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1991 New York Yankees season

January 28, 2023

The 1991 New York Yankees season was the 89th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 71-91 finishing 20 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays. New York was managed by Stump Merrill. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

1991 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner and Robert Nederlander (managing general partner)
General manager(s)Gene Michael
Manager(s)Stump Merrill
Local televisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Tom Seaver, Bobby Murcer)
MSG
(Tony Kubek, Dewayne Staats, Al Trautwig)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(John Sterling, Joe Angel)
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Offseason

  • October 5, 1990: Wayne Tolleson was released by the New York Yankees.[1]
  • November 19, 1990: Tim Leary was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.[2]
  • December 3, 1990: Frank Seminara was drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 1990 rule 5 draft.[3]
  • December 31, 1990: Scott Sanderson was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Oakland Athletics.[4]
  • January 13, 1991: Rick Cerone was released by the New York Yankees.[5]
  • March 19, 1991: Torey Lovullo was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Mark Leiter.[6]

Regular season

  • Steve Sax led the Yankees with a .304 batting average, 198 hits, 85 runs, and 38 doubles.
  • April 11, 1991 – Roberto Kelly had 5 RBI in a game versus the Detroit Tigers.
  • June 23, 1991 – Roberto Kelly had 5 hits in a game versus the eventual World Champion Minnesota Twins.

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: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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 —


Detailed records

Notable transactions

  • April 1, 1991: Steve Balboni was released by the New York Yankees.[7]
  • April 5, 1991: Scott Lusader was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers.[8]
  • May 9, 1991: Andy Hawkins was released by the New York Yankees.[9]
  • May 17, 1991: Mike Blowers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and cash. The Seattle Mariners sent Jim Blueberg (minors) (June 22, 1991) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.[10]
  • May 25, 1991: Andy Pettite was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.[11]

Draft picks

  • With the first overall pick in the MLB draft, the New York Yankees selected Brien Taylor. He was a left-handed pitcher from Beaufort, North Carolina who competed at East Carteret High School.[12]
    • Notable Draft Picks
Round Pick Player Position Amateur Club
5 126 Lyle Mouton OF Louisiana State University
9 230 Keith Garagozzo LHP University of Delaware

[12]

Roster

1991 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other Positions

Manager

Coaches

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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Matt Nokes 135 456 122 .268 24 77
1B Don Mattingly 152 587 169 .288 9 68
2B Steve Sax 158 652 198 .304 10 56
3B Pat Kelly 96 298 72 .242 3 23
SS Álvaro Espinoza 148 480 123 .256 5 33
LF Mel Hall 141 492 140 .285 19 80
CF Bernie Williams 85 320 76 .238 3 34
RF Jesse Barfield 84 284 64 .225 17 48
DH Kevin Maas 148 500 110 .220 23 63

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Roberto Kelly 126 486 130 .267 20 69
Hensley Meulens 96 288 64 .222 6 29
Randy Velarde 80 184 45 .245 1 15
Bob Geren 64 128 28 .219 2 12
Pat Sheridan 62 113 23 .204 4 7
Jim Leyritz 32 77 14 .182 0 4
Torey Lovullo 22 51 9 .176 0 2
Mike Humphreys 25 40 8 .200 0 3
Carlos Rodríguez 15 37 7 .189 0 2
Mike Blowers 15 35 7 .200 1 1
John Ramos 10 26 8 .308 0 3
Scott Lusader 11 7 1 .143 0 1

Starting 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
Scott Sanderson 34 208.0 16 10 3.81 130
Jeff Johnson 23 127.0 6 11 5.95 62
Wade Taylor 23 116.1 7 12 6.27 72
Pascual Pérez 14 73.2 2 4 3.18 41
Dave Eiland 18 72.2 2 5 5.33 18
Scott Kamieniecki 9 55.1 4 4 3.90 34
Chuck Cary 10 53.1 1 6 5.91 34
Andy Hawkins 4 12.2 0 2 9.95 5
Mike Witt 2 5.1 0 1 10.13 0

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
Tim Leary 28 120.2 4 10 6.49 83
Eric Plunk 43 111.2 2 5 4.76 103
Alan Mills 6 16.1 1 1 4.41 11
Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Farr 60 5 5 23 2.19 60
Greg Cadaret 68 8 6 3 3.62 105
John Habyan 66 4 2 2 2.30 70
Lee Guetterman 64 3 4 6 3.68 35
Steve Howe 37 3 1 3 1.68 34
Rich Monteleone 26 3 1 0 3.64 34
Darrin Chapin 3 0 1 0 5.06 5
Álvaro Espinoza 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Albany-Colonie[13]

References

  1. ^ "Wayne Tolleson Stats".
  2. ^ Tim Leary Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Frank Seminara Stats".
  4. ^ Scott Sanderson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Rick Cerone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ "Torey Lovullo Stats".
  7. ^ Steve Balboni Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ "Scott Lusader Stats".
  9. ^ Andy Hawkins Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ Mike Blowers Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ^ Andy Pettitte Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ^ a b Baseball Draft: 1991 Yankees Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

  • 1991 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
  • 1991 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

January 28, 2023
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The 1991 New York Yankees season was the 89th season for the Yankees The team finished with a record of 71 91 finishing 20 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays New York was managed by Stump Merrill The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium 1991 New York YankeesMajor League affiliationsAmerican League since 1903 Eastern Division since 1969 LocationYankee Stadium since 1976 New York City since 1903 Other informationOwner s George Steinbrenner and Robert Nederlander managing general partner General manager s Gene MichaelManager s Stump MerrillLocal televisionWPIX Phil Rizzuto Tom Seaver Bobby Murcer MSG Tony Kubek Dewayne Staats Al Trautwig Local radioWABC AM John Sterling Joe Angel lt Previous season Next season gt Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Detailed records 2 4 Notable transactions 2 4 1 Draft picks 2 5 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 2 Starters by position 3 2 1 Other batters 3 3 Starting pitchers 3 3 1 Other pitchers 3 3 1 1 Relief pitchers 4 Farm system 5 References 6 External linksOffseason EditOctober 5 1990 Wayne Tolleson was released by the New York Yankees 1 November 19 1990 Tim Leary was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees 2 December 3 1990 Frank Seminara was drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 1990 rule 5 draft 3 December 31 1990 Scott Sanderson was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Oakland Athletics 4 January 13 1991 Rick Cerone was released by the New York Yankees 5 March 19 1991 Torey Lovullo was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Mark Leiter 6 Regular season EditSteve Sax led the Yankees with a 304 batting average 198 hits 85 runs and 38 doubles April 11 1991 Roberto Kelly had 5 RBI in a game versus the Detroit Tigers June 23 1991 Roberto Kelly had 5 hits in a game versus the eventual World Champion Minnesota Twins Season standings Edit vteAL East W L Pct GB Home RoadToronto Blue Jays 91 71 0 562 46 35 45 36Boston Red Sox 84 78 0 519 7 43 38 41 40Detroit Tigers 84 78 0 519 7 49 32 35 46Milwaukee Brewers 83 79 0 512 8 43 37 40 42New York Yankees 71 91 0 438 20 39 42 32 49Baltimore Orioles 67 95 0 414 24 33 48 34 47Cleveland Indians 57 105 0 352 34 30 52 27 53Record vs opponents Edit 1991 American League RecordsvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TORBaltimore 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 8Boston 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 4California 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 6Chicago 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 5Cleveland 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 12Detroit 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 8Kansas 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 7Milwaukee 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 7Minnesota 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 8New 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 7Oakland 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 6Seattle 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 7Texas 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 6Toronto 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 Detailed records Edit American LeagueOpponent W L WP RS RAAL EastBaltimore Orioles 8 5 0 615 59 55Boston Red Sox 7 6 0 538 55 53Cleveland Indians 7 6 0 538 54 42Detroit Tigers 5 8 0 385 69 77Milwaukee Brewers 7 6 0 538 61 64New York YankeesToronto Blue Jays 6 7 0 462 50 57Total 40 38 0 513 348 348AL WestCalifornia Angels 6 6 0 500 48 64Chicago White Sox 4 8 0 333 52 77Kansas City Royals 5 7 0 417 46 59Minnesota Twins 2 10 0 167 46 64Oakland Athletics 6 6 0 500 56 59Seattle Mariners 3 9 0 250 32 43Texas Rangers 5 7 0 417 46 63Total 31 53 0 369 326 429Season Total 71 91 0 438 674 777 Month Games Won Lost Win RS RAApril 17 6 11 0 353 79 93May 27 14 13 0 519 111 107June 27 13 14 0 481 123 122July 26 13 13 0 500 109 121August 31 12 19 0 387 137 183September 28 9 19 0 321 85 126October 6 4 2 0 667 30 25Total 162 71 91 0 438 674 777Games Won Lost Win RS RAHome 81 39 42 0 481 356 380Away 81 32 49 0 395 318 397Total 162 71 91 0 438 674 777 Notable transactions Edit April 1 1991 Steve Balboni was released by the New York Yankees 7 April 5 1991 Scott Lusader was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers 8 May 9 1991 Andy Hawkins was released by the New York Yankees 9 May 17 1991 Mike Blowers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and cash The Seattle Mariners sent Jim Blueberg minors June 22 1991 to the New York Yankees to complete the trade 10 May 25 1991 Andy Pettite was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent 11 Draft picks Edit With the first overall pick in the MLB draft the New York Yankees selected Brien Taylor He was a left handed pitcher from Beaufort North Carolina who competed at East Carteret High School 12 Notable Draft PicksRound Pick Player Position Amateur Club5 126 Lyle Mouton OF Louisiana State University9 230 Keith Garagozzo LHP University of Delaware 12 Roster Edit 1991 New York YankeesRosterPitchers 25 Greg Cadaret 51 Chuck Cary 60 Darrin Chapin 28 Dave Eiland 26 Steve Farr 35 Lee Guetterman 42 57 John Habyan 40 Andy Hawkins 57 Steve Howe 43 Jeff Johnson 40 Scott Kamieniecki 54 Tim Leary 50 Alan Mills 45 Rich Monteleone 34 Pascual Perez 33 Eric Plunk 21 Scott Sanderson 41 Wade Taylor 36 Mike Witt Catchers 53 Bob Geren 38 Matt Nokes 48 John RamosInfielders 14 Mike Blowers 20 Alvaro Espinoza 14 Pat Kelly 12 Jim Leyritz 13 43 Torey Lovullo 23 Don Mattingly 12 Carlos Rodriguez 6 Steve Sax 18 Randy Velarde Outfielders 29 Jesse Barfield 27 Mel Hall 36 Mike Humphreys 39 Roberto Kelly 17 Scott Lusader 31 Hensley Meulens 17 Pat Sheridan 51 Bernie WilliamsOther Positions 24 Kevin Maas Manager 22 Stump MerrillCoaches 52 Mark Connor 44 Mike Ferraro 47 Marc Hill 46 Frank Howard 41 Graig Nettles 48 11 Buck Showalter third base Player stats EditBatting Edit Starters by position Edit Note Pos Position G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg HR RBIC Matt Nokes 135 456 122 268 24 771B Don Mattingly 152 587 169 288 9 682B Steve Sax 158 652 198 304 10 563B Pat Kelly 96 298 72 242 3 23SS Alvaro Espinoza 148 480 123 256 5 33LF Mel Hall 141 492 140 285 19 80CF Bernie Williams 85 320 76 238 3 34RF Jesse Barfield 84 284 64 225 17 48DH Kevin Maas 148 500 110 220 23 63Other batters Edit Note G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg HR RBIRoberto Kelly 126 486 130 267 20 69Hensley Meulens 96 288 64 222 6 29Randy Velarde 80 184 45 245 1 15Bob Geren 64 128 28 219 2 12Pat Sheridan 62 113 23 204 4 7Jim Leyritz 32 77 14 182 0 4Torey Lovullo 22 51 9 176 0 2Mike Humphreys 25 40 8 200 0 3Carlos Rodriguez 15 37 7 189 0 2Mike Blowers 15 35 7 200 1 1John Ramos 10 26 8 308 0 3Scott Lusader 11 7 1 143 0 1Starting pitchers Edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOScott Sanderson 34 208 0 16 10 3 81 130Jeff Johnson 23 127 0 6 11 5 95 62Wade Taylor 23 116 1 7 12 6 27 72Pascual Perez 14 73 2 2 4 3 18 41Dave Eiland 18 72 2 2 5 5 33 18Scott Kamieniecki 9 55 1 4 4 3 90 34Chuck Cary 10 53 1 1 6 5 91 34Andy Hawkins 4 12 2 0 2 9 95 5Mike Witt 2 5 1 0 1 10 13 0Other pitchers Edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOTim Leary 28 120 2 4 10 6 49 83Eric Plunk 43 111 2 2 5 4 76 103Alan Mills 6 16 1 1 1 4 41 11Relief pitchers Edit Note G Games pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SOSteve Farr 60 5 5 23 2 19 60Greg Cadaret 68 8 6 3 3 62 105John Habyan 66 4 2 2 2 30 70Lee Guetterman 64 3 4 6 3 68 35Steve Howe 37 3 1 3 1 68 34Rich Monteleone 26 3 1 0 3 64 34Darrin Chapin 3 0 1 0 5 06 5Alvaro Espinoza 1 0 0 0 0 00 0Farm system EditSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League ManagerAAA Columbus Clippers International League Rick DownAA Albany Colonie Yankees Eastern League Dan RadisonA Prince William Cannons Carolina League Mike HartA Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Glenn SherlockA Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Trey HillmanA Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York Penn League Jack GillisRookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Ken DominguezLEAGUE CHAMPIONS Columbus Albany Colonie 13 References Edit Wayne Tolleson Stats Tim Leary Statistics Baseball Reference com Frank Seminara Stats Scott Sanderson Statistics Baseball Reference com Rick Cerone Statistics Baseball Reference com Torey Lovullo Stats Steve Balboni Statistics Baseball Reference com Scott Lusader Stats Andy Hawkins Statistics Baseball Reference com Mike Blowers Statistics Baseball Reference com Andy Pettitte Statistics Baseball Reference com a b Baseball Draft 1991 Yankees Picks in the June Draft Baseball Reference com Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd and 3rd editions Durham North Carolina Baseball America 1997 and 2007External links Edit1991 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1991 New York Yankees team page at www baseball almanac com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1991 New York Yankees season amp oldid 1130290165, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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