1990 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | George Steinbrenner | |
General managers | Harding "Pete" Peterson, Gene Michael | |
Managers | Bucky Dent, Stump Merrill | |
Television |
WPIX ( Phil Rizzuto, George Grande, Tom Seaver) MSG ( Tony Kubek, Dewayne Staats, Al Trautwig) | |
Radio |
WABC (AM) ( John Sterling, Jay Johnstone) | |
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The 1990 New York Yankees season was the 88th season for the Yankees. The team finished in seventh place in the American League East with a record of 67–95, finishing 21 games behind the Boston Red Sox. It was the Yankees' first last-place finish in 24 years (and their first last-place in the division era), the most losses they accumulated in a season since 1912 (a record which still stands), and their most recent last-place finish to date. New York was managed by Stump Merrill and Bucky Dent. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
In an historic changing of the guard, the Yankees finally left SportsChannel NY at the end of the 1989 season, moving their cable and satellite broadcasts to the cable-only MSG Network.
Multi-time former Yankees manager Billy Martin was working as a special consultant to Yankees owner George Steinbrenner when he was killed in a one-car crash in Binghamton, New York, on Christmas Day (December 25) in 1989. Martin had been drinking heavily with his friend, William Reedy, who was driving a pickup truck at the time of the accident. When Martin was killed, the media reported that he was a passenger in Reedy's pickup. However, Peter Golenbock, in his book Wild, High, and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin, makes the case that Martin was the driver and that his wife and Reedy covered up the truth. According to the HBO TV series Autopsy, [9] forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden performed the autopsy on Martin and investigated the accident scene, including the pick-up truck in which Martin died. The autopsy revealed that Martin's impact injuries were all on the right side, and that hair and other DNA found on the right side of the shattered windshield belonged to Martin, who was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. The conclusion of the autopsy study was that Reedy drove the pick-up.
Billy Martin was eulogized by Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, before his funeral at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. His grave is located about 150 feet from the grave of Babe Ruth. The following epitaph by Billy Martin himself appears on the headstone: I may not have been the greatest Yankee to put on the uniform but I was the proudest. Former President of the United States Richard Nixon attended Martin's funeral. The Yankees started the season with a small number 1 on their left sleeves.
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | — | 51–30 | 37–44 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 2 | 44–37 | 42–39 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 9 | 39–42 | 40–41 |
Cleveland Indians | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 11 | 41–40 | 36–45 |
Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 85 | 0.472 | 11½ | 40–40 | 36–45 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 14 | 39–42 | 35–46 |
New York Yankees | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 21 | 37–44 | 30–51 |
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 5–8 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–3 |
California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Chicago | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 10–2 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 |
Cleveland | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
Detroit | 7–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
Kansas City | 3–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 4–9 | 10–3 | 8–4 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
Minnesota | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–9 |
New York | 7–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 0–12 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 5–8 |
Oakland | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 12–0 | — | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Seattle | 9–3 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 4–9 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 |
Texas | 4–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–7 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 8–5 | 3–10 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |
1990 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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July 1, Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Chicago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | x | 4 | 0 | 2 |
W: Barry Jones (10-1) L: Andy Hawkins (1-5) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 30,642 Time: 2:34 |
New York Yankees | AB | R | H | RBI | Chicago White Sox | AB | R | H | RBI |
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Kelly, cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnson, cf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sax, 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ventura, 3b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mattingly, 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Calderon, dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balboni, dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pasqua, lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tolleson, pr, dh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gallagher, lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barfield, rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kittle, 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Leyritz, lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Lyons, 1b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blowers, 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Karkovice, c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geren, c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Fletcher, 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Espinoza, ss | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Sosa, rf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Guillen, ss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Totals | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
New York Yankees | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Hawkins, L (1-5) | 8.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Chicago White Sox | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Hibbard | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jones W (10-1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Radinsky | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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C | Bob Geren | 110 | 277 | 59 | .213 | 8 | 31 |
1B | Don Mattingly | 102 | 394 | 101 | .256 | 5 | 42 |
2B | Steve Sax | 155 | 615 | 160 | .260 | 4 | 42 |
3B | Jim Leyritz | 92 | 303 | 78 | .257 | 5 | 25 |
SS | Álvaro Espinoza | 150 | 438 | 98 | .224 | 2 | 20 |
LF | Oscar Azócar | 65 | 214 | 53 | .248 | 5 | 19 |
CF | Roberto Kelly | 162 | 641 | 183 | .285 | 15 | 61 |
RF | Jesse Barfield | 153 | 476 | 117 | .246 | 25 | 78 |
DH | Steve Balboni | 116 | 266 | 51 | .192 | 17 | 34 |
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 |
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Mel Hall | 113 | 360 | 93 | .258 | 12 | 46 |
Kevin Maas | 79 | 254 | 64 | .252 | 21 | 41 |
Matt Nokes | 92 | 240 | 57 | .238 | 8 | 32 |
Randy Velarde | 95 | 229 | 48 | .210 | 5 | 19 |
Mike Blowers | 48 | 144 | 27 | .188 | 5 | 21 |
Rick Cerone | 49 | 139 | 42 | .302 | 2 | 11 |
Deion Sanders | 57 | 133 | 21 | .158 | 3 | 9 |
Hensley Meulens | 23 | 83 | 20 | .241 | 3 | 10 |
Claudell Washington | 33 | 80 | 13 | .163 | 0 | 6 |
Wayne Tolleson | 73 | 74 | 11 | .149 | 0 | 4 |
Dave Winfield | 20 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 2 | 6 |
Brian Dorsett | 14 | 35 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Luis Polonia | 11 | 22 | 7 | .318 | 0 | 3 |
Jim Walewander | 9 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tim Leary | 31 | 208.0 | 9 | 19 | 4.11 | 138 |
Dave LaPoint | 28 | 157.2 | 7 | 10 | 4.11 | 67 |
Andy Hawkins | 28 | 157.2 | 5 | 12 | 5.37 | 74 |
Chuck Cary | 27 | 156.2 | 6 | 12 | 4.19 | 134 |
Mike Witt | 16 | 96.2 | 5 | 6 | 4.47 | 60 |
Dave Eiland | 5 | 30.1 | 2 | 1 | 3.56 | 16 |
Steve Adkins | 5 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.38 | 14 |
Pascual Pérez | 3 | 14.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.29 | 12 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jimmy Jones | 17 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.30 | 25 |
Mark Leiter | 8 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 6.84 | 21 |
Clay Parker | 5 | 22.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 20 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dave Righetti | 53 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 3.57 | 43 |
Lee Guetterman | 64 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3.19 | 48 |
Jeff Robinson | 54 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3.45 | 43 |
Greg Cadaret | 54 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4.15 | 80 |
Eric Plunk | 47 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2.72 | 67 |
Alan Mills | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.10 | 24 |
Lance McCullers | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 11 |
John Habyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 4 |
Rich Monteleone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 8 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oneonta [35]
Dent's greatest moment as a player—and his worst moment as a manager—came in Boston.
Firing the manager is nothing new for George Steinbrenner, who made Bucky Dent the 18th victim in the 17 years he's owned the New York Yankees. But it has touched a nerve in New York, where just about everyone wants to have Steinbrenner fired. Even the team's media outlets have joined the bandwagon...The latest critic is hardly a likely one—Fred Weinhaus, general manager of WABC radio, the Yankees' flagship station. 'We're tired of what we have and we deserve better,' said Weinhaus, who has run editorials demanding that Steinbrenner either sell the team or bring in a knowledgeable baseball man and give him full power to run it.
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