The Oakland Athletics' 1990 season saw the A's win their third consecutive American League West title, with a record of 103 wins and 59 losses, nine games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. It was the third consecutive year in which Oakland finished with the best record in all of MLB. During the season, A's starter Bob Welch would be the last pitcher to win at least 25 games in the 20th century. The Athletics swept the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS before being shockingly swept themselves by the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series.

Offseason

• November 28, 1989: Rickey Henderson signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
• December 13, 1989 – The Athletics sign Scott Sanderson as a free agent.
• December 13, 1989: Jamie Quirk was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

Regular season

Catfish Hunter Pitcher: 1965-67(KC) 1968-74(OAK) Retired 1990

• June 4, 1990: Todd Van Poppel was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 1990.
• June 20, 1990 – Terry Steinbach has 6 RBIs in one game versus the Detroit Tigers.
• July 25, 1990 – Jose Canseco had 6 RBIs in a game against the California Angels.

Season standings

Notable transactions

• May 13, 1990: Willie Randolph was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Oakland Athletics for Stan Javier.
• June 17, 1990: Ken Phelps was purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Oakland Athletics.
• July 15, 1990: Mike Norris was released by the Oakland Athletics.
• August 1, 1990: Ron Coomer was released by the Oakland Athletics.
• August 29, 1990: Willie McGee was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Oakland Athletics for Felix Jose, Stan Royer, and Daryl Green (minors).

Draft Picks

• June 4, 1990: Ernie Young was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1990.
• June 4, 1990: Izzy Molina was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 22nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1990.

Roster

1990 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersDesignated Hitters		ManagerCoaches

Dave Stewart's No-Hitter

On June 29, Dave Stewart no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 5-0.

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
C	Terry Steinbach	114	379	95	.291	9	57
1B	Mark McGwire	156	523	123	.235	39	108
2B	Willie Randolph	93	292	75	.257	1	21
3B	Carney Lansford	134	507	136	.268	3	50
SS	Walt Weiss	138	445	118	.265	2	35
LF	Rickey Henderson	136	489	159	.325	28	61
CF	Dave Henderson	127	450	122	.264	20	63
RF	José Canseco	131	481	132	.274	37	101
DH	Harold Baines	32	94	25	.266	3	21

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Troy Afenir	14	14	2	.143	0	2
Lance Blankenship	86	136	26	.295	0	10
Mike Bordick	25	14	1	.071	0	0
Ozzie Canseco	9	19	2	.105	0	1
Mike Gallego	140	389	80	.206	3	34
Ron Hassey	94	254	54	.213	5	22
Scott Hemond	7	13	2	.154	0	1
Rick Honeycutt	66	2	0	.000	0	0
Steve Howard	21	52	12	.231	0	1
Dann Howitt	14	22	3	.136	0	1
Stan Javier	19	33	8	.242	0	3
Doug Jennings	64	156	30	.192	2	14
Félix José	101	341	90	.264	8	39
Darren Lewis	25	35	8	.229	0	1
Willie McGee	29	113	31	.274	0	15
Ken Phelps	32	59	11	.186	1	6
Jamie Quirk	56	121	34	.281	3	26

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave Stewart	36	267	22	11	2.56	166
Bob Welch	35	238	27	6	2.95	127
Scott Sanderson	34	206⅓	17	11	3.88	128
Mike Moore	33	199⅓	13	15	4.65	73
Curt Young	26	124⅓	9	6	4.85	56

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Bitker
Steve Chitren
Reggie Harris
Mike Norris
Dave Otto

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Todd Burns
Dennis Eckersley	63	4	2	48	0.61	73
Rick Honeycutt	63
Joe Klink

ALCS

Game 1

October 6, 1990 at Fenway Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	9	13	0
Boston	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: Larry Andersen (0-1)
HR: BOS – Wade Boggs (1)

Game 2

October 7, 1990 at Fenway Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	13	1
Boston	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
W: Bob Welch (1-0)   L: Greg Harris (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 9, 1990 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3
Oakland	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	x	4	6	0
W: Mike Moore (1-0)   L: Mike Boddicker (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (2)
HR: None

Game 4

October 10, 1990 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1
Oakland	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	3	6	0
W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Roger Clemens (0-1)  S: Rick Honeycutt (1)
HR: None

World Series

The four game sweep to the Reds in the 1990, was reminiscent of the A’s loss to the Boston Braves 76 years earlier.NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL Oakland Athletics (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	A's – 0, Reds – 7	October 16	Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati)	55,830	2:48
2	A's – 4, Reds – 5 (10 inns)	October 17	Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati)	55,832	3:31
3	Reds – 8, A's – 3	October 19	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)	48,269	3:01
4	Reds – 2, A's – 1	October 20	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)	48,613	2:48

Awards and honors

• Rickey Henderson, American League Most Valuable Player
• Dave Stewart, ALCS MVP
• Dave Stewart, Pitcher, Roberto Clemente Award
• Bob Welch, AL Cy Young Award

All-Star Game

• Jose Canseco, Outfield
• Rickey Henderson, Outfield
• Mark McGwire, First Base
• Tony LaRussa, Manager

Team Leaders

• Home Runs – Mark McGwire (39)
• RBI - Mark McGwire (108)
• Batting Average – Rickey Henderson (.325)
• Hits – Rickey Henderson (159)
• Stolen Bases - Rickey Henderson (65)
• Walks - Mark McGwire (110)
• Wins – Bob Welch (27)
• Earned Run Average – Dennis Eckersley (0.61)
• Strikeouts – Dave Stewart (166)

Farm system

References

• 1990 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1990 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com