1991 Cleveland Indians season

1991 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932);
	Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)	Hank Peters, John Hart
Manager(s)	John McNamara, Mike Hargrove
Local television	WUAB · SportsChannel
Local radio	WWWE
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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

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	91	71	.562	--
Boston Red Sox	84	78	.519	7
Detroit Tigers	84	78	.519	7
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	8
New York Yankees	71	91	.438	20
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	34
Cleveland Indians	57	105	.352	34

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.^[1]
July 26, 1991: Brook Jacoby was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Lee Tinsley and Apolinar Garcia (minors).^[12]

Roster

1991 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12 Mike Hargrove
1 John McNamara

Coaches

25 Rich Dauer
12 Mike Hargrove
13 Luis Isaac
34 José Morales (hitting)
35 Mark Wiley (pitching)
51 Billy Williams

Player stats

Batters

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	Skinner, JoelJoel Skinner	99	284	69	.243	1	24
1B	Jacoby, BrookBrook Jacoby	66	231	54	.234	4	24
2B	Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga	158	593	171	.268	11	69
3B	Manto, JeffJeff Manto	47	128	27	.211	2	13
SS	Fermín, FélixFélix Fermín	129	424	111	.262	0	31
LF	Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	123	461	130	.282	28	95
CF	Cole, AlexAlex Cole	122	387	114	.295	0	27
RF	Whiten, MarkMark Whiten	70	258	66	.256	7	26
DH	James, ChrisChris James	115	437	104	.238	5	31

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lewis, MarkMark Lewis	84	314	83	.264	0	30
Browne, JerryJerry Browne	107	290	66	.234	1	29
Martínez, CarlosCarlos Martínez	72	257	73	.284	5	30
Alomar, Jr., SandySandy Alomar, Jr.	51	184	40	.217	0	7
Aldrete, MikeMike Aldrete	85	183	48	.262	1	19
Huff, MikeMike Huff	51	146	35	.240	2	10
Allred, BeauBeau Allred	48	125	29	.232	3	12
Hill, GlenallenGlenallen Hill	37	122	32	.262	5	14
Jefferson, ReggieReggie Jefferson	26	101	20	.198	2	12
Ward, TurnerTurner Ward	40	100	23	.230	0	5
Thome, JimJim Thome	27	98	25	.255	1	9
Lopez, LuisLuis Lopez	35	82	18	.220	0	7
González, JoséJosé González	33	69	11	.159	1	4
Magallanes, EverEver Magallanes	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nagy, CharlesCharles Nagy	33	211.1	10	15	4.13	109
Swindell, GregGreg Swindell	33	238	9	16	3.48	169
King, EricEric King	25	150.2	6	11	4.80	59
Candiotti, TomTom Candiotti	15	108.1	7	6	2.24	86
Otto, DaveDave Otto	18	100.0	2	8	4.23	47
Boucher, DenisDenis Boucher	5	22.2	1	4	8.34	13
Mutis, JeffJeff Mutis	3	12.1	0	3	11.68	6
Gozzo, MauroMauro Gozzo	2	4.2	0	0	19.29	3

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nichols, RodRod Nichols	31	137.1	2	11	3.54	76
Blair, WillieWillie Blair	11	36	2	3	6.75	13
York, MikeMike York	14	34.2	1	4	6.75	19

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games played; W = Wins ; L = Losses ; SV = Saves ; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Olin, SteveSteve Olin	48	3	6	17	3.36	38
Hillegas, ShawnShawn Hillegas	51	3	4	7	4.34	66
Orosco, JesseJesse Orosco	47	2	0	0	3.74	36
Jones, DougDoug Jones	36	4	8	7	5.54	48
Shaw, JeffJeff Shaw	29	0	5	0	3.36	31
Bell, EricEric Bell	10	4	0	0	0.50	7
Valdez, EfrainEfrain Valdez	7	0	0	0	1.50	1
Valdez, SergioSergio Valdez	6	1	0	0	5.51	11
Egloff, BruceBruce Egloff	6	0	0	0	4.76	8

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Sandy Alomar, Jr., Catcher, Starter

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kinston^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b Mike Huff page at Baseball Reference
^ Shawn Hillegas page at Baseball Reference
^ Luis Lopez page at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Otto page at Baseball Reference
^ Troy Neel page at Baseball Reference
^ "BASEBALL; Twins End Brewers' Streak at 4 As Starter's Sour Streak Ends, Too". New York Times. May 5, 1991.
^ Mike Aldrete page at Baseball Reference
^ Paul Byrd page at Baseball Reference
^ Reggie Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
^ Glenallen Hill page at Baseball Reference
^ Stan Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
^ Brook Jacoby page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

[huff-1] Mike Huff page at Baseball Reference

[2] Shawn Hillegas page at Baseball Reference

[3] Luis Lopez page at Baseball Reference

[4] Dave Otto page at Baseball Reference

[5] Troy Neel page at Baseball Reference

[6] "BASEBALL; Twins End Brewers' Streak at 4 As Starter's Sour Streak Ends, Too". New York Times. May 5, 1991.

[7] Mike Aldrete page at Baseball Reference

[8] Paul Byrd page at Baseball Reference

[9] Reggie Jefferson page at Baseball Reference

[10] Glenallen Hill page at Baseball Reference

[11] Stan Jefferson page at Baseball Reference

[12] Brook Jacoby page at Baseball Reference

[13] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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