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1991 Chicago Cubs
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1876) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (since 1871)
1991 information
Owner(s)	Tribune Company
General manager(s)	Jim Frey
Manager(s)	Don Zimmer, Joe Altobelli, Jim Essian
Local television	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Thom Brennaman)
Local radio	WGN (Harry Caray, Bob Brenly, Ron Santo, Thom Brennaman)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1991 Chicago Cubs season saw the Cubs finish in fourth place in the National League East with a record of 77 wins and 83 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 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason [edit]

December 6, 1990: George Bell was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.^[1]
December 17, 1990: Randy Kramer was released by the Cubs.^[2]
March 29, 1991: Gary Varsho was traded by the Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Steve Carter.^[3]

Regular season [edit]

Season standings [edit]

Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	.605	0
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	.519	14.0
Philadelphia Phillies	78	84	.481	20.0
Chicago Cubs	77	83	.481	20.0
New York Mets	77	84	.478	20.5
Montreal Expos	71	90	.441	26.5

Notable transactions [edit]

April 7, 1991: Mitch Williams was traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chuck McElroy and Bob Scanlan.^[4]
September 29, 1991: Damon Berryhill and Mike Bielecki were traded by the Cubs to the Atlanta Braves for Turk Wendell and Yorkis Pérez.^[5]

Roster [edit]

1991 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats [edit]

Batting [edit]

Starters by position [edit]

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	Wilkins, RickRick Wilkins	86	203	45	.222	6	22
1B	Grace, MarkMark Grace	160	619	169	.273	8	58
2B	Sandberg, RyneRyne Sandberg	158	585	170	.291	26	100
3B	Salazar, LuisLuis Salazar	103	333	86	.258	14	38
SS	Dunston, ShawonShawon Dunston	142	492	128	.260	12	50
LF	Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	148	558	159	.285	25	86
CF	Walton, JeromeJerome Walton	123	270	59	.219	5	17
RF	Dawson, AndreAndre Dawson	149	563	153	.272	31	104

Other batters [edit]

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
Landrum, CedCed Landrum	56	86	20	.233	0	6

Pitching [edit]

Starting pitchers [edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers [edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Scanlan, BobBob Scanlan	40	111	7	8	3.89	44

Relief pitchers [edit]

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
McElroy, ChuckChuck McElroy	71	6	2	3	1.95	92
Renfroe, LaddieLaddie Renfroe	4	0	1	0	13.50	4
May, ScottScott May	2	0	0	0	18.00	1

Farm system [edit]

Notes [edit]

^ George Bell page at Baseball Reference
^ Randy Kramer page at Baseball Reference
^ Gary Varsho page at Baseball Reference
^ Mitch Williams page at Baseball Reference
^ Damon Berryhill page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References [edit]

1991 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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

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