1991 Baltimore Orioles season explained

Baltimore Orioles
Season:	1991
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Memorial Stadium
City:	Baltimore, Maryland
Record:	67–95 (.414)
Divisional Place:	6th
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)

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.

Offseason

October 10, 1990: Dorn Taylor was released by the Orioles.^[2]
December 12, 1990: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[3]
December 14, 1990: Mickey Weston was traded by the Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays for Paul Kilgus.^[4]
January 1, 1991: Roy Smith was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[5]
January 10, 1991: Curt Schilling, Steve Finley and Pete Harnisch were traded by the Orioles to the Houston Astros for Glenn Davis.^[6]
January 11, 1991: Mickey Tettleton was traded by the Orioles to the Detroit Tigers for Jeff Robinson.^[7]
March 31, 1991: Pete Rose Jr. was traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Borowski.^[8]

Regular season

April 13, 1991: Cal Ripken Jr. had 7 RBI in game versus the Texas Rangers.
May 15, 1991: President George H.W. Bush attended a baseball game in Baltimore with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The two saw the Oakland Athletics play the Baltimore Orioles for two innings.^[9]
July 13, 1991, Bob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Gregg Olson combined for a no-hitter versus the Oakland Athletics.^[10]
Cal Ripken Jr. became the fourth shortstop in the history of Major League Baseball to have 30 home runs in one season and won the AL MVP award.
Cal Ripken Jr. won the Gold Glove in 1991 after missing out in 1990 even though he set the single season record for both the fewest errors by a shortstop (3) and also the record for most total chances in a single season.

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 2, 1991: Mike Flanagan was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[11]
April 7, 1991: Ernie Whitt was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.^[12]
June 3, 1991: Alex Ochoa was drafted by the Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 10, 1991.^[13]

Roster

1991 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	OutfieldersOther batters	ManagerCoaches (Bullpen) (Pitching) (Hitting) (First Base) (Bench) (Third Base)

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	107	341	83	.243	11	31
1B	141	483	127	.263	16	70
2B	104	287	62	.216	0	14
3B	118	391	91	.233	16	45
SS	162	650	210	.323	34	114
LF	143	486	135	.278	5	43
CF	149	608	158	.260	19	59
RF	101	270	73	.270	6	38
DH	121	317	74	.233	23	61

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
113	256	59	.230	2	27
79	228	57	.250	1	23
67	216	58	.269	13	33
86	212	59	.278	2	22
100	209	36	.172	1	15
79	206	42	.204	7	18
49	176	40	.227	10	28
31	102	23	.225	4	12
35	62	15	.242	0	3
19	54	11	.204	0	2
16	41	7	.171	0	2
6	8	1	.125	0	0
4	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
31	184.0	10	9	4.01	108
21	126.1	6	8	4.84	85
26	123.2	6	12	5.60	37
23	123.2	6	11	5.97	64
21	104.1	4	9	5.18	65
12	87.2	4	5	2.87	52
17	80.1	5	4	5.60	25
8	36.0	0	3	8.00	23

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
22	84.0	4	8	7.07	38
9	26.2	0	0	4.05	24
4	11.0	0	0	4.09	10

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
72	4	6	31	3.18	72
65	5	5	4	4.48	53
64	2	7	3	2.38	55
51	7	3	3	1.87	77
38	0	2	1	5.08	32
24	3	2	0	2.00	34
19	1	0	0	9.00	10
5	0	1	0	16.88	3
2	0	0	0	4.50	1

Awards and honors

Cal Ripken Jr., American League Most Valuable Player
Cal Ripken Jr., All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
Cal Ripken Jr., Winner, All-Star Game Home Run Hitting Contest
Cal Ripken Jr., Rawlings Gold Glove Award
Joe Orsulak, Led American League, 22 Outfield Assists

All-Star Game

Cal Ripken Jr., shortstop

Farm system

References

Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.153, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/taylodo01.shtml Dorn Taylor
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frohwto01.shtml Todd Frohwirth
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kilgupa01.shtml Paul Kilgus
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithro01.shtml Roy Smith
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schilcu01.shtml Curt Schilling
https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tettlmi01.shtml Mickey Tettleton
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosepe02.shtml Pete Rose Jr.
Web site: President George Bush Baseball Game Attendance Log.
100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, pp.210-11
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/flanami01.shtml Mike Flanagan
https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitter01.shtml Ernie Whitt
https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ochoaal01.shtml Alex Ochoa
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1991 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
1991 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com