1991 League Championship Series - Minnesota Twins over Toronto Blue Jays (4-1)

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1991 League Championship Series (4-1): Minnesota Twins (95-67) over Toronto Blue Jays (91-71)

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

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 8, 1991 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  0    1  0  3    0  0  0     4  9  3
    Minnesota Twins              2  2  1    0  0  0    0  0  x     5 11  0

    PITCHERS: TOR - Candiotti, Wells (3), Timlin (6)
              MIN - Morris, Willis (6), Aguilera (8)

               WP - Jack Morris
	       LP - Tom Candiotti
             SAVE - Rick Aguilera

   HOME RUNS: TOR - none
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,766

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 9, 1991 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota Twins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Toronto Blue Jays            1  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  0     5  9  0
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     2  5  1

    PITCHERS: TOR - Guzman, Henke (6), Ward (8)
              MIN - Tapani, Bedrosian (7), Guthrie (7)

               WP - Juan Guzman
	       LP - Kevin Tapani
             SAVE - Duane Ward

   HOME RUNS: TOR - none
              MIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,816

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 11, 1991 at SkyDome (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0    1     3  7  0
    Toronto Blue Jays            2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0     2  5  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Erickson, West (5), Willis (7), Guthrie (9), Aguilera (10)
              TOR - Key, Wells (7), Henke (8), Timlin (10)

               WP - Mark Guthrie
	       LP - Mike Timlin
             SAVE - Rick Aguilera

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Pagliarulo
              TOR - Carter

  ATTENDANCE: 51,454

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 12, 1991 at SkyDome (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              0  0  0    4  0  2    1  1  1     9 13  1
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  1     3 11  2

    PITCHERS: MIN - Morris, Bedrosian (9)
              TOR - Stottlemyre, Wells (4), Acker (6), Timlin (7), Macdonald (9)

               WP - Jack Morris
	       LP - Todd Stottlemyre
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Puckett
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 51,526

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 13, 1991 at SkyDome (Toronto Blue Jays)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Minnesota Twins              1  1  0    0  0  3    0  3  0     8 14  2
    Toronto Blue Jays            0  0  3    2  0  0    0  0  0     5  9  1

    PITCHERS: MIN - Tapani, West (5), Willis (8), Aguilera (9)
              TOR - Candiotti, Timlin (6), Ward (6), Wells (8)

               WP - David West
	       LP - Duane Ward
             SAVE - Rick Aguilera

   HOME RUNS: MIN - Puckett
              TOR - none

  ATTENDANCE: 51,425

Series MVP - Kirby Puckett

Series Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Rick Aguilera	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Bedrosian	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jarvis Brown	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	38	37	10	8	0	0	7	.216	.473
Chili Davis	5	17	3	5	2	0	0	2	5	8	.294	.455	.412	.866	1	0	153	534	84	148	29	93	5	.277	.892
Scott Erickson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Gagne	5	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	.235	.316	.235	.551	0	2	139	408	52	108	8	42	11	.265	.705
Dan Gladden	5	23	4	6	0	0	0	3	1	3	.261	.292	.261	.553	3	0	126	461	65	114	6	52	15	.247	.662
Mark Guthrie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Harper	5	18	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	.278	.278	.389	.667	0	0	123	441	54	137	10	69	1	.311	.783
Kent Hrbek	5	21	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	3	.143	.182	.143	.325	0	0	132	462	72	131	20	89	4	.284	.834
Chuck Knoblauch	5	20	5	7	2	0	0	3	3	3	.350	.435	.450	.885	2	1	151	565	78	159	1	50	25	.281	.701
Gene Larkin	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	98	255	34	73	2	19	2	.286	.734
Scott Leius	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	109	199	35	57	5	20	5	.286	.795
Shane Mack	5	18	4	6	1	1	0	3	2	4	.333	.381	.500	.881	2	1	143	442	79	137	18	74	13	.310	.893
Jack Morris	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Newman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	118	246	25	47	0	19	4	.191	.471
Junior Ortiz	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	61	134	9	28	0	11	0	.209	.555
Mike Pagliarulo	5	15	4	5	1	0	1	3	0	2	.333	.333	.600	.933	0	0	121	365	38	102	6	36	1	.279	.706
Kirby Puckett	5	21	4	9	1	0	2	5	1	4	.429	.435	.762	1.197	0	0	152	611	92	195	15	89	11	.319	.812
Paul Sorrento	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	26	47	6	12	4	13	0	.255	.867
Kevin Tapani	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0
David West	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Willis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	75	181	27	50	9	1	3	24	15	37	.276	.332	.387	.718	8	4	162	5556	776	1557	140		107	.280	.764

Toronto Blue Jays Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jim Acker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Alomar	5	19	3	9	0	0	0	4	2	3	.474	.524	.474	.997	2	0	161	637	88	188	9	69	53	.295	.791
Pat Borders	5	19	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	.263	.263	.316	.579	0	0	105	291	22	71	5	36	0	.244	.625
Tom Candiotti	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*34	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Carter	5	19	3	5	2	0	1	4	1	5	.263	.286	.526	.812	0	1	162	638	89	174	33	108	20	.273	.833
Rob Ducey	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	39	68	8	16	1	4	2	.235	.665
Rene Gonzales	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	118	16	23	1	6	0	.195	.535
Kelly Gruber	5	21	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	4	.286	.286	.333	.619	1	0	113	429	58	108	20	65	12	.252	.751
Juan Guzman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Henke	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Key	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manuel Lee	5	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.125	.176	.125	.301	0	0	138	445	41	104	0	29	7	.234	.561
Bob Macdonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0
Candy Maldonado	5	20	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	6	.100	.143	.150	.293	0	0	*86	288	37	72	12	48	4	.250	.769
Rance Mulliniks	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.125	.364	.125	.489	0	0	97	240	27	60	2	24	0	.250	.697
John Olerud	5	19	1	3	0	0	0	3	3	1	.158	.273	.158	.431	0	0	139	454	64	116	17	68	0	.256	.791
Todd Stottlemyre	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Tabler	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	82	185	20	40	1	21	0	.216	.588
Mike Timlin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0
Duane Ward	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Wells	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devon White	5	22	5	8	1	0	0	0	2	3	.364	.417	.409	.826	3	0	156	642	110	181	17	60	33	.282	.797
Mookie Wilson	3	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	1	0	86	241	26	58	2	28	11	.241	.626
Totals	72	173	19	43	6	0	1	18	15	30	.249	.307	.301	.607	7	1	162	5489	684	1412	133		148	.257	.722

Minnesota Twins Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Rick Aguilera	3	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	3.1	1	0	0	3	0.300	63	0	2.35	4	5	42	69.0	44	30	61	1.072
Steve Bedrosian	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	0	2	2	3.750	56	0	4.42	5	3	6	77.1	70	35	44	1.358
Scott Erickson	1	1	4.50	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	5	2	2.000	32	32	3.18	20	8	0	204.0	189	71	108	1.275
Mark Guthrie	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0.000	41	12	4.32	7	5	2	98.0	116	41	72	1.602
Jack Morris	2	2	4.05	2	0	0	0	13.1	17	6	1	7	1.350	35	35	3.43	18	12	0	246.2	226	92	163	1.289
Kevin Tapani	2	2	7.84	0	1	0	0	10.1	16	9	3	9	1.839	34	34	2.99	16	9	0	244.0	225	40	135	1.086
David West	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.2	1	0	4	4	0.882	15	12	4.54	4	4	0	71.1	66	28	52	1.318
Carl Willis	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	5.1	2	0	0	3	0.375	40	0	2.63	8	3	2	89.0	76	19	53	1.067
Totals	17	5	3.33	4	1	3	0	46.0	43	17	15	30	1.261	162	162	3.695	95	67		1449.1	1402	488	876	1.304

Toronto Blue Jays Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jim Acker	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	1	1.500	54	4	5.20	3	5	1	88.1	77	36	44	1.279
Tom Candiotti	2	2	8.22	0	1	0	0	7.2	17	7	2	5	2.478	*34	34	2.65	13	13	0	238.0	202	73	167	1.155
Juan Guzman	1	1	3.18	1	0	0	0	5.2	4	2	4	2	1.412	23	23	2.99	10	3	0	138.2	98	66	123	1.183
Tom Henke	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	1	5	0.375	49	0	2.32	0	2	32	50.1	33	11	53	0.874
Jimmy Key	1	1	3.00	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	1	1	1.000	33	33	3.05	16	12	0	209.1	207	44	125	1.199
Bob Macdonald	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2.000	45	0	2.85	3	3	0	53.2	51	25	24	1.416
Todd Stottlemyre	1	1	9.82	0	1	0	0	3.2	7	4	1	3	2.182	34	34	3.78	15	8	0	219.0	194	75	116	1.228
Mike Timlin	4	0	3.18	0	1	0	0	5.2	5	2	2	5	1.235	63	3	3.16	11	6	3	108.1	94	50	85	1.329
Duane Ward	2	0	6.23	0	1	1	0	4.1	4	3	1	6	1.154	81	0	2.77	7	6	23	107.1	80	33	132	1.053
David Wells	4	0	2.35	0	0	0	0	7.2	6	2	2	9	1.043	40	28	3.72	15	10	1	198.1	188	49	106	1.195
Totals	19	5	4.60	1	4	1	0	45.0	50	23	15	37	1.444	162	162	3.501	91	71		1462.2	1301	523	971	1.247

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