1991 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1991
League:	American League
Division:	East
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

The 1991 Cleveland Indians season was the 91st season for the franchise. The Indians lost 105 games, the most losses in franchise history.

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

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

Game log

|- style="text-align:center;"| 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.
July 26, 1991: Brook Jacoby was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Lee Tinsley and Apolinar Garcia (minors).^[12]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
	Name	Position
2		CF
14		2B
7		DH
8		LF
15		C
26		1B
9		3B
16		SS
23		RF
21		P

^[13]

Roster

1991 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

(third base)
(first base)
(bullpen)
(hitting)
(pitching)
(bench)
(first base after Hargrove was promoted to manager)

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
align=left		85	183	22	48	6	1	1	19	.262	1
align=left		48	125	17	29	3	0	3	12	.232	2
align=left		51	184	10	40	9	0	0	7	.217	0
align=left		158	593	80	171	28	2	11	69	.288	3
align=left		123	461	60	130	31	2	28	95	.282	3
align=left		107	290	28	66	5	2	1	29	.228	2
align=left		122	387	58	114	17	3	0	21	.295	27
align=left		10	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	.200	0
align=left		129	424	30	111	13	2	0	31	.262	5
align=left		33	69	10	11	2	1	1	4	.159	8
align=left		37	122	15	32	3	0	5	14	.262	4
align=left		51	146	28	35	6	1	2	10	.240	11
align=left		66	231	14	54	9	1	4	24	.234	0
align=left		115	437	31	104	16	2	5	41	.238	3
align=left		26	101	10	20	3	0	2	12	.198	0
align=left		21	43	4	9	2	0	0	5	.209	1
align=left		84	314	29	83	15	1	0	30	.264	2
align=left		35	82	7	18	4	1	0	7	.220	0
align=left		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
align=left		47	128	15	27	7	0	2	13	.211	2
align=left		72	257	22	73	14	0	5	30	.284	3
align=left		5	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.063	0
align=left		17	22	4	8	2	0	0	0	.364	0
align=left		99	284	23	69	14	0	1	24	.243	0
align=left		26	66	5	16	2	1	0	8	.242	0
align=left		27	98	7	25	4	2	1	9	.255	1
align=left		40	100	11	23	7	0	0	5	.230	0
align=left		13	32	2	4	0	0	0	0	.125	2
align=left		70	258	34	66	14	4	7	26	.256	4
Team Totals	162	5470	576	1390	236	26	79	546	.254	84

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; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
align=left		4	0	0.50	10	0	0	18.0	5	2	1	5	7
align=left		2	3	6.75	11	5	0	36.0	58	27	27	10	13
align=left		1	4	8.34	5	5	0	22.2	35	21	21	8	13
align=left		7	6	2.24	15	15	0	108.1	88	35	27	28	86
align=left		0	0	4.76	6	0	0	5.2	8	3	3	4	8
align=left		0	0	19.29	2	2	0	4.2	9	10	10	7	3
align=left		3	4	4.34	51	3	7	83.0	67	42	40	46	66
align=left		4	8	5.54	36	4	7	63.1	87	42	39	17	48
align=left		6	11	4.60	25	24	0	150.2	166	83	77	44	59
align=left		0	0	9.64	7	0	0	4.2	7	5	5	4	3
align=left		0	0	17.36	4	0	0	4.2	10	9	9	6	4
align=left		0	3	11.68	3	3	0	12.1	23	16	16	7	6
align=left		10	15	4.13	33	33	0	211.1	228	103	97	66	109
align=left		2	11	3.54	31	16	1	137.1	145	63	54	30	76
align=left		3	6	3.36	48	0	17	56.1	61	26	21	23	38
align=left		2	0	3.74	47	0	0	45.2	52	20	19	15	36
align=left		2	8	4.23	18	14	0	100.0	108	52	47	27	47
align=left		0	0	16.20	5	0	0	5.0	10	12	9	7	7
align=left		0	5	3.36	29	1	1	72.1	72	34	27	27	31
align=left		9	16	3.48	33	33	0	238.0	241	112	92	31	169
align=left		0	0	1.50	7	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	3	1
align=left		1	0	5.51	6	0	0	16.1	15	11	10	5	11
align=left		0	1	2.08	5	0	0	4.1	6	1	1	2	2
align=left		1	4	6.75	14	4	0	34.2	45	29	26	19	19
Team Totals	57	105	4.23	162	162	33	1441.1	1551	759	678	441	862

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Sandy Alomar Jr., catcher, starter

Farm system

External links

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

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huffmi01.shtml Mike Huff
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillesh01.shtml Shawn Hillegas
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lopezlu01.shtml Luis Lopez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ottoda01.shtml Dave Otto
https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/neeltr01.shtml Troy Neel
News: BASEBALL; Twins End Brewers' Streak at 4 As Starter's Sour Streak Ends, Too . New York Times . May 5, 1991 .
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aldremi01.shtml Mike Aldrete
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/byrdpa01.shtml Paul Byrd
https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jeffere01.shtml Reggie Jefferson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillgl01.shtml Glenallen Hill
https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jeffest01.shtml Stan Jefferson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacobbr01.shtml Brook Jacoby
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA199104080.shtml 1991 Opening Day Lineup
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007