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1995 Chicago Cubs
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Wrigley Field
City Chicago
Record73–71 (.507)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Tribune Company
General managers Ed Lynch
Managers Jim Riggleman
Television WGN-TV/ Superstation WGN/ CLTV
( Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Thom Brennaman)
Radio WGN
( Thom Brennaman, Ron Santo, Harry Caray)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1995 Chicago Cubs season was the 124th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 120th in the National League and the 80th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League Central with a record of 73–71. This season also marks the 50th anniversary of their last National league pennant of 1945.

Offseason

  • December 2, 1994: Dave Otto was released by the Chicago Cubs. [1]

Regular season

The Cubs pitching staff did well during the regular season, leading all 28 teams in shutouts, with 12. [2]

Season standings

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 85 59 0.590 — 44–28 41–31
Houston Astros 76 68 0.528 9 36–36 40–32
Chicago Cubs 73 71 0.507 12 34–38 39–33
St. Louis Cardinals 62 81 0.434 22½ 39–33 23–48
Pittsburgh Pirates 58 86 0.403 27 31–41 27–45

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 8–4 8–5 9–4 10–3 6–6 5–4 9–4 5–8 7–6 4–2 5–2 7–1 7–5
Chicago 4–8 — 3–7 6–7 8–4 5–8 7–5 3–5 4–3 6–1 8–5 5–7 5–7 9–4
Cincinnati 5–8 7–3 — 5–7 6–6 12–1 4–3 8–4 7–5 9–3 8–5 3–6 3–3 8–5
Colorado 4–9 7–6 7–5 — 5–7 4–4 4–9 7–1 5–4 4–2 8–4 9–4 8–5 5–7
Florida 3–10 4–8 6–6 7–5 — 8–4 3–7 6–7 7–6 6–7 5–8 3–2 5–3 4–3
Houston 6–6 8–5 1–12 4–4 4–8 — 3–2 9–3 6–6 5–7 9–4 7–4 5–3 9–4
Los Angeles 4–5 5–7 3–4 9–4 7–3 2–3 — 7–5 6–6 4–9 9–4 7–6 8–5 7–5
Montreal 4–9 5–3 4–8 1–7 7–6 3–9 5–7 — 7–6 8–5 4–4 7–5 7–6 4–3
New York 8–5 3–4 5–7 4–5 6–7 6–6 6–6 6–7 — 7–6 4–3 6–7 5–8 3–4
Philadelphia 6-7 1–6 3–9 2–4 7–6 7–5 9–4 5–8 6–7 — 6–3 6–6 6–6 5–4
Pittsburgh 2–4 5–8 5–8 4–8 8–5 4–9 4–9 4–4 3–4 3–6 — 4–8 6–6 6–7
San Diego 2–5 7–5 6–3 4–9 2–3 4–7 6–7 5–7 7–6 6–6 8–4 — 6–7 7–5
San Francisco 1–7 7–5 3–3 5–8 3–5 3–5 5–8 6–7 8–5 6–6 6–6 7–6 — 7–6
St. Louis 5–7 4–9 5–8 7–5 3–4 4-9 5–7 3–4 4–3 4–5 7–6 5–7 6–7 —


Notable transactions

  • April 5, 1995: Brian McRae was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Derek Wallace and Geno Morones (minors). [3]
  • May 24, 1995: Felix Jose was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs. [4]
  • May 26, 1995: Karl Rhodes was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago Cubs. [5]
  • June 1, 1995: Kerry Wood was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 1995. [6]
  • June 1, 1995: Felix Jose was released by the Chicago Cubs. [4]

Roster

1995 Chicago Cubs roster
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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Scott Servais 52 175 50 .286 12 35
1B Mark Grace 143 552 180 .326 16 92
2B Rey Sánchez 114 428 119 .278 3 27
SS Shawon Dunston 127 477 141 .296 14 69
3B Todd Zeile 79 299 68 .227 9 30
LF Luis Gonzalez 77 262 76 .290 7 34
CF Brian McRae 137 580 167 .288 12 48
RF Sammy Sosa 144 564 151 .268 36 119

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
José Hernández 93 245 60 .245 13 40
Ozzie Timmons 77 171 45 .263 8 28
Howard Johnson 87 169 33 .195 7 22
Rick Wilkins 50 162 31 .191 6 14
Scott Bullett 104 150 41 .273 3 22
Steve Buechele 32 106 20 .189 1 9
Todd Haney 25 73 30 .411 2 6
Todd Pratt 25 60 8 .133 0 4
Joe Kmak 19 53 13 .245 1 6
Kevin Roberson 32 38 7 .184 4 6
Mark Parent 12 32 8 .250 3 5
Mike Hubbard 15 23 4 .174 0 1
Matt Franco 16 17 5 .294 0 1
Tuffy Rhodes 13 16 2 .125 0 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jaime Navarro 29 200.1 14 6 3.28 128
Frank Castillo 29 188.0 11 10 3.21 135
Kevin Foster 30 167.2 12 11 4.51 146
Steve Trachsel 30 160.2 7 13 5.15 117
Jim Bullinger 24 150.0 12 8 4.14 93
Mike Morgan 4 24.2 2 1 2.19 15

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Randy Myers 57 1 2 38 3.88 59
Mike Pérez 68 2 6 2 3.66 49
Turk Wendell 43 3 1 0 4.92 50
Mike Walker 42 1 3 1 3.22 20
Larry Casian 42 1 0 0 1.93 11
Bryan Hickerson 38 2 3 1 6.82 28
Chris Nabholz 34 0 1 0 5.40 21
Anthony Young 32 3 4 2 3.70 15
Terry Adams 18 1 1 1 6.50 15
Willie Banks 10 0 1 0 15.43 9
Rich Garcés 7 0 0 0 3.27 6
Dave Swartzbaugh 7 0 0 0 0.00 5
Roberto Rivera 7 0 0 0 5.40 2
Tom Edens 5 1 0 0 6.00 2
Tanyon Sturtze 2 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Ron Clark
AA Orlando Cubs Southern League Bruce Kimm
A Daytona Cubs Florida State League Dave Trembley
A Rockford Cubbies Midwest League Steve Roadcap
A-Short Season Williamsport Cubs New York–Penn League Oneri Fleita
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Sandy Alomar Sr.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Daytona [7]

References

  1. ^ "Dave Otto Stats".
  2. ^ "1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  3. ^ Brian McRae Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ a b "Felix Jose Stats".
  5. ^ "Tuffy Rhodes Stats".
  6. ^ "Kerry Wood Stats".
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997


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