1990 in baseball

Deaths

• January 9 - Spud Chandler, 82, an American League MVP and twice a 20-game winner, who in 11-season career with the New York Yankees, pitched for seven pennant winners and six World Series champions.
• February 24 - Tony Conigliaro, 45, a former Boston Red Sox outfielder, who in 1965 at age 20, became the younger major league player ever to win a home run title, and two years later became the youngest major leaguer to reach the 100 home run mark.
• March 6 - Joe Sewell, 91, a Hall of Fame member, who struck out only 114 times in a 14-year major league career with the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees.
• May 23 - Charlie Keller, 73, an outfielder and slugger for the New York Yankees during the 1940s.
• July 28 - Red Barrett, 75, an All-Star pitcher and a member of the Boston Braves, who holds the major league record for the fewest pitches in a nine-inning game, in 1944, when he faced 27 batters and threw only 58 pitches.
• August 10 - Cookie Lavagetto, 77, one of the most popular players in Brooklyn Dodgers history, who later managed the Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins.
• August 28 - Larry Jackson, 59, a four-time All-Star pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies from 1955-68, winning at least 13 games in a span of 13 seasons with a career-high 24 in 1964.
• September 9 - Doc Cramer, 85,a five-time All-Star, who collected 2,705 hits over a 20-year majors career, was a standout defensive outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers, and is the only AL player by going twice 6-for-6 during a nine-inning game.
• October 10 - Wally Moses, 80, a twice All-Star outfielder who played with the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox in a 17-season major league career.
• November 8 - Earl Torgeson, 66, a first baseman, who in a 15-year major-league career played for the World Series teams Boston Braves (1948), Chicago White Sox (1959) and New York Yankees (1961).
• November 10 - Aurelio Monteagudo, 46, who pitched with the Kansas City Athletics, Houston Astros, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals and California Angels, and also gained notoriety while pitching in the Venezuelan and Mexican leagues.
• November 23 - Baudilio "Bo" Díaz, 37, a twice All-Star catcher, who in a 13-season career played for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds, and was a member of the 1983 Phillies World Series team.