1990 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
1990 Pittsburgh Pirates
National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
General managers	Larry Doughty
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV; KBL
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)

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 NLCS.

Offseason

December 4, 1989: Gordon Dillard was drafted by the Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1989 rule 5 draft.^[2]
January 14, 1990: Mark Ross was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
January 31, 1990: Wally Backman was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[4]

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.

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	67	.586	—	49‍–‍32	46‍–‍35
New York Mets	91	71	.562	4	52‍–‍29	39‍–‍42
Montreal Expos	85	77	.525	10	47‍–‍34	38‍–‍43
Chicago Cubs	77	85	.475	18	39‍–‍42	38‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	.475	18	41‍–‍40	36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals	70	92	.432	25	34‍–‍47	36‍–‍45

Game log

1990 Game Log: 95–67 (Home: 49–32; Away: 46–35)

April: 14–6 (Home: 2–4; Away: 12–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 9	@ Mets	12–3	Drabek	Gooden	—	47,919	1–0
2	April 11	@ Mets	0–3	Viola	Smiley	Franco	16,880	1–1
3	April 12	@ Mets	6–2	Heaton	Fernandez	—	16,544	2–1
4	April 13	Cubs	0–2	Maddux	Walk	Williams	44,799	2–2
5	April 14	Cubs	1–4	Harkey	Drabek	Williams	13,226	2–3
6	April 15	Cubs	4–3 (10)	Patterson	Lancaster	—	6,289	3–3
7	April 16	Cardinals	4–6	DeLeon	Smiley	Horton	7,136	3–4
8	April 17	Cardinals	7–2	Heaton	Mathews	—	3,981	4–4
9	April 18	Cardinals	0–3	Tudor	Walk	Dayley	11,626	4–5
10	April 19	@ Cardinals	5–1	Drabek	Magrane	—	20,495	5–5
11	April 20	@ Cubs	9–4 (7)	Roesler	Bielecki	—	15,171	6–5
12	April 21	@ Cubs	4–3	Smiley	Wilson	Landrum	37,091	7–5
13	April 22	@ Cubs	3–2	Heaton	Nunez	Power	33,583	8–5
14	April 23	@ Cardinals	4–7	Tudor	Walk	—	22,748	8–6
15	April 24	@ Giants	4–1	Drabek	Garrelts	Landrum	10,881	9–6
16	April 25	@ Giants	7–4 (12)	Patterson	Bedrosian	—	10,698	10–6
17	April 26	@ Giants	2–1	Smiley	LaCoss	—	10,493	11–6
18	April 27	@ Padres	9–4	Heaton	Show	—	23,376	12–6
19	April 28	@ Padres	4–3	Walk	Benes	Landrum	26,473	13–6
20	April 29	@ Padres	10–1	Drabek	Rasmussen	—	27,206	14–6

May: 15–11 (Home: 13–2; Away: 2–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
21	May 1	@ Dodgers	1–4	Belcher	Terrell	—	31,292	14–7
22	May 2	@ Dodgers	2–6	Valenzuela	Smiley	—	32,089	14–8
23	May 6	Braves	6–4	Heaton	Smoltz	Ruskin		15–8
24	May 6	Braves	4–2	Drabek	Lilliquist	Patterson	17,108	16–8
25	May 7	Padres	4–1	Walk	Hurst	Power	9,653	17–8
26	May 8	Padres	10–2	Terrell	Show	—	10,694	18–8
27	May 9	Reds	6–2	Smiley	Armstrong	Landrum	17,149	19–8
28	May 10	Reds	4–10	Charlton	Power	—	15,071	19–9
29	May 11	Astros	4–3	Drabek	Deshaies	Landrum	24,734	20–9
30	May 12	Astros	3–1	Heaton	Portugal	Power	16,066	21–9
31	May 13	Astros	5–1	Walk	Gullickson	Landrum	16,658	22–9
32	May 14	@ Reds	3–5	Armstrong	Terrell	Myers	24,211	22–10
33	May 15	@ Reds	4–5 (11)	Layana	Patterson	—	13,353	22–11
34	May 17	@ Braves	1–6	Lilliquist	Heaton	Hesketh	6,340	22–12
35	May 18	@ Braves	9–3	Walk	Clary	—	19,001	23–12
36	May 19	@ Braves	1–2	Glavine	Terrell	Hesketh	26,170	23–13
37	May 20	@ Braves	11–13	Smith	Kipper	Boever	8,288	23–14
38	May 21	@ Astros	2–3 (11)	Agosto	Power	—	8,116	23–15
39	May 22	@ Astros	8–4	Heaton	Schatzeder	—	8,661	24–15
40	May 23	@ Astros	3–7	Agosto	Ruskin	—	10,961	24–16
41	May 25	Giants	8–9	Burkett	Terrell	Brantley	24,644	24–17
42	May 26	Giants	10–4	Drabek	Garrelts	—	25,150	25–17
43	May 27	Giants	5–2	Heaton	Reuschel	Power	23,943	26–17
44	May 28	Dodgers	6–5	Landrum	Howell	—	26,171	27–17
45	May 29	Dodgers	9–5	Patterson	Valenzuela	Ruskin	10,252	28–17
46	May 30	Dodgers	5–3	Terrell	Martinez	Landrum	22,198	29–17

June: 14–13 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
47	June 1	Expos	1–4	Gross	Drabek	Mohorcic	27,410	29–18
48	June 2	Expos	4–3 (10)	Landrum	Hall	—	47,374	30–18
49	June 3	Expos	3–4	Sampen	Belinda	Schmidt	27,817	30–19
50	June 4	Cubs	6–2	Patterson	Boskie	Landrum	9,257	31–19
51	June 5	Cubs	6–5	Belinda	Williams	—	20,642	32–19
52	June 6	Cubs	6–1 (7)	Drabek	Maddux	—	21,164	33–19
53	June 7	@ Mets	5–4	Ruskin	Musselman	Kipper	28,443	34–19
54	June 8	@ Mets	1–7	Fernandez	Walk	—	29,710	34–20
55	June 9	@ Mets	3–9	Cone	Patterson	—	38,379	34–21
56	June 10	@ Mets	3–8	Ojeda	Terrell	—	46,868	34–22
57	June 11	@ Cardinals	8–7	Belinda	Niedenfuer	Landrum	27,403	35–22
58	June 12	@ Cardinals	6–3	Heaton	DeLeon	Landrum	30,815	36–22
59	June 13	@ Cardinals	6–5	Huismann	DiPino	Reed	26,926	37–22
60	June 15	Mets	5–7	Ojeda	Terrell	Franco	35,935	37–23
61	June 16	Mets	11–6	Kipper	Viola	—	43,653	38–23
62	June 17	Mets	3–4	Gooden	Heaton	Franco	35,652	38–24
63	June 19	@ Phillies	1–2 (10)	Carman	Landrum	—	29,781	38–25
64	June 20	@ Phillies	2–7	Ruffin	Patterson	—	40,256	38–26
65	June 22	@ Expos	3–4	Sampen	Belinda	Schmidt	22,968	38–27
66	June 23	@ Expos	1–6	Smith	Drabek	—	27,605	38–28
67	June 24	@ Expos	5–3	Heaton	Martinez	Belinda	41,054	39–28
68	June 25	Phillies	5–0	Reed	de Jesus	—	29,369	40–28
69	June 26	Phillies	1–0	Ruskin	Ruffin	Belinda	25,807	41–28
70	June 27	Phillies	5–3	Kipper	Howell	Landrum	40,207	42–28
71	June 28	@ Cardinals	1–5	Tewksbury	Drabek	Smith	22,602	42–29
72	June 29	@ Giants	3–7	Wilson	Heaton	Brantley	21,231	42–30
73	June 30	@ Giants	4–3	Kipper	Thurmond	Belinda	31,159	43–30

July: 15–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
74	July 1	@ Giants	8–5	Tibbs	Oliveras	Landrum	36,441	44–30
75	July 2	@ Padres	4–3 (14)	Patterson	Schiraldi	—	13,842	45–30
76	July 3	@ Padres	5–3	Landrum	Lefferts	—	33,949	46–30
77	July 4	@ Padres	4–5	Show	Heaton	Harris	10,897	46–31
78	July 5	@ Dodgers	9–6	Reed	Martinez	Patterson	36,231	47–31
79	July 6	@ Dodgers	6–3	Smiley	Morgan	—	33,386	48–31
80	July 7	@ Dodgers	2–4	Belcher	Terrell	—	38,977	48–32
81	July 8	@ Dodgers	7–2	Drabek	Wells	—	37,271	49–32
82	July 12	Padres	4–3 (15)	Patterson	Schiraldi	—	10,960	50–32
83	July 13	Padres	4–1	Drabek	Rasmussen	Belinda	16,108	51–32
84	July 14	Padres	8–4	Power	Harris	—	27,955	52–32
85	July 15	Padres	1–4	Whitson	Heaton	Lefferts	34,386	52–33
86	July 16	Giants	1–6	Garrelts	Reed	—	28,304	52–34
87	July 17	Giants	3–6	Robinson	Smiley	—	23,098	52–35
88	July 18	Giants	11–2	Drabek	Wilson	—	38,430	53–35
89	July 20	Dodgers	4–2	Walk	Morgan	Power	23,198	54–35
90	July 21	Dodgers	0–6	Belcher	Heaton	—	39,498	54–36
91	July 22	Dodgers	11–6	Kipper	Wells	—	26,818	55–36
92	July 23	@ Expos	0–5	Martinez	Smiley	—	27,499	55–37
93	July 24	@ Expos	5–3	Drabek	Gross	Belinda	24,444	56–37
94	July 25	@ Expos	7–8 (10)	Sampen	Belinda	—	21,669	56–38
95	July 26	Phillies	4–12	Mulholland	Heaton	—	24,088	56–39
96	July 27	Phillies	3–5	Cook	Reed	Boever	29,117	56–40
97	July 28	Phillies	3–4	Parrett	Landrum	Boever	37,022	56–41
98	July 29	Phillies	2–1	Drabek	Combs	—	33,018	57–41
99	July 31	@ Cubs	9–1	Patterson	Boskie	—	35,126	58–41

August: 17–14 (Home: 7–10; Away: 10–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
100	August 1	@ Cubs	0–5	Maddux	Reed	—	34,542	58–42
101	August 2	@ Cubs	8–5	Smiley	Wilson	Walk	34,493	59–42
102	August 3	@ Phillies	11–0	Drabek	Ruffin	—	36,057	60–42
103	August 4	@ Phillies	3–1 (10)	Patterson	McDowell	Power	45,305	61–42
104	August 5	@ Phillies	6–8	Carman	Ruskin	Boever	40,142	61–43
105	August 6	@ Phillies	10–1	Tomlin	Mulholland	—		62–43
106	August 6	@ Phillies	4–3 (10)	Landrum	McDowell	—	30,827	63–43
107	August 7	Expos	4–3 (12)	Ross	Mohorcic	—	23,666	64–43
108	August 8	Expos	2–6	Martinez	Drabek	—	21,180	64–44
109	August 9	Expos	6–7 (10)	Frey	Landrum	Sampen	21,499	64–45
110	August 10	Cardinals	3–8	Dayley	Kramer	—	23,701	64–46
111	August 11	Cardinals	2–3	Magrane	Tomlin	Smith	46,720	64–47
112	August 12	Cardinals	0–6	Tewksbury	Smiley	—	30,335	64–48
113	August 14	Braves	3–1	Drabek	Leibrandt	—		65–48
114	August 14	Braves	6–4	Smith	Avery	Patterson	25,542	66–48
115	August 15	Braves	1–8	Castillo	Heaton	—	16,063	66–49
116	August 16	Braves	4–3	Kipper	Mercker	—	19,304	67–49
117	August 17	@ Reds	7–1	York	Rijo	—		68–49
118	August 17	@ Reds	4–3	Smiley	Layana	Belinda	48,964	69–49
119	August 18	@ Reds	3–1	Smith	Hammond	Kipper	35,263	70–49
120	August 19	@ Reds	6–3	Drabek	Armstrong	Belinda	36,549	71–49
121	August 20	Astros	7–1	Heaton	Deshaies	—	20,997	72–49
122	August 21	Astros	1–2	Darwin	Patterson	—	14,062	72–50
123	August 22	Astros	4–2	Smiley	Gullickson	Landrum	29,420	73–50
124	August 23	Reds	9–3	Smith	Hammond	—	26,181	74–50
125	August 24	Reds	3–4	Dibble	Kipper	Myers	48,205	74–51
126	August 25	Reds	1–6	Charlton	Belinda	—	43,679	74–52
127	August 26	Reds	2–6	Mahler	Tomlin	Dibble	43,174	74–53
128	August 28	@ Braves	0–9	Leibrandt	Smiley	—	5,872	74–54
129	August 29	@ Braves	10–0 (7)	Drabek	Avery	—	5,403	75–54
130	August 31	@ Astros	2–3	Agosto	Patterson	—	10,892	75–55

September: 19–10 (Home: 11–3; Away: 8–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	@ Astros	1–2 (10)	Smith	Power	—	16,422	75–56
132	September 2	@ Astros	7–6	Smiley	Darwin	Kipper	16,598	76–56
133	September 3	Phillies	4–1	Drabek	Ruffin	—	23,854	77–56
134	September 4	Phillies	11–7	Landrum	Akerfelds	Patterson	16,858	78–56
135	September 5	Mets	1–0	Smith	Franco	—		79–56
136	September 5	Mets	3–1	Heaton	Ojeda	Power	49,793	80–56
137	September 6	Mets	7–1	Tomlin	Valera	—	32,528	81–56
138	September 7	Expos	1–4	Boyd	Smiley	Burke	22,083	81–57
139	September 8	Expos	6–1	Drabek	Farmer	—	44,614	82–57
140	September 9	Expos	5–9	Rojas	Walk	—	22,023	82–58
141	September 10	@ Phillies	3–2	Belinda	Boever	—	18,970	83–58
142	September 11	@ Phillies	5–1	Tomlin	Grimsley	—	20,289	84–58
143	September 12	@ Mets	1–2	Cone	Smiley	—	48,375	84–59
144	September 13	@ Mets	3–6	Gooden	Drabek	Franco	51,079	84–60
145	September 14	@ Expos	2–4	Frey	Heaton	—	15,880	84–61
146	September 15	@ Expos	3–4	Sampen	Smith	Burke	20,392	84–62
147	September 16	@ Expos	1–4	Ruskin	Tomlin	Frey	21,286	84–63
148	September 18	@ Cubs	5–8	Maddux	Smiley	—	23,168	84–64
149	September 19	@ Cubs	8–7	Drabek	Sutcliffe	Patterson	13,058	85–64
150	September 20	@ Cubs	11–2	Walk	Kramer	Palacios	14,926	86–64
151	September 21	Cardinals	1–0	Smith	DeLeon	—	29,048	87–64
152	September 22	Cardinals	2–3	Hill	Tomlin	Smith	22,895	87–65
153	September 23	Cardinals	7–2	Smiley	Tewksbury	Palacios	30,635	88–65
154	September 25	Cubs	5–3	Drabek	Wilson	—	21,644	89–65
155	September 26	Cubs	4–3	Smith	Coffman	—	26,157	90–65
156	September 27	Cubs	3–2	Tomlin	Bielecki	Palacios	25,049	91–65
157	September 28	@ Cardinals	6–4	Landrum	Hill	Belinda	24,837	92–65
158	September 29	@ Cardinals	8–0	Walk	Tewksbury	—	23,571	93–65
159	September 30	@ Cardinals	2–0	Drabek	Magrane	—	32,672	94–65

October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	Mets	1–4	Cone	Smith	—	50,393	94–66
161	October 2	Mets	9–4	Landrum	Gooden	—	50,028	95–66
162	October 3	Mets	3–6	Viola	York	Pena	27,641	95–67

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1990 National League record v t e 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	—

Detailed records

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
NL East
Chicago Cubs	14	4	0.778	92	62
Montreal Expos	5	13	0.278	59	82
New York Mets	8	10	0.444	77	77
Philadelphia Phillies	12	6	0.667	83	58
St. Louis Cardinals	10	8	0.556	72	65
Total	49	41	0.544	383	344
NL West
Atlanta Braves	7	5	0.583	56	55
Cincinnati Reds	6	6	0.500	52	49
Houston Astros	7	5	0.583	47	35
Los Angeles Dodgers	8	4	0.667	62	52
San Diego Padres	10	2	0.833	67	34
San Francisco Giants	8	4	0.667	66	50
Total	46	26	0.639	350	275
Season Total	95	67	0.586	733	619

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	20	14	6	0.700	95	59
May	26	15	11	0.577	134	112
June	27	14	13	0.519	108	119
July	26	15	11	0.577	125	110
August	31	17	14	0.548	132	116
September	29	19	10	0.655	126	89
October	3	1	2	0.333	13	14
Total	162	95	67	0.586	733	619

Total	162	95	67	0.586	733	619
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	49	32	0.605	351	299
Away	81	46	35	0.568	382	320

Roster

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen)
36 Bruce Kimm (bench)
32 Gene Lamont (third base)
39 Milt May (hitting)
31 Ray Miller (pitching)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
19	Wally Backman	3B
3	Jay Bell	SS
18	Andy Van Slyke	CF
25	Bobby Bonilla	RF
24	Barry Bonds	LF
5	Sid Bream	1B
12	Mike LaValliere	C
13	José Lind	2B
15	Doug Drabek	SP

National League Championship Series

Awards and honors

Barry Bonds, OF, National League Most Valuable Player Award
Sid Bream, Hutch Award^[5]
Sid Bream, National League Record, Most Assists in One Season,^[6]
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

Regular Season^[7]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C. García	4	4	2	0.500	0	0
L. McClendon	4	3	1	0.333	1	2
S. Ruskin	44	6	2	0.333	0	1
M. York	4	3	1	0.333	0	0
B. Bonds	151	519	156	0.301	33	114
D. Slaught	84	230	69	0.300	4	29
W. Backman	104	315	92	0.292	2	28
R. Reynolds	95	215	62	0.288	0	19
A. Van Slyke	136	493	140	0.284	17	77
B. Bonilla	160	625	175	0.280	32	120
S. Bream	147	389	105	0.270	15	67
J. Lind	152	514	134	0.261	1	48
M. LaValliere	96	279	72	0.258	3	31
J. Bell	159	583	148	0.254	7	52
R. Reed	13	16	4	0.250	0	1
G. Redus	96	227	56	0.247	6	23
J. King	127	371	91	0.245	14	53
D. Drabek	33	84	18	0.214	1	6
C. Martínez	12	19	4	0.211	2	4
O. Merced	25	24	5	0.208	0	0
R. Belliard	47	54	11	0.204	0	6
M. Alou	2	5	1	0.200	0	0
S. Carter	5	5	1	0.200	0	0
J. Cangelosi	58	76	15	0.197	0	1
B. Walk	26	37	6	0.162	0	4
B. Kipper	41	7	1	0.143	0	0
Z. Smith	11	28	4	0.143	0	0
T. Power	40	8	1	0.125	0	0
J. Smiley	26	49	6	0.122	0	3
B. Landrum	54	9	1	0.111	0	0
W. Terrell	16	28	3	0.107	0	0
T. Prince	4	10	1	0.100	0	0
M. Ryal	9	12	1	0.083	0	0
D. Bilardello	19	37	2	0.054	0	3
B. Patterson	55	19	1	0.053	0	0
N. Heaton	32	43	2	0.047	0	1
R. Tomlin	12	25	1	0.040	0	0
D. Bair	22	1	0	0.000	0	0
S. Belinda	55	5	0	0.000	0	0
R. Kramer	12	5	0	0.000	0	0
V. Palacios	7	4	0	0.000	0	0
M. Roesler	5	1	0	0.000	0	0
M. Ross	9	1	0	0.000	0	0
M. Huismann	2	0	0	—	0	0
J. Reuss	4	0	0	—	0	0
J. Tibbs	5	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,388	1,395	0.259	138	693

Postseason^[8]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
S. Bream	4	8	4	0.500	1	3
J. Bell	6	20	5	0.250	1	1
C. Martínez	2	8	2	0.250	0	2
G. Redus	5	8	2	0.250	0	0
J. Lind	6	21	5	0.238	1	2
A. Van	6	24	5	0.208	0	3
R. Reynolds	6	10	2	0.200	0	0
B. Bonilla	6	21	4	0.190	0	1
B. Bonds	6	18	3	0.167	0	1
D. Drabek	2	6	1	0.167	0	0
W. Backman	3	7	1	0.143	0	0
J. King	5	10	1	0.100	0	0
D. Slaught	4	11	1	0.091	0	1
M. LaValliere	3	6	0	0.000	0	0
T. Power	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
Z. Smith	2	3	0	0.000	0	0
B. Walk	2	4	0	0.000	0	0
S. Belinda	3	0	0	—	0	0
B. Landrum	2	0	0	—	0	0
B. Patterson	2	0	0	—	0	0
J. Smiley	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

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
V. Palacios	7	15	0	0	0.00	8
Z. Smith	11	76	6	2	1.30	50
B. Landrum	54	712⁄3	7	3	2.13	39
R. Tomlin	12	772⁄3	4	4	2.55	42
J. Tibbs	5	7	1	0	2.57	4
D. Drabek	33	2311⁄3	22	6	2.76	131
M. York	4	122⁄3	1	1	2.84	4
B. Patterson	55	942⁄3	8	5	2.95	70
M. Roesler	5	6	1	0	3.00	4
B. Kipper	41	622⁄3	5	2	3.02	35
S. Ruskin	44	472⁄3	2	2	3.02	34
N. Heaton	30	146	12	9	3.45	68
J. Reuss	4	72⁄3	0	0	3.52	1
S. Belinda	55	581⁄3	3	4	3.55	55
M. Ross	9	122⁄3	1	0	3.55	5
T. Power	40	512⁄3	1	3	3.66	42
B. Walk	26	1292⁄3	7	5	3.75	73
R. Reed	13	532⁄3	2	3	4.36	27
J. Smiley	26	1491⁄3	9	10	4.64	86
D. Bair	22	241⁄3	0	0	4.81	19
R. Kramer	12	252⁄3	0	1	4.91	15
W. Terrell	16	822⁄3	2	7	5.88	34
M. Huismann	2	3	1	0	9.00	2
Team Totals	162	1447	95	67	3.40	848

Postseason^[10]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
B. Landrum	2	2	0	0	0.00	1
B. Patterson	2	1	0	0	0.00	0
J. Smiley	1	2	0	0	0.00	0
D. Drabek	2	161⁄3	1	1	1.65	13
S. Belinda	3	32⁄3	0	0	2.45	4
T. Power	3	5	0	0	3.60	3
B. Walk	2	13	1	1	4.85	8
Z. Smith	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.^[11]
May 18, 1990: Roger Mason was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[12]
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.^[13]
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.^[14]
September 1, 1990: Randy Kramer was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Greg Kallevig (minors).^[15]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Terry Collins
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Marc Bombard
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Stan Cliburn
A	Augusta Pirates	South Atlantic League	Lee Driggers
A-Short Season	Welland Pirates	New York–Penn League	Jim Mallon
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Julio Garcia
Rookie	DSL Pirates	Dominican Summer League	--

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: DSL Pirates

References

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
^ Gordon Dillard at Baseball-Reference
^ Mark Ross at Baseball-Reference
^ "Wally Backman Stats".
^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ Rico Rossy at Baseball-Reference
^ "Roger Mason Stats".
^ Dorn Taylor at Baseball-Reference
^ Zane Smith at Baseball-Reference
^ Randy Kramer at Baseball-Reference

1990 Pittsburgh Pirates team at Baseball-Reference
1990 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

[2] Gordon Dillard at Baseball-Reference

[3] Mark Ross at Baseball-Reference

[4] "Wally Backman Stats".

[5] "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".

[6] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.47, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

[7] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[8] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[9] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[10] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[11] Rico Rossy at Baseball-Reference

[12] "Roger Mason Stats".

[13] Dorn Taylor at Baseball-Reference

[14] Zane Smith at Baseball-Reference

[15] Randy Kramer at Baseball-Reference

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