1990 Montreal Expos season

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.

1990 Montreal Expos
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Olympic Stadium
City	Montreal
Record	85–77
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Charles Bronfman
General managers	Dave Dombrowski
Managers	Buck Rodgers
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)
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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

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	67	0.586	—	49–32	46–35
New York Mets	91	71	0.562	4	52–29	39–42
Montreal Expos	85	77	0.525	10	47–34	38–43
Chicago Cubs	77	85	0.475	18	39–42	38–43
Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	0.475	18	41–40	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	70	92	0.432	25	34–47	36–45

Record vs. opponents

1990 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–6	4–8	5–7	5–7	8–10	5–13	7–5
Chicago	6–6	—	4–8	6–6	3–9	11–7	9–9	11–7	4–14	8–4	7–5	8–10
Cincinnati	10–8	8–4	—	11–7	9–9	9–3	6–6	7–5	6–6	9–9	7–11	9–3
Houston	13–5	6–6	7–11	—	9–9	5–7	5–7	5–7	5–7	4–14	10–8	6–6
Los Angeles	12–6	9–3	9–9	9–9	—	6–6	5–7	8–4	4–8	9–9	8–10	7–5
Montreal	6–6	7–11	3–9	7–5	6–6	—	8–10	10–8	13–5	7–5	7–5	11–7
New York	8–4	9–9	6–6	7–5	7–5	10–8	—	10–8	10–8	5–7	7–5	12–6
Philadelphia	7-5	7–11	5–7	7–5	4–8	8–10	8–10	—	6–12	7–5	8–4	10–8
Pittsburgh	7–5	14–4	6–6	7–5	8–4	5–13	8–10	12–6	—	10–2	8–4	10–8
San Diego	10–8	4–8	9–9	14–4	9–9	5–7	7–5	5–7	2–10	—	7–11	3–9
San Francisco	13–5	5–7	11–7	8–10	10–8	5–7	5–7	4–8	4–8	11–7	—	9–3
St. Louis	5–7	10–8	3–9	6–6	5–7	7–11	6–12	8–10	8–10	9–3	3–9	—

Opening Day starters

• Delino DeShields
• Andrés Galarraga
• Marquis Grissom
• Kevin Gross
• Spike Owen
• Tim Raines
• Nelson Santovenia
• Larry Walker
• Tim Wallach^[6]

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 52 Scott Anderson 47 Brian Barnes 23 Oil Can Boyd 44 Tim Burke 50 John Costello 49 Howard Farmer 41 Steve Frey 40 Mark Gardner 26 Brett Gideon 46 Kevin Gross 45 Drew Hall 38 Joe Hesketh 42 Bob Malloy 32 Dennis Martínez 54 Dale Mohorcic 43 Chris Nabholz 51 Mel Rojas 34,56 Scott Ruskin 55 Bill Sampen 24,28 Dave Schmidt 34 Zane Smith 48 Rich Thompson		Catchers 20 Mike Fitzgerald 19 Jerry Goff 15 Orlando Mercado 22 Nelson Santovenia Infielders  4 Delino DeShields 16 Tom Foley 14 Andrés Galarraga  6 Wallace Johnson  3 Junior Noboa 11 Spike Owen  5 Johnny Paredes 29 Tim Wallach		Outfielders 24,25 Mike Aldrete 18 Moisés Alou  9 Marquis Grissom  1 Dave Martinez 35 Otis Nixon 30 Tim Raines 27 Rolando Roomes 33 Larry Walker Other batters 38 Eric Bullock 25 Rex Hudler		Manager 37 Buck Rodgers Coaches 36 Larry Bearnarth (Pitching) 21 Tommy Harper (First base) 17 Rafael Landestoy (Bench) 31 Ken Macha (Bullpen) 12 Hal McRae (Hitting) 19 Tom Runnells (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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike Fitzgerald	111	313	76	.243	9	41
1B	Andrés Galarraga	155	579	148	.256	20	87
2B	Delino DeShields	129	499	144	.289	4	45
SS	Spike Owen	149	453	106	.234	5	35
3B	Tim Wallach	161	626	185	.296	21	98
LF	Tim Raines	130	457	131	.287	9	62
CF	Dave Martinez	118	391	109	.279	11	39
RF	Larry Walker	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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Marquis Grissom	98	288	74	.257	3	29
Otis Nixon	119	231	58	.251	1	20
Tom Foley	73	164	35	.213	0	12
Nelson Santovenia	59	163	31	.190	6	28
Mike Aldrete	96	161	39	.242	1	18
Junior Noboa	81	158	42	.266	0	14
Jerry Goff	52	119	27	.227	3	7
Wallace Johnson	47	49	8	.163	1	5
Moisés Alou	14	15	3	.200	0	0
Rolando Roomes	16	14	4	.286	0	1
Orlando Mercado	8	8	2	.250	0	0
Johnny Paredes	3	6	2	.333	0	1
Rex Hudler	4	3	1	.333	0	0
Eric Bullock	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dennis Martínez	32	226.0	10	11	2.95	156
Oil Can Boyd	31	190.2	10	6	2.93	113
Kevin Gross	31	163.1	9	12	4.57	111
Mark Gardner	27	152.2	7	9	3.42	135
Zane Smith	22	139.1	6	7	3.23	80
Chris Nabholz	11	70.0	6	2	2.83	53
Brian Barnes	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
Howard Farmer	6	23.0	0	3	7.04	14
Scott Anderson	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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tim Burke	58	3	3	20	2.52	47
Bill Sampen	59	12	7	2	2.99	69
Steve Frey	51	8	2	9	2.10	29
Drew Hall	42	4	7	3	5.09	40
Dale Mohorcic	34	1	2	2	3.23	29
Dave Schmidt	34	3	3	13	4.31	22
Mel Rojas	23	3	1	1	3.60	26
Scott Ruskin	23	1	0	0	2.28	23
John Costello	4	0	0	0	5.68	1
Joe Hesketh	2	1	0	0	0.00	3
Bob Malloy	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Rich Thompson	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Brett Gideon	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
Junior Noboa	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Dave Martinez	1	0	0	0	54.00	0

Awards and honors

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Tim Johnson
AA	Jacksonville Expos	Southern League	Jerry Manuel
A	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	Felipe Alou
A	Rockford Expos	Midwest League	Mike Quade
A-Short Season	Jamestown Expos	New York–Penn League	Pat Daugherty
Rookie	GCL Expos	Gulf Coast League	Lorenzo Bundy

^[12]

References

1. "Yamil Benitez Stats".
2. Oil Can Boyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. "Keith Atherton Stats".
4. John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. "Eric Bullock Stats".
6. "1990 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac".
7. "Rex Hudler Stats".
8. Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com
9. "Rolando Roomes Stats".
10. "Ugueth Urbina Stats".
11. Zane Smith Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

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