1995 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Mike Ilitch | |
General managers | Joe Klein | |
Managers | Sparky Anderson | |
Television |
WKBD ( George Kell, Al Kaline, Jim Price) PASS ( Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod) | |
Radio |
WJR ( Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen) | |
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The 1995 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 60–84 (.417). The strike-shortened 1995 season was the last for Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson and longtime second baseman Lou Whitaker, who each retired at the end of the season, as well as Kirk Gibson who retired in August 1995.
The pitching continued to be a liability; they were outscored by their opponents 844–654. Only the Minnesota Twins allowed more runs in the American League.
Despite their inconsistencies, the surprising Tigers found themselves just three games out of first place after beating Kansas City, 4–2 on July 9. However, when play resumed after the All-Star break, the Tigers went into free-fall, winning only 23 of their last 74 games. The Tigers drew 1,180,979 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1995, ranking 11th of the 14 teams in the American League.
The Tigers set a new major league record for most home runs by a losing team when they hit seven homers in a 14–12 defeat to the Chicago White Sox on May 28. [1]
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 |
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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 | — |
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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 | John Flaherty | 112 | 226 | 56 | .248 | 4 | 22 |
1B | Cecil Fielder | 136 | 376 | 94 | .250 | 27 | 72 |
2B | Lou Whitaker | 84 | 249 | 73 | .293 | 14 | 44 |
3B | Travis Fryman | 144 | 567 | 156 | .275 | 15 | 81 |
SS | Chris Gomez | 123 | 431 | 96 | .223 | 11 | 50 |
LF | Bobby Higginson | 131 | 410 | 92 | .224 | 14 | 43 |
CF | Chad Curtis | 144 | 586 | 157 | .268 | 21 | 67 |
RF | Danny Bautista | 89 | 271 | 55 | .203 | 7 | 27 |
DH | Kirk Gibson | 70 | 227 | 59 | .260 | 9 | 35 |
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 |
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Alan Trammell | 74 | 223 | 60 | .269 | 2 | 23 |
Scott Fletcher | 67 | 182 | 42 | .231 | 1 | 17 |
Juan Samuel | 76 | 171 | 48 | .281 | 10 | 34 |
Ron Tingley | 54 | 124 | 28 | .226 | 4 | 18 |
Franklin Stubbs | 62 | 116 | 29 | .250 | 2 | 19 |
Tony Clark | 27 | 101 | 24 | .238 | 3 | 11 |
Phil Nevin | 29 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 2 | 12 |
Milt Cuyler | 41 | 88 | 18 | .205 | 0 | 5 |
Derrick White | 39 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
Todd Steverson | 30 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 2 | 6 |
Steve Rodriguez | 12 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 0 | 0 |
Rudy Pemberton | 12 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 3 |
Joe Hall | 7 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
Shannon Penn | 3 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Note: 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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Sean Bergman | 28 | 135.1 | 7 | 10 | 5.12 | 86 |
Mike Moore | 25 | 132.2 | 5 | 15 | 7.53 | 64 |
David Wells | 18 | 130.1 | 10 | 3 | 3.04 | 83 |
José Lima | 15 | 73.2 | 3 | 9 | 6.11 | 37 |
C. J. Nitkowski | 11 | 39.1 | 1 | 4 | 7.09 | 13 |
Clint Sodowsky | 6 | 23.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.01 | 14 |
Pat Ahearne | 4 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 11.70 | 4 |
Note: 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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Felipe Lira | 37 | 146.1 | 9 | 13 | 4.31 | 89 |
Brian Bohanon | 52 | 105.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.54 | 63 |
Note: 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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Mike Henneman | 29 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1.53 | 24 |
Joe Boever | 60 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6.39 | 71 |
John Doherty | 48 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5.10 | 46 |
Brian Maxcy | 41 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6.88 | 20 |
Mike Christopher | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3.82 | 34 |
Buddy Groom | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7.52 | 23 |
Kevin Wickander | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.60 | 9 |
Ben Blomdahl | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.77 | 15 |
Mike Myers | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 4 |
Greg Gohr | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.87 | 12 |
Dwayne Henry | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6.23 | 9 |
Mike Gardiner | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.59 | 7 |
Sean Whiteside | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 2 |