The 1991 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 91st season and the 80th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in a tie for second place in the American League East with a record of 84–78 (.519). They outscored their opponents 817 to 794. The Tigers drew 1,641,661 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1991, ranking 12th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Offseason

Regular season

  • In 1991, Cecil Fielder led all of baseball in home runs (44) and RBIs (133) for the second consecutive season. Once again, he finished second in the MVP voting. The MVP award was given to Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. Angry over missing out on the honor for the second straight season, Fielder lashed out at the voters, going so far as to accuse them of racism in their selection of Ripken, who was white.[7]
  • During the season, Bill Gullickson would be the last pitcher to win at least 20 games in one season for the Tigers in the 20th century.[8]

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9171 .562 — 46‍–‍35 45‍–‍36
Boston Red Sox 8478 .519 7 43‍–‍38 41‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers 8478 .519 7 49‍–‍32 35‍–‍46
Milwaukee Brewers 8379 .512 8 43‍–‍37 40‍–‍42
New York Yankees 7191 .438 20 39‍–‍42 32‍–‍49
Baltimore Orioles 6795 .414 24 33‍–‍48 34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 57105 .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—

Opening Day lineup

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DH Tony Phillips
LF Lloyd Moseby
SS Alan Trammell
1B Cecil Fielder
2B Lou Whitaker
RF Rob Deer
C Mickey Tettleton
3B Travis Fryman
CF Milt Cuyler

Notable transactions

Roster

1991 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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
CMickey Tettleton154501132.2633189
1BCecil Fielder162624163.26144*133
2BLou Whitaker138470131.2792378
3BTravis Fryman149557144.2592191
SSAlan Trammell10137593.248955
LFLloyd Moseby7426068.262635
CFMilt Cuyler154475122.257333
RFRob Deer13444880.1792564
DHPete Incaviglia9733772.2141138
  • Tied with Jose Canseco (OAK) for league lead

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
Tony Phillips146564160.2841772
Dave Bergman8619446.237729
Skeeter Barnes7515946.289517
Andy Allanson6015135.232116
John Shelby5314322.15438
Scott Livingstone4412737.291211
Mark Salas33575.08817
Luis de los Santos16305.16700
John Moses13211.04801
Shawn Hare9191.05300
Johnny Paredes16186.33300
Tony Bernazard6122.16700
Rich Rowland441.25001

Pitching

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
Bill Gullickson35226.120*93.9091
Walt Terrell35218.212144.2480
Frank Tanana33217.113123.77107
Scott Aldred1157.1245.1835
  • Tied with Scott Erickson (MIN) for league lead.

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
Mark Leiter38134.2974.21103
John Cerutti3888.2364.5729
Dan Gakeler3173.2145.7443
Dan Petry1754.2234.9418
Steve Searcy1640.2128.4132
Rusty Meacham1027.2215.2014
Kevin Ritz1115.10311.749

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV GF ERA SO
Mike Henneman6010221502.8861
Paul Gibson68578284.5952
Jerry Don Gleaton47322164.0647
Dave Haas1110006.756
Jeff Kaiser1001249.004
John Kiely7010314.851
Mike Munoz600049.643
Mike Dalton400013.384

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Rob Deer

  • MLB leader in strikeouts (175)
  • #8 in AL in bases on balls (89)
  • #9 in AL in at bats per home run (17.9)

Cecil Fielder

  • Finished 2nd in AL MVP voting behind Cal Ripken Jr.
  • MLB leader in home runs (44)
  • MLB leader in RBIs (133)
  • MLB leader in games played (162)
  • #2 in AL in at bats per home run (11.2)
  • #3 in AL in strikeouts (151)
  • #6 in AL in total bases (320)
  • #6 in AL in extra base hits (69)
  • #8 in AL in plate appearances (712)
  • #9 in AL in slugging percentage (.513)
  • #9 in AL in runs scored (102)
  • #10 in AL in runs created (110)

Travis Fryman

  • #4 in AL in strikeouts (149)

Paul Gibson

  • #7 in AL in games (68)

Bill Gullickson

  • Finished 8th in AL Cy Young Award voting
  • MLB leader in wins (20)
  • AL leader in games started (35)
  • #4 in AL in win percentage (.690)
  • #4 in AL in bases on balls per 9 innings pitched (1.75)
  • #7 in AL in earned runs allowed (98)

Mike Henneman

  • #9 in AL in games finished (50)

Walt Terrell

  • AL leader in hits allowed (257)
  • #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (103)
  • #4 in AL in losses (14)
  • #5 in AL in complete games (8)
  • #6 in AL in shutouts (2)

Mickey Tettleton

  • #2 in AL in bases on balls (101)
  • #4 in AL in at bats per home run (16.2)
  • #6 in AL in home runs (31)
  • #7 in AL in strikeouts (131)

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1991 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Joe Sparks
AA London Tigers Eastern League Gene Roof
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Johnny Lipon
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Gerry Groninger
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Rapids New York–Penn League Gary Calhoun
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Juan López

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Notes

  1. 1 2 John Shelby at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Buddy Groom at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Mickey Tettleton at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Skeeter Barnes at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Torey Lovullo at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ "The Ballplayers - Cecil Fielder | baseballbiography.com". Retrieved September 2, 2008.
  8. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  9. ↑ "April 8, 1991 New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers". Baseball Reference.com.
  10. ↑ Scott Lusader at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Kevin Morgan at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Jeff Kaiser at Baseball Reference
  13. 1 2 John Moses at Baseball Reference
  14. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Detroit_Tigers_season