The 1995 Montreal Expos season was the 27th season in franchise history. They finished the season with a record of 66–78, a last place finish and 24 games behind the World Series champion Atlanta Braves.
Offseason March 29, 1995: Greg A. Harris was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.
Spring training The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 19th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.
Regular season June 3, 1995 – Pedro Martínez pitched 9 perfect innings against the San Diego Padres before giving up a hit in the 10th to notorious Expo-killer Bip Roberts over the head of Tony Tarasco in right field. He became the second pitcher in history, after Harvey Haddix, to have a perfect game broken up in extra innings. June 11, 1995 – Rondell White had a career day in Candlestick Park against the San Francisco Giants. White picks up 6 hits and hits for the cycle. A crowd of 22,392 was on hand.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day starters Moisés Alou Shane Andrews Sean Berry Wil Cordero Jeff Fassero Roberto Kelly Tim Laker Mike Lansing Rondell White
Notable transactions April 5, 1995: Ken Hill was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Kirk Bullinger, Bryan Eversgerd, and Da Rond Stovall.Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com April 5, 1995: John Wetteland was traded by the Montreal Expos to the New York Yankees for Fernando Seguignol April 6, 1995: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Atlanta Braves for Tony Tarasco, Esteban Yan, and Roberto Kelly. May 23, 1995: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jeff Treadway to the Montreal Expos for Joey Eischen and Roberto Kelly. June 1, 1995: Pete Laforest was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1995. June 1, 1995: Future Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round (507th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Brady was drafted out of Serra High School. June 9, 1995: Rafael Bournigal was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Kris Foster. July 16, 1995: Dave Silvestri was traded by the New York Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Tyrone Horne (minors).
Roster 1995 Montreal Expos Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Hitting) (Pitching) (Third base) (First base) (Bench)
Player stats = Indicates team leader
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 C Darrin Fletcher 110 350 100 .286 11 45 1B David Segui 97 383 117 .305 10 57 2B Mike Lansing 127 467 119 .255 10 62 SS Wil Cordero 131 514 147 .286 10 49 3B Sean Berry 103 314 100 .318 14 55 LF Moisés Alou 93 344 94 .273 14 58 CF Rondell White 130 474 140 .295 13 57 RF Tony Tarasco 126 438 109 .249 14 40
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 Mark Grudzielanek 78 269 66 .245 1 20 Shane Andrews 84 220 47 .214 8 31 Tim Laker 64 141 33 .234 3 20 F.P. Santangelo 35 98 29 .296 1 9 Roberto Kelly 24 95 26 .274 1 9 Dave Silvestri 39 72 19 .264 2 7 Cliff Floyd 29 69 9 .130 1 8 Lou Frazier 35 63 12 .190 0 3 Curtis Pride 48 63 11 .175 0 2 Henry Rodriguez 24 58 12 .207 1 5 Jeff Treadway 41 50 12 .240 0 10 Yamil Benítez 14 39 15 .385 2 7 Tim Spehr 41 35 9 .257 1 3 Tom Foley 11 24 5 .208 0 2 Chad Fonville 14 12 4 .333 0 0 Joe Siddall 7 10 3 .300 0 1
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 Pedro Martínez 30 194.2 14 10 3.51 174 Jeff Fassero 30 189.0 13 14 4.33 164 Carlos Pérez 28 141.1 10 8 3.69 106 Butch Henry 21 126.2 7 9 2.84 60 Kirk Rueter 9 47.1 5 3 3.23 28 Tavo Álvarez 8 37.1 1 5 6.75 17
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 Gil Heredia 40 119.0 5 6 4.31 74 Ugueth Urbina 7 23.1 2 2 6.17 15
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 Mel Rojas 59 1 4 30 4.12 61 Tim Scott 62 2 0 2 3.98 57 Jeff Shaw 50 1 6 3 4.62 45 Greg A. Harris 45 2 3 0 2.61 47 Luis Aquino 29 0 2 2 3.86 22 Dave Leiper 26 0 2 2 2.86 12 Bryan Eversgerd 25 0 0 0 5.14 8 Willie Fraser 22 2 1 2 5.61 12 Gabe White 19 1 2 0 7.01 25 Curt Schmidt 11 0 0 0 6.97 7 Reid Cornelius 8 0 0 0 8.00 4 José DeLeón 7 0 1 0 7.56 12 J. J. Thobe 4 0 0 0 9.00 0
Award winners
1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Carlos Pérez, pitcher, reserve
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: OttawaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1995 Montreal Expos at Baseball Reference 1995 Montreal Expos at Baseball Almanac