1991 New York Yankees season

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
OwnersGeorge Steinbrenner and Robert Nederlander (managing general partner)
General managersGene Michael
ManagersStump 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 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—

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
5126Lyle MoutonOFLouisiana State University
9230Keith GaragozzoLHPUniversity of Delaware

[12]

Roster
1991 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other Positions

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMatt Nokes135456122.2682477
1BDon Mattingly152587169.288968
2BSteve Sax158652198.3041056
3BPat Kelly9629872.242323
SSÁlvaro Espinoza148480123.256533
LFMel Hall141492140.2851980
CFBernie Williams8532076.238334
RFJesse Barfield8428464.2251748
DHKevin Maas148500110.2202363

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 Kelly126486130.2672069
Hensley Meulens9628864.222629
Randy Velarde8018445.245115
Bob Geren6412828.219212
Pat Sheridan6211323.20447
Jim Leyritz327714.18204
Torey Lovullo22519.17602
Mike Humphreys25408.20003
Carlos Rodríguez15377.18902
Mike Blowers15357.20011
John Ramos10268.30803
Scott Lusader1171.14301

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 Sanderson34208.016103.81130
Jeff Johnson23127.06115.9562
Wade Taylor23116.17126.2772
Pascual Pérez1473.2243.1841
Dave Eiland1872.2255.3318
Scott Kamieniecki955.1443.9034
Chuck Cary1053.1165.9134
Andy Hawkins412.2029.955
Mike Witt25.10110.130

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 Leary28120.24106.4983
Eric Plunk43111.2254.76103
Alan Mills616.1114.4111
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 Farr6055232.1960
Greg Cadaret688633.62105
John Habyan664222.3070
Lee Guetterman643463.6835
Steve Howe373131.6834
Rich Monteleone263103.6434
Darrin Chapin30105.065
Álvaro Espinoza10000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Rick Down
AA Albany-Colonie Yankees Eastern League Dan Radison
A Prince William Cannons Carolina League Mike Hart
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Glenn Sherlock
A Greensboro Hornets South Atlantic League Trey Hillman
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Jack Gillis
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Ken Dominguez

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. 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
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