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1990 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	1990
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	Bud Selig
general_managers	Harry Dalton
managers	Tom Trebelhorn
television	WCGV-TV
(Jim Paschke, Pete Vuckovich)
radio	WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)

(Jim Paschke, Pete Vuckovich) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes) |}} The 1990 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 21st season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 22nd overall. The Brewers finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. This was the first season where the players last names appeared on the back of the jerseys, but only for away games. It would be another 3 years before the names appeared on the home jerseys.

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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

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

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
Paul Molitor	103	418	119	.285	12	45
Mike Felder	121	237	65	.274	3	27
Edgar Díaz	86	218	59	.271	0	14
Charlie O'Brien	62	188	44	.234	6	35
Darryl Hamilton	89	156	46	.295	1	18
Dale Sveum	48	117	23	.197	1	12
Glenn Braggs	37	113	28	.248	3	13
Billy Bates	14	29	3	.103	0	2
Gus Polidor	18	15	1	.077	0	0
George Canale	10	13	1	.077	0	0
Tim McIntosh	5	5	1	.200	1	1
Terry Francona	3	4	0	.000	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
Teddy Higuera	27	170.0	11	10	3.76	129
Mark Knudson	30	168.1	10	9	4.12	56
Ron Robinson	22	148.1	12	5	2.91	57
Chris Bosio	20	133.0	4	9	4.00	76

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
Jaime Navarro	32	149.1	8	7	4.46	75
Bill Krueger	30	129.0	6	8	3.98	64
Tom Edens	35	89.0	4	5	4.45	40
Dennis Powell	9	39.1	0	4	6.86	23
Bill Wegman	8	29.2	2	2	4.85	20
Tom Filer	7	22.0	2	3	6.14	8
Kevin Brown	5	21.0	1	1	2.57	12

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
Dan Plesac	66	3	7	24	4.43	65
Chuck Crim	67	3	5	11	3.47	39
Paul Mirabella	44	4	2	0	3.97	28
Tony Fossas	32	2	3	0	6.44	24
Randy Veres	26	0	3	1	3.67	16
Mark Lee	11	1	0	0	2.11	14
Julio Machado	10	0	0	3	0.69	12
Bob Sebra	10	1	2	0	8.18	4
Don August	5	0	3	0	6.55	2
Narciso Elvira	4	0	0	0	5.40	6
Mike Capel	2	0	0	0	135.00	1

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1990. The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Toronto Blue Jays. and the AZL Brewers won the Arizona League championship.

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/meyerjo01.shtml Joey Meyer page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/parkeda01.shtml Dave Parker page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francte01.shtml Terry Francona page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/y/yountro01.shtml Robin Yount page at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/3_pitch_inning.shtml 3 Pitch Inning]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leema03.shtml Mark Lee page at Baseball Reference]
"Ron Robinson Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brich01.shtml Charlie O'Brien page at Baseball Reference]
"1990 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.
"1990 Dominican Summer League Statistics". Sports Reference.
"California League Champions". Minor League Baseball.
"1990 Arizona League". Sports Reference.

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