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1995 St. Louis Cardinals season

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The 1995 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 114th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 104th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 62–81 during the season and finished fourth in the National League Central division, 22½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds. It was also the team's final season under the ownership of Anheuser-Busch, who would put the team up for sale on October 25, 1995, ending a 43-season ownership reign.

LeagueNational League
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
Record62–81 (.434)
OwnersAnheuser-Busch
Quick facts St. Louis Cardinals, League ...
1995 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record62–81 (.434)
Divisional place4th
OwnersAnheuser-Busch
General managersWalt Jocketty
ManagersJoe Torre and Mike Jorgensen
TelevisionKPLR
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter)
Prime Sports Midwest
(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Joe Buck)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter)
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Offseason

  • November 7, 1994: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
  • December 12, 1994: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]
  • March 9, 1995: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]

Regular season

Rookie Mark Sweeney got a hit in seven straight pinch-hit at-bats, one short of the major league record. Tom Henke became the seventh pitcher to notch 300 career saves. Outfielders Bernard Gilkey (.298 batting average, 17 home runs), Ray Lankford (25 home runs, 24 stolen bases), and Brian Jordan (.296, 22 home runs) highlighted the Cardinals offense.[4]

Manager Joe Torre was fired on June 16, and was replaced by Mike Jorgensen for the rest of the season.

The Cardinals struggled offensively in 1995, finishing 28th overall in runs scored (563), hits (1,182), runs batted in (533), batting average (.247), on-base percentage (.314) and slugging percentage (.374).[5]

Season standings

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 8559 .590 — 44‍–‍28 41‍–‍31
Houston Astros 7668 .528 9 36‍–‍36 40‍–‍32
Chicago Cubs 7371 .507 12 34‍–‍38 39‍–‍33
St. Louis Cardinals 6281 .434 22½ 39‍–‍33 23‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Pirates 5886 .403 27 31‍–‍41 27‍–‍45
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Record vs. opponents

More information Team, ATL ...
1995 National League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1995
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 4–8—3–76–78–45–87–53–54–36–18–55–75–79–4
Cincinnati 5–87–3—5–76–612–14–38–47–59–38–53–63–38–5
Colorado 4–97–67–5—5–74–44–97–15–44–28–49–48–55–7
Florida 3–104–86–67–5—8–43–76–77–66–75–83–25–34–3
Houston 6–68–51–124–44–8—3–29–36–65–79–47–45–39–4
Los Angeles 4–55–73–49–47–32–3—7–56–64–99–47–68–57–5
Montreal 4–95–34–81–77–63–95–7—7–68–54–47–57–64–3
New York 8–53–45–74–56–76–66–66–7—7–64–36–75–83–4
Philadelphia 6–71–63–92–47–67–59–45–86–7—6–36–66–65–4
Pittsburgh 2–45–85–84–88–54–94–94–43–43–6—4–86–66–7
San Diego 2–57–56–34–92–34–76–75–77–66–68–4—6–77–5
San Francisco 1–77–53–35–83–53–55–86–78–56–66–67–6—7–6
St. Louis 5–74–95–87–53–44-95–73–44–34–57–65–76–7—
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Opening Day starters

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.[7]
  • April 9, 1995: Mark Whiten was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Rheal Cormier to the Boston Red Sox for Cory Bailey and Scott Cooper.[8]
  • April 18, 1995: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[9]
  • May 2, 1995: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[10]
  • June 6, 1995: Greg Cadaret was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[10]
  • June 8, 1995: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[11]
  • June 22, 1995: Manuel Lee was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[9]
  • July 9, 1995: Mark Sweeney was traded by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Habyan.[12]
  • July 27, 1995: Ken Hill was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for David Bell, Rick Heiserman, and Pepe McNeal (minors).[7]
  • August 25, 1995: Darnell Coles was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]
  • September 11, 1995: Chris Sabo was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[11]

Roster

1995 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CTom Pagnozzi6221947.215215
1BJohn Mabry129388119.307541
2BJosé Oquendo8822046.209217
SSTripp Cromer10534578.226518
3BScott Cooper11837486.230340
LFBernard Gilkey121480143.2981769
CFRay Lankford132483134.2772582
RFBrian Jordan131490145.2962281
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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
Danny Sheaffer7620848.231530
Ozzie Smith4415631.199011
David Bell3914436.250219
Darnell Coles6313831.225316
Todd Zeile3412737.291522
Allen Battle6111832.27102
Scott Hemond5711817.14439
Gerónimo Peña3210127.26718
Ramón Caraballo349920.20223
Gerald Perry657913.16505
Mark Sweeney377721.273213
José Oliva22749.12228
Terry Bradshaw194410.22702
Chris Sabo5132.15403
Ray Giannelli9111.09100
Tim Hulett4112.18200
Manuel Lee1111.00000
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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
Mark Petkovsek26137.1664.0071
Allen Watson21114.1794.9649
Donovan Osborne19113.1463.8182
Ken Hill18110.1675.0650
Mike Morgan17106.2563.8846
Danny Jackson19100.22125.9052
Alan Benes316.0128.4420
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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
Tom Urbani2482.2353.7052
Vicente Palacios2040.1235.8034
John Frascatore1432.2114.4121
Brian Barber929.1215.2227
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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
Tom Henke5211361.8248
Jeff Parrett594703.6471
Tony Fossas583001.4740
Rich DeLucia568703.3976
René Arocha413503.9925
John Habyan313202.8835
T.J. Mathews231121.5228
Doug Creek60000.0010
Cory Bailey30007.365
Rick Rodriguez10000.000
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Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Joe Pettini
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Mike Ramsey
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Chris Maloney
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Roy Silver
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Scott Melvin
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Luis Meléndez
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Steve Turco
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville[13]

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