1990 Montreal Expos season

1990 Montreal Expos
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1969) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Olympic Stadium (since 1990) Montreal (since 1969)
1990 information
Owner(s)	Charles Bronfman
Manager(s)	Buck Rodgers
Local 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)
Local radio	CJAD (English) (Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Jerry Trupiano, Elliott Price) CKAC (French) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Opening Day starters 2.3 Notable transactions 2.4 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 Awards and honors 5 Farm system 6 References

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]

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	67	.586	--
New York Mets	91	71	.562	4
Montreal Expos	85	77	.525	10
Chicago Cubs	77	85	.475	18
Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	.475	18
St. Louis Cardinals	70	92	.432	25

Opening Day starters

• Delino DeShields
• Andres 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 Andres 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 21 Tommy Harper 31 Ken Macha (bullpen) 17 Hal McRae 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

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
Foley, TomTom Foley	73	164	35	.213	0	12

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
Boyd, Oil CanOil Can Boyd	31	190.2	10	6	2.93	113
Anderson, ScottScott Anderson	4	18	0	1	3.00	16

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

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
Malloy, BobBob Malloy	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Awards and honors

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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
Short-Season A	Jamestown Expos	New York-Penn League	Pat Daugherty
Rookie	GCL Expos	Gulf Coast League	Lorenzo Bundy

^[12]

References

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

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