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1990 San Francisco Giants season

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1990 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersBob Lurie
General managersAl Rosen
ManagersRoger Craig
TelevisionKTVU
(Duane Kuiper, Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald)
SportsChannel America
(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald, Mike Krukow)
KLOK
(Tito Fuentes, Julio Gonzalez)
← 1989 Seasons 1991 →

The 1990 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 108th season in Major League Baseball, their 33rd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 31st at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 85–77 record, 6 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

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  • December 3, 1990: Willie McGee was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[1]
  • January 19, 1990: Gary Carter was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[2]

Regular season

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  • In a game against the San Diego Padres, Gary Carter broke the National League record set by Al López for most games caught by a catcher. It was Carter's 1,862nd game as a catcher.

Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 91 71 .562 46‍–‍35 45‍–‍36
Los Angeles Dodgers 86 76 .531 5 47‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants 85 77 .525 6 49‍–‍32 36‍–‍45
Houston Astros 75 87 .463 16 49‍–‍32 26‍–‍55
San Diego Padres 75 87 .463 16 37‍–‍44 38‍–‍43
Atlanta Braves 65 97 .401 26 37‍–‍44 28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 6–6 8–10 5–13 6–12 6–6 4–8 5–7 5–7 8–10 5–13 7–5
Chicago 6–6 4–8 6–6 3–9 11–7 9–9 11–7 4–14 8–4 7–5 8–10
Cincinnati 10–8 8–4 11–7 9–9 9–3 6–6 7–5 6–6 9–9 7–11 9–3
Houston 13–5 6–6 7–11 9–9 5–7 5–7 5–7 5–7 4–14 10–8 6–6
Los Angeles 12–6 9–3 9–9 9–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 4–8 9–9 8–10 7–5
Montreal 6–6 7–11 3–9 7–5 6–6 8–10 10–8 13–5 7–5 7–5 11–7
New York 8–4 9–9 6–6 7–5 7–5 10–8 10–8 10–8 5–7 7–5 12–6
Philadelphia 7-5 7–11 5–7 7–5 4–8 8–10 8–10 6–12 7–5 8–4 10–8
Pittsburgh 7–5 14–4 6–6 7–5 8–4 5–13 8–10 12–6 10–2 8–4 10–8
San Diego 10–8 4–8 9–9 14–4 9–9 5–7 7–5 5–7 2–10 7–11 3–9
San Francisco 13–5 5–7 11–7 8–10 10–8 5–7 5–7 4–8 4–8 11–7 9–3
St. Louis 5–7 10–8 3–9 6–6 5–7 7–11 6–12 8–10 8–10 9–3 3–9


Notable transactions

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Draft picks

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  • June 4, 1990: Rikkert Faneyte was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 16th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed March 19, 1991.[9]

Major League debuts

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Roster

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1990 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Terry Kennedy 107 303 84 .277 2 26
1B Will Clark 154 600 177 .295 19 95
2B Robby Thompson 144 498 122 .245 15 56
SS José Uribe 138 415 103 .248 1 24
3B Matt Williams 159 617 171 .277 33 122
LF Kevin Mitchell 140 524 152 .290 35 93
CF Brett Butler 160 622 192 .309 3 44
RF Kevin Bass 61 214 54 .252 7 32

Other batters

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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
Gary Carter 92 244 62 .254 9 27
Mike Kingery 105 207 61 .295 0 24
Greg Litton 93 204 50 .245 1 24
Rick Leach 78 174 51 .293 2 16
Ernie Riles 92 155 31 .200 8 21
Rick Parker 54 107 26 .243 2 14
Dave Anderson 60 100 35 .350 1 6
Mike Benjamin 22 56 12 .214 2 3
Steve Decker 15 54 16 .296 3 8
Bill Bathe 52 48 11 .229 3 12
Mike Laga 23 27 5 .185 2 4
Mark Leonard 11 17 3 .176 1 2
Kirt Manwaring 8 13 2 .154 0 1
Mark Bailey 5 7 1 .143 1 3
Brad Komminsk 8 5 1 .200 0 0
Tony Perezchica 4 3 1 .333 0 0
Andrés Santana 6 2 0 .000 0 1

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note; G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W =Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Burkett 33 204.0 14 7 3.79 118
Scott Garrelts 31 182.0 12 11 4.15 80
Don Robinson 26 157.2 10 7 4.57 78
Rick Reuschel 15 87.0 3 6 3.93 49
Mike LaCoss 13 77.2 6 4 3.94 39

Other pitchers

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Note; G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Trevor Wilson 27 110.1 8 7 4.00 66
Atlee Hammaker 25 67.1 4 5 4.28 28
Kelly Downs 13 63.0 3 2 3.43 31
Bob Knepper 12 44.1 3 3 5.68 24
Eric Gunderson 7 19.2 1 2 5.49 14
Rafael Novoa 7 18.2 0 1 6.75 14
Paul McClellan 4 7.2 0 1 11.74 2
Russ Swan 2 2.1 0 1 3.86 1

Relief pitchers

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Note; G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Brantley 55 5 3 19 1.56 61
Steve Bedrosian 68 9 9 17 4.20 43
Mark Thurmond 43 2 3 4 3.34 24
Francisco Oliveras 33 2 2 2 2.77 41
Randy O'Neal 26 1 0 0 3.83 30
Ed Vosberg 18 1 1 0 5.55 12
Mark Dewey 14 1 1 0 2.78 11
Ernie Camacho 8 0 0 0 3.60 8
Dan Quisenberry 5 0 1 0 13.50 2
Andy McGaffigan 4 0 0 0 17.36 4
Randy McCament 3 0 0 0 3.00 5
Rick Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 8.10 2
Greg Booker 2 0 0 0 13.50 0

Award winners

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Duane Espy
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Bill Evers
A San Jose Giants California League Tom Spencer
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Jack Mull
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Deron McCue

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Shreveport[11]

References

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  1. ^ Willie McGee at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Gary Carter at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ "1990 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ^ Greg Booker at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "Rick Leach Stats".
  6. ^ Ernie Camacho at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Rick Rodriguez at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Atlee Hammaker at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ "Rikkert Faneyte Stats".
  10. ^ "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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