1991 Cincinnati Reds season
Major League Baseball season
The 1991 Cincinnati Reds season was the 122nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 22nd and 21st full season at Riverfront Stadium. The Reds attempted to defend their World Series championship from 1990, but the team would finish with a losing mark, regressing 17 games from the season before. Their winning percentage (.457) set a new record for worst among defending World Series champions, besting the previous mark set by the Chicago White Sox in 1918. This would be a record for seven years.
Offseason
January 29, 1990: Skeeter Barnes was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
December 5, 1990: Bill Doran was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
Regular season
April 28, 1991: Against the Cubs, relief pitcher Rob Dibble nearly blew a save, allowing two runs on five hits. Clinging to a 4–3 lead in the ninth with the tying run on first, Dibble struck out Ryne Sandberg to finish the game. Despite the win, in frustration he then flung a baseball 400 feet into the center-field seats, inadvertently striking a woman.
June 28, 1991: Barry Larkin had six RBIs in a game against the Houston Astros.
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