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26 teams in AL, NL · 2105 regular-season games · 1990-04-09 to 1990-10-03 · attendance 54,823,768

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World Series champion

Cincinnati Reds

MVP

Rickey Henderson AL
Barry Bonds NL

Cy Young

Bob Welch AL
Doug Drabek NL

Rookie of the Year

Sandy Alomar AL
David Justice NL

All-Star Game

1990-07-10 at Wrigley Field

Hall of Fame class of 1990

Jim Palmer, Joe Morgan

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Cincinnati Reds 4–2 Pittsburgh Pirates	6
League Championship	Oakland Athletics 4–0 Boston Red Sox	4
World Series	Cincinnati Reds 4–0 Oakland Athletics	4

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Red Sox	88	74	.543	—	664	2,528,986	Joe Morgan	Division
2	Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	2	661	3,885,284	Cito Gaston
3	Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	9	754	1,495,785	Sparky Anderson
4	Cleveland Indians	77	85	.475	11	737	1,225,240	John McNamara
5	Baltimore Orioles	76	85	.472	11.5	698	2,415,189	Frank Robinson
6	Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	.457	14	760	1,752,900	Tom Trebelhorn
7	New York Yankees	67	95	.414	21	749	2,006,436	Bucky Dent, Stump Merrill

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	103	59	.636	—	570	2,900,217	Tony LaRussa	Pennant Division
2	Chicago White Sox	94	68	.580	9	633	2,002,357	Jeff Torborg
3	Texas Rangers	83	79	.512	20	696	2,057,911	Bobby Valentine
4	California Angels	80	82	.494	23	706	2,555,688	Doug Rader
5	Seattle Mariners	77	85	.475	26	680	1,509,727	Jim Lefebvre
6	Kansas City Royals	75	86	.466	27.5	709	2,244,956	John Wathan
7	Minnesota Twins	74	88	.457	29	729	1,751,584	Tom Kelly

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Pittsburgh Pirates	95	67	.586	—	619	2,049,908	Jim Leyland	Division
2	New York Mets	91	71	.562	4	613	2,732,745	Davey Johnson, Bud Harrelson
3	Montreal Expos	85	77	.525	10	598	1,373,087	Buck Rodgers
4	Chicago Cubs	77	85	.475	18	774	2,243,791	Don Zimmer
4	Philadelphia Phillies	77	85	.475	18	729	1,992,484	Nick Leyva
6	St. Louis Cardinals	70	92	.432	25	698	2,573,225	Whitey Herzog, Red Schoendienst, Joe Torre

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cincinnati Reds	91	71	.562	—	597	2,400,892	Lou Piniella	World Series Division
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	86	76	.531	5	685	3,002,396	Tom Lasorda
3	San Francisco Giants	85	77	.525	6	710	1,975,528	Roger Craig
4	Houston Astros	75	87	.463	16	656	1,310,927	Art Howe
4	San Diego Padres	75	87	.463	16	673	1,856,396	Jack McKeon, Greg Riddoch
6	Atlanta Braves	65	97	.401	26	821	980,129	Russ Nixon, Bobby Cox

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners vs. Detroit Tigers, 1990-06-02
Nolan Ryan, Texas Rangers vs. Oakland Athletics, 1990-06-11
Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 1990-06-29
Dave Stewart, Oakland Athletics vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 1990-06-29
Terry Mulholland, Philadelphia Phillies vs. San Francisco Giants, 1990-08-15
Dave Stieb, Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Indians, 1990-09-02

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