The Franchise 1991 (Part 1)

1991 Minnesota Twins Manager: Tom Kelly 6th Season (6th with Minnesota 437-396) 95 W 67 L 776 RS 652 RA 1st AL West 8.0 GA (Chicago 87-75) 4.79 RPG (AL = 4.49) 3.69 ERA (AL = 4.09) .710 DER (3rd AL) All-Stars (4) Rick Aguilera, Scott Erickson, Jack Morris, Kirby Puckett Franchise (1901-1991) 6717-7312-110; 27-29 Post Season; 19-21 WS Washington (1901-1960) 4214-4864-104; 8-11 WS Minnesota (1961-1991) 2499-2448-6; 19-18 Post Season; 11-10 WS Minnesota caught lightning in a bottle in 1991. Unlike in 1987, the state’s only other World Series championship, the 1991 team did not advance thanks to a weak division. Quite the contrary, the last place team in the AL West was .500. The Twins were by far the best in a very good division. They got “normal” years from the expected stars- Hrbek, Puckett, etc., but also got some great performances from some unexpected places (the third base platoon, Munoz). The Twins found some long-awaited answers for questions that had lingere...