1990 Boston Red Sox season

{{Short description|Major League Baseball season}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox baseball team season | name = Boston Red Sox | season = 1990 | misc = American League East champions | league = American League | division = East | ballpark = Fenway Park | city = Boston, Massachusetts | record = 88–74 (.543) | divisional_place = 1st | owners = Jean Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan | president = John Harrington | general_manager = Lou Gorman | manager = Joe Morgan | television = WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 (Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery) NESN (Ned Martin, Jerry Remy) | radio = WRKO (Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione) WROL (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez) | espntn = bos | brtn = BOS }} The '''1990 Boston Red Sox season''' was the 90th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 88–74. It was the third AL East division championship in five years for the Red Sox. However, the team was defeated in a four-game sweep by the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS, as had been the case in 1988.

==Offseason== *November 13, 1989: The Red Sox waive Jim Rice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harber |first=Paul |date=November 14, 1989 |title=Rice Waived by Red Sox: Attention Turned to Esasky |pages=57 & 59 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> *December 6, 1989: Dennis Lamp was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lampde01.shtml Dennis Lamp Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref> *December 6, 1989: Jeff Reardon was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reardje01.shtml Jeff Reardon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref> *December 19, 1989: Rick Cerone was released by the Red Sox.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/ceronri01.shtml Rick Cerone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref> *December 20, 1989: Sam Horn was released by the Red Sox.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hornsa01.shtml Sam Horn Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref>

=== February === *February 5, 1990: Pitcher Eric Hetzel agrees to a one-year contract with the Red Sox; pitcher Joe Johnson and infielder Jim Pankovits agree to contracts with the Pawtucket Red Sox.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 6, 1990 |title=Red Sox Sign Three |pages=12 |work=The Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire) |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> *February 6, 1990: First Base Coach Al Bumbry agrees to a one-year deal with the Red Sox.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cafardo |first=Nick |date=February 7, 1990 |title=Bumbry Agrees to 1-Year Deal |pages=79 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> *February 9, 1990: Pitcher Rob Murphy agreed to a two-year $1.75 million contract with the Red Sox.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cafardo |first=Nick |date=February 10, 1990 |title=Murphy Agrees on 2-Year Deal |pages=33 & 34 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> *February 14, 1990: Bill Buckner agrees to a Triple-A Contract with the Red Sox.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cafardo |first=Nick |date=February 15, 1990 |title=Buckner Makes It Official With Sox |pages=91 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> *February 15, 1990: Greg A. Harris was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harrigr01.shtml Greg Harris Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref>

==Regular season== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+Record by month<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/TBOS01990.htm |title=The 1990 Boston Red Sox |website=Retrosheet |access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2|Month !! colspan=2|Record !! colspan=2|Cumulative !! colspan=2|AL East !! rowspan=2|Ref. |- ! Won !! Lost !! Won !! Lost !! Position !! GB |- | April || 11 || 8 || 11 || 8 || 2nd || {{frac|1|1|2}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/04301990.htm|title = Events of Monday, April 30, 1990}}</ref> |- | May || 12 || 14 || 23 || 22 || 3rd || 1 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/05311990.htm|title = Events of Thursday, May 31, 1990}}</ref> |- | June || 20 || 9 || 43 || 31 || 1st || +{{frac|3|1|2}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/06301990.htm|title = Events of Saturday, June 30, 1990}}</ref> |- | July || 12 || 17 || 55 || 48 || 1st (tie) || — || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/07311990.htm|title = Events of Tuesday, July 31, 1990}}</ref> |- | August || 19 || 9 || 74 || 57 || 1st || +{{frac|6|1|2}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/08311990.htm|title = Events of Friday, August 31, 1990}}</ref> |- | September || 12 || 16 || 86 || 73 || 1st || +1 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/09301990.htm|title = Events of Sunday, September 30, 1990}}</ref> |- | October || 2 || 1 || 88 || 74 || 1st || +2 || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/10031990.htm|title = Events of Wednesday, October 3, 1990}}</ref> |}

===Highlights=== The Red Sox set a major league record, which still stands, for the most times grounding into a double play during a season, 174.<ref>{{cite web|title=Single Season Grounding Into Double Play Records|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/rb_gidp2.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|access-date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

On June 6, the Red Sox got a measure of retribution for Bucky Dent's home run in the 1978 American League East tie-breaker game. While in Boston for a four-game series, the New York Yankees fired Dent as their manager. The Red Sox had just defeated the Yankees in the first two games of the series,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/VBOS01990.htm |title=The 1990 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Game Log |website=Retrosheet |access-date=October 12, 2020}}</ref> giving the Yankees an 18–31 record, {{frac|8|1|2}} games behind the first-place Red Sox.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/06051990.htm |title=Standings At Close of Play of June 5, 1990 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=October 12, 2020}}</ref> The firing made Fenway Park arguably the scene of Dent's best moment as a player and worst moment as manager.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61005969/dent-dumped-by-yankees/ |title=Dent dumped by Yankees |date=June 7, 1990 |author-link=Nick Cafardo |first=Nick |last=Cafardo |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=37 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Although the Red Sox got retribution for Dent's home run, they, along with the Yankees, were shaken to the core by the firing and called it an outrage and blasted Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for firing Dent—his 18th managerial change in as many years—in Boston.<ref name="Dent-Shaughnessy"/><ref name="DentFired-Kubek"/> Dan Shaughnessy of ''The Boston Globe'' criticized Steinbrenner and rhetorically asked if he couldn't have waited to fire Dent elsewhere.<ref name="Dent-Shaughnessy">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61005894/his-back-was-against-the-wall/ |title=His back was against the wall |date=June 7, 1990 |first=Dan |last=Shaughnessy |author-link=Dan Shaughnessy |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=37 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Shaughnessy noted, "if Dent had been fired in Seattle or Milwaukee, this would have been just another event in an endless line of George's jettisons. But it happened in Boston and the nightly news had its hook."<ref name="Dent-Shaughnessy"/> Author Bill Pennington called the firing of Dent "merciless."<ref>{{cite book|title=Chumps to Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty|year=2019|first=Bill|last=Pennington|author-link=Bill Pennington|isbn=9781328849854|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|page=32}}</ref> However, Yankees television analyst Tony Kubek blasted at Steinbrenner for the firing in a harsh, angry way.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kubek Speaks Out Against Dent Firing|date=June 7, 1990|first=Hal|last=Bock|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> At the beginning of the broadcast of the game on MSG Network, he said to Yankees television play-by-play announcer Dewayne Staats, "George Steinbrenner...mishandled this. You don't take a Bucky Dent (at) the site of one of the greatest home runs in Yankee history and fire him and make it a media circus for the Boston Red Sox."<ref name="DentFired-Kubek">{{cite news|title=Kubek: George a Loser|date=June 7, 1990|first=Bob|last=Raissman|newspaper=New York Daily News|page=64}}</ref> He then stared defiantly on camera and said to Steinbrenner, "You don't do it by telephone, either, George. You do it face to face, eyeball to eyeball...If you really are a winner, you should not have handled this like a loser."<ref name="DentFired-Kubek"/> He then said, angrily, "George, you're a bully and a coward."<ref>{{cite news|title=At MSG, Kubek Reigns Over George|date=June 8, 1990|first=Bob|last=Raissman|newspaper=New York Daily News|page=71}}</ref> He then said that "What all this does, it just wrecks George Steinbrenner's credibility with his players, with the front office and in baseball more than it already is–if that's possible. It was just mishandled."<ref name="DentFired-Kubek"/>

===Season standings=== {{1990 AL East standings|highlight=Boston Red Sox}}

=== Record vs. opponents === {{1990 AL Record vs. opponents|team=BOS}}

===Notable transactions=== * May 4, 1990: Lee Smith was traded by the Red Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Brunansky.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithle02.shtml Lee Smith Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref> * June 4, 1990: Les Norman was selected by the Red Sox in the 26th round of the 1990 MLB draft, but did not sign.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/normale01.shtml Les Norman Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref> *June 5, 1990: Bill Buckner was released by the Red Sox.<ref name="autogenerated1"> [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bucknbi01.shtml Bill Buckner Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref> *June 8, 1990: Rich Gedman was sent to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gedmari01.shtml | title=Rich Gedman Stats }}</ref> *August 23, 1990: Cecilio Guante signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/guantce01.shtml Cecilio Guante Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref> *August 30, 1990: The Red Sox traded Jeff Bagwell to the Houston Astros for Larry Andersen.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bagweje01.shtml Jeff Bagwell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]</ref>

===Opening Day lineup=== {| |- |26 || Wade Boggs || 3B |- |17 || Marty Barrett || 2B |- |39 || Mike Greenwell || LF |- |12 || Ellis Burks || CF |- |24 || Dwight Evans || DH |- |13 || Billy Jo Robidoux     || 1B |- |  6 || Tony Peña || C |- |  3 || Jody Reed || SS |- |16 || Kevin Romine || RF |- |21 || Roger Clemens || P |} Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1990/B04090BOS1990.htm |title=Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 2 |date=April 9, 1990 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

=== Red Sox debuts === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Player !Position !Date !Game !Source |- |Tony Peña |Catcher |4/9/1990 |Vs. Detroit Tigers |<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Cafardo |first=Nick |last2=Fainaru |first2=Steve |date=April 10, 1990 |title=Robidoux Was Just A Little Bit Nervous At First |pages=32 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> |- |Billy Jo Robidoux |First Base |4/9/1990 |Vs. Detroit Tigers |<ref name=":0" /> |- |Jeff Reardon |Pitcher |4/17/1990 |@ Chicago White Sox |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cafardo |first=Nick |date=April 18, 1990 |title=Red Sox fall to White Sox |pages=33 & 37 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> |- |Dana Kiecker |Pitcher |4/12/1990 |@ Detroit Tigers |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Atkins |first=Harry |date=April 13, 1990 |title=Tigers snarl at Sox |pages=37 & 42 |work=Lewiston Sun Journal |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> |- |Daryl Irvine |Pitcher |4/28/1990 |Vs. Oakland Athletics |<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 28, 1990 |title=Boggs, Evans Lead Red Sox To 12-3 Rout Of Athletics |pages=7B |work=The Mount Airy News |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> |- |Jerry Reed |Pitcher |5/4/1990 |@ Oakland Athletics |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cafardo |first=Nick |date=May 5, 1990 |title=Evans: The Right Move |pages=33 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> |- |Tom Brunansky |Right Field |5/6/1990 |@ Oakland Athletics |<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 7, 1990 |title=Oakland defeats Bosox |pages=13 & 15 |work=Bangor Daily News |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> |- |Jeff Gray |Pitcher |6/10/1990 |Vs. Cleveland Indians |<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 11, 1990 |title=Candiotti's Knuckler Puzzles Red Sox |pages=13 |work=Bangor Daily News |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> |- |Tim Naehring |Second Base |7/15/1990 |Vs. Kansas City Royals |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fainaru |first=Steve |date=July 16, 1990 |title=Rivera Will Continue To Fight For Starting Job |pages=43 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> |- |Joe Hesketh |Pitcher |8/3/1990 |Vs. Detroit Tigers |<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 4, 1990 |title=Red Sox again rock Robinson |pages=11 |work=The Argus-Press |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> |- |Rick Lancellotti |Pinch Hitter |8/10/1990 |@ Seattle Mariners |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cafardo |first=Nick |date=August 11, 1990 |title=Lancellotti To Get His Chance |pages=37 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> |- |Mike Marshall |Designated Hitter |8/20/1990 |Vs. Baltimore Orioles |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shaugnessy |first=Dan |date=August 21, 1990 |title=He dodged city for a while, but new Marshall is in town |pages=61 & 63 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> |- |Phil Plantier |Pinch Hitter |8/21/1990 |Vs. Baltimore Orioles |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cafardo |first=Nick |date=August 22, 1990 |title=Doctors Examine Evans |pages=87 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> |- |Larry Andersen |Pitcher |9/2/1990 |Vs. New York Yankees |<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 3, 1990 |title=Bolton Pitches Red Sox by NY for 10th Straigth |pages=9 |work=Bangor Daily News |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> |- |Scott Cooper |Pinch Hitter |9/5/1990 |@ Oakland Athletics |<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 6, 1990 |title=A's, Welch mug Red Sox 10-0 |pages=2B |work=The Robesonian |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> |- |Jim Pankovits |Second Base |9/17/1990 |@ Chicago White Sox |<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cafardo |first=Nick |date=September 17, 1990 |title=Morgan Is Still Hoping For Change In The Lineup |pages=44 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> |}

===Alumni game=== The team held an old-timers game on May 19, before a scheduled home game against the Minnesota Twins. Red Sox alumni pitchers Bill Lee, Bill Monbouquette, and Dick Radatz allowed just one hit (to former Detroit Tiger Willie Horton) in the four-inning game, as Boston won by a 2–0 score over a team of MLB alumni from other clubs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20322566/baseball/ |title=Baseball |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=2C |date=May 20, 1990 |access-date=May 24, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

===Roster=== {| class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;" |- ! colspan="10" style="background-color: #ba313c; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" |1990 Boston Red Sox |- | colspan="10" style="background-color:#0d2b56; color: white; text-align: center;" | '''Roster''' |- | valign="top" | '''Pitchers''' {{MLBplayer|40,48|Larry Andersen}} {{MLBplayer|52|Mike Boddicker}} {{MLBplayer|50|Tom Bolton}} {{MLBplayer|21|Roger Clemens}} {{MLBplayer|40|John Dopson}} {{MLBplayer|44|Wes Gardner}} {{MLBplayer|38|Jeff Gray}} {{MLBplayer|27|Greg Harris}} {{MLBplayer|55|Joe Hesketh}} {{MLBplayer|31|Eric Hetzel}} {{MLBplayer|59|Daryl Irvine}} {{MLBplayer|19|Dana Kiecker}} {{MLBplayer|15|Dennis Lamp}} {{MLBplayer|38|John Leister}} {{MLBplayer|47|Rob Murphy}} {{MLBplayer|41|Jeff Reardon}} {{MLBplayer|3,45|Jerry Reed}} {{MLBplayer|54|Mike Rochford}} {{MLBplayer|48|Lee Smith}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | '''Catchers''' {{MLBplayer|10|Rich Gedman}} {{MLBplayer|20|John Marzano}} {{MLBplayer| 6|Tony Peña}} '''Infielders''' {{MLBplayer|17|Marty Barrett}} {{MLBplayer|26|Wade Boggs}} {{MLBplayer|22|Bill Buckner}} {{MLBplayer|10|Rick Lancellotti}} {{MLBplayer|11|Tim Naehring}} {{MLBplayer|42|Jim Pankovits}} {{MLBplayer|18|Carlos Quintana}} {{MLBplayer| 3|Jody Reed}} {{MLBplayer| 2|Luis Rivera}} {{MLBplayer|13|Billy Jo Robidoux}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" |'''Outfielders''' {{MLBplayer|23|Tom Brunansky}} {{MLBplayer|12|Ellis Burks}} {{MLBplayer|39|Mike Greenwell}} {{MLBplayer|29|Danny Heep}} {{MLBplayer| 5|Randy Kutcher}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Phil Plantier}} {{MLBplayer|16|Kevin Romine}} '''Designated Hitters''' {{MLBplayer|24|Dwight Evans}} {{MLBplayer|22|Mike Marshall}} {{MLBplayer|28|Jeff Stone}} '''Pinch hitter''' {{MLBplayer|45|Scott Cooper}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | '''Manager''' {{MLBplayer|35|Joe Morgan}} '''Coaches''' {{MLBplayer|33|Dick Berardino (bullpen)}} {{MLBplayer|37|Al Bumbry (first base)}} {{MLBplayer|34|Bill Fischer (pitching)}} {{MLBplayer|32|Richie Hebner (hitting)}} {{MLBplayer|36|Rac Slider (third base)}} |}

===Game log===

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="margin:auto; border:1px solid #aaa;" |- ! colspan="5" | Past games legend |- ! style="background:#bfb;"| Red Sox Win (#bfb) ! style="background:#fbb;"| Red Sox Loss (#fbb) ! style="background:#bbb;"| Game postponed (#bbb) ! style="background:#bbcaff;"| All-Star Game (#bbcaff) ! style="background:#039;"| '''Clinched Division''' (#039)  |- ! colspan="5" | '''Bold denotes a Red Sox pitcher''' |}

{{Game log start|style=background:#C60C30;color:#fff;|title= 1990 Regular Season Game Log (88–74) (Home: 51–30; Road: 37–44)}} {{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#024;color:#fff;|title=April (11–8) (Home: 9–4; Road: 2–4)|#|Date|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Crowd|Record|Streak}} |-bgcolor=#bbb | — || April 2 || @ Tigers || colspan=7| ''Postponed (lockout); Makeup: April 12'' |-bgcolor=#bbb | — || April 4 || @ Tigers || colspan=7| ''Postponed (lockout); Makeup: July 19'' |-bgcolor=#bbb | — || April 5 || @ Tigers || colspan=7| ''Postponed (lockout); Makeup: September 27'' |-bgcolor=#bbb | — || April 6 || White Sox || colspan=7| ''Postponed (lockout); Makeup: October 1'' |-bgcolor=#bbb | — || April 7 || White Sox || colspan=7| ''Postponed (lockout); Makeup: October 2'' |-bgcolor=#bbb | — || April 8 || White Sox || colspan=7| ''Postponed (lockout); Makeup: October 3'' |-bgcolor=#bfb | 1 || April 9 || Tigers || 5–2 || '''Clemens''' (1–0) || Morris (0–1) || '''Smith''' (1) || 35,199 || 1–0 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 2 || April 10 || Tigers || 4–2 || '''Boddicker''' (1–0) || Ritz (0–1) || '''Smith''' (2) || 15,352 || 2–0 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 3 || April 11 || Tigers || 3–2 (10) || '''Harris''' (1–0) || Gleaton (0–1) || || 15,369 || 3–0 || W3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 4 || April 12 || @ Tigers || 7–11 || Lugo (1–0) || '''Rochford''' (0–1) || || 44,906 || 3–1 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 5 || April 13 || Brewers || 5–9 || Crim (1–0) || '''Murphy''' (0–1) || || 22,731 || 3–2 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 6 || April 14 || Brewers || 4–3 || '''Clemens''' (2–0) || August (0–1) || '''Smith''' (3) || 31,571 || 4–2 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bbb | — || April 15 || Brewers || colspan=7| ''Postponed (Rain); Makeup: September 10'' |-bgcolor=#fbb | 7 || April 16 || Brewers || 0–18 || Higuera (1–0) || '''Boddicker''' (1–1) || || 35,478 || 4–3 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 8 || April 17 || @ White Sox || 1–2 || Jones (2–0) || '''Smith''' (0–1) || || 8,479 || 4–4 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 9 || April 18 || @ White Sox || 7–5 || '''Clemens''' (3–0) || McDowell (0–1) || '''Smith''' (4) || 10,570 || 5–4 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 10 || April 20 || @ Brewers || 0–5 || Filer (1–1) || '''Boddicker''' (1–2) || Crim (1) || 15,334 || 5–5 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 11 || April 21 || @ Brewers || 0–2 || Higuera (2–0) || '''Hetzel''' (0–1) || || 19,391 || 5–6 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 12 || April 22 || @ Brewers || 4–2 (11) || '''Smith''' (1–1) || Plesac (0–1) || || 26,741 || 6–6 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 13 || April 24 || Angels || 4–2 || '''Clemens''' (4–0) || Langston (1–1) || '''Reardon''' (1) || 24,362 || 7–6 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 14 || April 25 || Angels || 1–3 || McCaskill (2–0) || '''Boddicker''' (1–3) || Eichhorn (4) || 19,843 || 7–7 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 15 || April 26 || Angels || 5–4 || '''Smith''' (2–1) || Harvey (1–1) || || 22,601 || 8–7 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 16 || April 27 || Athletics || 7–6 || '''Reardon''' (1–0) || Nelson (1–1) || || 32,912 || 9–7 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 17 || April 28 || Athletics || 12–3 || '''Harris''' (2–0) || Young (0–1) || || 33,989 || 10–7 || W3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 18 || April 29 || Athletics || 0–1 || Stewart (5–0) || '''Clemens''' (4–1) || Eckersley (7) || 33,237 || 10–8 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 19 || April 30 || Mariners || 11–0 || '''Boddicker''' (2–3) || Holman (3–2) || || 18,540 || 11–8 || W1 {{Game log section end}} {{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#024;color:#fff;|title=May (12–14) (Home: 4–5; Road: 8–9)|#|Date|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Crowd|Record|Streak}} |-bgcolor=#bfb | 20 || May 1 || Mariners || 8–2 || '''Hetzel''' (1–1) || Johnson (2–2) || || 20,786 || 12–8 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 21 || May 2 || Mariners || 2–9 || Hanson (3–0) || '''Harris''' (2–1) || || 23,977 || 12–9 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 22 || May 4 || @ Athletics || 3–8 || Stewart (6–0) || '''Clemens''' (4–2) || || 43,894 || 12–10 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 23 || May 5 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || '''Boddicker''' (3–3) || Welch (3–2) || || 41,850 || 13–10 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 24 || May 6 || @ Athletics || 2–4 || Young (1–1) || '''Hetzel''' (1–2) || Eckersley (9) || 44,008 || 13–11 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 25 || May 7 || @ Mariners || 5–4 || '''Harris''' (3–1) || Hanson (3–1) || '''Murphy''' (1) || 19,549 || 14–11 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 26 || May 8 || @ Mariners || 1–2 || Swift (2–0) || '''Gardner''' (0–1) || || 11,503 || 14–12 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 27 || May 9 || @ Mariners || 4–1 || '''Clemens''' (5–2) || Eave (0–3) || || 14,192 || 15–12 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 28 || May 11 || @ Angels || 3–2 || '''Boddicker''' (4–3) || Eichhorn (0–3) || '''Reardon''' (2) || 33,418 || 16–12 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 29 || May 12 || @ Angels || 7–1 || '''Harris''' (4–1) || Blyleven (1–3) || || 50,755 || 17–12 || W3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 30 || May 13 || @ Angels || 4–8 || Finley (5–2) || '''Lamp''' (0–1) || Harvey (3) || 34,399 || 17–13 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 31 || May 14 || @ Royals || 5–9 (10) || M. Davis (1–2) || '''Reardon''' (1–1) || || 32,763 || 17–14 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bbb | — || May 15 || @ Royals || colspan=7| ''Postponed (Rain); Makeup: July 20'' |-bgcolor=#bfb | 32 || May 16 || @ Royals || 7–1 || '''Boddicker''' (5–3) || Gordon (1–1) || || 21,887 || 18–14 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 33 || May 18 || Twins || 0–6 || Candelaria (4–1) || '''Harris''' (4–2) || || 31,779 || 18–15 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 34 || May 19 || Twins || 13–1 || '''Clemens''' (6–2) || Anderson (2–5) || || 34,145 || 19–15 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 35 || May 20 || Twins || 4–5 || Smith (2–4) || '''Hetzel''' (1–3) || Aguilera (11) || 33,141 || 19–16 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 36 || May 21 || Rangers || 4–2 || '''Boddicker''' (6–3) || Mielke (0–1) || '''Reardon''' (3) || 22,359 || 20–16 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 37 || May 22 || Rangers || 4–5 || Witt (2–5) || '''Kiecker''' (0–1) || Jeff Russell (7) || 23,193 || 20–17 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 38 || May 23 || Royals || 1–4 || Saberhagen (3–3) || '''Harris''' (4–3) || || 22,468 || 20–18 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 39 || May 24 || Royals || 4–1 || '''Clemens''' (7–2) || Gubicza (2–5) || || 31,982 || 21–18 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 40 || May 25 || @ Twins || 0–16 || Smith (3–4) || '''Hetzel''' (1–4) || || 31,564 || 21–19 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 41 || May 26 || @ Twins || 5–6 || Candelaria (5–1) || '''Murphy''' (0–2) || Aguilera (12) || 32,048 || 21–20 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 42 || May 27 || @ Twins || 1–3 || Tapani (6–3) || '''Kiecker''' (0–2) || Aguilera (13) || 28,173 || 21–21 || L3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 43 || May 28 || @ Rangers || 4–3 || '''Jerry Reed''' (1–1) || Jeff Russell (1–5) || '''Reardon''' (4) || 16,128 || 22–21 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 44 || May 29 || @ Rangers || 2–1 || '''Clemens''' (8–2) || Hough (5–3) || '''Reardon''' (5) || 27,185 || 23–21 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 45 || May 30 || @ Rangers || 3–4 (10) || Rogers (2–1) || '''Gardner''' (0–2) || || 15,445 || 23–22 || L1 {{Game log section end}} {{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#024;color:#fff;|title=June (20–9) (Home: 13–4; Road: 7–5)|#|Date|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Crowd|Record|Streak}} |-bgcolor=#bfb | 46 || June 1 || @ Indians || 4–3 || '''Jerry Reed''' (2–1) || Jones (0–2) || '''Reardon''' (6) || 23,833 || 24–22 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 47 || June 2 || @ Indians || 5–7 || S. Valdez (2–1) || '''Murphy''' (0–3) || Jones (18) || 33,569 || 24–23 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 48 || June 3 || @ Indians || 8–2 || '''Clemens''' (9–2) || Farrell (3–3) || || 29,137 || 25–23 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 49 || June 4 || Yankees || 5–3 || '''Reardon''' (2–1) || Robinson (0–4) || || 32,125 || 26–23 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 50 || June 5 || Yankees || 9–8 || '''Reardon''' (3–1) || Plunk (2–2) || '''Jerry Reed''' (1) || 32,919 || 27–23 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 51 || June 6 || Yankees || 4–1 || '''Boddicker''' (7–3) || LaPoint (4–5) || || 33,385 || 28–23 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 52 || June 7 || Yankees || 3–0 || '''Harris''' (5–3) || Leary (3–7) || '''Reardon''' (7) || 33,454 || 29–23 || W5 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 53 || June 8 || Indians || 4–3 || '''Clemens''' (10–2) || Farrell (3–4) || '''Reardon''' (8) || 34,222 || 30–23 || W6 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 54 || June 9 || Indians || 11–6 || '''Kiecker''' (1–2) || S. Valdez (2–2) || '''Jerry Reed''' (2) || 32,991 || 31–23 || W7 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 55 || June 10 || Indians || 0–4 || Candiotti (6–3) || '''Gardner''' (0–3) || Jones (19) || 33,961 || 31–24 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 56 || June 11 || Indians || 3–4 (12) || Seánez (1–0) || '''Lamp''' (0–2) || Jones (20) || 30,404 || 31–25 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 57 || June 12 || @ Yankees || 4–5 || Guetterman (3–2) || '''Murphy''' (0–4) || Righetti (12) || 31,706 || 31–26 || L3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 58 || June 13 || @ Yankees || 4–1 || '''Clemens''' (11–2) || Leary (3–8) || '''Reardon''' (9) || 28,623 || 32–26 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 59 || June 14 || @ Yankees || 1–3 || Cary (3–2) || '''Kiecker''' (1–3) || Righetti (13) || 27,073 || 32–27 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 60 || June 15 || @ Orioles || 4–3 || '''Gardner''' (1–3) || Harnisch (6–3) || '''Reardon''' (10) || 45,503 || 33–27 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 61 || June 16 || @ Orioles || 6–3 || '''Boddicker''' (8–3) || Mitchell (0–1) || || 42,837 || 34–27 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 62 || June 17 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || '''Harris''' (6–3) || Ballard (1–7) || '''Murphy''' (2) || 47,534 || 35–27 || W3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 63 || June 18 || @ Orioles || 2–7 || Johnson (6–4) || '''Clemens''' (11–3) || || 31,582 || 35–28 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 64 || June 19 || @ Blue Jays || 4–2 || '''Kiecker''' (2–3) || Ward (1–3) || '''Murphy''' (3) || 49,907 || 36–28 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 65 || June 20 || @ Blue Jays || 0–11 || Stieb (10–2) || '''Gardner''' (1–4) || Henke (11) || 49,857 || 36–29 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 66 || June 22 || Orioles || 4–3 || '''Boddicker''' (9–3) || Ballard (1–8) || '''Murphy''' (4) || 34,711 || 37–29 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 67 || June 23 || Orioles || 4–3 (10) || '''Gray''' (1–0) || Olson (3–2) || || 33,767 || 38–29 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 68 || June 24 || Orioles || 2–0 || '''Harris''' (7–3) || Milacki (3–4) || '''Gray''' (1) || 34,125 || 39–29 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 69 || June 25 || Blue Jays || 10–8 || '''Lamp''' (1–2) || Blair (0–5) || '''Reardon''' (11) || 32,591 || 40–29 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 70 || June 26 || Blue Jays || 3–0 || '''Gardner''' (2–4) || Wells (5–2) || '''Reardon''' (12) || 23,244 || 41–29 || W5 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 71 || June 27 || Blue Jays || 9–5 || '''Boddicker''' (10–3) || Key (4–3) || '''Gray''' (2) || 32,961 || 42–29 || W6 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 72 || June 28 || Blue Jays || 4–3 || '''Clemens''' (12–3) || Stottlemyre (8–7) || '''Reardon''' (13) || 34,547 || 43–29 || W7 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 73 || June 29 || Rangers || 3–4 || Barfield (1–0) || '''Gray''' (1–1) || || 33,083 || 43–30 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 74 || June 30 || Rangers || 5–6 || Jeffcoat (2–3) || '''Reardon''' (3–2) || Rogers (5) || 33,184 || 43–31 || L2 {{Game log section end}} {{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#024;color:#fff;|title=July (12–17) (Home: 7–4; Road: 5–13)|#|Date|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Crowd|Record|Streak}} |-bgcolor=#bfb | 75 || July 1 || Rangers || 15–4 || '''Bolton''' (1–0) || Brown (9–6) || || 33,825 || 44–31 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 76 || July 2 || Rangers || 3–2 || '''Boddicker''' (11–3) || Rogers (2–4) || || 35,096 || 45–31 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 77 || July 3 || @ Twins || 3–7 || Tapani (9–5) || '''Clemens''' (12–4) || Aguilera (19) || 20,521 || 45–32 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 78 || July 4 || @ Twins || 4–3 || '''Lamp''' (2–2) || Aguilera (2–2) || '''Reardon''' (14) || 23,604 || 46–32 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 79 || July 5 || @ Twins || 4–7 || Drummond (1–3) || '''Murphy''' (0–5) || Aguilera (20) || 18,473 || 46–33 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 80 || July 6 || @ Rangers || 0–4 || Brown (10–6) || '''Gardner''' (2–5) || || 32,540 || 46–34 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 81 || July 7 || @ Rangers || 4–7 || Ryan (8–4) || '''Boddicker''' (11–4) || Rogers (7) || 41,773 || 46–35 || L3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 82 || July 8 || @ Rangers || 3–4 (11) || Rogers (3–4) || '''Gray''' (1–2) || || 26,819 || 46–36 || L4 |-bgcolor=#bbcaff | ASG || July 10 || AL @ NL || 2–0 || Saberhagen (1–0) || Brantley (0–1) || Eckersley (1) || 55,837 || — || N/A |-bgcolor=#bbb | — || July 12 || Royals || colspan=7| ''Postponed (Rain); Makeup: July 14'' |-bgcolor=#fbb | 83 || July 13 || Royals || 3–5 || Gordon (6–6) || '''Boddicker''' (11–5) || Montgomery (9) || 34,701 || 46–37 || L5 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 84 || July 14 || Royals || 1–2 || Aquino (4–0) || '''Murphy''' (0–6) || Montgomery (10) || 34,287 || 46–38 || L6 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 85 || July 14 || Royals || 8–7 || '''Bolton''' (2–0) || Baller (0–1) || '''Reardon''' (15) || 27,163 || 47–38 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 86 || July 15 || Royals || 4–13 || Crawford (3–1) || '''Kiecker''' (2–4) || || 34,054 || 47–39 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 87 || July 16 || Twins || 2–3 || Berenguer (7–2) || '''Gray''' (1–3) || Aguilera (22) || 33,445 || 47–40 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 88 || July 17 || Twins || 1–0 || '''Bolton''' (3–0) || Erickson (1–2) || '''Reardon''' (16) || 34,113 || 48–40 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 89 || July 18 || Twins || 5–4 || '''Lamp''' (3–2) || Berenguer (7–3) || '''Reardon''' (17) || 34,838 || 49–40 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 90 || July 19 || @ Tigers || 0–1 || Robinson (7–7) || '''Harris''' (7–4) || Gleaton (3) || 12,678 || 49–41 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 91 || July 20 || @ Royals || 0–5 || Appier (5–3) || '''Clemens''' (12–5) || || – || 49–42 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 92 || July 20 || @ Royals || 3–1 || '''Kiecker''' (3–4) || Aquino (4–1) || '''Reardon''' (18) || 36,750 || 50–42 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 93 || July 21 || @ Royals || 2–4 || Farr (7–4) || '''Reardon''' (3–3) || Montgomery (12) || 35,600 || 50–43 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 94 || July 22 || @ Royals || 1–2 || S. Davis (4–6) || '''Bolton''' (3–1) || Montgomery (13) || 33,255 || 50–44 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 95 || July 23 || @ Brewers || 0–13 || Knudson (8–4) || '''Boddicker''' (11–6) || || 20,980 || 50–45 || L3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 96 || July 24 || @ Brewers || 5–6 (10) || Plesac (2–3) || '''Jerry Reed''' (2–2) || || 24,718 || 50–46 || L4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 97 || July 25 || @ Brewers || 2–0 || '''Clemens''' (13–5) || Bosio (4–8) || || 35,948 || 51–46 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 98 || July 26 || @ Tigers || 4–10 || Petry (8–6) || '''Gardner''' (2–6) || || 20,564 || 51–47 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 99 || July 27 || @ Tigers || 1–0 || '''Bolton''' (4–1) || Morris (8–13) || '''Murphy''' (5) || 27,556 || 52–47 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 100 || July 28 || @ Tigers || 9–17 || Gibson (3–2) || '''Lamp''' (3–3) || || 39,727 || 52–48 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 101 || July 29 || @ Tigers || 13–3 || '''Harris''' (8–4) || Robinson (8–8) || || 28,631 || 53–48 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 102 || July 30 || White Sox || 3–0 || '''Clemens''' (14–5) || Peterson (1–3) || || 35,599 || 54–48 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 103 || July 31 || White Sox || 7–2 || '''Kiecker''' (4–4) || King (8–4) || || 33,033 || 55–48 || W3 {{Game log section end}} {{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#024;color:#fff;|title=August (19–9) (Home: 7–4; Road: 12–5)|#|Date|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Crowd|Record|Streak}} |-bgcolor=#bfb | 104 || August 1 || White Sox || 9–5 || '''Bolton''' (5–1) || McDowell (6–6) || || 35,522 || 56–48 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 105 || August 3 || Tigers || 14–5 || '''Harris''' (9–4) || Robinson (8–9) || || 34,713 || 57–48 || W5 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 106 || August 4 || Tigers || 3–1 || '''Clemens''' (15–5) || Searcy (1–3) || '''Murphy''' (6) || 34,857 || 58–48 || W6 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 107 || August 5 || Tigers || 2–7 || Petry (9–7) || '''Boddicker''' (11–7) || Gleaton (5) || 34,581 || 58–49 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 108 || August 7 || @ Angels || 6–3 || '''Bolton''' (6–1) || Langston (5–14) || '''Murphy''' (7) || 29,262 || 59–49 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 109 || August 8 || @ Angels || 6–8 (11) || Fraser (3–3) || '''Lamp''' (3–4) || || 29,362 || 59–50 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 110 || August 9 || @ Angels || 14–3 || '''Clemens''' (16–5) || Abbott (7–10) || || 32,802 || 60–50 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 111 || August 10 || @ Mariners || 1–4 || Johnson (10–7) || '''Kiecker''' (4–5) || Schooler (29) || 20,506 || 60–51 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 112 || August 11 || @ Mariners || 4–2 (14) || '''Irvine''' (1–0) || Schooler (1–4) || || 30,113 || 61–51 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 113 || August 12 || @ Mariners || 7–2 || '''Bolton''' (7–1) || Jackson (5–4) || || 25,553 || 62–51 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 114 || August 13 || @ Athletics || 0–4 || Sanderson (12–7) || '''Harris''' (9–5) || || 34,758 || 62–52 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 115 || August 14 || @ Athletics || 2–0 || '''Clemens''' (17–5) || Moore (10–11) || || 38,009 || 63–52 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 116 || August 15 || @ Athletics || 2–6 (10) || Stewart (17–8) || '''Irvine''' (1–1) || || 41,704 || 63–53 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 117 || August 17 || Angels || 0–1 || Finley (16–5) || '''Boddicker''' (11–8) || || 35,107 || 63–54 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 118 || August 18 || Angels || 3–4 || McCaskill (9–8) || '''Bolton''' (7–2) || Harvey (15) || 34,131 || 63–55 || L3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 119 || August 19 || Angels || 4–1 || '''Clemens''' (18–5) || Abbott (8–11) || '''Gray''' (3) || 33,365 || 64–55 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 120 || August 20 || Orioles || 2–1 || '''Harris''' (10–5) || Harnisch (9–8) || '''Gray''' (4) || 35,060 || 65–55 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 121 || August 21 || Orioles || 5–9 || Mitchell (6–5) || '''Kiecker''' (4–6) || Olson (29) || 35,022 || 65–56 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 122 || August 22 || Orioles || 13–2 || '''Boddicker''' (12–8) || McDonald (5–2) || || 35,189 || 66–56 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 123 || August 23 || @ Blue Jays || 3–4 || Henke (1–2) || '''Hesketh''' (0–1) || || 49,918 || 66–57 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 124 || August 24 || @ Blue Jays || 2–0 || '''Kiecker''' (5–6) || Ward (2–7) || '''Gray''' (5) || 49,914 || 67–57 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 125 || August 25 || @ Blue Jays || 1–0 || '''Clemens''' (19–5) || Wells (9–4) || || 49,890 || 68–57 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 126 || August 26 || @ Blue Jays || 1–0 || '''Harris''' (11–5) || Stottlemyre (11–14) || '''Gray''' (6) || 49,897 || 69–57 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 127 || August 27 || @ Indians || 12–4 || '''Boddicker''' (13–8) || Candiotti (13–9) || || 10,411 || 70–57 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 128 || August 28 || @ Indians || 6–5 || '''Gardner''' (3–6) || Jones (4–3) || '''Gray''' (7) || 10,799 || 71–57 || W5 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 129 || August 29 || @ Indians || 7–1 || '''Kiecker''' (6–6) || Walker (1–4) || || 8,862 || 72–57 || W6 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 130 || August 30 || @ Indians || 9–2 || '''Clemens''' (20–5) || Jones (4–4) || || 9,651 || 73–57 || W7 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 131 || August 31 || Yankees || 7–3 || '''Harris''' (12–5) || Cary (5–9) || '''Gray''' (8) || 34,464 || 74–57 || W8 {{Game log section end}} {{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#024;color:#fff;|title=September (12–16) (Home: 9–8; Road: 3–8)|#|Date|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Crowd|Record|Streak}} |-bgcolor=#bfb | 132 || September 1 || Yankees || 15–1 || '''Boddicker''' (14–8) || Hawkins (5–11) || || 34,482 || 75–57 || W9 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 133 || September 2 || Yankees || 7–1 || '''Bolton''' (8–2) || Witt (3–7) || || 35,458 || 76–57 || W10 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 134 || September 3 || Athletics || 5–9 || Sanderson (14–9) || '''Kiecker''' (6–7) || || 34,692 || 76–58 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 135 || September 4 || Athletics || 2–6 || Stewart (18–10) || '''Clemens''' (20–6) || || 35,408 || 76–59 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 136 || September 5 || Athletics || 0–10 || Welch (23–5) || '''Harris''' (12–6) || || 33,156 || 76–60 || L3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 137 || September 7 || Mariners || 5–4 (11) || '''Gray''' (2–3) || Jackson (5–7) || || 32,868 || 77–60 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 138 || September 8 || Mariners || 10–2 || '''Bolton''' (9–2) || Medvin (0–1) || || 32,680 || 78–60 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 139 || September 9 || Mariners || 1–3 || Young (8–14) || '''Hesketh''' (0–2) || Swift (5) || 33,923 || 78–61 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 140 || September 10 || Brewers || 5–4 || '''Harris''' (13–6) || Knudson (10–9) || '''Gray''' (9) || – || 79–61 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 141 || September 10 || Brewers || 1–6 || Edens (4–2) || '''Kiecker''' (6–8) || Crim (11) || 28,757 || 79–62 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 142 || September 11 || Brewers || 2–4 || Robinson (10–3) || '''Gardner''' (3–7) || Plesac (23) || 27,778 || 79–63 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 143 || September 12 || Brewers || 6–1 || '''Boddicker''' (15–8) || Higuera (10–7) || || 29,098 || 80–63 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 144 || September 13 || @ White Sox || 6–9 || Fernandez (3–3) || '''Bolton''' (9–3) || Patterson (2) || 27,648 || 80–64 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 145 || September 14 || @ White Sox || 0–4 || McDowell (13–7) || '''Hesketh''' (0–3) || || 34,349 || 80–65 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 146 || September 15 || @ White Sox || 4–7 || Hibbard (13–8) || '''Harris''' (13–7) || Thigpen (50) || 41,197 || 80–66 || L3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 147 || September 16 || @ White Sox || 2–4 || King (10–4) || '''Kiecker''' (6–9) || Thigpen (51) || 37,561 || 80–67 || L4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 148 || September 17 || @ Orioles || 7–3 || '''Boddicker''' (16–8) || McDonald (7–5) || || 22,826 || 80–68 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 149 || September 18 || @ Orioles || 1–4 || Mesa (2–2) || '''Bolton''' (9–4) || Olson (32) || 23,308 || 81–68 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 150 || September 19 || @ Orioles || 4–8 || Telford (3–2) || '''Harris''' (13–8) || Schilling (3) || 25,598 || 81–69 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 151 || September 21 || @ Yankees || 3–0 || '''Kiecker''' (7–9) || Cary (5–11) || '''Andersen''' (1) || 27,573 || 82–69 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 152 || September 22 || @ Yankees || 2–5 || Plunk (6–3) || '''Gray''' (2–4) || Righetti (33) || 37,795 || 82–70 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 153 || September 23 || @ Yankees || 4–5 || Witt (5–8) || '''Bolton''' (9–5) || Righetti (34) || 40,431 || 82–71 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 154 || September 25 || Indians || 2–5 || Swindell (12–8) || '''Harris''' (13–9) || Jones (41) || 28,670 || 82–72 || L3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 155 || September 26 || Indians || 7–2 || '''Kiecker''' (8–9) || Candiotti (14–11) || || 28,824 || 83–72 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 156 || September 27 || @ Tigers || 3–2 || '''Bolton''' (10–5) || Searcy (2–7) || '''Reardon''' (19) || 13,247 || 84–72 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 157 || September 28 || Blue Jays || 7–6 || '''Reardon''' (4–3) || Henke (2–3) || || 35,735 || 85–72 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 158 || September 29 || Blue Jays || 7–5 || '''Clemens''' (21–6) || Stottlemyre (13–17) || '''Reardon''' (20) || 35,444 || 86–72 || W4 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 159 || September 30 || Blue Jays || 5–10 || Key (13–7) || '''Hesketh''' (0–4) || || 34,400 || 86–73 || L1 {{Game log section end}} {{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:#024;color:#fff;|title=October (2–1) (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–0)|#|Date|Opponent|Score|Win|Loss|Save|Crowd|Record|Streak}} |-bgcolor=#bfb | 160 || October 1 || White Sox || 4–3 || '''Reardon''' (5–3) || Jones (11–4) || || 31,118 || 87–73 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 161 || October 2 || White Sox || 2–3 (11) || Pall (3–5) || '''Lamp''' (3–5) || Edwards (2) || 33,917 || 87–74 || L1 |-bgcolor=#039 | 162 || October 3 || White Sox || 3–1 || '''Boddicker''' (17–8) || Fernandez (5–5) || '''Reardon''' (21) || 33,637 || 88–74 || W1 {{Game log section end}} {{Game log end}}

==Player stats==

===Batting=== ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average'' {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"|Player !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|G !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|AB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|R !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|H !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|2B !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|3B !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|HR !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|RBI !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|SB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|BB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|AVG !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|SLG |- |Wade Boggs||155||619||89||187||44||5||6||63||0||87||.302||.418 |- |Mike Greenwell||159||610||71||181||30||6||14||73||8||65||.297||.434 |- |Jody Reed||155||598||70||173||45||0||5||51||4||75||.289||.390 |- |Ellis Burks||152||588||89||174||33||8||21||89||9||48||.296||.486 |- |Carlos Quintana||149||512||56||147||28||0||7||67||1||52||.287||.383 |- |Tony Peña||143||491||62||129||19||1||7||56||8||43||.263||.348 |- |Tom Brunansky||129||461||61||123||24||5||15||71||5||54||.267||.438 |- |Dwight Evans||123||445||66||111||18||3||13||63||3||67||.249||.391 |- |Luis Rivera||118||346||38||78||20||0||7||45||4||25||.225||.344 |- |Marty Barrett||62||159||15||36||4||0||0||13||4||15||.226||.252 |- |Kevin Romine||70||136||21||37||7||0||2||14||4||12||.272||.368 |- |Mike Marshall||30||112||10||32||6||1||4||12||0||4||.286||.464 |- |Tim Naehring||24||85||10||23||6||0||2||12||0||8||.271||.412 |- |John Marzano||32||83||8||20||4||0||0||6||0||5||.241||.289 |- |Randy Kutcher||63||74||18||17||4||1||1||5||3||13||.230||.351 |- |Danny Heep||41||69||3||12||1||1||0||8||0||7||.174||.217 |- |Billy Jo Robidoux||27||44||3||8||4||0||1||4||0||6||.182||.341 |- |Bill Buckner||22||43||4||8||0||0||1||3||0||3||.186||.256 |- |Phil Plantier||14||15||1||2||1||0||0||3||0||4||.133||.200 |- |Rich Gedman||10||15||3||3||0||0||0||0||0||5||.200||.200 |- |Rick Lancellotti||4||8||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||.000||.000 |- |Jeff Stone||10||2||1||1||0||0||0||1||0||0||.500||.500 |- |Scott Cooper||2||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||.000||.000 |- |Jim Pankovits||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||.---||.--- |- |'''Team totals'''||'''162'''||'''5516'''||'''699'''||'''1502'''||'''298'''||'''31'''||'''106'''||'''660'''||'''53'''||'''598'''||'''.272'''||'''.395''' |} Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1990-batting.shtml]

===Pitching=== ''Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts'' {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"|Player !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|W !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|L !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|ERA !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|G !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|GS !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|SV !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|IP !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|H !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|R !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|ER !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|BB !bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|SO |- |Roger Clemens||21||6||1.93||31||31||0||228.1||193||59||49||54||209 |- |Mike Boddicker||17||8||3.36||34||34||0||228.0||225||92||85||69||143 |- |Greg A. Harris||13||9||4.00||34||30||0||184.1||186||90||82||77||117 |- |Dana Kiecker||8||9||3.97||32||25||0||152.0||145||74||67||54||93 |- |Tom Bolton||10||5||3.38||21||16||0||119.2||111||46||45||47||65 |- |Dennis Lamp||3||5||4.68||47||1||0||105.2||114||61||55||30||49 |- |Wes Gardner||3||7||4.89||34||9||0||77.1||77||43||42||35||58 |- |Rob Murphy||0||6||6.32||68||0||7||57.0||85||46||40||32||54 |- |Jeff Reardon||5||3||3.16||47||0||21||51.1||39||19||18||19||33 |- |Jeff Gray||2||4||4.44||41||0||9||50.2||53||27||25||15||50 |- |Jerry Reed||2||1||4.80||29||0||2||45.0||55||27||24||16||17 |- |Eric Hetzel||1||4||5.91||9||8||0||35.0||39||28||23||21||20 |- |Joe Hesketh||0||4||3.51||12||2||0||25.2||37||12||10||11||26 |- |Larry Andersen||0||0||1.23||15||0||1||22.0||18||3||3||3||25 |- |John Dopson||0||0||2.04||4||4||0||17.2||13||7||4||9||9 |- |Daryl Irvine||1||1||4.67||11||0||0||17.1||15||10||9||10||9 |- |Lee Smith||2||1||1.88||11||0||4||14.1||13||4||3||9||17 |- |John Leister||0||0||4.76||2||1||0||5.2||7||5||3||4||3 |- |Mike Rochford||0||1||18.00||2||1||0||4.0||10||10||8||4||0 |- |Danny Heep||0||0||9.00||1||0||0||1.0||4||1||1||0||0 |- |'''Team totals'''||'''88'''||'''74'''||'''3.72'''||'''162'''||'''162'''||'''44'''||'''1442.0'''||'''1439'''||'''664'''||'''596'''||'''519'''||'''997''' |} Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1990-pitching.shtml]

== Statistical leaders == [[File:Lipofsky-Roger-Clemens.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|Roger Clemens]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Category !! Player !! Statistic |- | Youngest player || Phil Plantier || 21 |- | Oldest player || Bill Buckner || 40 |- | Wins Above Replacement || Roger Clemens || 10.4 |} Source:<ref name=BR>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1990.shtml |title=1990 Boston Red Sox Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref>

=== Batting === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Abbr. !! Category !! Player !! Statistic |- | G || Games played || Mike Greenwell || 159 |- | PA || Plate appearances || Wade Boggs || 713 |- | AB || At bats || Wade Boggs || 619 |- | rowspan=2|R || rowspan=2|Runs scored || Wade Boggs || rowspan=2|89 |- | Ellis Burks |- | H || Hits || Wade Boggs || 187 |- | 2B || Doubles || Jody Reed || 45 |- | 3B || Triples || Ellis Burks || 8 |- | HR || Home runs || Ellis Burks || 21 |- | RBI || Runs batted in || Ellis Burks || 89 |- | SB || Stolen bases || Ellis Burks || 9 |- | CS || Caught stealing || Ellis Burks || 11 |- | BB || Base on balls || Wade Boggs || 87 |- | SO || Strikeouts || Tom Brunansky || 105 |- | BA || Batting average || Wade Boggs || .302 |- | OBP || On-base percentage || Wade Boggs || .386 |- | SLG || Slugging percentage || Ellis Burks || .486 |- | OPS || On-base plus slugging || Ellis Burks || .835 |- | OPS+ || Adjusted OPS || Ellis Burks || 128 |- | TB || Total bases || Ellis Burks || 286 |- | GIDP || Grounded into double play || Tony Peña || 23 |- | HBP || Hit by pitch || 3 tied || 4 |- | SH || Sacrifice hits || Luis Rivera || 12 |- | SF || Sacrifice flies || Tom Brunansky || 8 |- | IBB || Intentional base on balls || Wade Boggs || 19 |} Source:<ref name=BR/>

=== Pitching === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Abbr. !! Category !! Player !! Statistic |- | W || Wins || Roger Clemens || 21 |- | rowspan=2|L || rowspan=2|Losses || Greg A. Harris || rowspan=2|9 |- | Dana Kiecker |- | W-L % || Winning percentage || Roger Clemens || .778 (21–6) |- | ERA || Earned run average || Roger Clemens || 1.93 |- | G || Games pitched || Rob Murphy || 68 |- | GS || Games started || Mike Boddicker || 34 |- | GF || Games finished || Jeff Reardon || 37 |- | CG || Complete games || Roger Clemens || 7 |- | SHO || Shutouts || Roger Clemens || 4 |- | SV || Saves || Jeff Reardon || 21 |- | IP || Innings pitched || Roger Clemens || {{frac|228|1|3}} |- | SO || Strikeouts || Roger Clemens || 209 |- | WHIP || Walks plus hits per inning pitched || Rogers Clemens || 1.082 |} Source:<ref name=BR/>

==ALCS== {{Main|1990 American League Championship Series}}

===Game 1=== October 6, 1990, at Fenway Park

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=left width=28%|Team !width=6%|1 !width=6%|2 !width=6%|3 !width=6%|4 !width=6%|5 !width=6%|6 !width=6%|7 !width=6%|8 !width=6%|9 !width=6%|R !width=6%|H !width=6%|E |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|'''Oakland''' |0||0||0 |0||0||0 |1||1||7 |'''9'''||'''13'''||'''0''' |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Boston |0||0||0 |1||0||0 |0||0||0 |'''1'''||'''5'''||'''1''' |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|'''W''': Dave Stewart (1–0)   '''L''': Larry Andersen (0–1)   |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|'''HR''': '''BOS''' – Wade Boggs (1) |}

===Game 2=== October 7, 1990, at Fenway Park

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=left width=28%|Team !width=6%|1 !width=6%|2 !width=6%|3 !width=6%|4 !width=6%|5 !width=6%|6 !width=6%|7 !width=6%|8 !width=6%|9 !width=6%|R !width=6%|H !width=6%|E |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|'''Oakland''' |0||0||0 |1||0||0 |1||0||2 |'''4'''||'''13'''||'''1''' |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Boston |0||0||1 |0||0||0 |0||0||0 |'''1'''||'''6'''||'''0''' |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|'''W''': Bob Welch (1–0)   '''L''': Greg Harris (0–1)  '''S''': Dennis Eckersley (1) |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|'''HR''': None |}

===Game 3=== October 9, 1990, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;" |- style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;" !align=left width=28%|Team !width=6%|1 !width=6%|2 !width=6%|3 !width=6%|4 !width=6%|5 !width=6%|6 !width=6%|7 !width=6%|8 !width=6%|9 !width=6%|R !width=6%|H !width=6%|E |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|Boston |0||1||0 |0||0||0 |0||0||0 |'''1'''||'''8'''||'''3''' |- style="text-align:center;" |align=left|'''Oakland''' |0||0||0 |2||0||2 |0||0||x |'''4'''||'''6'''||'''0''' |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|'''W''': Mike Moore (1–0)   '''L''': Mike Boddicker (0–1)  '''S''': Dennis Eckersley (2) |- style="text-align:left;" |colspan=13|'''HR''': None |}

===Game 4=== October 10, 1990, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

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==Awards and honors== ;Awards * Mike Boddicker – Gold Glove Award (P) * Ellis Burks – Silver Slugger Award (OF), Gold Glove Award (OF) * Roger Clemens – AL Pitcher of the Month (August)

;Accomplishments * Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (4)

'''All-Star Game''' *Wade Boggs, third base, starter *Ellis Burks, outfield, reserve *Roger Clemens, pitcher, reserve

==Farm system== {{See also|Minor League Baseball}} The Lynchburg Red Sox and Winter Haven Red Sox changed classification from Class A to Class A-Advanced.

{{MLB Farm System |level9=AAA|team9=Pawtucket Red Sox|league9=International League|manager9=Ed Nottle and Johnny Pesky |level10=AA |team10=New Britain Red Sox|league10=Eastern League|manager10=Butch Hobson |level11=A-Advanced |team11=Lynchburg Red Sox|league11=Carolina League|manager11=Gary Allenson |level12=A-Advanced |team12=Winter Haven Red Sox|league12=Florida State League|manager12=[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=holt--001dav Dave Holt] |level13=A-Short Season|team13=Elmira Pioneers|league13=New York–Penn League|manager13=Mike Verdi |level14=Rookie|team14=GCL Red Sox|league14=Gulf Coast League|manager14=Felix Maldonado |level16=Rookie|team16=DSL cooperative|league16=Dominican Summer League|manager16={{nbsp}} }} The Red Sox shared a DSL team with the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres. Source:<ref>Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxmedi1990bost/page/140/mode/2up |title=Boston Red Sox Media Guide |date=1990 |page=141 |accessdate=March 14, 2021 |via=Wayback Machine}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== *[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1990.shtml 1990 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference] *[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1990&t=BOS 1990 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]

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