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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 1882)
1991 information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Larry Doughty
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
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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.^[1]

Offseason[edit]

December 6, 1990: Zane Smith was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[2]
February 4, 1991: Mark Huismann was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
March 21, 1991: Esteban Loaiza was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[4]
March 29, 1991: Steve Carter was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Gary Varsho.^[5]

Regular season[edit]

Opening Day starters[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

Transactions[edit]

May 16, 1991: Mike York was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Mitch Webster.^[6]
June 11, 1991: Mark Huismann was released by the Pirates.^[3]

Roster[edit]

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)

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	Mike LaValliere	108	336	97	.289	3	41
1B	Orlando Merced	120	411	113	.275	10	50
2B	José Lind	150	502	133	.265	3	54
3B	Jeff King	33	109	26	.239	4	18
SS	Jay Bell	157	608	164	.270	16	67
LF	Barry Bonds	153	510	149	.292	25	116
CF	Andy Van Slyke	138	491	130	.265	17	83
RF	Bobby Bonilla	157	577	174	.302	18	100

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

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Zane Smith	35	228	16	10	3.20	120
John Smiley	33	207.2	20	8	3.08	129
Paul Miller	1	5	0	0	5.40	2

Other pitchers[edit]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers[edit]

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mark Huismann	5	0	0	0	7.20	5

National League Championship Series[edit]

Main article: 1991 National League Championship Series

Game 1[edit]

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[edit]

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 (8⅓), Pena (2/3) PIT – Z. Smith (7), Mason (1), Belinda (1)
Attendance: 57,533 Time: 2:46

Game 3[edit]

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 (6⅓), Stanton (2/3), Wohlers (1/3), Pena (1⅔)
Attendance: 50,905 Time: 3:21

Game 4[edit]

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 (6⅔), Clancy (1/3), Stanton (2), Mercker (2/3), Wohlers (1/3)
Attendance: 51,109 Time: 3:43

Game 5[edit]

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 (7⅔), Mason (1⅓) ATL – Glavine (8), Pena (1)
Attendance: 51,109 Time: 2:51

Game 6[edit]

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[edit]

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 (4⅓), Mason (2), Belinda (2)
Attendance: 46,932 Time: 3:04

Awards and honors[edit]

1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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

Farm system[edit]

References[edit]

^ 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
^ ^a ^b Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference
^ Esteban Loaiza page at Baseball Reference
^ Gary Varsho page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike York page at Baseball Reference

1991 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1991 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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

Preceded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1990	NL East Championship Season 1991	Succeeded by Pittsburgh Pirates 1992

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
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