1990 Minnesota Twins | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | |
City | Minneapolis | |
Record | 74–88 (.457) | |
Divisional place | 7th | |
Owners | Carl Pohlad | |
General managers | Andy MacPhail | |
Managers | Tom Kelly | |
Television |
WCCO-TV KITN Midwest Sports Channel ( Jim Kaat, Ted Robinson, Dick Bremer) | |
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 American League 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. During Fan Appreciation Day on October 3, Outfielder Dan Gladden made a prediction saying that even though we finished in last place this season, we're going to improve next season and if we did, they could potentially bring another World Series championship to Minnesota. That prediction proved accurate the next year.
Statistic | Player | Quantity |
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HR | Kent Hrbek | 22 |
RBI | Gary Gaetti | 85 |
BA | Kirby Puckett | .298 |
Runs | Kirby Puckett | 82 |
Statistic | Player | Quantity |
---|---|---|
ERA | Allan Anderson | 4.53 |
Wins | Kevin Tapani | 12 |
Saves | Rick Aguilera | 32 |
Strikeouts | Mark Guthrie, Kevin Tapani | 101 |
The highlight of the season came on July 17, in Boston, when the Twins turned two 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 an 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.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
1990 Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Fred Manrique | 69 | 228 | 54 | .237 | 5 | 29 |
Nelson Liriano | 53 | 185 | 47 | .254 | 0 | 13 |
Randy Bush | 73 | 181 | 44 | .243 | 6 | 18 |
John Moses | 115 | 172 | 38 | .221 | 1 | 14 |
Junior Ortiz | 71 | 170 | 57 | .335 | 0 | 18 |
Carmelo Castillo | 64 | 137 | 30 | .219 | 0 | 12 |
Paul Sorrento | 41 | 121 | 25 | .207 | 5 | 13 |
Pedro Muñoz | 22 | 85 | 23 | .271 | 0 | 5 |
Jim Dwyer | 37 | 63 | 12 | .190 | 1 | 5 |
Scott Leius | 14 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 1 | 4 |
Lenny Webster | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Chip Hale | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 |
Doug Baker | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Allan Anderson | 31 | 188.2 | 7 | 18 | 4.53 | 82 |
Kevin Tapani | 28 | 159.1 | 12 | 8 | 4.07 | 101 |
David West | 29 | 146.1 | 7 | 9 | 5.10 | 92 |
Mark Guthrie | 24 | 144.2 | 7 | 9 | 3.79 | 101 |
Scott Erickson | 19 | 113.0 | 8 | 4 | 2.87 | 53 |
Paul Abbott | 7 | 34.2 | 0 | 5 | 5.97 | 25 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Roy Smith | 32 | 153.1 | 5 | 10 | 4.81 | 87 |
Tim Drummond | 35 | 91.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.35 | 49 |
Larry Casian | 5 | 22.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.22 | 11 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Aguilera | 56 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 2.76 | 61 |
Terry Leach | 55 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3.20 | 46 |
Juan Berenguer | 51 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3.41 | 77 |
Gary Wayne | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.19 | 28 |
John Candelaria | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3.39 | 44 |
Jack Savage | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.31 | 12 |
Rich Garcés | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.59 | 1 |
Rich Yett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 |
John Moses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton [7]
1990 Minnesota Twins | ||
---|---|---|
League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | |
City | Minneapolis | |
Record | 74–88 (.457) | |
Divisional place | 7th | |
Owners | Carl Pohlad | |
General managers | Andy MacPhail | |
Managers | Tom Kelly | |
Television |
WCCO-TV KITN Midwest Sports Channel ( Jim Kaat, Ted Robinson, Dick Bremer) | |
Radio |
830 WCCO AM ( Herb Carneal, John Gordon) | |
|
The 1990 Minnesota Twins, three years after their World Series title in 1987, fell to the bottom of the American League 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. During Fan Appreciation Day on October 3, Outfielder Dan Gladden made a prediction saying that even though we finished in last place this season, we're going to improve next season and if we did, they could potentially bring another World Series championship to Minnesota. That prediction proved accurate the next year.
Statistic | Player | Quantity |
---|---|---|
HR | Kent Hrbek | 22 |
RBI | Gary Gaetti | 85 |
BA | Kirby Puckett | .298 |
Runs | Kirby Puckett | 82 |
Statistic | Player | Quantity |
---|---|---|
ERA | Allan Anderson | 4.53 |
Wins | Kevin Tapani | 12 |
Saves | Rick Aguilera | 32 |
Strikeouts | Mark Guthrie, Kevin Tapani | 101 |
The highlight of the season came on July 17, in Boston, when the Twins turned two 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 an 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.
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 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
1990 Minnesota Twins | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
|
Catchers
Infielders
|
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches
|
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 | 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 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Manrique | 69 | 228 | 54 | .237 | 5 | 29 |
Nelson Liriano | 53 | 185 | 47 | .254 | 0 | 13 |
Randy Bush | 73 | 181 | 44 | .243 | 6 | 18 |
John Moses | 115 | 172 | 38 | .221 | 1 | 14 |
Junior Ortiz | 71 | 170 | 57 | .335 | 0 | 18 |
Carmelo Castillo | 64 | 137 | 30 | .219 | 0 | 12 |
Paul Sorrento | 41 | 121 | 25 | .207 | 5 | 13 |
Pedro Muñoz | 22 | 85 | 23 | .271 | 0 | 5 |
Jim Dwyer | 37 | 63 | 12 | .190 | 1 | 5 |
Scott Leius | 14 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 1 | 4 |
Lenny Webster | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Chip Hale | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 |
Doug Baker | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allan Anderson | 31 | 188.2 | 7 | 18 | 4.53 | 82 |
Kevin Tapani | 28 | 159.1 | 12 | 8 | 4.07 | 101 |
David West | 29 | 146.1 | 7 | 9 | 5.10 | 92 |
Mark Guthrie | 24 | 144.2 | 7 | 9 | 3.79 | 101 |
Scott Erickson | 19 | 113.0 | 8 | 4 | 2.87 | 53 |
Paul Abbott | 7 | 34.2 | 0 | 5 | 5.97 | 25 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Smith | 32 | 153.1 | 5 | 10 | 4.81 | 87 |
Tim Drummond | 35 | 91.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.35 | 49 |
Larry Casian | 5 | 22.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.22 | 11 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Aguilera | 56 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 2.76 | 61 |
Terry Leach | 55 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3.20 | 46 |
Juan Berenguer | 51 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3.41 | 77 |
Gary Wayne | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.19 | 28 |
John Candelaria | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3.39 | 44 |
Jack Savage | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.31 | 12 |
Rich Garcés | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.59 | 1 |
Rich Yett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 |
John Moses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elizabethton [7]