1991 Los Angeles Dodgers season


The 1991 season featured an exciting National League Western Division race between the Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves. The Braves edged out the Dodgers to win the division by one game. Center fielder Brett Butler set a National League record with 161 errorless games while Darryl Strawberry hit 28 home runs, the most by a left-handed hitter in Los Angeles history at that point. On the debit side, the Dodgers became the first franchise to be on the receiving end of three perfect games when Dennis Martínez prevented any of their batters from reaching base on July 28.

Offseason

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CMike Scioscia11934591.264840
1BEddie Murray153576150.2601996
2BJuan Samuel153594161.2711258
3BLenny Harris145429123.287338
SSAlfredo Griffin10935085.243027
LFKal Daniels137461115.2491773
CFBrett Butler161615182.296238
RFDarryl Strawberry139505134.2652899

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Gary Carter10124861.246626
Mike Sharperson10521660.278220
Stan Javier12117636.205111
Chris Gwynn9413935.252522
José Offerman5211322.19503
Jeff Hamilton419421.223114
Mitch Webster587421.284110
Dave Hansen535615.26815
José González42280.00000
Carlos Hernández15143.21401
Eric Karros14141.07101
Barry Lyons990.00000
Tom Goodwin1671.14300
Greg Smith530.00000
Butch Davis110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

1991 Awards

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 93 players in this draft, the largest draft class in history. Of those, six of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers lost their first round pick to the New York Mets and their second round pick to the Montreal Expos as a result of their signing free agents Darryl Strawberry and Kevin Gross and gained a third round pick from the Kansas City Royals as compensation for the loss of free agent Kirk Gibson.
The teams first pick was outfielder Todd Hollandsworth from Newport High School in Bellevue, Washington. The 1996 NL Rookie of the Year, Hollandsworth played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball and hit.276 with 98 home runs and 401 RBI.
1991 Draft Picks-------

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