1995 Chicago Cubs season

The 1995 Chicago Cubs season was the 124th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 120th in the National League and the 80th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League Central with a record of 73–71. This season also marks the 50th anniversary of their last National league pennant of 1945.

1995 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record73–71 (.507)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersTribune Company
General managersEd Lynch
ManagersJim Riggleman
Local televisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN/CLTV
(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Thom Brennaman)
Local radioWGN
(Thom Brennaman, Ron Santo, Harry Caray)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason
  • December 2, 1994: Dave Otto was released by the Chicago Cubs.[1]

Regular season

The Cubs pitching staff did well during the regular season, leading all 28 teams in shutouts, with 12.[2]

Season standings
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 8559 0.590 — 44–28 41–31
Houston Astros 7668 0.528 9 36–36 40–32
Chicago Cubs 7371 0.507 12 34–38 39–33
St. Louis Cardinals 6281 0.434 22½ 39–33 23–48
Pittsburgh Pirates 5886 0.403 27 31–41 27–45

Record vs. opponents
1995 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–48–59–410–36–65–49–45–87–64–25–27–17–5
Chicago 4–8—3–76–78–45–87–53–54–36–18–55–75–79–4
Cincinnati 5–87–3—5–76–612–14–38–47–59–38–53–63–38–5
Colorado 4–97–67–5—5–74–44–97–15–44–28–49–48–55–7
Florida 3–104–86–67–5—8–43–76–77–66–75–83–25–34–3
Houston 6–68–51–124–44–8—3–29–36–65–79–47–45–39–4
Los Angeles 4–55–73–49–47–32–3—7–56–64–99–47–68–57–5
Montreal 4–95–34–81–77–63–95–7—7–68–54–47–57–64–3
New York 8–53–45–74–56–76–66–66–7—7–64–36–75–83–4
Philadelphia 6-71–63–92–47–67–59–45–86–7—6–36–66–65–4
Pittsburgh 2–45–85–84–88–54–94–94–43–43–6—4–86–66–7
San Diego 2–57–56–34–92–34–76–75–77–66–68–4—6–77–5
San Francisco 1–77–53–35–83–53–55–86–78–56–66–67–6—7–6
St. Louis 5–74–95–87–53–44-95–73–44–34–57–65–76–7—

Notable transactions
  • April 5, 1995: Brian McRae was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Derek Wallace and Geno Morones (minors).[3]
  • May 24, 1995: Felix Jose was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[4]
  • May 26, 1995: Karl Rhodes was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago Cubs.[5]
  • June 1, 1995: Kerry Wood was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 1995.[6]
  • June 1, 1995: Felix Jose was released by the Chicago Cubs.[4]

Roster
1995 Chicago Cubs roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CScott Servais5217550.2861235
1BMark Grace143552180.3261692
2BRey Sánchez114428119.278327
SSShawon Dunston127477141.2961469
3BTodd Zeile7929968.227930
LFLuis Gonzalez7726276.290734
CFBrian McRae137580167.2881248
RFSammy Sosa144564151.26836119

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
José Hernández9324560.2451340
Ozzie Timmons7717145.263828
Howard Johnson8716933.195722
Rick Wilkins5016231.191614
Scott Bullett10415041.273322
Steve Buechele3210620.18919
Todd Haney257330.41126
Todd Pratt25608.13304
Joe Kmak195313.24516
Kevin Roberson32387.18446
Mark Parent12328.25035
Mike Hubbard15234.17401
Matt Franco16175.29401
Tuffy Rhodes13162.12502

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
Jaime Navarro29200.11463.28128
Frank Castillo29188.011103.21135
Kevin Foster30167.212114.51146
Steve Trachsel30160.27135.15117
Jim Bullinger24150.01284.1493
Mike Morgan424.2212.1915

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
Randy Myers5712383.8859
Mike Pérez682623.6649
Turk Wendell433104.9250
Mike Walker421313.2220
Larry Casian421001.9311
Bryan Hickerson382316.8228
Chris Nabholz340105.4021
Anthony Young323423.7015
Terry Adams181116.5015
Willie Banks1001015.439
Rich Garcés70003.276
Dave Swartzbaugh70000.005
Roberto Rivera70005.402
Tom Edens51006.002
Tanyon Sturtze20009.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Ron Clark
AA Orlando Cubs Southern League Bruce Kimm
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Dave Trembley
A Rockford Cubbies Midwest League Steve Roadcap
A-Short Season Williamsport Cubs New York–Penn League Oneri Fleita
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Sandy Alomar Sr.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Daytona[7]

References
  1. "Dave Otto Stats".
  2. "1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  3. Brian McRae Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "Felix Jose Stats".
  5. "Tuffy Rhodes Stats".
  6. "Kerry Wood Stats".
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997


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