1991

1991 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1991.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Seibu Lions (PL) over the Hiroshima Toyo Carp (CL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Details)
    • Pacific League: Seibu Lions (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Haitai Tigers defeated the Binggrae Eagles in the Korean Series (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Uni-President Lions defeated the Wei Chuan Dragons in the Taiwan Series (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Perth Heat, Australian Baseball League (Details)

Europe

• European Cup: S.C.A.C. Nettuno, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Mannheim Tornados
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Levi's Neptunus Rotterdam
    • Holland Series: SC Neptunus defeated the HCAW in the series, 3 - 0 (Details)
  • Serie A1: Parma Angels

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Minnesota Twins (AL) over the Atlanta Braves (NL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Minnesota Twins (Details)
    • National League: Atlanta Braves (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Triple-A Classic: Denver Zephyrs (AA) over the Columbus Clippers (IL), 4 - 1 (Details)
  • American Association: Denver Zephyrs (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Pulaski Braves
  • Arizona League: AZL Athletics
  • California League: High Desert Mavericks
  • Carolina League: Kinston Indians
  • Eastern League: Albany-Colonie Yankees
  • Florida State League: West Palm Beach Expos
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Expos
  • International League: Columbus Clippers (Details)
  • Midwest League: Clinton Giants
  • New York-Penn League: Jamestown Expos
  • Northwest League: Boise Hawks
  • Pacific Coast League: Tucson Toros (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Salt Lake City Trappers
  • South Atlantic League: Columbia Mets
  • Southern League: Orlando Sun Rays
  • Texas League: Shreveport Captains

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Sultanes de Monterrey defeated the Diablos Rojos del México in the finals, 4 - 3

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Henequeneros (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Miami, Florida; Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Leones del Escogido in the finals, 4 - 1
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Potros de Tijuana
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Cangrejeros de Santurce
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Cardenales de Lara defeated the Leones del Caracas in the finals, 4 - 2

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): Louisiana State University defeated Wichita State University in the finals, 6 - 3 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Jacksonville State University over the Missouri Southern State College, 20 - 4 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: The University of Southern Maine over the Trenton State College, 9 - 0 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the Oral Roberts University, 7 - 0 in the finals
• NJCAA Baseball World Series: Howard College
  • Community College League of California: Cypress College over Sacramento City College 8 - 7 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Anchorage Glacier Pilots (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Tohoku Fukushi University defeated the Kansai University in the final, 4 - 2 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Koryo High School (Hiroshima) defeat Matsusho High School (Nagano), 6 - 5 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Kindai University High School (Osaka) defeat Okinawa Suisan High School (Okinawa), 13 - 8 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Hsi Nan (Taichung, Taiwan) defeat San Ramon Valley (Danville, CA), 11 - 0 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Intercontinental Cup in Spain (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Japan (Silver); Nicaragua (Bronze)
• World Junior Championship in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada (Details)
  • Canada (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); United States (Bronze)
• World Youth Championship in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Details)
  • Chinese Taipei (Gold); Japan (Silver); Brazil (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Beijing, China (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
• European Championship in Rome, Italy (Details)
  • Italy (Gold); The Netherlands (Silver); Spain (Bronze)
• Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Puerto Rico (Silver); United States (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Baseball in '41, by Robert Creamer
• Baseball's Greatest Quotations, by Paul Dickson
• Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century, by Marc Okkonen
• The Forever Boys, by Peter Golenbock
• I Had a Hammer, by Hank Aaron and Lonnie Wheeler
• Josh and Satch, by John Holway
• Major Leagues, by David Pietrusza
• Once More Around the Park, by Roger Angell
• Slugging It Out in Japan, by Warren Cromartie and Robert Whiting
• Stolen Season, by David Lamb
• Ted Williams: The Seasons of the Kid, by Richard Ben Cramer
• To Every Thing A Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909-1976, by Bruce Kuklick
• The 26th Man, by Steve Fireovid and Mark Winegardner
• A Whole Different Ball Game, by Marvin Miller
• The Worst Baseball Pitchers of All Time, by Alan S. Kaufman and James C. Kaufman

Song

• Catfish, by Bob Dylan
• Nolan Ryan (He's a Hero to Us All), by Jerry Jeff Walker

Film

• Pastime
• Talent for the Game
• When It Was a Game

Births

Further information: Births in 1991

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1991

Further Reading

• Will Leitch: "1991: Rickey, Ripken and the unlikeliest WS ever", mlb.com, April 28, 2020. [1]