1991 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1991
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Jack Murphy Stadium
City:	San Diego
Divisional Place:	3rd
Owners:	Tom Werner
General Managers:	Joe McIlvaine
Managers:	Greg Riddoch
Television:	KUSI-TV (Rick Monday, Jerry Coleman) San Diego Cable Sports Network (Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner) XHBJ-TV (Rafael Munoz, Victor Villa)
Radio:	KFMB (AM) (Bob Chandler, Jerry Coleman, Rick Monday, Ted Leitner) XEXX (Gustavo Lopez, Jr., Gustavo Lopez Moreno, Mario Thomas Zapiain)

The 1991 San Diego Padres season was the 23rd season in franchise history.

Offseason

December 3, 1990: Frank Seminara was drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 1990 rule 5 draft.^[1]
December 12, 1990: Mark Parent was traded by the Padres to the Texas Rangers for Scott Coolbaugh.^[2]
February 8, 1991: Jim Vatcher was selected off waivers by the Padres from the Atlanta Braves.^[3]

Blockbuster Deal

On December 4, 1990, the Padres traded second baseman Roberto Alomar and outfielder Joe Carter to the Toronto 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.^[4] 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 Roberto Alomar. Gillick figured that with Garry Templeton in the twilight of his career, Fernández would be an adequate replacement.^[4] Alomar feuded with Padres manager Greg Riddoch and the thinking was that Bip Roberts and Joey Cora could platoon at second base.^[4] Alomar and Carter would go on to help the Toronto Blue Jays win the 1992 World Series and 1993 World Series.

Regular season

Atlanta Braves pitchers Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena combined for a no-hitter on September 11, 1991 in a 1-0 shutout win over the San Diego Padres. The 13th no-hitter in Braves franchise history, attendance was 20,477 at Fulton-County Stadium.^[5]

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 5, 1991: Mike Aldrete was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[7]
May 10, 1991: Mike Aldrete was released by the San Diego Padres.
July 30, 1991: Shawn Abner was traded by the Padres to the California Angels for Jack Howell.^[8]

Roster

1991 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches (third base) (first base)

Player stats

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	152	580	155	.267	17	87
1B	153	528	147	.278	31	106
2B	117	424	119	.281	3	32
3B	60	180	39	.217	2	15
SS	145	558	152	.272	4	38
LF	118	369	84	.228	10	47
CF	122	359	94	.262	21	49
RF	134	530	168	.317	4	62

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
97	307	70	.228	11	42
106	281	70	.249	4	22
58	160	33	.206	6	16
57	130	23	.177	0	7
53	115	19	.165	1	5
44	107	26	.243	2	8
37	91	25	.275	1	6
20	59	8	.136	1	5
38	58	11	.190	0	3
38	57	14	.246	0	9
32	57	11	.193	1	6
17	36	8	.222	0	2
15	26	7	.269	0	5
17	20	4	.200	0	2
12	16	3	.188	1	3
12	15	0	.000	0	1
11	12	1	.083	0	1
11	7	2	.286	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
33	223.0	15	11	3.03	167
31	221.2	15	8	3.29	141
24	146.2	6	13	3.74	75
20	133.0	9	5	2.23	95
13	78.2	4	6	5.03	40
13	54.2	3	4	4.45	37
11	54.0	4	6	4.83	31
6	22.0	3	2	11.05	15
1	4.2	0	1	5.79	1

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	31	93.2	8	5	3.27	60
	6	14.1	0	2	8.79	7

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
54	1	6	23	3.91	48
64	7	2	5	2.46	57
64	3	1	0	3.26	40
38	3	4	13	2.30	40
27	1	0	0	3.09	24
14	0	1	1	7.08	9
12	1	0	0	3.77	8
12	0	0	0	4.15	10
10	1	1	0	6.94	6
9	0	0	2	0.00	9
2	0	0	0	9.00	1
1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Awards and honors

1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

External links

1991 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
1991 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

Web site: Frank Seminara Stats Baseball-Reference.com.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coolbsc01.shtml Scott Coolbaugh
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vatchji01.shtml Jim Vatcher
Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.261, Penguin Books,
100 Things Braves Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die: Revised and Updated, Jack Wilkinson, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2019, ISBN 978-1-62937-694-3, p.172
Web site: 1991 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac .
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aldremi01.shtml Mike Aldrete
https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abnersh01.shtml Shawn Abner
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007