1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season was their 109th season; the 104th in the National League. This was their 21st season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished first in the National League East with a record of 95–67. They were defeated four games to two by the Cincinnati Reds in the [1990 National League (baseball)|National League Championship Series|NLCS].

Offseason

December 4, 1989: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1989 rule 5 draft.
January 14, 1990: Mark Ross was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.
January 31, 1990: Wally Backman was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.

Regular season

Barry Bonds became the first Major Leaguer in history to have a.300 batting average, 100 RBI, 100 runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season. With 33 home runs, he became the second to have 30 home runs and 50 steals in a season, following Cincinnati's Eric Davis in 1987.

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %
April	20	14	6		95	59
May	26	15	11		134	112
June	27	14	13		108	119
July	26	15	11		125	110
August	31	17	14		132	116
September	29	19	10		126	89
October	3	1	2		13	14
Total	162	95	67		733	619

Awards and honors

Barry Bonds, OF, National League Most Valuable Player Award
Sid Bream, Hutch Award
Sid Bream, National League Record, Most Assists in One Season,
Doug Drabek, National League Cy Young Award
Doug Drabek, National League Pitcher of the Month, July
Doug Drabek, National League Pitcher of the Month, August
Jim Leyland, National League Manager of the Year Award
Andy Van Slyke, Outfield, Gold Glove Award

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Barry Bonds, OF, reserve
Bobby Bonilla, OF, reserve
Neal Heaton, P, reserve

Player stats

;Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player
	4	4	2	0.500	0	0
	4	3	1	0.333	1	2
	44	6	2	0.333	0	1
	4	3	1	0.333	0	0
	151	519	156	0.301	33	114
	84	230	69	0.300	4	29
	104	315	92	0.292	2	28
	95	215	62	0.288	0	19
	136	493	140	0.284	17	77
	160	625	175	0.280	32	120
	147	389	105	0.270	15	67
	152	514	134	0.261	1	48
	96	279	72	0.258	3	31
	159	583	148	0.254	7	52
	13	16	4	0.250	0	1
	96	227	56	0.247	6	23
	127	371	91	0.245	14	53
	33	84	18	0.214	1	6
	12	19	4	0.211	2	4
	25	24	5	0.208	0	0
	47	54	11	0.204	0	6
	2	5	1	0.200	0	0
	5	5	1	0.200	0	0
	58	76	15	0.197	0	1
	26	37	6	0.162	0	4
	41	7	1	0.143	0	0
	11	28	4	0.143	0	0
	40	8	1	0.125	0	0
	26	49	6	0.122	0	3
	54	9	1	0.111	0	0
	16	28	3	0.107	0	0
	4	10	1	0.100	0	0
	9	12	1	0.083	0	0
	19	37	2	0.054	0	3
	55	19	1	0.053	0	0
	32	43	2	0.047	0	1
	12	25	1	0.040	0	0
	22	1	0	0.000	0	0
	55	5	0	0.000	0	0
	12	5	0	0.000	0	0
	7	4	0	0.000	0	0
	5	1	0	0.000	0	0
	9	1	0	0.000	0	0
	2	0	0		0	0
	4	0	0		0	0
	5	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	162	5,388	1,395	0.259	138	693

Player
	4	8	4	0.500	1	3
	6	20	5	0.250	1	1
	2	8	2	0.250	0	2
	5	8	2	0.250	0	0
	6	21	5	0.238	1	2
	6	24	5	0.208	0	3
	6	10	2	0.200	0	0
	6	21	4	0.190	0	1
	6	18	3	0.167	0	1
	2	6	1	0.167	0	0
	3	7	1	0.143	0	0
	5	10	1	0.100	0	0
	4	11	1	0.091	0	1
	3	6	0	0.000	0	0
	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
	2	3	0	0.000	0	0
	2	4	0	0.000	0	0
	3	0	0		0	0
	2	0	0		0	0
	2	0	0		0	0
	1	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	6	186	36	.194	3	14

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

Player
	7	15	0	0	0.00	8
	11	76	6	2	1.30	50
	54	71	7	3	2.13	39
	12	77	4	4	2.55	42
	5	7	1	0	2.57	4
	33	231	22	6	2.76	131
	4	12	1	1	2.84	4
	55	94	8	5	2.95	70
	5	6	1	0	3.00	4
	41	62	5	2	3.02	35
	44	47	2	2	3.02	34
	30	146	12	9	3.45	68
	4	7	0	0	3.52	1
	55	58	3	4	3.55	55
	9	12	1	0	3.55	5
	40	51	1	3	3.66	42
	26	129	7	5	3.75	73
	13	53	2	3	4.36	27
	26	149	9	10	4.64	86
	22	24	0	0	4.81	19
	12	25	0	1	4.91	15
	16	82	2	7	5.88	34
	2	3	1	0	9.00	2
Team Totals	162	1447	95	67	3.40	848

Player
	2	2	0	0	0.00	1
	2	1	0	0	0.00	0
	1	2	0	0	0.00	0
	2	16	1	1	1.65	13
	3	3	0	0	2.45	4
	3	5	0	0	3.60	3
	2	13	1	1	4.85	8
	2	9	0	2	6.00	8
Team Totals	6	52	2	4	3.29	37

Notable transactions

May 2, 1990: Rico Rossy was traded by the Pirates to the Atlanta Braves for Greg Tubbs.
May 18, 1990: Roger Mason was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
June 5, 1990: The Pirates traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Jay Tibbs. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Dorn Taylor to the Orioles on September 5.
August 8, 1990: Scott Ruskin, Willie Greene and a player to be named later were traded by the Pirates to the Montreal Expos for Zane Smith. The Pirates completed the trade by sending Moisés Alou to the Expos on August 16.
September 1, 1990: Randy Kramer was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Greg Kallevig.

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: DSL Pirates