1991 Milwaukee Brewers season

1991 Milwaukee Brewers
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners	Bud Selig
General managers	Harry Dalton
Managers	Tom Trebelhorn
Television	WCGV-TV (Jim Paschke, Pete Vuckovich)
Radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
Seasons

The 1991 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers' finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses, after having had a record of 43–60 on August 3 [1]

Offseason

• March 14, 1991: Dave Parker was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Dante Bichette.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	91	71	.562	—	46‍–‍35	45‍–‍36
Boston Red Sox	84	78	.519	7	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	84	78	.519	7	49‍–‍32	35‍–‍46
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	8	43‍–‍37	40‍–‍42
New York Yankees	71	91	.438	20	39‍–‍42	32‍–‍49
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	24	33‍–‍48	34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	57	105	.352	34	30‍–‍52	27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	4–8	3–10	4–8	5–8	3–9	4–8	9–3	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	4–8	7–5	9–4	5–8	7–5	7–6	3–9	6–7	8–4	9–3	5–7	9–4
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	5–7	9–4	6–6	8–5	6–6	1–12	6–7	5–8	6–6
Chicago	8–4	5–7	5–8	—	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	8–5	8–4	7–6	7–6	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	6–7	4–9	5–7	6–6	—	7–6	4–8	5–8	2–10	6–7	5–7	2–10	4–8	1–12
Detroit	8–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	6–7	—	8–4	4–9	4–8	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	8–4	5–7	4–9	6–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	6–7	7–5	6–7	7–6	7–6	5–7
Milwaukee	10–3	6–7	6–6	5–7	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	9–3	5–8	5–8	10–2	8–4	7–6	6–6	—	10–2	8–5	9–4	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	7–6	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	5–7	7–6	2–10	—	6–6	3–9	5–7	6–7
Oakland	9–3	4–8	12–1	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–6	4–8	5–8	6–6	—	6–7	4–9	6–6
Seattle	8–4	3–9	7–6	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	9–3	4–9	9–3	7–6	—	5–8	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	4–9	6–6	5–7	12–1	8–5	7–5	7–6	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions

• April 2, 1991: Willie Randolph was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[3]
• May 25, 1991: Carmelo Castillo was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[4]
• August 9, 1991: Candy Maldonado was traded by the Brewers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rob Wishnevski (minors) and a player to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending William Suero to the Brewers on August 14.[5]

Roster

1991 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 38 Don August 47 Jim Austin 29 Chris Bosio 20 Kevin Brown 32 Chuck Crim 21 Cal Eldred 59 Chris George 28 Doug Henry 49 Teddy Higuera 40 Darren Holmes 43 Jim Hunter 53 Mike Ignasiak 41 Mark Knudson 34 Mark Lee 48 Julio Machado 31 Jaime Navarro 45 Edwin Núñez 37 Dan Plesac 33 Ron Robinson 46 Bill Wegman		Catchers 14 Rick Dempsey  5 B. J. Surhoff Infielders  9 Greg Brock 22 George Canale 17 Jim Gantner  4 Paul Molitor 30 Willie Randolph 11 Gary Sheffield 6,9 Bill Spiers 28,0 Franklin Stubbs  7 Dale Sveum		Outfielders  3 Dante Bichette 39 Matias Carrillo 24 Darryl Hamilton 22 Candy Maldonado 26 Tim McIntosh 18 Jim Olander 23 Greg Vaughn 19 Robin Yount		Manager 42 Tom Trebelhorn Coaches 25 Don Baylor (hitting) 50 Ray Burris 10 Duffy Dyer  8 Andy Etchebarren 12 Larry Haney 13 Fred Stanley

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	B. J. Surhoff	143	505	146	.289	5	68
1B	Franklin Stubbs	103	362	77	.213	11	38
2B	Willie Randolph	124	431	141	.327	0	54
3B	Jim Gantner	140	526	149	.283	2	47
SS	Bill Spiers	133	414	117	.283	8	54
LF	Greg Vaughn	145	542	132	.244	27	98
CF	Robin Yount	130	503	131	.260	10	77
RF	Dante Bichette	134	445	106	.238	15	59
DH	Paul Molitor	158	665	216	.325	17	75

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
Darryl Hamilton	122	405	126	.311	1	57
Dale Sveum	90	266	64	.241	4	43
Gary Sheffield	50	175	34	.194	2	22
Rick Dempsey	60	147	34	.231	4	21
Candy Maldonado	34	111	23	.207	5	20
Greg Brock	31	60	17	.283	1	6
George Canale	21	34	6	.176	3	10
Tim McIntosh	7	11	4	.364	1	1
Jim Olander	12	9	0	.000	0	0
Matías Carrillo	3	0	0	----	0	0

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
Jaime Navarro	34	234.0	15	12	3.92	114
Chris Bosio	32	204.2	14	10	3.25	117
Bill Wegman	28	193.1	15	7	2.84	89
Don August	28	138.1	9	8	5.47	62
Teddy Higuera	7	36.1	3	2	4.46	33
Cal Eldred	3	16.0	2	0	4.50	10
Ron Robinson	1	4.1	0	1	6.23	0

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
Dan Plesac	45	92.1	2	7	4.29	61
Kevin Brown	15	63.2	2	4	5.51	30
Mark Knudson	12	35.0	1	3	7.97	23
Jim Hunter	8	31.0	0	5	7.26	14
Mike Ignasiak	4	12.2	2	1	5.68	10
Chris George	2	6.0	0	0	3.00	2

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Doug Henry	32	2	1	15	1.00	28
Chuck Crim	66	8	5	3	4.63	39
Mark Lee	62	2	5	1	3.86	43
Julio Machado	54	3	3	3	3.45	98
Darren Holmes	40	1	4	3	4.72	59
Edwin Núñez	23	2	1	8	6.04	24
Jim Austin	5	0	0	0	8.31	3
Rick Dempsey	2	0	0	0	4.50	0

Awards and honors

• Bill Wegman, Hutch Award[6]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1991.[7][8] The Denver Zephyrs won the American Association championship.[9]

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Denver Zephyrs	American Association	Tony Muser
Double-A	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Dave Huppert
Class A-Advanced	Stockton Ports	California League	Chris Bando
Class A	Beloit Brewers	Midwest League	Rob Derksen
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Harry Dunlop
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Wayne Krenchicki
Rookie	DSL Brewers	Dominican Summer League	—

Notes

1. "1991 Milwaukee Brewers Schedule".
2. Dave Parker page at Baseball-Reference
3. Willie Randolph page at Baseball-Reference
4. Carmelo Castillo page at Baseball-Reference
5. Candy Maldonado page at Baseball-Reference
6. "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
7. "1991 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
8. "1991 Dominican Summer League Statistics". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
9. "American Association Playoff Results". Triple-A Baseball. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

External links

• 1991 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1991 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com