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.
1995 Toronto Blue Jays | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | SkyDome | |
City | Toronto | |
Record | 56–88 (.389) | |
Divisional place | 5th | |
Owners | Interbrew, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | |
General managers | Gord Ash | |
Managers | Cito Gaston | |
Television | CBC Television (Brian Williams, Tommy Hutton) ONT (Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez) | |
Radio | CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek) | |
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Transactions
editTransactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1995 season.[1]
October 1994
editOctober 3 | Randy St. Claire granted free agency (signed with Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract on December 6, 1994). |
October 11 | Released Dave Righetti. |
October 14 | Darnell Coles granted free agency (signed with St. Louis Cardinals to a one-year, $300,000 contract on March 9, 1995). |
October 15 | Ray Giannelli granted free agency (signed with St. Louis Cardinals to a contract on November 18, 1994). Joel Johnston granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a contract on December 16, 1994). |
October 18 | Todd Stottlemyre granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $2.05 million contract on April 11, 1995). |
October 20 | Danny Cox granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $700,000 contract on December 14, 1994). Dave Stewart granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $1 million contract on April 8, 1995). |
October 21 | Pat Borders granted free agency (signed with Kansas City Royals to a one-year, $310,000 contract on April 10, 1995). |
October 25 | Dick Schofield granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $350,000 contract on April 15, 1995). |
November 1994
editNovember 18 | Traded Eddie Zosky to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later (Scotty Pace on December 14, 1994). |
December 1994
editDecember 5 | Sent Rob Butler to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal. Freddy García selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1994 MLB Rule 5 draft. Todd Steverson selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1994 MLB Rule 5 draft. Purchased the contract of Tomás Pérez from the California Angels. |
December 14 | Re-signed free agent Danny Cox to a one-year, $700,000 contract. |
December 20 | Signed free agent Dave Wainhouse to a contract. |
January 1995
editJanuary 18 | Released Scott Bailes. |
April 1995
editApril 6 | Acquired David Cone from the Kansas City Royals for Chris Stynes, Tony Medrano and Dave Sinnes. |
April 10 | Signed free agent Danny Darwin from the Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $300,000 contract. |
April 14 | Signed free agent Candy Maldonado from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $200,000 contract. |
April 17 | Signed free agent Paul Gibson from the Milwaukee Brewers to a contract. |
April 22 | Received Lance Parrish from the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal. |
April 24 | Signed free agent Frank Viola from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. |
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 86 | 58 | .597 | — | 42–30 | 44–28 |
New York Yankees | 79 | 65 | .549 | 7 | 46–26 | 33–39 |
Baltimore Orioles | 71 | 73 | .493 | 15 | 36–36 | 35–37 |
Detroit Tigers | 60 | 84 | .417 | 26 | 35–37 | 25–47 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 56 | 88 | .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 | — |
Transactions
editTransactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1995 regular season.[2]
April 1995
editApril 26 | Traded Aaron Small to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later (Ernie Delgado on September 19, 1995). |
June 1995
editJune 5 | Released Dave Wainhouse. |
June 9 | Released Paul Gibson. |
July 1995
editJuly 18 | Released Danny Darwin. |
July 25 | Released Frank Viola. |
July 28 | Acquired Marty Janzen, Mike Gordon and Jason Jarvis from the New York Yankees for David Cone. |
August 1995
editAugust 1 | Signed free agent Wally Whitehurst from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. |
August 31 | Sent Candy Maldonado to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal. |
1995 MLB Draft
edit- 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.[3]
- Ryan Freel was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 10th round.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Game log
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April: 3–2 (Home: 3–2; Away: 0–0)
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May: 11–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–8)
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June: 9–16 (Home: 6–5; Away: 3–11)
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July: 15–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 10–6)
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August: 11–16 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–10)
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September: 7–21 (Home: 3–11; Away: 4–10)
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*An MLB Players strike, which ended on April 2, resulted in a reduced schedule of 144 games being played in 1995. |
Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 Jr. | 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
editNote: 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 | Lance Parrish | 70 | 178 | 36 | .202 | 4 | 22 |
IF | Domingo Cedeño | 51 | 161 | 38 | .236 | 4 | 14 |
OF | Candy Maldonado | 61 | 160 | 43 | .269 | 7 | 25 |
CF | Mike Huff | 61 | 138 | 32 | .232 | 1 | 9 |
C | Randy Knorr | 45 | 132 | 28 | .212 | 3 | 16 |
UT | Carlos Delgado | 37 | 99 | 15 | .165 | 3 | 11 |
SS | Tomás Pérez | 41 | 98 | 24 | .245 | 1 | 8 |
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 |
Pitching
editStarting and other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Pat Hentgen | 30 | 200.2 | 10 | 14 | 5.11 | 135 |
Al Leiter | 28 | 183.0 | 11 | 11 | 3.64 | 153 |
Juan Guzmán | 24 | 135.1 | 4 | 14 | 6.32 | 94 |
David Cone | 17 | 130.1 | 9 | 6 | 3.38 | 102 |
Paul Menhart | 21 | 78.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.92 | 50 |
Edwin Hurtado | 14 | 77.2 | 5 | 2 | 5.45 | 33 |
Danny Darwin | 13 | 65.0 | 1 | 8 | 7.62 | 36 |
Giovanni Carrara | 12 | 48.2 | 2 | 4 | 7.21 | 27 |
Jeff Ware | 5 | 26.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.47 | 18 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tony Castillo | 55 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3.22 | 38 |
Mike Timlin | 31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2.14 | 36 |
Tim Crabtree | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.09 | 21 |
Danny Cox | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7.40 | 38 |
Woody Williams | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.69 | 41 |
Ken Robinson | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.69 | 31 |
Jimmy Rogers | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.70 | 13 |
Darren Hall | 17 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4.41 | 11 |
Ricardo Jordan | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.60 | 10 |
Brad Cornett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 |
Duane Ward | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 |
Award winners
edit- Roberto Alomar, Gold Glove Award
- Devon White, Gold Glove Award
- Roberto Alomar, 2B
Farm system
editReferences
edit- ^ "1995 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "1995 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ Roy Halladay at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ryan Freel 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
edit- 1995 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
- 1995 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac