1990 Cleveland Indians season

The 1990 Cleveland Indians season was the 90th season for the franchise.

Offseason

October 4, 1989: Luis Aguayo was released by the Cleveland Indians.
November 21, 1989: Cecilio Guante was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
December 6, 1989: Joe Carter was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Sandy Alomar Jr., Carlos Baerga and Chris James.
December 7, 1989: Keith Hernandez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
December 8, 1989: Tom Brookens was signed as a free agent by the Cleveland Indians.
January 9, 1990: Scott Bailes was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Colin Charland and Jeff Manto.
January 10, 1990: Rafael Santana was signed as a free agent by the Indians.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 25, 1990: Rafael Santana was released by the Indians.
April 30, 1990: Sergio Valdez was selected off waivers by the Indians from the Atlanta Braves.
May 7, 1990: Stan Jefferson was selected off waivers by the Indians from the Baltimore Orioles.
June 17, 1990: Ken Phelps was purchased by the Indians from the Oakland Athletics.
July 11, 1990: Tom Lampkin was traded by the Indians to the San Diego Padres for Alex Cole.
August 12, 1990: Cecilio Guante was released by the Indians.
September 16, 1990: Bud Black was traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Mauro Gozzo and players to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending Steve Cummings to the Indians on September 21 and Alex Sanchez to the Indians on September 24.

Draft picks

June 4, 1990: David Bell was drafted by the Indians in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	4	16	2	3	1	0	1	2	.188	0
	132	445	60	129	26	2	9	66	.290	4
	108	312	46	81	17	2	7	47	.260	0
	9	23	1	4	0	0	1	3	.174	0
	64	154	18	41	7	2	1	20	.266	0
	140	513	92	137	26	5	6	50	.267	12
	63	227	43	68	5	4	0	13	.300	40
	148	414	47	106	13	2	1	40	.256	3
	43	130	7	26	2	0	1	8	.200	0
	155	553	77	162	24	4	14	75	.293	1
	140	528	62	158	32	4	12	70	.299	4
	87	248	28	68	15	2	1	22	.274	5
	49	98	21	27	8	0	2	10	.276	8
	155	590	76	161	32	2	22	95	.273	3
	30	76	12	17	5	1	2	14	.224	0
	8	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	.167	0
	24	61	4	7	0	0	0	0	.115	1
	7	13	3	3	0	0	1	3	.231	0
	49	139	16	35	4	1	2	16	.252	0
	123	438	46	102	27	3	14	55	.233	1
	4	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	.167	0
	14	46	10	16	2	1	1	10	.348	3
	128	437	58	110	20	6	12	55	.252	22
Team Totals	162	5485	732	1465	266	41	110	675	.267	107

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	0	2	12.91	3	3	0	7.2	16	11	11	5	2
	11	10	3.53	29	29	0	191.0	171	79	75	58	103
	15	11	3.65	31	29	0	202.0	207	92	82	55	128
	4	5	4.28	17	17	0	96.2	108	49	46	33	44
	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	2
	2	3	5.01	26	1	0	46.2	38	26	26	18	30
	5	5	2.56	66	0	43	84.1	66	26	24	22	55
	0	0	3.55	5	0	0	12.2	16	5	5	7	9
	2	4	5.91	9	8	0	45.2	58	31	30	21	26
	0	3	7.88	4	2	0	16.0	24	14	14	6	3
	2	3	6.75	9	5	0	24.0	35	19	18	19	12
	4	4	3.41	50	1	1	92.1	96	41	35	26	64
	5	4	3.90	55	0	2	64.2	58	35	28	38	55
	2	1	5.60	24	0	0	27.1	22	17	17	25	24
	3	4	6.66	12	9	0	48.2	73	38	36	20	25
	12	9	4.40	34	34	0	214.2	245	110	105	47	135
	1	1	3.04	13	0	0	23.2	20	10	8	14	13
	6	6	4.75	24	13	0	102.1	109	62	54	35	63
	2	6	4.88	18	11	0	75.2	82	49	41	42	34
	1	3	4.25	22	0	1	36.0	31	17	17	21	23
	0	1	3.65	10	0	0	12.1	14	6	5	4	10
Team Totals	77	85	4.26	162	162	47	1427.1	1491	737	676	518	860

Awards and honors

Sandy Alomar, American League Rookie of the Year, Gold Glove

All-Star Game

Sandy Alomar, catcher, starter
Brook Jacoby, third base, reserve
Doug Jones, relief pitcher, reserve