The San Francisco Giants played their 109th season in Major League Baseball in 1991. It was their 34th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season and their 32nd season at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 75–87 record, 19 games behind the Atlanta Braves.
Offseason November 9, 1990: Bud Black signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.Bud Black Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 4, 1990: Dave Righetti signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants. December 4, 1990: Darren Lewis was traded by the Oakland Athletics with a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants for Ernest Riles. The Oakland Athletics sent Pedro Pena (minors) (December 17, 1990) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.Darren Lewis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 30, 1991: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.Darnell Coles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day starters Kevin Bass Mike Benjamin John Burkett Will Clark Steve Decker Willie McGee Kevin Mitchell Robby Thompson Matt Williams
Notable transactions June 3, 1991: William Van Landingham was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1991.William Van Landingham Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 19, 1991: Rick Reuschel was released by the San Francisco Giants.Rick Reuschel Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 1991 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches
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 79 233 48 .206 5 24 1B 148 565 170 .301 29 116 2B 144 492 129 .262 19 48 3B 157 589 158 .268 34 98 SS 90 231 51 .221 1 12 LF 113 371 95 .256 27 69 CF 131 497 155 .312 4 43 RF 124 361 84 .233 10 40
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 Mike Felder 132 348 92 .264 0 18 Dave Anderson 100 226 56 .248 2 13 Darren Lewis 72 222 55 .248 1 15 Kirt Manwaring 67 178 40 .225 0 19 Terry Kennedy 69 171 40 .234 3 13 Mark Leonard 64 129 31 .240 2 14 Greg Litton 59 127 23 .181 1 15 Mike Kingery 91 110 20 .182 0 8 Mike Benjamin 54 106 13 .123 2 8 Tom Herr 32 60 15 .250 0 7 Tony Perezchica 23 48 11 .229 0 3 Royce Clayton 9 26 3 .115 0 2 Ted Wood 10 25 3 .120 0 1 Rick Parker 13 14 1 .071 0 1 Darnell Coles 11 14 3 .214 0 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Bud Black 34 214.1 12 16 3.99 104 John Burkett 36 206.2 12 11 4.18 131 Trevor Wilson 44 202.0 13 11 3.56 139 Paul McClellan 13 71.0 3 6 4.56 44 Mike Remlinger 8 35.0 2 1 4.37 19
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Don Robinson 34 121.1 5 9 4.38 78 Kelly Downs 45 111.2 10 4 4.19 62 Bryan Hickerson 17 50.0 2 2 3.60 43 Mike LaCoss 18 47.1 1 5 7.23 30 Gil Heredia 7 33.0 0 2 3.82 13 Scott Garrelts 8 19.2 1 1 6.41 8 Rick Reuschel 4 10.2 0 2 4.22 4
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Dave Righetti 61 2 7 24 3.39 51 Jeff Brantley 67 5 2 15 2.45 81 Francisco Oliveras 55 6 6 3 3.86 48 Rod Beck 31 1 1 1 3.78 38 11 0 1 0 4.41 10 Eric Gunderson 2 0 0 1 5.40 2 Greg Litton 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Award winners Will Clark, National League Leader, Slugging (.536) Robby Thompson 2B, Willie Mac Award All-Star Game
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Shreveport, ClintonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1991 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference 1991 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac