1995 Cleveland Indians season

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1995  Cleveland Indians
American League Champion
American League Central Division Champion
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Jacobs Field
City Cleveland, Ohio
Record100–44 (.694)
Divisional place1st
Owners Richard Jacobs
General managers John Hart
Managers Mike Hargrove
Television WUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
John Sanders, Rick Manning
Radio WKNR (1220 AM)
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton
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The 1995 Cleveland Indians season was the 95th season for the franchise.

Contents

This season led to the Indians returning to the World Series and their first postseason of any kind for the first time since 1954. In a season that started late by 18 games due to the 1994 strike, giving it just 144 games. The Indians finished in first place in the American League Central Division with a record of 100 wins and 44 losses. This was the first team in the history of the American League ever to win 100 games in a season that had fewer than 154 games. [1]

The most outstanding pitcher for the Indians was their relief pitcher, José Mesa, who finished second in the voting for the American League's Cy Young Award. Mesa pitched in 62 games; he led the league by being the finishing pitcher in 57 games, and he saved a league-leading 46 games, even though he pitched just exactly 64 innings. Mesa was the winning pitcher in three games, and he lost none. Mesa's earned run average was a microscopic 1.13. Mesa only gave up eight earned runs, one unearned run, and three home runs in the entire regular season.

The most outstanding batter and everyday player for the Indians was their left fielder, Albert Belle, who finished second in the voting for the American League's Most Valuable Player Award. Belle played in 143 of the 144 games, and became the first major leaguer to hit 50 doubles and 50 home runs in a single season. Belle led the league in runs scored (121), runs batted in (126), doubles (52), home runs (50), total bases (377), and slugging percentage (.690). Belle had 173 hits and a batting average of .317.

The second most outstanding batter and everyday player for the Indians was their right fielder, Manny Ramirez. Ramirez played in 137 games, scored 85 runs, batted in 107 runs, hit 26 doubles and 31 home runs, had 149 hits, and batted .308.

On a team that was led by its outfielders in batting, the Indians center fielder Kenny Lofton, playing in just 118 games, also had 149 hits, scored 93 runs, batted .310, and led the American League with 13 triples and 54 stolen bases. This was Lofton's fourth of five consecutive years leading the American League in stolen bases. Lofton also won a Gold Glove in the outfield. Despite Lofton only hitting seven home runs he still finished the shortened season with 53 runs batted in.

The Indians won the Central Division by an overwhelming 30 games over the second-place Kansas City Royals, and they went into the playoffs going strong. In their American League Division Series, the Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox in a three game sweep. Next, in the American League Championship Series, the Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners four games to two. The Indians' starting pitcher, Orel Hershiser, was voted the American League Championship Series' Most Valuable Player.

In the World Series, the Indians faced the Atlanta Braves (champions of the National League for the third time in four years), who had finished the regular season with a 90–54 record, had defeated the Colorado Rockies three games to one in the National League Division Series, and had swept the Cincinnati Reds four games to none in the National League Championship Series. The Braves had the National League's Cy Young Award winner in Greg Maddux, who finished the season with a 19–2 won-loss record and a 1.63 earned run average as a starting pitcher. Maddux also finished in third place in the voting for Most Valuable Player.

The Indians lost the World Series to the Braves by four games to two, with the Braves winning all three games in Atlanta, and the Indians winning two out of three games in Cleveland. The World Series Most Valuable Player was the starting pitcher Tom Glavine of the Braves, who won two games in the Series.

Offseason

Regular season

The Indians led the Majors in nearly every offensive category, including runs scored (840), hits (1,461), home runs (207), runs batted in (803), batting average (.291) and slugging percentage (.479). They also struck out the fewest times (766) of all 28 MLB teams. [6] [7] They also had one of the most formidable pitching staffs in the AL, allowing the second-fewest hits (1,261), finishing with the best ERA (3.83), the fewest runs allowed (607), fewest earned runs allowed (554), the most saves (50) and the fewest intentional walks (16). [7]

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 10044.694—54‍–‍1846‍–‍26
Kansas City Royals 7074.4863035‍–‍3735‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 6876.4723238‍–‍3430‍–‍42
Milwaukee Brewers 6579.4513533‍–‍3932‍–‍40
Minnesota Twins 5688.3894429‍–‍4327‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1995
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–99–46–12–108–54–57–53–66–75–76–74–17–6
Boston 9–4—11–35–36–78–53–28–45–45–88–47–53–48–5
California 4–93–11—10–23–26–25–75–28–57–56–77–66–78–2
Chicago 1–63–52–10—5–88–48–56–710–33–2–17–54–95–76–5
Cleveland 10–27–62–38–5—10–311–19–49–46–67–05–46–310–3
Detroit 5–85–82–64–83–10—3–48–57–55–82–35–54–87–6
Kansas City 5–42–37–55–81–114–3—10–26–73–75–87–58–67–5
Milwaukee 5–74–82–57–64–95–82–10—9–45–67–23–25–77–5
Minnesota 6–34–55–83–104–95–77–64–9—3–45–74–85–81–4
New York 7–68–55–72–3–16–68–57–36–54–3—4–94–96–312–1
Oakland 7–54–87–65–70–73–28–52–77–59–4—7–65–83–7
Seattle 7–65–76–79–44–55–55–72–38–49–46–7—10–33–4
Texas 1–44–37–67–53–68–46–87–58–53–68–53–10—9–3
Toronto 6–75–82–85–63–106–75–75–74–11–127–34–33–9—

Notable transactions

Roster

1995 Cleveland Indians
Roster
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Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
Indians WinIndians LossGame Postponed
1995 Regular Season Game Log (100–44) (Home: 54–18; Road: 46–26)
April: 2–2 (Road: 2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 27@ Rangers 11–6 Martinez (1–0) Gross (0–1)– The Ballpark in Arlington 32,1611–0W1
2April 28@ Rangers 9–10 Whiteside (1–0) Poole (0–1) Russell (1) The Ballpark in Arlington 22,1791–1L1
3April 29@ Rangers 5–6 Burrows (1–0) Shuey (0–1)– The Ballpark in Arlington 28,0481–2L2
4April 30@ Rangers 7–6 (12) Mesa (1–0) Whiteside (1–1)– The Ballpark in Arlington 26,0262–2W1
May: 19–7 (Home: 9–3, Road: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
5May 2@ Tigers 11–1 Martinez (2–0) Bergman (0–2)– Tiger Stadium 39,3983–2W2
6May 3@ Tigers 14–7 Clark (1–0) Doherty (0–2)– Tiger Stadium 29,9964–2W3
7May 4@ Tigers 3–4 Wells (1–1) Hershiser (0–1) Henneman (1) Tiger Stadium 28,8464–3L1
8May 5 Twins 5–1 Nagy (1–0) Erickson (0–3) Mesa (1) Jacobs Field 41,4345–3W1
9May 6 Twins 2–5 Radke (1–0) Black (0–1) Aguilera (4) Jacobs Field 37,3255–4L1
10May 7 Twins 10–9 (17) Poole (1–1) Guthrie (1–1)– Jacobs Field 39,4316–4W1
11May 8 Royals 6–2 Clark (2–0) Appier (3–1) Grimsley (1) Jacobs Field 26,7047–4W2
12May 9 Royals 10–0 Hershiser (1–1) Linton (0–1)– Jacobs Field 27,2258–4W3
13May 10 Royals 3–2 (10) Plunk (1–0) Meacham (1–2)– Jacobs Field 27,7499–4W4
14May 12@ Orioles 3–2 Martinez (3–0) Brown (2–1) Mesa (2) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 40,51610–4W5
15May 13@ Orioles 1–6 Mussina (2–1) Clark (2–1)– Oriole Park at Camden Yards 40,18510–5L1
16May 14@ Orioles 3–1 Hershiser (2–1) Rhodes (1–2) Mesa (3) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 39,16711–5W1
17May 16@ Yankees 10–5 Nagy (2–0) Key (1–2)– Yankee Stadium 18,24612–5W2
–May 17@ Yankees Postponed (rain, makeup August 10)
18May 18@ Red Sox 3–4 Belinda (2–0) Poole (1–2)– Fenway Park 24,28512–6L1
19May 19@ Red Sox 9–5 Tavarez (1–0) Ryan (0–1)– Fenway Park 23,50713–6W1
20May 20@ Red Sox 7–5 Plunk (2–0) Pena (1–1) Mesa (4) Fenway Park 29,41214–6W2
21May 21@ Red Sox 12–10 Assenmacher (1–0) Pierce (0–2) Mesa (5) Fenway Park 32,33915–6W3
22May 22 Brewers 5–7 Bones (3–1) Nagy (2–1) Fetters (2) Jacobs Field 34,46415–7L1
23May 23 Brewers 5–3 Martinez (4–0) Sparks (1–1) Mesa (6) Jacobs Field 35,37316–7W1
24May 24 Brewers 5–7 Rightnowar (1–0) Clark (2–2) Fetters (3) Jacobs Field 29,63816–8L1
25May 26@ Blue Jays 7–4 Hershiser (3–1) Hentgen (3–2) Mesa (7) Skydome 47,11317–8W1
26May 27@ Blue Jays 0–3 Leiter (2–2) Plunk (2–1) Hall (3) Skydome 47,14317–9L1
27May 28@ Blue Jays 5–4 Nagy (3–1) Darwin (1–4) Mesa (8) Skydome 42,36518–9W1
28May 29 White Sox 7–6 Tavarez (2–0) DeLeon (2–1) Mesa (9) Jacobs Field 41,73619–9W2
29May 30 White Sox 2–1 Assenmacher (2–0) Fernandez (2–4) Mesa (10) Jacobs Field 33,03820–9W3
30May 31 White Sox 6–3 Hershiser (4–1) Abbott (2–2) Mesa (11) Jacobs Field 36,77121–9W4
June: 20–8 (Home: 12–4, Road: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
31June 1 White Sox 7–4 Black (1–1) Bere (1–4) Plunk (1) Jacobs Field 33,26022–9W5
32June 2 Blue Jays 0–5 Leiter (3–2) Nagy (3–2) Timlin (2) Jacobs Field 41,54522–10L1
33June 3 Blue Jays 3–0 Martinez (5–0) Darwin (1–5)– Jacobs Field 41,56623–10W1
34June 4 Blue Jays 9–8 Tavarez (3–0) Hall (0–1)– Jacobs Field 41,68824–10W2
35June 5 Tigers 8–0 Hershiser (5–1) Bergman (1–4)– Jacobs Field 34,61525–10W3
36June 6 Tigers 4–3 Tavarez (4–0) Boever (3–3) Mesa (12) Jacobs Field 36,11526–10W4
37June 7 Tigers 3–2 (10) Plunk (3–0) Maxcy (2–1)– Jacobs Field 36,36327–10W5
38June 8@ Brewers 8–7 Tavarez (5–0) Lloyd (0–5) Mesa (13) County Stadium 17,64128–10W6
39June 9@ Brewers 7–4 Ogea (1–0) Roberson (1–2) Mesa (14) County Stadium 13,13629–10W7
40June 10@ Brewers 1–6 Miranda (3–2) Hershiser (5–2) Reyes (1) County Stadium 18,86929–11L1
41June 11@ Brewers 11–5 Black (2–1) Scanlan (3–4)– County Stadium 18,70630–11W1
42June 12 Orioles 4–3 Nagy (4–2) Brown (5–4) Mesa (15) Jacobs Field 41,84531–11W2
43June 13 Orioles 11–0 Martinez (6–0) Mussina (5–4)– Jacobs Field 41,92732–11W3
44June 14 Orioles 5–2 Ogea (2–0) Klingenbeck (1–1) Mesa (16) Jacobs Field 41,83933–11W4
45June 16 Yankees 2–4 Wickman (2–1) Poole (1–3) Wetteland (8) Jacobs Field 41,64333–12L1
46June 17 Yankees 7–4 Black (3–1) Pettitte (1–4) Mesa (17) Jacobs Field 41,66234–12W1
47June 18 Yankees 5–9 McDowell (3–4) Nagy (4–3) Wetteland (9) Jacobs Field 41,66734–13L1
48June 19 Red Sox 4–3 (10) Plunk (4–1) Ryan (0–3)– Jacobs Field 41,64535–13W1
49June 20 Red Sox 9–2 Ogea (3–0) Eshelman (3–1)– Jacobs Field 40,19036–13W2
50June 21 Red Sox 1–3 Hanson (7–1) Hershiser (5–3) Belinda (3) Jacobs Field 41,94836–14L1
51June 23@ White Sox 5–12 Bere (3–6) Nagy (4–4)– Comiskey Park 31,96236–15L2
52June 24@ White Sox 3–8 Fernandez (3–4) Black (3–2)– Comiskey Park 35,02836–16L3
53June 25@ White Sox 2–3 DeLeon (3–3) Assenmacher (2–1) Radinsky (1) Comiskey Park 27,51436–17L4
54June 26@ Royals 2–0 Ogea (4–0) Gordon (5–3) Mesa (18) Kauffman Stadium 24,29637–17W1
55June 27@ Royals 7–1 Clark (3–2) Haney (3–2)– Kauffman Stadium 19,51038–17W2
56June 28@ Royals 5–2 Nagy (5–4) Appier (11–3) Mesa (19) Kauffman Stadium 18,59639–17W3
57June 29@ Twins 10–5 Black (4–2) Erickson (3–6)– Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 17,11640–17W4
58June 30@ Twins 4–1 Martinez (7–0) Trombley (0–3) Mesa (20) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 27,41641–17W5
July: 18–9 (Home: 9–4, Road: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
59July 1@ Twins 5–6 Radke (4–7) Ogea (4–1) Aguilera (12) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 18,82041–18L1
60July 2@ Twins 7–0 Clark (4–2) Harris (0–2)– Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 16,79042–18W1
61July 3 Rangers 9–1 Nagy (6–4) Rogers (8–4)– Jacobs Field 41,71343–18W2
62July 4 Rangers 6–7 McDowell (4–0) Assenmacher (2–2) Whiteside (1) Jacobs Field 41,76943–19L1
63July 5 Rangers 2–0 Martinez (8–0) Gross (3–8) Mesa (21) Jacobs Field 41,88144–19W1
64July 6 Mariners 8–1 Ogea (5–1) Belcher (4–4)– Jacobs Field 41,66145–19W2
65July 7 Mariners 3–5 Johnson (9–1) Clark (4–3)– Jacobs Field 41,74145–20L1
66July 8 Mariners 7–3 Nagy (7–4) Bosio (6–3)– Jacobs Field 41,89346–20W1
67July 9 Mariners 3–9 Torres (3–5) Hershiser (5–4)– Jacobs Field 41,89746–21L1
–July 11 66th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas)
–July 13 Athletics Postponed (rain, makeup July 14)
68July 14 (1) Athletics 1–0 Embree (1–0) Prieto (0–2) Mesa (22) Jacobs Field N/A47–21W1
69July 14 (2) Athletics 7–6 Nagy (8–4) Darling (2–5) Mesa (23) Jacobs Field 41,86248–21W2
70July 15 Athletics 7–2 Hershiser (6–4) Ontiveros (8–4) Plunk (2) Jacobs Field 41,72649–21W3
71July 16 Athletics 5–4 (12) Embree (2–0) Eckersley (2–3)– Jacobs Field 41,76750–21W4
72July 17 Angels 3–8 Anderson (3–2) Ogea (5–2)– Jacobs Field 41,58350–22L1
73July 18 Angels 7–5 Assenmacher (3–2) Smith (0–3)– Jacobs Field 41,76351–22W1
74July 19@ Rangers 14–5 Nagy (9–4) Gross (4–9)– The Ballpark in Arlington 42,92852–22W2
75July 20@ Rangers 6–3 Hershiser (7–4) Brandenburg (0–1) Mesa (24) The Ballpark in Arlington 28,16053–22W3
76July 21@ Athletics 6–1 Martinez (9–0) Stottlemyre (8–3)– Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 21,15854–22W4
77July 22@ Athletics 6–4 Tavarez (6–0) Eckersley (2–4) Mesa (25) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 33,01955–22W5
78July 23@ Athletics 2–0 Clark (5–3) Prieto (1–3) Mesa (26) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 26,76356–22W6
79July 24@ Angels 9–7 (10) Assenmacher (4–2) Smith (0–4) Mesa (27) Anaheim Stadium 30,36757–22W7
80July 25@ Angels 5–6 Finley (9–7) Hershiser (7–5) Smith (23) Anaheim Stadium 42,26857–23L1
81July 26@ Angels 3–6 Harkey (5–6) Martinez (9–1) Smith (24) Anaheim Stadium 35,65057–24L2
82July 27@ Mariners 5–11 Belcher (7–5) Ogea (5–3)– Kingdome 20,12157–25L3
83July 28@ Mariners 6–5 Plunk (5–1) Frey (0–4) Mesa (28) Kingdome 17,60958–25W1
84July 29@ Mariners 3–5 Bosio (7–5) Embree (2–1) Ayala (16) Kingdome 43,87458–26L1
85July 30@ Mariners 5–2 Hershiser (8–5) Torres (3–8) Mesa (29) Kingdome 24,08959–26W1
August: 21–9 (Home: 14–3, Road: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
86August 1 Twins 5–6 Mahomes (1–4) Tavarez (6–1) Stevens (5) Jacobs Field 42,02359–27L1
87August 2 Twins 12–6 Clark (6–3) Harris (0–5)– Jacobs Field 41,94760–27W1
88August 3 Twins 6–4 Hill (7–7) Radke (7–10) Mesa (30) Jacobs Field 41,90761–27W2
89August 4 White Sox 13–3 Nagy (10–4) Bere (5–10)– Jacobs Field 41,89562–27W3
90August 5 White Sox 11–7 Hershiser (9–5) Fernandez (5–8)– Jacobs Field 41,65763–27W4
91August 6 White Sox 1–5 Righetti (3–0) Martinez (9–2)– Jacobs Field 41,97563–28L1
92August 8@ Red Sox 1–5 Wakefield (13–1) Clark (6–4)– Fenway Park 34,57463–29L2
93August 9@ Red Sox 5–9 Hanson (10–4) Plunk (5–2)– Fenway Park 34,24063–30L3
94August 10 (1)@ Yankees 10–9 Poole (2–3) Wetteland (1–2) Mesa (31) Yankee Stadium N/A64–30W1
95August 10 (2)@ Yankees 5–2 Ogea (6–3) Hitchcock (5–7) Mesa (32) Yankee Stadium 48,11565–30W2
96August 11@ Yankees 5–4 (11) Tavarez (7–1) Wetteland (1–3) Mesa (33) Yankee Stadium 33,73966–30W3
97August 12@ Yankees 2–3 McDowell (10–8) Martinez (9–3)– Yankee Stadium 35,79566–31L1
98August 13@ Yankees 1–4 Cone (13–6) Clark (6–5)– Yankee Stadium 45,86666–32L2
99August 14@ Orioles 9–6 Assenmacher (5–2) Benitez (1–4) Mesa (34) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,19867–32W1
100August 15@ Orioles 3–8 Erickson (8–9) Nagy (10–5)– Oriole Park at Camden Yards 46,34667–33L1
101August 16@ Orioles 8–5 Hershiser (10–5) Brown (5–8) Mesa (35) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,14068–33W1
102August 17 Brewers 3–7 McAndrew (1–2) Martinez (9–4) Fetters (19) Jacobs Field 40,50568–34L1
103August 18 Brewers 7–5 Clark (7–5) Bones (7–9) Mesa (36) Jacobs Field 41,75269–34W1
104August 19 Brewers 4–3 Plunk (6–2) Wegman (5–5)– Jacobs Field 41,93970–34W2
105August 20 Brewers 8–5 Tavarez (8–1) Sparks (7–7) Mesa (37) Jacobs Field 41,79971–34W3
106August 21@ Blue Jays 7–3 Hershiser (11–5) Hurtado (5–2) Embree (1) Skydome 39,18772–34W4
107August 22@ Blue Jays 4–5 Castillo (1–2) Tavarez (8–2)– Skydome 39,29372–35L1
108August 23@ Blue Jays 6–5 Poole (3–3) Carrara (1–3) Mesa (38) Skydome 41,16973–35W1
109August 25 Tigers 6–5 (11) Tavarez (9–2) Lira (8–9)– Jacobs Field 41,67674–35W2
110August 26 Tigers 6–2 Nagy (11–5) Moore (5–14)– Jacobs Field 41,74475–35W3
111August 27 Tigers 9–2 Hershiser (12–5) Lima (1–6)– Jacobs Field 41,61676–35W4
112August 28 Blue Jays 9–1 Ogea (7–3) Carrara (1–4)– Jacobs Field 40,28377–35W5
113August 29 Blue Jays 4–1 Clark (8–5) Guzman (3–10)– Jacobs Field 41,25778–35W6
114August 30 Blue Jays 4–3 (14) Assenmacher (6–2) Castillo (1–3)– Jacobs Field 41,80779–35W7
115August 31 Blue Jays 6–4 (10) Mesa (2–0) Rogers (2–3)– Jacobs Field 41,74680–35W8
September: 19–9 (Home: 9–4, Road: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
116September 1@ Tigers 14–4 Nagy (12–5) Lima (1–7)– Tiger Stadium 16,15581–35W9
117September 2@ Tigers 2–3 Lira (9–9) Hershiser (12–6) Doherty (4) Tiger Stadium 22,42681–36L1
118September 3@ Tigers 9–8 (10) Mesa (3–0) Boever (5–7)– Tiger Stadium 25,39382–36W1
119September 4@ Tigers 2–3 Sodowsky (1–0) Clark (8–6) Henry (1) Tiger Stadium 24,98782–37L1
120September 5@ Brewers 7–3 Martinez (10–4) Sparks (7–8)– County Stadium 12,12983–37W1
121September 6@ Brewers 12–2 Hill (8–7) Givens (5–3)– County Stadium 10,04284–37W2
122September 7 Mariners 4–1 Nagy (13–5) Bosio (9–8) Mesa (39) Jacobs Field 41,45085–37W3
123September 8 Orioles 3–2 Hershiser (13–6) Brown (7–9) Mesa (40) Jacobs Field 41,65686–37W4
124September 9 Orioles 2–1 Ogea (8–3) Krivda (2–4) Mesa (41) Jacobs Field 41,72987–37W5
125September 10 Orioles 5–3 Tavarez (10–2) Orosco (2–4) Mesa (42) Jacobs Field 41,64788–37W6
126September 11 Yankees 0–4 McDowell (14–10) Martinez (10–5)– Jacobs Field 41,83588–38L1
127September 12 Yankees 2–9 Kamieniecki (5–5) Hill (8–8)– Jacobs Field 41,27688–39L2
128September 13 Yankees 5–0 Nagy (14–5) Cone (15–8)– Jacobs Field 41,70889–39W1
129September 14 Red Sox 5–3 Hershiser (14–6) Eshelman (5–3) Mesa (43) Jacobs Field 41,81290–39W2
130September 15 Red Sox 3–6 Hanson (14–5) Embree (2–2)– Jacobs Field 41,83390–40L1
131September 16 Red Sox 6–5 Clark (9–6) Clemens (8–5) Mesa (44) Jacobs Field 41,76591–40W1
132September 17 Red Sox 6–9 Suppan (1–2) Shuey (0–2) Aguilera (29) Jacobs Field 41,72391–41L1
133September 18@ White Sox 11–1 Hill (9–8) Alvarez (7–10)– Comiskey Park 20,43992–41W1
134September 19@ White Sox 8–2 Nagy (15–5) Andujar (2–1)– Comiskey Park 18,46893–41W2
135September 20@ White Sox 3–4 Bere (8–13) Roa (0–1) Hernandez (31) Comiskey Park 17,17193–42L1
136September 22@ Royals 5–3 Hershiser (15–6) Olson (3–3) Mesa (45) Kauffman Stadium 16,56294–42W1
137September 23@ Royals 7–3 Martinez (11–5) Gubicza (11–14)– Kauffman Stadium 23,81695–42W2
138September 24@ Royals 2–4 Appier (15–9) Clark (9–6)– Kauffman Stadium 17,27795–43L1
139September 26@ Twins 4–13 Trombley (4–8) Nagy (15–6)– Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 9,82595–44L2
140September 27@ Twins 9–6 Hill (10–8) Radke (11–14) Mesa (46) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 9,61496–44W1
141September 28@ Twins 12–4 Martinez (12–5) Rodriguez (5–8)– Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 9,44297–44W2
142September 29 Royals 9–2 Hershiser (16–6) Appier (15–10)– Jacobs Field 41,70198–44W3
143September 30 Royals 3–2 (10) Embree (3–2) Montgomery (2–3)– Jacobs Field 41,57899–44W4
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
144October 1 Royals 17–7 Nagy (16–6) Gordon (12–12)– Jacobs Field 41,819100–44W5

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
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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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Tony Peña 9126369.262528
1B Paul Sorrento 10432376.2352579
2B Carlos Baerga 135557175.3141590
3B Jim Thome 137452142.3142573
SS Omar Vizquel 136542144.266656
LF Albert Belle 143546173.31750126
CF Kenny Lofton 118481149.310753
RF Manny Ramirez 137484149.30831107
DH Eddie Murray 113436141.3232182

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Sandy Alomar Jr. 6620361.3001035
Wayne Kirby 10118839.207114
Herb Perry 5216251.315323
Álvaro Espinoza 6614336.252217
Dave Winfield 4611522.19124
Rubén Amaro Jr. 286012.20017
Eddie Tucker 17200.00000
Jesse Levis 12186.33303
Billy Ripken 8177.41223
Brian Giles 695.55613
Jeromy Burnitz 974.57100
David Bell 220.00000

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dennis Martinez 28187.01253.0899
Charles Nagy 29178.01664.55139
Orel Hershiser 26167.11663.87111
Mark Clark 22124.2975.2768
Ken Hill 1274.2413.9848
Bud Black 1147.1426.8534
Joe Roa 16.0016.000

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chad Ogea 20106.1833.0557
Jason Grimsley 1534.0006.0925
Albie Lopez 623.0003.1322

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
José Mesa 6230461.1358
Julián Tavárez 5710202.4468
Eric Plunk 566222.6771
Paul Assenmacher 476202.8240
Jim Poole 423303.7541
Alan Embree 233215.1123
Dennis Cook 110006.3913
Paul Shuey 70204.265
Gregg Olson 300013.500
John Farrell 10003.864

Post season

1995 American League Divisional Playoffs

Cleveland Indians vs. Boston Red Sox

Cleveland wins the series, 3-0

GameScoreDate
1 Boston 4, Cleveland 5October 3, 1995
2 Boston 0, Cleveland 4October 4, 1995
3 Cleveland 8, Boston 2October 6, 1995

Game 1, October 3

Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team12345678910111213 R H E
Boston00200001001004112
Cleveland00000300001015102
WP: Ken Hill (1-0)   LP: Zane Smith (0-1)
Home runs:
BOS: John Valentin (1), Luis Alicea (1), Tim Naehring
CLE: Albert Belle (1), Tony Peña (1)

Game 2, October 4

Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789 R H E
Boston000000000031
Cleveland00002002X442
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-0)   LP: Erik Hanson (0-1)
Home runs:
BOS: None
CLE: Eddie Murray (1)

Game 3, October 6

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland0210050008112
Boston000100010271
WP: Charles Nagy (1-0)   LP: Don Navatsyk (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: Jim Thome (1)
BOS: None

1995 American League Championship Series

Matchups

GameScoreDate
1 Cleveland 2, Seattle 3October 10, 1995
2 Cleveland 5, Seattle 2October 11, 1995
3 Seattle 5, Cleveland 2October 13, 1995
4 Seattle 0, Cleveland 7October 14, 1995
5 Seattle 2, Cleveland 3October 15, 1995
6 Cleveland 4, Seattle 0October 17, 1995

Game 1

October 10: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland0010001002101
Seattle02000010X370
WP: Bob Wolcott (1-0)   LP: Dennis Martínez (0-1)   Sv: Norm Charlton (1)
Home runs:
CLE: Albert Belle (1)
SEA: Mike Blowers (1)

Game 2

October 11: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland0000220105120
Seattle000001001261
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-0)   LP: Tim Belcher (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: Manny Ramírez (2)
SEA: Ken Griffey Jr. (1), Jay Buhner (1)

Game 3

October 13: Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team1234567891011 R H E
Seattle01100000003591
Cleveland00010001000242
WP: Norm Charlton (1-0)   LP: Julián Tavárez (0-1)
Home runs:
SEA: Jay Buhner (2)
CLE: None

Game 4

October 14: Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789 R H E
Seattle000000000061
Cleveland31200100X790
WP: Ken Hill (1-0)   LP: Andy Benes (0-1)
Home runs:
SEA: None
CLE: Eddie Murray (1), Jim Thome (1)

Game 5

October 15: Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789 R H E
Seattle001010000252
Cleveland10000200X3104
WP: Orel Hershiser (2-0)   LP: Chris Bosio (0-1)   Sv: José Mesa (1)
Home runs:
SEA: None
CLE: Jim Thome (1)

Game 6

October 17: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland000010030480
Seattle000000000041
WP: Dennis Martínez (1-1)   LP: Randy Johnson (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: Carlos Baerga (1)
Home: None

1995 World Series

Game 1

October 21, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland100000001220
Atlanta01000020X332
WP: Greg Maddux (1-0)   LP: Orel Hershiser (0-1)
Home runs:
Away: None
ATL: Fred McGriff (1)

Game 2

October 22, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland020000100362
Atlanta00200200X482
WP: Tom Glavine (1-0)   LP: Dennis Martínez (0-1)   Sv: Mark Wohlers (1)
Home runs:
CLE: Eddie Murray (1)
ATL: Javy López (1)

Game 3

October 24, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team1234567891011 R H E
Atlanta100001130006121
Cleveland202000110017122
WP: José Mesa (1-0)   LP: Alejandro Peña (0-1)
Home runs:
ATL: Fred McGriff (2), Ryan Klesko (1)
Home: None

Game 4

October 25, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789 R H E
Atlanta0000013015111
Cleveland000001001260
WP: Steve Avery (1-0)   LP: Ken Hill (0-1)   Sv: Pedro Borbón Jr. (1)
Home runs:
ATL: Ryan Klesko (2)
CLE: Albert Belle (1), Manny Ramírez (1)

Game 5

October 26, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789 R H E
Atlanta000110002470
Cleveland20000201X581
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-1)   LP: Greg Maddux (1-1)   Sv: José Mesa (1)
Home runs:
ATL: Luis Polonia (1), Ryan Klesko (3)
CLE: Albert Belle (2), Jim Thome (1)

Game 6

October 28, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland000000000011
Atlanta00000100X160
WP: Tom Glavine (2-0)   LP: Jim Poole (0-1)   Sv: Mark Wohlers (2)
Home runs:
Away: None
ATL: David Justice (1)

Game log

1995 Postseason Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordRecap
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordRecap
World Series vs. Atlanta Braves – Braves win series 4–2
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordRecap
1October 21@ Braves 2–3 Maddux (1–0) Hershiser (0–1) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 51,8760–1 L1
2October 22@ Braves 3–4 Glavine (1–0) Martínez (0–1) Wohlers (1) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 51,8770–2 L2
3October 24 Braves 7–6 (11) Mesa (1–0) Peña (0–1) Jacobs Field 43,5841–2 W1
4October 25 Braves 2–5 Avery (1–0) Hill (0–1) Borbón Jr. (1) Jacobs Field 43,5781–3 L1
5October 26 Braves 5–4 Hershiser (1–1) Maddux (1–1) Mesa (1) Jacobs Field 43,5952–3 W1
6October 28@ Braves 0–1 Glavine (2–0) Poole (0–1) Wohlers (2) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 51,8752–4 L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Award winners

Hershiser became the Most Valuable Player of the 1995 American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners, and he is the only player to win the League Championship series Most Valuable Player Award in both leagues.

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification levelTeamLeagueSeason article
AAA Buffalo Bisons International League 1995 Buffalo Bisons season
AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League 1995 Canton–Akron Indians season
Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
Short Season A Watertown Indians New York–Penn League
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

References

  1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ↑ Derek Lilliquist at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Paul Byrd at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Torey Lovullo at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Billy Ripken at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ "1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  7. 1 2 1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ Dave Winfield at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Paul Assenmacher at Baseball-Reference
  10. 1 2 Bud Black at Baseball-Reference
  11. ↑ Casey Candaele at Baseball-Reference
  12. ↑ Matt Williams at Baseball-Reference
  13. ↑ Todd Frohwirth at Baseball-Reference
  14. ↑ Ken Hill at Baseball-Reference
  15. 1 2 1995 Cleveland Indians Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com

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