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The 1990 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1990 season. The 87th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the defending champions and heavily favored American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds .
1990 World Series - Cincinnati Reds over Oakland Athletics (4-0) series statistics and schedule on Baseball-Reference.com
The 1990 World Series research by Baseball Almanac, with a 1990 World Series history, 1990 World Series rosters, 1990 World Series stats, and 1990 World Series box scores!
The Athletics, defending World Series Champions, came into the Series as heavy favorites after cruising through the regular season, then sweeping Boston in the American League Championship Series.
CINCINNATI – The 1990 World Series championship for the Reds was even sweeter and more satisfying because it was so unexpected. Quite frankly, no one saw it coming. Cincinnati defied the odds to go “wire-to-wire” to win the National League West on its way to the franchise’s first world championship
In the 1990 World Series, the Cincinnati reds surprised the heavily favorite Oakland Athletics by getting a lead in the first inning of Game 1, and completed a stunning four-game sweep for their first title since their back-to-back titles in the days of the "Big Red Machine" in 1975 and 1976.
The 1990 Reds gave us moments, records and hitters that have helped define the Cincinnati franchise. They became champions as some of the biggest underdogs in World Series history.