The 1990 Boston Red Sox season was the 90th season in the franchise's

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history. The

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finished first in the

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with a record of 88–74. It was the third AL East division championship in five years for the Red Sox. However, the team was defeated in a four-game sweep by the

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in the ALCS, as had been the case in

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Offseason

*November 13, 1989: The Red Sox

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. *December 6, 1989:

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was signed as a

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by the Red Sox. *December 6, 1989:

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was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. *December 19, 1989:

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was released by the Red Sox. *December 20, 1989:

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was released by the Red Sox.

February

*February 5, 1990: Pitcher

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agrees to a one-year contract with the Red Sox; pitcher Joe Johnson and infielder Jim Pankovits agree to contracts with the

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. *February 6, 1990:

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agrees to a one-year deal with the Red Sox. *February 9, 1990: Pitcher

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agreed to a two-year $1.75 million contract with the Red Sox. *February 14, 1990:

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agrees to a Triple-A Contract with the Red Sox. *February 15, 1990:

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was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.

Regular season

Highlights

The Red Sox set a major league record, which still stands, for the most times grounding into a

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during a season, 174. On June 6, the Red Sox got a measure of retribution for

Bucky Dent Russell Earl "Bucky" Dent ( né O'Dey; born November 25, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City ...

's home run in the

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. While in Boston for a four-game series, the

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fired Dent as their manager. The Red Sox had just defeated the Yankees in the first two games of the series, giving the Yankees an 18–31 record,

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the first-place Red Sox. The firing made

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arguably the scene of Dent's best moment as a player and worst moment as manager.

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of ''

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'' criticized Yankees owner

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for firing Dent—his 18th managerial change in as many years—in Boston, and rhetorically asked if he couldn't have waited to fire Dent elsewhere. Shaughnessy noted, "if Dent had been fired in Seattle or Milwaukee, this would have been just another event in an endless line of George's jettisons. But it happened in Boston and the nightly news had its hook." Author Bill Pennington called the firing of Dent "merciless." However, Yankees television analyst

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blasted at Steinbrenner for the firing in a harsh, angry way. At the beginning of the broadcast of the game on

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, he said to Yankees television play-by-play announcer

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, "George Steinbrenner...mishandled this. You don't take a Bucky Dent (at) the site of one of the greatest home runs in Yankee history and fire him and make it a media circus for the Boston Red Sox." He then stared defiantly on camera and said to Steinbrenner, "You don't do it by telephone, either, George. You do it face to face, eyeball to eyeball...If you really are a winner, you should not have handled this like a loser." He then said, angrily, "George, you're a bully and a coward." He then said that "What all this does, it just wrecks George Steinbrenner's credibility with his players, with the front office and in baseball more than it already is–if that's possible. It was just mishandled." The firing of Dent shook New York to its core and the Yankees flagship radio station then, WABC, which also criticized the firing, ran editorials demanding that Steinbrenner sell the team.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* May 4, 1990: Lee Smith was traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for

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. * June 4, 1990: Les Norman was selected by the Red Sox in the 26th round of the 1990 MLB draft, but did not sign. *June 5, 1990:

was released by the Red Sox.Bill Buckner Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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as part of a conditional deal. *August 23, 1990:

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signed as a free agent with the Red Sox. *August 30, 1990: The Red Sox traded

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to the Houston Astros for

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Opening Day lineup

Source:

Red Sox debuts

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 19, before a scheduled home game against the

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. Red Sox alumni pitchers Bill Lee,

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, and

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allowed just one hit (to former Detroit Tiger

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) in the four-inning game, as Boston won by a 2–0 score over a team of MLB alumni from other clubs.

Roster

Game log

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Player stats

Batting

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

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; SO = Strikeouts'' Sourc

Statistical leaders

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ALCS

Game 1

October 6, 1990, at

Game 2

October 7, 1990, at

Game 3

October 9, 1990, at

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Game 4

October 10, 1990, at

Awards and honors

;Awards *

Mike Boddicker Michael James Boddicker (born August 23, 1957) is an American right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles (1980–1988), Boston Red Sox (1988–1990), Kansas City Royals (1991–1992), and Milwaukee Brewers (1993) ...

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Gold Glove Award The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual Fielding (baseball), fielding performances. It is awar ...

(P) *

Ellis Burks Ellis Rena Burks (born September 11, 1964) is an American former outfielder. Burks played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 18 seasons from 1987 to 2004 with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, and Cle ...

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Silver Slugger Award The Silver Slugger Award has been awarded annually since 1980 to the best Batting (baseball), offensive player at each Baseball positions, position in both the American League (AL) and the National League (baseball), National League (NL), as determ ...

(OF),

(OF) *

Roger Clemens William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees and also played ...

– AL Pitcher of the Month (August) ;Accomplishments *

, American League Leader, Shutouts (4)

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Wade Boggs Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15, 1958), nicknamed "Chicken Man", is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Boston Red Sox. He also played for the New York Ya ...

, third base, starter *

, outfield, reserve *

, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

The Lynchburg Red Sox and

Winter Haven Red Sox The Winter Haven Red Sox were a minor league baseball team in the Florida State League (FSL), based in Winter Haven, Florida, from 1969–1992. Team history The franchise began in 1966 in Deerfield Beach, Florida, as the Deerfield Beach Sun Sox, ...

changed classification from Class A to Class A-Advanced. The Red Sox shared a

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team with the

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. One of the AL's eight chart ...

and

San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. ...

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References

External links

1990 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference1990 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:1990 Boston Red Sox Season Boston Red Sox seasons American League East champion seasons

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...