1991 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1991  Toronto Blue Jays
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place1st
Owners Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Cito Gaston, Gene Tenace
Television CFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Jim Hughson, Buck Martinez)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1991 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 15th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team's paid attendance of 4,001,527 led the major leagues, as the Jays became the first team in MLB history to draw four million fans in a season. Toronto lost the ALCS to the eventual world champion Minnesota Twins in five games.

Contents

Offseason

On December 4, 1990, the San Diego Padres and Blue Jays made one of the biggest blockbuster deals of the decade. The Padres traded second baseman Roberto Alomar and outfielder Joe Carter to the Blue Jays in exchange for first baseman Fred McGriff and shortstop Tony Fernández. Blue Jays GM Pat Gillick and Padres GM Joe McIlvaine originally talked about just trading Joe Carter for Fred McGriff. [1] The Padres were losing Jack Clark and needed a new first baseman. The Blue Jays had John Olerud ready to take over at first base but were losing outfielder George Bell. Gillick decided to up the ante by trying to get Alomar. Gillick figured that with Garry Templeton in the twilight of his career, Fernández would be an adequate replacement. [1] Alomar feuded with Padres manager Greg Riddoch and the thinking was that Bip Roberts and Joey Cora could platoon at second base. [1] Over the next two seasons, Alomar and Carter would help the Blue Jays win the 1992 and 1993 World Series.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1991 season. [2]

October 1990

October 15 José Escobar granted free agency.
Webster Garrison granted free agency.
Tom Gilles granted free agency.
October 24Released Jim Eppard.
October 26Released Rick Luecken.

November 1990

November 5 George Bell granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs on December 6, 1990 to a three-year, $9.8 million contract).
Bud Black granted free agency (signed with San Francisco Giants on November 9, 1990 to a four-year, $10 million contract).
John Candelaria granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers on March 25, 1991 to a one-year, $830,000 contract).
Rance Mulliniks granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $1.5 million contract on December 4, 1990).
November 6Acquired Alex Sanchez from the Cleveland Indians for Willie Blair.
November 26Signed free agent Ken Dayley from the St. Louis Cardinals to a three-year, $6.3 million contract.

December 1990

December 2Acquired Willie Fraser, Marcus Moore and Devon White from the California Angels for Junior Félix, Luis Sojo and a player to be named later (Ken Rivers on December 4, 1990).
December 4Signed free agent Ravelo Manzanillo from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract.
Re-signed free agent Rance Mulliniks to a two-year, $1.5 million contract.
December 5Signed free agent Pat Tabler from the Kansas City Royals to a two-year, $1.6 million contract.
Acquired Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter from the San Diego Padres for Tony Fernández and Fred McGriff.
December 10Signed amateur free agent Carlos Almanzar to a contract.
Signed amateur free agent Edwin Hurtado to a contract.
Signed free agent Dilson Torres to a contract.
December 14Acquired Mickey Weston from the Baltimore Orioles for Paul Kilgus.
December 20 John Cerutti granted free agency (signed with Detroit Tigers to a one-year, $800,000 on January 14, 1991).

January 1991

January 15Acquired Rene Gonzales from the Baltimore Orioles for Rob Blumberg.

February 1991

February 8Re-signed Roberto Alomar to a one-year, $1.25 million contract.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9171.562—46‍–‍3545‍–‍36
Boston Red Sox 8478.519743‍–‍3841‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers 8478.519749‍–‍3235‍–‍46
Milwaukee Brewers 8379.512843‍–‍3740‍–‍42
New York Yankees 7191.4382039‍–‍4232‍–‍49
Baltimore Orioles 6795.4142433‍–‍4834‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 57105.3523430‍–‍5227‍–‍53

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—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1991 regular season. [3]

May 1991

May 16Signed amateur free agent Freddy García to a contract.
Signed amateur free agent Julio Mosquera to a contract.

June 1991

June 4 Kenny Williams selected off of waivers by the Montreal Expos.
June 26 Willie Fraser selected off of waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals.
June 27Acquired Tom Candiotti and Turner Ward from the Cleveland Indians for Denis Boucher, Glenallen Hill, Mark Whiten and cash.

July 1991

July 3Selected Efraín Valdez off of waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
July 14Acquired Cory Snyder from the Chicago White Sox for Shawn Jeter and a player to be named later (Steve Wapnick on September 4, 1991).

August 1991

August 9Acquired Candy Maldonado from the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Wishnevski and a player to be named later (William Suero on August 14, 1991).

September 1991

September 14Signed free agent Dave Parker from the California Angels to a contract.

1991 MLB Draft

Roster

1991 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Manager Cito Gaston was sidelined with a herniated disc [9] from August 21 to September 25. Gene Tenace served as the team's interim manager, [10] going 19–14 and keeping the Jays in first place in the AL East for the duration of Gaston's absence.

Game log

1991 Game Log
April: 12–9 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 8 Red Sox 6–2 Clemens (1–0) Stieb (0–1)50,1140–1
2April 9 Red Sox 4–3 Key (1–0) Harris (0–1) Henke (1)42,2111–1
3April 10 Red Sox 5–3 Timlin (1–0) Gray (0–1) Henke (2)41,1642–1
4April 11 Brewers 7–3 Wells (1–0) Robinson (0–1)38,3263–1
5April 12 Brewers 5–4 (11) Timlin (2–0) Plesac (0–1)43,1504–1
6April 13 Brewers 7–3 Brown (1–0) Stieb (0–2) Crim (1)49,8724–2
7April 14 Brewers 9–0 Key (2–0) August (0–1)47,1365–2
8April 15@ Tigers 4–3 Stottlemyre (1–0) Terrell (0–2) Ward (1)9,6326–2
9April 16@ Tigers 6–2 Gullickson (1–0) Wells (1–1) Henneman (2)10,7916–3
10April 17@ Tigers 5–4 (10) Henneman (1–0) Ward (0–1)16,3556–4
11April 19@ Brewers 5–2 Stieb (1–2) August (0–2)9,6047–4
12April 20@ Brewers 4–2 Key (3–0) Bosio (1–2) Ward (2)13,5458–4
13April 21@ Brewers 11–8 (10) Crim (1–0) Wills (0–1)14,9208–5
14April 22@ Red Sox 6–4 Lamp (1–1) Wells (1–2) Reardon (4)25,8418–6
15April 23@ Red Sox 3–0 Clemens (4–0) Boucher (0–1) Reardon (5)29,9048–7
16April 24@ Red Sox 6–1 Stieb (2–2) Young (0–1)28,8419–7
17April 25 Tigers 3–2 Key (4–0) Petry (0–1) Ward (3)49,68810–7
18April 26 Tigers 5–4 Stottlemyre (2–0) Terrell (0–3) Ward (4)50,17011–7
19April 27 Tigers 4–2 Gullickson (2–0) Wells (1–3) Henneman (3)50,21111–8
20April 28 Tigers 9–6 Timlin (3–0) Leiter (0–1) Ward (5)50,13412–8
21April 30@ Rangers 8–5 Gossage (2–0) Acker (0–1) Russell (5)24,87312–9
May: 15–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1@ Rangers 3–0 Ryan (3–2) Key (4–1)33,43912–10
23May 2@ Royals 3–1 Stottlemyre (3–0) Appier (1–4) Ward (6)22,89613–10
24May 3@ Royals 5–1 Wells (2–3) Davis (2–2)20,80914–10
25May 4@ Royals 6–5 Saberhagen (2–3) Boucher (0–2) Montgomery (6)22,62814–11
26May 5@ Royals 3–0 Stieb (3–2) Gordon (1–2) Ward (7)22,58815–11
27May 7 Rangers 3–2 Rogers (1–3) Key (4–2) Russell (6)44,62215–12
28May 8 Rangers 4–2 Stottlemyre (4–0) Ryan (3–3) Ward (8)43,21116–12
29May 9 White Sox 2–0 Wells (3–3) Pérez (1–2) Ward (9)47,23617–12
30May 10 White Sox 5–3 (12) Radinsky (2–1) Fraser (0–1)50,19817–13
31May 11 White Sox 5–2 Stieb (4–2) Hough (0–2) Ward (10)50,20618–13
32May 12 White Sox 4–2 Key (5–2) Hibbard (2–1) Ward (11)50,10819–13
33May 13 Royals 4–2 Stottlemyre (5–0) Davis (2–4) Ward (12)44,27520–13
34May 14 Royals 4–1 Wells (4–3) Gubicza (0–1) Timlin (1)43,35721–13
35May 15 Royals 6–4 Saberhagen (4–3) Boucher (0–3)50,11321–14
36May 17@ White Sox 5–3 Pall (1–1) Timlin (3–1) Thigpen (7)30,09521–15
37May 18@ White Sox 9–2 Key (6–2) Hibbard (2–2)34,86122–15
38May 19@ White Sox 5–4 Patterson (1–0) Timlin (3–2) Thigpen (8)41,01522–16
39May 20@ Athletics 1–0 Wells (5–3) Welch (4–3) Henke (3)24,63123–16
40May 21@ Athletics 11–7 Acker (1–1) Dressendorfer (3–3) Timlin (2)22,73824–16
41May 22@ Athletics 2–1 Moore (6–2) Stieb (4–3) Eckersley (11)34,02824–17
42May 24@ Angels 3–2 Timlin (4–2) Finley (7–2) Henke (4)26,40825–17
43May 25@ Angels 5–0 McCaskill (4–5) Stottlemyre (5–1)36,73225–18
44May 26@ Angels 6–2 Langston (6–1) Wells (5–4)45,30725–19
45May 28 Athletics 8–4 Moore (7–2) Acker (1–2) Eckersley (12)50,29925–20
46May 29 Athletics 8–3 Key (7–2) Slusarski (1–2) Henke (5)50,26226–20
47May 30 Athletics 8–6 Klink (4–2) Ward (0–2) Eckersley (13)50,27126–21
48May 31 Angels 5–1 Wells (6–4) Langston (6–2)50,25227–21
June: 16–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1 Angels 11–8 Eichhorn (1–1) Fraser (0–2) Harvey (13)50,25527–22
50June 2 Angels 7–2 Abbott (5–4) Acker (1–3)50,26127–23
51June 3@ Yankees 5–3 Key (8–2) Leary (3–5) Henke (6)17,00328–23
52June 4@ Yankees 5–3 Sanderson (7–2) Stottlemyre (5–2) Farr (4)15,95528–24
53June 5@ Yankees 4–1 Wells (7–4) Johnson (0–1) Henke (7)21,21329–24
54June 6@ Orioles 6–4 Milacki (2–2) Timlin (4–3) Olson (9)26,53929–25
55June 7@ Orioles 6–4 Smith (3–0) Guzmán (0–1) Olson (10)38,22829–26
56June 8@ Orioles 8–4 Key (9–2) Kilgus (0–1)45,56930–26
57June 9@ Orioles 3–2 Stottlemyre (6–2) Ballard (3–7) Henke (8)27,78331–26
58June 11@ Indians 2–1 (12) Hillegas (2–0) Acker (1–4)10,75331–27
59June 12@ Indians 1–0 Timlin (5–3) Candiotti (7–4) Henke (9)8,08932–27
60June 13@ Indians 1–0 Key (10–2) Nagy (2–7)8,37133–27
61June 14 Orioles 9–1 Stottlemyre (7–2) Robinson (3–6)50,28734–27
62June 15 Orioles 8–4 Ballard (4–7) Guzmán (0–2) Williamson (3)50,29234–28
63June 16 Orioles 13–8 Frohwirth (1–0) Ward (0–3)50,27334–29
64June 18 Yankees 4–2 Kamieniecki (1–0) Timlin (5–4) Farr (7)50,27134–30
65June 19 Yankees 3–0 Johnson (1–2) Key (10–3) Howe (1)50,28134–31
66June 20 Yankees 6–1 Stottlemyre (8–2) Leary (3–7)50,25635–31
67June 21 Indians 8–4 Wells (8–4) Swindell (3–6) Henke (10)50,28336–31
68June 22 Indians 4–0 Guzmán (1–2) Mutis (0–2) Ward (13)50,28537–31
69June 23 Indians 3–1 MacDonald (1–0) Candiotti (7–6) Henke (11)50,27538–31
70June 24 Indians 4–3 Ward (1–3) Nagy (3–8) Henke (12)50,26339–31
71June 25@ Twins 8–6 Morris (10–5) Stottlemyre (8–3) Aguilera (20)26,35039–32
72June 26@ Twins 5–2 Wells (9–4) Guthrie (5–4) Henke (13)25,50340–32
73June 27@ Twins 1–0 Guzmán (2–2) Tapani (5–7) Henke (14)35,59841–32
74June 28 Mariners 3–1 Krueger (5–3) Candiotti (7–7) Jackson (13)50,29741–33
75June 29 Mariners 4–0 Timlin (6–4) DeLucia (6–5) Ward (14)50,26842–33
76June 30 Mariners 6–1 Stottlemyre (9–3) Holman (7–8)50,29843–33
July: 15–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1 Mariners 4–3 Acker (2–4) Jackson (4–3)50,27044–33
78July 2 Twins 4–3 Ward (2–3) Leach (0–1)48,67645–33
79July 3 Twins 4–0 Candiotti (8–7) Anderson (4–7)50,07146–33
80July 4 Twins 1–0 West (1–0) Key (10–4) Aguilera (21)50,29346–34
81July 5@ Mariners 2–1 MacDonald (2–0) Holman (7–9) Henke (15)21,64747–34
82July 6@ Mariners 4–3 (10) Timlin (7–4) Swan (3–2) Henke (16)48,75048–34
83July 7@ Mariners 5–2 Guzmán (3–2) Hanson (4–4)27,81249–34
84July 11 Rangers 2–0 Candiotti (9–7) Brown (7–7) Henke (17)50,27650–34
85July 12 Rangers 6–2 Wells (10–4) Guzmán (4–4) Ward (15)50,27951–34
86July 13 Rangers 3–2 Timlin (8–4) Russell (3–2) Henke (18)50,27052–34
87July 14 Rangers 8–6 Barfield (4–3) Key (10–5) Russell (18)50,29452–35
88July 15@ Royals 5–3 (12) Timlin (9–4) Crawford (2–1) Henke (19)29,72353–35
89July 16@ Royals 2–1 (10) Aquino (2–2) Candiotti (9–8)22,13453–36
90July 18@ Rangers 4–0 Wells (11–4) Ryan (5–5) Ward (16)37,26854–36
91July 19@ Rangers 7–2 Stottlemyre (10–3) Barfield (4–4) Timlin (3)35,14455–36
92July 20@ Rangers 11–6 Jeffcoat (4–2) Key (10–6)39,27655–37
93July 21@ Rangers 6–5 Rogers (6–7) Timlin (9–5) Russell (19)31,80355–38
94July 23@ White Sox 3–2 Thigpen (7–3) Candiotti (9–9)34,77955–39
95July 24@ White Sox 2–1 Wells (12–4) McDowell (12–5) Henke (20)39,59956–39
96July 25@ White Sox 7–1 Hough (6–6) Stottlemyre (10–4)42,79656–40
97July 26 Royals 6–5 (11) Ward (3–3) Gordon (5–9)50,32657–40
98July 27 Royals 5–2 (10) Gordon (6–9) Timlin (9–6) Montgomery (19)50,29157–41
99July 28 Royals 10–4 Gubicza (6–5) Candiotti (9–10) Davis (2)50,29157–42
100July 29 White Sox 12–4 McDowell (13–5) Wells (12–5)50,29857–43
101July 30 White Sox 8–7 Radinsky (3–3) MacDonald (2–1) Thigpen (24)50,29157–44
102July 31 Indians 3–1 Key (11–6) King (4–6) Henke (21)50,27658–44
August: 15–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1 Indians 7–5 Ward (4–3) Shaw (0–4) Henke (22)50,27559–44
104August 2@ Red Sox 5–3 Clemens (12–7) Candiotti (9–11)34,03259–45
105August 3@ Red Sox 4–1 Hesketh (5–2) Wells (12–6) Reardon (25)34,01559–46
106August 4@ Red Sox 2–1 Ward (5–3) Lamp (3–3) Henke (23)33,80960–46
107August 6 Tigers 2–1 Key (12–6) Cerutti (1–4) Henke (24)50,30561–46
108August 7 Tigers 5–2 Guzmán (4–2) Tanana (8–8) Henke (25)50,32462–46
109August 8 Tigers 4–0 (14) Gibson (5–5) Henke (0–1)50,30762–47
110August 9 Red Sox 12–7 Hesketh (6–2) Wells (12–7) Reardon (26)50,31962–48
111August 10 Red Sox 7–1 Harris (8–11) Stottlemyre (10–5)50,30462–49
112August 11 Red Sox 9–6 Gardiner (4–6) Key (12–7) Reardon (27)50,29762–50
113August 12 Red Sox 11–8 Lamp (4–3) Ward (5–4) Reardon (28)50,30562–51
114August 13@ Brewers 5–4 Crim (7–5) Henke (0–2)22,99662–52
115August 14@ Brewers 5–3 Bosio (9–8) Wells (12–8) Henry (3)19,19362–53
116August 15@ Brewers 4–1 Stottlemyre (11–5) Plesac (1–5) Henke (26)24,51963–53
117August 16@ Tigers 5–2 Cerutti (2–4) Key (12–8) Gakeler (1)43,18663–54
118August 17@ Tigers 7–5 MacDonald (3–1) Aldred (0–2) Henke (27)46,63464–54
119August 18@ Tigers 4–2 Candiotti (10–11) Kaiser (0–1) Henke (28)48,72465–54
120August 20 Brewers 3–1 Stottlemyre (12–5) Bosio (9–9) Henke (29)50,31166–54
121August 21 Brewers 3–0 Machado (1–3) Key (12–9) Núñez (8)50,30666–55
122August 22 Brewers 8–7 Ignasiak (1–0) Ward (5–5) Henry (5)50,30966–56
123August 23 Yankees 6–5 Ward (6–5) Farr (3–4)50,31867–56
124August 24 Yankees 6–5 Johnson (5–7) Wells (12–9) Cadaret (2)50,32467–57
125August 25 Yankees 11–7 Acker (3–4) Guetterman (2–2)50,32068–57
126August 26@ Orioles 5–2 Key (13–9) Johnson (4–5) Henke (30)28,06369–57
127August 27@ Orioles 6–1 Guzmán (5–2) Rhodes (0–1)25,09070–57
128August 28@ Orioles 3–0 Candiotti (11–11) McDonald (5–8) Henke (31)28,26271–57
129August 29@ Yankees 6–2 Wells (13–9) Johnson (5–8)19,34472–57
130August 30@ Yankees 9–2 Sanderson (14–8) Stottlemyre (12–6)19,39372–58
131August 31@ Yankees 5–0 Key (14–9) Cadaret (6–5) Ward (17)28,93273–58
September: 14–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Yankees 4–2 Guetterman (3–2) MacDonald (3–2)25,10573–59
133September 2 Orioles 5–4 (12) Timlin (12–6) Olson (3–5)50,31474–59
134September 3 Orioles 8–4 McDonald (6–8) Wells (13–10) Flanagan (3)50,29974–60
135September 4 Orioles 3–1 Stottlemyre (13–6) Milacki (8–8) Ward (18)50,30375–60
136September 5@ Indians 13–1 Key (15–9) Nagy (8–12)5,66676–60
137September 6@ Indians 7–4 Guzmán (6–2) Otto (1–6) Ward (19)14,53377–60
138September 7@ Indians 4–1 Candiotti (12–11) Swindell (8–14)17,83078–60
139September 8@ Indians 11–5 Wells (14–10) King (5–10)13,07179–60
140September 10 Mariners 5–4 Holman (13–13) Stottlemyre (13–7) Jones (1)50,19679–61
141September 11 Mariners 7–3 Hanson (8–7) Key (15–10)50,32179–62
142September 13 Athletics 7–6 Guzmán (7–2) Stewart (11–9) Henke (32)50,31580–62
143September 14 Athletics 6–0 Candiotti (13–11) Welch (11–12)50,31981–62
144September 15 Athletics 10–5 Moore (14–8) Stottlemyre (13–8) Eckersley (40)50,31581–63
145September 16@ Mariners 6–5 (11) Swan (5–2) MacDonald (3–3)55,61281–64
146September 17@ Mariners 5–4 (11) Schooler (2–2) Acker (3–5)29,11581–65
147September 18@ Mariners 5–3 (12) Ward (7–5) Bankhead (2–6) Acker (1)30,20082–65
148September 20@ Athletics 6–5 (11) Eckersley (5–3) Ward (7–6)33,76582–66
149September 21@ Athletics 4–0 Moore (15–8) Key (15–11)36,60182–67
150September 22@ Athletics 3–2 Guzmán (8–2) Darling (3–5) Wells (1)28,27683–67
151September 23@ Angels 10–9 Lewis (3–5) Candiotti (13–12) Harvey (43)20,00183–68
152September 24@ Angels 3–0 (10) Wells (15–10) Abbott (17–10)21,53884–68
153September 25@ Angels 7–2 Key (16–11) Langston (17–8)19,25185–68
154September 27 Twins 7–2 Guzmán (9–2) Tapani (16–9)50,32686–68
155September 28 Twins 5–0 Morris (18–12) Candiotti (13–13)50,31986–69
156September 29 Twins 2–1 Stottlemyre (14–8) Erickson (19–8) Ward (20)50,31587–69
157September 30 Angels 2–1 Langston (18–8) Key (16–12) Harvey (45)50,32187–70
October: 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
158October 1 Angels 5–2 Guzmán (10–2) Fetters (2–5) Ward (21)50,32288–70
159October 2 Angels 6–5 Timlin (11–6) Harvey (2–4)50,32489–70
160October 4@ Twins 4–1 Stottlemyre (15–8) Neagle (0–1) Ward (22)35,12490–70
161October 5@ Twins 3–1 Erickson (20–8) Guzmán (10–3) Aguilera (42)51,05890–71
162October 6@ Twins 3–2 (10) Weathers (1–0) Anderson (5–11) Ward (23)37,79491–71
1991 Playoff Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1October 8@ Twins 5–4 Morris (1–0) Candiotti (0–1) Aguilera (1)54,7660–1
2October 9@ Twins 5–2 Guzman (1–0) Tapani (0–1) Ward (1)54,8161–1
3October 11 Twins 3–2 (10) Guthrie (1–0) Timlin (0–1) Aguilera (2)51,4541–2
4October 12 Twins 9–3 Morris (2–0) Stottlemyre (0–1)51,5261–3
5October 13 Twins 8–5 West (1–0) Ward (0–1) Aguilera (3)51,4251–4

All-Star game

The Blue Jays hosted the 1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 62nd Midsummer Classic and was played on July 9 at SkyDome. Roberto Alomar was voted in as the starting second baseman for the American League, while pitcher Jimmy Key and outfielder Joe Carter were named as reserves on the AL team. Key got the win as the American League's All-Stars triumphed over the National League All-Stars, 4-2.

Player stats

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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 Greg Myers 10730981.262836
1B John Olerud 139454116.2561768
2B Roberto Alomar 161637188.295969
3B Kelly Gruber 113429108.2522065
SS Manuel Lee 138445104.234029
LF Candy Maldonado 5217749.277728
CF Devon White 156642181.2821760
RF Joe Carter 162638174.27333108
DH Rance Mulliniks 9724060.250224

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Pat Borders 10529171.244536
Mookie Wilson 8624158.241228
Pat Tabler 8218540.216121
Ed Sprague Jr. 6116044.275420
Mark Whiten 4614933.221219
Rene Gonzales 7111823.19516
Glenallen Hill 359925.253311
Rob Ducey 396816.23514
Cory Snyder 21497.14306
Dave Parker 133612.33303
Kenny Williams 13296.20713
Derek Bell 18284.14301
Eddie Zosky 18274.14802
Ray Giannelli 9244.16700
Turner Ward 8134.30802
Randy Knorr 310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Todd Stottlemyre 34219.01583.78116
Jimmy Key 33209.116123.05125
Juan Guzmán 23138.21032.99123
Tom Candiotti 19129.2672.9881
Dave Stieb 959.2433.1729
Denis Boucher 735.1034.5816

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
David Wells 40198.115103.72106
Willie Fraser 1326.1026.1512
Pat Hentgen 37.1002.453

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Henke 4902322.3253
Duane Ward 8176232.77132
Mike Timlin 6311633.1685
Jim Acker 543515.2044
Bob MacDonald 453302.8524
David Weathers 151004.9113
Ken Dayley 80006.233
Frank Wills 401016.622
Vince Horsman 40000.002
Al Leiter 300027.001
Mickey Weston 20000.001

ALCS

Game 1

October 8, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team123456789RHE
Toronto000103000493
Minnesota22100000X5110
W: Jack Morris (1-0)   L: Tom Candiotti (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (1)
HR: None

Game 2

October 9, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team123456789RHE
Toronto102000200590
Minnesota001001000251
W: Juan Guzmán (1-0)   L: Kevin Tapani (0-1)  S: Duane Ward (1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 11, Skydome

Team12345678910RHE
Minnesota0000110001370
Toronto2000000000251
W: Mark Guthrie (1-0)   L: Mike Timlin (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (2)
HR: MIN– Mike Pagliarulo (1)   TOR– Joe Carter (1)

Game 4

October 12, Skydome

Team123456789RHE
Minnesota0004021119131
Toronto0100010013112
W: Jack Morris (2-0)   L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)  
HR: MIN– Kirby Puckett (1)

Game 5

October 13, Skydome

Team123456789RHE
Minnesota1100030308142
Toronto003200000591
W: David West (1-0)   L: Duane Ward (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (3)
HR: MIN– Kirby Puckett (2)

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Bailor
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League John Stearns
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Dennis Holmberg
A Myrtle Beach Hurricanes South Atlantic League Garth Iorg
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League Doug Ault
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Omar Malavé
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League J. J. Cannon

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