⭐ Division Winner

1991 Pittsburgh Pirates

98-64 • .605 Win% • 1st in NL E

The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates went 98-64 (.605) finishing 1st in the NL E division. They won their division. The club scored 768 runs, allowed 632, and played home games at Three Rivers Stadium. Team leaders included Barry Bonds (25 HR, 116 RBI) and John Smiley (20-8, 3.08 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

98 Wins
64 Losses
.605 Win %
1st Rank
768 R 632 RA
Diff +136

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⚡ Quick Stats

768 Runs Scored
632 Runs Allowed
+136 Run Diff
2,073K Attendance

📈 vs. 1991 NL Average

Batting Avg .262 5% above the 1991 league average (.250)
OBP .338 7% above the 1991 league average (.316)
SLG .398 7% above the 1991 league average (.372)
Team ERA 3.44 7% better than the 1991 league average (3.68)
Runs Scored 768 16% above the 1991 league average (663 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThree Rivers Stadium
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Home Games 84
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Total Attendance 2,073,028
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Avg per Game 24,678

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1991

Batting Avg

1 John Wehner 0.340 2 Bobby Bonilla 0.302 3 Don Slaught 0.295 4 Barry Bonds 0.292 5 Mike LaValliere 0.289

Home Runs

1 Barry Bonds 25 2 Bobby Bonilla 18 3 Andy Van Slyke 17 4 Jay Bell 16 5 Orlando Merced 10

RBI

1 Barry Bonds 116 2 Bobby Bonilla 100 3 Andy Van Slyke 83 4 Jay Bell 67 5 Jose Lind 54
1991 Pittsburgh Pirates — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jay Bell 157 608 96 164 32 8 16 67 52 99 10 0.270
Bobby Bonilla 157 577 102 174 44 6 18 100 90 67 2 0.302
Barry Bonds 153 510 95 149 28 5 25 116 107 73 43 0.292
Jose Lind 150 502 53 133 16 6 3 54 30 56 7 0.265
Andy Van Slyke 138 491 87 130 24 7 17 83 71 85 10 0.265
Orlando Merced 120 411 83 113 17 2 10 50 64 81 8 0.275
Mike LaValliere 108 336 25 97 11 2 3 41 33 27 2 0.289
Gary Redus 98 252 45 62 12 2 7 24 28 39 17 0.246
Don Slaught 77 220 19 65 17 1 1 29 21 32 1 0.295
Curt Wilkerson 85 191 20 36 9 1 2 18 15 40 2 0.188
Gary Varsho 99 187 23 51 11 2 4 23 19 34 9 0.273
Lloyd McClendon 85 163 24 47 7 0 7 24 18 23 2 0.288
Steve Buechele 31 114 16 28 5 1 4 19 10 28 0 0.246
Jeff King 33 109 16 26 1 1 4 18 14 15 3 0.239
John Wehner 37 106 15 36 7 0 0 7 7 17 3 0.340
Mitch Webster 36 97 9 17 3 4 1 9 9 31 0 0.175
Doug Drabek 36 84 6 15 1 0 0 2 1 28 0 0.179
Cecil Espy 43 82 7 20 4 0 1 11 5 17 4 0.244
Zane Smith 36 71 3 13 3 0 0 10 3 8 0 0.183
John Smiley 33 70 3 7 0 0 0 3 3 24 0 0.100
Randy Tomlin 32 52 5 10 1 0 0 2 2 18 0 0.192
Bob Walk 25 39 2 8 1 0 1 5 1 11 0 0.205
Tom Prince 26 34 4 9 3 0 1 2 7 3 0 0.265
Carlos Garcia 12 24 2 6 0 2 0 1 1 8 0 0.250
Jose Gonzalez 16 20 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 0.100
Joe Redfield 11 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.111
Carmelo Martinez 11 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250
Neal Heaton 44 14 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.286
Vicente Palacios 36 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.071
Stan Belinda 60 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.000
Scott Bullett 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.000
Bill Landrum 61 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bob Patterson 54 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Jeff Richardson 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.250
Hector Fajardo 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Miller 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Schulz 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Rick Reed 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.500
Jeff Banister 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Bob Kipper 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rosario Rodriguez 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Huismann 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Mason 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1991

ERA

1 Randy Tomlin 2.98 2 Doug Drabek 3.07 3 John Smiley 3.08 4 Bill Landrum 3.18 5 Zane Smith 3.20

Wins

1 John Smiley 20 2 Zane Smith 16 3 Doug Drabek 15 4 Bob Walk 9 5 Randy Tomlin 8

Strikeouts

1 Doug Drabek 142 2 John Smiley 129 3 Zane Smith 120 4 Randy Tomlin 104 5 Stan Belinda 71
1991 Pittsburgh Pirates — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Doug Drabek 15 14 3.07 35 35 0 234.2 245 80 62 142
Zane Smith 16 10 3.20 35 35 0 228.0 234 81 29 120
John Smiley 20 8 3.08 33 32 0 207.2 194 71 44 129
Randy Tomlin 8 7 2.98 31 27 0 175.0 170 58 54 104
Bob Walk 9 2 3.60 25 20 0 115.0 104 46 35 67
Vicente Palacios 6 3 3.75 36 7 3 81.2 69 34 38 64
Stan Belinda 7 5 3.45 60 0 16 78.1 50 30 35 71
Bill Landrum 4 4 3.18 61 0 17 76.1 76 27 19 45
Neal Heaton 3 3 4.33 42 1 0 68.2 72 33 21 34
Bob Patterson 4 3 4.11 54 1 2 65.2 67 30 15 57
Bob Kipper 2 2 4.65 52 0 4 60.0 66 31 22 38
Roger Mason 3 2 3.03 24 0 3 29.2 21 10 6 21
Rosario Rodriguez 1 1 4.11 18 0 6 15.1 14 7 8 10
Hector Fajardo 0 0 9.95 2 2 0 6.1 10 7 7 8
Mark Huismann 0 0 7.20 5 0 0 5.0 7 4 2 5
Paul Miller 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 5.0 4 3 3 2
Rick Reed 0 0 10.38 1 1 0 4.1 8 5 1 2

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
Lost to ATL 4-3

👥 Roster (43)

Jeff Banister Stan Belinda Jay Bell Barry Bonds Bobby Bonilla Steve Buechele Scott Bullett Doug Drabek Cecil Espy Hector Fajardo Carlos Garcia Jose Gonzalez +31 more

43 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 98-64 (.605 win pct).
Did the 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates make the playoffs?
The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates finished first in their division.
Who led the 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Barry Bonds led the 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates with 25 home runs.
What was the 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 3.44.
Did the 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series?
No. The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates play?
The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates played home games at Three Rivers Stadium.
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