# 1991 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1991 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 22nd season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 23rd overall. The Brewers finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses, after having had a record of 43–60 on August 3

## Offseason

* March 14, 1991: Dave Parker was traded by the Brewers to the California Angels for Dante Bichette.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 2, 1991: Willie Randolph was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
* May 25, 1991: Carmelo Castillo was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
* August 9, 1991: Candy Maldonado was traded by the Brewers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rob Wishnevski (minors) and a player to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending William Suero to the Brewers on August 14.

### Roster
## 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 | B. J. Surhoff | 143 | 505 | 146 | .289 | 5 | 68 |
| 1B | Franklin Stubbs | 103 | 362 | 77 | .213 | 11 | 38 |
| 2B | Willie Randolph | 124 | 431 | 141 | .327 | 0 | 54 |
| 3B | Jim Gantner | 140 | 526 | 149 | .283 | 2 | 47 |
| SS | Bill Spiers | 133 | 414 | 117 | .283 | 8 | 54 |
| LF | Greg Vaughn | 145 | 542 | 132 | .244 | 27 | 98 |
| CF | Robin Yount | 130 | 503 | 131 | .260 | 10 | 77 |
| RF | Dante Bichette | 134 | 445 | 106 | .238 | 15 | 59 |
| DH | Paul Molitor | 158 | 665 | 216 | .325 | 17 | 75 |

#### 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 |
| Darryl Hamilton | 122 | 405 | 126 | .311 | 1 | 57 |
| Dale Sveum | 90 | 266 | 64 | .241 | 4 | 43 |
| Gary Sheffield | 50 | 175 | 34 | .194 | 2 | 22 |
| Rick Dempsey | 60 | 147 | 34 | .231 | 4 | 21 |
| Candy Maldonado | 34 | 111 | 23 | .207 | 5 | 20 |
| Greg Brock | 31 | 60 | 17 | .283 | 1 | 6 |
| George Canale | 21 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 3 | 10 |
| Tim McIntosh | 7 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Olander | 12 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Matías Carrillo | 3 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Jaime Navarro | 34 | 234.0 | 15 | 12 | 3.92 | 114 |
| Chris Bosio | 32 | 204.2 | 14 | 10 | 3.25 | 117 |
| Bill Wegman | 28 | 193.1 | 15 | 7 | 2.84 | 89 |
| Don August | 28 | 138.1 | 9 | 8 | 5.47 | 62 |
| Teddy Higuera | 7 | 36.1 | 3 | 2 | 4.46 | 33 |
| Cal Eldred | 3 | 16.0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 10 |
| Ron Robinson | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Dan Plesac | 45 | 92.1 | 2 | 7 | 4.29 | 61 |
| Kevin Brown | 15 | 63.2 | 2 | 4 | 5.51 | 30 |
| Mark Knudson | 12 | 35.0 | 1 | 3 | 7.97 | 23 |
| Jim Hunter | 8 | 31.0 | 0 | 5 | 7.26 | 14 |
| Mike Ignasiak | 4 | 12.2 | 2 | 1 | 5.68 | 10 |
| Chris George | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Doug Henry | 32 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1.00 | 28 |
| Chuck Crim | 66 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4.63 | 39 |
| Mark Lee | 62 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3.86 | 43 |
| Julio Machado | 54 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.45 | 98 |
| Darren Holmes | 40 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4.72 | 59 |
| Edwin Núñez | 23 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6.04 | 24 |
| Jim Austin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 3 |
| Rick Dempsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

* Bill Wegman, Hutch Award

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1991. The Denver Zephyrs won the American Association championship.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Denver Zephyrs | American Association | Tony Muser |
| Double-A | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Dave Huppert |
| Class A-Advanced | Stockton Ports | California League | Chris Bando |
| Class A | Beloit Brewers | Midwest League | Rob Derksen |
| Rookie | Helena Brewers | Pioneer League | Harry Dunlop |
| Rookie | AZL Brewers | Arizona League | Wayne Krenchicki |
| Rookie | DSL Brewers | Dominican Summer League | — |