1991 World Series - Minnesota Twins over Atlanta Braves (4-3)

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1991 World Series (4-3): Minnesota Twins (95-67) over Atlanta Braves (94-68)

WS: MIN-ATL / ALCS: MIN-TOR / NLCS: ATL-PIT
1990 WS / 1992 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 19, 1991 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0     2  6  1
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  1    0  3  1    0  0  x     5  9  1

    PITCHERS: ATL - Leibrandt, Clancy (5), Wohlers (7), Stanton (8)
              MIN - Morris, Guthrie (8), Aguilera (8)

               WP - Jack Morris
	       LP - Charlie Leibrandt
             SAVE - Rick Aguilera

   HOME RUNS: ATL - none
              MIN - Gagne, Hrbek

  ATTENDANCE: 55,108

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 20, 1991 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     2  8  1
    Minnesota Twins              2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x     3  4  1

    PITCHERS: ATL - Glavine
              MIN - Tapani, Aguilera (9)

               WP - Kevin Tapani
	       LP - Tom Glavine
             SAVE - Rick Aguilera

   HOME RUNS: ATL - none
              MIN - Davis, Leius

  ATTENDANCE: 55,145

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 22, 1991 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              1  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0     4 10  1
    Atlanta Braves               0  1  0    1  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     5  8  2

    PITCHERS: MIN - Erickson, West (5), Leach (5), Bedrosian (6), Willis (8), Guthrie (10), Aguilera (12)
              ATL - Avery, Pena (8), Stanton (10), Wohlers (12), Mercker (12), Clancy (12)

               WP - Jim Clancy
	       LP - Rick Aguilera
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Davis, Puckett
              ATL - Justice, Smith

  ATTENDANCE: 50,878

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 23, 1991 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     2  7  0
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  1     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: MIN - Morris, Willis (7), Guthrie (8), Bedrosian (9)
              ATL - Smoltz, Wohlers (8), Stanton (8)

               WP - Mike Stanton
	       LP - Mark Guthrie
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Pagliarulo
              ATL - Pendleton, Smith

  ATTENDANCE: 50,878

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 24, 1991 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  3    0  1  1     5  7  1
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    4  1  0    6  3  x    14 17  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Tapani, Leach (5), West (7), Bedrosian (7), Willis (8)
              ATL - Glavine, Mercker (6), Clancy (7), St. Claire (9)

               WP - Tom Glavine
	       LP - Kevin Tapani
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - none
              ATL - Hunter, Justice, Smith

  ATTENDANCE: 50,878

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 26, 1991 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0     3  9  1
    Minnesota Twins              2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1     4  9  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Avery, Stanton (7), Pena (9), Leibrandt (11)
              MIN - Erickson, Guthrie (7), Willis (7), Aguilera (10)

               WP - Rick Aguilera
	       LP - Charlie Leibrandt
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Pendleton
              MIN - Puckett

  ATTENDANCE: 55,155

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 27, 1991 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0     0  7  0
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1     1 10  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Smoltz, Stanton (8), Pena (9)
              MIN - Morris

               WP - Jack Morris
	       LP - Alejandro Pena
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - none
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,118

Series MVP - Jack Morris

Series Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																	Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Rick Aguilera	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Bedrosian	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jarvis Brown	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	38	37	10	8	0	0	7	.216	.473
Randy Bush	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	93	165	21	50	6	23	0	.303	.886
Chili Davis	6	18	4	4	0	0	2	4	2	3	.222	.300	.556	.856	0	0	0	153	534	84	148	29	93	5	.277	.892
Scott Erickson	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Gagne	7	24	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	7	.167	.167	.333	.500	0	0	0	139	408	52	108	8	42	11	.265	.705
Dan Gladden	7	30	5	7	2	2	0	0	3	4	.233	.303	.433	.736	2	1	1	126	461	65	114	6	52	15	.247	.662
Mark Guthrie	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Harper	7	21	2	8	2	0	0	1	2	2	.381	.435	.476	.911	0	0	1	123	441	54	137	10	69	1	.311	.783
Kent Hrbek	7	26	2	3	1	0	1	2	2	6	.115	.207	.269	.476	0	0	0	132	462	72	131	20	89	4	.284	.834
Chuck Knoblauch	7	26	3	8	1	0	0	2	4	2	.308	.387	.346	.733	4	0	1	151	565	78	159	1	50	25	.281	.701
Gene Larkin	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0		98	255	34	73	2	19	2	.286	.734
Terry Leach	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Leius	7	14	2	5	0	0	1	2	1	2	.357	.400	.571	.971	0	1	1	109	199	35	57	5	20	5	.286	.795
Shane Mack	6	23	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	7	.130	.130	.174	.304	0	1	0	143	442	79	137	18	74	13	.310	.893
Jack Morris	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Newman	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	0	0	0	118	246	25	47	0	19	4	.191	.471
Junior Ortiz	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	61	134	9	28	0	11	0	.209	.555
Mike Pagliarulo	6	11	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	2	.273	.333	.545	.879	0	0	0	121	365	38	102	6	36	1	.279	.706
Kirby Puckett	7	24	4	6	0	1	2	4	5	7	.250	.367	.583	.950	1	0	0	152	611	92	195	15	89	11	.319	.812
Paul Sorrento	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	26	47	6	12	4	13	0	.255	.867
Kevin Tapani	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0
David West	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Willis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	113	241	24	56	8	4	8	24	21	48	.232	.294	.398	.693	7	3		162	5556	776	1557	140		107	.280	.764

Atlanta Braves Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																	Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Steve Avery	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	37	79	4	17	0	2	1	.215	.506
Rafael Belliard	7	16	0	6	1	0	0	4	1	2	.375	.389	.438	.826	0	0	0	149	353	36	88	0	27	3	.249	.582
Jeff Blauser	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	0	129	352	49	91	11	54	5	.259	.767
Sid Bream	7	24	0	3	2	0	0	0	3	4	.125	.222	.208	.431	0	0	0	91	265	32	67	11	45	0	.253	.736
Francisco Cabrera	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	44	95	7	23	4	23	1	.242	.716
Jim Clancy	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	*54	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ron Gant	7	30	3	8	0	1	0	4	2	3	.267	.313	.333	.646	1	0	0	154	561	101	141	32	105	34	.251	.834
Tom Glavine	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	36	74	1	17	0	6	1	.230	.531
Tommy Gregg	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		72	107	13	20	1	4	2	.187	.583
Brian Hunter	7	21	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	2	.190	.182	.381	.563	0	0	1	97	271	32	68	12	50	0	.251	.746
David Justice	7	27	5	7	0	0	2	6	5	5	.259	.375	.481	.856	2	0	1	109	396	67	109	21	87	8	.275	.880
Charlie Leibrandt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	36	70	1	3	0	2	0	.043	.182
Mark Lemke	6	24	4	10	1	3	0	4	2	4	.417	.462	.708	1.170	0	0	1	136	269	36	63	2	23	1	.234	.617
Kent Mercker	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	50	10	0	1	0	2	0	.100	.282
Keith Mitchell	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	48	66	11	21	2	5	3	.318	.801
Greg Olson	7	27	3	6	2	0	0	1	5	4	.222	.344	.296	.640	1	0	0	133	411	46	99	6	44	1	.241	.662
Alejandro Pena	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	*59	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Terry Pendleton	7	30	6	11	3	0	2	3	3	1	.367	.424	.667	1.091	0	0	2	153	586	94	187	22	86	10	.319	.880
Lonnie Smith	7	26	5	6	0	0	3	3	3	4	.231	.333	.577	.910	1	0	0	122	353	58	97	7	44	9	.275	.771
John Smoltz	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	38	65	7	7	0	3	0	.108	.325
Randy St. Claire	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000
Mike Stanton	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	74	6	0	3	0	1	0	.500	1.238
Jeff Treadway	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	1	106	306	41	98	3	32	2	.320	.787
Jerry Willard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000			0	0		17	14	1	3	1	4	0	.214	.741
Mark Wohlers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	106	249	29	63	10	4	8	29	26	39	.253	.323	.422	.744	5	1		162	5456	749	1407	141		165	.258	.722

Minnesota Twins Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats												Regular Season Stats
Name	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Rick Aguilera	4	0	1.80	1	1	2	0	5.0	6	1	1	1	3	1.400	63	0	2.35	4	5	42	69.0	44	30	61	1.072
Steve Bedrosian	3	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	2	0	2	0.900	56	0	4.42	5	3	6	77.1	70	35	44	1.358
Scott Erickson	2	2	5.06	0	0	0	0	10.2	10	7	6	4	5	1.313	32	32	3.18	20	8	0	204.0	189	71	108	1.275
Mark Guthrie	4	0	2.25	0	1	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	4	3	1.750	41	12	4.32	7	5	2	98.0	116	41	72	1.602
Terry Leach	2	0	3.86	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	2	0.857	50	0	3.61	1	2	0	67.1	82	14	32	1.426
Jack Morris	3	3	1.17	2	0	0	1	23.0	18	3	3	9	15	1.174	35	35	3.43	18	12	0	246.2	226	92	163	1.289
Kevin Tapani	2	2	4.50	1	1	0	0	12.0	13	6	6	2	7	1.250	34	34	2.99	16	9	0	244.0	225	40	135	1.086
David West	2	0	inf	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	4	4	4	0		15	12	4.54	4	4	0	71.1	66	28	52	1.318
Carl Willis	4	0	5.14	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	4	2	2	1.143	40	0	2.63	8	3	2	89.0	76	19	53	1.067
Totals	26	7	3.74	4	3	2	1	67.1	63	29	28	26	39	1.322	162	162	3.695	95	67		1449.1	1402	488	876	1.304

Atlanta Braves Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats												Regular Season Stats
Name	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Steve Avery	2	2	3.46	0	0	0	0	13.0	10	6	5	1	8	0.846	35	35	3.38	18	8	0	210.1	189	65	137	1.208
Jim Clancy	3	0	4.15	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	2	2	4	2	1.615	*54	0	3.91	3	5	8	89.2	73	34	50	1.193
Tom Glavine	2	2	2.70	1	1	0	1	13.1	8	6	4	7	8	1.125	34	34	2.55	20	11	0	246.2	201	69	192	1.095
Charlie Leibrandt	2	1	11.25	0	2	0	0	4.0	8	5	5	1	3	2.250	36	36	3.49	15	13	0	229.2	212	56	128	1.167
Kent Mercker	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	50	4	2.58	5	3	6	73.1	56	35	62	1.241
Alejandro Pena	3	0	3.38	0	1	0	0	5.1	6	2	2	3	7	1.688	*59	0	2.40	8	1	15	82.1	74	22	62	1.166
John Smoltz	2	2	1.26	0	0	0	0	14.1	13	2	2	1	11	0.977	36	36	3.80	14	13	0	229.2	206	77	148	1.232
Randy St. Claire	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	19	0	4.08	0	0	0	28.2	31	9	30	1.395
Mike Stanton	5	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	7.1	5	0	0	2	7	0.955	74	0	2.88	5	5	7	78.0	62	21	54	1.064
Mark Wohlers	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	2	1	2.400	17	0	3.20	3	1	2	19.2	17	13	13	1.525
Totals	25	7	2.89	3	4	0	1	65.1	56	24	21	21	48	1.179	162	162	3.488	94	68		1452.2	1304	481	969	1.229

WS: MIN-ATL / ALCS: MIN-TOR / NLCS: ATL-PIT
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