1990 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersBob Lurie
General managersAl Rosen
ManagersRoger Craig
TelevisionKTVU
(Duane Kuiper, Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald)
SportsChannel America
(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald, Mike Krukow)
KLOK
(Tito Fuentes, Julio Gonzalez)
Seasons

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

  • December 3, 1990: Willie McGee was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[1]
  • January 19, 1990: Gary Carter was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[2]

Regular season

  • 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.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9171 0.562 — 46–35 45–36
Los Angeles Dodgers 8676 0.531 5 47–34 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8577 0.525 6 49–32 36–45
Houston Astros 7587 0.463 16 49–32 26–55
San Diego Padres 7587 0.463 16 37–44 38–43
Atlanta Braves 6597 0.401 26 37–44 28–53

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—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

  • 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]

Major League debuts

Roster

1990 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CTerry Kennedy10730384.277226
1BWill Clark154600177.2951995
2BRobby Thompson144498122.2451556
SSJosé Uribe138415103.248124
3BMatt Williams159617171.27733122
LFKevin Mitchell140524152.2903593
CFBrett Butler160622192.309344
RFKevin Bass6121454.252732

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
Gary Carter9224462.254927
Mike Kingery10520761.295024
Greg Litton9320450.245124
Rick Leach7817451.293216
Ernie Riles9215531.200821
Rick Parker5410726.243214
Dave Anderson6010035.35016
Mike Benjamin225612.21423
Steve Decker155416.29638
Bill Bathe524811.229312
Mike Laga23275.18524
Mark Leonard11173.17612
Kirt Manwaring8132.15401
Mark Bailey571.14313
Brad Komminsk851.20000
Tony Perezchica431.33300
Andrés Santana620.00001

Pitching

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
John Burkett33204.01473.79118
Scott Garrelts31182.012114.1580
Don Robinson26157.21074.5778
Rick Reuschel1587.0363.9349
Mike LaCoss1377.2643.9439

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
Trevor Wilson27110.1874.0066
Atlee Hammaker2567.1454.2828
Kelly Downs1363.0323.4331
Bob Knepper1244.1335.6824
Eric Gunderson719.2125.4914
Rafael Novoa718.2016.7514
Paul McClellan47.20111.742
Russ Swan22.1013.861

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
Jeff Brantley5553191.5661
Steve Bedrosian6899174.2043
Mark Thurmond432343.3424
Francisco Oliveras332222.7741
Randy O'Neal261003.8330
Ed Vosberg181105.5512
Mark Dewey141102.7811
Ernie Camacho80003.608
Dan Quisenberry501013.502
Andy McGaffigan400017.364
Randy McCament30003.005
Rick Rodriguez30008.102
Greg Booker200013.500

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Duane Espy
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Bill Evers
A San Jose Giants California League Tom Spencer
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Jack Mull
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Deron McCue

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Shreveport[11]

References

  1. ↑ Willie McGee at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Gary Carter at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "1990 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ↑ Greg Booker at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ "Rick Leach Stats".
  6. ↑ Ernie Camacho at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Rick Rodriguez at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Atlee Hammaker at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ "Rikkert Faneyte Stats".
  10. ↑ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
  11. ↑ 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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