1991 Cleveland Indians season

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1991  Cleveland Indians
League American League
Division Eastern Division
Ballpark Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City Cleveland, Ohio
Owners Richard Jacobs
General managers Hank Peters, John Hart
Managers John McNamara, Mike Hargrove
Television WUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
John Sanders, Rick Manning
Radio WWWE
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton
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The 1991 Cleveland Indians season was the 91st season for the franchise. The Indians lost 105 games, the most losses in franchise history.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

On May 4, 1991, Chris James had 9 RBIs in a 20 to 6 win over the Oakland Athletics to set the single game RBI record for Cleveland. [6]

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

This is to date the most recent season the Indians have finished last in their division.

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—

Game log

1991 Game Log: 57–105 (Home: 30–52; Away: 27–53)
April: 7–10 (Home: 1–5; Away: 6–5)
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May: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8)
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June: 7–21 (Home: 6–9; Away: 1–12)
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July: 9–18 (Home: 4–8; Away: 5–10)
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August: 10–20 (Home: 7–10; Away: 3–10)
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September: 11–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–7)
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October: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Away: 2–1)
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Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
2 Alex Cole CF
14 Jerry Browne 2B
7 Chris James DH
8 Albert Belle LF
15 Sandy Alomar Jr. C
26 Brook Jacoby 1B
9 Carlos Baerga 3B
16 Félix Fermín SS
23 Mitch Webster RF
21 Greg Swindell P

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Roster

1991 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Mike Aldrete 85183224861119.2621
Beau Allred 48125172930312.2322
Sandy Alomar Jr. 5118410409007.2170
Carlos Baerga 158593801712821169.2883
Albert Belle 123461601303122895.2823
Jerry Browne 107290286652129.2282
Alex Cole 12238758114173021.29527
Jose Escobar 1015030001.2000
Felix Fermin 12942430111132031.2625
Jose Gonzalez 336910112114.1598
Glenallen Hill 37122153230514.2624
Mike Huff 51146283561210.24011
Brook Jacoby 66231145491424.2340
Chris James 11543731104162541.2383
Reggie Jefferson 26101102030212.1980
Wayne Kirby 2143492005.2091
Mark Lewis 843142983151030.2642
Luis Lopez 35827184107.2200
Ever Magallanes 32000000.0000
Jeff Manto 47128152770213.2112
Carlos Martinez 722572273140530.2843
Luis Medina 516010000.0630
Tony Perezchica 1722482000.3640
Joel Skinner 992842369140124.2430
Ed Taubensee 26665162108.2420
Jim Thome 27987254219.2551
Turner Ward 4010011237005.2300
Mitch Webster 1332240000.1252
Mark Whiten 702583466144726.2564
Team Totals162547057613902362679546.25484

Pitching

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Eric Bell 400.50100018.02157
Willie Blair 236.75115036.027271013
Denis Boucher 148.3455022.22121813
Tom Candiotti 762.2415150108.135272886
Bruce Egloff 004.766005.23348
Mauro Gozzo 0019.292204.2101073
Shawn Hillegas 344.34513783.042404666
Doug Jones 485.54364763.142391748
Eric King 6114.6025240150.283774459
Garland Kiser 009.647004.25543
Tom Kramer 0017.364004.29964
Jeff Mutis 0311.6833012.1161676
Charles Nagy 10154.1333330211.11039766109
Rod Nichols 2113.5431161137.163543076
Steve Olin 363.364801756.126212338
Jesse Orosco 203.74470045.220191536
Dave Otto 284.2318140100.052472747
Rudy Seanez 0016.205005.012977
Jeff Shaw 053.36291172.134272731
Greg Swindell 9163.4833330238.01129231169
Efrain Valdez 001.507006.01131
Sergio Valdez 105.5160016.11110511
Mike Walker 012.085004.11122
Mike York 146.75144034.229261919
Team Totals571054.23162162331441.1759678441862

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Charlie Manuel
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League Ken Bolek
A Kinston Indians Carolina League Brian Graham
A Columbus Indians South Atlantic League Mike Brown
A-Short Season Watertown Indians New York–Penn League Gary Tuck
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League Dave Keller

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kinston [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mike Huff at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Shawn Hillegas at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Luis Lopez at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Dave Otto at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Troy Neel at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ "BASEBALL; Twins End Brewers' Streak at 4 As Starter's Sour Streak Ends, Too". New York Times. May 5, 1991.
  7. ↑ Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Paul Byrd at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Reggie Jefferson at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Glenallen Hill at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Stan Jefferson at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Brook Jacoby at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ 1991 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  14. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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