1990 Montreal Expos season

March 2026 November 2013 Montreal Expos 1990 National League East Olympic Stadium Montreal Charles Bronfman Dave Dombrowski Buck Rodgers 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) CJAD (English)(Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Jerry Trupiano, Elliott Price) CKAC (French)(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte) 85–77 3rd 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. Offseason October 26, 1989: Yamil Benitez was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benitya01.shtml Yamil Benitez Stats December 7, 1989: Oil Can Boyd signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.Oil Can Boyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 7, 1989: Keith Atherton was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/atherke01.shtml Keith Atherton Stats January 24, 1990: John Candelaria was released by the Montreal Expos.John Candelaria Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 17, 1990: Eric Bullock was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bulloer01.shtml Eric Bullock Stats 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 On May 14, 1990, pitching for the in Los Angeles, Kevin Gross and Dodgers starter Fernando Valenzuela accomplished the rare feat of hitting homers off each other in the same inning.Baseball-Reference.com https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN199005140.shtml Expos 2-3 Dodgers, Monday, May 14, 1990, Dodger Stadium July 5, 2015 Season standings Montreal Expos Record vs. opponents MON Opening Day starters Delino DeShields Andrés Galarraga Marquis Grissom Kevin Gross Spike Owen Tim Raines Nelson Santovenia Larry Walker Tim Wallachhttp://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1990&t=MON 1990 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac Notable transactions April 23, 1990: Rex Hudler was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Costello.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudlere01.shtml Rex Hudler Stats 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.Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft Baseball-Reference.com June 18, 1990: Rolando Roomes was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Cincinnati Reds.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roomero01.shtml Rolando Roomes Stats July 2, 1990: Ugueth Urbina was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml Ugueth Urbina Stats 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.Zane Smith Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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 Tom Foley (infielder) 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 Bob Malloy (1980s pitcher) 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 Dennis Martinez, Pitcher, Reserve Tim Wallach, Third Base, Reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 BundyJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1990 Montreal Expos team at Baseball-Reference 1990 Montreal Expos team at baseball-almanac.com Category:Montreal Expos seasons Montreal Expos season Category:1990 in sports in Quebec Category:1990 in Montreal