1990 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1990 American League East Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan 79 83 y 3rd Tom Monaghan Bill Lajoie Sparky Anderson WDIV-TV(George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup) WJR(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) The 1990 Detroit Tigers season was the 90th season in franchise history. The Tigers finished in third place in the American League East, with a record of 79–83, which was a 20-win improvement on the dismal 1989 season. They scored 750 runs and allowed 754. Notably, Cecil Fielder hit 51 home runs, making him the (to date) only Tiger to hit at least 50 home runs in a season since Hank Greenberg in 1938. Offseason December 4, 1989: Steve Wapnick was drafted by the Tigers from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1989 rule 5 draft.Steve Wapnick at Baseball Reference December 5, 1989: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.Tony Phillips at Baseball Reference December 6, 1989: Bill Henderson (minors), Marcos Betances (minors), and Pat Austin (minors) were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Lindeman and Matt Kinzer.Jim Lindeman at Baseball Reference December 7, 1989: Lloyd Moseby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.Lloyd Moseby at Baseball Reference December 8, 1989: Rick Schu was released by the Tigers.Rick Schu at Baseball Reference December 20, 1989: Willie Hernández was released by the Tigers.Willie Hernández at Baseball Reference January 15, 1990: Cecil Fielder was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.Cecil Fielder at Baseball Reference January 15, 1990: Ed Romero was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.Ed Romero at Baseball Reference Regular season October 3, 1990: Cecil Fielder hit two home runs at Yankee Stadium to finish with 51 for the season. The 50th home run was hit off of Steve Adkins. Fielder was the first major leaguer since George Foster in 1977 to hit 50 home runs in a season. It was the 18th time that a major leaguer (and the 11th time that an American League player) hit 50 home runs in a season. Opening Day starters 3B Tony Phillips SS Alan Trammell 2B Lou Whitaker 1B Cecil Fielder CF Lloyd Moseby C Matt Nokes LF Gary Ward RF Chet Lemon DH Dave Bergman SP Jack Morris April 9, 1990 Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS199004090.shtml Baseball Reference.com Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions May 1, 1990: Steve Wapnick was returned by the Tigers to the Toronto Blue Jays. June 4, 1990: Tony Clark was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft.Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft – Baseball-Reference.com June 13, 1990: John Shelby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.John Shelby at Baseball Reference June 18, 1990: Kenny Williams was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the Toronto Blue Jays.Kenny Williams at Baseball Reference June 18, 1990: Tracy Jones was traded by the Tigers to the Seattle Mariners for Darnell Coles.Darnell Coles at Baseball Reference July 15, 1990: Ed Romero was released by the Detroit Tigers. Roster 1990 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 30 Scott Aldred 16 Brian Dubois 48 Paul Gibson 19 Jerry Don Gleaton 39 Mike Henneman 43 Matt Kinzer 20 Urbano Lugo 18 Lance McCullers 47 Jack Morris 37 Randy Nosek 41 Edwin Núñez 17 Clay Parker 23 Dan Petry 31 Kevin Ritz 44 Jeff Robinson 46 Mike Schwabe 49 Steve Searcy 26 Frank Tanana 35 Walt Terrell 43 Steve Wapnick Catchers  8 Mike Heath 33 Matt Nokes 12 Rich Rowland 10 Mark Salas Infielders 14 Dave Bergman 45 Cecil Fielder 24 Travis Fryman 33 Jim Lindeman 18 Johnny Paredes  4 Tony Phillips 12 Ed Romero  3 Alan Trammell  1 Lou Whitaker Outfielders 21 Darnell Coles 22 Milt Cuyler 15 Tracy Jones 34 Chet Lemon  7 Scott Lusader 15,17 Lloyd Moseby  9 Larry Sheets 25 John Shelby 32 Gary Ward 25 Kenny Williams Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 50 Billy Consolo 51 Alex Grammas 56 Billy Muffett 28 Vada Pinson 53 Dick Tracewski Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Heath baseball 122 370 100 .270 7 38 1B Cecil Fielder 159 573 159 .277 51 132 2B Lou Whitaker 132 472 112 .237 18 60 3B Tony Phillips 152 573 144 .251 8 55 SS Alan Trammell 146 559 170 .304 14 89 LF Gary Ward Gary Ward (outfielder) 106 309 79 .256 9 46 CF Lloyd Moseby 122 431 107 .248 14 51 RF Chet Lemon 104 322 83 .258 5 32 DH Dave Bergman 100 205 57 .278 2 26https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1993.shtml 1993 Detroit Tigers Statistics 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 Larry Sheets 131 360 94 .261 10 52 Travis Fryman 66 232 69 .297 9 27 John Shelby 78 222 55 .248 4 20 Mark Salas 74 164 38 .232 9 24 Tracy Jones 50 118 27 .229 4 9 Matt Nokes 44 111 30 .270 3 8 Darnell Coles 52 108 22 .204 1 4 Scott Lusader 45 87 21 .241 2 16 Kenny Williams Kenny Williams (baseball) 57 83 11 .133 0 5 Ed Romero 32 70 16 .229 0 4 Milt Cuyler 19 51 13 .255 0 8 Jim Lindeman 12 32 7 .219 2 8 Rich Rowland 7 19 3 .158 0 0 Johnny Paredes 6 8 1 .125 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 Jack Morris 36 249.2 15 18 4.51 162 Frank Tanana 34 176.1 9 8 5.31 114 Dan Petry 32 149.2 10 9 4.45 73 Jeff Robinson Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher) 27 145.0 10 9 5.96 76 Walt Terrell 13 75.1 6 4 4.54 30 Brian Dubois 12 58.1 3 5 5.09 34 Kevin Ritz baseball 4 7.1 0 4 11.05 3 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 Steve Searcy 16 75.1 2 7 4.66 66 Lance McCullers 9 29.2 1 0 2.73 20 Urbano Lugo 13 24.1 2 0 7.03 12 Scott Aldred 4 14.1 1 2 3.77 7 Randy Nosek 3 7.0 1 1 7.71 3 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Mike Henneman 69 94.1 8 6 22 3.05 50 Paul Gibson Paul Gibson (baseball) 61 97.1 5 4 3 3.05 56 Jerry Don Gleaton 57 82.2 1 3 13 2.94 56 Edwin Núñez 42 80.1 3 1 6 2.24 66 Clay Parker 24 51.0 2 2 0 3.18 20 Steve Wapnick 4 7.0 0 0 0 6.43 6 Mike Schwabe 1 3.2 0 0 0 2.45 1 Matt Kinzer 1 1.2 0 0 0 16.20 1 Awards and honors Cecil Fielder, Major League Home Run Champion (51) Cecil Fielder, American League RBI Champion (132) Cecil Fielder, Silver Slugger Award MLB All-Star Game Cecil Fielder, first base, reserve Alan Trammell, shortstop, reserve Team leaders Home Runs – Cecil Fielder (51) Runs Batted In – Cecil Fielder (132) Fielder's 51 Home Runs Home Run Game Date Inning Location Opposing Pitcher Team Reference 1 6 April 14 6th Tiger Stadium Dave Johnson Baltimore Orioles http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199004140DET Box Score of Game played on Saturday, April 14, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 2 9 April 18 5th Tiger Stadium Clay Parker New York Yankees http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199004180DET Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, April 18, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 3 13 April 22 4th Memorial Stadium Jeff Ballard Baltimore Orioles http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199004220BAL Box Score of Game played on Sunday, April 22, 1990 at Memorial Stadium 4 15 April 24 9th Metrodome John Candelaria Minnesota Twins http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199004240MIN Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, April 24, 1990 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 5 18 April 28 5th Tiger Stadium Paul Mirabella Milwaukee Brewers http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199004280DET Box Score of Game played on Saturday, April 28, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 6 18 April 28 8th Tiger Stadium Tony FossasMilwaukee Brewers 7 20 April 30 9th Tiger Stadium Mark KnudsonMilwaukee Brewers http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199004300DET Box Score of Game played on Monday, April 30, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 8 26 May 6 3rd SkyDome Jimmy KeyToronto Blue Jays http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199005060TOR Box Score of Game played on Sunday, May 6, 1990 at Skydome 9 26 May 6 5th SkyDome Jimmy Key Toronto Blue Jays 10 26 May 6 7th SkyDome David WellsToronto Blue Jays 11 27 May 7 4th County Stadium Mark Knudson Milwaukee Brewers http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199005070MIL Box Score of Game played on Monday, May 7, 1990 at County Stadium 12 28 May 8 2nd County Stadium Jaime Navarro Milwaukee Brewers http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199005080MIL Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, May 8, 1990 at County Stadium 13 30 May 10 2nd Tiger Stadium Todd Stottlemyre Toronto Blue Jays http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199005100DET Box Score of Game played on Thursday, May 10, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 14 34 May 15 7th Arlington Stadium Kevin Brown Texas Rangers http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199005150TEX Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, May 15, 1990 at Arlington Stadium 15 37 May 18 7th Comiskey Park Ken Patterson Chicago White Sox http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199005180CHA Box Score of Game played on Friday, May 18, 1990 at Comiskey Park I 16 39 May 20 4th Comiskey Park Greg Hibbard Chicago White Sox http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199005200CHA Box Score of Game played on Sunday, May 20, 1990 at Comiskey Park I 17 42 May 23 3rd Tiger Stadium Mike Jeffcoat Texas Rangers http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199005230DET Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, May 23, 1990 at Tiger Stadium18 45 May 26 2nd Tiger Stadium Jerry Kutzler Chicago White Sox http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199005260DET Box Score of Game played on Saturday, May 26, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 19 50 June 1 2nd Kingdome Matt Young Seattle Mariners http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199006010SEA Box Score of Game played on Friday, June 1, 1990 at Kingdome 20 54 June 6 2nd Cleveland Municipal Stadium Greg Swindell Cleveland Indians http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199006060CLE Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, June 6, 1990 at Cleveland Stadium 21 54 June 6 4th Cleveland Municipal Stadium Greg Swindell Cleveland Indians 22 54 June 6 5th Cleveland Municipal Stadium Greg Swindell Cleveland Indians 23 61 June 13 2nd Tiger Stadium John Farrell Cleveland Indians http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199006130DET Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, June 13, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 24 62 June 14 5th Tiger Stadium Sergio Valdez Cleveland Indians http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199006140DET Box Score of Game played on Thursday, June 14, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 25 65 June 17 7th Tiger Stadium Chuck Finley California Angels http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199006170DET Box Score of Game played on Sunday, June 17, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 26 77 June 30 5th Royals Stadium Storm Davis Kansas City Royals http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199006300KCA Box Score of Game played on Saturday, June 30, 1990 at Royals Stadium 27 80 July 3 1st Comiskey Park Eric King Chicago White Sox http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199007030CHA Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 3, 1990 at Comiskey Park I 28 83 July 6 4th Tiger Stadium Tom Gordon Kansas City Royals http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199007060DET Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 6, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 29 87 July 13 6th Tiger Stadium Bobby Witt Texas Rangers http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199007130DET Box Score of Game played on Friday, July 13, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 30 92 July 18 6th Tiger Stadium Greg Hibbard Chicago White Sox http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199007180DET Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, July 18, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 31 95 July 21 1st Arlington Stadium Mike Jeffcoat Texas Rangers http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199007210TEX Box Score of Game played on Saturday, July 21, 1990 at Arlington Stadium 32 98 July 24 3rd Tiger Stadium John Mitchell Baltimore Orioles http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199007240DET Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, July 24, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 33 104 July 30 4th Yankee Stadium Dave LaPoint New York Yankees http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199007300NYA Box Score of Game played on Monday, July 30, 1990 at Yankee Stadium 34 108 August 3 2nd Fenway Park Greg Harris Boston Red Sox http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199008030BOS Box Score of Game played on Friday, August 3, 1990 at Fenway Park 35 111 August 7 9th Skydome Jimmy Key Toronto Blue Jays http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199008070TOR Box Score of Game played on Tuesday, August 7, 1990 at Skydome 36 117 August 13 1st Cleveland Stadium Jeff Shaw Cleveland Indians http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199008130CLE Box Score of Game played on Monday, August 13, 1990 at Cleveland Stadium 37 120 August 16 3rd Tiger Stadium Ron Robinson Milwaukee Brewers http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199008160DET Box Score of Game played on Thursday, August 16, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 38 121 August 17 6th Tiger Stadium Tom Candiotti Cleveland Indians http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199008170DET Box Score of Game played on Friday, August 17, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 39 122 August 18 3rd Tiger Stadium Efrain Valdez Cleveland Indians http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199008180DET Box Score of Game played on Saturday, August 18, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 40 127 August 25 1st Tiger Stadium Dave Stewart Oakland Athletics http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199008250DET Box Score of Game played on Saturday, August 25, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 41 127 August 25 4th Tiger Stadium Dave Stewart Oakland Athletics 42 130 August 29 8th Kingdome Matt Young Seattle Mariners http://baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199008290SEA Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, August 29, 1990 at Kingdome 43 135 September 3 6th Tiger Stadium Jimmy Key Toronto Blue Jays http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199009030DET Box Score of Game played on Monday, September 3, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 44 137 September 5 6th Tiger Stadium David WellsToronto Blue Jays http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199009050DET Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, September 5, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 45 139 September 7 6th County Stadium Ted HigueraMilwaukee Brewers http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199009070MIL Box Score of Game played on Friday, September 7, 1990 at County Stadium 46 145 September 13 9th Tiger Stadium Mike Witt New York Yankees http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199009130DET Box Score of Game played on Thursday, September 13, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 47 148 September 16 5th Tiger Stadium Mark Leiter New York Yankees http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199009160DET Box Score of Game played on Sunday, September 16, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 48 153 September 23 2nd Oakland Coliseum Mike MooreOakland Athletics http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199009230OAK Box Score of Game played on Sunday, September 23, 1990 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 49 156 September 27 8th Tiger Stadium Dennis Lamp Boston Red Sox http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199009270DET Box Score of Game played on Thursday, September 27, 1990 at Tiger Stadium 50 162 October 3 4th Yankee Stadium Steve Adkins New York Yankees http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199010030NYA Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, October 3, 1990 at Yankee Stadium 51 162 October 3 8th Yankee Stadium Alan Mills New York Yankees Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League John Wockenfuss and Tom Gamboa AA London Tigers Eastern League Chris Chambliss A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Johnny Lipon A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Gene Roof A-Short Season Niagara Falls Rapids New York–Penn League Juan López Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Ken CunninghamLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LondonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References External links Baseball 1990 Detroit Tigers at Baseball Reference 1990 Detroit Tigers on Baseball Almanac Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Category:1990 in Detroit