–127–58–410–8
Pittsburgh 7–514–46–67–58–45–138–1012–6—10–28–410–8
San Diego 10–84–89–914–49–95–77–55–72–10—7–113–9
San Francisco 13–55–711–78–1010–85–75–74–84–811–7—9–3
St. Louis 5–710–83–96–65–77–116–128–108–109–33–9—

Detailed records

Roster

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
19Wally Backman3B
3Jay BellSS
18Andy Van SlykeCF
25Bobby BonillaRF
24Barry BondsLF
5Sid Bream1B
12Mike LaValliereC
13José Lind2B
15Doug DrabekSP

National League Championship Series

Awards and honors

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Player stats

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

Notable transactions

Farm system

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

References

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ Gordon Dillard at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Mark Ross at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ "Wally Backman Stats".
  5. ↑ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  6. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  8. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  9. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  10. ↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  11. ↑ Rico Rossy at Baseball-Reference
  12. ↑ "Roger Mason Stats".
  13. ↑ Dorn Taylor at Baseball-Reference
  14. ↑ Zane Smith at Baseball-Reference
  15. ↑ Randy Kramer at Baseball-Reference
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