# 1990 Montreal Expos season

The 1990 Montreal Expos season was the 22nd season in franchise history. An 85–77 record was good enough to put them in third place in the National League East and 10 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.

## Offseason

* October 26, 1989: Yamil Benitez was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.
* December 7, 1989: Oil Can Boyd signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.
* December 7, 1989: Keith Atherton was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.
* January 24, 1990: John Candelaria was released by the Montreal Expos.
* March 17, 1990: Eric Bullock was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.

## Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 14th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1990 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Opening Day starters

* Delino DeShields
* Andrés Galarraga
* Marquis Grissom
* Kevin Gross
* Spike Owen
* Tim Raines
* Nelson Santovenia
* Larry Walker
* Tim Wallach

### Notable transactions

* April 23, 1990: Rex Hudler was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Costello.
* June 4, 1990: Shane Andrews, Rondell White, Gabe White, Stan Spencer, Ben Van Ryn and Stan Robertson were drafted by the Expos in the 1st round of the 1990 amateur draft.
* June 18, 1990: Rolando Roomes was selected off waivers by the Montreal Expos from the Cincinnati Reds.
* July 2, 1990: Ugueth Urbina was signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.
* August 8, 1990: Zane Smith was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later, Scott Ruskin, and Willie Greene. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Moisés Alou (August 16, 1990) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

### 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 | Mike Fitzgerald | 111 | 313 | 76 | .243 | 9 | 41 |
| 1B | Andrés Galarraga | 155 | 579 | 148 | .256 | 20 | 87 |
| 2B | Delino DeShields | 129 | 499 | 144 | .289 | 4 | 45 |
| SS | Spike Owen | 149 | 453 | 106 | .234 | 5 | 35 |
| 3B | Tim Wallach | 161 | 626 | 185 | .296 | 21 | 98 |
| LF | Tim Raines | 130 | 457 | 131 | .287 | 9 | 62 |
| CF | Dave Martinez | 118 | 391 | 109 | .279 | 11 | 39 |
| RF | Larry Walker | 133 | 419 | 101 | .241 | 19 | 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 |
| Marquis Grissom | 98 | 288 | 74 | .257 | 3 | 29 |
| Otis Nixon | 119 | 231 | 58 | .251 | 1 | 20 |
| Tom Foley | 73 | 164 | 35 | .213 | 0 | 12 |
| Nelson Santovenia | 59 | 163 | 31 | .190 | 6 | 28 |
| Mike Aldrete | 96 | 161 | 39 | .242 | 1 | 18 |
| Junior Noboa | 81 | 158 | 42 | .266 | 0 | 14 |
| Jerry Goff | 52 | 119 | 27 | .227 | 3 | 7 |
| Wallace Johnson | 47 | 49 | 8 | .163 | 1 | 5 |
| Moisés Alou | 14 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Rolando Roomes | 16 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando Mercado | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Paredes | 3 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Rex Hudler | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Bullock | 4 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Dennis Martínez | 32 | 226.0 | 10 | 11 | 2.95 | 156 |
| Oil Can Boyd | 31 | 190.2 | 10 | 6 | 2.93 | 113 |
| Kevin Gross | 31 | 163.1 | 9 | 12 | 4.57 | 111 |
| Mark Gardner | 27 | 152.2 | 7 | 9 | 3.42 | 135 |
| Zane Smith | 22 | 139.1 | 6 | 7 | 3.23 | 80 |
| Chris Nabholz | 11 | 70.0 | 6 | 2 | 2.83 | 53 |
| Brian Barnes | 4 | 28.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.89 | 23 |

#### 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 |
| Howard Farmer | 6 | 23.0 | 0 | 3 | 7.04 | 14 |
| Scott Anderson | 4 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Tim Burke | 58 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 2.52 | 47 |
| Bill Sampen | 59 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2.99 | 69 |
| Steve Frey | 51 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2.10 | 29 |
| Drew Hall | 42 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5.09 | 40 |
| Dale Mohorcic | 34 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.23 | 29 |
| Dave Schmidt | 34 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.31 | 22 |
| Mel Rojas | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 | 26 |
| Scott Ruskin | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.28 | 23 |
| John Costello | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 1 |
| Joe Hesketh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
| Bob Malloy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Rich Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Brett Gideon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Junior Noboa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Dave Martinez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | American Association | Tim Johnson |
| AA | Jacksonville Expos | Southern League | Jerry Manuel |
| A | West Palm Beach Expos | Florida State League | Felipe Alou |
| A | Rockford Expos | Midwest League | Mike Quade |
| A-Short Season | Jamestown Expos | New York–Penn League | Pat Daugherty |
| Rookie | GCL Expos | Gulf Coast League | Lorenzo Bundy |