# 1991 Toronto Blue Jays season

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

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 | — |

### 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

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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 8Red Sox6–2Clemens (1–0)Stieb (0–1)50,1140–1
2April 9Red Sox4–3Key (1–0)Harris (0–1)Henke (1)42,2111–1
3April 10Red Sox5–3Timlin (1–0)Gray (0–1)Henke (2)41,1642–1
4April 11Brewers7–3Wells (1–0)Robinson (0–1)38,3263–1
5April 12Brewers5–4 (11)Timlin (2–0)Plesac (0–1)43,1504–1
6April 13Brewers7–3Brown (1–0)Stieb (0–2)Crim (1)49,8724–2
7April 14Brewers9–0Key (2–0)August (0–1)47,1365–2
8April 15@ Tigers4–3Stottlemyre (1–0)Terrell (0–2)Ward (1)9,6326–2
9April 16@ Tigers6–2Gullickson (1–0)Wells (1–1)Henneman (2)10,7916–3
10April 17@ Tigers5–4 (10)Henneman (1–0)Ward (0–1)16,3556–4
11April 19@ Brewers5–2Stieb (1–2)August (0–2)9,6047–4
12April 20@ Brewers4–2Key (3–0)Bosio (1–2)Ward (2)13,5458–4
13April 21@ Brewers11–8 (10)Crim (1–0)Wills (0–1)14,9208–5
14April 22@ Red Sox6–4Lamp (1–1)Wells (1–2)Reardon (4)25,8418–6
15April 23@ Red Sox3–0Clemens (4–0)Boucher (0–1)Reardon (5)29,9048–7
16April 24@ Red Sox6–1Stieb (2–2)Young (0–1)28,8419–7
17April 25Tigers3–2Key (4–0)Petry (0–1)Ward (3)49,68810–7
18April 26Tigers5–4Stottlemyre (2–0)Terrell (0–3)Ward (4)50,17011–7
19April 27Tigers4–2Gullickson (2–0)Wells (1–3)Henneman (3)50,21111–8
20April 28Tigers9–6Timlin (3–0)Leiter (0–1)Ward (5)50,13412–8
21April 30@ Rangers8–5Gossage (2–0)Acker (0–1)Russell (5)24,87312–9 :
May: 15–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1@ Rangers3–0Ryan (3–2)Key (4–1)33,43912–10
23May 2@ Royals3–1Stottlemyre (3–0)Appier (1–4)Ward (6)22,89613–10
24May 3@ Royals5–1Wells (2–3)Davis (2–2)20,80914–10
25May 4@ Royals6–5Saberhagen (2–3)Boucher (0–2)Montgomery (6)22,62814–11
26May 5@ Royals3–0Stieb (3–2)Gordon (1–2)Ward (7)22,58815–11
27May 7Rangers3–2Rogers (1–3)Key (4–2)Russell (6)44,62215–12
28May 8Rangers4–2Stottlemyre (4–0)Ryan (3–3)Ward (8)43,21116–12
29May 9White Sox2–0Wells (3–3)Pérez (1–2)Ward (9)47,23617–12
30May 10White Sox5–3 (12)Radinsky (2–1)Fraser (0–1)50,19817–13
31May 11White Sox5–2Stieb (4–2)Hough (0–2)Ward (10)50,20618–13
32May 12White Sox4–2Key (5–2)Hibbard (2–1)Ward (11)50,10819–13
33May 13Royals4–2Stottlemyre (5–0)Davis (2–4)Ward (12)44,27520–13
34May 14Royals4–1Wells (4–3)Gubicza (0–1)Timlin (1)43,35721–13
35May 15Royals6–4Saberhagen (4–3)Boucher (0–3)50,11321–14
36May 17@ White Sox5–3Pall (1–1)Timlin (3–1)Thigpen (7)30,09521–15
37May 18@ White Sox9–2Key (6–2)Hibbard (2–2)34,86122–15
38May 19@ White Sox5–4Patterson (1–0)Timlin (3–2)Thigpen (8)41,01522–16
39May 20@ Athletics1–0Wells (5–3)Welch (4–3)Henke (3)24,63123–16
40May 21@ Athletics11–7Acker (1–1)Dressendorfer (3–3)Timlin (2)22,73824–16
41May 22@ Athletics2–1Moore (6–2)Stieb (4–3)Eckersley (11)34,02824–17
42May 24@ Angels3–2Timlin (4–2)Finley (7–2)Henke (4)26,40825–17
43May 25@ Angels5–0McCaskill (4–5)Stottlemyre (5–1)36,73225–18
44May 26@ Angels6–2Langston (6–1)Wells (5–4)45,30725–19
45May 28Athletics8–4Moore (7–2)Acker (1–2)Eckersley (12)50,29925–20
46May 29Athletics8–3Key (7–2)Slusarski (1–2)Henke (5)50,26226–20
47May 30Athletics8–6Klink (4–2)Ward (0–2)Eckersley (13)50,27126–21
48May 31Angels5–1Wells (6–4)Langston (6–2)50,25227–21 :
June: 16–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1Angels11–8Eichhorn (1–1)Fraser (0–2)Harvey (13)50,25527–22
50June 2Angels7–2Abbott (5–4)Acker (1–3)50,26127–23
51June 3@ Yankees5–3Key (8–2)Leary (3–5)Henke (6)17,00328–23
52June 4@ Yankees5–3Sanderson (7–2)Stottlemyre (5–2)Farr (4)15,95528–24
53June 5@ Yankees4–1Wells (7–4)Johnson (0–1)Henke (7)21,21329–24
54June 6@ Orioles6–4Milacki (2–2)Timlin (4–3)Olson (9)26,53929–25
55June 7@ Orioles6–4Smith (3–0)Guzmán (0–1)Olson (10)38,22829–26
56June 8@ Orioles8–4Key (9–2)Kilgus (0–1)45,56930–26
57June 9@ Orioles3–2Stottlemyre (6–2)Ballard (3–7)Henke (8)27,78331–26
58June 11@ Indians2–1 (12)Hillegas (2–0)Acker (1–4)10,75331–27
59June 12@ Indians1–0Timlin (5–3)Candiotti (7–4)Henke (9)8,08932–27
60June 13@ Indians1–0Key (10–2)Nagy (2–7)8,37133–27
61June 14Orioles9–1Stottlemyre (7–2)Robinson (3–6)50,28734–27
62June 15Orioles8–4Ballard (4–7)Guzmán (0–2)Williamson (3)50,29234–28
63June 16Orioles13–8Frohwirth (1–0)Ward (0–3)50,27334–29
64June 18Yankees4–2Kamieniecki (1–0)Timlin (5–4)Farr (7)50,27134–30
65June 19Yankees3–0Johnson (1–2)Key (10–3)Howe (1)50,28134–31
66June 20Yankees6–1Stottlemyre (8–2)Leary (3–7)50,25635–31
67June 21Indians8–4Wells (8–4)Swindell (3–6)Henke (10)50,28336–31
68June 22Indians4–0Guzmán (1–2)Mutis (0–2)Ward (13)50,28537–31
69June 23Indians3–1MacDonald (1–0)Candiotti (7–6)Henke (11)50,27538–31
70June 24Indians4–3Ward (1–3)Nagy (3–8)Henke (12)50,26339–31
71June 25@ Twins8–6Morris (10–5)Stottlemyre (8–3)Aguilera (20)26,35039–32
72June 26@ Twins5–2Wells (9–4)Guthrie (5–4)Henke (13)25,50340–32
73June 27@ Twins1–0Guzmán (2–2)Tapani (5–7)Henke (14)35,59841–32
74June 28Mariners3–1Krueger (5–3)Candiotti (7–7)Jackson (13)50,29741–33
75June 29Mariners4–0Timlin (6–4)DeLucia (6–5)Ward (14)50,26842–33
76June 30Mariners6–1Stottlemyre (9–3)Holman (7–8)50,29843–33 :
July: 15–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Mariners4–3Acker (2–4)Jackson (4–3)50,27044–33
78July 2Twins4–3Ward (2–3)Leach (0–1)48,67645–33
79July 3Twins4–0Candiotti (8–7)Anderson (4–7)50,07146–33
80July 4Twins1–0West (1–0)Key (10–4)Aguilera (21)50,29346–34
81July 5@ Mariners2–1MacDonald (2–0)Holman (7–9)Henke (15)21,64747–34
82July 6@ Mariners4–3 (10)Timlin (7–4)Swan (3–2)Henke (16)48,75048–34
83July 7@ Mariners5–2Guzmán (3–2)Hanson (4–4)27,81249–34
84July 11Rangers2–0Candiotti (9–7)Brown (7–7)Henke (17)50,27650–34
85July 12Rangers6–2Wells (10–4)Guzmán (4–4)Ward (15)50,27951–34
86July 13Rangers3–2Timlin (8–4)Russell (3–2)Henke (18)50,27052–34
87July 14Rangers8–6Barfield (4–3)Key (10–5)Russell (18)50,29452–35
88July 15@ Royals5–3 (12)Timlin (9–4)Crawford (2–1)Henke (19)29,72353–35
89July 16@ Royals2–1 (10)Aquino (2–2)Candiotti (9–8)22,13453–36
90July 18@ Rangers4–0Wells (11–4)Ryan (5–5)Ward (16)37,26854–36
91July 19@ Rangers7–2Stottlemyre (10–3)Barfield (4–4)Timlin (3)35,14455–36
92July 20@ Rangers11–6Jeffcoat (4–2)Key (10–6)39,27655–37
93July 21@ Rangers6–5Rogers (6–7)Timlin (9–5)Russell (19)31,80355–38
94July 23@ White Sox3–2Thigpen (7–3)Candiotti (9–9)34,77955–39
95July 24@ White Sox2–1Wells (12–4)McDowell (12–5)Henke (20)39,59956–39
96July 25@ White Sox7–1Hough (6–6)Stottlemyre (10–4)42,79656–40
97July 26Royals6–5 (11)Ward (3–3)Gordon (5–9)50,32657–40
98July 27Royals5–2 (10)Gordon (6–9)Timlin (9–6)Montgomery (19)50,29157–41
99July 28Royals10–4Gubicza (6–5)Candiotti (9–10)Davis (2)50,29157–42
100July 29White Sox12–4McDowell (13–5)Wells (12–5)50,29857–43
101July 30White Sox8–7Radinsky (3–3)MacDonald (2–1)Thigpen (24)50,29157–44
102July 31Indians3–1Key (11–6)King (4–6)Henke (21)50,27658–44 :
August: 15–14 (Home: 6–8; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1Indians7–5Ward (4–3)Shaw (0–4)Henke (22)50,27559–44
104August 2@ Red Sox5–3Clemens (12–7)Candiotti (9–11)34,03259–45
105August 3@ Red Sox4–1Hesketh (5–2)Wells (12–6)Reardon (25)34,01559–46
106August 4@ Red Sox2–1Ward (5–3)Lamp (3–3)Henke (23)33,80960–46
107August 6Tigers2–1Key (12–6)Cerutti (1–4)Henke (24)50,30561–46
108August 7Tigers5–2Guzmán (4–2)Tanana (8–8)Henke (25)50,32462–46
109August 8Tigers4–0 (14)Gibson (5–5)Henke (0–1)50,30762–47
110August 9Red Sox12–7Hesketh (6–2)Wells (12–7)Reardon (26)50,31962–48
111August 10Red Sox7–1Harris (8–11)Stottlemyre (10–5)50,30462–49
112August 11Red Sox9–6Gardiner (4–6)Key (12–7)Reardon (27)50,29762–50
113August 12Red Sox11–8Lamp (4–3)Ward (5–4)Reardon (28)50,30562–51
114August 13@ Brewers5–4Crim (7–5)Henke (0–2)22,99662–52
115August 14@ Brewers5–3Bosio (9–8)Wells (12–8)Henry (3)19,19362–53
116August 15@ Brewers4–1Stottlemyre (11–5)Plesac (1–5)Henke (26)24,51963–53
117August 16@ Tigers5–2Cerutti (2–4)Key (12–8)Gakeler (1)43,18663–54
118August 17@ Tigers7–5MacDonald (3–1)Aldred (0–2)Henke (27)46,63464–54
119August 18@ Tigers4–2Candiotti (10–11)Kaiser (0–1)Henke (28)48,72465–54
120August 20Brewers3–1Stottlemyre (12–5)Bosio (9–9)Henke (29)50,31166–54
121August 21Brewers3–0Machado (1–3)Key (12–9)Núñez (8)50,30666–55
122August 22Brewers8–7Ignasiak (1–0)Ward (5–5)Henry (5)50,30966–56
123August 23Yankees6–5Ward (6–5)Farr (3–4)50,31867–56
124August 24Yankees6–5Johnson (5–7)Wells (12–9)Cadaret (2)50,32467–57
125August 25Yankees11–7Acker (3–4)Guetterman (2–2)50,32068–57
126August 26@ Orioles5–2Key (13–9)Johnson (4–5)Henke (30)28,06369–57
127August 27@ Orioles6–1Guzmán (5–2)Rhodes (0–1)25,09070–57
128August 28@ Orioles3–0Candiotti (11–11)McDonald (5–8)Henke (31)28,26271–57
129August 29@ Yankees6–2Wells (13–9)Johnson (5–8)19,34472–57
130August 30@ Yankees9–2Sanderson (14–8)Stottlemyre (12–6)19,39372–58
131August 31@ Yankees5–0Key (14–9)Cadaret (6–5)Ward (17)28,93273–58 :
September: 14–12 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Yankees4–2Guetterman (3–2)MacDonald (3–2)25,10573–59
133September 2Orioles5–4 (12)Timlin (12–6)Olson (3–5)50,31474–59
134September 3Orioles8–4McDonald (6–8)Wells (13–10)Flanagan (3)50,29974–60
135September 4Orioles3–1Stottlemyre (13–6)Milacki (8–8)Ward (18)50,30375–60
136September 5@ Indians13–1Key (15–9)Nagy (8–12)5,66676–60
137September 6@ Indians7–4Guzmán (6–2)Otto (1–6)Ward (19)14,53377–60
138September 7@ Indians4–1Candiotti (12–11)Swindell (8–14)17,83078–60
139September 8@ Indians11–5Wells (14–10)King (5–10)13,07179–60
140September 10Mariners5–4Holman (13–13)Stottlemyre (13–7)Jones (1)50,19679–61
141September 11Mariners7–3Hanson (8–7)Key (15–10)50,32179–62
142September 13Athletics7–6Guzmán (7–2)Stewart (11–9)Henke (32)50,31580–62
143September 14Athletics6–0Candiotti (13–11)Welch (11–12)50,31981–62
144September 15Athletics10–5Moore (14–8)Stottlemyre (13–8)Eckersley (40)50,31581–63
145September 16@ Mariners6–5 (11)Swan (5–2)MacDonald (3–3)55,61281–64
146September 17@ Mariners5–4 (11)Schooler (2–2)Acker (3–5)29,11581–65
147September 18@ Mariners5–3 (12)Ward (7–5)Bankhead (2–6)Acker (1)30,20082–65
148September 20@ Athletics6–5 (11)Eckersley (5–3)Ward (7–6)33,76582–66
149September 21@ Athletics4–0Moore (15–8)Key (15–11)36,60182–67
150September 22@ Athletics3–2Guzmán (8–2)Darling (3–5)Wells (1)28,27683–67
151September 23@ Angels10–9Lewis (3–5)Candiotti (13–12)Harvey (43)20,00183–68
152September 24@ Angels3–0 (10)Wells (15–10)Abbott (17–10)21,53884–68
153September 25@ Angels7–2Key (16–11)Langston (17–8)19,25185–68
154September 27Twins7–2Guzmán (9–2)Tapani (16–9)50,32686–68
155September 28Twins5–0Morris (18–12)Candiotti (13–13)50,31986–69
156September 29Twins2–1Stottlemyre (14–8)Erickson (19–8)Ward (20)50,31587–69
157September 30Angels2–1Langston (18–8)Key (16–12)Harvey (45)50,32187–70 :
October: 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
158October 1Angels5–2Guzmán (10–2)Fetters (2–5)Ward (21)50,32288–70
159October 2Angels6–5Timlin (11–6)Harvey (2–4)50,32489–70
160October 4@ Twins4–1Stottlemyre (15–8)Neagle (0–1)Ward (22)35,12490–70
161October 5@ Twins3–1Erickson (20–8)Guzmán (10–3)Aguilera (42)51,05890–71
162October 6@ Twins3–2 (10)Weathers (1–0)Anderson (5–11)Ward (23)37,79491–71 :
1991 Playoff Game Log :
American League Championship Series: 1–4
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1October 8@ Twins5–4Morris (1–0)Candiotti (0–1)Aguilera (1)54,7660–1
2October 9@ Twins5–2Guzman (1–0)Tapani (0–1)Ward (1)54,8161–1
3October 11Twins3–2 (10)Guthrie (1–0)Timlin (0–1)Aguilera (2)51,4541–2
4October 12Twins9–3Morris (2–0)Stottlemyre (0–1)51,5261–3
5October 13Twins8–5West (1–0)Ward (0–1)Aguilera (3)51,4251–4 :

## 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
### 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

| 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 |