The 1990 Yankees were a bad team – one of the worst in Yankees history if we’re being honest. If you were fortunate enough to miss the test of patience that was the 1990 season, consider yourself fortunate, as it was as bad as it sounds.
DH Steve Balboni posted an OPS+ of 94, which amazingly was good for third-best among regulars in the everyday lineup. Starting pitcher Tim Leary put up a 1.7 WAR season which, almost incomprehensibly, made him the third-most valuable Yankee in 1990. The staff ace Leary was one of five pitchers to make 16 starts or more in 1990 and none of the five achieved the heights of at least a league-average ERA+.