1991 AL Standings

May 15, 1991

The Detroit Tigers lead the AL East and the Seattle Mariners are on top in the West. Six of the seven teams in the AL West are at .500 or better, and the 7th team, the California Angels, are only 1 game under .500. Seattle has been redhot as of late, winning 9 of their last 10 games. Detroit and Toronto are the only teams above .500 in the AL East. New York, Boston and Milwaukee have gotten off to horrible starts this year.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1991 American League     
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1991 Detroit DEA             18  14  .563 ----   129    16  16 .500   84  78 .519
1991 Toronto TOA             18  17  .514  1.5          21  14 .600   91  71 .562
1991 Baltimore BAA           14  16  .467  3.0          11  19 .367   67  95 .414
1991 Cleveland CLA           11  18  .379  5.5          11  18 .379   57 105 .352
1991 Milwaukee MLA           10  21  .323  7.5          14  17 .452   83  79 .512
1991 Boston BOA              10  21  .323  7.5          20  11 .645   84  78 .519
1991 New York NYA             9  21  .300  8.0          12  18 .400   71  91 .438
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1991 Seattle SEA             22  11  .667 ----   130    19  14 .576   83  79 .512
1991 Kansas City KCA         21  11  .656   .5          13  19 .406   82  80 .506
1991 Chicago CHA             19  11  .633  1.5          15  15 .500   87  75 .537
1991 Texas TEA               17  12  .586  3.0          15  14 .517   85  77 .525
1991 Minnesota MNA           19  14  .576  3.0          17  16 .515   95  67 .586
1991 Oakland OAA             16  16  .500  5.5          19  13 .594   84  78 .519
1991 California CAA          16  17  .485  6.0          17  16 .515   81  81 .500
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     14   16  .467  6- 6  8-10  5- 3  9-13  2- 1  5- 4     3-7     Lost 7
BOA     10   21  .323  9-10  1-11  3- 3  7-18  1- 3  3- 4     3-7     Won 1
CAA     16   17  .485  9- 9  7- 8  4- 3 12-14  2- 2  3- 5     4-6     Won 1
CHA     19   11  .633 10- 4  9- 7  9- 6 10- 5  1- 2  6- 3     8-2     Lost 1
CLA     11   18  .379  5- 7  6-11  4- 2  7-16  0- 3  4- 8     4-6     Lost 2
DEA     18   14  .563 10- 3  8-11  5- 3 13-11  4- 0  8- 6     8-2     Won 2
KCA     21   11  .656 14- 2  7- 9  7- 5 14- 6  2- 2  6- 6     5-5     Won 1
MLA     10   21  .323  7-11  3-10  5- 5  5-16  1- 1  4- 8     2-8     Lost 2
MNA     19   14  .576 11- 7  8- 7  5- 4 14-10  2- 1  4- 5     5-5     Won 3
NYA      9   21  .300  6- 7  3-14  2- 6  7-15  1- 6  3-11     4-6     Lost 1
OAA     16   16  .500  8- 8  8- 8  7- 4  9-12  4- 2  9- 4     7-3     Won 2
SEA     22   11  .667 12- 6 10- 5  7- 2 15- 9  2- 0 11- 3     9-1     Won 6
TEA     17   12  .586  9- 4  8- 8  6- 2 11-10  3- 1  6- 2     5-5     Lost 2
TOA     18   17  .514 12- 8  6- 9  2- 6 16-11  1- 2  6- 9     4-6     Lost 1
TOTAL  220  220  .500
HOME   128   92  .582
ROAD    92  128  .418
LEFT    71   54  .568
RIGHT  149  166  .473
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv RUNS-AGNST
BAA      9- 9  5- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 2  10-14   141- 150
BOA      6-12  4- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    4- 7   6-14   128- 161
CAA     12- 8  4- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   11- 8   5- 9   149- 136
CHA     10- 7  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    0- 0  19-11   152- 122
CLA      6-11  5- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    3- 2   8-16   101- 116
DEA      9-10  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7- 5  11- 9   158- 148
KCA     15- 4  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    0- 0  21-11   163- 123
MLA      7-12  3- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    5- 8   5-13   139- 163
MNA     11- 9  8- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10- 9   9- 5   158- 130
NYA      5-12  4- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    2- 3   7-18   134- 168
OAA      7-13  9- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-12   9- 4   126- 156
SEA     12- 9 10- 2  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10- 9  12- 2   179- 159
TEA     11- 5  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    0- 0  17-12   177- 175
TOA     11-10  7- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   11- 9   7- 8   143- 141
 
 

1991 AL News Recap and League Leaders

May 15, 1991

It's the middle of May in the 1991 MLB season. Texas Ranger Julio Franco is hitting over .400 and leads the AL in RBI. KC pitcher Bret Saberhagen has 7 Wins in 8 starts and a fine 1.97 ERA.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1991 American League                 Date: 5/16/1991
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1991 DEA  18  14    J.Franco  TEA .424  J.Barfiel NYA   11  J.Franco  TEA   36
1991 TOA  18  17    F.Thomas  CHA .394  F.Thomas  CHA   10  C.Fisk    CHA   30
1991 BAA  14  16    J.Eisenre KCA .391  OTHERS TIED W    9  C.Fielder DEA   29
1991 CLA  11  18    C.Ripken  BAA .373                      OTHERS TIED W   28
1991 MLA  10  21    K.Puckett MNA .356
1991 BOA  10  21
1991 NYA   9  21    WINS                SAVES               ERA
                    B.Saberha KCA    7  J.Montgom KCA   10  K.Appier  KCA 1.73
1991 SEA  22  11    R.Clemens BOA    5  B.Thigpen CHA    9  B.Saberha KCA 1.97
1991 KCA  21  11    F.Tanana  DEA    5  R.Aguiler MNA    9  R.Clemens BOA 2.04
1991 CHA  19  11    S.Erickso MNA    5  D.Eckersl OAA    9  M.William BAA 2.17
1991 TEA  17  12    OTHERS TIED W    4  OTHERS TIED W    6  T.Candiot CLA 2.25
1991 MNA  19  14
1991 OAA  16  16    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
1991 CAA  16  17    A.Espinoz NYA   12  T.Raines  CHA   16  N.Ryan    TEA   58
                    W.Joyner  CAA    9  L.Polonia CAA   12  R.Clemens BOA   53
                    B.Harper  MNA    8  R.Henders OAA   10  R.Johnson SEA   53
                    OTHERS TIED W    7  D.White   TOA    9  J.McDowel CHA   49
                                        C.Knoblau MNA    9  C.Finley  CAA   44
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CAA  7  at  NYA  2  CAA-Abbott(2-0, 2.89) at NYA-Eiland(0-2, 6.03)
CHA  1  at  BOA 11  MLA-Wegman(1-1, 0.52) at MNA-Anderso(2-4, 7.53)
DEA  8  at  TEA  4  OAA-Dressen(1-2, 4.85) at BAA-Mesa(3-2, 7.07)
KCA  4  at  TOA  3  SEA-Krueger(2-0, 4.58) at CLA-Swindel(0-6, 6.44)
MLA  1  at  MNA  7
OAA  7  at  BAA  2
SEA  6  at  CLA  5
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
B.Allred      CLA SEA  4  2  3  3  1  1  2  0
M.McGwire     OAA BAA  4  2  2  3  1  0  2  0
C.Davis       MNA MLA  4  2  2  4  0  0  1  0
M.Tettleton   DEA TEA  4  3  2  3  1  2  1  0
K.Griffey Jr  SEA CLA  5  2  3  3  0  1  1  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
M.Young       BOA CHA  7.1  3  1  0  3  8  0 W  
B.Saberhagen  KCA TOA  7.1  3  3  3  0  6  0 W  
M.Langston    CAA NYA  6.1  2  0  0  6  4  0 W  
J.Poole       TEA DEA  2.1  1  0  0  0  6  0    
J.Habyan      NYA CAA  3.2  2  0  0  1  4  0    
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
J.Barfield    NYA .290 31  9 10  6  6  J.Habyan      NYA  7  4  0  2 11  0 101
F.Thomas      CHA .333 30 10  8 11  3  S.Hillegas    CLA  7  5  0  0  7  0 200
C.Fisk        CHA .353 34 12 13  1  4  B.Milacki     BAA 23 11  4  6 12  1 001
C.Martinez    KCA .300 20  6  4  5  2  D.Eckersley   OAA  6  4  0  1  6  0 103
M.Tettleton   DEA .296 27  8 10  5  2  M.Williamson  BAA  9  5  0  2  6  0 000
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
W.Weiss       OAA .083 24  2  0  2  0  J.Ballard     BAA  6 12 10  4  1  4 020
J.Gantner     MLA .179 28  5  1  1  0  B.McDonald    BAA  8 11 11  9  7  2 020
L.Parrish     CAA .161 31  5  0  3  0  K.McCaskill   CAA  9 14  9  5  1  5 020
P.Molitor     MLA .133 30  4  3  1  0  M.Boddicker   KCA 12 22 15  6  5  5 010
S.Horn        BAA .080 25  2  1  4  0  M.Guthrie     MNA  6 11  8  1  4  1 010
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

1991 NL Standings

May 15, 1991

It's the middle of May in the 1991 MLB season. The Philadelphia Phillies lead the NL East and the Atlanta Braves are 1st in the West. Only 4 games separate the 5 top teams in the East.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1991 National League     
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1991 Philadelphia PHN        21  13  .618 ----   129    16  18 .471   78  84 .481
1991 Montreal MON            20  13  .606   .5          15  18 .455   71  90 .441
1991 Pittsburgh PIN          19  13  .594  1.0          21  11 .656   98  64 .605
1991 St. Louis SLN           18  15  .545  2.5          18  15 .545   84  78 .519
1991 New York NYN            16  16  .500  4.0          19  13 .594   77  84 .478
1991 Chicago CHN             12  22  .353  9.0          17  17 .500   77  83 .481
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1991 Atlanta ATN             19  11  .633 ----   129    16  14 .533   94  68 .580
1991 Cincinnati CIN          17  15  .531  3.0          16  16 .500   74  88 .457
1991 Los Angeles LAN         16  16  .500  4.0          18  14 .563   93  69 .574
1991 San Francisco SFN       15  18  .455  5.5          11  22 .333   75  87 .463
1991 San Diego SDN           13  21  .382  8.0          16  18 .471   84  78 .519
1991 Houston HON              9  22  .290 10.5          12  19 .387   65  97 .401
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     19   11  .633  7- 6 12- 5  3- 3 16- 8  3- 1  5- 6     7-3     Won 3
CHN     12   22  .353  4-13  8- 9  6- 9  6-13  2- 4  4- 5     3-7     Lost 7
CIN     17   15  .531  7- 7 10- 8  2- 8 15- 7  2- 2  5- 4     5-5     Lost 2
HON      9   22  .290  5-12  4-10  3-11  6-11  0- 2  4- 6     2-8     Lost 2
LAN     16   16  .500  8- 8  8- 8  8- 5  8-11  2- 2  4- 8     4-6     Lost 1
MON     20   13  .606  9- 8 11- 5  6- 3 14-10  1- 3  5- 5     7-3     Won 1
NYN     16   16  .500  7-10  9- 6  9- 8  7- 8  6- 3  7- 4     5-5     Won 3
PHN     21   13  .618 10- 5 11- 8  5- 5 16- 8  8- 1 11- 4     6-4     Lost 1
PIN     19   13  .594 10- 9  9- 4  9- 1 10-12  3- 4  6- 7     7-3     Won 3
SDN     13   21  .382  5-14  8- 7  4- 6  9-15  0- 6  6- 4     2-8     Lost 8
SFN     15   18  .455  6- 9  9- 9  2- 7 13-11  5- 2  5- 6     5-5     Won 1
SLN     18   15  .545  7- 9 11- 6 10- 6  8- 9  3- 5  5- 8     7-3     Won 2
TOTAL  195  195  .500
HOME    85  110  .436
ROAD   110   85  .564
LEFT    67   72  .482
RIGHT  128  123  .510
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv RUNS-AGNST
ATN     10- 8  9- 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9- 7  10- 4   143- 108
CHN      8-13  4- 9  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    6-10   6-12   122- 163
CIN     11- 8  6- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8- 6   9- 9   148- 135
HON      7-12  2-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    7-11   2-11   124- 179
LAN     11- 9  5- 7  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   11- 8   5- 8   132- 122
MON     12- 8  8- 5  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   11- 8   9- 5   143- 119
NYN     10-10  6- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9-10   7- 6   137- 137
PHN     12- 9  9- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9- 7  12- 6   130- 134
PIN     11- 9  8- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0   10- 9   9- 4   157- 122
SDN     10-11  3-10  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8- 8   5-13   104- 141
SFN      8-12  7- 6  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    8-11   7- 7   133- 141
SLN     10-11  8- 4  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0    9-10   9- 5   153- 125
 
 

1991 NL Newsrecap and League Leaders

May 15, 1991

Standings and League Leaders in the NL as of the middle of May.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1991 National League                 Date: 5/16/1991
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1991 PHN  21  13    J.Treadwa ATN .427  A.Dawson  CHN   11  D.Strawbe LAN   32
1991 MON  20  13    B.Bonilla PIN .408  W.Clark   SFN   11  W.Clark   SFN   31
1991 PIN  19  13    T.Pendlet ATN .367  P.O'Neill CIN   10  D.Justice ATN   25
1991 SLN  18  15    H.Morris  CIN .363  D.Strawbe LAN   10  P.O'Neill CIN   25
1991 NYN  16  16    L.Dykstra PHN .346  M.William SFN   10  K.Mitchel SFN   25
1991 CHN  12  22
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1991 ATN  19  11    J.Rijo    CIN    6  L.Smith   SLN    8  B.Tewksbu SLN 1.67
1991 CIN  17  15    G.Maddux  CHN    5  J.Berengu ATN    7  D.Martine MON 1.75
1991 LAN  16  16    M.William PHN    5  J.Brantle SFN    7  G.Maddux  CHN 2.21
1991 SFN  15  18    OTHERS TIED W    4  M.William PHN    6  T.Glavine ATN 2.25
1991 SDN  13  21                        J.Gott    LAN    6  K.Hill    SLN 2.34
1991 HON   9  22
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    I.Caldero MON   12  O.Smith   SLN   16  G.Maddux  CHN   45
                    G.Jefferi NYN    6  D.Deshiel MON   15  J.Deleon  SLN   45
                    T.Pendlet ATN    6  I.Caldero MON   15  J.Rijo    CIN   45
                    OTHERS TIED W    5  V.Coleman NYN   15  D.Cone    NYN   43
                                        B.Bonds   PIN   12  A.Benes   SDN   42
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
ATN  7  at  CHN  0  MON-Martine(4-1, 1.75) at SFN-Robinso(2-0, 2.49)
CIN  2  at  SLN  3  PIN-Drabek(2-2, 4.43) at HON-Portuga(0-5, 5.70)
MON  4  at  LAN  3
NYN  8  at  SDN  5
PHN  2  at  SFN  3
PIN  7  at  HON  3
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
C.O'Brien     NYN SDN  6  2  3  4  0  1  2  0
L.Smith       ATN CHN  4  1  1  4  0  0  1  0
G.Varsho      PIN HON  4  2  2  3  0  1  0  1
R.Gant        ATN CHN  5  2  2  1  0  0  0  3
O.Smith       SLN CIN  4  2  2  0  1  0  0  3
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
B.Black       SFN PHN  8.0  2  1  1  1  6  0    
C.Leibrandt   ATN CHN  9.0  4  0  0  3  1  0 W  
D.Simons      NYN SDN  2.0  1  0  0  1  3  0 W  
J.Agosto      SLN CIN  2.2  0  0  0  0  2  0    
S.Wilson      CHN ATN  2.0  1  0  0  0  2  0    
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
D.Strawberry  LAN .400 30 12  9  7  3  L.Smith       SLN  6  2  0  0  3  0 103
H.Morris      CIN .400 30 12  5  6  2  T.Browning    CIN 15  9  0  2  6  0 100
I.Calderon    MON .361 36 13 15  1  2  C.Nabholz     MON 15  8  1  4  9  0 200
B.Bonilla     PIN .419 31 13 10  3  1  D.Robinson    SFN 15  9  3  2 17  0 100
T.Pendleton   ATN .323 31 10 10  4  1  T.Mulholland  PHN 12  7  1  1 10  1 100
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
R.Gant        ATN .121 33  4  1  1  0  E.Nolte       SDN  5 11  9  3  1  3 020
G.Bell        CHN .125 32  4  2  0  0  K.Downs       SFN 11 14 11  7 10  2 020
J.Bell        PIN .143 35  5  1  1  0  D.Gooden      NYN  6 10  7  3  3  1 010
W.McGee       SFN .219 32  7  0  0  0  B.Smith       SLN 10 15 10  7  8  0 010
S.Owen        MON .111 27  3  2  2  0  J.Deshaies    HON  8  8  9  5  7  0 000
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report