1990 Minnesota Twins season

1990 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (since 1982)
Minneapolis (since 1982)
Other information
Owner(s)	Carl Pohlad
General manager(s)	Andy MacPhail
Manager(s)	Tom Kelly
Local television	WCCO-TV KITN Midwest Sports Channel (Jim Kaat, Ted Robinson, Dick Bremer)
Local radio	830 WCCO AM (Herb Carneal, John Gordon)
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The 1990 Minnesota Twins, three years after their World Series title in 1987, fell to the bottom of the AL West once again. However, the season was not completely bad, as there were some bright spots that included pitchers Rick Aguilera and Scott Erickson. Aguilera converted from starter to closer and recorded 32 saves, while Erickson was promoted to the Twins in June from AA and went 8-4 with a 3.27 ERA.

Offseason

December 4, 1989: Drafted Shane Mack from the San Diego Padres in the 1989 Rule 5 draft.
December 6, 1989: Signed Kent Hrbek as a free agent.^[1]
January 8, 1990: Carmelo Castillo was signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.^[2]

Regular season

The lone representative of the Twins in the All-Star Game was center fielder Kirby Puckett.
The highest paid Twin in 1990 was Puckett at $2,816,667; followed by Kent Hrbek at $2,100,000.

Offense

**Team Leaders**
Statistic	Player	Quantity
HR	Kent Hrbek	22
RBI	Gary Gaetti	85
BA	Kirby Puckett	.298
Runs	Kirby Puckett	82

Pitching

**Team Leaders**
Statistic	Player	Quantity
ERA	Allan Anderson	4.53
Wins	Kevin Tapani	12
Saves	Rick Aguilera	32
Strikeouts	Mark Guthrie, Kevin Tapani	101

Defense

The highlight of the season came on July 17, in Boston, when the Twins turned 2 triple plays. In the 4th inning, with the bases loaded and Scott Erickson pitching, former Twin Tom Brunansky hit a sharp grounder to Gary Gaetti at third base, who stepped on the bag for the force out, fired to Al Newman at second, whose relay to Kent Hrbek was in time to get Brunansky at first. In the 8th inning, with John Candelaria pitching and runners on first and second, Jody Reed hit a one-hopper at Gaetti who again started a 5-4-3 triple play. This was the first time in MLB history that two triple plays were recorded in a game, a feat that has not been duplicated since.^[3]

The following night, still in Boston, both teams combined for a MLB-record-tying ten double plays. Boston tied an American League record by grounding into six DPs in the game, only escaping the twin killings in the sixth and seventh innings.

Both games were won by Boston.

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	103	59	0.636	—	51–30	52–29
Chicago White Sox	94	68	0.580	9	49–31	45–37
Texas Rangers	83	79	0.512	20	47–35	36–44
California Angels	80	82	0.494	23	42–39	38–43
Seattle Mariners	77	85	0.475	26	38–43	39–42
Kansas City Royals	75	86	0.466	27½	45–36	30–50
Minnesota Twins	74	88	0.457	29	41–40	33–48

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	7–5	6–6	6–7	6–7	8–3	7–6	6–6	6–7	4–8	3–9	8–4	5–8
Boston	9–4	—	7–5	6–6	9–4	8–5	4–8	5–8	4–8	9–4	4–8	8–4	5–7	10–3
California	5–7	5–7	—	5–8	7–5	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	6–6	4–9	5–8	8–5	7–5
Chicago	6–6	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	5–7	9–4	10–2	7–6	10–2	8–5	8–5	7–6	5–7
Cleveland	7–6	4–9	5–7	7–5	—	5–8	6–6	9–4	7–5	5–8	4–8	7–5	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	5–8	7–5	7–5	8–5	—	5–7	3–10	6–6	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	3–8	8–4	6–7	4–9	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	8–4	4–9	7–6	5–8	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	8–5	5–7	2–10	4–9	10–3	8–4	—	4–8	6–7	5–7	4–8	5–7	7–6
Minnesota	6–6	8–4	4–9	6–7	5–7	6–6	5–8	8–4	—	6–6	6–7	6–7	5–8	3–9
New York	7–6	4–9	6–6	2–10	8–5	6–7	4–8	7–6	6–6	—	0–12	9–3	3–9	5–8
Oakland	8–4	8–4	9–4	5–8	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–5	7–6	12–0	—	9–4	8–5	7–5
Seattle	9–3	4–8	8–5	5–8	5–7	5–7	6–7	8–4	7–6	3–9	4–9	—	7–6	6–6
Texas	4–8	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	6–6	8–5	7–5	8–5	9–3	5–8	6–7	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	3–10	5–7	7–5	9–4	8–5	7–5	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–7	6–6	5–7	—

Roster

1990 Minnesota Twins

Roster

Pitchers

37 Paul Abbott

38 Rick Aguilera

49 Allan Anderson

40 Juan Berenguer

35 John Candelaria

19 Larry Casian

54 Tim Drummond

46 Scott Erickson

41 Rich Garces

53 Mark Guthrie

30 Terry Leach

20 Jack Savage

23 Roy Smith

36 Kevin Tapani

47 Gary Wayne

50 David West

41 Rich Yett

Catchers

12 Brian Harper

0 Junior Ortiz

52 Lenny Webster

Infielders

21 Doug Baker

8 Gary Gaetti

7 Greg Gagne

4 Chip Hale

14 Kent Hrbek

31 Scott Leius

2 Nelson Liriano

17 Fred Manrique

26 Al Newman

55 Paul Sorrento

Outfielders

25 Randy Bush

22 Carmen Castillo

32 Dan Gladden

9 Gene Larkin

24 Shane Mack

1 John Moses

5 Pedro Muñoz

34 Kirby Puckett

Other batters

5 Jim Dwyer

Manager

10 Tom Kelly

Coaches

6 Tony Oliva

44 Rick Renick

43 Rick Stelmaszek

42 Dick Such

45 Wayne Terwilliger

Notable Transactions

April 4: Traded Mike Pomeranz (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Junior Ortiz and Orlando Lind (minors).
June 4, 1990: Midre Cummings was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.^[4]
June 4, 1990: Jayhawk Owens was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.^[5]
June 4: Drafted Eddie Guardado in the 21st round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed May 23, 1991.
July 27: Traded John Candelaria to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Nelson Liriano and Pedro Muñoz.
December 18: Randy Bush was signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.^[6]

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: 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	Brian Harper	134	479	141	.294	6	54
1B	Kent Hrbek	143	492	141	.287	22	79
2B	Al Newman	144	388	94	.242	0	30
3B	Gary Gaetti	154	577	132	.229	16	85
SS	Greg Gagne	138	388	91	.235	7	38
LF	Dan Gladden	136	534	147	.275	5	40
CF	Kirby Puckett	146	551	164	.298	12	80
RF	Shane Mack	125	313	102	.326	8	44
DH	Gene Larkin	119	401	108	.269	5	42

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA
Roy Smith	32	153.1	5	10	4.81

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Phil Roof
AA	Orlando Sun Rays	Southern League	Ron Gardenhire
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Scott Ullger
A	Kenosha Twins	Midwest League	Steve Liddle
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Ray Smith
Rookie	GCL Twins	Gulf Coast League	Joel Lepel

Notes and explanations

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hrbekke01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castica01.shtml
↑ Box score from the "double-triple play" game
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/owensja02.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bushra01.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1990 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1990 MLB draft 1990 MLB lockout 1990 All-Star Game 1990 World Series

Minnesota Twins

Formerly the Washington Nationals and the Washington Senators
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Twin Cities)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Plant Field
Tinker Field
Hammond Stadium

Culture

Homer Hanky
Little Big League
Major League: Back to the Minors
Continental League
"The Piranhas"
AL Central tie-breaker games
- 2008
- 2009
Damn Yankees

Important figures

Senators Hall of Famers	Herb Carneal Goose Goslin Bucky Harris Walter Johnson Arch McDonald Sam Rice

Wall of Fame members	Rick Aguilera Bob Allison Earl Battey Bert Blyleven George Brophy Rod Carew Bob Casey Gary Gaetti Calvin Griffith Kent Hrbek Jim Kaat Tom Kelly Harmon Killebrew Tony Oliva Carl Pohlad Kirby Puckett Brad Radke Jim Rantz Zoilo Versalles Frank Viola

Key personnel

Owner Jim Pohlad
President Dave St. Peter
Vice president/Chief baseball officer Derek Falvey
General manager Thad Levine
Manager Paul Molitor

World Series
championships (3)

Pennants (6)

American League: 1924
1925
1933
1965
1987
1991

Division titles (10)

West: 1969; 1970; 1987; 1991
Central: 2002; 2003; 2004; 2006; 2009; 2010

Minor league affiliates

Triple-A: Rochester Red Wings
Double-A: Chattanooga Lookouts
A Adv.: Fort Myers Miracle
A: Cedar Rapids Kernels
Rookie Adv.: Elizabethton Twins
Rookie: GCL Twins; DSL Twins

Seasons (117)

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1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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