1990 Season

The 1990 season in brief

The best record in the 1990 standings belonged to the Oakland Athletics, who finished 103-59. Nobody in 1990 fared worse than the Atlanta Braves (65-97). By season's end, the Boston Red Sox topped the American League East at 88-74, a few games clear of the Toronto Blue Jays, the Pittsburgh Pirates (95-67) held off the New York Mets (91-71) in the National League East, the Cincinnati Reds won the National League West going away, 91-71 against 86-76 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and nobody in the American League West came near the Oakland Athletics's 103-59. The bracket ends with the Cincinnati Reds taking the World Series from the Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 0. The other series results were the Oakland Athletics over the Boston Red Sox in the AL Championship Series (4-0) and the Cincinnati Reds over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL Championship Series (4-2). On the home run tile, Cecil Fielder sat first with 51, ahead of Ryne Sandberg with 40. The qualified batting-average board starts with Eddie Murray at .330, with George Brett next at .329. In 1990 the qualifying line sat at 502 plate appearances, from a 162-game club schedule. The ERA board, limited to qualified pitchers, starts with Roger Clemens at 1.93; Danny Darwin followed at 2.21. Full batting and pitching tables are on the 1990 leaders page.