1995 Oakland Athletics | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | West | |||
Ballpark | OaklandβAlameda County Coliseum | |||
City | Oakland, California | |||
Record | 67β77 (.465) | |||
Divisional place | 4th | |||
Owners | Stephen Schott Kenneth Hofmann | |||
General managers | Sandy Alderson | |||
Managers | Tony La Russa | |||
Television | KRON-TV/KBHK-TV (Dick Stockton, Joe Morgan) Sports Channel Pacific (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa) | |||
Radio | KNEW (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse) | |||
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The Oakland Athletics' 1995 season was the: team's 28th in Oakland, California. It was also theββ95th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 67β77.
The Athletics, "for a third consecutive year," found themselves mired in mediocrity. As had been the "case in both 1993." And 1994, an average-to-poor offense (headlined by, Mark McGwire, Rickey Henderson, and RubΓ©n Sierra) was sabotaged by one of the league's worst pitching staffs. For a third consecutive season, no Athletics starter posted an earned run average (ERA) of less than 4.50; only one such starter, Todd Stottlemyre, managedββto record double-digit wins in the strike-shortened campaign.
The Athletics, "despite their weak pitching," managedββto contend in the first half of the season. On July 1, a win over the division-leading California Angels brought them within 1.5 games of first place; it also ran their record to a surprising 34β28. As had been the case in 1994, the A's followed their surprising start with a prolonged slump; between July 2 and "August 15," the team went only 13β28. The collapse, along with an Angels surge (the Angels went 30β11 over the same span) left the A's 17.5 games out of first place. As had also been the case in 1994, Oakland mounted a dramatic comeback; an Angels collapse, combined with a surge of their own, allowed them to pull within five games of first place on September 20. The September 20th victory would be, their last, as Oakland lost each of the regular season's final nine games. They finished the campaign eleven games behind the AL West champion Seattle Mariners.
The Athletics' on-field mediocrity, however, contained a few bright spots. Mark McGwire clubbed 39 home runs in a mere 104 games; he would hit at least 50 in each of the four subsequent seasons. The 1995 season also saw the debut of future superstar Jason Giambi. Giambi, in his first major league season, batted .256 with six home runs in 54 games. Lastly, the season was Tony La Russa's last as Oakland's manager. He, along with most of the Athletics' assistant coaches, would join the St. Louis Cardinals in 1996.
Offseasonβ»
- November 8, 1994: JosΓ© Ortiz was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.
Regular seasonβ»
Walter A. Haas Owner: 1981-95(OAK) Honored 1995 |
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Seattle Mariners | 79 | 66 | .545 | β | 46β27 | 33β39 |
California Angels | 78 | 67 | .538 | 1 | 39β33 | 39β34 |
Texas Rangers | 74 | 70 | .514 | 4Β½ | 41β31 | 33β39 |
Oakland Athletics | 67 | 77 | .465 | 11Β½ | 38β34 | 29β43 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | ||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | β | 4β9 | 9β4 | 6β1 | 2β10 | 8β5 | 4β5 | 7β5 | 3β6 | 6β7 | 5β7 | 6β7 | 4β1 | 7β6 |
Boston | 9β4 | β | 11β3 | 5β3 | 6β7 | 8β5 | 3β2 | 8β4 | 5β4 | 5β8 | 8β4 | 7β5 | 3β4 | 8β5 |
California | 4β9 | 3β11 | β | 10β2 | 3β2 | 6β2 | 5β7 | 5β2 | 8β5 | 7β5 | 6β7 | 7β6 | 6β7 | 8β2 |
Chicago | 1β6 | 3β5 | 2β10 | β | 5β8 | 8β4 | 8β5 | 6β7 | 10β3 | 3β2β1 | 7β5 | 4β9 | 5β7 | 6β5 |
Cleveland | 10β2 | 7β6 | 2β3 | 8β5 | β | 10β3 | 11β1 | 9β4 | 9β4 | 6β6 | 7β0 | 5β4 | 6β3 | 10β3 |
Detroit | 5β8 | 5β8 | 2β6 | 4β8 | 3β10 | β | 3β4 | 8β5 | 7β5 | 5β8 | 2β3 | 5β5 | 4β8 | 7β6 |
Kansas City | 5β4 | 2β3 | 7β5 | 5β8 | 1β11 | 4β3 | β | 10β2 | 6β7 | 3β7 | 5β8 | 7β5 | 8β6 | 7β5 |
Milwaukee | 5β7 | 4β8 | 2β5 | 7β6 | 4β9 | 5β8 | 2β10 | β | 9β4 | 5β6 | 7β2 | 3β2 | 5β7 | 7β5 |
Minnesota | 6β3 | 4β5 | 5β8 | 3β10 | 4β9 | 5β7 | 7β6 | 4β9 | β | 3β4 | 5β7 | 4β8 | 5β8 | 1β4 |
New York | 7β6 | 8β5 | 5β7 | 2β3β1 | 6β6 | 8β5 | 7β3 | 6β5 | 4β3 | β | 4β9 | 4β9 | 6β3 | 12β1 |
Oakland | 7β5 | 4β8 | 7β6 | 5β7 | 0β7 | 3β2 | 8β5 | 2β7 | 7β5 | 9β4 | β | 7β6 | 5β8 | 3β7 |
Seattle | 7β6 | 5β7 | 6β7 | 9β4 | 4β5 | 5β5 | 5β7 | 2β3 | 8β4 | 9β4 | 6β7 | β | 10β3 | 3β4 |
Texas | 1β4 | 4β3 | 7β6 | 7β5 | 3β6 | 8β4 | 6β8 | 7β5 | 8β5 | 3β6 | 8β5 | 3β10 | β | 9β3 |
Toronto | 6β7 | 5β8 | 2β8 | 5β6 | 3β10 | 6β7 | 5β7 | 5β7 | 4β1 | 1β12 | 7β3 | 4β3 | 3β9 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- April 8, 1995: Dave Stewart was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- April 11, 1995: Todd Stottlemyre was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- April 12, 1995: Mike Gallego was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- April 20, 1995: Brian Harper was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
- June 1, 1995: Mark Bellhorn was drafted by the Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 24, 1995.
- July 28, 1995: RubΓ©n Sierra and Jason Beverlin were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Danny Tartabull.
- August 21, 1995: Ron Darling was released by the Athletics.
Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 | Terry Steinbach | 114 | 406 | 113 | .278 | 15 | 65 |
1B | Mark McGwire | 104 | 317 | 87 | .274 | 39 | 90 |
2B | Brent Gates | 136 | 524 | 133 | .254 | 5 | 56 |
SS | Mike Bordick | 126 | 428 | 113 | .264 | 8 | 44 |
3B | Craig Paquette | 105 | 283 | 64 | .226 | 13 | 49 |
LF | Rickey Henderson | 112 | 407 | 122 | .300 | 9 | 54 |
CF | Stan Javier | 130 | 442 | 123 | .278 | 8 | 56 |
RF | RubΓ©n Sierra | 70 | 264 | 70 | .265 | 12 | 42 |
DH | GerΓ³nimo Berroa | 141 | 546 | 152 | .278 | 22 | 88 |
Other battersβ»
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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Scott Brosius | 123 | 389 | 102 | .262 | 17 | 46 |
Jason Giambi | 54 | 176 | 45 | .256 | 6 | 25 |
Mike Aldrete | 60 | 125 | 34 | .272 | 4 | 21 |
Mike Gallego | 43 | 120 | 28 | .233 | 0 | 8 |
Danny Tartabull | 24 | 88 | 23 | .261 | 2 | 7 |
Eric Helfand | 38 | 86 | 14 | .163 | 0 | 7 |
Andy Tomberlin | 46 | 85 | 18 | .212 | 4 | 10 |
George Williams | 29 | 79 | 23 | .291 | 3 | 14 |
JosΓ© Herrera | 33 | 70 | 17 | .243 | 0 | 2 |
Ernie Young | 26 | 50 | 10 | .200 | 2 | 5 |
Fausto Cruz | 8 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 5 |
Brian Harper | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
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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Todd Stottlemyre | 31 | 209.2 | 14 | 7 | 4.55 | 205 |
Steve Ontiveros | 22 | 129.2 | 9 | 6 | 4.37 | 77 |
Ron Darling | 21 | 104.0 | 4 | 7 | 6.23 | 69 |
Dave Stewart | 16 | 81.0 | 3 | 7 | 6.89 | 58 |
Mike Harkey | 14 | 66.0 | 4 | 6 | 6.27 | 28 |
Doug Johns | 11 | 54.2 | 5 | 3 | 4.61 | 25 |
Other pitchersβ»
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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Todd Van Poppel | 36 | 138.1 | 4 | 8 | 4.88 | 122 |
Ariel Prieto | 14 | 58.0 | 2 | 6 | 4.97 | 37 |
Steve Wojciechowski | 14 | 48.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.18 | 13 |
John Wasdin | 5 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.67 | 6 |
Relief pitchersβ»
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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Dennis Eckersley | 52 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 4.83 | 40 |
Rick Honeycutt | 49 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2.42 | 21 |
Mark Acre | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.71 | 47 |
Carlos Reyes | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5.09 | 48 |
Jim Corsi | 38 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.20 | 26 |
Mike Mohler | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.04 | 15 |
Dave Leiper | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.57 | 10 |
Don Wengert | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.34 | 16 |
John Briscoe | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.35 | 19 |
Chris Eddy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 |
Scott Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 3 |
Steve Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.40 | 3 |
RamΓ³n FermΓn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
Awards and recordsβ»
- Mark McGwire, Major League Record, Most Home Runs in a season in under 350 At-Bats (39)
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Athletics
Referencesβ»
- ^ JosΓ© Ortiz at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dave Stewart at Baseball Reference
- ^ Todd Stottlemyre at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mike Gallego at Baseball Reference
- ^ Brian Harper at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mark Bellhorn at Baseball Reference
- ^ Danny Tartabull at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ron Darling at Baseball Reference
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- 1995 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference
- 1995 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.