1991 Toronto Blue Jays season

1991 Toronto Blue Jays
1991 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s) Pat Gillick
Manager(s) Cito Gaston, Gene Tenace
Local television CFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Jim Hughson, Buck Martinez)
Local radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1991 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fifteenth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team's paid attendance of 4,001,527 led the major leagues, as the Jays became the first team in MLB history to draw four million fans in a season. Toronto lost the ALCS to the eventual world champion Minnesota Twins in five games.

Offseason

On December 4, 1990, the San Diego Padres and Blue Jays made one of the biggest blockbuster deals of the decade. The Padres traded second baseman Roberto Alomar and outfielder Joe Carter to the 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.[1] 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 Alomar. Gillick figured that with Garry Templeton in the twilight of his career, Fernández would be an adequate replacement.[1] Alomar feuded with Padres manager Greg Riddoch and the thinking was that Bip Roberts and Joey Cora could platoon at second base.[1] Over the next two seasons, Alomar and Carter would help the Blue Jays win the 1992 World Series and 1993 World Series.

Transactions

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1991 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

1991 Game Log
1991 Playoff Game Log

All-Star game

The Blue Jays hosted the 1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 62nd Midsummer Classic and was played on July 9 at SkyDome. Roberto Alomar was voted in as the starting second baseman for the American League, while pitcher Jimmy Key and outfielder Joe Carter were named as reserves on the AL team. Key got the win as the American League's All-Stars triumphed over the National League All-Stars, 4-2.

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

= Indicates team leader
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Myers, GregGreg Myers 107 309 81 .262 8 36
1B Olerud, JohnJohn Olerud 139 454 116 .256 17 68
2B Alomar, RobertoRoberto Alomar 161 637 188 .295 9 69
3B Gruber, KellyKelly Gruber 113 429 108 .252 20 65
SS Lee, ManuelManuel Lee 138 445 104 .234 0 29
LF Maldonado, CandyCandy Maldonado 52 177 49 .277 7 28
CF White, DevonDevon White 156 642 181 .282 17 60
RF Carter, JoeJoe Carter 162 638 174 .273 33 108
DH Mulliniks, RanceRance Mulliniks 97 240 60 .250 2 24

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Borders, PatPat Borders 105 291 71 .244 5 36
Wilson, MookieMookie Wilson 86 241 58 .241 2 28
Tabler, PatPat Tabler 82 185 40 .216 1 21
Sprague, EdEd Sprague 61 160 44 .275 4 20
Whiten, MarkMark Whiten 46 149 33 .221 2 19
Gonzales, ReneRene Gonzales 71 118 23 .195 1 6
Hill, GlenallenGlenallen Hill 35 99 25 .253 3 11
Ducey, RobRob Ducey 39 68 16 .235 1 4
Snyder, CoryCory Snyder 21 49 7 .143 0 6
Parker, DaveDave Parker 13 36 12 .333 0 3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Stottlemyre, ToddTodd Stottlemyre 34 219 15 8 3.78 116
Key, JimmyJimmy Key 33 209 16 12 3.05 125
Guzmán, JuanJuan Guzmán 23 138⅔ 10 3 2.99 123
Candiotti, TomTom Candiotti 19 129⅔ 6 7 2.98 81
Stieb, DaveDave Stieb 9 59⅔ 4 3 3.17 29
Boucher, DenisDenis Boucher 7 35⅓ 0 3 4.58 16

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Wells, DavidDavid Wells 40 198⅓ 15 10 3.72 106
Fraser, WillieWillie Fraser 13 26⅓ 0 2 6.15 12
Hentgen, PatPat Hentgen 3 7⅓ 0 0 2.45 3

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Henke, TomTom Henke 49 0 2 32 2.32 53
Ward, DuaneDuane Ward 81 7 6 23 2.77 132
Timlin, MikeMike Timlin 63 11 6 3 3.16 85
Acker, JimJim Acker 54 3 5 1 5.20 44
MacDonald, BobBob MacDonald 45 3 3 0 2.85 24
Weathers, DavidDavid Weathers 15 1 0 0 4.91 13
Dayley, KenKen Dayley 8 0 0 0 6.23 3
Horsman, VinceVince Horsman 4 0 0 0 0.00 2
Weston, MickeyMickey Weston 2 0 0 0 0.00 1

ALCS

Game 1

October 8, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 000 103 000 493
Minnesota 221 000 00X 5110
W: Jack Morris (1-0)   L: Tom Candiotti (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (1)
HR: None

Game 2

October 9, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 102 000 200 590
Minnesota 001 001 000 251
W: Juan Guzmán (1-0)   L: Kevin Tapani (0-1)  S: Duane Ward (1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 11, Skydome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Minnesota 000 011 000 1 370
Toronto 200 000 000 0 251
W: Mark Guthrie (1-0)   L: Mike Timlin (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (2)
HR: MIN – Mike Pagliarulo (1)   TOR – Joe Carter (1)

Game 4

October 12, Skydome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 000 402 111 9131
Toronto 010 001 001 3112
W: Jack Morris (2-0)   L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)  
HR: MIN – Kirby Puckett (1)

Game 5

October 13, Skydome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 110 003 030 8142
Toronto 003 200 000 591
W: David West (1-0)   L: Duane Ward (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (3)
HR: MIN – Kirby Puckett (2)

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Bailor
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League John Stearns
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Dennis Holmberg
A Myrtle Beach Hurricanes South Atlantic League Garth Iorg
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League Doug Ault
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Omar Malavé
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League J. J. Cannon

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.261, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-023978-2
  2. ↑ Jim Eppard at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Ken Dayley at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Devon White at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Roberto Alomar at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Pat Tabler at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Paul Kilgus at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Shawn Green at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Jeff Ware at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Dante Powell at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Chris Stynes at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Alex Gonzalez at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ Kenny Williams at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Glenallen Hill at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ Cory Snyder at Baseball Reference
  16. ↑ Candy Maldonado at Baseball Reference
  17. ↑ Dave Parker at Baseball Reference
  18. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  19. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=TOR&year=1991
  20. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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