1991 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1991 Pittsburgh Pirates
1991 Pittsburgh Pirates
National League East Champions
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	98–64 (.605)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
General managers	Larry Doughty
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV; KBL
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)

The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 110th in franchise history; the 105th in the National League. This was their 22nd season at Three Rivers Stadium. For the second consecutive season, the Pirates won the National League East title with a record of 98–64. The Pirates finished the season with the best record in Major League Baseball. They were defeated four games to three by the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS. During the season, John Smiley won 20 games – the last to do so for the Pirates in the 20th century.^[2]

Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	98	64	.605	—	52‍–‍32	46‍–‍32
St. Louis Cardinals	84	78	.519	14	52‍–‍32	32‍–‍46
Philadelphia Phillies	78	84	.481	20	47‍–‍36	31‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs	77	83	.481	20	46‍–‍37	31‍–‍46
New York Mets	77	84	.478	20½	40‍–‍42	37‍–‍42
Montreal Expos	71	90	.441	26½	33‍–‍35	38‍–‍55

Game log

1991 Game Log (98–64)

April (13–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 8	Expos	0–7	Martinez	Drabek	—	54,274	0–1
2	April 9	Expos	4–3	Kipper	Frey	Landrum	6,624	1–1
3	April 10	Expos	6–3	Smith	Boyd	Belinda	7,656	2–1
4	April 12	@ Cubs	3–1	Smiley	Boskie	Palacios	8,704	3–1
5	April 13	@ Cubs	3–7	Bielecki	Drabek	—	23,838	3–2
6	April 14	@ Cubs	4–6	Slocumb	Belinda	Smith	25,994	3–3
7	April 15	Mets	3–9	Cone	Kipper	—	6,785	3–4
8	April 16	Mets	4–2	Tomlin	Whitehurst	Belinda	16,963	4–4
9	April 17	Mets	4–0	Smiley	Darling	—	14,792	5–4
10	April 18	Cubs	2–3	Sutcliffe	Drabek	Assenmacher	9,148	5–5
11	April 19	Cubs	5–4	Belinda	Smith	—	13,157	6–5
12	April 20	Cubs	9–3	Smith	Maddux	—	13,179	7–5
13	April 21	Cubs	13–12 (11)	Patterson	Bielecki	—	10,860	8–5
14	April 23	@ Expos	7–3	Smiley	Sampen	—	7,770	9–5
15	April 24	@ Expos	2–1	Drabek	Martinez	Landrum	8,592	10–5
16	April 25	@ Expos	8–0	Palacios	Nabholz	—	7,868	11–5
17	April 26	@ Mets	0–2	Viola	Smith	Franco	30,702	11–6
18	April 27	@ Mets	10–1	Tomlin	Cone	—	32,062	12–6
19	April 28	@ Mets	7–3	Smiley	Darling	—	34,141	13–6
20	April 30	@ Reds	3–4	Browning	Drabek	Dibble	20,627	13–7

May (17–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
21	May 1	@ Reds	6–4	Belinda	Myers	Landrum	25,231	14–7
22	May 3	Astros	1–0	Smith	Harnisch	—	24,145	15–7
23	May 4	Astros	3–8	Jones	Smiley	Clancy	19,257	15–8
24	May 5	Astros	4–6	Portugal	Drabek	Schilling	17,727	15–9
25	May 6	Reds	3–1	Palacios	Rijo	Landrum	9,518	16–9
26	May 7	Reds	7–2	Tomlin	Hammond	Belinda	14,258	17–9
27	May 8	Reds	7–2	Smith	Charlton	—	14,594	18–9
28	May 10	Braves	5–2	Smiley	Smoltz	Belinda	23,936	19–9
29	May 11	Braves	2–3	Leibrandt	Drabek	Mercker	33,914	19–10
30	May 12	Braves	1–6	Avery	Palacios	Berenguer	20,287	19–11
31	May 14	@ Astros	6–3	Smith	Harnisch	—	7,846	20–11
32	May 15	@ Astros	8–7	Kipper	Schilling	Landrum	9,577	21–11
33	May 16	@ Astros	6–4	Drabek	Clancy	Belinda	8,419	22–11
34	May 17	@ Braves	3–9	Avery	Palacios	—	32,824	22–12
35	May 19	@ Braves	1–7	Glavine	Smith	Berenguer	27,164	22–13
36	May 21	Cardinals	5–3	Smiley	Moyer	Landrum	9,226	23–13
37	May 22	Cardinals	3–5	Carpenter	Drabek	Smith	19,630	23–14
38	May 23	Cardinals	2–8	DeLeon	Tomlin	Terry	8,557	23–15
39	May 24	Phillies	9–1	Smith	Mulholland	—	29,770	24–15
40	May 25	Phillies	4–2 (11)	Palacios	Boever	—	24,358	25–15
41	May 26	Phillies	5–2	Smiley	Grimsley	Landrum	26,117	26–15
42	May 27	@ Cardinals	8–0	Drabek	Tewksbury	—	40,667	27–15
43	May 28	@ Cardinals	9–8	Belinda	DeLeon	Landrum	22,766	28–15
44	May 29	@ Cardinals	6–0	Smith	Smith	—	27,178	29–15
45	May 31	@ Phillies	5–1	Walk	Grimsley	—	25,652	30–15

June (15–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
46	June 1	@ Phillies	5–3	Smiley	Combs	Landrum	31,601	31–15
47	June 2	@ Phillies	5–3	Walk	Williams	Patterson	36,185	32–15
48	June 4	Giants	3–5	Burkett	Smith	Righetti	19,460	32–16
49	June 5	Giants	7–3	Walk	Downs	—	15,461	33–16
50	June 6	Giants	3–6	Black	Smiley	Righetti	23,662	33–17
51	June 7	Padres	1–0	Drabek	Hurst	Landrum	25,095	34–17
52	June 8	Padres	0–11	Maddux	Tomlin	—	51,292	34–18
53	June 9	Padres	3–5	Benes	Smith	Lefferts	33,278	34–19
54	June 10	Padres	5–3	Palacios	Rasmussen	Landrum	10,512	35–19
55	June 12	Dodgers	2–1	Drabek	Morgan	Landrum	21,898	36–19
56	June 13	Dodgers	2–3	Gott	Tomlin	Howell	26,377	36–20
57	June 14	@ Giants	2–3	Oliveras	Smith	Righetti	17,333	36–21
58	June 15	@ Giants	0–4	Remlinger	Smiley	—	31,807	36–22
59	June 16	@ Giants	4–3	Walk	Black	Landrum	27,634	37–22
60	June 17	@ Padres	3–2	Drabek	Hurst	Palacios	15,951	38–22
61	June 18	@ Padres	3–1	Landrum	Lefferts	—	14,697	39–22
62	June 19	@ Padres	5–6	Andersen	Heaton	—	27,272	39–23
63	June 20	@ Dodgers	2–3	Gross	Smiley	—	50,060	39–24
64	June 21	@ Dodgers	5–1	Walk	Ojeda	Kipper	44,085	40–24
65	June 22	@ Dodgers	1–4	Morgan	Drabek	—	42,891	40–25
66	June 23	@ Dodgers	0–2	Belcher	Smith	Crews	46,354	40–26
67	June 25	Cubs	1–5	Lancaster	Smiley	—	31,115	40–27
68	June 26	Cubs	7–6	Walk	Maddux	Landrum	41,389	41–27
69	June 27	Cubs	4–3	Palacios	Assenmacher	—	30,960	42–27
70	June 28	@ Expos	6–1	Smith	Haney	—	14,501	43–27
71	June 29	@ Expos	2–1	Heaton	Ruskin	Landrum	16,961	44–27
72	June 30	@ Expos	2–1	Smiley	Martinez	Belinda	22,920	45–27

July (15–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
73	July 1	@ Cubs	5–6 (13)	Scanlan	Belinda	—	32,633	45–28
74	July 2	@ Cubs	13–4	Drabek	Boskie	—	34,332	46–28
75	July 3	@ Cubs	11–7	Smith	Lancaster	—	33,432	47–28
76	July 4	@ Cubs	8–9 (11)	McElroy	Landrum	—	31,098	47–29
77	July 5	Expos	3–4	Martinez	Smiley	—	37,807	47–30
78	July 6	Expos	1–2	Gardner	Walk	Burke	34,182	47–31
79	July 7	Expos	6–1	Drabek	Boyd	Belinda	41,995	48–31
80	July 11	@ Reds	10–6	Palacios	Myers	—	35,159	49–31
81	July 12	@ Reds	7–2	Drabek	Armstrong	—	42,181	50–31
82	July 13	@ Reds	5–2	Smiley	Browning	Kipper	48,857	51–31
83	July 14	@ Reds	10–6	Walk	Gross	Patterson	42,573	52–31
84	July 15	Astros	8–0	Tomlin	Jones	—	21,642	53–31
85	July 16	Astros	6–4	Smith	Kile	Belinda	18,028	54–31
86	July 17	Astros	2–10	Jones	Drabek	Osuna	38,736	54–32
87	July 19	Reds	7–2	Smiley	Browning	—	38,318	55–32
88	July 20	Reds	2–3	Gross	Walk	Power	34,805	55–33
89	July 21	Reds	6–0	Tomlin	Hammond	—	34,717	56–33
90	July 22	Braves	3–7	Smoltz	Smith	—	20,549	56–34
91	July 23	Braves	12–3	Drabek	Leibrandt	—	21,664	57–34
92	July 24	Braves	7–4	Smiley	Glavine	Belinda	26,508	58–34
93	July 26	@ Astros	8–1	Heaton	Kile	—	26,185	59–34
94	July 27	@ Astros	11–5	Tomlin	Jones	—	24,447	60–34
95	July 28	@ Astros	7–9	Bowen	Smith	Clancy	20,754	60–35
96	July 29	@ Braves	5–7	Glavine	Drabek	Freeman	0	60–36
97	July 29	@ Braves	3–5	Mahler	Smiley	Mercker	32,292	60–37
98	July 30	@ Braves	3–10	Parrett	Landrum	Mercker	27,099	60–38
99	July 31	@ Braves	6–8	Smoltz	Palacios	Stanton	23,955	60–39

August (17–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
100	August 1	@ Cardinals	3–6	Olivares	Tomlin	Smith	28,276	60–40
101	August 2	@ Cardinals	3–4	McClure	Belinda	—	36,228	60–41
102	August 3	@ Cardinals	5–6 (10)	Smith	Patterson	—	40,627	60–42
103	August 4	@ Cardinals	2–1	Smiley	Hill	—	34,243	61–42
104	August 6	@ Mets	3–1	Tomlin	Fernandez	—	38,658	62–42
105	August 7	@ Mets	1–7	Gooden	Smith	—	41,542	62–43
106	August 8	@ Mets	3–4	Viola	Drabek	Franco	41,672	62–44
107	August 9	Cardinals	1–5	Smith	Smiley	—	38,136	62–45
108	August 10	Cardinals	11–5	Heaton	Hill	—	49,939	63–45
109	August 11	Cardinals	6–4	Mason	Tewksbury	Landrum	31,814	64–45
110	August 12	Cardinals	4–3 (11)	Patterson	Smith	—	26,328	65–45
111	August 13	Phillies	4–3	Drabek	Cox	Belinda	22,584	66–45
112	August 14	Phillies	5–3	Smiley	Greene	Belinda	42,501	67–45
113	August 15	Phillies	4–6	de Jesus	Heaton	Williams	28,193	67–46
114	August 16	Mets	8–2	Tomlin	Fernandez	—	39,275	68–46
115	August 17	Mets	4–1	Smith	Gooden	Belinda	44,707	69–46
116	August 18	Mets	9–2	Drabek	Viola	—	36,014	70–46
117	August 20	@ Phillies	5–6	Searcy	Belinda	—	23,336	70–47
118	August 21	@ Phillies	5–6	Williams	Kipper	—	35,591	70–48
119	August 22	@ Phillies	3–4 (11)	Williams	Landrum	—	41,544	70–49
120	August 23	Giants	8–0	Drabek	Burkett	—	32,419	71–49
121	August 24	Giants	1–5	Wilson	Heaton	—	33,035	71–50
122	August 25	Giants	8–3	Smiley	Oliveras	Belinda	30,453	72–50
123	August 26	Padres	5–7 (10)	Lefferts	Landrum	—	27,396	72–51
124	August 27	Padres	5–2	Smith	Bones	Mason	19,227	73–51
125	August 28	@ Dodgers	6–4	Rodriguez	McDowell	Belinda	39,040	74–51
126	August 29	@ Dodgers	4–1	Mason	Morgan	Landrum	46,414	75–51
127	August 30	@ Padres	4–1	Smiley	Rasmussen	Rodriguez	21,726	76–51
128	August 31	@ Padres	3–2 (12)	Landrum	Melendez	Kipper	16,170	77–51

September (18–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
129	September 1	@ Padres	4–7	Bones	Smith	Maddux	13,099	77–52
130	September 2	@ Giants	9–8	Belinda	Righetti	Rodriguez	16,971	78–52
131	September 3	@ Giants	5–3 (10)	Patterson	Oliveras	—	9,544	79–52
132	September 4	@ Giants	8–3	Smiley	Black	Mason	8,690	80–52
133	September 6	Dodgers	3–4	McDowell	Belinda	—	0	80–53
134	September 6	Dodgers	3–1	Smith	Gross	—	46,993	81–53
135	September 7	Dodgers	1–5	Ojeda	Drabek	Gott	37,416	81–54
136	September 8	Dodgers	1–5	Morgan	Patterson	—	31,563	81–55
137	September 9	@ Cubs	12–10	Belinda	Smith	Rodriguez	18,775	82–55
138	September 10	@ Cubs	2–6	Sutcliffe	Tomlin	Scanlan	29,299	82–56
139	September 11	@ Cardinals	3–1	Smith	Tewksbury	—	20,457	83–56
140	September 12	@ Cardinals	0–1	Hill	Drabek	Smith	21,412	83–57
141	September 13	@ Phillies	8–6	Belinda	Williams	Rodriguez	29,107	84–57
142	September 14	@ Phillies	5–3	Smiley	Ashby	Palacios	27,412	85–57
143	September 15	@ Phillies	3–8	Greene	Tomlin	Williams	35,560	85–58
144	September 16	Cubs	5–4	Smith	Castillo	Mason	16,149	86–58
145	September 17	Cubs	9–2	Drabek	Bielecki	—	18,152	87–58
146	September 18	Cardinals	6–5	Mason	Fraser	—	30,123	88–58
147	September 19	Cardinals	5–1	Belinda	Olivares	—	22,904	89–58
148	September 20	Phillies	3–8	Greene	Tomlin	—	22,691	89–59
149	September 21	Phillies	7–0	Smith	de Jesus	—	27,162	90–59
150	September 22	Phillies	2–1	Drabek	Brantley	—	33,662	91–59
151	September 24	@ Mets	10–8	Patterson	Innis	Rodriguez	12,336	92–59
152	September 26	@ Mets	4–3 (15)	Landrum	Whitehurst	—	0	93–59
153	September 26	@ Mets	1–2	Burke	Mason	Franco	14,451	93–60
154	September 27	Expos	8–12	Ruskin	Rodriguez	—	8,201	93–61
155	September 28	Expos	2–3	Nabholz	Drabek	Rojas	17,122	93–62
156	September 29	Expos	6–3	Walk	Sampen	Kipper	14,798	94–62
157	September 30	Mets	6–5	Landrum	Simons	Rodriguez	16,170	95–62

October (3–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
158	October 1	Mets	2–1	Smiley	Cone	Belinda	14,697	96–62
159	October 2	Mets	6–9 (11)	Franco	Patterson	—	13,328	96–63
160	October 4	Expos	1–3	Jones	Mason	Rojas	14,227	96–64
161	October 5	Expos	4–3	Walk	Fassero	Belinda	14,038	97–64
162	October 6	Expos	7–0	Smiley	Barnes	—	23,429	98–64

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1991 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–6	11–7	13–5	7–11	5–7	9–3	5–7	9–3	11–7	9–9	9–3
Chicago	6–6	—	4–8	9–3	2–10	10–7	11–6	8–10	7–11	4–8	6–6	10–8
Cincinnati	7–11	8–4	—	9–9	6–12	6–6	5–7	9–3	2–10	8–10	10–8	4–8
Houston	5–13	3–9	9–9	—	8–10	2–10	7–5	7–5	4–8	6–12	9–9	5–7
Los Angeles	11–7	10–2	12–6	10–8	—	5–7	7–5	7–5	7–5	10–8	8–10	6–6
Montreal	7–5	7–10	6–6	10–2	7–5	—	4–14	4–14	6–12	6–6	7–5	7–11
New York	3–9	6–11	7–5	5–7	5–7	14–4	—	11–7	6–12	7–5	6–6	7–11
Philadelphia	7-5	10–8	3–9	5–7	5–7	14–4	7–11	—	6–12	9–3	6–6	6–12
Pittsburgh	3–9	11–7	10–2	8–4	5–7	12–6	12–6	12–6	—	7–5	7–5	11–7
San Diego	7–11	8–4	10–8	12–6	8–10	6–6	5–7	3–9	5–7	—	11–7	9–3
San Francisco	9–9	6–6	8–10	9–9	10–8	5–7	6–6	6–6	5–7	7–11	—	4–8
St. Louis	3–9	8–10	8–4	7–5	6–6	11–7	11–7	12–6	7–11	3–9	8–4	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Chicago Cubs	11	7	0.611	116	98
Montreal Expos	12	6	0.667	75	51
New York Mets	12	6	0.667	85	62
Philadelphia Phillies	12	6	0.667	87	66
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	11	7	0.611	82	66
Total	58	32	0.644	445	343
NL West
Atlanta Braves	3	9	0.250	51	71
Cincinnati Reds	10	2	0.833	73	34
Houston Astros	8	4	0.667	70	57
Los Angeles Dodgers	5	7	0.417	30	34
San Diego Padres	7	5	0.583	41	47
San Francisco Giants	7	5	0.583	58	46
Total	40	32	0.556	323	289
Season Total	98	64	0.605	768	632

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	20	13	7	0.650	97	74
May	25	17	8	0.680	119	94
June	27	15	12	0.556	83	89
July	27	15	12	0.556	175	127
August	29	17	12	0.586	133	104
September	29	18	11	0.621	141	128
October	5	3	2	0.600	20	16
Total	162	98	64	0.605	768	632

Total	162	98	64	0.605	768	632
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	84	52	32	0.619	382	314
Away	78	46	32	0.590	386	318

Roster

1991 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
2	Gary Redus	1B
3	Jay Bell	SS
18	Andy Van Slyke	CF
23	Bobby Bonilla	RF
24	Barry Bonds	LF
7	Jeff King	3B
12	Mike LaValliere	C
13	José Lind	2B
15	Doug Drabek	SP

Awards and honors

1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Bobby Bonilla, DH, starter
John Smiley, P, reserve

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Regular Season^[7]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
J. Banister	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
R. Reed	1	2	1	0.500	0	2
J. Wehner	37	106	36	0.340	0	7
B. Bonilla	157	577	174	0.302	18	100
D. Slaught	77	220	65	0.295	1	29
B. Bonds	153	510	149	0.292	25	116
M. LaValliere	108	336	97	0.289	3	41
L. McClendon	85	163	47	0.288	7	24
N. Heaton	44	14	4	0.286	0	1
O. Merced	120	411	113	0.275	10	50
G. Varsho	99	187	51	0.273	4	23
J. Bell	157	608	164	0.270	16	67
J. Lind	150	502	133	0.265	3	54
A. Van	138	491	130	0.265	17	83
T. Prince	26	34	9	0.265	1	2
C. García	12	24	6	0.250	0	1
C. Martínez	11	16	4	0.250	0	0
B. Patterson	54	4	1	0.250	0	0
J. Richardson	6	4	1	0.250	0	0
G. Redus	98	252	62	0.246	7	24
S. Buechele	31	114	28	0.246	4	19
C. Espy	43	82	20	0.244	1	11
J. King	33	109	26	0.239	4	18
B. Walk	25	39	8	0.205	1	5
R. Tomlin	32	52	10	0.192	0	2
C. Wilkerson	85	191	36	0.188	2	18
Z. Smith	36	71	13	0.183	0	10
D. Drabek	36	84	15	0.179	0	2
M. Webster	36	97	17	0.175	1	9
J. Redfield	11	18	2	0.111	0	0
J. González	16	20	2	0.100	1	3
J. Smiley	33	70	7	0.100	0	3
V. Palacios	36	14	1	0.071	0	0
S. Belinda	60	7	0	0.000	0	1
S. Bullett	11	4	0	0.000	0	0
H. Fajardo	2	3	0	0.000	0	0
B. Kipper	52	1	0	0.000	0	0
B. Landrum	61	4	0	0.000	0	0
P. Miller	1	3	0	0.000	0	0
R. Rodríguez	18	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Schulz	3	3	0	0.000	0	0
M. Huismann	5	0	0	—	0	0
R. Mason	24	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,449	1,433	0.263	126	725

Postseason^[8]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
G. Varsho	2	2	1	0.500	0	0
J. Bell	7	29	12	0.414	1	1
M. LaValliere	3	6	2	0.333	0	1
B. Bonilla	7	23	7	0.304	0	1
S. Buechele	7	23	7	0.304	0	0
D. Slaught	6	17	4	0.235	0	1
O. Merced	3	9	2	0.222	1	1
D. Drabek	2	5	1	0.200	0	1
J. Lind	7	25	4	0.160	0	3
A. Van	7	25	4	0.160	1	2
G. Redus	5	19	3	0.158	0	0
B. Bonds	7	27	4	0.148	0	0
C. Espy	2	2	0	0.000	0	0
R. Mason	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
L. McClendon	3	2	0	0.000	0	0
Z. Smith	2	5	0	0.000	0	0
R. Tomlin	1	2	0	0.000	0	0
B. Walk	3	2	0	0.000	0	0
C. Wilkerson	4	4	0	0.000	0	0
S. Belinda	3	0	0	—	0	0
B. Kipper	1	0	0	—	0	0
B. Landrum	1	0	0	—	0	0
B. Patterson	1	0	0	—	0	0
R. Rodríguez	1	0	0	—	0	0
J. Smiley	2	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	7	228	51	0.224	3	11

Pitching

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

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
R. Tomlin	31	175	8	7	2.98	104
R. Mason	24	292⁄3	3	2	3.03	21
D. Drabek	35	2342⁄3	15	14	3.07	142
J. Smiley	33	2072⁄3	20	8	3.08	129
B. Landrum	61	761⁄3	4	4	3.18	45
Z. Smith	35	228	16	10	3.20	120
S. Belinda	60	781⁄3	7	5	3.45	71
B. Walk	25	115	9	2	3.60	67
V. Palacios	36	812⁄3	6	3	3.75	64
R. Rodríguez	18	151⁄3	1	1	4.11	10
B. Patterson	54	652⁄3	4	3	4.11	57
N. Heaton	42	682⁄3	3	3	4.33	34
B. Kipper	52	60	2	2	4.65	38
P. Miller	1	5	0	0	5.40	2
M. Huismann	5	5	0	0	7.20	5
H. Fajardo	2	61⁄3	0	0	9.95	8
R. Reed	1	41⁄3	0	0	10.38	2
Team Totals	162	14562⁄3	98	64	3.44	919

Postseason^[10]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
S. Belinda	3	5	1	0	0.00	4
R. Mason	3	41⁄3	0	0	0.00	2
B. Patterson	1	2	0	0	0.00	3
D. Drabek	2	15	1	1	0.60	10
Z. Smith	2	142⁄3	1	1	0.61	10
B. Walk	3	91⁄3	0	0	1.93	5
R. Tomlin	1	6	0	0	3.00	1
B. Kipper	1	2	0	0	4.50	1
B. Landrum	1	1	0	0	9.00	2
J. Smiley	2	22⁄3	0	2	23.63	3
R. Rodríguez	1	1	0	0	27.00	1
Team Totals	7	63	3	4	2.57	42

National League Championship Series

Game 1

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

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 (81⁄3), Pena (2/3) PIT – Z. Smith (7), Mason (1), Belinda (1)
Attendance: 57,533 Time: 2:46

Game 3

October 12: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

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 (61⁄3), Stanton (2/3), Wohlers (1/3), Pena (12⁄3)
Attendance: 50,905 Time: 3:21

Game 4

October 13: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

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 (62⁄3), Clancy (1/3), Stanton (2), Mercker (2/3), Wohlers (1/3)
Attendance: 51,109 Time: 3:43

Game 5

October 14: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

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 (72⁄3), Mason (11⁄3) ATL – Glavine (8), Pena (1)
Attendance: 51,109 Time: 2:51

Game 6

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

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 (41⁄3), Mason (2), Belinda (2)
Attendance: 46,932 Time: 3:04

Transactions

May 16, 1991: Mike York was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Mitch Webster.^[11]
June 11, 1991: Mark Huismann was released by the Pirates.^[4]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Terry Collins
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Marc Bombard
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Stan Cliburn
A	Augusta Pirates	South Atlantic League	Don Werner
A-Short Season	Welland Pirates	New York–Penn League	Lee Driggers
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
^ 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 at Baseball-Reference
^ ^a ^b Mark Huismann at Baseball-Reference
^ Esteban Loaiza at Baseball-Reference
^ Gary Varsho at Baseball-Reference
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ Mike York at Baseball-Reference

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

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

[2] 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

[3] Zane Smith at Baseball-Reference

[huismann-4] Mark Huismann at Baseball-Reference

[5] Esteban Loaiza at Baseball-Reference

[6] Gary Varsho at Baseball-Reference

[7] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[8] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[9] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[10] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[11] Mike York at Baseball-Reference

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