1991 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1991 American League East Yankee Stadium New York City 71 91 y 5th George Steinbrenner and Robert Nederlander (managing general partner) Gene Michael Stump Merrill WPIX(Phil Rizzuto, Tom Seaver, Bobby Murcer)MSG(Tony Kubek, Dewayne Staats, Al Trautwig) WABC (AM)(John Sterling, Joe Angel) 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. Offseason October 5, 1990: Wayne Tolleson was released by the New York Yankees.https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tollewa01.shtml Wayne Tolleson Stats November 19, 1990: Tim Leary was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.Tim Leary Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com December 3, 1990: Frank Seminara was drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 1990 rule 5 draft.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seminfr01.shtml Frank Seminara Stats December 31, 1990: Scott Sanderson was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Oakland Athletics.Scott Sanderson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com January 13, 1991: Rick Cerone was released by the New York Yankees.Rick Cerone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com March 19, 1991: Torey Lovullo was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Mark Leiter.https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lovulto01.shtml Torey Lovullo Stats 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 New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Detailed records American League Opponent W L WP RS Runs scored RA Runs against AL East Baltimore Orioles 8 5 8 5 y 59 55 Boston Red Sox 7 6 7 6 y 55 53 Cleveland Indians 7 6 7 6 y 54 42 Detroit Tigers 5 8 5 8 y 69 77 Milwaukee Brewers 7 6 7 6 y 61 64 New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays 6 7 6 7 y 50 57 Total 40 38 40 38 y 348 348 AL West California Angels 6 6 6 6 y 48 64 Chicago White Sox 4 8 4 8 y 52 77 Kansas City Royals 5 7 5 7 y 46 59 Minnesota Twins 2 10 2 10 y 46 64 Oakland Athletics 6 6 6 6 y 56 59 Seattle Mariners 3 9 3 9 y 32 43 Texas Rangers 5 7 5 7 y 46 63 Total 31 53 31 53 y 326 429 Season Total 71 91 71 91 y 674 777 Month Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against April 17 6 11 6 11 y 79 93 May 27 14 13 14 13 y 111 107 June 27 13 14 13 14 y 123 122 July 26 13 13 13 13 y 109 121 August 31 12 19 12 19 y 137 183 September 28 9 19 9 19 y 85 126 October 6 4 2 4 2 y 30 25 Total 162 71 91 71 91 y 674 777 Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against Home 81 39 42 39 42 y 356 380 Away 81 32 49 32 49 y 318 397 Total 162 71 91 71 91 y 674 777 Notable transactions April 1, 1991: Steve Balboni was released by the New York Yankees.Steve Balboni Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com April 5, 1991: Scott Lusader was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lusadsc01.shtml Scott Lusader Stats May 9, 1991: Andy Hawkins was released by the New York Yankees.Andy Hawkins Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com 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.Mike Blowers Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com May 25, 1991: Andy Pettite was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.Andy Pettitte Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com 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.Baseball Draft: 1991 Yankees Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com Notable draft picks Round Pick Player Position Amateur Club5 126Lyle MoutonOF Louisiana State University 9 230Keith GaragozzoLHP University of Delaware Roster 1991 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 25 Greg Cadaret 51 Chuck Cary 60 Darrin Chapin 28 Dave Eiland 26 Steve Farr 35 Lee Guetterman 42,57 John Habyan 40 Andy Hawkins 57 Steve Howe 43 Jeff Johnson 40 Scott Kamieniecki 54 Tim Leary 50 Alan Mills 45 Rich Monteleone 34 Pascual Pérez 33 Eric Plunk 21 Scott Sanderson 41 Wade Taylor 36 Mike Witt Catchers 53 Bob Geren 38 Matt Nokes 48 John Ramos Infielders 14 Mike Blowers 20 Álvaro Espinoza 14 Pat Kelly 12 Jim Leyritz 13,43 Torey Lovullo 23 Don Mattingly 12 Carlos Rodríguez  6 Steve Sax 18 Randy Velarde Outfielders 29 Jesse Barfield 27 Mel Hall 36 Mike Humphreys 39 Roberto Kelly 17 Scott Lusader 31 Hensley Meulens 17 Pat Sheridan 51 Bernie Williams Other Positions 24 Kevin Maas Manager 22 Stump Merrill Coaches 52 Mark Connor 44 Mike Ferraro 47 Marc Hill 46 Frank Howard  2 Graig Nettles (first base) 48,11 Buck Showalter (third base) 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 Matt Nokes 135 456 122 .268 24 77 1B Don Mattingly 152 587 169 .288 9 68 2B Steve Sax 158 652 198 .304 10 56 3B Pat Kelly 96 298 72 .242 3 23 SS Álvaro Espinoza 148 480 123 .256 5 33 LF Mel Hall 141 492 140 .285 19 80 CF Bernie Williams 85 320 76 .238 3 34 RF Jesse Barfield 84 284 64 .225 17 48 DH Kevin Maas 148 500 110 .220 23 63 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 Kelly 126 486 130 .267 20 69 Hensley Meulens 96 288 64 .222 6 29 Randy Velarde 80 184 45 .245 1 15 Bob Geren 64 128 28 .219 2 12 Pat Sheridan 62 113 23 .204 4 7 Jim Leyritz 32 77 14 .182 0 4 Torey Lovullo 22 51 9 .176 0 2 Mike Humphreys 25 40 8 .200 0 3 Carlos Rodríguez 15 37 7 .189 0 2 Mike Blowers 15 35 7 .200 1 1 John Ramos 10 26 8 .308 0 3 Scott Lusader 11 7 1 .143 0 1 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 Sanderson 34 208.0 16 10 3.81 130 Jeff Johnson 23 127.0 6 11 5.95 62 Wade Taylor 23 116.1 7 12 6.27 72 Pascual Pérez 14 73.2 2 4 3.18 41 Dave Eiland 18 72.2 2 5 5.33 18 Scott Kamieniecki 9 55.1 4 4 3.90 34 Chuck Cary 10 53.1 1 6 5.91 34 Andy Hawkins 4 12.2 0 2 9.95 5 Mike Witt 2 5.1 0 1 10.13 0 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 Leary 28 120.2 4 10 6.49 83 Eric Plunk 43 111.2 2 5 4.76 103 Alan Mills 6 16.1 1 1 4.41 11 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 Farr 60 5 5 23 2.19 60 Greg Cadaret 68 8 6 3 3.62 105 John Habyan 66 4 2 2 2.30 70 Lee Guetterman 64 3 4 6 3.68 35 Steve Howe 37 3 1 3 1.68 34 Rich Monteleone 26 3 1 0 3.64 34 Darrin Chapin 3 0 1 0 5.06 5 Álvaro Espinoza 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 DominguezLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Albany-ColonieJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References External links 1991 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1991 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1990s in the Bronx