1991 Atlanta Braves season
The 1991 Atlanta Braves season was the 26th in Atlanta and the 121st overall. They became the first team in the National League to go from last place one year to first place the next, doing so after remaining 9.5 games out of first at the All Star break. Coincidentally, the Braves' last-to-first feat was also accomplished by the 1991 Minnesota Twins, the team they would face in the 1991 World Series. The last Major League Baseball team to accomplish this was the 1890 Louisville Colonels of the American Association. The 1991 World Series, which the Braves ultimately lost, has been called the greatest World Series in history by ESPN.
| 1991 Atlanta Braves | ||
|---|---|---|
| National League Champions National League West Champions | ||
| League | National League | |
| Division | West | |
| Ballpark | Fulton County Stadium | |
| City | Atlanta | |
| Record | 94–68 (.580) | |
| Divisional place | 1st | |
| Owners | Ted Turner | |
| General managers | John Schuerholz | |
| Managers | Bobby Cox | |
| Television | WTBS TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton) SportSouth (Ernie Johnson) | |
| Radio | WSB (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Dave O'Brien) | |
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Despite finishing last in the National League West in 1990, the Braves managed to overtake the Los Angeles Dodgers for first place in 1991, clinching the division on the penultimate day of the regular season. This was the first of three consecutive division titles won by the Braves.