World Series 1990

World Series 1990

team Victories Regular season Cincinnati Reds 4th 91-71, 56.2%, GA: 5 Oakland Athletics 0 103-59, 63.6%, GA: 9
Period:	October 16 - October 20, 1990
MVP:	José Rijo (Cincinnati)
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The 1990 World Series was the 87th edition of the major league baseball final between the American League champions and defending champions, the Oakland Athletics , and the Cincinnati Reds , the champions of the National League . The series started on October 16 and ended on October 20, 1990. Surprisingly, the underdog from Cincinnati won the series with a 4-0 sweep .

The pitcher José Rijo was honored as the MVP of the World Series , with two wins in two starts.

The way to the World Series

	League Championship Series					World Series
	East	Boston Red Sox	0
	west	Oakland Athletics	4th
						AL	Oakland Athletics	0
						NL	Cincinnati Reds	4th
	East	Pittsburgh Pirates	2
	west	Cincinnati Reds	4th

Overview of the games

game	date	guest	Score	home	Score	Total status (OAK-CIN)	Ball park	spectator
1	October 16, 1990	Oakland	0	Cincinnati	7th	0-1	Riverfront Stadium	55,830
2¹	17th October 1990	Oakland	4th	Cincinnati	5	0-2	Riverfront Stadium	55,832
3	October 19, 1990	Cincinnati	8th	Oakland	3	0-3	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	48,269
4th	October 20, 1990	Cincinnati	2	Oakland	1	0-4	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	48,613
Cincinnati wins 4-0

¹ Game 2 went over 10 innings.

The games in detail

Game 1

Tuesday October 16, 1990 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
Cincinnati	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	X	7th	10	0

WP : José Rijo (1–0)   LP : Dave Stewart (0–1)  

HRs :   CIN - Eric Davis (1)

Game 2

Wednesday October 17, 1990 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	R.	H	E.
Oakland	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th	10	2
Cincinnati	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	14th	2

WP : Rob Dibble (1–0)   LP : Dennis Eckersley (0–1)  

HRs :   OAK - José Canseco (1)

Game 3

Friday October 19, 1990 at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Cincinnati	0	1	7th	0	0	0	0	0	0	8th	14th	1
Oakland	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7th	1

WP : Tom Browning (1–0)   LP : Mike Moore (0–1)  

HRs :   CIN - Chris Sabo 2 (2) OAK - Harold Baines (1), Rickey Henderson (1)

Game 4

Saturday October 20, 1990 at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7th	1
Oakland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1

WP : José Rijo (2–0)   LP : Dave Stewart (0–2)   SV : Randy Myers (1)  

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1990 World Series Game 1 - Oakland Athletics vs. Cincinnati Reds . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
2. ↑ 1990 World Series Game 2 - Oakland Athletics vs. Cincinnati Reds . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
3. ↑ 1990 World Series Game 3 - Cincinnati Reds vs. Oakland Athletics . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
4. ↑ 1990 World Series Game 4 - Cincinnati Reds vs. Oakland Athletics . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.