1995 Detroit Tigers season

1995 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (since 1912)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)	Joe Klein
Manager(s)	Sparky Anderson
Local television	WKBD (George Kell, Al Kaline, Jim Price) PASS (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)
Local radio	WJR (Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen)
< Previous season     Next season  >

The 1995 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 60–84 (.417).

Regular season

This was legendary manager Sparky Anderson's final year. Although the team fielded a respectable lineup, 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 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 perpetual free fall, winning just 23 of 74 games. The Tigers drew 1,180,979 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1995, ranking 11th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	86	58	0.597	—	42–30	44–28
New York Yankees	79	65	0.549	7	46–26	33–39
Baltimore Orioles	71	73	0.493	15	36–36	35–37
Detroit Tigers	60	84	0.417	26	35–37	25–47
Toronto Blue Jays	56	88	0.389	30	29–43	27–45

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League Records Sources:
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.^[1]
• April 7, 1995: Joe Boever was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[2]
• April 7, 1995: Kirk Gibson was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[3]
• April 13, 1995: Tony Phillips was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Chad Curtis.^[4]
• April 17, 1995: Juan Samuel was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[5]
• June 1, 1995: Mark Mulder was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 55th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 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.^[8]
• 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.^[9]
• 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.^[5]

Roster

1995 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 27 Pat Ahearne 43 Sean Bergman 26 Ben Blomdahl 37 Joe Boever 49 Brian Bohanon 33 Mike Christopher 44 John Doherty 46 Mike Gardiner 34 Greg Gohr 42 Buddy Groom 39 Mike Henneman 38 Dwayne Henry 32 José Lima 40 Felipe Lira 15 Brian Maxcy 21 Mike Moore 27 Mike Myers 36 C. J. Nitkowski 46 Clint Sodowsky 16 David Wells 30 Sean Whiteside 38 Kevin Wickander		Catchers 12 John Flaherty 25 Ron Tingley Infielders 17 Tony Clark 45 Cecil Fielder 10 Scott Fletcher 24 Travis Fryman 35 Chris Gomez  7 Shannon Penn 41 Steve Rodriguez  8 Juan Samuel 19,39 Franklin Stubbs  3 Alan Trammell  1 Lou Whitaker 20 Derrick White		Outfielders 29 Danny Bautista  9 Chad Curtis 22 Milt Cuyler 23 Kirk Gibson 28 Joe Hall  4 Bobby Higginson 42 Phil Nevin 18 Rudy Pemberton 13 Todd Steverson		Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 31 Larry Herndon 54 Jeff Jones (bullpen) 52 Gene Roof 53 Dick Tracewski 51 Ralph Treuel

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	Flaherty, JohnJohn Flaherty	112	226	56	.248	4	22
1B	Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder	136	376	94	.250	27	72
2B	Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker	84	249	73	.293	14	44
3B	Fryman, TravisTravis Fryman	144	567	156	.275	15	81
SS	Gomez, ChrisChris Gomez	123	431	96	.223	11	50
LF	Higginson, BobbyBobby Higginson	131	410	92	.224	14	43
CF	Curtis, ChadChad Curtis	144	586	157	.268	21	67
RF	Bautista, DannyDanny Bautista	89	271	55	.203	7	27
DH	Gibson, KirkKirk 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
Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell	74	223	60	.269	2	23
Fletcher, ScottScott Fletcher	67
Samuel, JuanJuan Samuel	76
Tingley, RonRon Tingley	54
Stubbs, FranklinFranklin Stubbs	62
Clark, TonyTony Clark	27
Nevin, PhilPhil Nevin	29
Cuyler, MiltMilt Cuyler	41
White, DerrickDerrick White	39	48	9	.188	0	2
Steverson, ToddTodd Steverson	30
Rodriguez, SteveSteve Rodriguez	12
Pemberton, RudyRudy Pemberton	12
Hall, JoeJoe Hall	7
Penn, ShannonShannon Penn	3

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
Bergman, SeanSean Bergman
Moore, MikeMike Moore
Wells, DavidDavid Wells
Lima, JoséJosé Lima
Nitkowski, C. J.C. J. Nitkowski
Sodowsky, ClintClint Sodowsky
Ahearne, PatPat Ahearne	4	10	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
Lira, FelipeFelipe Lira
Bohanon, BrianBrian Bohanon

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
Henneman, MikeMike Henneman
Boever, JoeJoe Boever	60	5	7	3	6.39	71
Doherty, JohnJohn Doherty
Maxcy, BrianBrian Maxcy
Christopher, MikeMike Christopher
Groom, BuddyBuddy Groom
Wickander, KevinKevin Wickander
Blomdahl, BenBen Blomdahl
Myers, MikeMike Myers
Gohr, GregGreg Gohr
Henry, DwayneDwayne Henry
Gardiner, MikeMike Gardiner
Whiteside, SeanSean Whiteside

Farm system

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

^[10]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boevejo01.shtml
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsoki01.shtml
4. Tony Phillips Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
5. Juan Samuel Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
6. Mark Mulder Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
7. Gabe Kapler Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
8. http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml
9. http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hennemi01.shtml
10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1995 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference