1991 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central Division
Team W L WPct GB
Minnesota 112 50 .691 --
Kansas City 104 58 .642 8
Chicago (A) 98 64 .605 14
New Orleans 76 86 .469 36
Cleveland 69 93 .426 43
East Division
Team W L WPct GB
Detroit 85 77 .525 --
Toronto 69 93 .426 16
Baltimore 68 94 .420 17
Boston 66 96 .407 19
New York (A) 63 99 .389 22
West Division
Team W L WPct GB
Texas 99 63 .611 --
Seattle 81 81 .500 18
California 75 87 .463 24
Oakland 69 93 .426 30
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1) Los Angeles Dodgers over Kansas City Royals
AL League Series (4-1) Kansas City Royals over Detroit Tigers
AL Division Series (3-1) Kansas City Royals over Texas Rangers
AL Division Series (3-1) Detroit Tigers over Minnesota Twins
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
TEX 5.2 850 162 5717 1668 299 47 100 559 710 .292 .355 .413 .768
KCR 5.1 824 162 5843 1709 309 41 89 446 837 .292 .343 .405 .748
MIN 5.0 802 162 5708 1600 322 37 149 409 1034 .280 .328 .428 .756
DET 4.8 779 162 5660 1572 316 27 98 517 849 .278 .338 .395 .733
SEA 4.3 695 162 5740 1605 309 27 115 395 1076 .280 .326 .403 .729
CAL 4.3 695 162 5691 1495 268 52 86 390 1031 .263 .310 .373 .683
CLE 4.3 690 162 5671 1457 303 38 110 506 1129 .257 .318 .382 .700
BAL 4.2 683 162 5654 1477 263 23 134 451 1144 .261 .316 .387 .703
CHW 4.2 679 162 5561 1408 266 49 95 430 1219 .253 .307 .370 .677
BOS 4.1 661 162 5555 1401 310 30 109 458 1139 .252 .309 .378 .687
OAK 4.0 650 162 5526 1371 276 32 118 508 887 .248 .311 .374 .685
TOR 4.0 644 162 5503 1347 234 30 149 445 985 .245 .301 .379 .681
NOR 3.9 637 162 5670 1448 253 36 84 451 1008 .255 .310 .357 .667
NYY 3.6 587 162 5600 1344 296 37 122 408 1373 .240 .292 .371 .663
Totals 4.4 9876 2268 79099 20902 4024 506 1558 6373 14421 .264 .319 .387 .706
Average   705 162 5650 1493 287 36 111 455 1030  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
MIN 3.3 541 162 2.98 1460.3 1325 8.2 383 2.4 1019 6.3 55
CHW 3.4 549 162 3.11 1451.3 1334 8.2 355 2.2 1269 7.8 60
KCR 3.6 590 162 3.34 1464.0 1379 8.5 380 2.3 1156 7.1 61
TEX 4.0 648 162 3.73 1446.7 1480 9.1 422 2.6 1163 7.2 62
DET 4.1 658 162 3.79 1435.3 1471 9.1 468 2.9 914 5.6 39
SEA 4.3 701 162 3.89 1448.3 1482 9.1 526 3.2 990 6.1 42
OAK 4.4 717 162 4.07 1433.3 1494 9.2 417 2.6 954 5.9 49
NOR 4.5 724 162 3.90 1466.0 1477 9.1 441 2.7 1065 6.6 45
NYY 4.5 733 162 4.01 1457.7 1541 9.5 411 2.5 1015 6.3 42
TOR 4.7 768 162 4.21 1437.3 1519 9.4 458 2.8 1104 6.8 43
CAL 4.8 770 162 4.34 1438.3 1570 9.7 480 3.0 979 6.0 46
BAL 4.9 792 162 4.37 1443.3 1597 9.9 495 3.1 972 6.0 41
BOS 5.0 804 162 4.48 1435.7 1573 9.7 507 3.1 875 5.4 36
CLE 5.4 881 162 4.90 1442.7 1660 10.2 630 3.9 946 5.8 39
Totals 4.4 9876 2268 3.94 20260.3 20902 9.2 6373 2.8 14421 6.4 660
Average   705 162   1447 1493   455   1030   47
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
DET 93 69 -8 5 11 0 1 2 12 0.97 0.69 3,597,327   Nelson Casamalhuapa
KCR 105 57 -1 5 13 1 1 0 9 0.87 1.07 3,240,656   Phil Duncan
CHW 97 65 1 2 17 0 4 1 7 1.01 1.17 3,892,514   Jason Ortlepp
CLE 63 99 6 2 8 0 2 0 13 0.93 0.80 1,096,817   Ryan Scott
MIN 109 53 3 2 12 0 3 2 9 0.91 0.88 3,604,096   Jim Grimley
TEX 101 61 -2 2 10 1 1 0 16 1.05 1.09 2,848,054   Shane Rigsby
BAL 70 92 -2 1 12 1 1 0 1 1.13 1.06 1,004,621   Joe Burke
BOS 67 95 -1 1 14 3 1 1 9 1.11 1.19 988,394   Gary Graves
CAL 73 89 2 1 14 1 6 1 9 1.03 1.11 2,961,811   Joe Nichols
NYY 65 97 -2 1 6 0 1 1 5 1.03 1.08 1,007,410   Kelly McMullen
OAK 74 88 -5 1 10 1 2 2 9 0.98 1.00 1,357,177   Dan Yankus
SEA 80 82 1 1 11 5 0 0 12 0.95 1.00 1,588,516   Grant Hughes
TOR 68 94 1 1 12 3 8 2 9 0.98 0.96 3,435,659   Matt Holgate
NOR 72 90 4 0 4 0 0 2 1 1.09 1.02 2,745,309   Ryan Johnson
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
MIN 336 161.15 123.80 51.01 11.36 2.59 5.81 6.21 10.05 15.00
KCR 312 164.89 103.37 43.69 7.76 2.90 6.02 6.68 8.38 11.96
TEX 297 154.02 100.51 42.43 4.97 3.19 5.69 5.50 8.74 14.34
CHW 294 109.57 132.32 52.06 8.03 3.21 8.93 5.87 10.82 15.20
DET 255 133.02 82.19 39.75 7.63 2.73 8.01 5.12 5.84 10.43
SEA 243 119.98 84.53 38.44 6.12 2.41 5.16 3.19 8.24 13.33
NOR 228 86.68 94.75 46.52 8.30 3.45 4.57 5.93 8.30 15.99
CAL 225 115.82 71.20 37.92 8.64 2.18 9.86 4.20 1.05 12.02
TOR 207 102.63 68.26 36.06 7.53 1.57 8.68 3.08 7.87 7.35
OAK 207 96.14 76.29 34.53 8.39 1.95 5.65 2.25 5.63 10.68
CLE 207 142.07 42.67 22.21 4.43 2.46 4.28 4.13 3.81 3.13
BAL 204 94.99 71.85 37.11 7.58 3.36 5.43 5.14 5.61 10.01
BOS 198 93.45 70.64 33.86 6.70 1.48 3.46 3.36 7.79 11.08
NYY 189 69.60 81.11 38.25 5.16 3.48 2.92 3.61 11.38 11.72
League Award Winners
Bill Heckel Award: Jim Grimley MIN Managed the Minnesota Twins to a 112-50 record, finishing 1st in the Central Division division of the American League.
Lost to Detroit Tigers in the Division Series 3 games to 1.
Ted Williams Batting Title: Jay Buhner SEA .284, 41 HR, 106 RBI
Cy Young: Frank Pastore CHW 19-9, 2.05, 220.0 IP, 253 K
Rolaids Relief Award: Charlie Mitchell MIN 13-2, 34 SV, 1.38, 71.7 IP, 61 K
Rookie Of The Year: Kenny Rogers MIN 15-9, 2.52, 211.0 IP, 164 K
 
Gold Glove Award Winners
 
P Mark Eichhorn CLE .987, 20 PO, 57 A, 1 E
C Benito Santiago MIN .997, 673 PO, 51 A, 2 E
46.5% (33-71) Runners Thrown Out
1B Keith Hernandez SEA .994, 1291 PO, 87 A, 9 E
2B Lou Whitaker DET .981, 322 PO, 616 A, 18 E
3B Jeff Huson CLE .981, 79 PO, 334 A, 8 E
SS Barry Larkin MIN .988, 164 PO, 502 A, 8 E
LF Randy Bush OAK .996, 245 PO, 6 A, 1 E
CF Jay Buhner SEA 1.000, 361 PO, 7 A, 0 E
RF Albert Belle BOS .979, 322 PO, 11 A, 7 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
ReyesKCR.345
SmithDET.342
Van SlykeTEX.331
PattersonDET.329
RobertsTEX.323
On-Base Pct
RainesTEX.417
Van SlykeTEX.412
ChambersCLE.390
CangelosiDET.382
WalkerKCR.381
Slugging Pct
BuhnerSEA.538
BondsCLE.515
Griffey Jr.BAL.507
JohnsonTOR.497
Van SlykeTEX.491
OPS
Van SlykeTEX.902
BuhnerSEA.877
Griffey Jr.BAL.873
BondsCLE.857
SmithDET.855
XR
BondsCLE111.4
Griffey Jr.BAL103.8
WhitakerDET100.1
MolitorCHW99.5
SmithDET99.4
Games
BondsCLE162
MaldonadoOAK162
MattinglyCHW162
PerryNOR162
SimmonsOAK162
At-Bats
MosesCAL656
BelleBOS645
MaldonadoOAK645
HinzoSEA643
SaxKCR633
Runs
RainesTEX110
BondsCLE108
LarkinMIN106
BradleyTEX104
BuhnerSEA100
Hits
SmithDET212
MosesCAL202
MolitorCHW200
PattersonDET200
SaxKCR196
Total Bases
BuhnerSEA324
BondsCLE307
SmithDET300
MitchellTOR298
WebsterKCR297
Singles
FunderburkCHW155
MosesCAL155
SaxKCR155
ReyesKCR152
RoofTOR152
Doubles
SmithDET59
CoraCLE49
BreamTEX45
PattersonDET45
UpshawNOR44
Triples
MosesCAL15
BradleyTEX11
BondsCLE10
MolitorCHW10
SaxKCR10
Homeruns
BondsCLE43
BuhnerSEA41
Griffey Jr.BAL31
JohnsonTOR31
MitchellTOR30
RBIs
BondsCLE113
MitchellTOR108
WebsterKCR108
BreamTEX107
BuhnerSEA106
Stolen Bases
MosesCAL64
RoofTOR60
MolitorCHW59
JohnsonCHW53
LarkinMIN53
Caught Stealing
MosesCAL35
MolitorCHW28
RoofTOR28
LarkinMIN23
JohnsonTOR20
Walks
BondsCLE111
RainesTEX105
DanielsNOR96
WhitakerDET95
CangelosiDET93
Strikeouts
JacksonCHW219
BuhnerSEA218
BondsCLE215
SosaNYY196
CansecoTOR188
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
StanleyMIN2.04
PastoreCHW2.05
JeffcoatTEX2.28
LathamBAL2.50
RogersMIN2.52
Wins
WilkinsKCR 21
HershiserKCR 20
PastoreCHW 19
JeffcoatTEX 18
EichhornCLE 17
Losses
FernandezCLE 19
WelchNYY 18
DrabekTOR 17
ChrisSEA 16
WettelandDET 16
Winning Pct
ToliverMIN.833
StanleyMIN.773
JeffcoatTEX.750
WilkinsKCR.750
HershiserKCR.741
Saves
McCullersKCR 44
OntiverosTEX 44
HabyanCHW 42
CrimCAL 34
MitchellMIN 34
Games Pitched
WaddellKCR 92
MuellerSEA 90
HargisCHW 85
SpeckDET 84
DawleyNOR 83
Games Started
MontalvoOAK 39
ChrisSEA 37
HolmanOAK 37
KilgusDET 37
NelsonTEX 37
Complete Games
HershiserKCR 6
HolmanOAK 5
LathamBAL 5
WelchNYY 5
BenesBOS 3
Shutouts
LathamBAL 4
HolmanOAK 3
BurnsCAL 2
HershiserKCR 2
AndersonCHW 1
Innings Pitched
HershiserKCR267.0
HolmanOAK245.0
KilgusDET245.0
LathamBAL241.3
PoloniOAK235.3
Hits Allowed
EichhornCLE 259
KilgusDET 259
LathamBAL 254
HolmanOAK 251
SwiftNOR 250
Homeruns Allowed
HershiserKCR 38
McWilliamsOAK 27
SwiftNOR 27
DrabekTOR 25
BurkettCAL 24
Strikeouts
HershiserKCR 357
PastoreCHW 253
BarkerTEX 199
NelsonTEX 194
SwiftNOR 194
Walks Allowed
ChrisSEA 108
ConroyCLE 106
WardSEA 98
GuzmanCLE 92
FernandezCLE 78
Walks per 9IP
SwiftNOR0.8
MontalvoOAK0.9
LerchTOR1.1
JeffcoatTEX1.1
HershiserKCR1.4
Hits per 9IP
HershiserKCR6.2
PastoreCHW6.4
RogersMIN7.0
WilkinsKCR7.5
ToliverMIN7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP
HershiserKCR12.0
PastoreCHW10.4
BarkerTEX9.2
BurnsCAL8.2
ToliverMIN8.1
WHiP
HershiserKCR0.84
PastoreCHW0.86
RogersMIN0.95
LerchTOR1.00
MontalvoOAK1.07
OAVG
HershiserKCR.189
PastoreCHW.199
RogersMIN.209
WilkinsKCR.225
ToliverMIN.229
OOBP
HershiserKCR.221
PastoreCHW.235
RogersMIN.243
LerchTOR.252
MontalvoOAK.265
OSLG
RogersMIN.271
PastoreCHW.287
WilliamsMIN.299
StanleyMIN.315
LeaBOS.326
OOPS
RogersMIN.514
PastoreCHW.522
HershiserKCR.575
LerchTOR.582
WilliamsMIN.596
   
League All-Stars
Barry Bonds Sid Bream John Candelaria
Al Chambers Dave Engle Orel Hershiser
Tommy Hinzo Brian Holman Joe Johnson
Bill Latham Lance McCullers Charlie Mitchell
Paul Molitor John Moses Randy Myers
Mike Patterson Dennis Powell Gilberto Reyes
Gene Roof Chris Smith Bob Stanley
Terry Steinbach Andy Van Slyke Mitch Webster
Lou Whitaker  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Frank Tanana TOR $ 15,500,000  
2.    Britt Burns CAL $ 15,000,000  
3.    Randy Lerch TOR $ 14,000,000  
  Eddie Murray SEA $ 14,000,000  
5.    Andy Van Slyke TEX $ 13,253,000  
6.    Keith Hernandez SEA $ 10,150,000  
7.    Jerry Garvin MIN $ 10,000,000  
  Jack Morris BAL $ 10,000,000  
  Len Barker TEX $ 10,000,000  
  Bob Welch NYY $ 10,000,000  
11.    George Brett MIN $ 9,675,000  
12.    Mike Witt NYY $ 9,250,000  
13.    Howard Johnson TOR $ 9,000,000  
14.    Ron Kittle TEX $ 8,800,000  
15.    Gary Lucas BOS $ 8,660,000  
16.    Mario Soto CHW $ 8,500,000  
17.    Mike Patterson DET $ 7,900,000  
18.    Tim Raines TEX $ 7,800,000  
19.    Lary Sorensen NOR $ 7,500,000  
20.    Orel Hershiser KCR $ 7,370,000  
21.    Joe Hesketh NOR $ 7,000,000  
  Pat Tabler BAL $ 7,000,000  
  Pascual Perez BAL $ 7,000,000  
  Bob Stanley MIN $ 7,000,000  
  Jason Thompson DET $ 7,000,000  
  Frank Pastore CHW $ 7,000,000