1991 Baltimore Orioles season

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1991 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Memorial Stadium (since 1954)
  • Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Eli Jacobs
General manager(s)Roland Hemond
Manager(s)Frank Robinson and Johnny Oates
Local televisionWMAR-TV
(Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau, Jim Palmer)
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Ken Levine)
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The Baltimore Orioles at play during a home game at Memorial Stadium in 1991.

The 1991 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. Cal Ripken. Jr. would be the first shortstop in the history of the American League to win two MVP awards in a career.[1] This was also the Orioles' last year at Memorial Stadium, as they would move into Oriole Park at Camden Yards the following year.

Offseason[]

  • October 10, 1990: Dorn Taylor was released by the Orioles.[2]
  • December 12, 1990: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[3]
  • December 14, 1990: Mickey Weston was traded by the Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays for Paul Kilgus.[4]
  • January 1, 1991: Roy Smith was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[5]
  • January 10, 1991: Curt Schilling, Steve Finley and Pete Harnisch were traded by the Orioles to the Houston Astros for Glenn Davis.[6]
  • January 11, 1991: Mickey Tettleton was traded by the Orioles to the Detroit Tigers for Jeff Robinson.[7]
  • March 31, 1991: Pete Rose, Jr. was traded by the Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Joe Borowski.[8]

Regular season[]

  • April 13, 1991: Cal Ripken, Jr. had 7 RBI in game versus the Texas Rangers.
  • May 15, 1991: President George H.W. Bush attended a baseball game in Baltimore with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The two saw the Oakland Athletics play the Baltimore Orioles for two innings.[9]
  • July 13, 1991, Bob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Gregg Olson combined for a no-hitter versus the Oakland Athletics.[10]
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. became the fourth shortstop in the history of Major League Baseball to have 30 home runs in one season and won the AL MVP award.
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. won the Gold Glove in 1991 after missing out in 1990 even though he set the single season record for both fewest errors by a Shortstop(3) and also the record for most balls fielded in a single season.

Opening Day starters[]

Season standings[]

  • v
  • t
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
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  • t

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 —


Notable transactions[]

  • April 2, 1991: Mike Flanagan was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[11]
  • April 7, 1991: Ernie Whitt was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[12]
  • June 3, 1991: Alex Ochoa was drafted by the Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 10, 1991.[13]

Roster[]

1991 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • 28 Chris Hoiles
  •  2 Bob Melvin
  • 41 Jeff Tackett
  • 11 Ernie Whitt

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

= Indicates team leader

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 Chris Hoiles 107 341 83 .243 11 31
1B Randy Milligan 141 483 127 .263 16 70
2B Billy Ripken 104 287 62 .216 0 14
3B Leo Gómez 118 391 91 .233 16 45
SS Cal Ripken, Jr. 162 650 210 .323 34 114
LF Joe Orsulak 143 486 135 .278 5 43
CF Mike Devereaux 149 608 158 .260 19 59
RF Dwight Evans 101 270 73 .270 6 38
DH Sam Horn 121 317 74 .233 23 61

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
Brady Anderson 113 256 59 .230 2 27
Bob Melvin 79 228 57 .250 1 23
Chito Martínez 67 216 58 .269 13 33
David Segui 86 212 59 .278 2 22
Juan Bell 100 209 36 .172 1 15
Tim Hulett 79 206 42 .204 7 18
Glenn Davis 49 176 40 .227 10 28
Craig Worthington 31 102 23 .225 4 12
Ernie Whitt 35 62 15 .242 0 3
Luis Mercedes 19 54 11 .204 0 2
Jeff McKnight 16 41 7 .171 0 2
Jeff Tackett 6 8 1 .125 0 0
Shane Turner 4 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[]

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
Bob Milacki 31 184 10 9 4.01 108
Ben McDonald 21 126.1 6 8 4.84 85
Jeff Ballard 26 123.2 6 12 5.60 37
José Mesa 23 123.2 6 11 5.97 64
Jeff Robinson 21 104.1 4 9 5.18 65
Mike Mussina 12 87.2 4 5 2.87 52
Roy Smith 17 80.1 5 4 5.60 25
Arthur Rhodes 8 36 0 3 8.00 23

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
Dave Johnson 22 84 4 8 7.07 38
Anthony Telford 9 26.2 0 0 4.05 24
Stacy Jones 4 11 0 0 4.09 10

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
Gregg Olson 72 4 6 31 3.18 72
Mark Williamson 65 5 5 4 4.48 53
Mike Flanagan 64 2 7 3 2.38 55
Todd Frohwirth 51 7 3 3 1.87 77
Paul Kilgus 38 0 2 1 5.08 32
Jim Poole 24 3 2 0 2.00 34
Kevin Hickey 19 1 0 0 9.00 10
José Bautista 5 0 1 0 16.88 3
Francisco de la Rosa 2 0 0 0 4.50 1

Awards and honors[]

  • Cal Ripken, Jr., American League Most Valuable Player
  • Cal Ripken, Jr., All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
  • Cal Ripken, Jr., Winner, All-Star Game Home Run Hitting Contest
  • Cal Ripken, Jr., Rawlings Gold Glove Award
  • Joe Orsulak, Led American League, 22 Outfield Assists

All-Star Game

  • Cal Ripken, Jr., Shortstop

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Greg Biagini
AA Hagerstown Suns Eastern League Jerry Narron
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Wally Moon
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Gus Gil
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Ed Napoleon

[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.153, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ^ Dorn Taylor at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Todd Frohwirth at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Paul Kilgus at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Roy Smith at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Curt Schilling at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Mickey Tettleton at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Pete Rose, Jr. at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ "President George Bush Baseball Game Attendance Log".
  10. ^ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, pp.210-11
  11. ^ Mike Flanagan at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ Ernie Whitt at Baseball-Reference
  13. ^ Alex Ochoa at Baseball-Reference
  14. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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