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1991 San Francisco Giants season

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1991 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersBob Lurie
General managersAl Rosen
ManagersRoger Craig
TelevisionKTVU
(Duane Kuiper, Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald)
SportsChannel America
(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald, Mike Krukow)
KLOK
(Tito Fuentes, Eduardo Ortega)
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The 1991 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 109th season in Major League Baseball, their 34th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 32nd at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 75–87 record, 19 games behind the Atlanta Braves.

Offseason

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  • November 9, 1990: Bud Black signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[1]
  • December 4, 1990: Dave Righetti signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
  • December 4, 1990: Darren Lewis was traded by the Oakland Athletics with a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants for Ernest Riles. The Oakland Athletics sent Pedro Pena (minors) (December 17, 1990) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.[2]
  • March 30, 1991: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[3]

Regular season

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 94 68 .580 48‍–‍33 46‍–‍35
Los Angeles Dodgers 93 69 .574 1 54‍–‍27 39‍–‍42
San Diego Padres 84 78 .519 10 42‍–‍39 42‍–‍39
San Francisco Giants 75 87 .463 19 43‍–‍38 32‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds 74 88 .457 20 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46
Houston Astros 65 97 .401 29 37‍–‍44 28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 6–6 11–7 13–5 7–11 5–7 9–3 5–7 9–3 11–7 9–9 9–3
Chicago 6–6 4–8 9–3 2–10 10–7 11–6 8–10 7–11 4–8 6–6 10–8
Cincinnati 7–11 8–4 9–9 6–12 6–6 5–7 9–3 2–10 8–10 10–8 4–8
Houston 5–13 3–9 9–9 8–10 2–10 7–5 7–5 4–8 6–12 9–9 5–7
Los Angeles 11–7 10–2 12–6 10–8 5–7 7–5 7–5 7–5 10–8 8–10 6–6
Montreal 7–5 7–10 6–6 10–2 7–5 4–14 4–14 6–12 6–6 7–5 7–11
New York 3–9 6–11 7–5 5–7 5–7 14–4 11–7 6–12 7–5 6–6 7–11
Philadelphia 7-5 10–8 3–9 5–7 5–7 14–4 7–11 6–12 9–3 6–6 6–12
Pittsburgh 3–9 11–7 10–2 8–4 5–7 12–6 12–6 12–6 7–5 7–5 11–7
San Diego 7–11 8–4 10–8 12–6 8–10 6–6 5–7 3–9 5–7 11–7 9–3
San Francisco 9–9 6–6 8–10 9–9 10–8 5–7 6–6 6–6 5–7 7–11 4–8
St. Louis 3–9 8–10 8–4 7–5 6–6 11–7 11–7 12–6 7–11 3–9 8–4


Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

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  • June 3, 1991: William Van Landingham was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1991.[5]
  • June 19, 1991: Rick Reuschel was released by the San Francisco Giants.[6]

Roster

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1991 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Steve Decker 79 233 48 .206 5 24
1B Will Clark 148 565 170 .301 29 116
2B Robby Thompson 144 492 129 .262 19 48
3B Matt Williams 157 589 158 .268 34 98
SS José Uribe 90 231 51 .221 1 12
LF Kevin Mitchell 113 371 95 .256 27 69
CF Willie McGee 131 497 155 .312 4 43
RF Kevin Bass 124 361 84 .233 10 40

Other batters

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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
Mike Felder 132 348 92 .264 0 18
Dave Anderson 100 226 56 .248 2 13
Darren Lewis 72 222 55 .248 1 15
Kirt Manwaring 67 178 40 .225 0 19
Terry Kennedy 69 171 40 .234 3 13
Mark Leonard 64 129 31 .240 2 14
Greg Litton 59 127 23 .181 1 15
Mike Kingery 91 110 20 .182 0 8
Mike Benjamin 54 106 13 .123 2 8
Tom Herr 32 60 15 .250 0 7
Tony Perezchica 23 48 11 .229 0 3
Royce Clayton 9 26 3 .115 0 2
Ted Wood 10 25 3 .120 0 1
Rick Parker 13 14 1 .071 0 1
Darnell Coles 11 14 3 .214 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bud Black 34 214.1 12 16 3.99 104
John Burkett 36 206.2 12 11 4.18 131
Trevor Wilson 44 202.0 13 11 3.56 139
Paul McClellan 13 71.0 3 6 4.56 44
Mike Remlinger 8 35.0 2 1 4.37 19

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Don Robinson 34 121.1 5 9 4.38 78
Kelly Downs 45 111.2 10 4 4.19 62
Bryan Hickerson 17 50.0 2 2 3.60 43
Mike LaCoss 18 47.1 1 5 7.23 30
Gil Heredia 7 33.0 0 2 3.82 13
Scott Garrelts 8 19.2 1 1 6.41 8
Rick Reuschel 4 10.2 0 2 4.22 4

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Righetti 61 2 7 24 3.39 51
Jeff Brantley 67 5 2 15 2.45 81
Francisco Oliveras 55 6 6 3 3.86 48
Rod Beck 31 1 1 1 3.78 38
José Segura 11 0 1 0 4.41 10
Eric Gunderson 2 0 0 1 5.40 2
Greg Litton 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Award winners

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Duane Espy
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Bill Evers
A San Jose Giants California League Ron Wotus
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Jack Mull
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Rob Ellis and Mike Bubalo
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Nelson Rood

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Shreveport, Clinton[7]

References

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  1. ^ Bud Black Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Darren Lewis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Darnell Coles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "1991 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. ^ William Van Landingham Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ Rick Reuschel Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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