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1990 MLB Postseason
The 1990 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1990 Major League Baseball season, 1990 season. The winners of each division advance to the postseason and face each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series. In the National League, the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates both returned to the postseason for the first time since 1979 Major League Baseball postseason, 1979. In the American League, the Boston Red Sox reached the postseason for the third time in five years, and the Oakland Athletics made their third consecutive appearance. The same four teams – the Reds, Pirates, Red Sox, and Athletics – had qualified for the postseason 1975 Major League Baseball postseason, fifteen years before. They would all return again under an expanded format in the 2013 MLB Postseason, 2013 postseason. This was the last edition of the postseason until 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Cincinnati Reds Season
The Cincinnati Reds' 1990 season was the Reds' 122nd season in American baseball. Starting with a club best nine straight wins to open the season, as well as holding the top spot in the National League West every game during the season, the Reds went 41–21 after 62 games, splitting the remaining 100 games 50–50 to end up with a 91–71 record. It consisted of the 91–71 Reds winning the National League West by five games over the second-place Dodgers, as well as the National League Championship Series in six games over the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the World Series in a four-game sweep over the overwhelming favorite Oakland Athletics, who had won the World Series the previous year. It was the fifth World Championship for the Reds, and their first since winning two consecutive titles in 1975 and ' 76. Offseason * December 6, 1989: John Franco and Don Brown (minors) were traded by the Reds to the New York Mets for Randy Myers and Kip Gross. * December 12, 1989: Tim Leary and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |