The 1995 New York Mets season was the 34th regular season for the Mets. They went 69–75 and finished second in the National League East, twenty-one games behind the first place Atlanta Braves. The Mets were managed by Dallas Green. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason November 18, 1994: Paul Byrd was traded by the Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later, Jerry Dipoto, and Dave Mlicki to the New York Mets for Jeromy Burnitz and Joe Roa. The Cleveland Indians sent Jesus Azuaje (minors) (December 6, 1994) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 7, 1994: Jarvis Brown was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.

Regular season Although the Mets failed to finish above .500 for the fourth consecutive season, their second-place finish was the highest they had placed since 1990. Despite their sub-.500 finish, the Mets were the only team to post a winning season series against the division- and league-champion Braves, going 8–5 against them, and they finished the year with a positive run differential of +39 (657 runs scored, 618 allowed).

After three and a half seasons, the Mets parted ways with Bobby Bonilla. The former All-Star turned lightning rod for fan criticism was dealt to the Baltimore Orioles at the trade deadline. Shortly thereafter, the Mets traded their other big acquisition from the infamous 1991–92 offseason and sent pitcher Bret Saberhagen to the Colorado Rockies.

1995 saw the emergence of Rico Brogna, to that point a backup infielder, as a major contributor to the Mets lineup. Installed as the team's first baseman, Brogna led the team with a .289 average while recording 22 home runs and 79 RBI. Second baseman Jeff Kent continued to provide power as he once again reached the 20-home run mark. José Vizcaíno led the team in hits and posted a .287 average. As far as starting pitching went, there was not as much positive to say. Bobby Jones' 10 wins led the team and Dave Mlicki's 9–7 record was the only other plus-.500 mark among Met starters.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day roster Bobby Bonilla Rico Brogna Brett Butler Carl Everett Todd Hundley Jeff Kent Bret Saberhagen David Segui José Vizcaíno1995 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac

Transactions April 11, 1995: Brett Butler signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.Brett Butler Statistics Baseball-Reference.com May 29, 1995: Jarvis Brown was released by the New York Mets. June 1, 1995: Aaron Rowand was drafted by the New York Mets in the 40th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign. June 5, 1995: Josías Manzanillo was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the New York Mets. July 28, 1995: Bobby Bonilla was traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Damon Buford and Alex Ochoa. The New York Mets sent Jimmy Williams (minors) (August 16, 1995) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 31, 1995: Bret Saberhagen was traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies for Juan Acevedo and Arnold Gooch (minors). The New York Mets sent David Swanson (minors) (August 4, 1995) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.Bret Saberhagen Statistics Baseball-Reference.com August 18, 1995: Brett Butler was traded by the New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dwight Maness (minors) and Scott Hunter (minors).

Roster 1995 New York Mets Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats Batting 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 Todd Hundley 90 275 77 .280 15 51 1B Rico Brogna 134 495 143 .289 22 76 2B Jeff Kent 125 472 131 .278 20 65 SS José Vizcaíno 135 509 146 .287 3 56 3B Edgardo Alfonzo 101 335 93 .278 4 41 LF Joe Orsulak 108 290 82 .283 1 37 CF Brett Butler 90 367 114 .311 1 25 RF Carl Everett 79 289 75 .260 12 54

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 Bobby Bonilla 80 317 103 .325 18 53 Ryan Thompson 75 267 67 .251 7 31 Kelly Stinnett 77 196 43 .219 4 18 Chris Jones 79 182 51 .280 8 31 Tim Bogar 78 145 42 .290 1 21 Damon Buford 44 136 32 .235 4 12 Butch Huskey 28 90 17 .189 3 11 David Segui 33 73 24 .329 2 11 Bill Spiers 63 72 15 .208 0 11 Ricky Otero 35 51 7 .137 0 1 Alex Ochoa 11 37 11 .297 0 0 Aaron Ledesma 21 33 8 .242 0 3 Alberto Castillo 13 29 3 .103 0 0 Jeff Barry 15 15 2 .133 0 0 Brook Fordyce 4 2 1 .500 0 0

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 Bobby Jones 30 195.2 10 10 4.19 127 Dave Mlicki 29 160.2 9 7 4.26 123 Bill Pulsipher 17 126.2 5 7 3.98 81 Pete Harnisch 18 110.0 2 8 3.68 82 Bret Saberhagen 16 110.0 5 5 3.35 71 Jason Isringhausen 14 93.0 9 2 2.81 55 Reid Cornelius 10 57.2 3 7 5.15 35 Mike Birkbeck 4 27.2 0 1 1.63 14 Jason Jacome 5 21.0 0 4 10.29 11

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 Dave Telgheder 7 25.2 1 2 5.61 16 Robert Person 3 12.0 1 0 0.75 10

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 John Franco 48 5 3 29 2.44 41 Jerry Dipoto 58 4 6 2 3.78 49 Doug Henry 51 3 6 4 2.96 62 Blas Minor 35 4 2 1 3.66 43 Eric Gunderson 30 1 1 0 3.70 19 Paul Byrd 17 2 0 0 2.05 26 Don Florence 14 3 0 0 1.50 5 Pete Walker 13 1 0 0 4.58 5 Josías Manzanillo 12 1 2 0 7.88 14 Kevin Lomon 6 0 1 0 6.75 6 Mike Remlinger 5 0 1 0 6.35 6

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Bobby Bonilla, Third Base, Reserve

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: KingsportJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links

1995 New York Mets at Baseball Reference 1995 New York Mets team page at www.baseball-almanac.com