1990 Detroit Tigers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Detroit Tigers
season = 1990
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Tiger Stadium
y4 = 1912
city = Detroit, Michigan
y5 = 1901
owners = Tom Monaghan
genmanagers = Bill Lajoie
managers = Sparky Anderson
television = WDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
radio = WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)|The by|1990 Detroit Tigers season saw Cecil Fielder reach the 50 Home Run plateau.

Offseason

*December 5, 1989: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Tigers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phillto02.shtml Tony Phillips page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 6, 1989: Bill Henderson (minors), Marcos Betances (minors), and Pat Austin (minors) were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Lindeman and Matt Kinzer. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lindeji01.shtml Jim Lindeman page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 7, 1989: Lloyd Moseby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mosebll01.shtml Lloyd Moseby page at Baseball Reference] ]
*December 8, 1989: Rick Schu was released by the Detroit Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schuri01.shtml]
*December 20, 1989: Willie Hernández was released by the Tigers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernawi01.shtml Willie Hernández page at Baseball Reference] ]
*January 15, 1990: Cecil Fielder was signed as a free agent by the Tigers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fieldce01.shtml Cecil Fielder page at Baseball Reference] ]
*January 15, 1990: Ed Romero was signed as a free agent by the Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/romered01.shtml Ed Romero page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular Season

* October 3, 1990 – Cecil Fielder hit two home runs at Yankee Stadium to finish with 51 for the season. The 50th Home Run was hit off of Steve Adkins. Fielder was the first major leaguer since George Foster in 1977 to hit 50 Home Runs in a season. It was the 18th time that a major leaguer (and the 11th time that an American League player) hit for 50 home runs in a season.

Opening Day Starters

eason standings

Notable transactions

*June 4, 1990: Tony Clark was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round of the 1990 amateur draft. [ [http://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 ] ]
*June 13, 1990: John Shelby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shelbjo01.shtml John Shelby page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 18, 1990: Kenny Williams was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the Toronto Blue Jays. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willike02.shtml Kenny Williams page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 18, 1990: Tracy Jones was traded by the Tigers to the Seattle Mariners for Darnell Coles. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colesda01.shtml Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference] ]
*July 15, 1990: Ed Romero was released by the Detroit Tigers.

Roster

[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1993.shtml]

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Cecil Fielder, Major League Home Run Champion (51)
* Cecil Fielder, American League RBI Champion (132)
* Cecil Fielder, Silver Slugger AwardMLB All-Star Game
* Cecil Fielder, First Base, Reserve
* Alan Trammell, Shortstop, Reserve

Team Leaders

* Home Runs - Cecil Fielder (51)
* Runs Batted In - Cecil Fielder (132)

Fielder’s Fifty-One

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1990.shtml 1990 Detroit Tigers team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1990&t=DET 1990 Detroit Tigers on Baseball Almanac]