1991 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1991 season featured an exciting National League Western Division race between the Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves. The Braves edged out the Dodgers to win the division by one game. Center fielder Brett Butler set a National League record with 161 errorless games while Darryl Strawberry hit 28 home runs, the most by a left-handed hitter in Los Angeles history at that point. On the debit side, the Dodgers became the first franchise to be on the receiving end of three perfect games[a] when Dennis Martínez prevented any of their batters from reaching base on July 28.[1]

1991 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)Fred Claire
Manager(s)Tommy Lasorda
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale
SportsChannel Los Angeles
Joel Meyers, Duke Snider, Al Downing
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale

KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas

KAZN
Richard Choi
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9468 0.580 — 48–33 46–35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9369 0.574 1 54–27 39–42
San Diego Padres 8478 0.519 10 42–39 42–39
San Francisco Giants 7587 0.463 19 43–38 32–49
Cincinnati Reds 7488 0.457 20 39–42 35–46
Houston Astros 6597 0.401 29 37–44 28–53

Record vs. opponents
1991 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–611–713–57–115–79–35–79–311–79–99–3
Chicago 6–6—4–89–32–1010–711–68–107–114–86–610–8
Cincinnati 7–118–4—9–96–126–65–79–32–108–1010–84–8
Houston 5–133–99–9—8–102–107–57–54–86–129–95–7
Los Angeles 11–710–212–610–8—5–77–57–57–510–88–106–6
Montreal 7–57–106–610–27–5—4–144–146–126–67–57–11
New York 3–96–117–55–75–714–4—11–76–127–56–67–11
Philadelphia 7-510–83–95–75–714–47–11—6–129–36–66–12
Pittsburgh 3–911–710–28–45–712–612–612–6—7–57–511–7
San Diego 7–118–410–812–68–106–65–73–95–7—11–79–3
San Francisco 9–96–68–109–910–85–76–66–65–77–11—4–8
St. Louis 3–98–108–47–56–611–711–712–67–113–98–4—

Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Brett ButlerCenter fielder
Juan SamuelSecond baseman
Darryl StrawberryRight fielder
Eddie MurrayFirst baseman
Kal DanielsLeft fielder
Lenny HarrisThird baseman
Mike SciosciaCatcher
Alfredo GriffinShortstop
Tim BelcherStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1991 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMike Scioscia11934591.264840
1BEddie Murray153576150.2601996
2BJuan Samuel153594161.2711258
3BLenny Harris145429123.287338
SSAlfredo Griffin10935085.243027
LFKal Daniels137461115.2491773
CFBrett Butler161615182.296238
RFDarryl Strawberry139505134.2652899

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
Gary Carter10124861.246626
Mike Sharperson10521660.278220
Stan Javier12117636.205111
Chris Gwynn9413935.252522
José Offerman5211322.19503
Jeff Hamilton419421.223114
Mitch Webster587421.284110
Dave Hansen535615.26815
José González42280.00000
Carlos Hernández15143.21401
Eric Karros14141.07101
Barry Lyons990.00000
Tom Goodwin1671.14300
Greg Smith530.00000
Butch Davis110.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Morgan34236.114102.78140
Ramón Martínez33220.117133.27150
Tim Belcher33209.11092.62156
Bob Ojeda31189.11293.18120
Orel Hershiser21112723.4673

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Gross46115.210113.5895

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tim Crews602363.4353
John Candelaria591123.7438
Jim Gott554322.9673
Jay Howell4465163.1840
Mike Hartley402014.4244
Roger McDowell336372.5522
Dennis Cook201000.518
Steve Wilson110020.005
John Wetteland61000.009
Mike Christopher30000.002

1991 Awards

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Kevin Kennedy
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League John Shoemaker
High A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Tom Beyers
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Jerry Royster
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Joe Vavra
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Glenn Hoffman
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Iván DeJesús
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Angels/Dodgers/Padres		 Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball Draft
Main article: 1991 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 93 players in this draft, the largest draft class in history. Of those, six of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers lost their first round pick to the New York Mets and their second round pick to the Montreal Expos as a result of their signing free agents Darryl Strawberry and Kevin Gross and gained a third round pick from the Kansas City Royals as compensation for the loss of free agent Kirk Gibson.

The teams first pick (in round three) was outfielder Todd Hollandsworth from Newport High School in Bellevue, Washington. The 1996 NL Rookie of the Year, Hollandsworth played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (including 6 with the Dodgers) and hit .276 with 98 home runs and 401 RBI.

Notes

a The Tampa Bay Rays equalled this unwanted record on August 15 of 2012 when Félix Hernández pitched a perfect game for the Seattle Mariners. Of the other 28 MLB franchises, only the Minnesota Twins have been on the receiving end of more than one perfect game (in 1968 and 1998).

References
  1. Perfect Games at Baseball Reference.
  2. Luis Lopez page at Baseball Reference
  3. José Vizcaíno page at Baseball Reference
  4. Hubie Brooks page at Baseball Reference
  5. Darren Holmes page at Baseball Reference
  6. Jim Poole page at Baseball Reference
  7. Kevin Campbell page at Baseball Reference
  8. Mitch Webster page at Baseball Reference
  9. Mike Hartley page at Baseball Reference
  10. Jeff Hartsock page at Baseball Reference
  11. 1991 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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