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1990 Montreal Expos season

Field	Value
name	Montreal Expos
season	1990
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Olympic Stadium
city	Montreal
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)
record	85–77	divisional_place=3rd

(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) (Dave Van Horne, Bobby Winkles, Jerry Trupiano, Elliott Price) CKAC (French) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte) ||record=85–77|divisional_place=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.
December 7, 1989: Oil Can Boyd signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.
December 7, 1989: Keith Atherton was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.
January 24, 1990: John Candelaria was released by the Montreal Expos.
March 17, 1990: Eric Bullock was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Delino DeShields
Andrés Galarraga
Marquis Grissom
Kevin Gross
Spike Owen
Tim Raines
Nelson Santovenia
Larry Walker
Tim Wallach

Notable transactions

April 23, 1990: Rex Hudler was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Costello.
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.
June 18, 1990: Rolando Roomes was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Cincinnati Reds.
July 2, 1990: Ugueth Urbina was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.
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.

Roster

1990 Montreal Expos
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	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
	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
	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
	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

References

"Yamil Benitez Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boydoi01.shtml Oil Can Boyd Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Keith Atherton Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/candejo01.shtml John Candelaria Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Eric Bullock Stats".
"Baseball-Reference.com".
"1990 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac".
"Rex Hudler Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1990&round=1&draft_type=junreg Baseball Draft: 1st Round of the 1990 June Draft] Baseball-Reference.com
"Rolando Roomes Stats".
"Ugueth Urbina Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithza01.shtml Zane Smith Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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