1991 Boston Red Sox season

The 1991 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 References

Offseason

December 19, 1990: Danny Darwin signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	91	71	.562	--
Boston Red Sox	84	78	.519	7
Detroit Tigers	84	78	.519	7
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	8
New York Yankees	71	91	.438	20
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	34
Cleveland Indians	57	105	.352	34

Notable Transactions

February 1, 1991: John Moses was Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[2]
April 1, 1991: John Moses was Released by the Boston Red Sox.^[2]
April 18, 1991: Steve Lyons was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.^[3]
August 9, 1991: Kevin Romine was released by the Boston Red Sox.^[4]

Opening Day Line Up

26	Wade Boggs	3B
3	Jody Reed	2B
39	Mike Greenwell	LF
25	Jack Clark	DH
12	Ellis Burks	CF
23	Tom Brunansky	RF
18	Carlos Quintana	1B
6	Tony Peña	C
11	Tim Naehring	SS
21	Roger Clemens	P

Roster

1991 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

20 John Marzano
6 Tony Peña

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

25 Jack Clark
22 Eric Wedge

Manager

35 Joe Morgan

Coaches

33 Dick Berardino (third base)
37 Al Bumbry (first base)
34 Bill Fischer (pitching)
32 Richie Hebner (hitting)
36 John McLaren (bullpen)

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	Tony Peña	141	464	107	.231	5	48
1B	Carlos Quintana	149	478	141	.295	11	71
2B	Jody Reed	153	618	175	.283	5	60
3B	Wade Boggs	144	546	181	.332	8	51
SS	Luis Rivera	129	414	107	.258	8	40
LF	Mike Greenwell	147	544	163	.300	9	83
CF	Ellis Burks	130	474	119	.251	14	56
RF	Tom Brunansky	142	459	105	.229	16	70
DH	Jack Clark	140	481	120	.249	28	87

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roger Clemens	35	271.1	18	10	2.62	241

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

Roger Clemens, American League Cy Young Award Winner
Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Games Started (35)
Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Innings Pitched (271.1)
Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (4)

All-Star Game

Wade Boggs, Third Base, Starter
Roger Clemens, Pitcher, Reserve
Jeff Reardon, Relief Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Butch Hobson
AA	New Britain Red Sox	Eastern League	Gary Allenson
A	Lynchburg Red Sox	Carolina League	Buddy Bailey
A	Winter Haven Red Sox	Florida State League	Mike Verdi
Short-Season A	Elmira Pioneers	New York–Penn League	Dave Holt
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Felix Maldonado

^[5]

References

1991 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
1991 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

v t e 1991 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1991 Major League Baseball Draft 1991 All-Star Game 1991 World Series

Boston Red Sox

Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; McKechnie Field; Bader Field; Payne Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Chain of Lakes Park; City of Palms Park; JetBlue Park at Fenway South

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

New York Yankees

Retired numbers

Administration

Owners: Fenway Sports Group
- John W. Henry
- Tom Werner
President and CEO: Larry Lucchino
General Manager: Ben Cherington
Manager: John Farrell

World Series
Championships (8)

American League
Championships (13)

Minor league
affiliates

AAA
- Pawtucket Red Sox
AA
- Portland Sea Dogs
A
- Salem Red Sox
- Greenville Drive
- Lowell Spinners
Rookie
- Gulf Coast League Red Sox

See also

New Fenway Park

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