1990 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1989 AL / 1991 AL / 1990 NL / 1990 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award	Rickey Henderson OAK 136 G .325/.439/.577
Cy Young Award	Bob Welch OAK 27-6, 2.95, 127 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Sandy Alomar CLE 132 G .290/.326/.418
Manager of the Year Award	Jeff Torborg
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	George Brett KCR 142 G .329/.387/.515
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Roger Clemens BOS 21-6, 1.93, 209 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Bobby Thigpen CHW 4-6 (57 SV), 1.83, 70 SO
ALCS MVP	Dave Stewart - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Bob Welch OAK 27-6, 2.95, 127 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mike Boddicker
Catcher	Sandy Alomar
First Base	Mark McGwire
Second Base	Harold Reynolds
Third Base	Kelly Gruber
Shortstop	Ozzie Guillen
Outfield	Ellis Burks, Ken Griffey and Gary Pettis

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Lance Parrish CAL 133 G .268/.338/.451
First Base	Cecil Fielder DET 159 G .277/.377/.592
Second Base	Julio Franco TEX 157 G .296/.383/.402
Third Base	Kelly Gruber TOR 150 G .274/.330/.512
Shortstop	Alan Trammell DET 146 G .304/.377/.449
Outfield	Ellis Burks BOS 152 G .296/.349/.486 Jose Canseco OAK 131 G .274/.371/.543 Rickey Henderson OAK 136 G .325/.439/.577

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Bob Welch (OAK) C. Sandy Alomar (CLE) 1B. Mark McGwire (OAK) 2B. Steve Sax (NYY) 3B. Wade Boggs (BOS) SS. Cal Ripken (BAL) LF. Rickey Henderson (OAK) CF. Ken Griffey (SEA) RF. Jose Canseco (OAK)	George Bell* (TOR) Ellis Burks (BOS) Roger Clemens (BOS) Dennis Eckersley* (OAK) Cecil Fielder* (DET) Chuck Finley* (CAL) Julio Franco* (TEX) Kelly Gruber* (TOR) Ozzie Guillen* (CHW)	Brook Jacoby* (CLE) Randy Johnson (SEA) Doug Jones (CLE) Gregg Olson (BAL) Dave Parker (MIL) Lance Parrish* (CAL) Kirby Puckett* (MIN) Bret Saberhagen* (KCR) Dave Stieb* (TOR)	Bobby Thigpen* (CHW) Alan Trammell* (DET)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Clemens (BOS)	10.6
2.	Henderson (OAK)	9.9
3.	Finley (CAL)	7.7
4.	Ripken (BAL)	7.5
5.	Franco (TEX)	6.8
6.	Trammell (DET)	6.7
7.	Fielder (DET)	6.6
8.	Boddicker (BOS)	6.1
9.	Stieb (TOR)	5.9
10.	McGwire (OAK)	5.6

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Ryan (TEX)	born 1947-01-31
2.	Boone (KCR)	born 1947-11-19
3.	Fisk (CHW)	born 1947-12-26
4.	Hough (TEX)	born 1948-01-05
5.	Buckner (BOS)	born 1949-12-14
6.	Griffey (SEA)	born 1950-04-10
7.	Dwyer (MIN)	born 1950-06-03
8.	White (KCR)	born 1950-09-04
9.	Downing (CAL)	born 1950-10-09
10.	Blyleven (CAL)	born 1951-04-06

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Garces (MIN)	born 1971-05-18
2.	Griffey (SEA)	born 1969-11-21
3.	Gonzalez (TEX)	born 1969-10-20
4.	Fernandez (CHW)	born 1969-08-13
5.	Knackert (SEA)	born 1969-08-01
6.	Fryman (DET)	born 1969-03-25
7.	Plantier (BOS)	born 1969-01-27
8.	Wagner (KCR)	born 1968-11-26
9.	Sheffield (MIL)	born 1968-11-18
10.	Sosa (CHW)	born 1968-11-12

Salary s c a p y
1.	Yount (MIL)	$3,200,000
2.	Puckett (MIN)	$2,816,667
3.	Molitor (MIL)	$2,600,000
	Clemens (BOS)	$2,600,000
5.	Mattingly (NYY)	$2,500,000
6.	Henderson (OAK)	$2,350,000
7.	Brett (KCR)	$2,255,000
8.	Davis (KCR)	$2,125,000
	Higuera (MIL)	$2,125,000
10.	Morris (DET)	$2,100,000
	Hrbek (MIN)	$2,100,000

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

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