Detroit Tigers | |
Season: | 1995 |
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) |
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]
1995 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Manager Coaches
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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 | 112 | 226 | 56 | .248 | 4 | 22 | ||
1B | 136 | 376 | 94 | .250 | 27 | 72 | ||
2B | 84 | 249 | 73 | .293 | 14 | 44 | ||
3B | 144 | 567 | 156 | .275 | 15 | 81 | ||
SS | 123 | 431 | 96 | .223 | 11 | 50 | ||
LF | 131 | 410 | 92 | .224 | 14 | 43 | ||
CF | 144 | 586 | 157 | .268 | 21 | 67 | ||
RF | 89 | 271 | 55 | .203 | 7 | 27 | ||
DH | 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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74 | 223 | 60 | .269 | 2 | 23 | |
67 | 182 | 42 | .231 | 1 | 17 | |
76 | 171 | 48 | .281 | 10 | 34 | |
54 | 124 | 28 | .226 | 4 | 18 | |
62 | 116 | 29 | .250 | 2 | 19 | |
27 | 101 | 24 | .238 | 3 | 11 | |
29 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 2 | 12 | |
41 | 88 | 18 | .205 | 0 | 5 | |
39 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 0 | 2 | |
30 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 2 | 6 | |
12 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 3 | |
7 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 | |
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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28 | 135.1 | 7 | 10 | 5.12 | 86 | ||
25 | 132.2 | 5 | 15 | 7.53 | 64 | ||
18 | 130.1 | 10 | 3 | 3.04 | 83 | ||
15 | 73.2 | 3 | 9 | 6.11 | 37 | ||
11 | 39.1 | 1 | 4 | 7.09 | 13 | ||
6 | 23.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.01 | 14 | ||
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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37 | 146.1 | 9 | 13 | 4.31 | 89 | ||
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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29 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1.53 | 24 | ||
60 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6.39 | 71 | ||
48 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5.10 | 46 | ||
41 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6.88 | 20 | ||
36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3.82 | 34 | ||
23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7.52 | 23 | ||
21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.60 | 9 | ||
14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.77 | 15 | ||
11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 4 | ||
10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.87 | 12 | ||
10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6.23 | 9 | ||
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.59 | 7 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 2 |
See also: Minor League Baseball.