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1995 Colorado Rockies season

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The 1995 Colorado Rockies season was their 3rd in Major League Baseball and their 1st season at Coors Field. Don Baylor was the manager.

Record77–67 (.535)
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1995 Colorado Rockies
National League Wild Card winners
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCoors Field
CityDenver, Colorado
Record77–67 (.535)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersJerry McMorris
General managersBob Gebhard
ManagersDon Baylor
TelevisionKWGN-TV
(Dave Campbell, Charlie Jones)
RadioKOA (AM)
(Wayne Hagin, Jeff Kingery)
KCUV
(Francisco Gamez, Carlos Bido)
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The team competed in the National League West, finishing with a record of 77−67, second in the division. The Rockies simultaneously won the first-ever National League wild card berth in the first season of the revised postseason format and first postseason appearance in franchise history. They faced the eventual World Series champion Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series (NLDS), who won this first round series in four games, with the Rockies taking game three.

Offseason

Regular season

The start to the 1995 MLB regular season was delayed over three weeks by the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike that ended on April 2. As a result, the season only lasted 144 games (instead of the typical 162 game season) and "official" opening day for Coors Field was changed to April 26. The Colorado Rockies played two exhibition games on April 2 and 3 against the New York Yankees as the first baseball to be played at Coors Field.

In his Rockies debut and inaugural game of Coors Field on April 26 versus the New York Mets, Larry Walker doubled three times, including one that tied the score with two outs in the ninth inning.[8] Dante Bichette hit a walk-off home run in the fourteenth inning for an 11−9 win. On May 7, 1995, Walker hit his 100th career home run versus Hideo Nomo of Los Angeles.[8]

The Rockies led the NL in hits (1,406), runs scored (785), triples (43, also the most in the majors), home runs (200), runs batted in (749), batting average (.282) and slugging percentage (.471). Conversely, they also allowed the most hits (1,443), runs (783), earned runs (711) and produced the fewest shutouts (1).[9]

A quartet of Rockies hitters who became known as "The Blake Street Bombers", consisting of Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Andrés Galarraga (Walker's former Expos teammate), and Larry Walker, each contributed at least 30 home runs in 1995. The Rockies simultaneously won the first-ever National League wild card berth under the revised postseason format and first playoff appearance in franchise history in just their third season of play.

On October 1 for the final regular season game, the Rockies needed a win at Coors Field versus the San Francisco Giants to avoid playing a tie-breaker game with the Houston Astros for the National League Wild Card post-season berth.[10][11] Using seven pitchers during the nine inning game, Curt Leskanic earned his 10th save and threw the final pitch of the game in a 10–9 victory for the Rockies. During a post-season interview, Leskanic recalled the pitching mound shaking like a mild earthquake with the vibrations from fans in the stadium anticipating their first ever appearance in the MLB post-season.

During the playoffs, Larry Walker collected three hits in 14 at bats in the National League Division Series (NLDS) versus the Atlanta Braves. He hit his first career postseason home run off Tom Glavine in the sixth inning of a 7−4 Game 2 loss. The Braves defeated the Rockies in four games.[12]

Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 7866 .542 3933 3933
Colorado Rockies 7767 .535 1 4428 3339
San Diego Padres 7074 .486 8 4032 3042
San Francisco Giants 6777 .465 11 3735 3042
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Wild Card standings

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Team W L Pct. GB
Colorado Rockies7767.535
Houston Astros7668.5281
Chicago Cubs7371.5074
San Diego Padres7074.4867
New York Mets6975.4798
Philadelphia Phillies6975.4798
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Record vs. opponents

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Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 8–48–59–410–36–65–49–45–87–64–25–27–17–5
Chicago 4–83–76–78–45–87–53–54–36–18–55–75–79–4
Cincinnati 5–87–35–76–612–14–38–47–59–38–53–63–38–5
Colorado 4–97–67–55–74–44–97–15–44–28–49–48–55–7
Florida 3–104–86–67–58–43–76–77–66–75–83–25–34–3
Houston 6–68–51–124–44–83–29–36–65–79–47–45–39–4
Los Angeles 4–55–73–49–47–32–37–56–64–99–47–68–57–5
Montreal 4–95–34–81–77–63–95–77–68–54–47–57–64–3
New York 8–53–45–74–56–76–66–66–77–64–36–75–83–4
Philadelphia 6-71–63–92–47–67–59–45–86–76–36–66–65–4
Pittsburgh 2–45–85–84–88–54–94–94–43–43–64–86–66–7
San Diego 2–57–56–34–92–34–76–75–77–66–68–46–77–5
San Francisco 1–77–53–35–83–53–55–86–78–56–66–67–67–6
St. Louis 5–74–95–87–53–44-95–73–44–34–57–65–76–7
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Transactions

  • June 1, 1995: Todd Helton was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1995.[13]
  • June 1, 1995: Ben Petrick was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed August 9, 1995.[14]
  • 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.[15]

Major League debuts

Roster

1995 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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1995 regular season game log: 77–67 (Home: 44–28; Away: 33–39)[17]
April: 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 26Mets11–9 (14)Thompson (1–0)Remlinger (0–1)47,2281–0
2April 27Mets8–7Reed (1–0)Lomon (0–1)38,0872–0
3April 28@ Astros2–1Leskanic (1–0)Kile (0–1)Ruffin (1)30,4053–0
4April 29@ Astros2–1Olivares (1–0)Hampton (0–1)Ruffin (2)19,0744–0
5April 30@ Astros1–3Brocail (1–0)Leskanic (1–)Hudek (1)14,4554–1
May: 13–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
6May 1Padres8–3Holmes (1–0)Mauser (0–1)40,1175–1
7May 2Padres6–5 (11)Bailey (1–0)Williams (0–1)38,3876–1
8May 3Padres12–7Bailey (2–0)Hamilton (0–1)Ruffin (3)37,1937–1
9May 5Dodgers4–6Martínez (2–1)Olivares (1–1)Seánez (3)46,3957–2
10May 6Dodgers11–17Williams (1–0)Acevedo (0–1)48,3947–3
11May 7Dodgers10–12Daal (2–0)Reed (1–1)Valdez (1)48,1177–4
12May 9Giants10–6Ritz (1–0)Wilson (2–1)41,3078–4
13May 10Giants8–5Holmes (2–0)Bautista (0–1)43,6909–4
14May 11Giants10–4Acevedo (1–1)Mulholland (2–2)Reed (1)45,60910–4
15May 12@ Marlins10–6Swift (1–0)Gardner (0–4)Ruffin (4)22,26711–4
16May 13@ Marlins2–8Witt (1–2)Freeman (0–1)33,62611–5
17May 14@ Marlins6–3Ritz (2–0)Rapp (0–3)Ruffin (5)20,49012–5
18May 15@ Braves0–4Mercker (1–1)Olivares (1–2)27,00912–6
19May 16@ Braves3–15Smoltz (2–2)Acevedo (1–2)25,51612–7
20May 17@ Braves6–5Holmes (3–0)Maddux (2–1)Ruffin (6)27,07013–7
21May 18@ Braves2–3McMichael (3–0)Munoz (0–1)Borbón (2)26,20513–8
22May 19@ Reds0–2Schourek (1–2)Ritz (2–1)Brantley (2)25,68813–9
23May 20@ Reds9–10 (10)Smith (1–1)Bailey (2–1)29,40113–10
24May 21@ Reds5–2Acevedo (2–2)Jarvis (1–2)Holmes (1)23,62914–10
25May 22Cubs9–8Munoz (1–1)Myers (0–1)47,32515–10
26May 23Cubs6–7Foster (3–2)Freeman (0–2)Myers (9)43,22615–11
27May 24Cubs3–5Castillo (3–1)Bailey (2–2)Myers (10)45,36715–12
28May 26@ Pirates2–4Wagner (1–5)Acevedo (2–3)Miceli (6)11,18315–13
29May 27@ Pirates4–9Neagle (4–1)Swift (1–1)16,08215–14
30May 28@ Pirates6–3Freeman (1–2)White (0–1)Ruffin (7)15,01616–14
31May 29@ Cardinals5–6 (11)Habyan (1–1)Bailey (2–3)26,88916–15
32May 30@ Cardinals5–8Hill (4–0)Grahe (0–1)Henke (10)15,25116–16
33May 31@ Cardinals5–3Acevedo (3–3)Petkovsek (0–1)Holmes (2)19,29717–16
June: 15–12 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
34June 2Pirates7–4Holmes (4–0)McCurry (0–1)45,82818–16
35June 3Pirates7–6Ritz (3–1)Lieber (1–5)Holmes (3)48,14419–16
36June 4Pirates4–1Grahe (1–1)Wagner (1–7)Leskanic (1)48,06120–16
37June 5Cardinals5–9Petkovsek (1–1)Acevedo (3–4)46,64920–17
38June 6Cardinals5–4Leskanic (2–1)Parrett (2–2)46,62121–17
39June 7Cardinals7–3Freeman (2–2)Jackson (0–7)46,70422–17
40June 8@ Cubs5–3Ritz (4–1)Foster (4–3)Reed (2)24,75723–17
41June 9@ Cubs2–1 (10)Holmes (5–0)Pérez (0–4)Munoz (1)21,90524–17
42June 10@ Cubs0–3Morgan (2–1)Acevedo (3–5)Myers (14)32,46024–18
43June 11@ Cubs5–1Thompson (20)Trachsel (24)Leskanic (2)27,24525–18
44June 12Reds6–11Jarvis (3–3)Freeman (2–3)47,70825–19
45June 13Reds6–4Ritz (5–1)Pugh (4–1)Leskanic (3)48,19826–19
46June 14Reds10–4Grahe (2–1)Schourek (4–3)48,25527–19
47June 16Braves0–2Glavine (5–3)Swift (1–2)48,16327–20
48June 17Braves1–7Avery (2–4)Acevedo (3–6)50,03527–21
49June 18Braves4–9Mercker (43)Freeman (2–4)48,30227–22
50June 19Marlins2–7Hammond (4–1)Ritz (5–2)48,14527–23
51June 20Marlins2–7Mathews (2–0)Grahe (2–2)48,14327–24
52June 21Marlins6–3Swift (2–2)Rapp (2–4)Reed (3)48,1172824
53June 22@ Padres3–2Reynoso (1–0)Dishman (0–1)Ruffin (8)11,65329–24
54June 23@ Padres2–3Ashby (4–4)Freeman (2–5)Hoffman (10)15,41829–25
55June 24@ Padres0–2Hamilton (3–2)Ritz (5–3)36,13729–26
56June 25@ Padres11–3Grahe (3–2)Sanders (5–4)20,77630–26
57June 27@ Giants5–1Swift (3–2)Bautista (2–4)14,76931–26
58June 28@ Giants1–2 (11)Barton (1–0)Munoz (1–2)15,13631–27
59June 29@ Dodgers0–3Nomo (6–1)Freeman (2–6)46,29531–28
60June 30@ Dodgers2–1Ritz (6–3)Candiotti (4–6)Munoz (2)34,25332–28
July: 17–11 (Home: 11–3; Away: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
61July 1@ Dodgers4–5Worrell (2–0)Bailey (2–4)54,00632–29
62July 2@ Dodgers10–1Swift (4–2)Martínez (7–6)37,35433–29
63July 3Astros15–10Bailey (3–4)Dougherty (3–1)Holmes (4)50,02834–29
64July 4Astros8–16Hampton (3–3)Olivares (1–3)50,12734–30
65July 5Astros4–2Ritz (7–3)Kile (3–8)Holmes (5)48,09135–30
66July 6Expos9–6Grahe (4–2)Fassero (8–6)Holmes (6)48,07336–30
67July 7Expos12–7Acevedo (4–6)Heredia (3–5)50,11137–30
68July 8Expos8–3Reynoso (2–0)Henry (3–7)Leskanic (4)48,19038–30
69July 9Expos4–1Freeman (3–6)Martínez (6–5)48,11439–30
70July 13@ Mets2–4Jones (5–6)Ritz (7–4)Franco (10)15,27639–31
71July 14@ Mets13–4Pulsipher (2–4)Reynoso (2–1)15,37739–32
72July 15@ Mets5–4Swift (5–2)Saberhagen (5–5)Holmes (7)17,12040–32
73July 16@ Mets1–2 (10)Franco (4–1)Thompson (2–1)25,99440–33
74July 17Phillies8–5Munoz (2–2)Bottalico (32)Holmes (8)48,07041–33
75July 18Phillies5–7Schilling (7–5)Ritz (7–5)Slocumb (22)48,01141–34
76July 19Phillies5–3Rekar (1–0)Green (8–6)Holmes (9)48,08742–34
77July 20Phillies7–3Swift (6–2)Quantrill (7–6)48,03743–34
78July 21Mets1–12Harnisch (2–7)Reynoso (2–2)48,05943–35
79July 22Mets5–4Leskanic (3–1)Henry (1–4)Holmes (10)48,04244–35
80July 23Mets8–5Ritz (8–5)Jones (6–7)Holmes (11)48,12945–35
81July 24@ Phillies11–3Rekar (2–0)Green (8–7)25,42446–35
82July 25@ Phillies6–7 (10)Slocumb (2–0)Munoz (2–3)25,83746–36
83July 26@ Astros3–4Kile (4–10)Reynoso (2–3)Jones (9)19,20946–37
84July 27@ Astros4–5 (12)Jones (6–1)Munoz (2–4)21,73446–38
85July 28@ Expos8–3Ritz (9–5)Urbina (2–2)19,22147–38
86July 29@ Expos5–3Rekar (3–0)Fassero (10–;8)Holmes (12)23,59548–38
87July 30@ Expos4–11Martínez (9–6)Freeman (3–7)27,17248–39
88July 31@ Expos3–2Reynoso (3–3)Henry (6–8)Holmes (13)14,97849–39
August: 11–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
89August 1Dodgers6–9Valdez (8–6)Thompson (2–2)Worrell (19)48,07149–40
90August 2Dodgers7–10Tapani (7–11)Ritz (9–6)48,06349–41
91August 3Dodgers9–4Saberhagen (6–5)Martínez (11–7)48,02450–41
92August 4Padres14–12Reed (2–1)Berumen (2–3)Holmes (14)48,12551–41
93August 5Padres7–3Reynoso (4–3)Ashby (7–6)48,04352–41
94August 6Padres8–16Dishman (3–4)Thompson (2–3)48,15752–42
95August 8@ Marlins4–5 (13)Groom (2–3)Bailey (3–5)31,22052–43
96August 9@ Marlins1–2Burkett (10–10)Ritz (9–7)Nen (13)31,80552–44
97August 10@ Marlins2–3Peña (3–1)Reed (2–2)28,00952–45
98August 11@ Braves3–5Avery (5–8)Reynoso (4–4)Wohlers (16)47,40852–46
99August 12@ Braves16–4Leskanic (4–1)Mercker (6–7)48,77753–46
100August 13@ Braves2–3Wohlers (6–3)Holmes (51)43,2795347
101August 14@ Reds0–4Burba (7–2)Ritz (9–8)23,94553–48
102August 15@ Reds3–11Portugal (6–8)Rekar (3–1)24,50653–49
103August 16@ Reds6–4Reynoso (5–4)Smiley (11–2)Painter (1)25,02454–49
104August 17Cubs12–5Bailey (4–5)Navarro (10–5)48,07155–49
105August 18Cubs7–26Young (2–4)Saberhagen (6–6)48,08255–50
106August 19Cubs5–6Castillo (8–6)Ritz (9–9)Myers (28)48,020t55–;51
107August 20Cubs4–2Leskanic (5–1)Wendell (2–1)50,08756–51
108August 22Pirates1–10Loaiza (8–5)Reynoso (5–5)48,08356–52
109August 23Pirates9–5Bailey (5–5)Neagle (11–6)48,02757–52
110August 24Pirates8–6Painter (1–0)Wagner (2–12)Leskanic (5)48,04158–52
111August 25Cardinals3–8Morgan (5–7)Rekar (3–2)Mathews (1)48,01258–53
112August 26Cardinals4–5Fossas (3–0)Ruffin (0–1)Henke (28)48,12758–54
113August 27Cardinals5–10Barber (2–0)Reynoso (5–6)48,04358–55
114August 28@ Pirates6–3Bailey (6–5)Powell (0–2)Leskanic (6)8,24259–55
115August 29@ Pirates0–4Wagner (3–13)Ritz (9–10)7,63459–56
116August 30@ Pirates6–0Rekar (4–2)Ericks (3–7)8,12060–56
September: 16–11 (Home: 8–4; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
117September 1@ Cardinals4–5DeLucia (7–6)Leskanic (5–2)Henke (30)21,16460–57
118September 2@ Cardinals6–1Bailey (7–5)Watson (5–7)26,79661–57
119September 3@ Cardinals5–4 (11)Holmes (6–1)Parrett (3–5)Ruffin (9)22,18862–57
120September 4@ Cubs0–2Castillo (9–8)Rekar (4–3)31,60162–58
121September 6@ Cubs10–4Reynoso (66)Bullinger (11–6)23,03463–58
122September 8Reds10–5Leskanic (6–2)Carrasco (2–6)48,02664–58
123September 9Reds6–2Swift (7–2)Wells (14–6)Ritz (1)48,08565–58
124September 10Reds5–4Reed (3–2)Carrasco (2–7)Leskanic (7)48,07466–58
125September 11Braves5–4 (12)Hickerson (3–3)Woodall (1–1)48,05667–58
126September 12Braves12–2Painter (2–0)Avery (6–13)Ritz (2)48,01368–58
127September 13Braves7–9Schmidt (2–0)Bailey (7–6)48,01168–59
128September 15Marlins6–3Reed (4–2)Burkett (13–12)Leskanic (8)48,01069–59
129September 16Marlins8–7Reed (5–2)Mathews (4–4)Ruffin (10)48,03770–59
130September 17Marlins0–17Rapp (12–7)Rekar (4–4)48,0357060
131September 18@ Padres5–1Ritz (10–10)Hamilton (6–9)Ruffin (11)10,59671–60
132September 19@ Padres4–15Blair (7–4)Reynoso (6–7)10,32171–61
133September 20@ Padres10–2Swift (8–2)Dishman (4–8)10,09572–61
134September 21@ Giants3–5Valdez (4–4)Grahe (4–3)Beck (31)12,96872–62
135September 22@ Giants6–1Ritz (11–10)Estes (0–2)17,72373–62
136September 23@ Giants0–2Brewington (54)Rekar (4–5)Beck (32)28,53873–63
137September 24@ Giants3–1Reynoso (7–7)Leiter (10–11)Leskanic (9)34,47274–63
138September 25@ Dodgers3–4Martínez (17–7)Swift (8–3)Worrell (31)41,98474–64
139September 26@ Dodgers7–3Saberhagen (7–6)Candiotti (7–14)44,41575–64
140September 27@ Dodgers4–7Tapani (10–13)Ritz (11–11)Worrell (32)53,85675–65
141September 28Giants4–12Brewington (6–4)Rekar (4–6)48,02375–66
142September 29Giants7–10Service (3–1)Leskanic (6–3)Beck (33)48,01775–67
143September 30Giants9–3Swift (9–3)Mulholland (5–13)48,02376–67
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
144October 1Giants10–9Painter (3–0)Leiter (10–12)Leskanic (10)48,03977–67
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Playoffs

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1995 Postseason game log: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)
NL Division Series vs. Atlanta Braves 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)[18]
GameDateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 3Braves4–5Peña (1–0)Leskanic (0–1)Wohlers (1)50,0400–1
2October 4Braves4–7Peña (2–0)Munoz (0–1)Wohlers (2)50,0630–2
3October 6@ Braves7–5 (10)Holmes (1–0)Wohlers (0–1)Thompson (1)51,3001–2
4October 7@ Braves4–10Maddux (1–0)Saberhagen (0–1)50,0271–3
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Player stats

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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

More information Pos, Player ...
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Joe Girardi 125 462 121 .262 8 55
1B Andrés Galarraga 143 554 155 .280 31 106
2B Eric Young 120 366 116 .317 6 36
SS Walt Weiss 137 427 111 .260 1 25
3B Vinny Castilla 139 527 163 .309 32 90
LF Dante Bichette 139 579 197 .340 40 128
CF Mike Kingery 119 350 94 .269 8 37
RF Larry Walker 131 494 151 .306 36 101
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

More information Player, G ...
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jason Bates11632286.267846
Ellis Burks10327874.2661449
John Vander Wal10510135.347521
Trent Hubbard245818.31039
Roberto Mejia23528.15414
Jorge Brito185111.21607
Jayhawk Owens184511.244412
Jim Tatum34348.23504
Matt Nokes10112.18200
Pedro Castellano450.00000
Harvey Pulliam552.40013
Craig Counsell310.00000
Quinton McCracken310.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Ritz31173.111114.21120
Bill Swift19105.2934.9468
Marvin Freeman2294.2375.8961
Armando Reynoso2093.0775.3240
Bryan Rekar1585.0464.9860
Juan Acevedo1765.2466.4440
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Roger Bailey3981.1764.9833
Joe Grahe1756.2435.0827
Mark Thompson2151.0236.5330
Bret Saberhagen943.0216.2829
Omar Olivares1131.2137.3915
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Darren Holmes6861143.2461
Curtis Leskanic7663103.40107
Steve Reed715232.1479
Mike Munoz642427.4237
Bruce Ruffin3701112.1223
Lance Painter333014.3736
Bryan Hickerson1810011.8812
A.J. Sager100007.3610
David Nied200020.773
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Farm system

References

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