The 1995 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 95th season and the 84th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East 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.
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.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
April 3, 1995: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers. April 7, 1995: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers. April 7, 1995: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers. 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 17, 1995: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.Juan Samuel Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com June 1, 1995: Mark Mulder was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 55th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.Mark Mulder Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com 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.Gabe Kapler Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com 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. 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. 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.
Roster 1995 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches (Hitting) (Bullpen) (First base) (Third base) (Pitching)
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 112 226 56 .248 4 22 1B 136 376 94 .250 27 72 2B 84 249 73 .293 14 44 3B 144 567 156 .275 15 81 SS 123 431 96 .223 11 50 LF 131 410 92 .224 14 43 CF 144 586 157 .268 21 67 RF 89 271 55 .203 7 27 DH 70 227 59 .260 9 35
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 74 223 60 .269 2 23 67 182 42 .231 1 17 76 171 48 .281 10 34 54 124 28 .226 4 18 62 116 29 .250 2 19 27 101 24 .238 3 11 29 96 21 .219 2 12 41 88 18 .205 0 5 39 48 9 .188 0 2 30 42 11 .262 2 6 12 31 6 .194 0 0 12 30 9 .300 0 3 7 15 2 .133 0 0 3 9 3 .333 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 28 135.1 7 10 5.12 86 25 132.2 5 15 7.53 64 18 130.1 10 3 3.04 83 15 73.2 3 9 6.11 37 11 39.1 1 4 7.09 13 6 23.1 2 2 5.01 14 4 10.0 0 2 11.70 4
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 37 146.1 9 13 4.31 89 52 105.2 1 1 5.54 63
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 29 0 1 18 1.53 24 60 5 7 3 6.39 71 48 5 9 6 5.10 46 41 4 5 0 6.88 20 36 4 0 1 3.82 34 23 1 3 1 7.52 23 21 0 0 1 2.60 9 14 0 0 1 7.77 15 11 1 0 0 9.95 4 10 1 0 0 0.87 12 10 1 0 5 6.23 9 9 0 0 0 14.59 7 2 0 0 0 14.73 2
Awards and honors All-Star Game
David Wells, Pitcher, Reserve (First All-Star appearance)
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
External links
1995 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference