1991 Baltimore Orioles season

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1991  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place6th
Owners Eli Jacobs
General managers Roland Hemond
Managers Frank Robinson and Johnny Oates
Television WMAR-TV
(Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau, Jim Palmer)
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Ken Levine)
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The Baltimore Orioles at play during a home game at Memorial Stadium in 1991. Baltimore Memorial Stadium 1991.jpg
The Baltimore Orioles at play during a home game at Memorial Stadium in 1991.

The 1991 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. Cal Ripken. Jr. would be the first shortstop in the history of the American League to win two MVP awards in a career. [1] This was also the Orioles' last year at Memorial Stadium, as they would move into Oriole Park at Camden Yards the following year.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 91710.562—46–3545–36
Boston Red Sox 84780.519743–3841–40
Detroit Tigers 84780.519749–3235–46
Milwaukee Brewers 83790.512843–3740–42
New York Yankees 71910.4382039–4232–49
Baltimore Orioles 67950.4142433–4834–47
Cleveland Indians 571050.3523430–5227–53

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —8–56–64–87–65–84–83–104–85–83–94–89–35–8
Boston 5–8—4–87–59–45–87–57–63–96–78–49–35–79–4
California 6–68–4—8–57–55–79–46–68–56–61–126–75–86–6
Chicago 8–45–75–8—6–64–87–67–58–58–47–67–68–57–5
Cleveland 6–74–95–76–6—7–64–85–82–106–75–72–104–81–12
Detroit 8–58–57–58–46–7—8–44–94–88–54–88–46–65–8
Kansas City 8–45–74–96–78–44–8—9–36–77–56–77–67–65–7
Milwaukee 10–36–76–65–78–59–43–9—6–66–78–43–97–56–7
Minnesota 8–49–35–85–810–28–47–66–6—10–28–59–46–74–8
New York 8–57–66–64–87–65–85–77–62–10—6–63–95–76–7
Oakland 9–34–812–16–77–58–47–64–85–86–6—6–74–96–6
Seattle 8–43–97–66–710–24–86–79–34–99–37–6—5–85–7
Texas 3–97–58–55–88–46–66–75–77–67–59–48–5—6–6
Toronto 8–54–96–65–712–18–57–57–68–47–66–67–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster

1991 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Chris Hoiles 10734183.2431131
1B Randy Milligan 141483127.2631670
2B Billy Ripken 10428762.216014
3B Leo Gómez 11839191.2331645
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 162650210.32334114
LF Joe Orsulak 143486135.278543
CF Mike Devereaux 149608158.2601959
RF Dwight Evans 10127073.270638
DH Sam Horn 12131774.2332361

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Brady Anderson 11325659.230227
Bob Melvin 7922857.250123
Chito Martínez 6721658.2691333
David Segui 8621259.278222
Juan Bell 10020936.172115
Tim Hulett 7920642.204718
Glenn Davis 4917640.2271028
Craig Worthington 3110223.225412
Ernie Whitt 356215.24203
Luis Mercedes 195411.20402
Jeff McKnight 16417.17102
Jeff Tackett 681.12500
Shane Turner 410.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Milacki 31184.01094.01108
Ben McDonald 21126.1684.8485
Jeff Ballard 26123.26125.6037
José Mesa 23123.26115.9764
Jeff Robinson 21104.1495.1865
Mike Mussina 1287.2452.8752
Roy Smith 1780.1545.6025
Arthur Rhodes 836.0038.0023

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Johnson 2284.0487.0738
Anthony Telford 926.2004.0524
Stacy Jones 411.0004.0910

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Gregg Olson 7246313.1872
Mark Williamson 655544.4853
Mike Flanagan 642732.3855
Todd Frohwirth 517331.8777
Paul Kilgus 380215.0832
Jim Poole 243202.0034
Kevin Hickey 191009.0010
José Bautista 501016.883
Francisco de la Rosa 20004.501

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Greg Biagini
AA Hagerstown Suns Eastern League Jerry Narron
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Wally Moon
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Bob Miscik
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Gus Gil
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Ed Napoleon

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