# 1990 California Angels season

The 1990 California Angels season was the 30th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 25th in Anaheim, and their 25th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.

## Offseason

* October 6, 1989: Jim Eppard was released by the California Angels.
* December 19, 1989: Mark Eichhorn was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* January 9, 1990: Scott Bailes was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the California Angels for Colin Charland (minors) and Jeff Manto.
* February 3, 1990: Greg Minton was released by the California Angels.
* February 5, 1990: Rick Schu was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
* February 21, 1990: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.

## Regular season
### Transactions

* April 29, 1990: Luis Polonia was traded by the New York Yankees to the California Angels for Claudell Washington and Rich Monteleone.
* May 11, 1990 – The California Angels sent Mike Witt to the New York Yankees in exchange for Dave Winfield

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Oakland Athletics | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 52‍–‍29 |
| Chicago White Sox | 94 | 68 | .580 | 9 | 49‍–‍31 | 45‍–‍37 |
| Texas Rangers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 20 | 47‍–‍35 | 36‍–‍44 |
| California Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 23 | 42‍–‍39 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Seattle Mariners | 77 | 85 | .475 | 26 | 38‍–‍43 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Kansas City Royals | 75 | 86 | .466 | 27½ | 45‍–‍36 | 30‍–‍50 |
| Minnesota Twins | 74 | 88 | .457 | 29 | 41‍–‍40 | 33‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1990 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Lance Parrish | 133 | 470 | 126 | .268 | 24 | 70 |
| 1B | Wally Joyner | 83 | 310 | 83 | .268 | 8 | 41 |
| 2B | Johnny Ray | 105 | 404 | 112 | .277 | 5 | 43 |
| 3B | Jack Howell | 105 | 316 | 72 | .228 | 8 | 33 |
| SS | Dick Schofield | 99 | 310 | 79 | .255 | 1 | 18 |
| LF | Luis Polonia | 109 | 381 | 128 | .336 | 2 | 32 |
| CF | Devon White | 125 | 443 | 96 | .217 | 11 | 44 |
| RF | Dave Winfield | 112 | 414 | 114 | .275 | 19 | 72 |
| DH | Brian Downing | 96 | 330 | 90 | .273 | 14 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Chili Davis | 113 | 412 | 109 | .265 | 12 | 58 |
| Donnie Hill | 102 | 352 | 93 | .264 | 3 | 32 |
| Dante Bichette | 109 | 349 | 89 | .255 | 15 | 53 |
| Lee Stevens | 67 | 248 | 53 | .214 | 7 | 32 |
| Max Venable | 93 | 189 | 49 | .259 | 4 | 21 |
| Rick Schu | 61 | 157 | 42 | .268 | 6 | 14 |
| Kent Anderson | 49 | 143 | 44 | .308 | 1 | 5 |
| John Orton | 31 | 84 | 16 | .190 | 1 | 6 |
| Bill Schroeder | 18 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 4 | 9 |
| Gary Disarcina | 18 | 57 | 8 | .140 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark McLemore | 20 | 48 | 7 | .146 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Coachman | 16 | 45 | 14 | .311 | 0 | 5 |
| Claudell Washington | 12 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 1 | 3 |
| Bobby Rose | 7 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 1 | 2 |
| Ron Tingley | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Chuck Finley | 32 | 236.0 | 18 | 9 | 2.40 | 177 |
| Mark Langston | 33 | 223.0 | 10 | 17 | 4.40 | 195 |
| Jim Abbott | 33 | 211.2 | 10 | 14 | 4.51 | 105 |
| Kirk McCaskill | 29 | 174.1 | 12 | 11 | 3.25 | 78 |
| Bert Blyleven | 23 | 134.0 | 8 | 7 | 5.24 | 69 |
| Joe Grahe | 8 | 43.1 | 3 | 4 | 4.98 | 25 |
| Scott Lewis | 2 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 2.20 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Bryan Harvey | 54 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 3.22 | 82 |
| Mark Eichhorn | 60 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 3.08 | 69 |
| Willie Fraser | 45 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3.08 | 32 |
| Scott Bailes | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.37 | 16 |
| Mike Fetters | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.12 | 35 |
| Cliff Young | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.52 | 19 |
| Greg Minton | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.35 | 4 |
| Bob McClure | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 6 |
| Mike Witt | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.77 | 14 |
| Mark Clear | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 6 |
| Sherman Corbett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Donnie Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Jeff Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Edmonton Trappers | Pacific Coast League | Mako Oliveras |
| AA | Midland Angels | Texas League | Eddie Rodríguez |
| A | Palm Springs Angels | California League | Nate Oliver |
| A | Quad Cities Angels | Midwest League | Don Long |
| A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Tom Kotchman |
| Rookie | AZL Angels | Arizona League | Bill Lachemann |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Quad Cities