1991 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1991 throughout the world.

Champions

Major League Baseball

  League Championship Series
CBS
World Series
CBS
                 
East  Toronto Blue Jays 1  
West  Minnesota Twins 4  
    AL  Minnesota Twins 4
  NL  Atlanta Braves 3
East  Pittsburgh Pirates 3
West  Atlanta Braves 4  

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Julio Franco TEX .341 Terry Pendleton ATL .319
HR José Canseco OAK
Cecil Fielder DET
44 Howard Johnson NYM 38
RBI Cecil Fielder DET 133 Howard Johnson NYM 117
Wins Scott Erickson MIN
Bill Gullickson DET
20 Tom Glavine ATL
John Smiley PIT
20
ERA Roger Clemens BOS 2.62 Dennis Martínez MON 2.39

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Toronto Blue Jays 91   71 .562    --
2nd Boston Red Sox 84   78 .519   7.0
2nd Detroit Tigers 84   78 .519   7.0
4th Milwaukee Brewers 83   79 .512   8.0
5th New York Yankees 71   91 .438 20.0
6th Baltimore Orioles 67   95 .414 24.0
7th Cleveland Indians 57 105 .352 34.0
West Division
1st Minnesota Twins 95   67 .586    --
2nd Chicago White Sox 87   75 .537   8.0
3rd Texas Rangers 85   77 .525 10.0
4th Oakland Athletics 84   78 .519 11.0
5th Seattle Mariners 83   79 .512 12.0
6th Kansas City Royals 82   80 .506 13.0
7th California Angels 81   81 .500 14.0

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Pittsburgh Pirates 98 64 .605    --
2nd St. Louis Cardinals 84 78 .519 14.0
3rd Chicago Cubs 77 83 .481 20.0
4th Philadelphia Phillies 78 84 .481 20.0
5th New York Mets 77 84 .478 20.5
6th Montreal Expos 71 90 .441 26.5
West Division
1st Atlanta Braves 94 68 .580    --
2nd Los Angeles Dodgers 93 69 .574   1.0
3rd San Diego Padres 84 78 .519 10.0
4th San Francisco Giants 75 87 .463 19.0
5th Cincinnati Reds 74 88 .457 20.0
6th Houston Astros 65 97 .401 29.0

Managers

American League

Team Manager Comments
Baltimore Orioles Frank Robinson Replaced during the season by Johnny Oates
Boston Red Sox Joe Morgan
California Angels Doug Rader Replaced during the season by Buck Rodgers
Chicago White Sox Jeff Torborg
Cleveland Indians John McNamara Replaced during the season by Mike Hargrove
Detroit Tigers Sparky Anderson
Kansas City Royals John Wathan Replaced during the season by Hal McRae
Milwaukee Brewers Tom Trebelhorn
Minnesota Twins Tom Kelly Won the World Series
New York Yankees Stump Merrill
Oakland Athletics Tony La Russa
Seattle Mariners Jim Lefebvre
Texas Rangers Bobby Valentine
Toronto Blue Jays Cito Gaston Replaced temporarily by Gene Tenace while undergoing treatment for a herniated disc

National League

Team Manager Comments
Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox Won National League pennant
Chicago Cubs Don Zimmer Replaced during the season by Jim Essian
Cincinnati Reds Lou Piniella
Houston Astros Art Howe
Los Angeles Dodgers Tommy Lasorda
Montreal Expos Buck Rodgers Replaced during the season by Tom Runnels
New York Mets Bud Harrelson Replaced during the season by Mike Cubbage
Philadelphia Phillies Nick Leyva Replaced during the season by Jim Fregosi
Pittsburgh Pirates Jim Leyland
St. Louis Cardinals Joe Torre
San Diego Padres Greg Riddoch
San Francisco Giants Roger Craig

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Movies

Births

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February

March

April

May

June

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September

October

November

December

Deaths

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June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Sources

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