1991 Detroit Tigers season

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1991 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Monaghan
General manager(s)Joe McDonald
Manager(s)Sparky Anderson
Local televisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Local radioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The 1991 Detroit Tigers finished in second place in the American League East with a record of 83-79 (.519). They outscored their opponents 817 to 794. The Tigers drew 1,641,661 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1991, ranking 12th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Offseason[]

  • November 26, 1990: John Shelby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[1]
  • December 3, 1990: Bill Gullickson was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[2]
  • December 3, 1990: Buddy Groom was drafted by the Tigers from the Chicago White Sox in the 1990 minor league draft.[3]
  • January 11, 1991: Jeff Robinson was traded by the Tigers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mickey Tettleton.[4]
  • January 21, 1991: Skeeter Barnes was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[5]
  • March 19, 1991: Torey Lovullo was traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees for Mark Leiter.[6]

Regular season[]

  • In 1991, Cecil Fielder led all of baseball in home runs (44) and RBIs (133) for the second consecutive season. Once again, he finished second in the MVP voting. The MVP award was given to Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. Angry over missing out on the honor for the second straight season, Fielder lashed out at the voters, going so far as to accuse them of racism in their selection of Ripken, who was white.[7]
  • During the season, Bill Gullickson would be the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Tigers in the 20th Century.[8]

Season standings[]

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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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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 —


Opening Day lineup[]

[9]
DH Tony Phillips
LF Lloyd Moseby
SS Alan Trammell
1B Cecil Fielder
2B Lou Whitaker
RF Rob Deer
C Mickey Tettleton
3B Travis Fryman
CF Milt Cuyler

Notable transactions[]

  • April 5, 1991: Scott Lusader was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the New York Yankees.[10]
  • June 3, 1991: Kevin Morgan was drafted by the Tigers in the 30th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft.[11]
  • June 11, 1991: Jeff Kaiser was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[12]
  • August 5, 1991: John Moses was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[13]
  • August 13, 1991: John Shelby was released by the Tigers.[1]
  • August 25, 1991: John Moses was released by the Tigers.[13]

Roster[]

1991 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • 11 Sparky Anderson

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 Mickey Tettleton 154 501 132 .263 31 89
1B Cecil Fielder 162 624 163 .261 44 133
2B Lou Whitaker 138 470 131 .279 23 78
3B Travis Fryman 149 557 144 .259 21 91
SS Alan Trammell 101 375 93 .248 9 55
LF Lloyd Moseby 74 260 68 .262 6 35
CF Milt Cuyler 154 475 122 .257 3 33
RF Rob Deer 134 448 80 .179 25 64
DH Pete Incaviglia 97 337 72 .214 11 38

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
Tony Phillips 146 564 160 .284 17 72
Dave Bergman 86 194 46 .237 7 29
Skeeter Barnes 75 159 46 .289 5 17
Andy Allanson 60 151 35 .232 1 16
John Shelby 53 143 22 .154 3 8
Scott Livingstone 44 127 37 .291 2 11
Mark Salas 33 57 5 .088 1 7
Luis de los Santos 16 30 5 .167 0 0
John Moses 13 21 1 .048 0 1
Shawn Hare 9 19 1 .053 0 0
Johnny Paredes 16 18 6 .333 0 0
Tony Bernazard 6 12 2 .167 0 0
Rich Rowland 4 4 1 .250 0 1

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
Bill Gullickson 35 226.1 20 9 3.90 91
Walt Terrell 35 218.2 12 14 4.24 80
Frank Tanana 33 217.1 13 12 3.77 107
Scott Aldred 11 57.1 2 4 5.18 35

Other pitchers[]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Leiter 38 134.2 9 7 4.21 103
John Cerutti 38 88.2 3 6 4.57 29
Dan Gakeler 31 73.2 1 4 5.74 43
Dan Petry 17 54.2 2 3 4.94 18
Steve Searcy 16 40.2 1 2 8.41 32
Rusty Meacham 10 27.2 2 1 5.20 14
Kevin Ritz 11 15.1 0 3 11.74 9

Relief pitchers[]

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

Player G W L SV GF ERA SO
Mike Henneman 60 10 2 21 50 2.88 61
Paul Gibson 68 5 7 8 28 4.59 52
Jerry Don Gleaton 47 3 2 2 16 4.06 47
Dave Haas 11 1 0 0 0 6.75 6
Jeff Kaiser 10 0 1 2 4 9.00 4
John Kiely 7 0 1 0 3 14.85 1
Mike Munoz 6 0 0 0 4 9.64 3
Mike Dalton 4 0 0 0 1 3.38 4

Awards and honors[]

  • Mickey Tettleton, AL Silver Slugger Award at catcher
  • Cecil Fielder, AL Silver Slugger Award at first base

League top ten finishers[]

Rob Deer

  • MLB leader in strikeouts (175)
  • #8 in AL in bases on balls (89)
  • #9 in AL in at bats per home run (17.9)

Cecil Fielder

  • Finished 2nd in AL MVP voting behind Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • MLB leader in home runs (44)
  • MLB leader in RBIs (133)
  • MLB leader in games played (162)
  • #2 in AL in at bats per home run (11.2)
  • #3 in AL in strikeouts (151)
  • #6 in AL in total bases (320)
  • #6 in AL in extra base hits (69)
  • #8 in AL in plate appearances (712)
  • #9 in AL in slugging percentage (.513)
  • #9 in AL in runs scored (102)
  • #10 in AL in runs created (110)

Travis Fryman

  • #4 in AL in strikeouts (149)

Paul Gibson

  • #7 in AL in games (68)

Bill Gullickson

  • Finished 8th in AL Cy Young Award voting
  • MLB leader in wins (20)
  • AL leader in games started (35)
  • #4 in AL in win percentage (.690)
  • #4 in AL in bases on balls per 9 innings pitched (1.75)
  • #7 in AL in earned runs allowed (98)

Mike Henneman

  • #9 in AL in games finished (50)

Walt Terrell

  • AL leader in hits allowed (257)
  • #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (103)
  • #4 in AL in losses (14)
  • #5 in AL in complete games (8)
  • #6 in AL in shutouts (2)

Mickey Tettleton

  • #2 in AL in bases on balls (101)
  • #4 in AL in at bats per home run (16.2)
  • #6 in AL in home runs (31)
  • #7 in AL in strikeouts (131)

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position[]

The following members of the 1991 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:

  • Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time
  • Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Joe Sparks
AA London Tigers Eastern League Gene Roof
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Johnny Lipon
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Rapids New York–Penn League
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League

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Notes[]

  1. ^ a b John Shelby at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Buddy Groom at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Mickey Tettleton at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Skeeter Barnes at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Torey Lovullo at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 19, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  9. ^ "April 8, 1991 New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers". Baseball Reference.com.
  10. ^ Scott Lusader at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Kevin Morgan at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Jeff Kaiser at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ a b John Moses at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References[]

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