1995 Detroit Tigers season

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1995  Detroit Tigers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Tiger Stadium
City Detroit, Michigan
Owners Mike Ilitch
General managers Joe Klein
Managers Sparky Anderson
Television WKBD
(George Kell, Al Kaline, Jim Price)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)
Radio WJR
(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen)
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The 1995 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 95th season and the 84th season at Tiger Stadium. The 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.

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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 8658.597—42‍–‍3044‍–‍28
New York Yankees 7965.549746‍–‍2633‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles 7173.4931536‍–‍3635‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 6084.4172635‍–‍3725‍–‍47
Toronto Blue Jays 5688.3893029‍–‍4327‍–‍45

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

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Gabe Kapler

Roster

1995 Detroit Tigers
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Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 John Flaherty 11222656.248422
1B Cecil Fielder 13637694.2502772
2B Lou Whitaker 8424973.2931444
3B Travis Fryman 144567156.2751581
SS Chris Gomez 12343196.2231150
LF Bobby Higginson 13141092.2241443
CF Chad Curtis 144586157.2682167
RF Danny Bautista 8927155.203727
DH Kirk Gibson 7022759.260935

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Alan Trammell 7422360.269223
Scott Fletcher 6718242.231117
Juan Samuel 7617148.2811034
Ron Tingley 5412428.226418
Franklin Stubbs 6211629.250219
Tony Clark 2710124.238311
Phil Nevin 299621.219212
Milt Cuyler 418818.20505
Derrick White 39489.18802
Todd Steverson 304211.26226
Steve Rodriguez 12316.19400
Rudy Pemberton 12309.30003
Joe Hall 7152.13300
Shannon Penn 393.33300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sean Bergman 28135.17105.1286
Mike Moore 25132.25157.5364
David Wells 18130.11033.0483
José Lima 1573.2396.1137
C. J. Nitkowski 1139.1147.0913
Clint Sodowsky 623.1225.0114
Pat Ahearne 410.00211.704

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Felipe Lira 37146.19134.3189
Brian Bohanon 52105.2115.5463

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mike Henneman 2901181.5324
Joe Boever 605736.3971
John Doherty 485965.1046
Brian Maxcy 414506.8820
Mike Christopher 364013.8234
Buddy Groom 231317.5223
Kevin Wickander 210012.609
Ben Blomdahl 140017.7715
Mike Myers 111009.954
Greg Gohr 101000.8712
Dwayne Henry 101056.239
Mike Gardiner 900014.597
Sean Whiteside 200014.732

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

[11]

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. 1 2 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
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