1991 Boston Red Sox season

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1991  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston
Record84–78 (.519)
Divisional place2nd (tied; 7 GB)
Owners Jean Yawkey,
Haywood Sullivan
President John Harrington
General manager Lou Gorman
Manager Joe Morgan
Television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
Radio WRKO
(Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1991 Boston Red Sox season was the 91st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished tied for second in the American League East with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses, seven games behind the Toronto Blue Jays.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month [3]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April1171171st+1⁄2 [4]
May151326201st— [5]
June111637362nd4+1⁄2 [6]
July111648523rd9 [7]
August181166633rd6 [8]
September171083732nd3+1⁄2 [9]
October1584782nd (tie)7 [10]

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

Opening Day Line Up

26 Wade Boggs 3B
  3 Jody Reed 2B
39 Mike Greenwell   LF
25 Jack Clark DH
12 Ellis Burks CF
23 Tom Brunansky RF
18 Carlos Quintana 1B
  6 Tony Peña C
11 Tim Naehring SS
21 Roger Clemens P

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 11, before a scheduled home game against the Texas Rangers. Festivities included non-playing appearances by Ted Williams (then 72) and Joe DiMaggio (then 76), in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the 1941 MLB season, when Williams batted .406 and DiMaggio had a 56-game hitting streak. [13]

Red Sox alumni lost, 9–5, to a team of MLB alumni from other clubs, led by José Cardenal who had three hits (including two doubles) in the three-inning game. [13]

Roster

1991 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Jody Reed 15361887175422560660.283.382
Wade Boggs 14454693181422851189.332.460
Mike Greenwell 147541761632669831543.300.419
Jack Clark 140481751201812887096.249.466
Carlos Quintana 149478691412111171161.295.412
Ellis Burks 130474561193331456639.251.422
Tony Peña 14146445107232548837.231.321
Tom Brunansky 142459541052411670149.229.390
Luis Rivera 12941464107223840435.258.384
Mo Vaughn 742192157120432226.260.370
Steve Lyons 8721215511014171011.241.354
Phil Plantier 531482749711135123.331.615
Mike Brumley 6311816255005210.212.254
John Marzano 491141030800901.263.333
Mike Marshall 2262418401700.290.403
Tim Naehring 205516100306.109.127
Kevin Romine 445579201713.164.255
Scott Cooper 1435616420702.457.686
Bob Zupcic 182534001301.160.280
Wayne Housie 11822100011.250.375
Eric Wedge 11010000001.0001.000
Team Totals162553073114863052512669159593.269.401

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Roger Clemens 18102.6235350271.1219937965241
Greg A. Harris 11123.8553212173.0157797469127
Joe Hesketh 1243.2939170153.1142595653104
Mike Gardiner 9104.8522220130.014079704791
Tom Bolton 895.2425190110.013672645164
Dennis Lamp 634.70510092.010054483157
Matt Young 375.181916088.29255515369
Kevin Morton 654.591615086.19349444045
Danny Darwin 365.161212068.07139391542
Jeff Gray 232.34500161.23917161041
Jeff Reardon 143.035704059.15421201644
Tony Fossas 323.47640157.04927222829
Dana Kiecker 237.36185040.15634332321
Dan Petry 004.43130122.12117111212
Daryl Irvine 006.0090018.025131298
Jeff Plympton 000.004005.150042
Steve Lyons 000.001001.020001
John Dopson 0018.001001.022210
Josías Manzanillo 0018.001001.022231
Team Totals84784.01162162451439.21405712642530999

Source:

Statistical leaders

Roger Clemens Lipofsky-Roger-Clemens.jpg
Roger Clemens
CategoryPlayerStatistic
Youngest player Kevin Morton 22
Phil Plantier
Oldest player Dennis Lamp 38
Wins Above Replacement Roger Clemens 7.9

Source: [14]

Batting

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
G Games played Jody Reed 153
PA Plate appearances Jody Reed696
AB At bats Jody Reed618
R Runs scored Wade Boggs 93
H Hits Wade Boggs181
2B Doubles Wade Boggs42
Jody Reed
3B Triples Mike Greenwell 6
HR Home runs Jack Clark 28
RBI Runs batted in Jack Clark87
SB Stolen bases Mike Greenwell15
CS Caught stealing Ellis Burks 11
BB Base on balls Jack Clark96
SO Strikeouts Jack Clark133
BA Batting average Wade Boggs.332
OBP On-base percentage Wade Boggs.421
SLG Slugging percentage Jack Clark.466
OPS On-base plus slugging Wade Boggs.881
OPS+ Adjusted OPS Wade Boggs140
TB Total bases Wade Boggs251
GIDP Grounded into double play Tony Peña 23
HBP Hit by pitch Ellis Burks6
SH Sacrifice hits Luis Rivera 12
SF Sacrifice flies Tom Brunansky 8
IBB Intentional base on balls Wade Boggs25

Source: [14]

Pitching

Abbr.CategoryPlayerStatistic
W Wins Roger Clemens 18
L Losses Greg A. Harris 12
W-L % Winning percentage Joe Hesketh .750 (12–4)
ERA Earned run average Roger Clemens2.62
GGames pitched Tony Fossas 64
GSGames startedRoger Clemens35
GFGames finished Jeff Reardon 51
CG Complete games Roger Clemens13
SHO Shutouts Roger Clemens4
SV Saves Jeff Reardon40
IP Innings pitched Roger Clemens271+1⁄3
SO Strikeouts Roger Clemens241
WHIP Walks plus hits per inning pitched Roger Clemens1.047

Source: [14]

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments
All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Butch Hobson
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Gary Allenson
A-Advanced Lynchburg Red Sox Carolina League Buddy Bailey
A-Advanced Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Mike Verdi
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dave Holt
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Felix Maldonado

Source: [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Danny Darwin Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. 1 2 John Moses Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "The 1991 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet . Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, April 30, 1991".
  5. ↑ "Events of Friday, May 31, 1991".
  6. ↑ "Events of Sunday, June 30, 1991".
  7. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, July 31, 1991".
  8. ↑ "Events of Saturday, August 31, 1991".
  9. ↑ "Events of Monday, September 30, 1991".
  10. ↑ "Events of Sunday, October 6, 1991".
  11. ↑ Steve Lyons Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ Kevin Romine Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com
  13. 1 2 "An emotional reunion for DiMaggio, Williams". Courier-Post . Camden, New Jersey. May 12, 1991. p. 7E. Retrieved May 24, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  14. 1 2 3 "1991 Boston Red Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  15. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  16. ↑ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1991. p. 203. Retrieved March 14, 2021– via Wayback Machine.


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