World Series 1991

World Series 1991

team Victories Regular season Minnesota Twins 4th 95-67, 58.6%, GA: 8 Atlanta Braves 3 94-68, 58.0%, GA: 1
Period:	October 19 - October 27, 1991
MVP:	Jack Morris (Minnesota)
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The 1991 World Series was the 88th edition of the final of Major League Baseball between the American League champions , the Minnesota Twins , and the Atlanta Braves as National League champions . The Minnesota Twins won the "Best of Seven" series with 4: 3 wins.

It is noteworthy that all seven games were won by the home teams. The World Series is counted among the best of all time in the ESPN ranking. Five of the seven games ended with only one run difference, four of the games were walk-off wins , so they were only decided by winning points in the lower half of the last inning. In addition, in three encounters the decision was only made in extra time (" extra innings ").

With a total of 69 runs, the series holds the all-time record for the most runs in a seven-game World Series (in 1993 , 81 runs were scored in just six games).

As MVP of the World Series was Jack Morris excellent.

The way to the World Series

	League Championship Series					World Series
	East	Toronto Blue Jays	1
	west	Minnesota Twins	4th
						AL	Minnesota Twins	4th
						NL	Atlanta Braves	3
	East	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
	west	Atlanta Braves	4th

Overview of the games

game	date	guest	Score	home	Score	Total status (ATL-MIN)	Ball park	spectator
1	October 19, 1991	Atlanta	2	Minnesota	5	0-1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	55,108
2	October 20, 1991	Atlanta	2	Minnesota	3	0-2	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	55,145
3¹	October 22, 1991	Minnesota	4th	Atlanta	5	1-2	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	50,878
4th	October 23, 1991	Minnesota	2	Atlanta	3	2-2	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	50,878
5	October 24, 1991	Minnesota	5	Atlanta	14th	3-2	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	55,155
6²	October 26, 1991	Atlanta	3	Minnesota	4th	3-3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	55,118
7³	October 27, 1991	Atlanta	0	Minnesota	1	3-4	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	51,763
Minnesota wins 4-3

¹ Game 3 went over 12 innings.

² Game 6 went over 11 innings.

³ Game 7 went over 10 innings.

The games in detail

Game 1

Saturday October 19, 1991 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis , Minnesota

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6th	1
Minnesota	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	X	5	9	1

WP : Jack Morris (1–0)   LP : Charlie Leibrandt (0–1)   SV : Rick Aguilera (1)  

HRs :   MIN - Greg Gagne (1), Kent Hrbek (1)

Game 2

Sunday October 20, 1991 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Atlanta	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	8th	1
Minnesota	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	4th	1

WP : Kevin Tapani (1–0)   LP : Tom Glavine (0–1)   SV : Rick Aguilera (2)  

HRs :   MIN - Chili Davis (1), Scott Leius (1)

Game 3

Tuesday October 22, 1991 at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta , Georgia

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	R.	H	E.
Minnesota	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4th	10	1
Atlanta	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8th	2

WP : Jim Clancy (1–0)   LP : Rick Aguilera (0–1)  

HRs :   MIN - Kirby Puckett (1), Chili Davis (2) ATL - David Justice (1), Lonnie Smith (1)

Game 4

Wednesday October 23, 1991 at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Minnesota	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7th	0
Atlanta	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	8th	0

WP : Mike Stanton (1–0)   LP : Mark Guthrie (0–1)  

HRs :   MIN - Mike Pagliarulo (1) ATL - Terry Pendleton (1), Lonnie Smith (2)

Game 5

Winning pitcher in game 5: Tom Glavine.

Thursday October 24, 1991 at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	5	7th	1
Atlanta	0	0	0	4th	1	0	6th	3	X	14th	17th	1

WP : Tom Glavine (1–1)   LP : Kevin Tapani (1–1)  

HRs :   ATL - David Justice (2), Lonnie Smith (3), Brian Hunter (1)

Game 6

Saturday October 26, 1991 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	R.	H	E.
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	9	1
Minnesota	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4th	9	0

WP : Rick Aguilera (1–1)   LP : Charlie Leibrandt (0–2)  

HRs :   ATL - Terry Pendleton (2) MIN - Kirby Puckett (2)

Game 7

Sunday October 27, 1991 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	R.	H	E.
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7th	0
Minnesota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0

WP : Jack Morris (2–0)   LP : Alejandro Peña (0–1)  

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ESPN: WORLD SERIES 100th ANNIVERSARY
2. ↑ 1991 World Series Game 1 - Atlanta Braves vs. Minnesota Twins . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
3. ↑ 1991 World Series Game 2 - Atlanta Braves vs. Minnesota Twins . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
4. ↑ 1991 World Series Game 3 - Minnesota Twins vs. Atlanta Braves . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
5. ↑ 1991 World Series Game 4 - Minnesota Twins vs. Atlanta Braves . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
6. ↑ 1991 World Series Game 5 - Minnesota Twins vs. Atlanta Braves . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
7. ↑ 1991 World Series Game 6 - Atlanta Braves vs. Minnesota Twins . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
8. ↑ 1991 World Series Game 7 - Atlanta Braves vs. Minnesota Twins . Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.