The 1991

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season was the 89th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 71-91 finishing 20 games behind the

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. New York was managed by

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. The Yankees played at

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Offseason

*October 5, 1990: Wayne Tolleson was released by the New York Yankees. * November 19, 1990: Tim Leary was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees. * December 3, 1990: Frank Seminara was drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 1990 rule 5 draft. * December 31, 1990: Scott Sanderson was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Oakland Athletics. * January 13, 1991: Rick Cerone was released by the New York Yankees. *March 19, 1991: Torey Lovullo was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Mark Leiter.

Regular season

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led the Yankees with a .304 batting average, 198 hits, 85 runs, and 38 doubles. * April 11, 1991 – Roberto Kelly had 5 RBI in a game versus the Detroit Tigers. * June 23, 1991 – Roberto Kelly had 5 hits in a game versus the eventual World Champion Minnesota Twins.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Detailed records

Notable transactions

*April 1, 1991:

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was released by the New York Yankees. *April 5, 1991: Scott Lusader was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers. *May 9, 1991: Andy Hawkins was released by the New York Yankees. *May 17, 1991: Mike Blowers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and cash. The Seattle Mariners sent Jim Blueberg (minors) (June 22, 1991) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. *May 25, 1991: Andy Pettite was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

Draft picks

*With the first overall pick in the MLB draft, the New York Yankees selected

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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''

Other batters

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

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

=Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

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References

External links

1991 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference1991 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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