1995 New York Yankees season

1995 New York Yankees
1995 AL Wild Card
Derek Jeter's MLB Debut
Don Mattingly's Final Season
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s) George Steinbrenner
General manager(s) Gene Michael
Manager(s) Buck Showalter
Local television WPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, Paul Olden)
MSG
(Jim Kaat, Dave Cohen, Al Trautwig)
Local radio WABC (AM)
(Michael Kay, John Sterling)
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The New York Yankees' 1995 season was the 93rd season for the Yankees, their 71st playing home games at Yankee Stadium. Managed by Buck Showalter, the team finished with a record of 79-65, seven games behind the Boston Red Sox. They won the first American League Wild Card. In the playoffs, they would lose a 2-0 series lead and succumb to the Mariners in the fifth game.

Offseason

Regular season

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 —

Transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1995 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Death of Mickey Mantle

Shortly before his death, Mantle videotaped a message to be played on Old-Timers' Day, which he was too ill to attend. He said, "When I die, I wanted on my tombstone, 'A great teammate.' But I didn't think it would be this soon." The words were indeed carved on the plaque marking his resting place at the family mausoleum in Dallas.

Mantle received a liver transplant at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, on June 8, 1995, after his liver had been damaged by years of chronic alcoholism, cirrhosis and hepatitis C. In July, he had recovered enough to deliver a press conference at Baylor, and noted that many fans had looked to him as a role model. "This is a role model: Don't be like me", he said. He also established the Mickey Mantle Foundation to raise awareness for organ donations. Soon, he was back in the hospital, where it was found that his liver cancer spread throughout his body.

Mickey Mantle died on August 13, 1995, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He was 63 years old. During the first Yankee home game after Mantle's passing, Eddie Layton played "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on the Hammond organ at Yankee Stadium because Mickey had once told him it was his favorite song. The Yankees played the rest of the season with black mourning bands topped by a small number 7 on their left sleeves.

Phil Rizzuto, angered over the refusal of television station WPIX to give him a day off to attend his former teammate's funeral, abruptly resigned from his play-by-play announcing job with the station on August 19. He would return to call a partial schedule for the station in 1996 before retiring for good.

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 Mike Stanley 118 399 107 .268 18 83
1B Don Mattingly 128 458 132 .288 7 49
2B Pat Kelly 89 270 64 .237 4 29
3B Wade Boggs 126 460 149 .324 5 63
SS Tony Fernandez 108 304 94 .245 5 39
LF Luis Polonia 67 238 62 .261 2 15
CF Bernie Williams 144 563 173 .307 18 82
RF Paul O'Neill 127 460 138 .300 22 96
DH Rubén Sierra 56 215 56 .260 7 44

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Derek Jeter 15 48 12 .250 0 7

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player GS IP W L ERA SO
Jack McDowell 30 217.2 15 10 3.93 157
Andy Pettitte 26 175.0 12 9 4.17 114
Sterling Hitchcock 27 168.1 11 10 4.70 121
David Cone 13 99.0 9 2 3.82 89
Scott Kamieniecki 16 89.2 7 6 4.01 43
Mélido Pérez 12 69.1 5 5 5.58 44

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

ALDS

GameScoreDate
1Seattle 6, New York 9Oct 3, 1995
2Seattle 5, New York 7Oct 4, 1995
3New York 4, Seattle 7Oct 6, 1995
4New York 8, Seattle 11Oct 7, 1995
5New York 5, Seattle 6Oct 8, 1995

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bill Evers
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Jimmy Johnson
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Jake Gibbs
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Trey Hillman
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Rob Thomson
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Héctor López

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References

  1. ↑ Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fernato01.shtml
  3. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jeterde01.shtml
  4. ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199505290SEA
  5. ↑ 3 Pitch Inning
  6. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velarra01.shtml
  7. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml
  8. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elsteke01.shtml
  9. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maaske01.shtml
  10. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/silveda01.shtml
  11. ↑ David Cone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ Danny Tartabull Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ↑ Luis Polonia Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  14. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdondo01.shtml
  15. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1995&round=26&draft_type=junreg
  16. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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