1991 Pacific Coast League season

The 1991 Pacific Coast League season was the 89th season in the league's history. It ended with the Tucson Toros winning their first league championship in franchise history.

Final first-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Portland Beavers	36	32	.529	--	Russ Nixon	Minnesota Twins
Edmonton Trappers	33	34	.485	3½	Max Oliveras	California Angels
Tacoma Tigers	33	37	.471	4	Jeff Newman	Oakland Athletics
Calgary Cannons	27	40	.403	8½	Keith Bodie	Seattle Mariners
Vancouver Canadians	27	42	.391	9½	Marv Foley/Moe Drabowsky/Doug Mansolino	Chicago White Sox

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Toros	45	25	.643	--	Bob Skinner	Houston Astros
Phoenix Firebirds	40	30	.571	5	Duane Espy	San Francisco Giants
Albuquerque Dukes	38	30	.559	6	Kevin Kennedy	Los Angeles Dodgers
Las Vegas Stars	36	34	.514	8	Jim Riggleman	San Diego Padres
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	30	41	.423	15½	Charlie Manuel	Cleveland Indians

Final second-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Calgary Cannons	45	24	.652	--	Keith Bodie	Seattle Mariners
Edmonton Trappers	37	32	.529	8	Max Oliveras	California Angels
Portland Beavers	34	36	.486	11½	Russ Nixon	Minnesota Twins
Tacoma Tigers	30	36	.455	13½	Jeff Newman	Oakland Athletics
Vancouver Canadians	22	44	.333	21½	Doug Mansolino/Rick Renick	Chicago White Sox

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	42	26	.618	--	Charlie Manuel	Cleveland Indians
Albuquerque Dukes	42	28	.600	1	Kevin Kennedy	Los Angeles Dodgers
Tucson Toros	34	36	.486	9	Bob Skinner	Houston Astros
Las Vegas Stars	29	41	.414	14	Jim Riggleman	San Diego Padres
Phoenix Firebirds	28	40	.412	14	Duane Espy	San Francisco Giants

Overall standings

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Albuquerque Dukes	80	58	.580	--	Kevin Kennedy	Los Angeles Dodgers
Tucson Toros	79	61	.564	2	Bob Skinner	Houston Astros
Calgary Cannons	72	64	.529	7	Keith Bodie	Seattle Mariners
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	72	67	.518	8½	Charlie Manuel	Cleveland Indians
Edmonton Trappers	70	66	.515	9	Max Oliveras	California Angels
Portland Beavers	70	68	.507	10	Russ Nixon	Minnesota Twins
Phoenix Firebirds	68	70	.493	12	Duane Espy	San Francisco Giants
Las Vegas Stars	65	75	.464	16	Jim Riggleman	San Diego Padres
Tacoma Tigers	63	73	.463	16	Jeff Newman	Oakland Athletics
Vancouver Canadians	49	86	.363	29½	Marv Foley/Moe Drabowsky/Doug Mansolino /Rick Renick	Chicago White Sox

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	N1	Portland Beavers	0
	N2	Calgary Cannons	3
						N2	Calgary Cannons	2
						S1	Tucson Toros	3
	S1	Tucson Toros	3
	S2	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	1

First Round

Portland vs. Calgary Date Away Home September 4 Portland 2 Calgary 8 September 5 Portland 2 Calgary 4 September 6 Calgary 4 Portland 1 Calgary wins series 3-0

Tucson vs. Colorado Springs Date Away Home September 4 Tucson 4 Colorado Springs 1 September 5 Tucson 2 Colorado Springs 7 September 6 Colorado Springs 2 Tucson 9 September 7 Colorado Springs 3 Tucson 5 Tucson wins series 3-1

Championship Finals

Tucson vs. Calgary Date Away Home September 9 Tucson 4 Calgary 14 September 10 Tucson 1 Calgary 4 September 11 Calgary 1 Tucson 7 September 12 Calgary 1 Tucson 2 September 13 Calgary 3 Tucson 4 Tucson wins series 3-2

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Rich Amaral, Calgary, .346
• Runs Scored Ruben Amaro Jr., Edmonton, 95
• Hits Kenny Lofton, Tucson, 168
• Doubles Amaro, 42
• Triples Lofton, 17
• Home Runs Bernardo Brito, Portland; Luis Medina, Colorado Springs, 27
• Runs Batted In Ted Wood, Phoenix, 109
• Stolen Bases Will Taylor, Las Vegas, 62

Pitching

• Wins Kyle Abbott, Edmonton; Terry Clark, Tucson, 14
• Earned Run Average Gil Heredia, Phoenix, 2.82
• Complete Games Three tied with 5
• Shutouts Tom Drees, Vancouver, 3
• Strikeouts Jeff Hartsock, Albuquerque, 123
• Saves Three tied with 20

All-Star Team

• First Base Tino Martinez, Calgary
• Second Base Andres Santana, Phoenix
• Shortstop Andújar Cedeño, Tucson
• Third Base Gary Cooper, Tucson
• Outfield Kenny Lofton, Tucson; Ruben Amaro Jr., Edmonton; Geronimo Berroa, Colorado Springs
• Catcher Carlos Hernandez, Albuquerque
• Designated Hitter Luis Medina, Colorado Springs
• Right-Handed Pitcher Tom Edens, Portland
• Left-Handed Pitcher Kyle Abbott, Edmonton
• Relief Pitcher Dean Wilkins, Tucson

References

• W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.
• 1992 Baseball Almanac

External Links

• BR Minors page
• 1991 PCL - The Baseball Cube