1991 Toronto Blue Jays season

1991 Toronto Blue Jays
American League East Champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	SkyDome
City	Toronto
Record	91–71 (.562)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managers	Pat Gillick
Managers	Cito Gaston, Gene Tenace
Television	CFTO-TV (Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton, Fergie Olver) The Sports Network (Jim Hughson, Buck Martinez)
Radio	CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
Seasons

The 1991 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 15th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team's paid attendance of 4,001,527 led the major leagues, as the Jays became the first team in MLB history to draw four million fans in a season. Toronto lost the ALCS to the eventual world champion Minnesota Twins in five games.

Offseason

On December 4, 1990, the San Diego Padres and Blue Jays made one of the biggest blockbuster deals of the decade. The Padres traded second baseman Roberto Alomar and outfielder Joe Carter to the Blue Jays in exchange for first baseman Fred McGriff and shortstop Tony Fernández. Blue Jays GM Pat Gillick and Padres GM Joe McIlvaine originally talked about just trading Joe Carter for Fred McGriff. The Padres were losing Jack Clark and needed a new first baseman. The Blue Jays had John Olerud ready to take over at first base but were losing outfielder George Bell. Gillick decided to up the ante by trying to get Alomar. Gillick figured that with Garry Templeton in the twilight of his career, Fernández would be an adequate replacement. Alomar feuded with Padres manager Greg Riddoch and the thinking was that Bip Roberts and Joey Cora could platoon at second base. Over the next two seasons, Alomar and Carter would help the Blue Jays win the 1992 and 1993 World Series.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1991 season.

October 1990

October 15	José Escobar granted free agency. Webster Garrison granted free agency. Tom Gilles granted free agency.
October 24	Released Jim Eppard.
October 26	Released Rick Luecken.

November 1990

November 5	George Bell granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs on December 6, 1990 to a three-year, $9.8 million contract). Bud Black granted free agency (signed with San Francisco Giants on November 9, 1990 to a four-year, $10 million contract). John Candelaria granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers on March 25, 1991 to a one-year, $830,000 contract). Rance Mulliniks granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $1.5 million contract on December 4, 1990).
November 6	Acquired Alex Sanchez from the Cleveland Indians for Willie Blair.
November 26	Signed free agent Ken Dayley from the St. Louis Cardinals to a three-year, $6.3 million contract.

December 1990

December 2	Acquired Willie Fraser, Marcus Moore and Devon White from the California Angels for Junior Félix, Luis Sojo and a player to be named later (Ken Rivers on December 4, 1990).
December 4	Signed free agent Ravelo Manzanillo from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract. Re-signed free agent Rance Mulliniks to a two-year, $1.5 million contract.
December 5	Signed free agent Pat Tabler from the Kansas City Royals to a two-year, $1.6 million contract. Acquired Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter from the San Diego Padres for Tony Fernández and Fred McGriff.
December 10	Signed amateur free agent Carlos Almanzar to a contract. Signed amateur free agent Edwin Hurtado to a contract. Signed free agent Dilson Torres to a contract.
December 14	Acquired Mickey Weston from the Baltimore Orioles for Paul Kilgus.
December 20	John Cerutti granted free agency (signed with Detroit Tigers to a one-year, $800,000 on January 14, 1991).

January 1991

January 15

Acquired Rene Gonzales from the Baltimore Orioles for Rob Blumberg.

February 1991

February 8

Re-signed Roberto Alomar to a one-year, $1.25 million contract.

Regular season

• May 1, 1991: The Blue Jays were part of baseball history, as Nolan Ryan threw his seventh and last no-hitter against them in Arlington.
• July 1, 1991: Joe Carter was named the AL Player of the Month for the month of June.
• August 13, 1991: After making 25 consecutive save opportunities, Tom Henke picked up a blown save after Paul Molitor hit a home run in the ninth.
• October 2, 1991: The Blue Jays clinched the American League East title in a 6-5 walk-off win over the California Angels. Joe Carter hit the game-winning single. The Jays also became the first team to have their season attendance pass the 4 million mark.

Opening Day starters

• Roberto Alomar
• Joe Carter
• Kelly Gruber
• Manuel Lee
• Rance Mulliniks
• Greg Myers
• John Olerud
• Dave Stieb
• Devon White
• Mookie Wilson

Season standings

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	91	71	.562	—	46‍–‍35	45‍–‍36
Boston Red Sox	84	78	.519	7	43‍–‍38	41‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	84	78	.519	7	49‍–‍32	35‍–‍46
Milwaukee Brewers	83	79	.512	8	43‍–‍37	40‍–‍42
New York Yankees	71	91	.438	20	39‍–‍42	32‍–‍49
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	24	33‍–‍48	34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	57	105	.352	34	30‍–‍52	27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1991 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	4–8	3–10	4–8	5–8	3–9	4–8	9–3	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	4–8	7–5	9–4	5–8	7–5	7–6	3–9	6–7	8–4	9–3	5–7	9–4
California	6–6	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	5–7	9–4	6–6	8–5	6–6	1–12	6–7	5–8	6–6
Chicago	8–4	5–7	5–8	—	6–6	4–8	7–6	7–5	8–5	8–4	7–6	7–6	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	6–7	4–9	5–7	6–6	—	7–6	4–8	5–8	2–10	6–7	5–7	2–10	4–8	1–12
Detroit	8–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	6–7	—	8–4	4–9	4–8	8–5	4–8	8–4	6–6	5–8
Kansas City	8–4	5–7	4–9	6–7	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	6–7	7–5	6–7	7–6	7–6	5–7
Milwaukee	10–3	6–7	6–6	5–7	8–5	9–4	3–9	—	6–6	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	6–7
Minnesota	8–4	9–3	5–8	5–8	10–2	8–4	7–6	6–6	—	10–2	8–5	9–4	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	7–6	6–6	4–8	7–6	5–8	5–7	7–6	2–10	—	6–6	3–9	5–7	6–7
Oakland	9–3	4–8	12–1	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–6	4–8	5–8	6–6	—	6–7	4–9	6–6
Seattle	8–4	3–9	7–6	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	9–3	4–9	9–3	7–6	—	5–8	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	7–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	4–9	6–6	5–7	12–1	8–5	7–5	7–6	8–4	7–6	6–6	7–5	6–6	—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1991 regular season.

May 1991

May 16

Signed amateur free agent Freddy García to a contract. Signed amateur free agent Julio Mosquera to a contract.

June 1991

June 4	Kenny Williams selected off of waivers by the Montreal Expos.
June 26	Willie Fraser selected off of waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals.
June 27	Acquired Tom Candiotti and Turner Ward from the Cleveland Indians for Denis Boucher, Glenallen Hill, Mark Whiten and cash.

July 1991

July 3	Selected Efraín Valdez off of waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
July 14	Acquired Cory Snyder from the Chicago White Sox for Shawn Jeter and a player to be named later (Steve Wapnick on September 4, 1991).

August 1991

August 9

Acquired Candy Maldonado from the Milwaukee Brewers for Bob Wishnevski and a player to be named later (William Suero on August 14, 1991).

September 1991

September 14

Signed free agent Dave Parker from the California Angels to a contract.

1991 MLB Draft

• June 3, 1991: 1991 Major League Baseball draft
  • Shawn Green was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (16th pick). Player signed September 25, 1991.
  • Jeff Ware was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (35th pick). Player signed August 25, 1991.
  • Dante Powell was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (42nd pick), but did not sign.
  • Chris Stynes was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 3rd round. Player signed June 4, 1991.
  • Alex Gonzalez was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 14th round. Player signed June 12, 1991.

Roster

1991 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 34 Jim Acker 35 Denis Boucher 49 Tom Candiotti 46 Ken Dayley 26 Vince Horsman 27 Willie Fraser 66 Juan Guzmán 50 Tom Henke 41 Pat Hentgen 22 Jimmy Key 28 Al Leiter 45 Bob MacDonald 37 Dave Stieb 30 Todd Stottlemyre 40 Mike Timlin 31 Duane Ward 53 David Weathers 36 David Wells 26 Mickey Weston 44 Frank Wills		Catchers 10 Pat Borders 54 Randy Knorr 21 Greg Myers Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 19 Ray Giannelli 88 Rene Gonzales 17 Kelly Gruber  4 Manuel Lee  5 Rance Mulliniks  9 John Olerud 33 Ed Sprague 15 Pat Tabler  1 Eddie Zosky		Outfielders 14 Derek Bell 29 Joe Carter 20 Rob Ducey 24 Glenallen Hill 23 Candy Maldonado 27 Cory Snyder 24 Turner Ward 25 Devon White 23 Mark Whiten 13 Kenny Williams  3 Mookie Wilson Other batters 39 Dave Parker		Manager 43 Cito Gaston Coaches 42 Galen Cisco (pitching)  7 Rich Hacker (third base)  6 Mike Squires (first base)  8 John Sullivan (bullpen) 18 Gene Tenace (hitting) 56 Héctor Torres (bench)

Manager Cito Gaston was sidelined with a herniated disc from August 21 to September 25. Gene Tenace served as the team's interim manager, going 19–14 and keeping the Jays in first place in the AL East for the duration of Gaston's absence.

Game log

1991 Game Log
April: 12–9 (Home: 8–3; Away: 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 8 Red Sox 6–2 Clemens (1–0) Stieb (0–1) 50,114 0–1 2 April 9 Red Sox 4–3 Key (1–0) Harris (0–1) Henke (1) 42,211 1–1 3 April 10 Red Sox 5–3 Timlin (1–0) Gray (0–1) Henke (2) 41,164 2–1 4 April 11 Brewers 7–3 Wells (1–0) Robinson (0–1) 38,326 3–1 5 April 12 Brewers 5–4 (11) Timlin (2–0) Plesac (0–1) 43,150 4–1 6 April 13 Brewers 7–3 Brown (1–0) Stieb (0–2) Crim (1) 49,872 4–2 7 April 14 Brewers 9–0 Key (2–0) August (0–1) 47,136 5–2 8 April 15 @ Tigers 4–3 Stottlemyre (1–0) Terrell (0–2) Ward (1) 9,632 6–2 9 April 16 @ Tigers 6–2 Gullickson (1–0) Wells (1–1) Henneman (2) 10,791 6–3 10 April 17 @ Tigers 5–4 (10) Henneman (1–0) Ward (0–1) 16,355 6–4 11 April 19 @ Brewers 5–2 Stieb (1–2) August (0–2) 9,604 7–4 12 April 20 @ Brewers 4–2 Key (3–0) Bosio (1–2) Ward (2) 13,545 8–4 13 April 21 @ Brewers 11–8 (10) Crim (1–0) Wills (0–1) 14,920 8–5 14 April 22 @ Red Sox 6–4 Lamp (1–1) Wells (1–2) Reardon (4) 25,841 8–6 15 April 23 @ Red Sox 3–0 Clemens (4–0) Boucher (0–1) Reardon (5) 29,904 8–7 16 April 24 @ Red Sox 6–1 Stieb (2–2) Young (0–1) 28,841 9–7 17 April 25 Tigers 3–2 Key (4–0) Petry (0–1) Ward (3) 49,688 10–7 18 April 26 Tigers 5–4 Stottlemyre (2–0) Terrell (0–3) Ward (4) 50,170 11–7 19 April 27 Tigers 4–2 Gullickson (2–0) Wells (1–3) Henneman (3) 50,211 11–8 20 April 28 Tigers 9–6 Timlin (3–0) Leiter (0–1) Ward (5) 50,134 12–8 21 April 30 @ Rangers 8–5 Gossage (2–0) Acker (0–1) Russell (5) 24,873 12–9
May: 15–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 1 @ Rangers 3–0 Ryan (3–2) Key (4–1) 33,439 12–10 23 May 2 @ Royals 3–1 Stottlemyre (3–0) Appier (1–4) Ward (6) 22,896 13–10 24 May 3 @ Royals 5–1 Wells (2–3) Davis (2–2) 20,809 14–10 25 May 4 @ Royals 6–5 Saberhagen (2–3) Boucher (0–2) Montgomery (6) 22,628 14–11 26 May 5 @ Royals 3–0 Stieb (3–2) Gordon (1–2) Ward (7) 22,588 15–11 27 May 7 Rangers 3–2 Rogers (1–3) Key (4–2) Russell (6) 44,622 15–12 28 May 8 Rangers 4–2 Stottlemyre (4–0) Ryan (3–3) Ward (8) 43,211 16–12 29 May 9 White Sox 2–0 Wells (3–3) Pérez (1–2) Ward (9) 47,236 17–12 30 May 10 White Sox 5–3 (12) Radinsky (2–1) Fraser (0–1) 50,198 17–13 31 May 11 White Sox 5–2 Stieb (4–2) Hough (0–2) Ward (10) 50,206 18–13 32 May 12 White Sox 4–2 Key (5–2) Hibbard (2–1) Ward (11) 50,108 19–13 33 May 13 Royals 4–2 Stottlemyre (5–0) Davis (2–4) Ward (12) 44,275 20–13 34 May 14 Royals 4–1 Wells (4–3) Gubicza (0–1) Timlin (1) 43,357 21–13 35 May 15 Royals 6–4 Saberhagen (4–3) Boucher (0–3) 50,113 21–14 36 May 17 @ White Sox 5–3 Pall (1–1) Timlin (3–1) Thigpen (7) 30,095 21–15 37 May 18 @ White Sox 9–2 Key (6–2) Hibbard (2–2) 34,861 22–15 38 May 19 @ White Sox 5–4 Patterson (1–0) Timlin (3–2) Thigpen (8) 41,015 22–16 39 May 20 @ Athletics 1–0 Wells (5–3) Welch (4–3) Henke (3) 24,631 23–16 40 May 21 @ Athletics 11–7 Acker (1–1) Dressendorfer (3–3) Timlin (2) 22,738 24–16 41 May 22 @ Athletics 2–1 Moore (6–2) Stieb (4–3) Eckersley (11) 34,028 24–17 42 May 24 @ Angels 3–2 Timlin (4–2) Finley (7–2) Henke (4) 26,408 25–17 43 May 25 @ Angels 5–0 McCaskill (4–5) Stottlemyre (5–1) 36,732 25–18 44 May 26 @ Angels 6–2 Langston (6–1) Wells (5–4) 45,307 25–19 45 May 28 Athletics 8–4 Moore (7–2) Acker (1–2) Eckersley (12) 50,299 25–20 46 May 29 Athletics 8–3 Key (7–2) Slusarski (1–2) Henke (5) 50,262 26–20 47 May 30 Athletics 8–6 Klink (4–2) Ward (0–2) Eckersley (13) 50,271 26–21 48 May 31 Angels 5–1 Wells (6–4) Langston (6–2) 50,252 27–21
June: 16–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 49 June 1 Angels 11–8 Eichhorn (1–1) Fraser (0–2) Harvey (13) 50,255 27–22 50 June 2 Angels 7–2 Abbott (5–4) Acker (1–3) 50,261 27–23 51 June 3 @ Yankees 5–3 Key (8–2) Leary (3–5) Henke (6) 17,003 28–23 52 June 4 @ Yankees 5–3 Sanderson (7–2) Stottlemyre (5–2) Farr (4) 15,955 28–24 53 June 5 @ Yankees 4–1 Wells (7–4) Johnson (0–1) Henke (7) 21,213 29–24 54 June 6 @ Orioles 6–4 Milacki (2–2) Timlin (4–3) Olson (9) 26,539 29–25 55 June 7 @ Orioles 6–4 Smith (3–0) Guzmán (0–1) Olson (10) 38,228 29–26 56 June 8 @ Orioles 8–4 Key (9–2) Kilgus (0–1) 45,569 30–26 57 June 9 @ Orioles 3–2 Stottlemyre (6–2) Ballard (3–7) Henke (8) 27,783 31–26 58 June 11 @ Indians 2–1 (12) Hillegas (2–0) Acker (1–4) 10,753 31–27 59 June 12 @ Indians 1–0 Timlin (5–3) Candiotti (7–4) Henke (9) 8,089 32–27 60 June 13 @ Indians 1–0 Key (10–2) Nagy (2–7) 8,371 33–27 61 June 14 Orioles 9–1 Stottlemyre (7–2) Robinson (3–6) 50,287 34–27 62 June 15 Orioles 8–4 Ballard (4–7) Guzmán (0–2) Williamson (3) 50,292 34–28 63 June 16 Orioles 13–8 Frohwirth (1–0) Ward (0–3) 50,273 34–29 64 June 18 Yankees 4–2 Kamieniecki (1–0) Timlin (5–4) Farr (7) 50,271 34–30 65 June 19 Yankees 3–0 Johnson (1–2) Key (10–3) Howe (1) 50,281 34–31 66 June 20 Yankees 6–1 Stottlemyre (8–2) Leary (3–7) 50,256 35–31 67 June 21 Indians 8–4 Wells (8–4) Swindell (3–6) Henke (10) 50,283 36–31 68 June 22 Indians 4–0 Guzmán (1–2) Mutis (0–2) Ward (13) 50,285 37–31 69 June 23 Indians 3–1 MacDonald (1–0) Candiotti (7–6) Henke (11) 50,275 38–31 70 June 24 Indians 4–3 Ward (1–3) Nagy (3–8) Henke (12) 50,263 39–31 71 June 25 @ Twins 8–6 Morris (10–5) Stottlemyre (8–3) Aguilera (20) 26,350 39–32 72 June 26 @ Twins 5–2 Wells (9–4) Guthrie (5–4) Henke (13) 25,503 40–32 73 June 27 @ Twins 1–0 Guzmán (2–2) Tapani (5–7) Henke (14) 35,598 41–32 74 June 28 Mariners 3–1 Krueger (5–3) Candiotti (7–7) Jackson (13) 50,297 41–33 75 June 29 Mariners 4–0 Timlin (6–4) DeLucia (6–5) Ward (14) 50,268 42–33 76 June 30 Mariners 6–1 Stottlemyre (9–3) Holman (7–8) 50,298 43–33
July: 15–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 Mariners 4–3 Acker (2–4) Jackson (4–3) 50,270 44–33 78 July 2 Twins 4–3 Ward (2–3) Leach (0–1) 48,676 45–33 79 July 3 Twins 4–0 Candiotti (8–7) Anderson (4–7) 50,071 46–33 80 July 4 Twins 1–0 West (1–0) Key (10–4) Aguilera (21) 50,293 46–34 81 July 5 @ Mariners 2–1 MacDonald (2–0) Holman (7–9) Henke (15) 21,647 47–34 82 July 6 @ Mariners 4–3 (10) Timlin (7–4) Swan (3–2) Henke (16) 48,750 48–34 83 July 7 @ Mariners 5–2 Guzmán (3–2) Hanson (4–4) 27,812 49–34 84 July 11 Rangers 2–0 Candiotti (9–7) Brown (7–7) Henke (17) 50,276 50–34 85 July 12 Rangers 6–2 Wells (10–4) Guzmán (4–4) Ward (15) 50,279 51–34 86 July 13 Rangers 3–2 Timlin (8–4) Russell (3–2) Henke (18) 50,270 52–34 87 July 14 Rangers 8–6 Barfield (4–3) Key (10–5) Russell (18) 50,294 52–35 88 July 15 @ Royals 5–3 (12) Timlin (9–4) Crawford (2–1) Henke (19) 29,723 53–35 89 July 16 @ Royals 2–1 (10) Aquino (2–2) Candiotti (9–8) 22,134 53–36 90 July 18 @ Rangers 4–0 Wells (11–4) Ryan (5–5) Ward (16) 37,268 54–36 91 July 19 @ Rangers 7–2 Stottlemyre (10–3) Barfield (4–4) Timlin (3) 35,144 55–36 92 July 20 @ Rangers 11–6 Jeffcoat (4–2) Key (10–6) 39,276 55–37 93 July 21 @ Rangers 6–5 Rogers (6–7) Timlin (9–5) Russell (19) 31,803 55–38 94 July 23 @ White Sox 3–2 Thigpen (7–3) Candiotti (9–9) 34,779 55–39 95 July 24 @ White Sox 2–1 Wells (12–4) McDowell (12–5) Henke (20) 39,599 56–39 96 July 25 @ White Sox 7–1 Hough (6–6) Stottlemyre (10–4) 42,796 56–40 97 July 26 Royals 6–5 (11) Ward (3–3) Gordon (5–9) 50,326 57–40 98 July 27 Royals 5–2 (10) Gordon (6–9) Timlin (9–6) Montgomery (19) 50,291 57–41 99 July 28 Royals 10–4 Gubicza (6–5) Candiotti (9–10) Davis (2) 50,291 57–42 100 July 29 White Sox 12–4 McDowell (13–5) Wells (12–5) 50,298 57–43 101 July 30 White Sox 8–7 Radinsky (3–3) MacDonald (2–1) Thigpen (24) 50,291 57–44 102 July 31 Indians 3–1 Key (11–6) King (4–6) Henke (21) 50,276 58–44
August: 15–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 Indians 7–5 Ward (4–3) Shaw (0–4) Henke (22) 50,275 59–44 104 August 2 @ Red Sox 5–3 Clemens (12–7) Candiotti (9–11) 34,032 59–45 105 August 3 @ Red Sox 4–1 Hesketh (5–2) Wells (12–6) Reardon (25) 34,015 59–46 106 August 4 @ Red Sox 2–1 Ward (5–3) Lamp (3–3) Henke (23) 33,809 60–46 107 August 6 Tigers 2–1 Key (12–6) Cerutti (1–4) Henke (24) 50,305 61–46 108 August 7 Tigers 5–2 Guzmán (4–2) Tanana (8–8) Henke (25) 50,324 62–46 109 August 8 Tigers 4–0 (14) Gibson (5–5) Henke (0–1) 50,307 62–47 110 August 9 Red Sox 12–7 Hesketh (6–2) Wells (12–7) Reardon (26) 50,319 62–48 111 August 10 Red Sox 7–1 Harris (8–11) Stottlemyre (10–5) 50,304 62–49 112 August 11 Red Sox 9–6 Gardiner (4–6) Key (12–7) Reardon (27) 50,297 62–50 113 August 12 Red Sox 11–8 Lamp (4–3) Ward (5–4) Reardon (28) 50,305 62–51 114 August 13 @ Brewers 5–4 Crim (7–5) Henke (0–2) 22,996 62–52 115 August 14 @ Brewers 5–3 Bosio (9–8) Wells (12–8) Henry (3) 19,193 62–53 116 August 15 @ Brewers 4–1 Stottlemyre (11–5) Plesac (1–5) Henke (26) 24,519 63–53 117 August 16 @ Tigers 5–2 Cerutti (2–4) Key (12–8) Gakeler (1) 43,186 63–54 118 August 17 @ Tigers 7–5 MacDonald (3–1) Aldred (0–2) Henke (27) 46,634 64–54 119 August 18 @ Tigers 4–2 Candiotti (10–11) Kaiser (0–1) Henke (28) 48,724 65–54 120 August 20 Brewers 3–1 Stottlemyre (12–5) Bosio (9–9) Henke (29) 50,311 66–54 121 August 21 Brewers 3–0 Machado (1–3) Key (12–9) Núñez (8) 50,306 66–55 122 August 22 Brewers 8–7 Ignasiak (1–0) Ward (5–5) Henry (5) 50,309 66–56 123 August 23 Yankees 6–5 Ward (6–5) Farr (3–4) 50,318 67–56 124 August 24 Yankees 6–5 Johnson (5–7) Wells (12–9) Cadaret (2) 50,324 67–57 125 August 25 Yankees 11–7 Acker (3–4) Guetterman (2–2) 50,320 68–57 126 August 26 @ Orioles 5–2 Key (13–9) Johnson (4–5) Henke (30) 28,063 69–57 127 August 27 @ Orioles 6–1 Guzmán (5–2) Rhodes (0–1) 25,090 70–57 128 August 28 @ Orioles 3–0 Candiotti (11–11) McDonald (5–8) Henke (31) 28,262 71–57 129 August 29 @ Yankees 6–2 Wells (13–9) Johnson (5–8) 19,344 72–57 130 August 30 @ Yankees 9–2 Sanderson (14–8) Stottlemyre (12–6) 19,393 72–58 131 August 31 @ Yankees 5–0 Key (14–9) Cadaret (6–5) Ward (17) 28,932 73–58
September: 14–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 @ Yankees 4–2 Guetterman (3–2) MacDonald (3–2) 25,105 73–59 133 September 2 Orioles 5–4 (12) Timlin (12–6) Olson (3–5) 50,314 74–59 134 September 3 Orioles 8–4 McDonald (6–8) Wells (13–10) Flanagan (3) 50,299 74–60 135 September 4 Orioles 3–1 Stottlemyre (13–6) Milacki (8–8) Ward (18) 50,303 75–60 136 September 5 @ Indians 13–1 Key (15–9) Nagy (8–12) 5,666 76–60 137 September 6 @ Indians 7–4 Guzmán (6–2) Otto (1–6) Ward (19) 14,533 77–60 138 September 7 @ Indians 4–1 Candiotti (12–11) Swindell (8–14) 17,830 78–60 139 September 8 @ Indians 11–5 Wells (14–10) King (5–10) 13,071 79–60 140 September 10 Mariners 5–4 Holman (13–13) Stottlemyre (13–7) Jones (1) 50,196 79–61 141 September 11 Mariners 7–3 Hanson (8–7) Key (15–10) 50,321 79–62 142 September 13 Athletics 7–6 Guzmán (7–2) Stewart (11–9) Henke (32) 50,315 80–62 143 September 14 Athletics 6–0 Candiotti (13–11) Welch (11–12) 50,319 81–62 144 September 15 Athletics 10–5 Moore (14–8) Stottlemyre (13–8) Eckersley (40) 50,315 81–63 145 September 16 @ Mariners 6–5 (11) Swan (5–2) MacDonald (3–3) 55,612 81–64 146 September 17 @ Mariners 5–4 (11) Schooler (2–2) Acker (3–5) 29,115 81–65 147 September 18 @ Mariners 5–3 (12) Ward (7–5) Bankhead (2–6) Acker (1) 30,200 82–65 148 September 20 @ Athletics 6–5 (11) Eckersley (5–3) Ward (7–6) 33,765 82–66 149 September 21 @ Athletics 4–0 Moore (15–8) Key (15–11) 36,601 82–67 150 September 22 @ Athletics 3–2 Guzmán (8–2) Darling (3–5) Wells (1) 28,276 83–67 151 September 23 @ Angels 10–9 Lewis (3–5) Candiotti (13–12) Harvey (43) 20,001 83–68 152 September 24 @ Angels 3–0 (10) Wells (15–10) Abbott (17–10) 21,538 84–68 153 September 25 @ Angels 7–2 Key (16–11) Langston (17–8) 19,251 85–68 154 September 27 Twins 7–2 Guzmán (9–2) Tapani (16–9) 50,326 86–68 155 September 28 Twins 5–0 Morris (18–12) Candiotti (13–13) 50,319 86–69 156 September 29 Twins 2–1 Stottlemyre (14–8) Erickson (19–8) Ward (20) 50,315 87–69 157 September 30 Angels 2–1 Langston (18–8) Key (16–12) Harvey (45) 50,321 87–70
October: 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 158 October 1 Angels 5–2 Guzmán (10–2) Fetters (2–5) Ward (21) 50,322 88–70 159 October 2 Angels 6–5 Timlin (11–6) Harvey (2–4) 50,324 89–70 160 October 4 @ Twins 4–1 Stottlemyre (15–8) Neagle (0–1) Ward (22) 35,124 90–70 161 October 5 @ Twins 3–1 Erickson (20–8) Guzmán (10–3) Aguilera (42) 51,058 90–71 162 October 6 @ Twins 3–2 (10) Weathers (1–0) Anderson (5–11) Ward (23) 37,794 91–71

1991 Playoff Game Log

American League Championship Series: 1–4 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 8 @ Twins 5–4 Morris (1–0) Candiotti (0–1) Aguilera (1) 54,766 0–1 2 October 9 @ Twins 5–2 Guzman (1–0) Tapani (0–1) Ward (1) 54,816 1–1 3 October 11 Twins 3–2 (10) Guthrie (1–0) Timlin (0–1) Aguilera (2) 51,454 1–2 4 October 12 Twins 9–3 Morris (2–0) Stottlemyre (0–1) 51,526 1–3 5 October 13 Twins 8–5 West (1–0) Ward (0–1) Aguilera (3) 51,425 1–4

All-Star game

The Blue Jays hosted the 1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 62nd Midsummer Classic and was played on July 9 at SkyDome. Roberto Alomar was voted in as the starting second baseman for the American League, while pitcher Jimmy Key and outfielder Joe Carter were named as reserves on the AL team. Key got the win as the American League's All-Stars triumphed over the National League All-Stars, 4-2.

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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	Greg Myers	107	309	81	.262	8	36
1B	John Olerud	139	454	116	.256	17	68
2B	Roberto Alomar	161	637	188	.295	9	69
3B	Kelly Gruber	113	429	108	.252	20	65
SS	Manuel Lee	138	445	104	.234	0	29
LF	Candy Maldonado	52	177	49	.277	7	28
CF	Devon White	156	642	181	.282	17	60
RF	Joe Carter	162	638	174	.273	33	108
DH	Rance Mulliniks	97	240	60	.250	2	24

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
Pat Borders	105	291	71	.244	5	36
Mookie Wilson	86	241	58	.241	2	28
Pat Tabler	82	185	40	.216	1	21
Ed Sprague Jr.	61	160	44	.275	4	20
Mark Whiten	46	149	33	.221	2	19
Rene Gonzales	71	118	23	.195	1	6
Glenallen Hill	35	99	25	.253	3	11
Rob Ducey	39	68	16	.235	1	4
Cory Snyder	21	49	7	.143	0	6
Dave Parker	13	36	12	.333	0	3
Kenny Williams	13	29	6	.207	1	3
Derek Bell	18	28	4	.143	0	1
Eddie Zosky	18	27	4	.148	0	2
Ray Giannelli	9	24	4	.167	0	0
Turner Ward	8	13	4	.308	0	2
Randy Knorr	3	1	0	.000	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
Todd Stottlemyre	34	219.0	15	8	3.78	116
Jimmy Key	33	209.1	16	12	3.05	125
Juan Guzmán	23	138.2	10	3	2.99	123
Tom Candiotti	19	129.2	6	7	2.98	81
Dave Stieb	9	59.2	4	3	3.17	29
Denis Boucher	7	35.1	0	3	4.58	16

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
David Wells	40	198.1	15	10	3.72	106
Willie Fraser	13	26.1	0	2	6.15	12
Pat Hentgen	3	7.1	0	0	2.45	3

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
Tom Henke	49	0	2	32	2.32	53
Duane Ward	81	7	6	23	2.77	132
Mike Timlin	63	11	6	3	3.16	85
Jim Acker	54	3	5	1	5.20	44
Bob MacDonald	45	3	3	0	2.85	24
David Weathers	15	1	0	0	4.91	13
Ken Dayley	8	0	0	0	6.23	3
Frank Wills	4	0	1	0	16.62	2
Vince Horsman	4	0	0	0	0.00	2
Al Leiter	3	0	0	0	27.00	1
Mickey Weston	2	0	0	0	0.00	1

ALCS

Main article: 1991 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 8, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	9	3
Minnesota	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	5	11	0
W: Jack Morris (1-0)   L: Tom Candiotti (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (1)
HR: None

Game 2

October 9, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	0
Minnesota	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1
W: Juan Guzmán (1-0)   L: Kevin Tapani (0-1)  S: Duane Ward (1)
HR: None

Game 3

October 11, Skydome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	7	0
Toronto	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
W: Mark Guthrie (1-0)   L: Mike Timlin (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (2)
HR: MIN – Mike Pagliarulo (1)   TOR – Joe Carter (1)

Game 4

October 12, Skydome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	9	13	1
Toronto	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	11	2
W: Jack Morris (2-0)   L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)
HR: MIN – Kirby Puckett (1)

Game 5

October 13, Skydome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	8	14	2
Toronto	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	1
W: David West (1-0)   L: Duane Ward (0-1)  S: Rick Aguilera (3)
HR: MIN – Kirby Puckett (2)

Award winners

• Roberto Alomar, 2B, Gold Glove Award
• Joe Carter, Player of the Month Award, June
• Joe Carter, OF, Silver Slugger Award
• Juan Guzman, P, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award
• Devon White, OF, Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game

• Roberto Alomar, 2B, starter
• Joe Carter, OF, reserve
• Jimmy Key, P, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Bob Bailor
AA	Knoxville Blue Jays	Southern League	John Stearns
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Dennis Holmberg
A	Myrtle Beach Hurricanes	South Atlantic League	Garth Iorg
A-Short Season	St. Catharines Blue Jays	New York–Penn League	Doug Ault
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League	Omar Malavé
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	J. J. Cannon

External links

• 1991 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1991 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac