The 1991 New York Yankees season was the 89th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 71–91 finishing 20 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays. New York was managed by Stump Merrill. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason October 5, 1990: Wayne Tolleson was released by the New York Yankees. November 19, 1990: Tim Leary was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.Tim Leary Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com December 3, 1990: Frank Seminara was drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 1990 rule 5 draft. December 31, 1990: Scott Sanderson was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Oakland Athletics.Scott Sanderson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com January 13, 1991: Rick Cerone was released by the New York Yankees.Rick Cerone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com March 19, 1991: Torey Lovullo was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Mark Leiter.

Regular season Steve Sax led the Yankees with a .304 batting average, 198 hits, 85 runs, and 38 doubles. April 11, 1991 – Roberto Kelly had 5 RBI in a game versus the Detroit Tigers. June 23, 1991 – Roberto Kelly had 5 hits in a game versus the eventual World Champion Minnesota Twins.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Detailed records

American League Opponent W L WP AL East Baltimore Orioles 8 5 59 55 Boston Red Sox 7 6 55 53 Cleveland Indians 7 6 54 42 Detroit Tigers 5 8 69 77 Milwaukee Brewers 7 6 61 64 New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays 6 7 50 57 Total 40 38 348 348 AL West California Angels 6 6 48 64 Chicago White Sox 4 8 52 77 Kansas City Royals 5 7 46 59 Minnesota Twins 2 10 46 64 Oakland Athletics 6 6 56 59 Seattle Mariners 3 9 32 43 Texas Rangers 5 7 46 63 Total 31 53 326 429 Season Total 71 91 674 777

Month Games Won Lost Win % April 17 6 11 79 93 May 27 14 13 111 107 June 27 13 14 123 122 July 26 13 13 109 121 August 31 12 19 137 183 September 28 9 19 85 126 October 6 4 2 30 25 Total 162 71 91 674 777 Games Won Lost Win % Home 81 39 42 356 380 Away 81 32 49 318 397 Total 162 71 91 674 777

Notable transactions April 1, 1991: Steve Balboni was released by the New York Yankees.Steve Balboni Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com April 5, 1991: Scott Lusader was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers. May 9, 1991: Andy Hawkins was released by the New York Yankees.Andy Hawkins Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com May 17, 1991: Mike Blowers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and cash. The Seattle Mariners sent Jim Blueberg (minors) (June 22, 1991) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.Mike Blowers Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com May 25, 1991: Andy Pettite was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.Andy Pettitte Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

Draft picks With the first overall pick in the MLB draft, the New York Yankees selected Brien Taylor. He was a left-handed pitcher from Beaufort, North Carolina who competed at East Carteret High School.Baseball Draft: 1991 Yankees Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com Notable draft picks Round Pick Player Position Amateur Club5 126Lyle MoutonOF Louisiana State University 9 230Keith GaragozzoLHP University of Delaware

Roster 1991 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other Positions Manager

Coaches

(first base) (third base)

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 Matt Nokes 135 456 122 .268 24 77 1B Don Mattingly 152 587 169 .288 9 68 2B Steve Sax 158 652 198 .304 10 56 3B Pat Kelly 96 298 72 .242 3 23 SS Álvaro Espinoza 148 480 123 .256 5 33 LF Mel Hall 141 492 140 .285 19 80 CF Bernie Williams 85 320 76 .238 3 34 RF Jesse Barfield 84 284 64 .225 17 48 DH Kevin Maas 148 500 110 .220 23 63

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 Roberto Kelly 126 486 130 .267 20 69 Hensley Meulens 96 288 64 .222 6 29 Randy Velarde 80 184 45 .245 1 15 Bob Geren 64 128 28 .219 2 12 Pat Sheridan 62 113 23 .204 4 7 Jim Leyritz 32 77 14 .182 0 4 Torey Lovullo 22 51 9 .176 0 2 Mike Humphreys 25 40 8 .200 0 3 Carlos Rodríguez 15 37 7 .189 0 2 Mike Blowers 15 35 7 .200 1 1 John Ramos 10 26 8 .308 0 3 Scott Lusader 11 7 1 .143 0 1

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 Scott Sanderson 34 208.0 16 10 3.81 130 Jeff Johnson 23 127.0 6 11 5.95 62 Wade Taylor 23 116.1 7 12 6.27 72 Pascual Pérez 14 73.2 2 4 3.18 41 Dave Eiland 18 72.2 2 5 5.33 18 Scott Kamieniecki 9 55.1 4 4 3.90 34 Chuck Cary 10 53.1 1 6 5.91 34 Andy Hawkins 4 12.2 0 2 9.95 5 Mike Witt 2 5.1 0 1 10.13 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 Tim Leary 28 120.2 4 10 6.49 83 Eric Plunk 43 111.2 2 5 4.76 103 Alan Mills 6 16.1 1 1 4.41 11

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 Steve Farr 60 5 5 23 2.19 60 Greg Cadaret 68 8 6 3 3.62 105 John Habyan 66 4 2 2 2.30 70 Lee Guetterman 64 3 4 6 3.68 35 Steve Howe 37 3 1 3 1.68 34 Rich Monteleone 26 3 1 0 3.64 34 Darrin Chapin 3 0 1 0 5.06 5 Álvaro Espinoza 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Albany-ColonieJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1991 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1991 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com