1995 Toronto Blue Jays season
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Owner(s) |
Interbrew, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
General manager(s) | Gord Ash |
Manager(s) | Cito Gaston |
Local television |
CBC Television (Brian Williams, Tommy Hutton) ONT (Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez) |
Local radio |
CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek) |
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The 1995 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's nineteenth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 56 wins and 88 losses.
Offseason
- October 11, 1994: Dave Righetti was released by the Blue Jays.[1]
- December 5, 1994: Rob Butler was sent by the Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.[2]
- December 14, 1994: Danny Cox was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[3]
- January 18, 1995: Scott Bailes was released by the Toronto Blue Jays.[4]
Regular season
Season standings
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
- April 6, 1995: Chris Stynes, David Sinnes (minors), and Tony Medrano (minors) were traded by the Blue Jays to the Kansas City Royals for David Cone.[5]
- April 10, 1995: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[6]
- April 12, 1995: Candy Maldonado was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[7]
- April 24, 1995: Frank Viola was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[8]
- April 26, 1995: Aaron Small was traded by the Blue Jays to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Marlins completed the deal by sending Ernie Delgado (minors) to the Blue Jays on September 19.[9]
- June 1, 1995: 1995 Major League Baseball draft
- Roy Halladay was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (17th pick). Player signed June 30, 1995.[10]
- Ryan Freel was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 10th round.[11]
- July 18, 1995: Danny Darwin was released by the Blue Jays.[6]
- July 25, 1995: Frank Viola was released by the Blue Jays.[8]
- July 28, 1995: David Cone was traded by the Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis (minors), and Mike Gordon (minors).[5]
- August 1, 1995: Wally Whitehurst was signed as a free agent with the Blue Jays.[12]
- August 31, 1995: Candy Maldonado was sent by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.[7]
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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 |
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C | Sandy Martínez | 62 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 2 | 25 |
1B | John Olerud | 135 | 492 | 143 | .291 | 8 | 54 |
2B | Roberto Alomar | 130 | 517 | 155 | .300 | 13 | 66 |
SS | Alex Gonzalez | 111 | 367 | 89 | .243 | 10 | 42 |
3B | Ed Sprague | 144 | 521 | 127 | .244 | 18 | 74 |
LF | Joe Carter | 139 | 558 | 141 | .253 | 25 | 76 |
CF | Devon White | 101 | 427 | 121 | .283 | 10 | 53 |
RF | Shawn Green | 121 | 379 | 109 | .288 | 15 | 54 |
DH | Paul Molitor | 130 | 525 | 142 | .270 | 15 | 60 |
Other batters
Note: 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 |
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C | Lance Parrish | 70 | 178 | 36 | .202 | 4 | 22 |
OF | Candy Maldonado | 61 | 160 | 43 | .269 | 7 | 25 |
CF | Mike Huff | 61 | 138 | 32 | .232 | 1 | 9 |
IF | Domingo Cedeño | 51 | 161 | 38 | .236 | 4 | 14 |
C | Randy Knorr | 45 | 132 | 28 | .212 | 3 | 16 |
SS | Tomás Pérez | 41 | 98 | 24 | .245 | 1 | 8 |
UT | Carlos Delgado | 37 | 99 | 15 | .165 | 3 | 11 |
OF | Robert Pérez | 17 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 1 | 3 |
OF | Shannon Stewart | 12 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 1 |
UT | Howard Battle | 9 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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David Cone | 17 | 130.1 | 9 | 6 | 3.38 | 102 |
Al Leiter | 28 | 183.0 | 11 | 11 | 3.64 | 153 |
Paul Menhart | 21 | 78.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.92 | 50 |
Pat Hentgen | 30 | 200.2 | 10 | 14 | 5.11 | 135 |
Edwin Hurtado | 14 | 77.2 | 5 | 2 | 5.45 | 33 |
Jeff Ware | 5 | 26.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.47 | 18 |
Juan Guzmán | 24 | 135.1 | 4 | 14 | 6.32 | 94 |
Giovanni Carrara | 12 | 48.2 | 2 | 4 | 7.21 | 27 |
Danny Darwin | 13 | 65.0 | 1 | 8 | 7.62 | 36 |
Relief pitchers
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mike Timlin | 31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2.14 | 36 |
Tim Crabtree | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.09 | 21 |
Tony Castillo | 55 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3.22 | 38 |
Ken Robinson | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.69 | 31 |
Woody Williams | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.69 | 41 |
Darren Hall | 17 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.41 | 11 |
Jimmy Rogers | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.70 | 13 |
Ricardo Jordan | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.60 | 10 |
Danny Cox | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.40 | 38 |
Brad Cornett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |
Duane Ward | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 |
Award winners
- Roberto Alomar, Gold Glove Award
- Devon White, Gold Glove Award
- Roberto Alomar, 2B
Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
References
- ↑ Dave Righetti at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Rob Butler at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Danny Cox at Baseball Reference
- ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bailesc01.shtm
- 1 2 David Cone at Baseball Reference
- 1 2 Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
- 1 2 Candy Maldonado at Baseball Reference
- 1 2 Frank Viola at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Aaron Small at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Roy Halladay at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Ryan Freel at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Wally Whitehurst at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
- 1995 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
- 1995 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac
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Preceded by 1994 Toronto Blue Jays season |
1995 Toronto Blue Jays Season 1995 |
Succeeded by 1996 Toronto Blue Jays season |
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