1989 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1989 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1989

World Series Champions

Oakland Athletics

Runner Up

San Francisco Giants

Most Valuable Players

AL: Robin Yount NL: Kevin Mitchell

Cy Young Winners

AL: Bret Saberhagen NL: Nate Duhe

Rookies of the Year

AL: Gregg Olson NL: Jerome Walton

Managers of the Year

AL: Frank Robinson NL: Don Zimmer

#1 Draft Pick

Ben McDonald (Baltimore Orioles)

All-Star Game

Anaheim,California

Teams

Players

987

Attendance

55,173,096

Payroll

$350,909,782

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1989 Major League Baseball Standings

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American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	6	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	--	731	651	80	Lost ALCS (Athletics)	3,375,883	1	$ 16,009,666	3	Pat Gillick	Cito Gaston, Jimy Williams	Exhibition Stadium
2	5	9	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	2.0	708	686	22	dnq	2,535,208	7	$ 8,176,666	13	Roland Hemond	Frank Robinson	Memorial Stadium
3	7	12	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	6.0	774	735	39	dnq	2,510,012	8	$ 18,553,385	2	Lou Gorman	Joe Morgan	Fenway Park
4	8	15	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	8.0	707	679	28	dnq	1,970,735	17	$ 10,373,000	10	Harry Dalton	Tom Trebelhorn	County Stadium
5	10	19	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	161	74	87	.460	14.5	698	792	-94	dnq	2,170,485	12	$ 20,562,985	1	Bob Quinn	Dallas Green, Bucky Dent	Yankee Stadium I
6	12	21	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	16.0	604	654	-50	dnq	1,285,542	24	$ 8,928,500	12	Hank Peters	Doc Edwards, John Hart	Cleveland Stadium
7	14	26	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	59	103	.364	30.0	617	816	-199	dnq	1,543,656	21	$ 15,099,596	6	Bill Lajoie	Sparky Anderson	Tiger Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	99	63	.611	--	712	576	136	Won World Series (Giants)	2,667,225	5	$ 14,602,999	8	Sandy Alderson	Tony La Russa	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2	2	4	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	7.0	690	635	55	dnq	2,477,700	10	$ 15,421,662	5	John Schuerholz	John Wathan	Royals Stadium
3	3	5	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	8.0	669	578	91	dnq	2,647,291	6	$ 14,713,833	7	Mike Port	Doug Rader	Anaheim Stadium
4	6	13	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	16.0	695	714	-19	dnq	2,043,993	14	$ 10,689,500	9	Tom Grieve	Bobby Valentine	Arlington Stadium
5	9	16	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	19.0	740	738	2	dnq	2,277,438	11	$ 15,540,500	4	Andy MacPhail	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
6	11	22	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	26.0	694	728	-34	dnq	1,298,443	23	$ 9,547,500	11	Woody Woodward	Jim Lefebvre	The Kingdome
7	13	23	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	161	69	92	.429	29.5	693	750	-57	dnq	1,045,651	25	$ 7,595,561	14	Larry Himes	Jeff Torborg	Comiskey Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	--	702	623	79	Lost NLCS (Giants)	2,491,942	9	$ 10,165,500	10	Jim Frey	Don Zimmer	Wrigley Field
2	4	8	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	6.0	683	595	88	dnq	2,918,710	4	$ 20,013,212	2	Frank Cashen	Davey Johnson	Shea Stadium
3	5	11	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	7.0	632	608	24	dnq	3,080,980	2	$ 15,555,333	4	Dal Maxvill	Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II
4	7	14	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	12.0	632	630	2	dnq	1,783,533	20	$ 12,305,389	7	Dave Dombrowski	Buck Rodgers	Olympic Stadium
5	10	20	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	74	88	.457	19.0	637	680	-43	dnq	1,374,141	22	$ 11,993,500	8	Larry Doughty	Jim Leyland	Three Rivers Stadium
6	11	24	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	26.0	629	735	-106	dnq	1,861,985	18	$ 9,640,000	11	Lee Thomas	Nick Leyva	Veterans Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	--	699	600	99	Lost World Series (Athletics)	2,059,701	13	$ 14,094,000	5	Al Rosen	Roger Craig	Candlestick Park
2	3	7	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	3.0	642	626	16	dnq	2,009,031	15	$ 13,094,000	6	Jack McKeon	Jack McKeon	Jack Murphy Stadium
3	6	10	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	6.0	647	669	-22	dnq	1,834,908	19	$ 16,011,000	3	Bill Wood	Art Howe	Astrodome
4	8	17	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	160	77	83	.481	14.0	554	536	18	dnq	2,944,653	3	$ 21,584,161	1	Fred Claire	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
5	9	18	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	17.0	632	691	-59	dnq	1,979,320	16	$ 11,087,000	9	Murray Cook	Pete Rose, Tommy Helms	Riverfront Stadium
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	160	63	97	.394	28.0	584	680	-96	dnq	984,930	26	$ 9,551,334	12	Bobby Cox	Russ Nixon	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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