1995 in baseball
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The following are the baseball events of the year 1995 throughout the world.
Major League Baseball
- World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2); Tom Glavine, MVP
| Division Series (ALDS, NLDS) | League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||||||
| West | Seattle | 3 | ||||||||||||
| WC | NY Yankees | 2 | ||||||||||||
| West | Seattle | 2 | ||||||||||||
| American League | ||||||||||||||
| Central | Cleveland | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Central | Cleveland | 3 | ||||||||||||
| East | Boston | 0 | ||||||||||||
| AL | Cleveland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| NL | Atlanta | 4 | ||||||||||||
| East | Atlanta | 3 | ||||||||||||
| WC | Colorado | 1 | ||||||||||||
| East | Atlanta | 4 | ||||||||||||
| National League | ||||||||||||||
| Central | Cincinnati | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Central | Cincinnati | 3 | ||||||||||||
| West | Los Angeles | 0 | ||||||||||||
- All-Star Game, July 11 at The Ballpark in Arlington: National League, 3-2; Jeff Conine, MVP
Other champions
- Caribbean World Series: Senadores de San Juan (Puerto Rico)
- College World Series: Cal State-Fullerton
- Cuban National Series: Villa Clara over Pinar del Río
- Japan Series: Yakult Swallows over Orix BlueWave (4-1)
- Korean Series: OB Bears over Lotte Giants
- Big League World Series: Tainan, Taiwan
- Junior League World Series: Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Little League World Series: Shan-Hua, Tainan, Taiwan
- Senior League World Series: Dunedin, Florida
- Pan American Games: Cuba over Nicaragua
- Taiwan Series: Uni-President Lions
Awards and honors
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Most Valuable Player
- Mo Vaughn (AL) Boston Red Sox
- Barry Larkin (NL) Cincinnati Reds
- Cy Young Award
- Rookie of the Year
- Manager of the Year Award
- Woman Executive of the Year (major or minor league): Mary Cain, Portland Rockies, Northwest League
- Gold Glove Award
- J. T. Snow (1B) California Angels (AL)
- Roberto Alomar (2B) Toronto Blue Jays (AL)
- Robin Ventura (3B) Chicago White Sox (AL)
- Omar Vizquel (SS) Cleveland Indians (AL)
- Ken Griffey Jr. (OF) Seattle Mariners (AL)
- Kenny Lofton (OF) Cleveland Indians (AL)
- Devon White (OF) Toronto Blue Jays (AL)
- Iván Rodríguez (C) Texas Rangers (AL)
- Mark Langston (P) California Angels (AL)
- Mark Grace (1B) Chicago Cubs (NL)
- Craig Biggio (2B) Houston Astros (NL)
- Ken Caminiti (3B) San Diego Padres (NL)
- Barry Larkin (SS) Cincinnati Reds (NL)
- Steve Finley (OF) San Diego Padres (NL)
- Marquis Grissom (OF) Atlanta Braves (NL)
- Raúl Mondesí (OF) Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)
- Charles Johnson (C) Florida Marlins (NL)
- Greg Maddux (P) Atlanta Braves (NL)
MLB statistical leaders
| American League | National League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Stat | Name | Stat |
| AVG | Edgar Martínez (SEA) | .356 | Tony Gwynn (SD) | .368 |
| HR | Albert Belle (CLE) | 50 | Dante Bichette (COL) | 40 |
| RBI | Albert Belle (CLE) Mo Vaughn (BOS) | 126 | Dante Bichette (COL) | 128 |
| Wins | Mike Mussina (BAL) | 19 | Greg Maddux (ATL) | 19 |
| ERA | Randy Johnson (SEA) | 2.48 | Greg Maddux (ATL) | 1.63 |
Major League Baseball final standings
- Note: All teams played 144 games instead of the normal 162 as a consequence of the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike. Seattle and California each played 145 games due to a one game AL West tiebreaker.
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- The asterisk denotes the club that won the wild card for its respective league.
Managers
American League
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Orioles | Phil Regan | |
| Boston Red Sox | Kevin Kennedy | |
| California Angels | Marcel Lachemann | |
| Chicago White Sox | Gene Lamont | Replaced during the season by Terry Bevington |
| Cleveland Indians | Mike Hargrove | Won the American League pennant |
| Detroit Tigers | Sparky Anderson | |
| Kansas City Royals | Bob Boone | |
| Milwaukee Brewers | Phil Garner | |
| Minnesota Twins | Tom Kelly | |
| New York Yankees | Buck Showalter | Replaced after the season by Joe Torre |
| Oakland Athletics | Tony La Russa | |
| Seattle Mariners | Lou Piniella | |
| Texas Rangers | Johnny Oates | |
| Toronto Blue Jays | Cito Gaston |
National League
Events
January–June
- March 9 – Major League Baseball goes ahead with choosing the cities for the 1998 expansion: Phoenix, Arizona, and St. Petersburg, Florida. Phoenix gets the National League Arizona Diamondbacks, and St. Petersburg gets the American League Tampa Bay Devil Rays. To keep the leagues even-numbered, the Milwaukee Brewers switch to the National League after the 1997 season, giving the NL 16 teams and the AL 14 teams.
- March 10 – Michael Jordan announces that he is leaving the Chicago White Sox organization and will return to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association.
- April 2 – After 232 days, the 1994–95 MLBPA Players Strike comes to an end when judge Sonia Sotomayor ends the strike.
- April 8 – The Colorado Rockies sign free agent outfielder Larry Walker.
- April 25 – Major League Baseball begins its strike-shortened 144-game season.
- April 26 – The Colorado Rockies open Coors Field with an 11-9 victory over the New York Mets in 14 innings.
- May 23 - Opposing pitchers Kevin Foster of the Chicago Cubs and Marvin Freeman of the Colorado Rockies each hit a home run off each other. Chicago defeated Colorado 7-6 in a game at Coors field in Colorado.
- May 26 – Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners fractures his left wrist while making a spectacular catch at the wall during the Mariners 8-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Griffey would miss the next 73 games as a result of the injury.
- May 28 – The Chicago White Sox (5) and Detroit Tigers (7) combine for a record 12 home runs in one game at Tiger Stadium.
- June 3 – Pedro Martínez of the Montreal Expos pitches 9 perfect innings against the San Diego Padres before losing the perfect game on a 10th inning leadoff double by Bip Roberts as the Expos defeat the Padres 1-0 in 10 innings at Jack Murphy Stadium.
- June 30:
- Eddie Murray of the Cleveland Indians gets his 3,000th career hit in a 3-1 Cleveland win over the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome.
- Mark McGwire hits a walk-off grand slam in the ninth inning off closer Lee Smith to give the Oakland Athletics an 8–5 victory over the California Angels.
July–September
- July 11 – The National League defeats the American League in the All-Star Game 3-2, on an 8th-inning pinch-hit home run by Jeff Conine. Conine becomes the 10th player to homer in his first All-Star at bat, and is named the Game's MVP. Frank Thomas, Craig Biggio and Mike Piazza also hit home runs.
- July 14 – At Dodger Stadium, Ramón Martínez of the Los Angeles Dodgers no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0. On June 3 of this same season, Martínez' brother Pedro, pitching for the Montreal Expos against the San Diego Padres at Qualcomm Stadium, pitches nine perfect innings only to have his bid for a perfect game broken up by a Bip Roberts single leading off the 10th. Otherwise the Martinezes are not the second brother combo, after Bob and Ken Forsch, to pitch Major League no-hitters, and they do not become the first to do so in the same season.
- July 18 – Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians becomes the second player to hit a walk-off grand slam against California Angels closer Lee Smith this season. Mark McGwire of the Oakland Athletics does that on June 30. The only other pitchers in major-league history to surrender two game-ending grand slams in one season are Satchel Paige (1952) and Lindy McDaniel (1963). New York Mets closer Francisco Rodríguez joins this group during the 2009 season.
- July 22 - A prerecorded message from Mickey Mantle is played over the Jumbotron at Yankee Stadium. The video is a part of the Yankees Old-Timers game celebration. It would be the last appearance of any kind from Mantle, as he dies 22 days later from Liver disease.
- July 30 – Mike Schmidt, Richie Ashburn, Vic Willis, William Hulbert and Leon Day are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
- August 10 – The Los Angeles Dodgers are forced to forfeit to the visiting St. Louis Cardinals when inebriated fans react to several close calls by throwing souvenir baseballs onto the field.
- August 13 – New York Yankees Hall of Fame outfielder Mickey Mantle loses his battle with liver cancer and dies at the age of 63. He had undergone a liver transplant on June 8. One of his last public appearances was at a news conference on July 11 in Dallas, the same day that the MLB All-Star Game that year was held in nearby Arlington, Texas. His funeral is held 2 days later with Bob Costas delivering the eulogy.
- August 25 – The Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 17-4 at Veterans Stadium. Hideo Nomo only pitches 3 innings. Jeff Juden hits a grand slam in the 4th inning. Gregg Jefferies hits for the cycle, the first Phillie to do so since Johnny Callison in 1963.
- August 29 – Against the Colorado Rockies at Three Rivers Stadium, Paul Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates has a no-hitter broken up by an Andrés Galarraga single with two out in the ninth. The hit is the only one Wagner allows in defeating the Rockies 4-0. The no-hitter would have been the first by a Pirate since John Candelaria in 1976.
- September 4 – Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox becomes the eighth player in major league history to hit two grand slams in a single game, doing so in the 4th and 5th innings of the White Sox 14-3 win over the Texas Rangers. The last to do it is Frank Robinson in 1970.
- September 6 – Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive major league game to surpass Lou Gehrig's 56-year record. When the game becomes official in the middle of the fifth inning, Ripken takes a victory lap around Camden Yards during the 22-minute standing ovation from the sellout crowd, including President Bill Clinton. In the game, Ripken goes 2-for-4, including a home run, in Baltimore's 4-2 win over California. It is baseball's most memorable moment in the 1990s.
- September 8 – The Cleveland Indians clinch the American League Central Division with a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. It is Cleveland's first postseason appearance since 1954, and ends the then-longest post-season drought in the Major Leagues.
- September 13 – Second baseman Lou Whitaker and shortstop Alan Trammell of the Detroit Tigers play in their 1,915th game together, setting an American League record.
- September 15 – The St. Louis Cardinals' shortstop Ozzie Smith is a part of his 1,554th double play to establish a new Major League record, despite the Cardinals losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-6.
- September 25 – In a 7-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, Frank Castillo of the Chicago Cubs has a no-hitter broken up with two out in the ninth—by inches. Bernard Gilkey hits a line drive to right field and despite an all-out attempt by Sammy Sosa to make a diving catch, the ball falls in for a hit and eventually rolls to the wall for a triple, the Cardinals' lone hit of the game. The near no-hitter is almost the first by a Cub pitcher and the first one the Cubs are involved in, since Milt Pappas in 1972.
- September 28 – Greg A. Harris of the Montreal Expos becomes the first major league pitcher since 1893 to pitch with both hands in one game. Harris faces four batters, two from his usual right side and two from the left, in the ninth inning of a 9–7 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
- September 30 – Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of the season, and becomes the first player in Major League history to collect 50 home runs and 50 doubles in a season.
October–December
- October 2 – In a one-game playoff the Seattle Mariners beat the California Angels 9–1 at Seattle after finishing tied atop the AL West.
- October 8 – After being down 2 games-to-zero in the best of 5 series to the New York Yankees, the Seattle Mariners complete a comeback, capped by the late inning heroics of Edgar Martínez, their designated hitter. Forever known as "the double" in Mariner lore, Martinez strokes a breaking ball into left field, scoring Joey Cora and Ken Griffey Jr. in the bottom of the 11th to erase a 1 run deficit and win the game and the series.
- October 23 – The St. Louis Cardinals hire Tony La Russa as their manager.
- October 28 – In a pitchers' duel, the Atlanta Braves win Game 6 of the World Series 1-0, on a combined one-hitter by Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers. David Justice's sixth-inning home run accounts for the game's only run. In winning, the Braves become the first team to win World Championships representing three different cities – Boston (1914), Milwaukee (1957) and Atlanta. Catcher Tony Peña's leadoff single in the 6th is Cleveland's only hit. Glavine is named Series MVP.
- November 2 – The New York Yankees name Joe Torre as their new manager, replacing Buck Showalter.
- November 9 – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is named National League Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Japanese player ever to win a Major League award. Nomo posts a 13-6 record with 236 strikeouts and a 2.54 ERA in 191+1⁄3 innings of work.
- December 22:
- Anheuser-Busch agrees to sell the St. Louis Cardinals for $150 million to an investment group that agrees to keep the team in St. Louis.
- The Florida Marlins sign free agent pitcher Kevin Brown.
- The Philadelphia Phillies sign free agent third baseman Todd Zeile.
- The Boston Red Sox sign free agent pitcher Jamie Moyer.
Movies
Births
January
- January 9 – Gabriel Moya
- January 11 – J. P. Crawford
- January 11 – Stephen Nogosek
- January 11 – Nick Solak
- January 13 – Jack Larsen
- January 13 – Andre Scrubb
- January 15 – Riley Smith
- January 17 – Randy Dobnak
- January 17 – Michael Hermosillo
- January 17 – Joe Jiménez
- January 17 – Yohander Méndez
- January 17 – Dom Nunez
- January 17 – Jhon Romero
- January 21 – Zach Plesac
- January 21 – Antonio Senzatela
- January 23 – Yairo Muñoz
- January 24 – Mark Contreras
- January 25 – Wyatt Mills
- January 27 – Matt Foster
- January 27 – Bryan Reynolds
- January 29 – Connor Brogdon
February
- February 2 – Yunior Marte
- February 3 – Anthony Bender
- February 3 – Andrew Knizner
- February 4 – Greg Weissert
- February 5 – Caleb Hamilton
- February 6 – Zack Collins
- February 6 – Riley O'Brien
- February 7 – Víctor Arano
- February 7 – Roberto Osuna
- February 8 – Jake Fishman
- February 9 – Bruce Zimmermann
- February 10 – Cal Quantrill
- February 11 – Gregory Soto
- February 12 – Parker Dunshee
- February 14 – Abiatal Avelino
- February 19 – Joel Kuhnel
- February 21 – C. D. Pelham
- February 21 – Kodi Whitley
- February 22 – Germán Márquez
- February 24 – Chance Sisco
- February 27 – Zach Muckenhirn
- February 28 – Randy Arozarena
March
- March 1 – Adbert Alzolay
- March 2 – Miguel Andújar
- March 2 – Reese McGuire
- March 3 – Zack Kelly
- March 6 – Eduardo Paredes
- March 7 – Nick Ciuffo
- March 7 – Jason Delay
- March 9 – Zack Burdi
- March 10 – Luis Castillo
- March 10 – Josh VanMeter
- March 11 – Joe Jacques
- March 13 – Nicky Lopez
- March 13 – Keegan Thompson
- March 16 – Rowdy Tellez
- March 21 – Anthony Kay
- March 21 – Chadwick Tromp
- March 22 – James Meeker
- March 23 – Isiah Kiner-Falefa
- March 24 – Nate Mondou
- March 28 – Will Smith
- March 31 – Brent Honeywell Jr.
- March 31 – Mason McCoy
- March 31 – David McKay
April
- April 1 – Keegan Akin
- April 3 – Jacob Nottingham
- April 4 – J. P. France
- April 4 – Conner Greene
- April 4 – Eduardo Jiménez
- April 6 – Bennett Sousa
- April 9 – Mac Sceroler
- April 11 – Cavan Biggio
- April 12 – Gabe Speier
- April 13 – Anthony Castro
- April 15 – Jesús Cruz
- April 15 – Danny Jansen
- April 17 – Kean Wong
- April 18 – Jake Rogers
- April 19 – Bryan Garcia
- April 19 – Chas McCormick
- April 24 – J. C. Escarra
- April 25 – A. J. Puk
- April 26 – Nomar Mazara
- April 27 – Bryan Sammons
- April 28 – Brett Martin
- April 29 – Zach McKinstry
- April 30 – Jesús Tinoco
May
- May 1 – Lucas Erceg
- May 1 – José Urquidy
- May 3 – Elieser Hernández
- May 3 – Ronald Herrera
- May 3 – Austin Meadows
- May 4 – Akeem Bostick
- May 5 – Brian Serven
- May 6 – Yohan Ramírez
- May 6 – Matt Thaiss
- May 9 – Tommy Edman
- May 11 – Ryder Ryan
- May 16 – Freddy Fermín
- May 16 – Gabe Klobosits
- May 19 – Ronnie Dawson
- May 21 – José Alvarado
- May 25 – Jake Fraley
- May 25 – Michael King
- May 26 – Roel Ramírez
- May 27 – Yoan Moncada
- May 29 – Conner Menez
- May 29 – Zack Short
- May 30 – Christian Arroyo
- May 30 – Iván Castillo
- May 30 – Sterling Sharp
- May 31 – Gerson Bautista
- May 31 – Shane Bieber
- May 31 – Greg Deichmann
June
- June 1 – Jordan Sheffield
- June 2 – Peyton Gray
- June 2 – Mickey McDonald
- June 3 – Lake Bachar
- June 3 – Eric Lauer
- June 5 – Phoenix Sanders
- June 6 – Will Vest
- June 8 – Chad Smith
- June 10 – Patrick Murphy
- June 12 – Aaron Civale
- June 12 – Jeremy Walker
- June 15 – Dominic Smith
- June 16 – Ian Hamilton
- June 16 – Tyler Zuber
- June 18 – Jamie Westbrook
- June 19 – Cody Sedlock
- June 20 – Félix Bautista
- June 22 – Matthew Batten
- June 22 – Tyler O'Neill
- June 23 – Jorge Mateo
- June 25 – Franklyn Kilome
- June 27 – Jonah Heim
- June 29 – Bobby Dalbec
- June 29 – Nick Senzel
- June 30 – Irving Lopez
July
- July 1 – Ron Marinaccio
- July 3 – Trenton Brooks
- July 3 – Robert Dugger
- July 5 – Austin Hays
- July 7 – Richard Lovelady
- July 7 – Nathaniel Lowe
- July 7 – Franmil Reyes
- July 8 – Sam Long
- July 9 – Kenny Rosenberg
- July 9 – Jared Young
- July 10 – Phil Bickford
- July 11 – Daniel Johnson
- July 11 – Justin Steele
- July 12 – Narciso Crook
- July 12 – Bailey Ober
- July 12 – Logan Porter
- July 13 – Cody Bellinger
- July 13 – Alec Bettinger
- July 13 – Kyle Lewis
- July 14 – Isaac Mattson
- July 20 – Jake Walsh
- July 22 – José Siri
- July 25 – Darick Hall
- July 26 – Paul Campbell
- July 27 – Foster Griffin
- July 27 – Brad Keller
- July 27 – Adalberto Mondesí
- July 27 – Drew Rasmussen
- July 28 – Jorge Alcalá
- July 28 – Tylor Megill
- July 29 – Tyson Miller
- July 30 – Josh Palacios
August
- August 1 – T. J. Zeuch
- August 2 – Daulton Jefferies
- August 3 – Zac Gallen
- August 8 – Tomoya Mori
- August 10 – Monte Harrison
- August 10 – Allan Winans
- August 11 – Michael Chavis
- August 14 – TJ Friedl
- August 14 – Josh Maciejewski
- August 14 – Stephen Ridings
- August 17 – Blake Taylor
- August 18 – Yu Chang
- August 19 – Gerson Garabito
- August 20 – Brian Miller
- August 20 – Justin Williams
- August 21 – Ryan Dorow
- August 21 – Tyler Johnson
- August 22 – Shed Long
- August 23 – Bernardo Flores
- August 23 – Lane Thomas
- August 23 – Carlos Tocci
- August 24 – Brandon Wagner
- August 26 – Ranger Suárez
- August 29 – José Rodríguez
- August 30 – Sean Reid-Foley
September
- September 1 – Eduard Bazardo
- September 2 – Willy Adames
- September 3 – David Peterson
- September 4 – Mark Kolozsvary
- September 5 – Jason Martin
- September 6 – Shawn Dubin
- September 7 – Sandy Alcántara
- September 7 – Devin Smeltzer
- September 8 – Drew Carlton
- September 10 – Mike Baumann
- September 10 – Luis González
- September 11 – Domingo Leyba
- September 14 – Kazuto Taguchi
- September 18 – Vladimir Gutiérrez
- September 20 – Cory Abbott
- September 20 – Joe Dunand
- September 20 – Jon Kennedy
- September 22 – Justin Dunn
- September 22 – Calvin Faucher
- September 22 – James Karinchak
- September 22 – Luis Ortiz
- September 22 – Taisuke Yamaoka
- September 24 – Levi Jordan
- September 25 – Javy Guerra
- September 26 – Albert Abreu
- September 28 – Joe Barlow
- September 28 – Enoli Paredes
October
- October 1 – Charlie Barnes
- October 2 – Alex Lange
- October 2 – Kyle Wright
- October 5 – Zack Littell
- October 6 – Jake Bauers
- October 8 – Colin Holderman
- October 9 – Merandy González
- October 10 – Collin Snider
- October 10 – Nick Snyder
- October 10 – Nick Vespi
- October 11 – Mickey Gasper
- October 12 – Kirk McCarty
- October 13 – Andrew Wantz
- October 15 – Jack Flaherty
- October 16 – Jonathan Bermúdez
- October 17 – Ha-seong Kim
- October 18 – Osvaldo Bido
- October 24 – Nick Gordon
- October 27 – Bryce Johnson
- October 27 – Francisco Mejía
- October 30 – Yuki Matsui
- October 31 – Miles Mastrobuoni
November
- November 1 – Jason Foley
- November 2 – Rei Takahashi
- November 9 – José Quijada
- November 12 – Alex Faedo
- November 14 – J. J. Matijevic
- November 15 – Luis Barrera
- November 16 – Victor González
- November 20 – Jeremy Beasley
- November 20 – David Fry
- November 20 – Amed Rosario
- November 20 – Forrest Wall
- November 22 – Stone Garrett
- November 22 – Parker Mushinski
- November 23 – Lewis Thorpe
- November 24 – Francis Martes
- November 25 – Trevor Stephan
- November 26 – Ryan Walker
- November 27 – Jared Oliva
December
- December 1 – Drew Ellis
- December 1 – Brandon Hughes
- December 4 – Jake Bird
- December 5 – Julián Fernández
- December 5 – Nick Nelson
- December 6 – Allen Córdoba
- December 10 – Tyler Cropley
- December 12 – DJ Peters
- December 12 – Nick Raquet
- December 18 – Luis Liberato
- December 18 – Brendan McKay
- December 23 – Dalton Guthrie
- December 25 – Enyel De Los Santos
- December 25 – Alex Jackson
- December 27 – Jonah Bride
- December 28 – Dylan Cease
- December 28 – Corbin Martin
- December 29 – Sean Guenther
- December 30 – Derek Hill
- December 31 – Yaramil Hiraldo
