1991 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1991 Pittsburgh Pirates
	1991 NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907);
Results
Record	98–64 (.605)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Larry Doughty
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV; Jim Rooker; Kent Derdivanis; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass; KBL; Jim Rooker; Kent Derdivanis; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass
Local radio	KDKA; Jim Rooker; Kent Derdivanis; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass
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The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 110th in franchise history. For the second consecutive season, the Pirates won the National League East Division Title. During the season, John Smiley won 20 games - the last to do so for the Pirates in the 20th century.^[2]

Offseason

December 6, 1990: Zane Smith was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
February 4, 1991: Mark Huismann was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[4]
March 21, 1991: Esteban Loaiza was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[5]
March 29, 1991: Steve Carter was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Gary Varsho.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	0.605	—	52–32	46–32
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	0.519	14	52–32	32–46
Philadelphia Phillies	78	84	0.481	20	47–36	31–48
Chicago Cubs	77	83	0.481	20	46–37	31–46
New York Mets	77	84	0.478	20½	40–42	37–42
Montreal Expos	71	90	0.441	26½	33–35	38–55

Record vs. opponents

1991 National League Records v t e 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	—

Game Log

1991 Game Log (98–64)

April (13–7)

May (17–8)

June (15–12)

July (15–12)

August (17–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
100	August 1	@ Cardinals	3–6	Olivares	Tomlin	Smith	28,276	60–40
101	August 2	@ Cardinals	3–4	McClure	Belinda	—	36,228	60–41
102	August 3	@ Cardinals	5–6 (10)	Smith	Patterson	—	40,627	60–42
103	August 4	@ Cardinals	2–1	Smiley	Hill	—	34,243	61–42
104	August 6	@ Mets	3–1	Tomlin	Fernandez	—	38,658	62–42
105	August 7	@ Mets	1–7	Gooden	Smith	—	41,542	62–43
106	August 8	@ Mets	3–4	Viola	Drabek	Franco	41,672	62–44
107	August 9	Cardinals	1–5	Smith	Smiley	—	38,136	62–45
108	August 10	Cardinals	11–5	Heaton	Hill	—	49,939	63–45
109	August 11	Cardinals	6–4	Mason	Tewksbury	Landrum	31,814	64–45
110	August 12	Cardinals	4–3 (11)	Patterson	Smith	—	26,328	65–45
111	August 13	Phillies	4–3	Drabek	Cox	Belinda	22,584	66–45
112	August 14	Phillies	5–3	Smiley	Greene	Belinda	42,501	67–45
113	August 15	Phillies	4–6	de Jesus	Heaton	Williams	28,193	67–46
114	August 16	Mets	8–2	Tomlin	Fernandez	—	39,275	68–46
115	August 17	Mets	4–1	Smith	Gooden	Belinda	44,707	69–46
116	August 18	Mets	9–2	Drabek	Viola	—	36,014	70–46
117	August 20	@ Phillies	5–6	Searcy	Belinda	—	23,336	70–47
118	August 21	@ Phillies	5–6	Williams	Kipper	—	35,591	70–48
119	August 22	@ Phillies	3–4 (11)	Williams	Landrum	—	41,544	70–49
120	August 23	Giants	8–0	Drabek	Burkett	—	32,419	71–49
121	August 24	Giants	1–5	Wilson	Heaton	—	33,035	71–50
122	August 25	Giants	8–3	Smiley	Oliveras	Belinda	30,453	72–50
123	August 26	Padres	5–7 (10)	Lefferts	Landrum	—	27,396	72–51
124	August 27	Padres	5–2	Smith	Bones	Mason	19,227	73–51
125	August 28	@ Dodgers	6–4	Rodriguez	McDowell	Belinda	39,040	74–51
126	August 29	@ Dodgers	4–1	Mason	Morgan	Landrum	46,414	75–51
127	August 30	@ Padres	4–1	Smiley	Rasmussen	Rodriguez	21,726	76–51
128	August 31	@ Padres	3–2 (12)	Landrum	Melendez	Kipper	16,170	77–51

September (18–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
129	September 1	@ Padres	4–7	Bones	Smith	Maddux	13,099	77–52
130	September 2	@ Giants	9–8	Belinda	Righetti	Rodriguez	16,971	78–52
131	September 3	@ Giants	5–3 (10)	Patterson	Oliveras	—	9,544	79–52
132	September 4	@ Giants	8–3	Smiley	Black	Mason	8,690	80–52
133	September 6	Dodgers	3–4	McDowell	Belinda	—	0	80–53
134	September 6	Dodgers	3–1	Smith	Gross	—	46,993	81–53
135	September 7	Dodgers	1–5	Ojeda	Drabek	Gott	37,416	81–54
136	September 8	Dodgers	1–5	Morgan	Patterson	—	31,563	81–55
137	September 9	@ Cubs	12–10	Belinda	Smith	Rodriguez	18,775	82–55
138	September 10	@ Cubs	2–6	Sutcliffe	Tomlin	Scanlan	29,299	82–56
139	September 11	@ Cardinals	3–1	Smith	Tewksbury	—	20,457	83–56
140	September 12	@ Cardinals	0–1	Hill	Drabek	Smith	21,412	83–57
141	September 13	@ Phillies	8–6	Belinda	Williams	Rodriguez	29,107	84–57
142	September 14	@ Phillies	5–3	Smiley	Ashby	Palacios	27,412	85–57
143	September 15	@ Phillies	3–8	Greene	Tomlin	Williams	35,560	85–58
144	September 16	Cubs	5–4	Smith	Castillo	Mason	16,149	86–58
145	September 17	Cubs	9–2	Drabek	Bielecki	—	18,152	87–58
146	September 18	Cardinals	6–5	Mason	Fraser	—	30,123	88–58
147	September 19	Cardinals	5–1	Belinda	Olivares	—	22,904	89–58
148	September 20	Phillies	3–8	Greene	Tomlin	—	22,691	89–59
149	September 21	Phillies	7–0	Smith	de Jesus	—	27,162	90–59
150	September 22	Phillies	2–1	Drabek	Brantley	—	33,662	91–59
151	September 24	@ Mets	10–8	Patterson	Innis	Rodriguez	12,336	92–59
152	September 26	@ Mets	4–3 (15)	Landrum	Whitehurst	—	0	93–59
153	September 26	@ Mets	1–2	Burke	Mason	Franco	14,451	93–60
154	September 27	Expos	8–12	Ruskin	Rodriguez	—	8,201	93–61
155	September 28	Expos	2–3	Nabholz	Drabek	Rojas	17,122	93–62
156	September 29	Expos	6–3	Walk	Sampen	Kipper	14,798	94–62
157	September 30	Mets	6–5	Landrum	Simons	Rodriguez	16,170	95–62

October (3–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1991 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

28 Jeff Banister
47 Jeff Schulz

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen)
32 Gene Lamont (third base)
39 Milt May (hitting)
31 Ray Miller (pitching)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day starters

1B – Gary Redus
SS – Jay Bell
CF – Andy Van Slyke
RF – Bobby Bonilla
LF – Barry Bonds
3B – Jeff King
C – Mike LaValliere
2B – José Lind
P – Doug Drabek

Awards and honors

1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Bobby Bonilla, DH, Starter
John Smiley, P, Reserve

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[7]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
J. Banister	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
R. Reed	1	2	1	0.500	0	2
J. Wehner	37	106	36	0.340	0	7
B. Bonilla	157	577	174	0.302	18	100
D. Slaught	77	220	65	0.295	1	29
B. Bonds	153	510	149	0.292	25	116
M. LaValliere	108	336	97	0.289	3	41
L. McClendon	85	163	47	0.288	7	24
N. Heaton	44	14	4	0.286	0	1
O. Merced	120	411	113	0.275	10	50
G. Varsho	99	187	51	0.273	4	23
J. Bell	157	608	164	0.270	16	67
J. Lind	150	502	133	0.265	3	54
A. Van	138	491	130	0.265	17	83
T. Prince	26	34	9	0.265	1	2
C. García	12	24	6	0.250	0	1
C. Martínez	11	16	4	0.250	0	0
B. Patterson	54	4	1	0.250	0	0
J. Richardson	6	4	1	0.250	0	0
G. Redus	98	252	62	0.246	7	24
S. Buechele	31	114	28	0.246	4	19
C. Espy	43	82	20	0.244	1	11
J. King	33	109	26	0.239	4	18
B. Walk	25	39	8	0.205	1	5
R. Tomlin	32	52	10	0.192	0	2
C. Wilkerson	85	191	36	0.188	2	18
Z. Smith	36	71	13	0.183	0	10
D. Drabek	36	84	15	0.179	0	2
M. Webster	36	97	17	0.175	1	9
J. Redfield	11	18	2	0.111	0	0
J. González	16	20	2	0.100	1	3
J. Smiley	33	70	7	0.100	0	3
V. Palacios	36	14	1	0.071	0	0
S. Belinda	60	7	0	0.000	0	1
S. Bullett	11	4	0	0.000	0	0
H. Fajardo	2	3	0	0.000	0	0
B. Kipper	52	1	0	0.000	0	0
B. Landrum	61	4	0	0.000	0	0
P. Miller	1	3	0	0.000	0	0
R. Rodríguez	18	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Schulz	3	3	0	0.000	0	0
M. Huismann	5	0	0	—	0	0
R. Mason	24	0	0	—	0	0

Postseason^[8]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
G. Varsho	2	2	1	0.500	0	0
J. Bell	7	29	12	0.414	1	1
M. LaValliere	3	6	2	0.333	0	1
B. Bonilla	7	23	7	0.304	0	1
S. Buechele	7	23	7	0.304	0	0
D. Slaught	6	17	4	0.235	0	1
O. Merced	3	9	2	0.222	1	1
D. Drabek	2	5	1	0.200	0	1
J. Lind	7	25	4	0.160	0	3
A. Van	7	25	4	0.160	1	2
G. Redus	5	19	3	0.158	0	0
B. Bonds	7	27	4	0.148	0	0
C. Espy	2	2	0	0.000	0	0
R. Mason	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
L. McClendon	3	2	0	0.000	0	0
Z. Smith	2	5	0	0.000	0	0
R. Tomlin	1	2	0	0.000	0	0
B. Walk	3	2	0	0.000	0	0
C. Wilkerson	4	4	0	0.000	0	0
S. Belinda	3	0	0	—	0	0
B. Kipper	1	0	0	—	0	0
B. Landrum	1	0	0	—	0	0
B. Patterson	1	0	0	—	0	0
R. Rodríguez	1	0	0	—	0	0
J. Smiley	2	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
R. Tomlin	31	175	8	7	2.98	104
R. Mason	24	29²⁄₃	3	2	3.03	21
D. Drabek	35	234²⁄₃	15	14	3.07	142
J. Smiley	33	207²⁄₃	20	8	3.08	129
B. Landrum	61	76¹⁄₃	4	4	3.18	45
Z. Smith	35	228	16	10	3.20	120
S. Belinda	60	78¹⁄₃	7	5	3.45	71
B. Walk	25	115	9	2	3.60	67
V. Palacios	36	81²⁄₃	6	3	3.75	64
R. Rodríguez	18	15¹⁄₃	1	1	4.11	10
B. Patterson	54	65²⁄₃	4	3	4.11	57
N. Heaton	42	68²⁄₃	3	3	4.33	34
B. Kipper	52	60	2	2	4.65	38
P. Miller	1	5	0	0	5.40	2
M. Huismann	5	5	0	0	7.20	5
H. Fajardo	2	6¹⁄₃	0	0	9.95	8
R. Reed	1	4¹⁄₃	0	0	10.38	2

Postseason^[10]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
S. Belinda	3	5	1	0	0.00	4
R. Mason	3	4¹⁄₃	0	0	0.00	2
B. Patterson	1	2	0	0	0.00	3
D. Drabek	2	15	1	1	0.60	10
Z. Smith	2	14²⁄₃	1	1	0.61	10
B. Walk	3	9¹⁄₃	0	0	1.93	5
R. Tomlin	1	6	0	0	3.00	1
B. Kipper	1	2	0	0	4.50	1
B. Landrum	1	1	0	0	9.00	2
J. Smiley	2	2²⁄₃	0	2	23.63	3
R. Rodríguez	1	1	0	0	27.00	1

National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 9: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
Pittsburgh	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	X	5	8	1
W: Doug Drabek (1-0) L: Tom Glavine (0-1) S: Bob Walk (1)
HR: ATL – David Justice (1) PIT – Andy Van Slyke (1)
Pitchers: ATL – Glavine (6), Wohlers (1), Stanton (1) PIT – Drabek (6), Walk (3)
Attendance: 57,347 Time: 2:51

Game 2

October 10: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
W: Steve Avery (1-0) L: Zane Smith (0-1) S: Alejandro Peña (1)
HR: ATL – None PIT – None
Pitchers: ATL – Avery (8¹⁄₃), Pena (2/3) PIT – Z. Smith (7), Mason (1), Belinda (1)
Attendance: 57,533 Time: 2:46

Game 3

October 12: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	2
Atlanta	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	X	10	11	0
W: John Smoltz (1-0) L: John Smiley (0-1) S: Alejandro Peña (2)
HR: PIT – None ATL – Greg Olson (1), Ron Gant (1), Sid Bream (1)
Pitchers: PIT – Smiley (2), Landrum (1), Patterson (2), Kipper (2), Rodriguez (1) ATL – Smoltz (6¹⁄₃), Stanton (2/3), Wohlers (1/3), Pena (1²⁄₃)
Attendance: 50,905 Time: 3:21

Game 4

October 13: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	1
Atlanta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
W: Stan Belinda (1-0) L: Kent Mercker (0-1) S: None
HR: PIT – None ATL – None
Pitchers: PIT – Tomlin (6), Walk (2), Belinda (2) ATL – Leibrant (6²⁄₃), Clancy (1/3), Stanton (2), Mercker (2/3), Wohlers (1/3)
Attendance: 51,109 Time: 3:43

Game 5

October 14: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
W: Zane Smith (1-1) L: Tom Glavine (0-2) S: Roger Mason (1)
HR: PIT – None ATL – None
Pitchers: PIT – Z. Smith (7²⁄₃), Mason (1¹⁄₃) ATL – Glavine (8), Pena (1)
Attendance: 51,109 Time: 2:51

Game 6

October 16: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
W: Steve Avery (2-0) L: Doug Drabek (1-1) S: Alejandro Peña (3)
HR: ATL – None PIT – None
Pitchers: ATL – Avery (8), Pena (1) PIT – Drabek (9)
Attendance: 54,508 Time: 3:09

Game 7

October 17: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	6	1
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
W: John Smoltz (2-0) L: John Smiley (0-2) S: None
HR: ATL – Brian Hunter (1) PIT – None
Pitchers: ATL – Smoltz (9) PIT – Smiley (2/3), Walk (4¹⁄₃), Mason (2), Belinda (2)
Attendance: 46,932 Time: 3:04

Transactions

May 16, 1991: Mike York was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Mitch Webster.^[11]
June 11, 1991: Mark Huismann was released by the Pirates.^[4]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Terry Collins
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Marc Bombard
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Stan Cliburn
A	Augusta Pirates	South Atlantic League	Don Werner
Short-Season A	Welland Pirates	New York–Penn League	Lee Driggers
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference
↑ Esteban Loaiza page at Baseball Reference
↑ Gary Varsho page at Baseball Reference
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1991 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.98, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

[3] Zane Smith page at Baseball Reference

[huismann-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference

[5] Esteban Loaiza page at Baseball Reference

[6] Gary Varsho page at Baseball Reference

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[11] Mike York page at Baseball Reference

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1991 Pittsburgh Pirates
1991 NL East Champions
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Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	98–64 (.605)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Larry Doughty
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV Jim Rooker Kent Derdivanis Lanny Frattare Steve Blass KBL Jim Rooker Kent Derdivanis Lanny Frattare Steve Blass
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