1995 Detroit Tigers season

The 1995 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League Eastern Division 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.

1995 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersJoe Klein
ManagersSparky Anderson
Local televisionWKBD
(George Kell, Al Kaline, Jim Price)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)
Local radioWJR
(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen)
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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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8658 0.597 — 42–30 44–28
New York Yankees 7965 0.549 7 46–26 33–39
Baltimore Orioles 7173 0.493 15 36–36 35–37
Detroit Tigers 6084 0.417 26 35–37 25–47
Toronto Blue Jays 5688 0.389 30 29–43 27–45

Record vs. opponents
1995 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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
Gabe Kapler
  • April 3, 1995: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[2]
  • April 7, 1995: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[3]
  • April 7, 1995: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[4]
  • April 13, 1995: Tony Phillips was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Chad Curtis.[5]
  • April 17, 1995: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[6]
  • June 1, 1995: Mark Mulder was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 55th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.[7]
  • 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.[8]
  • 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.[9]
  • 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.[10]
  • 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.[6]

Roster
1995 Detroit Tigers
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
CJohn Flaherty11222656.248422
1BCecil Fielder13637694.2502772
2BLou Whitaker8424973.2931444
3BTravis Fryman144567156.2751581
SSChris Gomez12343196.2231150
LFBobby Higginson13141092.2241443
CFChad Curtis144586157.2682167
RFDanny Bautista8927155.203727
DHKirk Gibson7022759.260935

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
Alan Trammell7422360.269223
Scott Fletcher6718242.231117
Juan Samuel7617148.2811034
Ron Tingley5412428.226418
Franklin Stubbs6211629.250219
Tony Clark2710124.238311
Phil Nevin299621.219212
Milt Cuyler418818.20505
Derrick White39489.18802
Todd Steverson304211.26226
Steve Rodriguez12316.19400
Rudy Pemberton12309.30003
Joe Hall7152.13300
Shannon Penn393.33300

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
Sean Bergman28135.17105.1286
Mike Moore25132.25157.5364
David Wells18130.11033.0483
José Lima1573.2396.1137
C. J. Nitkowski1139.1147.0913
Clint Sodowsky623.1225.0114
Pat Ahearne410.00211.704

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
Felipe Lira37146.19134.3189
Brian Bohanon52105.2115.5463

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
Mike Henneman2901181.5324
Joe Boever605736.3971
John Doherty485965.1046
Brian Maxcy414506.8820
Mike Christopher364013.8234
Buddy Groom231317.5223
Kevin Wickander210012.609
Ben Blomdahl140017.7715
Mike Myers111009.954
Greg Gohr101000.8712
Dwayne Henry101056.239
Mike Gardiner900014.597
Sean Whiteside200014.732

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[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. 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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