1995 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

St. Louis Cardinals
Season:	1995
League:	National League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Busch Memorial Stadium
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	62–81 (.434)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Anheuser-Busch
General Managers:	Walt Jocketty
Managers:	Joe Torre and Mike Jorgensen
Television:	KPLR (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter) Prime Sports Midwest (Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Joe Buck)
Radio:	KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter)

The St. Louis Cardinals 1995 season was the team's 114th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 104th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 62–81 during the season and finished fourth in the National League Central division, 22½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds. It was also the team's final season under the ownership of Anheuser-Busch, who would put the team up for sale on October 25, 1995, ending a 43-season ownership reign.

Offseason

• November 7, 1994: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[1]
• December 12, 1994: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[2]
• March 9, 1995: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]

Regular season

Rookie Mark Sweeney got a hit in seven straight pinch-hit at-bats, one short of the major league record. Tom Henke became the seventh pitcher to notch 300 career saves. Outfielders Bernard Gilkey (.298 batting average, 17 home runs), Ray Lankford (25 home runs, 24 stolen bases), and Brian Jordan (.296, 22 home runs) highlighted the Cardinals offense.^[4]

The Cardinals struggled offensively in 1995, finishing 28th overall in runs scored (563), hits (1,182), runs batted in (533), batting average (.247), on-base percentage (.314) and slugging percentage (.374).^[5]

Opening Day starters

• Scott Cooper
• Bernard Gilkey
• Ken Hill
• Brian Jordan
• Ray Lankford
• Manuel Lee
• John Mabry
• Tom Pagnozzi
• Ozzie Smith^[6]

Transactions

• April 5, 1995: Ken Hill was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Kirk Bullinger, Bryan Eversgerd, and Da Rond Stovall.^[7]
• April 9, 1995: Mark Whiten was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Rheal Cormier to the Boston Red Sox for Cory Bailey and Scott Cooper.^[8]
• April 18, 1995: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[9]
• May 2, 1995: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[10]
• June 6, 1995: Greg Cadaret was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[10]
• June 8, 1995: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[11]
• June 22, 1995: Manuel Lee was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
• July 9, 1995: Mark Sweeney was traded by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Habyan.^[12]
• July 27, 1995: Ken Hill was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for David Bell, Rick Heiserman, and Pepe McNeal (minors).
• August 25, 1995: Darnell Coles was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
• September 11, 1995: Chris Sabo was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[11]

Roster

1995 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (First Base) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (Third Base) (Pitching) (Bench)

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		62	219	47	.215	2	15
1B		129	388	119	.307	5	41
2B		88	220	46	.209	2	17
SS		105	345	78	.226	5	18
3B		118	374	86	.230	3	40
LF		121	480	143	.298	17	69
CF		132	483	134	.277	25	82
RF		131	490	145	.296	22	81

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
	76	208	48	.231	5	30
	44	156	31	.199	0	11
	39	144	36	.250	2	19
	63	138	31	.225	3	16
	34	127	37	.291	5	22
	61	118	32	.271	0	2
	57	118	17	.144	3	9
	32	101	27	.267	1	8
	34	99	20	.202	2	3
	65	79	13	.165	0	5
	37	77	21	.273	2	13
	22	74	9	.122	2	8
	19	44	10	.227	0	2
	5	13	2	.154	0	3
	9	11	1	.091	0	0
	4	11	2	.182	0	0
	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

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
	26	137.1	6	6	4.00	71
	21	114.1	7	9	4.96	49
	19	113.1	4	6	3.81	82
	18	110.1	6	7	5.06	50
	17	106.2	5	6	3.88	46
	19	100.2	2	12	5.90	52
	3	16.0	1	2	8.44	20

Other 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
	24	82.2	3	5	3.70	52
	20	40.1	2	3	5.80	34
	14	32.2	1	1	4.41	21
	9	29.1	2	1	5.22	27

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
	52	1	1	36	1.82	48
	59	4	7	0	3.64	71
	58	3	0	0	1.47	40
	56	8	7	0	3.39	76
	41	3	5	0	3.99	25
	31	3	2	0	2.88	35
	23	1	1	2	1.52	28
	6	0	0	0	0.00	10
	3	0	0	0	7.36	5
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

• Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville^[13]

References

1. Web site: Scott Coolbaugh Stats.
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/henketo01.shtml Tom Henke Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colesda01.shtml Darnell Coles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
4. Web site: Cardinals timeline 3 . St. Louis Cardinals Official Website . March 4, 2013.
5. Web site: 1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary.
6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1995&t=SLN 1995 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillke01.shtml Ken Hill Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitema01.shtml Mark Whiten Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leema02.shtml Manuel Lee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
10. Web site: Greg Cadaret Stats.
11. Web site: Chris Sabo Stats.
12. Web site: Mark Sweeney Stats.
13. 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

• 1995 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1995 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com