1991 Baltimore Orioles season

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.

1991 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place6th
Other information
OwnersEli Jacobs
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersFrank 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.

Offseason

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 the fewest errors by a shortstop (3) and also the record for most total chances in a single season.

Opening Day starters

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9171 0.562 — 46–35 45–36
Boston Red Sox 8478 0.519 7 43–38 41–40
Detroit Tigers 8478 0.519 7 49–32 35–46
Milwaukee Brewers 8379 0.512 8 43–37 40–42
New York Yankees 7191 0.438 20 39–42 32–49
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 24 33–48 34–47
Cleveland Indians 57105 0.352 34 30–52 27–53

Record vs. opponents
1991 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–56–64–87–65–84–83–104–85–83–94–89–35–8
Boston 5–8—4–87–59–45–87–57–63–96–78–49–35–79–4
California 6–68–4—8–57–55–79–46–68–56–61–126–75–86–6
Chicago 8–45–75–8—6–64–87–67–58–58–47–67–68–57–5
Cleveland 6–74–95–76–6—7–64–85–82–106–75–72–104–81–12
Detroit 8–58–57–58–46–7—8–44–94–88–54–88–46–65–8
Kansas City 8–45–74–96–78–44–8—9–36–77–56–77–67–65–7
Milwaukee 10–36–76–65–78–59–43–9—6–66–78–43–97–56–7
Minnesota 8–49–35–85–810–28–47–66–6—10–28–59–46–74–8
New York 8–57–66–64–87–65–85–77–62–10—6–63–95–76–7
Oakland 9–34–812–16–77–58–47–64–85–86–6—6–74–96–6
Seattle 8–43–97–66–710–24–86–79–34–99–37–6—5–85–7
Texas 3–97–58–55–88–46–66–75–77–67–59–48–5—6–6
Toronto 8–54–96–65–712–18–57–57–68–47–66–67–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster
1991 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CChris Hoiles10734183.2431131
1BRandy Milligan141483127.2631670
2BBilly Ripken10428762.216014
3BLeo Gómez11839191.2331645
SSCal Ripken Jr.162650210.32334114
LFJoe Orsulak143486135.278543
CFMike Devereaux149608158.2601959
RFDwight Evans10127073.270638
DHSam Horn12131774.2332361

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 Anderson11325659.230227
Bob Melvin7922857.250123
Chito Martínez6721658.2691333
David Segui8621259.278222
Juan Bell10020936.172115
Tim Hulett7920642.204718
Glenn Davis4917640.2271028
Craig Worthington3110223.225412
Ernie Whitt356215.24203
Luis Mercedes195411.20402
Jeff McKnight16417.17102
Jeff Tackett681.12500
Shane Turner410.00000

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 Milacki31184.01094.01108
Ben McDonald21126.1684.8485
Jeff Ballard26123.26125.6037
José Mesa23123.26115.9764
Jeff Robinson21104.1495.1865
Mike Mussina1287.2452.8752
Roy Smith1780.1545.6025
Arthur Rhodes836.0038.0023

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 Johnson2284.0487.0738
Anthony Telford926.2004.0524
Stacy Jones411.0004.0910

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 Olson7246313.1872
Mark Williamson655544.4853
Mike Flanagan642732.3855
Todd Frohwirth517331.8777
Paul Kilgus380215.0832
Jim Poole243202.0034
Kevin Hickey191009.0010
José Bautista501016.883
Francisco de la Rosa20004.501

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

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 Bob Miscik
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Gus Gil
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Ed Napoleon

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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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