1990 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
OwnersTribune Company
General managersJim Frey
ManagersDon Zimmer
TelevisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN
(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Thom Brennaman)
RadioWGN
(Thom Brennaman, Ron Santo, Bob Brenly, Harry Caray)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 1990 Chicago Cubs season was the 119th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 115th in the National League and the 75th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 77–85.

A ticket for a 1990 game between the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs.

Offseason

Regular season

  • Ryne Sandberg became the first second baseman to lead the National League in home runs since Rogers Hornsby in 1925.
  • Sandberg also set the Major League record for consecutive errorless games at second base with 124.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 9171 0.562 4 52–29 39–42
Montreal Expos 8577 0.525 10 47–34 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 18 39–42 38–43
Philadelphia Phillies 7785 0.475 18 41–40 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7092 0.432 25 34–47 36–45

Record vs. opponents

1990 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–68–105–136–126–64–85–75–78–105–137–5
Chicago 6–6—4–86–63–911–79–911–74–148–47–58–10
Cincinnati 10–88–4—11–79–99–36–67–56–69–97–119–3
Houston 13–56–67–11—9–95–75–75–75–74–1410–86–6
Los Angeles 12–69–39–99–9—6–65–78–44–89–98–107–5
Montreal 6–67–113–97–56–6—8–1010–813–57–57–511–7
New York 8–49–96–67–57–510–8—10–810–85–77–512–6
Philadelphia 7-57–115–77–54–88–108–10—6–127–58–410–8
Pittsburgh 7–514–46–67–58–45–138–1012–6—10–28–410–8
San Diego 10–84–89–914–49–95–77–55–72–10—7–113–9
San Francisco 13–55–711–78–1010–85–75–74–84–811–7—9–3
St. Louis 5–710–83–96–65–77–116–128–108–109–33–9—

Notable transactions

Roster

1990 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

All-Star Game

The 1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 61st playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 10, 1990, at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the home of the Chicago Cubs of the National League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 2-0. The game is remembered for a rain delay in the 7th inning that resulted in CBS airing Rescue 911 during the delay.

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
CJoe Girardi133419113.270138
1BMark Grace157589182.309982
2BRyne Sandberg155615188.30640100
SSShawon Dunston146545143.2621766
3BLuis Salazar115410104.2541247
LFDwight Smith11729076.262627
CFJerome Walton101392103.263221
RFAndre Dawson147529164.31027100

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
Doug Dascenzo11324161.253126
Domingo Ramos9822660.265217
Marvell Wynne9218638.204419
Curt Wilkerson7718641.220016
Dave Clark8417147.275520
Héctor Villanueva5211431.272718
Lloyd McClendon4910717.159110
Derrick May176115.246111
Damon Berryhill175310.18919
Gary Varsho464812.25001
Greg Smith18449.20505
Rick Wrona16295.17200

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
Greg Maddux35237.015153.46144
Mike Harkey27173.21263.2694
Shawn Boskie1597.2563.6949

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
Mike Bielecki36168.08114.93103
Steve Wilson45139.0494.7995
Jeff Pico3192.0444.7937
José Núñez2160.2476.5340
Rick Sutcliffe521.1025.917
Randy Kramer1020.1023.9812
Kevin Coffman818.10211.299
Lance Dickson313.2037.244
Kevin Blankenship312.1025.845

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
Mitch Williams5918163.9355
Paul Assenmacher7472102.8095
Les Lancaster559564.6265
Bill Long426154.3732
Joe Kraemer180007.2016
Dave Pavlas132002.1112
Dean Wilkins70019.823
Doug Dascenzo10000.000

Awards and honors

  • Ryne Sandberg, National League Leader, Home Runs (40)
  • Ryne Sandberg, National League Leader, Runs (116)
  • Ryne Sandberg, National League Leader, Total Bases (344)

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Jim Essian
AA Charlotte Knights Southern League Tommy Helms and Jay Loviglio
A Winston-Salem Spirits Carolina League Brad Mills
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Greg Mahlberg
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Bill Hayes
Rookie Huntington Cubs Appalachian League Steve Roadcap

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References

  1. ↑ Paul Kilgus at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Vance Law at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Randy Kramer at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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