1990 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1990 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 108th season in the history of the franchise, and the 20th season for the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium.

Offseason

October 11, 1989: Steve Stanicek was released by the Phillies.
December 4, 1989: Rule 5 draft
*Sil Campusano was drafted by the Phillies from the Toronto Blue Jays.
*Gordon Dillard was drafted from the Phillies by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
December 6, 1989: Steve Lake was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
March 31, 1990: Steve Jeltz was traded by the Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for José DeJesús.

Regular season

Terry Mulholland pitched the eighth no-hitter of the 1990 season on August 15 as the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants, 6–0. The season's eighth no-hitter surpassed the modern record of seven set in 1917 and 1908. Mulholland's no-hitter was the first in the 20th century by a Phillies' pitcher in Philadelphia, and was also the first nine-inning no-hitter pitched at Veterans Stadium. The game was played in two hours and nine minutes and attendance was 32,156.

Notable transactions

April 6, 1990: Dickie Noles was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
June 4, 1990: 1990 [Major League Baseball draft]
*Mike Lieberthal was drafted by the Phillies in the 1st round.
*Marvin Benard was drafted by the Phillies in the 20th round, but did not sign.
July 23, 1990: Marvin Freeman was traded by the Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Joe Boever.
August 3, 1990: Jeff Parrett and players to be named later were traded by the Phillies to the Atlanta Braves for Dale Murphy and a player to be named later. The Braves completed their part of the deal by sending Tommy Greene to the Phillies on August 9. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Jim Vatcher to the Braves on August 9 and Víctor Rosario to the Braves on September 4.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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	Darren Daulton	143	459	123	.268	12	57
1B	Ricky Jordan	92	324	78	.241	5	44
2B	Tom Herr	119	447	118	.264	4	50
SS	Dickie Thon	149	552	141	.255	8	48
3B	Charlie Hayes	152	561	145	.258	10	57
LF	John Kruk	142	443	129	.291	7	67
CF	Lenny Dykstra	149	590	192	.325	9	60
RF	Von Hayes	129	467	122	.261	17	73

Other batters

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
Randy Ready	101	217	53	.244	1	26
Dale Murphy	57	214	57	.266	7	28
Carmelo Martínez	71	198	48	.242	8	31
Rod Booker	73	131	29	.221	0	10
Dave Hollins	72	114	21	.184	5	15
Sil Campusano	66	85	18	.212	2	9
	29	80	20	.250	0	6
Mickey Morandini	25	79	19	.241	1	3
Ron Jones	24	58	16	.276	3	7
	36	46	12	.261	1	4
Wes Chamberlain	18	46	13	.283	2	4
Tom Nieto	17	30	5	.167	0	4
Darrin Fletcher	9	22	3	.136	0	1
Curt Ford	22	18	2	.111	0	0
Louie Meadows	15	14	1	.071	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pat Combs	32	183.1	10	10	4.07	108
Terry Mulholland	33	180.2	9	10	3.34	75
	32	149.0	6	13	5.38	79
José DeJesús	22	130.0	7	8	3.74	87
Ken Howell	18	106.2	8	7	4.64	70
Jason Grimsley	11	57.1	3	2	3.30	41

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dennis Cook	42	141.2	8	3	3.56	58
Tommy Greene	10	39.0	2	3	4.15	17
Marvin Freeman	16	32.1	0	2	5.57	26

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Roger McDowell	72	6	8	22	3.86	39
	71	5	2	3	3.77	42
Don Carman	59	6	2	1	4.15	58
Jeff Parrett	47	4	9	1	5.18	69
Joe Boever	34	2	3	6	2.15	40
Chuck McElroy	16	0	1	0	7.71	16
Chuck Malone	7	1	0	0	3.68	7
	5	0	0	0	2.70	6
Todd Frohwirth	5	0	1	0	18.00	1
Brad Moore	3	0	0	0	3.38	1
Dickie Noles	1	0	1	0	27.00	0