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1991 Cleveland Indians
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
1991 information
Owner(s)	Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)	Hank Peters, John Hart
Manager(s)	John McNamara, Mike Hargrove
Local television	WUAB (Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan) SportsChannel (John Sanders, Rick Manning)
Local radio	WWWE (Herb Score, Tom Hamilton)
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Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batters
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 References
7 External links

Offseason

December 3, 1990: Mike Huff was drafted by the Indians from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1990 rule 5 draft.^[1]
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.^[2]
January 11, 1991: Luis Lopez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[3]
January 16, 1991: Dave Otto was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[4]
January 16, 1991: Troy Neel was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Larry Arndt.^[5]

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.^[6]

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	91	71	.562	--
Boston Red Sox	84	78	.519	7
Detroit Tigers	84	78	.519	7
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	8
New York Yankees	71	91	.438	20
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	34
Cleveland Indians	57	105	.352	34

Notable transactions

May 17, 1991: Mike Aldrete was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[7]
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.^[8]
June 14, 1991: Tim Costo was traded by the Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Reggie Jefferson.^[9]
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.^[10]
July 5, 1991: Stan Jefferson was released by the Indians.^[11]
July 12, 1991: Mike Huff was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
July 26, 1991: Brook Jacoby was traded by the Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Lee Tinsley and Apolinar Garcia (minors).^[12]

Roster

1991 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12 Mike Hargrove
1 John McNamara

Coaches

Player stats

Batters

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	Skinner, JoelJoel Skinner	99	284	69	.243	1	24
1B	Jacoby, BrookBrook Jacoby	66	231	54	.234	4	24
2B	Baerga, CarlosCarlos Baerga	158	593	171	.268	11	69
3B	Manto, JeffJeff Manto	47	128	27	.211	2	13
SS	Fermín, FélixFélix Fermín	129	424	111	.262	0	31
LF	Belle, AlbertAlbert Belle	123	461	130	.282	28	95
CF	Cole, AlexAlex Cole	122	387	114	.295	0	27
RF	Whiten, MarkMark Whiten	70	258	66	.256	7	26
DH	James, ChrisChris James	115	437	104	.238	5	31

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lewis, MarkMark Lewis	84	314	83	.264	0	30
Browne, JerryJerry Browne	107	290	66	.234	1	29
Martínez, CarlosCarlos Martínez	72	257	73	.284	5	30
Alomar, Jr., SandySandy Alomar, Jr.	51	184	40	.217	0	7
Aldrete, MikeMike Aldrete	85	183	48	.262	1	19
Huff, MikeMike Huff	51	146	35	.240	2	10
Allred, BeauBeau Allred	48	125	29	.232	3	12
Hill, GlenallenGlenallen Hill	37	122	32	.262	5	14
Jefferson, ReggieReggie Jefferson	26	101	20	.198	2	12
Ward, TurnerTurner Ward	40	100	23	.230	0	5
Thome, JimJim Thome	27	98	25	.255	1	9
Lopez, LuisLuis Lopez	35	82	18	.220	0	7
González, JoséJosé González	33	69	11	.159	1	4
Magallanes, EverEver Magallanes	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts;

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nagy, CharlesCharles Nagy	33	211.1	10	15	4.13	109
Swindell, GregGreg Swindell	33	238	9	16	3.48	169
King, EricEric King	25	150.2	6	11	4.80	59
Candiotti, TomTom Candiotti	15	108.1	7	6	2.24	86
Otto, DaveDave Otto	18	100.0	2	8	4.23	47
Boucher, DenisDenis Boucher	5	22.2	1	4	8.34	13
Mutis, JeffJeff Mutis	3	12.1	0	3	11.68	6
Gozzo, MauroMauro Gozzo	2	4.2	0	0	19.29	3

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nichols, RodRod Nichols	31	137.1	2	11	3.54	76
Blair, WillieWillie Blair	11	36	2	3	6.75	13
York, MikeMike York	14	34.2	1	4	6.75	19

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games played; W = Wins ; L = Losses ; SV = Saves ; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Olin, SteveSteve Olin	48	3	6	17	3.36	38
Hillegas, ShawnShawn Hillegas	51	3	4	7	4.34	66
Orosco, JesseJesse Orosco	47	2	0	0	3.74	36
Jones, DougDoug Jones	36	4	8	7	5.54	48
Shaw, JeffJeff Shaw	29	0	5	0	3.36	31
Bell, EricEric Bell	10	4	0	0	0.50	7
Valdez, EfrainEfrain Valdez	7	0	0	0	1.50	1
Valdez, SergioSergio Valdez	6	1	0	0	5.51	11
Egloff, BruceBruce Egloff	6	0	0	0	4.76	8

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Sandy Alomar, Jr., Catcher, Starter

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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
Short-Season A	Watertown Indians	New York-Penn League	Gary Tuck
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League	Dave Keller

References

^ ^a ^b Mike Huff page at Baseball Reference
^ Shawn Hillegas page at Baseball Reference
^ Luis Lopez page at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Otto page at Baseball Reference
^ Troy Neel page at Baseball Reference
^ "BASEBALL; Twins End Brewers' Streak at 4 As Starter's Sour Streak Ends, Too". New York Times. 1991-05-05. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/05/sports/baseball-twins-end-brewers-streak-at-4-as-starter-s-sour-streak-ends-too.html.
^ Mike Aldrete page at Baseball Reference
^ Paul Byrd page at Baseball Reference
^ Reggie Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
^ Glenallen Hill page at Baseball Reference
^ Stan Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
^ Brook Jacoby page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

v t e 1991 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1991 Major League Baseball Draft 1991 All-Star Game 1991 World Series

Cleveland Indians

Formerly the Grand Rapids Rustlers, Cleveland Lake Shores, Cleveland Bluebirds and Cleveland Naps • Based in Cleveland, Ohio

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Retired Numbers

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Key Personnel

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Championships

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Other Assets

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Rivalries

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Media

TV: SportsTime Ohio • WKYC • Radio: WTAM
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