1990 Southern League season

1990 Southern League season
League	Southern League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 6 – September 1
Number of games	144
Number of teams	10
Regular season
League champions	Orlando Sun Rays
Season MVP	Jeff Conine, Memphis Chicks
Playoffs
League champions	Memphis Chicks
Runners-up	Orlando Sun Rays

The 1990 Southern League was a Class AA baseball season played between April 6 and September 1. Ten teams played a 144-game schedule, with the top team in each division in each half of the season qualifying for the post-season.

The Memphis Chicks won the Southern League championship, as they defeated the Orlando Sun Rays in the playoffs.

Team changes

• The Orlando Twins are renamed to the Orlando Sun Rays. The club remained affiliated with the Minnesota Twins.

Teams

1990 Southern League
Division	Team	City	MLB Affiliate	Stadium
East	Charlotte Knights	Charlotte, North Carolina	Chicago Cubs	Knights Stadium
	Columbus Mudcats	Columbus, Georgia	Houston Astros	Golden Park
	Greenville Braves	Greenville, South Carolina	Atlanta Braves	Greenville Municipal Stadium
	Jacksonville Expos	Jacksonville, Florida	Montreal Expos	Wolfson Park
	Orlando Sun Rays	Orlando, Florida	Minnesota Twins	Tinker Field
West	Birmingham Barons	Birmingham, Alabama	Chicago White Sox	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
	Chattanooga Lookouts	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Cincinnati Reds	Engel Stadium
	Huntsville Stars	Huntsville, Alabama	Oakland Athletics	Joe W. Davis Stadium
	Knoxville Blue Jays	Knoxville, Tennessee	Toronto Blue Jays	Bill Meyer Stadium
	Memphis Chicks	Memphis, Tennessee	Kansas City Royals	Tim McCarver Stadium

Map of teams

Charlotte

Columbus

Greenville

Jackson-
ville

Orlando

Birming-
ham

Chattan-
ooga

Huntsville

Knoxville

Memphis

East Division West Division

Regular season

Summary

• The Orlando Sun Rays finished the season with the best record in the league for the first time since 1975.
• Despite finishing with the best overall record in the West Division, the Huntsville Stars failed to qualify for the post-season, as they did not have the best record in either half of the season.

Standings

East Division
Team	Win	Loss	%	GB
Orlando Sun Rays	85	59	.590	–
Jacksonville Expos	84	60	.583	1
Columbus Mudcats	67	77	.465	18
Charlotte Knights	65	79	.451	20
Greenville Braves	57	87	.396	28
West Division
Huntsville Stars	79	65	.549	–
Birmingham Barons	77	67	.535	2
Memphis Chicks	73	71	.507	6
Knoxville Blue Jays	67	77	.465	12
Chattanooga Lookouts	66	78	.458	13

League Leaders

Batting leaders

Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Adam Casillas, Chattanooga Lookouts	.336
H	Scott Brosius, Huntsville Stars	162
R	Jarvis Brown, Orlando Sun Rays	104
2B	Scott Brosius, Huntsville Stars	39
3B	Andújar Cedeño, Columbus Mudcats	11
HR	Luis Gonzalez, Columbus Mudcats Terrel Hansen, Jacksonville Expos	24
RBI	Matt Stark, Birmingham Barons	109
SB	Paul Rodgers, Knoxville Blue Jays	41

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Total
W	Doug Simons, Orlando Sun Rays	15
ERA	Jeff Carter, Jacksonville Expos	1.84
CG	Richie Leblanc, Memphis Chicks Ross Powell, Chattanooga Lookouts	6
SHO	Pete Blohm, Knoxville Blue Jays Blaise Ilsley, Columbus Mudcats	3
SV	Steve Chitren, Huntsville Stars	27
IP	Brian Barnes, Jacksonville Expos	201.1
SO	Brian Barnes, Jacksonville Expos	213

Playoffs

• The Memphis Chicks won their first Southern League championship, defeating the Orlando Sun Rays in five games.

Playoff bracket

	Division finals					Finals
	E1	Orlando	3
	E2	Jacksonville	1
						E1	Orlando	2
						W1	Memphis	3
	W1	Birmingham	1
	W2	Memphis	3

Awards

Southern League awards
Award name	Recipient
Most Valuable Player	Jeff Conine, Memphis Chicks
Pitcher of the Year	Brian Barnes, Jacksonville Expos
Manager of the Year	Ron Gardenhire, Orlando Sun Rays Jerry Manuel, Jacksonville Expos

See also

• 1990 Major League Baseball season

External links

• Minor League Baseball official website