1995 Toronto Blue Jays season
The 1995 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 19th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 56 wins and 88 losses.
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Record | 56–88 (.389) |
Divisional place | 5th |
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Owner(s) | Interbrew, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
General manager(s) | Gord Ash |
Manager(s) | Cito Gaston |
Local television | CBC Television (Brian Williams, Tommy Hutton) ONT (Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez) |
Local radio | CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek) |
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Offseason
- October 11, 1994: Dave Righetti was released by the Blue Jays.[1]
- December 5, 1994: Rob Butler was sent by the Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.[2]
- December 14, 1994: Danny Cox was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[3]
- January 18, 1995: Scott Bailes was released by the Toronto Blue Jays.[4]
Regular season
Season standings
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 86 | 58 | 0.597 | — | 42–30 | 44–28 |
New York Yankees | 79 | 65 | 0.549 | 7 | 46–26 | 33–39 |
Baltimore Orioles | 71 | 73 | 0.493 | 15 | 36–36 | 35–37 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 84 | 0.417 | 26 | 35–37 | 25–47 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 56 | 88 | 0.389 | 30 | 29–43 | 27–45 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 2–10 | 8–5 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–1 | 7–6 |
Boston | 9–4 | — | 11–3 | 5–3 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–2 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 3–4 | 8–5 |
California | 4–9 | 3–11 | — | 10–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 5–7 | 5–2 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–2 |
Chicago | 1–6 | 3–5 | 2–10 | — | 5–8 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 3–2–1 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 6–5 |
Cleveland | 10–2 | 7–6 | 2–3 | 8–5 | — | 10–3 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–0 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 10–3 |
Detroit | 5–8 | 5–8 | 2–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 3–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 2–3 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
Kansas City | 5–4 | 2–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 1–11 | 4–3 | — | 10–2 | 6–7 | 3–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–6 | 7–5 |
Milwaukee | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 2–10 | — | 9–4 | 5–6 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 5–7 | 7–5 |
Minnesota | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–8 | 3–10 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 3–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 1–4 |
New York | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 2–3–1 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–3 | 6–5 | 4–3 | — | 4–9 | 4–9 | 6–3 | 12–1 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 0–7 | 3–2 | 8–5 | 2–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | — | 7–6 | 5–8 | 3–7 |
Seattle | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–7 | — | 10–3 | 3–4 |
Texas | 1–4 | 4–3 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 3–6 | 8–4 | 6–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–6 | 8–5 | 3–10 | — | 9–3 |
Toronto | 6–7 | 5–8 | 2–8 | 5–6 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–1 | 1–12 | 7–3 | 4–3 | 3–9 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 6, 1995: Chris Stynes, David Sinnes (minors), and Tony Medrano (minors) were traded by the Blue Jays to the Kansas City Royals for David Cone.[5]
- April 10, 1995: Danny Darwin was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[6]
- April 12, 1995: Candy Maldonado was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[7]
- April 24, 1995: Frank Viola was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[8]
- April 26, 1995: Aaron Small was traded by the Blue Jays to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Marlins completed the deal by sending Ernie Delgado (minors) to the Blue Jays on September 19.[9]
- June 1, 1995: 1995 Major League Baseball draft
- Roy Halladay was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (17th pick). Player signed June 30, 1995.[10]
- Ryan Freel was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 10th round.[11]
- July 18, 1995: Danny Darwin was released by the Blue Jays.[6]
- July 25, 1995: Frank Viola was released by the Blue Jays.[8]
- July 28, 1995: David Cone was traded by the Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis (minors), and Mike Gordon (minors).[5]
- August 1, 1995: Wally Whitehurst was signed as a free agent with the Blue Jays.[12]
- August 31, 1995: Candy Maldonado was sent by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.[7]
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Sandy Martínez | 62 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 2 | 25 |
1B | John Olerud | 135 | 492 | 143 | .291 | 8 | 54 |
2B | Roberto Alomar | 130 | 517 | 155 | .300 | 13 | 66 |
SS | Alex Gonzalez | 111 | 367 | 89 | .243 | 10 | 42 |
3B | Ed Sprague | 144 | 521 | 127 | .244 | 18 | 74 |
LF | Joe Carter | 139 | 558 | 141 | .253 | 25 | 76 |
CF | Devon White | 101 | 427 | 121 | .283 | 10 | 53 |
RF | Shawn Green | 121 | 379 | 109 | .288 | 15 | 54 |
DH | Paul Molitor | 130 | 525 | 142 | .270 | 15 | 60 |
Other batters
Note: 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 |
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C | Lance Parrish | 70 | 178 | 36 | .202 | 4 | 22 |
OF | Candy Maldonado | 61 | 160 | 43 | .269 | 7 | 25 |
CF | Mike Huff | 61 | 138 | 32 | .232 | 1 | 9 |
IF | Domingo Cedeño | 51 | 161 | 38 | .236 | 4 | 14 |
C | Randy Knorr | 45 | 132 | 28 | .212 | 3 | 16 |
SS | Tomás Pérez | 41 | 98 | 24 | .245 | 1 | 8 |
UT | Carlos Delgado | 37 | 99 | 15 | .165 | 3 | 11 |
OF | Robert Pérez | 17 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 1 | 3 |
OF | Shannon Stewart | 12 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 1 |
UT | Howard Battle | 9 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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David Cone | 17 | 130.1 | 9 | 6 | 3.38 | 102 |
Al Leiter | 28 | 183.0 | 11 | 11 | 3.64 | 153 |
Paul Menhart | 21 | 78.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.92 | 50 |
Pat Hentgen | 30 | 200.2 | 10 | 14 | 5.11 | 135 |
Edwin Hurtado | 14 | 77.2 | 5 | 2 | 5.45 | 33 |
Jeff Ware | 5 | 26.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.47 | 18 |
Juan Guzmán | 24 | 135.1 | 4 | 14 | 6.32 | 94 |
Giovanni Carrara | 12 | 48.2 | 2 | 4 | 7.21 | 27 |
Danny Darwin | 13 | 65.0 | 1 | 8 | 7.62 | 36 |
Relief pitchers
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mike Timlin | 31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2.14 | 36 |
Tim Crabtree | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.09 | 21 |
Tony Castillo | 55 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3.22 | 38 |
Ken Robinson | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.69 | 31 |
Woody Williams | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.69 | 41 |
Darren Hall | 17 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.41 | 11 |
Jimmy Rogers | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.70 | 13 |
Ricardo Jordan | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.60 | 10 |
Danny Cox | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.40 | 38 |
Brad Cornett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |
Duane Ward | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 |
Farm system
References
- Dave Righetti at Baseball Reference
- Rob Butler at Baseball Reference
- Danny Cox at Baseball Reference
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bailesc01.shtml
- David Cone at Baseball Reference
- Danny Darwin at Baseball Reference
- Candy Maldonado at Baseball Reference
- Frank Viola at Baseball Reference
- Aaron Small at Baseball Reference
- Roy Halladay at Baseball Reference
- Ryan Freel at Baseball Reference
- Wally Whitehurst at Baseball Reference
- Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
- 1995 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
- 1995 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac
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