1991 Detroit Tigers season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Detroit Tigers

| season = 1991

| misc =

| league = American League

| division = East

| ballpark = Tiger Stadium

| city = Detroit, Michigan

| owners = Tom Monaghan

| general_managers = Joe McDonald

| managers = Sparky Anderson

| television = WDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)

| radio = WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)

|}}

The 1991 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 91st season and the 80th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in a tie for second place in the American League East with a record of 84–78 (.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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shelbjo01.shtml John Shelby] at Baseball Reference
December 3, 1990: Bill Gullickson was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gullibi01.shtml Bill Gullickson] at Baseball Reference
December 3, 1990: Buddy Groom was drafted by the Tigers from the Chicago White Sox in the 1990 minor league draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml Buddy Groom] at Baseball Reference
January 11, 1991: Jeff Robinson was traded by the Tigers to the Baltimore Orioles for Mickey Tettleton.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tettlmi01.shtml Mickey Tettleton] at Baseball Reference
January 21, 1991: Skeeter Barnes was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/barnesk01.shtml Skeeter Barnes] at Baseball Reference
March 19, 1991: Torey Lovullo was traded by the Tigers to the New York Yankees for Mark Leiter.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lovulto01.shtml Torey Lovullo] at Baseball Reference

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.{{Cite web |url=https://baseballbiography.com/cecil-fielder-1963 |title=The Ballplayers - Cecil Fielder | baseballbiography.com |access-date=September 2, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}
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.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN|978-0-451-22363-0}}

=Season standings=

= Record vs. opponents =

=Opening Day lineup=

{{cite web|title=April 8, 1991 New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET199104080.shtml|work=Baseball Reference.com}}

RF Rob Deer

CF Milt Cuyler

=Notable transactions=

April 5, 1991: Scott Lusader was selected off waivers from the Tigers by the New York Yankees.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lusadsc01.shtml Scott Lusader] at Baseball Reference
June 3, 1991: Kevin Morgan was drafted by the Tigers in the 30th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/morgake01.shtml Kevin Morgan] at Baseball Reference
June 11, 1991: Jeff Kaiser was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kaiseje01.shtml Jeff Kaiser] at Baseball Reference
August 5, 1991: John Moses was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mosesjo01.shtml John Moses] at Baseball Reference
August 13, 1991: John Shelby was released by the Tigers.
August 25, 1991: John Moses was released by the Tigers.

=Roster=

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="{{Baseball primary style\|Detroit Tigers\|border=2}}; text-align: center;"\| 1991 Detroit Tigers
colspan="10" style="{{Baseball secondary style\|Detroit Tigers\|border=2}}; text-align: center;"\| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|30\|Scott Aldred}} {{MLBplayer\|55\|John Cerutti}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Mike Dalton}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Dan Gakeler}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Paul Gibson}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Jerry Don Gleaton}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Bill Gullickson}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Dave Haas}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Mike Henneman}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Jeff Kaiser}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|John Kiely}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Mark Leiter}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Rusty Meacham}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Mike Munoz}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Dan Petry}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Kevin Ritz}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Steve Searcy}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Frank Tanana}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Walt Terrell}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|10\|Andy Allanson}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Rich Rowland}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Mark Salas}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Mickey Tettleton}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|14\|Dave Bergman}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Tony Bernazard}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Cecil Fielder}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Travis Fryman}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Scott Livingstone}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Johnny Paredes}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Alan Trammell}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Lou Whitaker}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Skeeter Barnes}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Milt Cuyler}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Luis de los Santos}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Rob Deer}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Shawn Hare}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Pete Incaviglia}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Lloyd Moseby}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|John Moses}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Tony Phillips}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|John Shelby}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|11\|Sparky Anderson}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|50\|Billy Consolo}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Alex Grammas}} {{MLBplayer\|56\|Billy Muffett}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Vada Pinson}} {{MLBplayer\|53\|Dick Tracewski}}

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colspan="10" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Detroit Tigers|border=2}}; text-align: center;"| Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

{{MLBplayer|30|Scott Aldred}}
{{MLBplayer|55|John Cerutti}}
{{MLBplayer|42|Mike Dalton}}
{{MLBplayer|32|Dan Gakeler}}
{{MLBplayer|48|Paul Gibson}}
{{MLBplayer|19|Jerry Don Gleaton}}
{{MLBplayer|36|Bill Gullickson}}
{{MLBplayer|16|Dave Haas}}
{{MLBplayer|39|Mike Henneman}}
{{MLBplayer|49|Jeff Kaiser}}
{{MLBplayer|46|John Kiely}}
{{MLBplayer|23|Mark Leiter}}
{{MLBplayer|41|Rusty Meacham}}
{{MLBplayer|43|Mike Munoz}}
{{MLBplayer|46|Dan Petry}}
{{MLBplayer|31|Kevin Ritz}}
{{MLBplayer|49|Steve Searcy}}
{{MLBplayer|26|Frank Tanana}}
{{MLBplayer|35|Walt Terrell}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

{{MLBplayer|10|Andy Allanson}}
{{MLBplayer|12|Rich Rowland}}
{{MLBplayer|27|Mark Salas}}
{{MLBplayer|20|Mickey Tettleton}}

Infielders

{{MLBplayer|14|Dave Bergman}}
{{MLBplayer| 9|Tony Bernazard}}
{{MLBplayer|45|Cecil Fielder}}
{{MLBplayer|24|Travis Fryman}}
{{MLBplayer|21|Scott Livingstone}}
{{MLBplayer|34|Johnny Paredes}}
{{MLBplayer| 3|Alan Trammell}}
{{MLBplayer| 1|Lou Whitaker}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

{{MLBplayer| 9|Skeeter Barnes}}
{{MLBplayer|22|Milt Cuyler}}
{{MLBplayer|17|Luis de los Santos}}
{{MLBplayer|44|Rob Deer}}
{{MLBplayer|25|Shawn Hare}}
{{MLBplayer|29|Pete Incaviglia}}
{{MLBplayer|15|Lloyd Moseby}}
{{MLBplayer| 8|John Moses}}
{{MLBplayer| 4|Tony Phillips}}
{{MLBplayer|25|John Shelby}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

{{MLBplayer|11|Sparky Anderson}}

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|50|Billy Consolo}}
{{MLBplayer|51|Alex Grammas}}
{{MLBplayer|56|Billy Muffett}}
{{MLBplayer|28|Vada Pinson}}
{{MLBplayer|53|Dick Tracewski}}

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Mickey\|Tettleton}}	154	501	132	.263	31	89
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Cecil\|Fielder}}	162	624	163	.261	44	133
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Lou\|Whitaker}}	138	470	131	.279	23	78
align="center" \| 3B	{{sortname\|Travis\|Fryman}}	149	557	144	.259	21	91
align="center" \| SS	{{sortname\|Alan\|Trammell}}	101	375	93	.248	9	55
align="center" \| LF	{{sortname\|Lloyd\|Moseby}}	74	260	68	.262	6	35
align="center" \| CF	{{sortname\|Milt\|Cuyler}}	154	475	122	.257	3	33
align="center" \| RF	{{sortname\|Rob\|Deer}}	134	448	80	.179	25	64
align="center" \| DH	{{sortname\|Pete\|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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Tony\|Phillips}}	146	564	160	.284	17	72
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Dave\|Bergman}}	86	194	46	.237	7	29
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Skeeter\|Barnes}}	75	159	46	.289	5	17
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Andy\|Allanson}}	60	151	35	.232	1	16
align="center" \| {{sortname\|John\|Shelby}}	53	143	22	.154	3	8
align="center" \| Scott Livingstone	44	127	37	.291	2	11
align="center" \| Mark Salas	33	57	5	.088	1	7
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Luis\|de los Santos\|dab=first baseman}}	16	30	5	.167	0	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|John\|Moses\|John Moses (baseball)}}	13	21	1	.048	0	1
align="center" \| Shawn Hare	9	19	1	.053	0	0
align="center" \| Johnny Paredes	16	18	6	.333	0	0
align="center" \| Tony Bernazard	6	12	2	.167	0	0
align="center" \| Rich Rowland	4	4	1	.250	0	1

=Pitching=

==Starting pitchers==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Gullickson}}	35	226.1	20	9	3.90	91
align="center" \| Walt Terrell	35	218.2	12	14	4.24	80
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Frank\|Tanana}}	33	217.1	13	12	3.77	107
align="center" \| Scott Aldred	11	57.1	2	4	5.18	35
align="center"

==Other pitchers==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mark\|Leiter}}	38	134.2	9	7	4.21	103
align="center" \| {{sortname\|John\|Cerutti}}	38	88.2	3	6	4.57	29
align="center" \| Dan Gakeler	31	73.2	1	4	5.74	43
align="center" \| Dan Petry	17	54.2	2	3	4.94	18
align="center" \| Steve Searcy	16	40.2	1	2	8.41	32
align="center" \| Rusty Meacham	10	27.2	2	1	5.20	14
align="center" \| Kevin Ritz	11	15.1	0	3	11.74	9

==Relief pitchers==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="28%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| GF ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|Henneman}}	60	10	2	21	50	2.88	61
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Paul\|Gibson\|Paul Gibson (baseball)}}	68	5	7	8	28	4.59	52
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jerry Don\|Gleaton}}	47	3	2	2	16	4.06	47
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Dave\|Haas}}	11	1	0	0	0	6.75	6
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jeff\|Kaiser}}	10	0	1	2	4	9.00	4
align="center" \| {{sortname\|John\|Kiely\|John Kiely (baseball)}}	7	0	1	0	3	14.85	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|Munoz\|Mike Munoz (baseball)}}	6	0	0	0	4	9.64	3
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|Dalton\|Mike Dalton (baseball)}}	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

{{MLB Farm System

|level15=AAA|team15=Toledo Mud Hens|league15=International League|manager15=Joe Sparks

|level16=AA |team16=London Tigers|league16=Eastern League|manager16=Gene Roof

|level17=A |team17=Lakeland Tigers|league17=Florida State League|manager17=Johnny Lipon

|level18=A|team18=Fayetteville Generals|league18=South Atlantic League|manager18=Gerry Groninger

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Niagara Falls Rapids|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=Gary Calhoun

|level20=Rookie|team20=Bristol Tigers|league20=Appalachian League|manager20= Juan López

}}Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1991.shtml 1991 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1991&t=DET Detroit Tigers at Baseball Almanac]

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