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1991 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) East Division (since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
1991 information
Owner(s)	Tom Monaghan
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Local radio	WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The 1991 Detroit Tigers finished in second place in the American League East with a record of 83-79 (.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

November 26, 1990: John Shelby was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[1]
December 3, 1990: Bill Gullickson was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[2]
December 3, 1990: Buddy Groom was drafted by the Tigers from the Chicago White Sox in the 1990 minor league draft.^[3]
January 11, 1991: Jeff Robinson was traded by the Tigers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mickey Tettleton.^[4]
January 21, 1991: Skeeter Barnes was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[5]
March 19, 1991: Torey Lovullo was traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees for Mark Leiter.^[6]

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	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

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

April 5, 1991: Scott Lusader was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the New York Yankees.^[9]
June 3, 1991: Kevin Morgan was drafted by the Tigers in the 30th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft.^[10]
June 11, 1991: Jeff Kaiser was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[11]
August 5, 1991: John Moses was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[12]
August 13, 1991: John Shelby was released by the Tigers.^[1]
August 25, 1991: John Moses was released by the Tigers.^[12]

Roster

1991 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

11 Sparky Anderson

Coaches

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	Tettleton, MickeyMickey Tettleton	154	501	132	.263	31	89
1B	Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder	162	624	163	.261	44	133
2B	Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker	138	470	131	.279	23	78
3B	Fryman, TravisTravis Fryman	149	557	144	.259	21	91
SS	Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell	101	375	93	.248	9	55
LF	Moseby, LloydLloyd Moseby	74	260	68	.262	6	35
CF	Cuyler, MiltMilt Cuyler	154	475	122	.257	3	33
RF	Deer, RobRob Deer	134	448	80	.179	25	64
DH	Incaviglia, PetePete Incaviglia	97	337	72	.214	11	38

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
Phillips, TonyTony Phillips	146	564	160	.284	17	72
Bergman, DaveDave Bergman	86	194	46	.237	7	29
Barnes, SkeeterSkeeter Barnes	75	159	46	.289	5	17
Allanson, AndyAndy Allanson	60	151	35	.232	1	16
Shelby, JohnJohn Shelby	53	143	22	.154	3	8
de los Santos, LuisLuis de los Santos	16	30	5	.167	0	0
Moses, JohnJohn Moses	13	21	1	.048	0	1

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
Gullickson, BillBill Gullickson	35	226.3	20	9	3.90	91
Tanana, FrankFrank Tanana	33	217.3	13	12	3.77	107
Terrell, WaltWalt Terrell	35	218.7	12	14	4.24	80

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Leiter, MarkMark Leiter	38	134.7	9	7	4.21	103
Cerutti, JohnJohn Cerutti	38	88.7	3	6	4.57	29

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
Henneman, MikeMike Henneman	60	10	2	21	50	2.88	61
Gibson, PaulPaul Gibson	68	5	7	8	28	4.59	52
Gleaton, Jerry DonJerry Don Gleaton	47	3	2	2	16	4.06	47
Haas, DaveDave Haas	11	1	0	0	0	6.75	6
Kaiser, JeffJeff Kaiser	10	0	1	2	4	9.00	4
Kiely, JohnJohn Kiely	7	0	1	0	3	14.85	1
Munoz, MikeMike Munoz	6	0	0	0	4	9.64	3
Dalton, MikeMike Dalton	4	0	0	0	1	3.38	4

Awards and honors

Mickey Tettleton, AL Silver Slugger Award at catcher
Cecil Fielder, AL Silver Slugger Award at first base

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:

Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time
Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time

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
Short-Season A	Niagara Falls Rapids	New York-Penn League	Gary Calhoun
Rookie	Bristol Tigers	Appalachian League	Juan López

Notes

^ ^a ^b John Shelby page at Baseball Reference
^ Bill Gullickson page at Baseball Reference
^ Buddy Groom page at Baseball Reference
^ Mickey Tettleton page at Baseball Reference
^ Skeeter Barnes page at Baseball Reference
^ Torey Lovullo page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Cecil_Fielder_1963
^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
^ Scott Lusader page at Baseball Reference
^ Kevin Morgan page at Baseball Reference
^ Jeff Kaiser page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b John Moses page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

v · d · e1991 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

Detroit Tigers

Based in Detroit, Michigan

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Gum Time • Paws • "Detroit Rock City" • "The Bird" • Tiger Town •

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Disco Demolition Night • 28-out perfect game

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Sparky Anderson • Jim Bunning • Ty Cobb • Mickey Cochrane • Sam Crawford • Charlie Gehringer • Hank Greenberg • Harry Heilmann • Al Kaline • George Kell • Hal Newhouser

Frick Award recipient	Ernie Harwell

Retired numbers

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Minors

Player overview • AAA: Toledo Mud Hens • AA: Erie SeaWolves • A: Lakeland Flying Tigers • West Michigan Whitecaps • Connecticut Tigers • Rookie: Gulf Coast League Tigers • DSL Tigers

Key personnel

Owner: Mike Ilitch • General Manager: Dave Dombrowski • Manager: Jim Leyland

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History: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

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