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1991 in baseball
...The following are the baseball events of the year 1991 throughout the world.
Champions
Major League Baseball
- World Series: Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3); Jack Morris, MVP
| League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||
| East | Toronto | 1 | |||||||
| West | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||
| AL | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||
| NL | Atlanta | 3 | |||||||
| East | Pittsburgh | 3 | |||||||
| West | Atlanta | 4 | |||||||
- American League Championship Series MVP: Kirby Puckett
- National League Championship Series MVP: Steve Avery
- All-Star Game, July 9 at SkyDome: American League, 4-2; Cal Ripken Jr., MVP
Other champions
- Caribbean World Series: Tigres de Licey (Dominican Republic)
- College World Series: LSU
- Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4-3)
- Korean Series: Haitai Tigers over Binggrae Eagles
- Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan
- Junior League World Series: Spring, Texas
- Little League World Series: Hsi Nan, Taichung, Taiwan
- Senior League World Series: Pingtung, Taiwan
- Pan American Games: Cuba over Puerto Rico
- Taiwan Series: Uni-President Lions over Wei Chuan Dragons
Awards and honors
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Most Valuable Player
- Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore Orioles, SS (AL)
- Terry Pendleton, Atlanta Braves, 3B (NL)
- Cy Young Award
- Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox (AL)
- Tom Glavine, Atlanta Braves (NL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Chuck Knoblauch, Minnesota Twins, 2B (AL)
- Jeff Bagwell, Houston Astros, 1B (NL)
- Manager of the Year Award
- Tom Kelly, Minnesota Twins (AL)
- Bobby Cox, Atlanta Braves (NL)
- Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Marta Hiczewski, Buffalo Bisons, American Association
- Gold Glove Award
- Don Mattingly (1B) (AL)
- Roberto Alomar (2B) (AL)
- Robin Ventura (3B) (AL)
- Cal Ripken Jr. (SS) (AL)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (OF) (AL)
- Kirby Puckett (OF) (AL)
- Devon White (OF) (AL)
- Tony Peña (C) (AL)
- Mark Langston (P) (AL)
- Will Clark (1B) (NL)
- Ryne Sandberg (2B) (NL)
- Matt Williams (3B) (NL)
- Ozzie Smith (SS) (NL)
- Barry Bonds (OF) (NL)
- Tony Gwynn (OF) (NL)
- Andy Van Slyke (OF) (NL)
- Tom Pagnozzi (C) (NL)
- Greg Maddux (P) (NL)
MLB statistical leaders
| American League | National League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Julio Franco TEX | .341 | Terry Pendleton ATL | .319 |
| HR | Jose Canseco OAK Cecil Fielder DET |
44 | Howard Johnson NYM | 38 |
| RBI | Cecil Fielder DET | 133 | Howard Johnson NYM | 117 |
| Wins | Scott Erickson MIN Bill Gullickson DET |
20 | Tom Glavine ATL John Smiley PIT |
20 |
| ERA | Roger Clemens BOS | 2.62 | Dennis Martínez MON | 2.39 |