Baseball 1991

1. Jack Morris: Fourth in the AL with 18 Wins. Was 3^rd in the league with over 246 innings pitched and 10 complete games pitched. He had a 3.43 ERA and struck out 163.

Morris won Game 1 and 4 of the ALCS against Toronto. In the Game 4 win he went eight innings and gave up just two runs.

Morris gave up 3 runs in seven IP in a Game 1 win of the World Series vs. Atlanta. In Game 4, the right hander went six strong innings, but did not factor into the decision.

In Game 7 of the World Series, he carried the Twins to their 2^nd World Title in five years. Morris shutdown the Braves, with the first and only 10 inning shutout in a World Series game, as Minnesota won 1-0.

The 36 year old, was named World Series MVP and

finished the series two wins and allowed just three runs in 23 IP.

Morris also started the All-Star game for the American League.

The Twins finished season with 95 wins and won American League West by eight games.

2. Barry Bonds: Hit 25 HRs and drove in 116 runs, which was second in the National League. Hit .292 and scored 95 runs. He finished with 43 stolen bases, which was fifth in the league.

Bonds led the league with a .410 on base % and was 4^th in the NL with .514 slugging percentage.

He finished second the MVP voting. Won the Gold Glove in left field and silver slugger award for the OF.

The Pirates won 98 games and the National League East by 14 games. They had the best record in MLB by three games but lost to Atlanta in the NLCS in seven games.

3. Kirby Puckett: Hit .319 and had 195 hits. He scored 92 runs and drove in 89 more. He hit 15 home runs.

Puckett won the Gold Glove, and was named anAll-Star.

He was the 1991 ALCS MVP as the Twins defeated in the Blue Jays.

In that series he was 9-21 (.429) in five games. In the clinching Game 5 he drilled a solo HR in the 1^st, and hit the go ahead single in the 8^th inning. He had two HRs, five RBIs and four runs in the ALCS.

In the World Series vs. Atlanta, Puckett drove in four runs and scored four times.

In Game 6 Puckett’s run scoring triple opened the scoring for the Twins. His sac fly broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the 5^th. In the bottom of the 11^th inning, he forced a game 7 with a walk off home run.

The Twins won the World Series in seven games over Atlanta, after finishing the regular season with 95 wins and the American League West crown.