1995 Detroit Tigers season

1995 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersJoe Klein
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWKBD
(George Kell, Al Kaline, Jim Price)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)
RadioWJR
(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen)
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The 1995 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 60–84 (.417). The strike-shortened 1995 season was the last for Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson and longtime second baseman Lou Whitaker, who each retired at the end of the season, as well as Kirk Gibson who retired in August 1995.

Regular season

The pitching continued to be a liability; they were outscored by their opponents 844–654. Only the Minnesota Twins allowed more runs in the American League.

Despite their inconsistencies, the surprising Tigers found themselves just three games out of first place after beating Kansas City, 4–2 on July 9. However, when play resumed after the All-Star break, the Tigers went into free-fall, winning only 23 of their last 74 games. The Tigers drew 1,180,979 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1995, ranking 11th of the 14 teams in the American League.

The Tigers set a new major league record for most home runs by a losing team when they hit seven homers in a 14–12 defeat to the Chicago White Sox on May 28.[1]

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 86 58 .597 — 42‍–‍30 44‍–‍28
New York Yankees 79 65 .549 7 46‍–‍26 33‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles 71 73 .493 15 36‍–‍36 35‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 60 84 .417 26 35‍–‍37 25‍–‍47
Toronto Blue Jays 56 88 .389 30 29‍–‍43 27‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 4–9 9–4 6–1 2–10 8–5 4–5 7–5 3–6 6–7 5–7 6–7 4–1 7–6
Boston 9–4 — 11–3 5–3 6–7 8–5 3–2 8–4 5–4 5–8 8–4 7–5 3–4 8–5
California 4–9 3–11 — 10–2 3–2 6–2 5–7 5–2 8–5 7–5 6–7 7–6 6–7 8–2
Chicago 1–6 3–5 2–10 — 5–8 8–4 8–5 6–7 10–3 3–2–1 7–5 4–9 5–7 6–5
Cleveland 10–2 7–6 2–3 8–5 — 10–3 11–1 9–4 9–4 6–6 7–0 5–4 6–3 10–3
Detroit 5–8 5–8 2–6 4–8 3–10 — 3–4 8–5 7–5 5–8 2–3 5–5 4–8 7–6
Kansas City 5–4 2–3 7–5 5–8 1–11 4–3 — 10–2 6–7 3–7 5–8 7–5 8–6 7–5
Milwaukee 5–7 4–8 2–5 7–6 4–9 5–8 2–10 — 9–4 5–6 7–2 3–2 5–7 7–5
Minnesota 6–3 4–5 5–8 3–10 4–9 5–7 7–6 4–9 — 3–4 5–7 4–8 5–8 1–4
New York 7–6 8–5 5–7 2–3–1 6–6 8–5 7–3 6–5 4–3 — 4–9 4–9 6–3 12–1
Oakland 7–5 4–8 7–6 5–7 0–7 3–2 8–5 2–7 7–5 9–4 — 7–6 5–8 3–7
Seattle 7–6 5–7 6–7 9–4 4–5 5–5 5–7 2–3 8–4 9–4 6–7 — 10–3 3–4
Texas 1–4 4–3 7–6 7–5 3–6 8–4 6–8 7–5 8–5 3–6 8–5 3–10 — 9–3
Toronto 6–7 5–8 2–8 5–6 3–10 6–7 5–7 5–7 4–1 1–12 7–3 4–3 3–9 —


Notable transactions

Gabe Kapler
  • April 3, 1995: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[2]
  • April 7, 1995: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[3]
  • April 7, 1995: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[4]
  • April 13, 1995: Tony Phillips was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Chad Curtis.[5]
  • April 17, 1995: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[6]
  • June 1, 1995: Mark Mulder was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 55th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.[7]
  • June 1, 1995: Gabe Kapler was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 57th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1995.[8]
  • August 7, 1995: Buddy Groom was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Mike Myers (August 9, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.[9]
  • August 10, 1995: Mike Henneman was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Phil Nevin (August 15, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.[10]
  • September 8, 1995: Juan Samuel was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Phil Hiatt (September 14, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.[6]

Roster

1995 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C John Flaherty 112 226 56 .248 4 22
1B Cecil Fielder 136 376 94 .250 27 72
2B Lou Whitaker 84 249 73 .293 14 44
3B Travis Fryman 144 567 156 .275 15 81
SS Chris Gomez 123 431 96 .223 11 50
LF Bobby Higginson 131 410 92 .224 14 43
CF Chad Curtis 144 586 157 .268 21 67
RF Danny Bautista 89 271 55 .203 7 27
DH Kirk Gibson 70 227 59 .260 9 35

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Alan Trammell 74 223 60 .269 2 23
Scott Fletcher 67 182 42 .231 1 17
Juan Samuel 76 171 48 .281 10 34
Ron Tingley 54 124 28 .226 4 18
Franklin Stubbs 62 116 29 .250 2 19
Tony Clark 27 101 24 .238 3 11
Phil Nevin 29 96 21 .219 2 12
Milt Cuyler 41 88 18 .205 0 5
Derrick White 39 48 9 .188 0 2
Todd Steverson 30 42 11 .262 2 6
Steve Rodriguez 12 31 6 .194 0 0
Rudy Pemberton 12 30 9 .300 0 3
Joe Hall 7 15 2 .133 0 0
Shannon Penn 3 9 3 .333 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sean Bergman 28 135.1 7 10 5.12 86
Mike Moore 25 132.2 5 15 7.53 64
David Wells 18 130.1 10 3 3.04 83
José Lima 15 73.2 3 9 6.11 37
C. J. Nitkowski 11 39.1 1 4 7.09 13
Clint Sodowsky 6 23.1 2 2 5.01 14
Pat Ahearne 4 10.0 0 2 11.70 4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Felipe Lira 37 146.1 9 13 4.31 89
Brian Bohanon 52 105.2 1 1 5.54 63

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Henneman 29 0 1 18 1.53 24
Joe Boever 60 5 7 3 6.39 71
John Doherty 48 5 9 6 5.10 46
Brian Maxcy 41 4 5 0 6.88 20
Mike Christopher 36 4 0 1 3.82 34
Buddy Groom 23 1 3 1 7.52 23
Kevin Wickander 21 0 0 1 2.60 9
Ben Blomdahl 14 0 0 1 7.77 15
Mike Myers 11 1 0 0 9.95 4
Greg Gohr 10 1 0 0 0.87 12
Dwayne Henry 10 1 0 5 6.23 9
Mike Gardiner 9 0 0 0 14.59 7
Sean Whiteside 2 0 0 0 14.73 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Tom Runnells
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Bill Plummer
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Dave Anderson
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Dwight Lowry
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Bruce Fields
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

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References

  1. ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Team Lost, (requiring HR>=7), sorted by greatest HR". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Kent Bottenfield Stats".
  3. ^ "Joe Boever Stats".
  4. ^ "Kirk Gibson Stats".
  5. ^ Tony Phillips Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ a b Juan Samuel Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ Mark Mulder Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ Gabe Kapler Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ "Buddy Groom Stats".
  10. ^ "Mike Henneman Stats".
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997