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The 1990 Cincinnati Reds season was the 121st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 21st and 20th full season at Riverfront Stadium.Starting with a team 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 ...
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.
The 1990 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff series in Major League Baseball’s 1990 postseason played between the Cincinnati Reds (91–71) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (95–67).
The fifth and most recent championship for the Cincinnati Reds came in 1990, in which that team went wire-to-wire and swept the World Series. [3] [8] The Reds have made only three post-season appearances since 1991, with their most recent appearance coming in 2012. They lost wildcard games in 2013 and 2020.
September 29 – While waiting through a rain delay, the Cincinnati Reds watch the Los Angeles Dodgers lose to the San Francisco Giants 4–3, which clinches the National League West Division for the Reds. The Reds are the first National League team to lead their division wire-to-wire since the inception of the 162-game season in 1962.
He had six hits in the 1990 World Series. In parts of eight seasons with the Reds, Joe Oliver hit .246 with 72 homers and 342 RBIs. He had six hits in the 1990 World Series.
Lou Piniella's only World Series title as a manager came in 1990 with the Cincinnati Reds.
The playoffs began on October 4, 1990, and concluded on October 28, 1990, with the Reds shocking the defending World Series champion Athletics in a four-game sweep to win their first title since 1976. It was the Reds’ fifth title in franchise history.