1990 Milwaukee Brewers season

1990 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Harry Dalton
Manager(s)	Tom Trebelhorn
Local television	WCGV-TV (Pete Vuckovich, Jim Paschke)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1990 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.

Offseason

• October 16, 1989: Joey Meyer was released by the Brewers.
• December 3, 1989: Dave Parker was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
• December 12, 1989: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
• December 19, 1989: Robin Yount was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.

Regular season

• April 9, 1990: Pitcher Tony Fossas threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs. This was accomplished in the sixth inning.
• July 11, 1990: As part of the celebration of Comiskey Park, the Chicago White Sox played a Turn Back the Clock game against the Brewers. The White Sox wore their 1917 home uniforms. This was the first Turn Back the Clock game in the major leagues and started what has become a popular promotion. The club turned off the electronic scoreboards and public address system. They constructed a special manually operated scoreboard in center field for the day and even the grounds-crew wore period costume. General admission tickets were sold for $0.50, popcorn was a nickel, and the stadium organ was shut down for the game.

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	7–5	6–6	6–7	6–7	8–3	7–6	6–6	6–7	4–8	3–9	8–4	5–8
Boston	9–4	—	7–5	6–6	9–4	8–5	4–8	5–8	4–8	9–4	4–8	8–4	5–7	10–3
California	5–7	5–7	—	5–8	7–5	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	6–6	4–9	5–8	8–5	7–5
Chicago	6–6	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	5–7	9–4	10–2	7–6	10–2	8–5	8–5	7–6	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	4–9	5–7	7–5	—	5–8	6–6	9–4	7–5	5–8	4–8	7–5	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	5–8	7–5	7–5	8–5	—	5–7	3–10	6–6	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	3–8	8–4	6–7	4–9	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	8–4	4–9	7–6	5–8	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	8–5	5–7	2–10	4–9	10–3	8–4	—	4–8	6–7	5–7	4–8	5–7	7–6
Minnesota	6–6	8–4	4–9	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–4	—	6–6	6–7	6–7	5–8	3–9
New York	7–6	4–9	6–6	2–10	8–5	6–7	4–8	7–6	6–6	—	0–12	9–3	3–9	5–8
Oakland	8–4	8–4	9–4	5–8	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–5	7–6	12–0	—	9–4	8–5	7–5
Seattle	9–3	4–8	8–5	5–8	5–7	5–7	6–7	8–4	7–6	3–9	4–9	—	7–6	6–6
Texas	4–8	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	6–6	8–5	7–5	8–5	9–3	5–8	6–7	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	3–10	5–7	7–5	9–4	8–5	7–5	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–7	6–6	5–7	—

Notable transactions

• April 27, 1990: Terry Francona was released by the Brewers.
• May 23, 1990: Mark Lee was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
• June 9, 1990: Ron Robinson was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Bob Sebra to the Milwaukee Brewers for Billy Bates and Glenn Braggs.
• August 30, 1990: Charlie O'Brien and a player to be named later were traded by the Brewers to the New York Mets for players to be named later. The Mets sent completed the deal by sending Julio Machado and Kevin Brown to the Brewers on September 7. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Kevin Carmody (minors) to the Mets on September 11.

Roster

1990 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 38 Don August 29 Chris Bosio 30 Kevin Brown 35 Mike Capel 32 Chuck Crim 48 Tom Edens 35 Narciso Elvira 29 Tom Filer 36 Tony Fossas 49 Teddy Higuera 41 Mark Knudson 47 Bill Kreuger 34 Mark Lee 14 Julio Machado 27 Paul Mirabella 31 Jaime Navarro 37 Dan Plesac 21 Dennis Powell 33 Ron Robinson 30 Bob Sebra 43 Randy Veres 46 Bill Wegman		Catchers 26 Tim McIntosh 22 Charlie O'Brien  5 B. J. Surhoff Infielders 34 Billy Bates  9 Greg Brock 22 George Canale  2 Edgar Diaz 30 Terry Francona 17 Jim Gantner  4 Paul Molitor 39 Dave Parker 14 Gus Polidor 11 Gary Sheffield  6 Bill Spiers  7 Dale Sveum		Outfielders 26 Glenn Braggs 45 Rob Deer 16 Mike Felder 24 Darryl Hamilton 25 Greg Vaughn 19 Robin Yount		Manager 42 Tom Trebelhorn Coaches 25 Don Baylor (hitting) 50 Ray Burris 10 Duffy Dyer  8 Andy Etchebarren 12 Larry Haney

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
C	B. J. Surhoff	135	474	131	.276	6	59
1B	Greg Brock	123	367	91	.248	7	50
2B	Jim Gantner	88	323	85	.263	0	25
3B	Gary Sheffield	125	487	143	.294	10	67
SS	Bill Spiers	112	363	88	.242	2	36
LF	Greg Vaughn	120	382	84	.220	17	61
CF	Robin Yount	158	587	145	.247	17	77
RF	Rob Deer	134	440	92	.209	27	69
DH	Dave Parker	157	610	176	.289	21	92

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Paul Molitor	103	418	119	.285	12	45
Darryl Hamilton	89	156	46	.295	1	18
Charlie O'Brien	62	188	44	.234	6	35
Tim McIntosh	5	5	1	.200	1	1
Terry Francona	3	4	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Bosio	20	133	4	9	4.00	76

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tony Fossas	32	2	3	0	6.44	24
Mark Lee	11	1	0	0	2.11	14

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Zephyrs	American Association	Dave Machemer
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Dave Huppert
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Chris Bando
A	Beloit Brewers	Midwest League	Rob Derksen
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Alex Taveras
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Gary Calhoun

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stockton, AZL Brewers

References

• 1990 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1990 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com