1991 Cleveland Indians season

1991 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)	Hank Peters, John Hart
Manager(s)	John McNamara, Mike Hargrove
Local television	WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan SportsChannel John Sanders, Rick Manning
Local radio	WWWE Herb Score, Tom Hamilton
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Offseason

December 3, 1990: Mike Huff was drafted by the Indians from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1990 rule 5 draft.^[1]
December 4, 1990: Cory Snyder and Lindsay Foster (minors) were traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Shawn Hillegas and Eric King.^[2]
January 11, 1991: Luis Lopez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[3]
January 16, 1991: Dave Otto was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[4]
January 16, 1991: Troy Neel was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Larry Arndt.^[5]

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	91	71	0.562	—	46–35	45–36
Boston Red Sox	84	78	0.519	7	43–38	41–40
Detroit Tigers	84	78	0.519	7	49–32	35–46
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	0.512	8	43–37	40–42
New York Yankees	71	91	0.438	20	39–42	32–49
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	0.414	24	33–48	34–47
Cleveland Indians	57	105	0.352	34	30–52	27–53

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	4–8	3–10	4–8	5–8	3–9	4–8	9–3	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	4–8	7–5	9–4	5–8	7–5	7–6	3–9	6–7	8–4	9–3	5–7	9–4
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	5–7	9–4	6–6	8–5	6–6	1–12	6–7	5–8	6–6
Chicago	8–4	5–7	5–8	—	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	8–5	8–4	7–6	7–6	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	6–7	4–9	5–7	6–6	—	7–6	4–8	5–8	2–10	6–7	5–7	2–10	4–8	1–12
Detroit	8–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	6–7	—	8–4	4–9	4–8	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	8–4	5–7	4–9	6–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	6–7	7–5	6–7	7–6	7–6	5–7
Milwaukee	10–3	6–7	6–6	5–7	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	9–3	5–8	5–8	10–2	8–4	7–6	6–6	—	10–2	8–5	9–4	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	7–6	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	5–7	7–6	2–10	—	6–6	3–9	5–7	6–7
Oakland	9–3	4–8	12–1	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–6	4–8	5–8	6–6	—	6–7	4–9	6–6
Seattle	8–4	3–9	7–6	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	9–3	4–9	9–3	7–6	—	5–8	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	4–9	6–6	5–7	12–1	8–5	7–5	7–6	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	—

Game log

1991 Game Log: 57–105 (Home: 30–52; Away: 27–53)

April: 7–10 (Home: 1–5; Away: 6–5)

May: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8)

June: 7–21 (Home: 6–9; Away: 1–12)

July: 9–18 (Home: 4–8; Away: 5–10)

August: 10–20 (Home: 7–10; Away: 3–10)

September: 11–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–7)

October: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Away: 2–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Notable transactions

May 17, 1991: Mike Aldrete was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[7]
June 3, 1991: Paul Byrd was drafted by the Indians in the 4th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 10, 1991.^[8]
June 14, 1991: Tim Costo was traded by the Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Reggie Jefferson.^[9]
June 27, 1991: Tom Candiotti and Turner Ward were traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Glenallen Hill, Denis Boucher, Mark Whiten, and cash.^[10]
July 5, 1991: Stan Jefferson was released by the Indians.^[11]
July 12, 1991: Mike Huff was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
July 26, 1991: Brook Jacoby was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Lee Tinsley and Apolinar Garcia (minors).^[12]

Roster

1991 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

63 Eric Bell

39 Willie Blair

49 Denis Boucher

49 Tom Candiotti

46 Bruce Egloff

36 Mauro Gozzo

38 Shawn Hillegas

11 Doug Jones

40 Eric King

58 Garland Kiser

62,50 Jeff Mutis

41 Charles Nagy

54 Rod Nichols

31 Steve Olin

47 Jesse Orosco

27 Dave Otto

32 Rudy Seánez

57 Jeff Shaw

21 Greg Swindell

33 Efrain Valdez

30 Sergio Valdez

48 Mike Walker

56 Mike York

Catchers

15 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

22 Luis Lopez

4 Joel Skinner

28 Eddie Taubensee

Infielders

43 Mike Aldrete

9 Carlos Baerga

14 Jerry Browne

6 Jose Escobar

16 Félix Fermín

26 Brook Jacoby

20 Reggie Jefferson

10 Mark Lewis

6 Ever Magallanes

45 Jeff Manto

42 Carlos Martínez

44 Tony Perezchica

6,25 Jim Thome

Outfielders

37 Beau Allred

8 Albert Belle

2 Alex Cole

37 José González

24 Glenallen Hill

44 Mike Huff

7 Chris James

73 Wayne Kirby

20 Turner Ward

23 Mitch Webster

23 Mark Whiten

Manager

12 Mike Hargrove

1 John McNamara

Coaches

25 Rich Dauer (third base)

12 Mike Hargrove (first base)

13 Luis Isaac (bullpen)

34 José Morales (hitting)

35 Mark Wiley (pitching)

51 Billy Williams (bench)

Statisics

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Aldrete, MikeMike Aldrete	85	183	22	48	6	1	1	19	.262	1
Allred, BeauBeau Allred	48	125	17	29	3	0	3	12	.232	2
Alomar, Jr., SandySandy Alomar, Jr.	51	184	10	40	9	0	0	7	.217	0
Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga	158	593	80	171	28	2	11	69	.288	3
Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	123	461	60	130	31	2	28	95	.282	3
Browne, JerryJerry Browne	107	290	28	66	5	2	1	29	.228	2
Cole, AlexAlex Cole	122	387	58	114	17	3	0	21	.295	27
Escobar, JoseJose Escobar	10	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	.200	0
Fermin, FelixFelix Fermin	129	424	30	111	13	2	0	31	.262	5
Gonzalez, JoseJose Gonzalez	33	69	10	11	2	1	1	4	.159	8
Hill, GlenallenGlenallen Hill	37	122	15	32	3	0	5	14	.262	4
Huff, MikeMike Huff	51	146	28	35	6	1	2	10	.240	11
Jacoby, BrookBrook Jacoby	66	231	14	54	9	1	4	24	.234	0
James, ChrisChris James	115	437	31	104	16	2	5	41	.238	3
Jefferson, ReggieReggie Jefferson	26	101	10	20	3	0	2	12	.198	0
Kirby, WayneWayne Kirby	21	43	4	9	2	0	0	5	.209	1
Lewis, MarkMark Lewis	84	314	29	83	15	1	0	30	.264	2
Lopez, LuisLuis Lopez	35	82	7	18	4	1	0	7	.220	0
Magallanes, EverEver Magallanes	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Manto, JeffJeff Manto	47	128	15	27	7	0	2	13	.211	2
Martinez, CarlosCarlos Martinez	72	257	22	73	14	0	5	30	.284	3
Medina, LuisLuis Medina	5	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.063	0
Perezchica, TonyTony Perezchica	17	22	4	8	2	0	0	0	.364	0
Skinner, JoelJoel Skinner	99	284	23	69	14	0	1	24	.243	0
Taubensee, EdEd Taubensee	26	66	5	16	2	1	0	8	.242	0
Thome, JimJim Thome	27	98	7	25	4	2	1	9	.255	1
Ward, TurnerTurner Ward	40	100	11	23	7	0	0	5	.230	0
Webster, MitchMitch Webster	13	32	2	4	0	0	0	0	.125	2
Whiten, MarkMark Whiten	70	258	34	66	14	4	7	26	.256	4
Totals	162	5470	576	1390	236	26	79	546	.254	84

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Bell, EricEric Bell	4	0	0.50	10	0	0	18.0	2	1	5	7
Blair, WillieWillie Blair	2	3	6.75	11	5	0	36.0	27	27	10	13
Boucher, DenisDenis Boucher	1	4	8.34	5	5	0	22.2	21	21	8	13
Candiotti, TomTom Candiotti	7	6	2.24	15	15	0	108.1	35	27	28	86
Egloff, BruceBruce Egloff	0	0	4.76	6	0	0	5.2	3	3	4	8
Gozzo, MauroMauro Gozzo	0	0	19.29	2	2	0	4.2	10	10	7	3
Hillegas, ShawnShawn Hillegas	3	4	4.34	51	3	7	83.0	42	40	46	66
Jones, DougDoug Jones	4	8	5.54	36	4	7	63.1	42	39	17	48
King, EricEric King	6	11	4.60	25	24	0	150.2	83	77	44	59
Kiser, GarlandGarland Kiser	0	0	9.64	7	0	0	4.2	5	5	4	3
Kramer, TomTom Kramer	0	0	17.36	4	0	0	4.2	9	9	6	4
Mutis, JeffJeff Mutis	0	3	11.68	3	3	0	12.1	16	16	7	6
Nagy, CharlesCharles Nagy	10	15	4.13	33	33	0	211.1	103	97	66	109
Nichols, RodRod Nichols	2	11	3.54	31	16	1	137.1	63	54	30	76
Olin, SteveSteve Olin	3	6	3.36	48	0	17	56.1	26	21	23	38
Orosco, JesseJesse Orosco	2	0	3.74	47	0	0	45.2	20	19	15	36
Otto, DaveDave Otto	2	8	4.23	18	14	0	100.0	52	47	27	47
Seanez, RudyRudy Seanez	0	0	16.20	5	0	0	5.0	12	9	7	7
Shaw, JeffJeff Shaw	0	5	3.36	29	1	1	72.1	34	27	27	31
Swindell, GregGreg Swindell	9	16	3.48	33	33	0	238.0	112	92	31	169
Valdez, EfrainEfrain Valdez	0	0	1.50	7	0	0	6.0	1	1	3	1
Valdez, SergioSergio Valdez	1	0	5.51	6	0	0	16.1	11	10	5	11
Walker, MikeMike Walker	0	1	2.08	5	0	0	4.1	1	1	2	2
York, MikeMike York	1	4	6.75	14	4	0	34.2	29	26	19	19
Totals	57	105	4.23	162	162	33	1441.1	759	678	441	862

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Sandy Alomar, Jr., Catcher, Starter

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

References

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

External links

1991 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
1991 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

1991 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1991 MLB draft 1991 All-Star Game 1991 World Series

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