1990 Minnesota Twins season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Minnesota Twins
season = 1990
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
y4 = 1982
city = Minneapolis
y5 = 1982
owners = Carl Pohlad
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 AL West once again. However, the season was not completely bad, as there were some bright spots: 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.

Regular Season

*The lone representative of the Twins in the All-Star Game was center fielder Kirby Puckett.

*The highest paid Twin in 1993 was Puckett at $ 2,816,667; followed by Kent Hrbek at $2,100,000.

Offense

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. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cummimi01.shtml]
*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.

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1990.shtml Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1990&t=MIN Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com]
* [http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/min/history/timeline4.jsp Twins history through the 1990s, from www.mlb.com]
* [http://shrpsports.com/mlb/stand/1990finaldiv.htm 1990 Standings]

Notes and explanations