1991 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1991 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 15th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team's paid attendance of 4,001,527 led the major leagues, as the Jays became the first team in MLB history to draw four million fans in a season. Toronto lost the ALCS to the eventual world champion Minnesota Twins in five games.

1991 Toronto Blue Jays
1991 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersLabatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managersPat Gillick
ManagersCito Gaston, Gene Tenace
Local televisionCFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Jim Hughson, Buck Martinez)
Local radioCJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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Offseason

On December 4, 1990, the San Diego Padres and Blue Jays made one of the biggest blockbuster deals of the decade. The Padres traded second baseman Roberto Alomar and outfielder Joe Carter to the Blue Jays in exchange for first baseman Fred McGriff and shortstop Tony Fernández. Blue Jays GM Pat Gillick and Padres GM Joe McIlvaine originally talked about just trading Joe Carter for Fred McGriff.[1] The Padres were losing Jack Clark and needed a new first baseman. The Blue Jays had John Olerud ready to take over at first base but were losing outfielder George Bell. Gillick decided to up the ante by trying to get Alomar. Gillick figured that with Garry Templeton in the twilight of his career, Fernández would be an adequate replacement.[1] Alomar feuded with Padres manager Greg Riddoch and the thinking was that Bip Roberts and Joey Cora could platoon at second base.[1] Over the next two seasons, Alomar and Carter would help the Blue Jays win the 1992 and 1993 World Series.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1991 season.[2]

October 1990
October 15 José Escobar granted free agency.
Webster Garrison granted free agency.
Tom Gilles granted free agency.
October 24 Released Jim Eppard.
October 26 Released Rick Luecken.

November 1990
November 5 George Bell granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs on December 6, 1990 to a three-year, $9.8 million contract).
Bud Black granted free agency (signed with San Francisco Giants on November 9, 1990 to a four-year, $10 million contract).
John Candelaria granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers on March 25, 1991 to a one-year, $830,000 contract).
Rance Mulliniks granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $1.5 million contract on December 4, 1990).
November 6 Acquired Alex Sanchez from the Cleveland Indians for Willie Blair.
November 26 Signed free agent Ken Dayley from the St. Louis Cardinals to a three-year, $6.3 million contract.

December 1990
December 2 Acquired Willie Fraser, Marcus Moore and Devon White from the California Angels for Junior Félix, Luis Sojo and a player to be named later (Ken Rivers on December 4, 1990).
December 4 Signed free agent Ravelo Manzanillo from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract.
Re-signed free agent Rance Mulliniks to a two-year, $1.5 million contract.
December 5 Signed free agent Pat Tabler from the Kansas City Royals to a two-year, $1.6 million contract.
Acquired Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter from the San Diego Padres for Tony Fernández and Fred McGriff.
December 10 Signed amateur free agent Carlos Almanzar to a contract.
Signed amateur free agent Edwin Hurtado to a contract.
Signed free agent Dilson Torres to a contract.
December 14 Acquired Mickey Weston from the Baltimore Orioles for Paul Kilgus.
December 20 John Cerutti granted free agency (signed with Detroit Tigers to a one-year, $800,000 on January 14, 1991).

January 1991
January 15 Acquired Rene Gonzales from the Baltimore Orioles for Rob Blumberg.

February 1991
February 8 Re-signed Roberto Alomar to a one-year, $1.25 million contract.

Regular season
  • May 1, 1991: The Blue Jays were part of baseball history, as Nolan Ryan threw his seventh and last no-hitter against them in Arlington.
  • July 1, 1991: Joe Carter was named the AL Player of the Month for the month of June.
  • August 13, 1991: After making 25 consecutive save opportunities, Tom Henke picked up a blown save after Paul Molitor hit a home run in the ninth.
  • October 2, 1991: The Blue Jays clinched the American League East title in a 6-5 walk-off win over the California Angels. Joe Carter hit the game-winning single. The Jays also became the first team to have their season attendance pass the 4 million mark.

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—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1991 regular season.[3]

May 1991
May 16 Signed amateur free agent Freddy García to a contract.
Signed amateur free agent Julio Mosquera to a contract.

June 1991
June 4 Kenny Williams selected off of waivers by the Montreal Expos.
June 26 Willie Fraser selected off of waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals.
June 27 Acquired Tom Candiotti and Turner Ward from the Cleveland Indians for Denis Boucher, Glenallen Hill, Mark Whiten and cash.

July 1991
July 3 Selected Efraín Valdez off of waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
July 14 Acquired Cory Snyder from the Chicago White Sox for Shawn Jeter and a player to be named later (Steve Wapnick on September 4, 1991).

August 1991
August 9 Acquired Candy Maldonado from the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Wishnevski and a player to be named later (William Suero on August 14, 1991).

September 1991
September 14 Signed free agent Dave Parker from the California Angels to a contract.


1991 MLB Draft
  • June 3, 1991: 1991 Major League Baseball draft
    • Shawn Green was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (16th pick). Player signed September 25, 1991.[4]
    • Jeff Ware was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (35th pick). Player signed August 25, 1991.[5]
    • Dante Powell was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (42nd pick), but did not sign.[6]
    • Chris Stynes was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 3rd round. Player signed June 4, 1991.[7]
    • Alex Gonzalez was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 14th round. Player signed June 12, 1991.[8]

Roster
1991 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Manager Cito Gaston was sidelined with a herniated disc [9] from August 21 to September 25. Gene Tenace served as the team's interim manager,[10] going 19–14 and keeping the Jays in first place in the AL East for the duration of Gaston's absence.

Game log
1991 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 8Red Sox6 – 2Clemens (1-0)Stieb (0-1)50,1140-1
2April 9Red Sox4 – 3Key (1-0)Harris (0-1)Henke (1)42,2111-1
3April 10Red Sox5 – 3Timlin (1-0)Gray (0-1)Henke (2)41,1642-1
4April 11Brewers7 – 3Wells (1-0)Robinson (0-1)38,3263-1
5April 12Brewers5 – 4 (11)Timlin (2-0)Plesac (0-1)43,1504-1
6April 13Brewers7 – 3Brown (1-0)Stieb (0-2)Crim (1)49,8724-2
7April 14Brewers9 – 0Key (2-0)August (0-1)47,1365-2
8April 15@ Tigers4 – 3Stottlemyre (1-0)Terrell (0-2)Ward (1)9,6326-2
9April 16@ Tigers6 – 2Gullickson (1-0)Wells (1-1)Henneman (2)10,7916-3
10April 17@ Tigers5 – 4 (10)Henneman (1-0)Ward (0-1)16,3556-4
11April 19@ Brewers5 – 2Stieb (1-2)August (0-2)9,6047-4
12April 20@ Brewers4 – 2Key (3-0)Bosio (1-2)Ward (2)13,5458-4
13April 21@ Brewers11 – 8 (10)Crim (1-0)Wills (0-1)14,9208-5
14April 22@ Red Sox6 – 4Lamp (1-1)Wells (1-2)Reardon (4)25,8418-6
15April 23@ Red Sox3 – 0Clemens (4-0)Boucher (0-1)Reardon (5)29,9048-7
16April 24@ Red Sox6 – 1Stieb (2-2)Young (0-1)28,8419-7
17April 25Tigers3 – 2Key (4-0)Petry (0-1)Ward (3)49,68810-7
18April 26Tigers5 – 4Stottlemyre (2-0)Terrell (0-3)Ward (4)50,17011-7
19April 27Tigers4 – 2Gullickson (2-0)Wells (1-3)Henneman (3)50,21111-8
20April 28Tigers9 – 6Timlin (3-0)Leiter (0-1)Ward (5)50,13412-8
21April 30@ Rangers8 – 5Gossage (2-0)Acker (0-1)Russell (5)24,87312-9
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1@ Rangers3 – 0Ryan (3-2)Key (4-1)33,43912-10
23May 2@ Royals3 – 1Stottlemyre (3-0)Appier (1-4)Ward (6)22,89613-10
24May 3@ Royals5 – 1Wells (2-3)Davis (2-2)20,80914-10
25May 4@ Royals6 – 5Saberhagen (2-3)Boucher (0-2)Montgomery (6)22,62814-11
26May 5@ Royals3 – 0Stieb (3-2)Gordon (1-2)Ward (7)22,58815-11
27May 7Rangers3 – 2Rogers (1-3)Key (4-2)Russell (6)44,62215-12
28May 8Rangers4 – 2Stottlemyre (4-0)Ryan (3-3)Ward (8)43,21116-12
29May 9White Sox2 – 0Wells (3-3)Pérez (1-2)Ward (9)47,23617-12
30May 10White Sox5 – 3 (12)Radinsky (2-1)Fraser (0-1)50,19817-13
31May 11White Sox5 – 2Stieb (4-2)Hough (0-2)Ward (10)50,20618-13
32May 12White Sox4 – 2Key (5-2)Hibbard (2-1)Ward (11)50,10819-13
33May 13Royals4 – 2Stottlemyre (5-0)Davis (2-4)Ward (12)44,27520-13
34May 14Royals4 – 1Wells (4-3)Gubicza (0-1)Timlin (1)43,35721-13
35May 15Royals6 – 4Saberhagen (4-3)Boucher (0-3)50,11321-14
36May 17@ White Sox5 – 3Pall (1-1)Timlin (3-1)Thigpen (7)30,09521-15
37May 18@ White Sox9 – 2Key (6-2)Hibbard (2-2)34,86122-15
38May 19@ White Sox5 – 4Patterson (1-0)Timlin (3-2)Thigpen (8)41,01522-16
39May 20@ Athletics1 – 0Wells (5-3)Welch (4-3)Henke (3)24,63123-16
40May 21@ Athletics11 – 7Acker (1-1)Dressendorfer (3-3)Timlin (2)22,73824-16
41May 22@ Athletics2 – 1Moore (6-2)Stieb (4-3)Eckersley (11)34,02824-17
42May 24@ Angels3 – 2Timlin (4-2)Finley (7-2)Henke (4)26,40825-17
43May 25@ Angels5 – 0McCaskill (4-5)Stottlemyre (5-1)36,73225-18
44May 26@ Angels6 – 2Langston (6-1)Wells (5-4)45,30725-19
45May 28Athletics8 – 4Moore (7-2)Acker (1-2)Eckersley (12)50,29925-20
46May 29Athletics8 – 3Key (7-2)Slusarski (1-2)Henke (5)50,26226-20
47May 30Athletics8 – 6Klink (4-2)Ward (0-2)Eckersley (13)50,27126-21
48May 31Angels5 – 1Wells (6-4)Langston (6-2)50,25227-21
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1Angels11 – 8Eichhorn (1-1)Fraser (0-2)Harvey (13)50,25527-22
50June 2Angels7 – 2Abbott (5-4)Acker (1-3)50,26127-23
51June 3@ Yankees5 – 3Key (8-2)Leary (3-5)Henke (6)17,00328-23
52June 4@ Yankees5 – 3Sanderson (7-2)Stottlemyre (5-2)Farr (4)15,95528-24
53June 5@ Yankees4 – 1Wells (7-4)Johnson (0-1)Henke (7)21,21329-24
54June 6@ Orioles6 – 4Milacki (2-2)Timlin (4-3)Olson (9)26,53929-25
55June 7@ Orioles6 – 4Smith (3-0)Guzmán (0-1)Olson (10)38,22829-26
56June 8@ Orioles8 – 4Key (9-2)Kilgus (0-1)45,56930-26
57June 9@ Orioles3 – 2Stottlemyre (6-2)Ballard (3-7)Henke (8)27,78331-26
58June 11@ Indians2 – 1 (12)Hillegas (2-0)Acker (1-4)10,75331-27
59June 12@ Indians1 – 0Timlin (5-3)Candiotti (7-4)Henke (9)8,08932-27
60June 13@ Indians1 – 0Key (10-2)Nagy (2-7)8,37133-27
61June 14Orioles9 – 1Stottlemyre (7-2)Robinson (3-6)50,28734-27
62June 15Orioles8 – 4Ballard (4-7)Guzmán (0-2)Williamson (3)50,29234-28
63June 16Orioles13 – 8Frohwirth (1-0)Ward (0-3)50,27334-29
64June 18Yankees4 – 2Kamieniecki (1-0)Timlin (5-4)Farr (7)50,27134-30
65June 19Yankees3 – 0Johnson (1-2)Key (10-3)Howe (1)50,28134-31
66June 20Yankees6 – 1Stottlemyre (8-2)Leary (3-7)50,25635-31
67June 21Indians8 – 4Wells (8-4)Swindell (3-6)Henke (10)50,28336-31
68June 22Indians4 – 0Guzmán (1-2)Mutis (0-2)Ward (13)50,28537-31
69June 23Indians3 – 1MacDonald (1-0)Candiotti (7-6)Henke (11)50,27538-31
70June 24Indians4 – 3Ward (1-3)Nagy (3-8)Henke (12)50,26339-31
71June 25@ Twins8 – 6Morris (10-5)Stottlemyre (8-3)Aguilera (20)26,35039-32
72June 26@ Twins5 – 2Wells (9-4)Guthrie (5-4)Henke (13)25,50340-32
73June 27@ Twins1 – 0Guzmán (2-2)Tapani (5-7)Henke (14)35,59841-32
74June 28Mariners3 – 1Krueger (5-3)Candiotti (7-7)Jackson (13)50,29741-33
75June 29Mariners4 – 0Timlin (6-4)DeLucia (6-5)Ward (14)50,26842-33
76June 30Mariners6 – 1Stottlemyre (9-3)Holman (7-8)50,29843-33
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Mariners4 – 3Acker (2-4)Jackson (4-3)50,27044-33
78July 2Twins4 – 3Ward (2-3)Leach (0-1)48,67645-33
79July 3Twins4 – 0Candiotti (8-7)Anderson (4-7)50,07146-33
80July 4Twins1 – 0West (1-0)Key (10-4)Aguilera (21)50,29346-34
81July 5@ Mariners2 – 1MacDonald (2-0)Holman (7-9)Henke (15)21,64747-34
82July 6@ Mariners4 – 3 (10)Timlin (7-4)Swan (3-2)Henke (16)48,75048-34
83July 7@ Mariners5 – 2Guzmán (3-2)Hanson (4-4)27,81249-34
84July 11Rangers2 – 0Candiotti (9-7)Brown (7-7)Henke (17)50,27650-34
85July 12Rangers6 – 2Wells (10-4)Guzmán (4-4)Ward (15)50,27951-34
86July 13Rangers3 – 2Timlin (8-4)Russell (3-2)Henke (18)50,27052-34
87July 14Rangers8 – 6Barfield (4-3)Key (10-5)Russell (18)50,29452-35
88July 15@ Royals5 – 3 (12)Timlin (9-4)Crawford (2-1)Henke (19)29,72353-35
89July 16@ Royals2 – 1 (10)Aquino (2-2)Candiotti (9-8)22,13453-36
90July 18@ Rangers4 – 0Wells (11-4)Ryan (5-5)Ward (16)37,26854-36
91July 19@ Rangers7 – 2Stottlemyre (10-3)Barfield (4-4)Timlin (3)35,14455-36
92July 20@ Rangers11 – 6Jeffcoat (4-2)Key (10-6)39,27655-37
93July 21@ Rangers6 – 5Rogers (6-7)Timlin (9-5)Russell (19)31,80355-38
94July 23@ White Sox3 – 2Thigpen (7-3)Candiotti (9-9)34,77955-39
95July 24@ White Sox2 – 1Wells (12-4)McDowell (12-5)Henke (20)39,59956-39
96July 25@ White Sox7 – 1Hough (6-6)Stottlemyre (10-4)42,79656-40
97July 26Royals6 – 5 (11)Ward (3-3)Gordon (5-9)50,32657-40
98July 27Royals5 – 2 (10)Gordon (6-9)Timlin (9-6)Montgomery (19)50,29157-41
99July 28Royals10 – 4Gubicza (6-5)Candiotti (9-10)Davis (2)50,29157-42
100July 29White Sox12 – 4McDowell (13-5)Wells (12-5)50,29857-43
101July 30White Sox8 – 7Radinsky (3-3)MacDonald (2-1)Thigpen (24)50,29157-44
102July 31Indians3 – 1Key (11-6)King (4-6)Henke (21)50,27658-44
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1Indians7 – 5Ward (4-3)Shaw (0-4)Henke (22)50,27559-44
104August 2@ Red Sox5 – 3Clemens (12-7)Candiotti (9-11)34,03259-45
105August 3@ Red Sox4 – 1Hesketh (5-2)Wells (12-6)Reardon (25)34,01559-46
106August 4@ Red Sox2 – 1Ward (5-3)Lamp (3-3)Henke (23)33,80960-46
107August 6Tigers2 – 1Key (12-6)Cerutti (1-4)Henke (24)50,30561-46
108August 7Tigers5 – 2Guzmán (4-2)Tanana (8-8)Henke (25)50,32462-46
109August 8Tigers4 – 0 (14)Gibson (5-5)Henke (0-1)50,30762-47
110August 9Red Sox12 – 7Hesketh (6-2)Wells (12-7)Reardon (26)50,31962-48
111August 10Red Sox7 – 1Harris (8-11)Stottlemyre (10-5)50,30462-49
112August 11Red Sox9 – 6Gardiner (4-6)Key (12-7)Reardon (27)50,29762-50
113August 12Red Sox11 – 8Lamp (4-3)Ward (5-4)Reardon (28)50,30562-51
114August 13@ Brewers5 – 4Crim (7-5)Henke (0-2)22,99662-52
115August 14@ Brewers5 – 3Bosio (9-8)Wells (12-8)Henry (3)19,19362-53
116August 15@ Brewers4 – 1Stottlemyre (11-5)Plesac (1-5)Henke (26)24,51963-53
117August 16@ Tigers5 – 2Cerutti (2-4)Key (12-8)Gakeler (1)43,18663-54
118August 17@ Tigers7 – 5MacDonald (3-1)Aldred (0-2)Henke (27)46,63464-54
119August 18@ Tigers4 – 2Candiotti (10-11)Kaiser (0-1)Henke (28)48,72465-54
120August 20Brewers3 – 1Stottlemyre (12-5)Bosio (9-9)Henke (29)50,31166-54
121August 21Brewers3 – 0Machado (1-3)Key (12-9)Núñez (8)50,30666-55
122August 22Brewers8 – 7Ignasiak (1-0)Ward (5-5)Henry (5)50,30966-56
123August 23Yankees6 – 5Ward (6-5)Farr (3-4)50,31867-56
124August 24Yankees6 – 5Johnson (5-7)Wells (12-9)Cadaret (2)50,32467-57
125August 25Yankees11 – 7Acker (3-4)Guetterman (2-2)50,32068-57
126August 26@ Orioles5 – 2Key (13-9)Johnson (4-5)Henke (30)28,06369-57
127August 27@ Orioles6 – 1Guzmán (5-2)Rhodes (0-1)25,09070-57
128August 28@ Orioles3 – 0Candiotti (11-11)McDonald (5-8)Henke (31)28,26271-57
129August 29@ Yankees6 – 2Wells (13-9)Johnson (5-8)19,34472-57
130August 30@ Yankees9 – 2Sanderson (14-8)Stottlemyre (12-6)19,39372-58
131August 31@ Yankees5 – 0Key (14-9)Cadaret (6-5)Ward (17)28,93273-58
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Yankees4 – 2Guetterman (3-2)MacDonald (3-2)25,10573-59
133September 2Orioles5 – 4 (12)Timlin (12-6)Olson (3-5)50,31474-59
134September 3Orioles8 – 4McDonald (6-8)Wells (13-10)Flanagan (3)50,29974-60
135September 4Orioles3 – 1Stottlemyre (13-6)Milacki (8-8)Ward (18)50,30375-60
136September 5@ Indians13 – 1Key (15-9)Nagy (8-12)5,66676-60
137September 6@ Indians7 – 4Guzmán (6-2)Otto (1-6)Ward (19)14,53377-60
138September 7@ Indians4 – 1Candiotti (12-11)Swindell (8-14)17,83078-60
139September 8@ Indians11 – 5Wells (14-10)King (5-10)13,07179-60
140September 10Mariners5 – 4Holman (13-13)Stottlemyre (13-7)Jones (1)50,19679-61
141September 11Mariners7 – 3Hanson (8-7)Key (15-10)50,32179-62
142September 13Athletics7 – 6Guzmán (7-2)Stewart (11-9)Henke (32)50,31580-62
143September 14Athletics6 – 0Candiotti (13-11)Welch (11-12)50,31981-62
144September 15Athletics10 – 5Moore (14-8)Stottlemyre (13-8)Eckersley (40)50,31581-63
145September 16@ Mariners6 – 5 (11)Swan (5-2)MacDonald (3-3)55,61281-64
146September 17@ Mariners5 – 4 (11)Schooler (2-2)Acker (3-5)29,11581-65
147September 18@ Mariners5 – 3 (12)Ward (7-5)Bankhead (2-6)Acker (1)30,20082-65
148September 20@ Athletics6 – 5 (11)Eckersley (5-3)Ward (7-6)33,76582-66
149September 21@ Athletics4 – 0Moore (15-8)Key (15-11)36,60182-67
150September 22@ Athletics3 – 2Guzmán (8-2)Darling (3-5)Wells (1)28,27683-67
151September 23@ Angels10 – 9Lewis (3-5)Candiotti (13-12)Harvey (43)20,00183-68
152September 24@ Angels3 – 0 (10)Wells (15-10)Abbott (17-10)21,53884-68
153September 25@ Angels7 – 2Key (16-11)Langston (17-8)19,25185-68
154September 27Twins7 – 2Guzmán (9-2)Tapani (16-9)50,32686-68
155September 28Twins5 – 0Morris (18-12)Candiotti (13-13)50,31986-69
156September 29Twins2 – 1Stottlemyre (14-8)Erickson (19-8)Ward (20)50,31587-69
157September 30Angels2 – 1Langston (18-8)Key (16-12)Harvey (45)50,32187-70
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
158October 1Angels5 – 2Guzmán (10-2)Fetters (2-5)Ward (21)50,32288-70
159October 2Angels6 – 5Timlin (11-6)Harvey (2-4)50,32489-70
160October 4@ Twins4 – 1Stottlemyre (15-8)Neagle (0-1)Ward (22)35,12490-70
161October 5@ Twins3 – 1Erickson (20-8)Guzmán (10-3)Aguilera (42)51,05890-71
162October 6@ Twins3 – 2 (10)Weathers (1-0)Anderson (5-11)Ward (23)37,79491-71
1991 Playoff Game Log
ALCS
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1October 8@ Twins5 – 4Morris (1-0)Candiotti (0-1)Aguilera (1)54,7660-1
2October 9@ Twins5 – 2Guzman (1-0)Tapani (0-1)Ward (1)54,8161-1
3October 11Twins3 – 2 (10)Guthrie (1-0)Timlin (0-1)Aguilera (2)51,4541-2
4October 12Twins9 – 3Morris (2-0)Stottlemyre (0-1)51,5261-3
5October 13Twins8 – 5West (1-0)Ward (0-1)Aguilera (3)51,4251-4

All-Star game

The Blue Jays hosted the 1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 62nd Midsummer Classic and was played on July 9 at SkyDome. Roberto Alomar was voted in as the starting second baseman for the American League, while pitcher Jimmy Key and outfielder Joe Carter were named as reserves on the AL team. Key got the win as the American League's All-Stars triumphed over the National League All-Stars, 4-2.

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
CGreg Myers10730981.262836
1BJohn Olerud139454116.2561768
2BRoberto Alomar161637188.295969
3BKelly Gruber113429108.2522065
SSManuel Lee138445104.234029
LFCandy Maldonado5217749.277728
CFDevon White156642181.2821760
RFJoe Carter162638174.27333108
DHRance Mulliniks9724060.250224

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
Pat Borders10529171.244536
Mookie Wilson8624158.241228
Pat Tabler8218540.216121
Ed Sprague Jr.6116044.275420
Mark Whiten4614933.221219
Rene Gonzales7111823.19516
Glenallen Hill359925.253311
Rob Ducey396816.23514
Cory Snyder21497.14306
Dave Parker133612.33303
Kenny Williams13296.20713
Derek Bell18284.14301
Eddie Zosky18274.14802
Ray Giannelli9244.16700
Turner Ward8134.30802
Randy Knorr310.00000

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
Todd Stottlemyre34219.01583.78116
Jimmy Key33209.116123.05125
Juan Guzmán23138.21032.99123
Tom Candiotti19129.2672.9881
Dave Stieb959.2433.1729
Denis Boucher735.1034.5816

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
David Wells40198.115103.72106
Willie Fraser1326.1026.1512
Pat Hentgen37.1002.453

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
Tom Henke4902322.3253
Duane Ward8176232.77132
Mike Timlin6311633.1685
Jim Acker543515.2044
Bob MacDonald453302.8524
David Weathers151004.9113
Ken Dayley80006.233
Frank Wills401016.622
Vince Horsman40000.002
Al Leiter300027.001
Mickey Weston20000.001

ALCS
Main article: 1991 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 8, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 000 103 000 493
Minnesota 221 000 00X 5110
W: Jack Morris (1-0)   L: Tom Candiotti (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (1)
HR: None

Game 2

October 9, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 102 000 200 590
Minnesota 001 001 000 251
W: Juan Guzmán (1-0)   L: Kevin Tapani (0-1)  S: Duane Ward (1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 11, Skydome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Minnesota 000 011 000 1 370
Toronto 200 000 000 0 251
W: Mark Guthrie (1-0)   L: Mike Timlin (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (2)
HR: MIN – Mike Pagliarulo (1)   TOR – Joe Carter (1)

Game 4

October 12, Skydome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 000 402 111 9131
Toronto 010 001 001 3112
W: Jack Morris (2-0)   L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)  
HR: MIN – Kirby Puckett (1)

Game 5

October 13, Skydome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 110 003 030 8142
Toronto 003 200 000 591
W: David West (1-0)   L: Duane Ward (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (3)
HR: MIN – Kirby Puckett (2)

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Bailor
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League John Stearns
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Dennis Holmberg
A Myrtle Beach Hurricanes South Atlantic League Garth Iorg
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League Doug Ault
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Omar Malavé
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League J. J. Cannon

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