1991 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1991 American League East Cleveland Municipal Stadium Cleveland, Ohio 57 105 y 7th Richard Jacobs Hank Peters, John Hart John McNamara, Mike Hargrove WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan SportsChannel John Sanders, Rick Manning WWWE Herb Score, Tom Hamilton The 1991 Cleveland Indians season was the 91st season for the franchise. The Indians lost 105 games, the most losses in franchise history. Offseason December 3, 1990: Mike Huff was drafted by the Indians from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1990 rule 5 draft.Mike Huff at Baseball Reference December 4, 1990: Cory Snyder and Lindsay Foster (minors) were traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Shawn Hillegas and Eric King.Shawn Hillegas at Baseball Reference January 11, 1991: Luis Lopez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Luis Lopez at Baseball Reference January 16, 1991: Dave Otto was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Dave Otto at Baseball Reference January 16, 1991: Troy Neel was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Larry Arndt.Troy Neel at Baseball Reference Regular season On May 4, 1991, Chris James had 9 RBIs in a 20 to 6 win over the Oakland Athletics to set the single game RBI record for Cleveland.BASEBALL; Twins End Brewers' Streak at 4 As Starter's Sour Streak Ends, Too New York Times May 5, 1991 https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/05/sports/baseball-twins-end-brewers-streak-at-4-as-starter-s-sour-streak-ends-too.html Season standings Cleveland Indians This is to date the most recent season the Indians have finished last in their division. Record vs. opponents CLE Game log background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 5px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 5px solid; 1991 Game Log: 57–105 (Home: 30–52; Away: 27–53) y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; April: 7–10 (Home: 1–5; Away: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; May: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; June: 7–21 (Home: 6–9; Away: 1–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; July: 9–18 (Home: 4–8; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; August: 10–20 (Home: 7–10; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; September: 11–15 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#023456 2px solid; border-bottom:#d81c3f 2px solid; October: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend:      #cfc darkgray = Win      #fbb darkgray = Loss      #bbb darkgray = PostponementBold = Indians team member Notable transactions May 17, 1991: Mike Aldrete was signed as a free agent by the Indians.Mike Aldrete at Baseball Reference June 3, 1991: Paul Byrd was drafted by the Indians in the 4th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 10, 1991.Paul Byrd at Baseball Reference June 14, 1991: Tim Costo was traded by the Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Reggie Jefferson.Reggie Jefferson at Baseball Reference June 27, 1991: Tom Candiotti and Turner Ward were traded by the Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Glenallen Hill, Denis Boucher, Mark Whiten, and cash.Glenallen Hill at Baseball Reference July 5, 1991: Stan Jefferson was released by the Indians.Stan Jefferson at Baseball Reference July 12, 1991: Mike Huff was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox. July 26, 1991: Brook Jacoby was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Lee Tinsley and Apolinar Garcia (minors).Brook Jacoby at Baseball Reference Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position2 Alex Cole CF14 Jerry Browne 2B7 Chris James DH8 Albert Belle LF15 Sandy Alomar Jr. C26 Brook Jacoby 1B9 Carlos Baerga 3B16 Félix Fermín SS23 Mitch Webster RF21 Greg Swindell P 1991 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference Roster 1991 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers 63 Eric Bell 39 Willie Blair 49 Denis Boucher 49 Tom Candiotti 46 Bruce Egloff 36 Mauro Gozzo 38 Shawn Hillegas 11 Doug Jones 40 Eric King 58 Garland Kiser 29 Tom Kramer 62,50 Jeff Mutis 41 Charles Nagy 54 Rod Nichols 31 Steve Olin 47 Jesse Orosco 27 Dave Otto 32 Rudy Seánez 57 Jeff Shaw 21 Greg Swindell 33 Efrain Valdez 30 Sergio Valdez 48 Mike Walker 56 Mike York Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. 22 Luis Lopez  4 Joel Skinner 28 Eddie Taubensee Infielders 43 Mike Aldrete  9 Carlos Baerga 14 Jerry Browne  6 Jose Escobar 16 Félix Fermín 26 Brook Jacoby 20 Reggie Jefferson 10 Mark Lewis  6 Ever Magallanes 45 Jeff Manto 42 Carlos Martínez 44 Tony Perezchica 6,25 Jim Thome Outfielders 37 Beau Allred  8 Albert Belle  2 Alex Cole 37 José González 24 Glenallen Hill 44 Mike Huff  7 Chris James 73 Wayne Kirby 20 Turner Ward 23 Mitch Webster 23 Mark Whiten Manager 12 Mike Hargrove  1 John McNamara Coaches 25 Rich Dauer (third base) 12 Mike Hargrove (first base) 13 Luis Isaac (bullpen) 34 José Morales (hitting) 35 Mark Wiley (pitching) 51 Billy Williams (bench) 33 Gordon Mackenzie (first base after Hargrove was promoted to manager) Statistics Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB Mike Aldrete 85 183 22 48 6 1 1 19 .262 1 Beau Allred 48 125 17 29 3 0 3 12 .232 2 Sandy Alomar Jr. 51 184 10 40 9 0 0 7 .217 0 Carlos Baerga 158 593 80 171 28 2 11 69 .288 3 Albert Belle 123 461 60 130 31 2 28 95 .282 3 Jerry Browne 107 290 28 66 5 2 1 29 .228 2 Alex Cole 122 387 58 114 17 3 0 21 .295 27 Jose Escobar Jose Escobar (baseball) 10 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 .200 0 Felix Fermin 129 424 30 111 13 2 0 31 .262 5 Jose Gonzalez Jose Gonzalez (baseball) 33 69 10 11 2 1 1 4 .159 8 Glenallen Hill 37 122 15 32 3 0 5 14 .262 4 Mike Huff 51 146 28 35 6 1 2 10 .240 11 Brook Jacoby 66 231 14 54 9 1 4 24 .234 0 Chris James Chris James (baseball) 115 437 31 104 16 2 5 41 .238 3 Reggie Jefferson 26 101 10 20 3 0 2 12 .198 0 Wayne Kirby 21 43 4 9 2 0 0 5 .209 1 Mark Lewis Mark Lewis (baseball) 84 314 29 83 15 1 0 30 .264 2 Luis Lopez Luis Lopez (catcher) 35 82 7 18 4 1 0 7 .220 0 Ever Magallanes 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Jeff Manto 47 128 15 27 7 0 2 13 .211 2 Carlos Martinez Carlos Martinez (infielder) 72 257 22 73 14 0 5 30 .284 3 Luis Medina Luis Medina (baseball, born 1963) 5 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 .063 0 Tony Perezchica 17 22 4 8 2 0 0 0 .364 0 Joel Skinner 99 284 23 69 14 0 1 24 .243 0 Ed Taubensee 26 66 5 16 2 1 0 8 .242 0 Jim Thome 27 98 7 25 4 2 1 9 .255 1 Turner Ward 40 100 11 23 7 0 0 5 .230 0 Mitch Webster 13 32 2 4 0 0 0 0 .125 2 Mark Whiten 70 258 34 66 14 4 7 26 .256 4 Team totals 162 5470 576 1390 236 26 79 546 .254 84 Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K Eric Bell Eric Bell (baseball) 4 0 0.50 10 0 0 18.0 5 2 1 5 7 Willie Blair 2 3 6.75 11 5 0 36.0 58 27 27 10 13 Denis Boucher 1 4 8.34 5 5 0 22.2 35 21 21 8 13 Tom Candiotti 7 6 2.24 15 15 0 108.1 88 35 27 28 86 Bruce Egloff 0 0 4.76 6 0 0 5.2 8 3 3 4 8 Mauro Gozzo 0 0 19.29 2 2 0 4.2 9 10 10 7 3 Shawn Hillegas 3 4 4.34 51 3 7 83.0 67 42 40 46 66 Doug Jones Doug Jones (baseball) 4 8 5.54 36 4 7 63.1 87 42 39 17 48 Eric King Eric King (baseball) 6 11 4.60 25 24 0 150.2 166 83 77 44 59 Garland Kiser 0 0 9.64 7 0 0 4.2 7 5 5 4 3 Tom Kramer 0 0 17.36 4 0 0 4.2 10 9 9 6 4 Jeff Mutis 0 3 11.68 3 3 0 12.1 23 16 16 7 6 Charles Nagy 10 15 4.13 33 33 0 211.1 228 103 97 66 109 Rod Nichols 2 11 3.54 31 16 1 137.1 145 63 54 30 76 Steve Olin 3 6 3.36 48 0 17 56.1 61 26 21 23 38 Jesse Orosco 2 0 3.74 47 0 0 45.2 52 20 19 15 36 Dave Otto 2 8 4.23 18 14 0 100.0 108 52 47 27 47 Rudy Seanez 0 0 16.20 5 0 0 5.0 10 12 9 7 7 Jeff Shaw 0 5 3.36 29 1 1 72.1 72 34 27 27 31 Greg Swindell 9 16 3.48 33 33 0 238.0 241 112 92 31 169 Efrain Valdez 0 0 1.50 7 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 3 1 Sergio Valdez 1 0 5.51 6 0 0 16.1 15 11 10 5 11 Mike Walker Mike Walker (pitcher, born 1966) 0 1 2.08 5 0 0 4.1 6 1 1 2 2 Mike York Mike York (baseball) 1 4 6.75 14 4 0 34.2 45 29 26 19 19 Team totals 57 105 4.23 162 162 33 1441.1 1551 759 678 441 862 Awards and honors All-Star Game Sandy Alomar Jr., catcher, starter Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Charlie Manuel AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League Ken Bolek A Kinston Indians Carolina League Brian Graham A Columbus Indians South Atlantic League Mike Brown A-Short Season Watertown Indians New York–Penn League Gary Tuck Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League Dave KellerLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: KinstonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1991 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1991 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleve