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1991 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1991 Cincinnati Reds season was the 122nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 22nd and 21st full season at Riverfront Stadium. The Reds attempted to defend their World Series championship from 1990, but the team would finish with a losing mark, regressing 17 games from the season before. Their winning percentage (.457) set a new record for worst among defending World Series champions, besting the previous mark set by the Chicago White Sox in 1918. This would be a record for seven years.[1]

1991 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkRiverfront Stadium
CityCincinnati, Ohio
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place5th
OwnersMarge Schott
General managersBob Quinn
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionWLWT, SportsChannel
(Marty Brennaman, Gordy Coleman, Steve LaMar)
RadioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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Offseason

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  • January 29, 1990: Skeeter Barnes was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[2]
  • December 5, 1990: Bill Doran was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[3]

Regular season

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  • April 28, 1991: Against the Cubs, relief pitcher Rob Dibble nearly blew a save, allowing two runs on five hits. Clinging to a 4–3 lead in the ninth with the tying run on first, Dibble struck out Ryne Sandberg to finish the game. Despite the win, in frustration he then flung a baseball 400 feet into the center-field seats, inadvertently striking a woman.[4]
  • June 28, 1991: Barry Larkin had six RBIs in a game against the Houston Astros.
  • Barry Larkin had a 19-game hitting streak.
  • At the beginning of July, the Reds peaked at ten games above .500 (44–34). They were in second place in the NL West, only four games behind the Dodgers, and 3.5 games ahead of third place Atlanta.
  • On July 6, the Reds spiraled after a 3-0 loss to the Astros. They would lose ten games in a row from that day to July 19 that dropped them to .500 (44-44). They won the next day and ended July at .500 (49-49)
  • August saw the Reds essentially drop from contention. They would teeter around .500 before dropping down below the mark for good on August 31.
  • July 23, 1991: In the bottom of the eight inning of a 8–5 loss at the Cubs, Rob Dibble (fresh off a three-game suspension) was ejected for throwing the ball into the back of the leg of baserunner Doug Dascenzo.[5]

Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9468 .580 — 48‍–‍33 46‍–‍35
Los Angeles Dodgers 9369 .574 1 54‍–‍27 39‍–‍42
San Diego Padres 8478 .519 10 42‍–‍39 42‍–‍39
San Francisco Giants 7587 .463 19 43‍–‍38 32‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds 7488 .457 20 39‍–‍42 35‍–‍46
Houston Astros 6597 .401 29 37‍–‍44 28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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1991 National League record

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—

Notable transactions

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  • June 14, 1991: Reggie Jefferson was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Cleveland Indians for Tim Costo.[6]
  • July 18, 1991: Stan Jefferson was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

Roster

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1991 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
CJeff Reed9127072.267331
1BHal Morris136478152.3181459
2BBill Doran111361101.280635
3BChris Sabo153582175.3012688
SSBarry Larkin123464140.3022069
LFBilly Hatcher138442116.262441
CFEric Davis8928567.2351133
RFPaul O'Neill153532136.2562891

Other batters

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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
Mariano Duncan10033386.2581240
Joe Oliver9426958.2161141
Glenn Braggs8525065.2601139
Luis Quiñones9721247.222420
Herm Winningham9816938.22514
Carmelo Martínez5313832.232619
Todd Benzinger5112323.187111
Chris Jones528926.29226
Freddie Benavides246318.28603
Reggie Sanders9408.20013
Stan Jefferson13191.05300
Donnie Scott10193.15800
Glenn Sutko10101.10001
Reggie Jefferson571.14311
Terry Lee360.00000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Browning36230.114144.18115
José Rijo30204.11562.51172
Jack Armstrong27139.27135.4893
Chris Hammond2099.2774.0650
Mo Sanford528.0123.8631

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Myers58132.06133.55108
Norm Charlton39108.1352.9177
Scott Scudder27101.1694.3551
Kip Gross2985.2643.4740
Gino Minutelli1625.1026.0421

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rob Dibble6735313.17124
Ted Power685333.6251
Don Carman280215.2515
Milt Hill221103.7820
Tim Layana220206.9714
Steve Foster110001.9311
Keith Brown110002.254

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game

  • Tom Browning, pitcher
  • Rob Dibble, relief pitcher
  • Barry Larkin, shortstop
  • Lou Piniella, manager

Farm system

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References

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  1. ↑ "2014 Red Sox among worst defending champs in MLB history".
  2. ↑ Skeeter Barnes page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Bill Doran Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. ↑ Parker, Rob (April 29, 1991). "More Dibble devilment". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 29. Retrieved August 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ↑ Parker, Rob (July 24, 1991). "Dibble ejected for throwing at runner". Cincinnati Equirer. p. 11. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ↑ "Reggie Jefferson Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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