The 1995 California Angels season was the 35th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 30th in Anaheim, and their 30th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished in second place in the American League West with a record of 78 wins and 67 losses.
The 1995 Angels went through statistically the worst late-season collapse in Major League Baseball history. On August 16, they held a 10½-game lead over the Texas Rangers and an 11½-game lead over the Seattle Mariners, but suffered through a late season slump, including a nine-game losing streak from August 25 to September 3. They were still atop the division, leading Seattle by 6 games and Texas by 7½, when a second nine-game losing streak from September 13 to 23 dropped them out of first place. The Angels rebounded to win the last five scheduled games to tie Seattle for the division lead, forcing a one-game playoff to determine the division champion. Mariners ace Randy Johnson led his team to a 9–1 triumph over Angel hurler Mark Langston in the tiebreaker game, ending the Angels' season.1995 California Angels from Baseball-Reference.com It was the closest the Angels would come to reaching the postseason between 1986 and 2002.
Offseason December 6, 1994: Rex Hudler was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. December 14, 1994: Lee Smith was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Lee Smith Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 13, 1995: Tony Phillips was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Chad Curtis.Tony Phillips Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com April 18, 1995: Scott Sanderson was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Scott Sanderson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com April 18, 1995: Mike Bielecki was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. April 26, 1995: Ricky Jordan was signed as a free agent with the California Angels. June 1, 1995: Darin Erstad was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 1995.Darin Erstad Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com July 9, 1995: Mark Sweeney was traded by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Habyan. July 27, 1995: Jim Abbott was traded by the Chicago White Sox with Tim Fortugno to the California Angels for McKay Christensen, John Snyder, Andrew Lorraine, and Bill Simas.Jim Abbott Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com August 24, 1995: Mike Aldrete was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the California Angels for Demond Smith (minors).Mike Aldrete Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 1995 California Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (Bullpen) (Third Base) (Hitting) (Pitching) (Bench) (Assistant) (First Base)
Player stats = Indicates team leader
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 Jorge Fábregas 73 227 56 .247 1 22 1B J. T. Snow 143 544 157 .289 24 102 2B Damion Easley 114 357 77 .216 4 35 3B Tony Phillips 139 525 137 .261 27 61 SS Gary DiSarcina 99 362 111 .307 5 41 LF Garret Anderson 106 374 120 .321 16 69 CF Jim Edmonds 141 558 162 .290 33 107 RF Tim Salmon 143 537 177 .330 34 105 DH Chili Davis 119 424 135 .318 20 86
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 Greg Myers 85 273 71 .260 9 38 Rex Hudler 84 223 59 .265 6 27 Spike Owen 82 218 50 .229 1 28 Andy Allanson 35 82 14 .171 3 10 Eduardo Pérez 29 71 12 .169 1 7 Carlos Martínez 26 61 11 .180 1 9 José Lind 15 43 7 .163 0 1 Mike Aldrete 18 24 6 .250 0 3 Rod Correia 14 21 5 .238 0 3 Orlando Palmeiro 15 20 7 .350 0 1 Dick Schofield 12 20 5 .250 0 2 Rene Gonzales 30 18 6 .333 1 3 Dave Gallagher 11 16 3 .188 0 0 Mark Dalesandro 11 10 1 .100 0 0 Chris Turner 5 10 1 .100 0 1 Kevin Flora 2 1 0 .000 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 Chuck Finley 32 203.0 15 12 4.21 195 Mark Langston 31 200.1 15 7 4.63 142 Shawn Boskie 20 111.2 7 7 5.64 51 Brian Anderson 18 99.2 6 8 5.87 45 Jim Abbott 13 84.2 5 4 4.15 41 Scott Sanderson 7 39.1 1 3 4.12 23
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 Mike Bielecki 22 75.1 4 6 5.97 45 Mike Harkey 12 61.1 4 3 4.55 28 Russ Springer 19 51.2 1 2 6.10 38
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 Lee Smith 52 0 5 37 3.47 43 Troy Percival 62 3 2 3 1.95 94 Bob Patterson 62 5 2 0 3.04 41 Mike James 46 3 0 1 3.88 36 Mike Butcher 40 6 1 0 4.73 29 John Habyan 28 1 2 0 4.13 25 Mitch Williams 20 1 2 0 6.75 9 Mark Holzemer 12 0 1 0 5.40 5 Rich Monteleone 9 1 0 0 2.00 5 Ken Edenfield 7 0 0 0 4.26 6 Erik Bennett 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Award winners Jim Abbott, Hutch Award Tim Salmon, Silver Slugger Award
1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Gary DiSarcina, shortstop, reserve Jim Edmonds, outfield, reserve Chuck Finley, pitcher, reserve Lee Smith, pitcher, reserve
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: BoiseJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
External links 1995 California Angels at Baseball Reference 1995 California Angels at Baseball Almanac