1995 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Baltimore Orioles 1995 American League East Oriole Park at Camden Yards Baltimore, Maryland 71–73 (.493) 3rd Peter Angelos Roland Hemond Phil Regan WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDCHome Team Sports(Mel Proctor, Josh Lewin, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer) WBAL/WTEM(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra) The 1995 Baltimore Orioles season was the 95th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 42nd in Baltimore, and the 4th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 73 losses. Offseason November 18, 1994: Mark Lee was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Mark Lee page at Baseball Reference December 6, 1994: Jay Powell was traded by the Orioles to the Florida Marlins for Bret Barberie.Bret Barberie page at Baseball Reference Regular season The Orioles scored 704 runs (4.89 per game) and allowed only 640 runs (4.44 per game), second only to the Cleveland Indians. The Orioles pitching staff also allowed the fewest hits in the Majors (1,165), the most complete games (19) and the most shutouts in the AL (10).https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1995.shtml 1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's record On Wednesday, September 6, 1995, many baseball fans within and out of the United States tuned into cable TV network ESPN (and called by Chris Berman and Buck Martinez) to watch Ripken surpass Lou Gehrig's 56-year-old record for consecutive games played. The game, between the Orioles and the California Angels, still ranks as one of the network's most watched baseball games. Cal's children, Rachel and Ryan, threw out the ceremonial first balls. Both President Bill Clinton and Vice-president Al Gore were at the game. President Clinton was in the WBAL local radio broadcast booth when Ripken hit a home runTop Ten Things to Do at Oriole Park at Camden Yards https://web.archive.org/web/20070929044324/http://www.orioles-tickets.com/toptenthings.html September 29, 2007 by Orioles Tickets, 2005. Retrieved December 14, 2006. in the fourth inning, and called the home run over the air. When the game became official after the Angels' half of the fifth inning, the numerical banners that displayed Ripken's streak on the wall of the Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards outside the stadium's right field wall changed from 2130 to 2131. Everyone attending (including the opposing Angels and all four umpires) erupted with a standing ovation lasting more than 22 minutes, one of the longest standing ovations for any athlete; ESPN did not go to a commercial break during the entire ovation. During the ovation, Cal was convinced by his teammates to take an impromptu victory lap around the entire Camden Yards to shake hands and give high-fives to the fans, creating a highlight reel moment that's been played repeatedly over the years since then. Season standings Baltimore Orioles Record vs. opponents BAL Notable transactions April 9, 1995: Jesse Orosco was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Jesse Orosco page at Baseball Reference April 21, 1995: Andy Van Slyke was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Andy Van Slyke page at Baseball Reference May 16, 1995: Jack Voigt was traded by the Orioles to the Texas Rangers for John Dettmer.Jack Voigt page at Baseball Reference June 14, 1995: Jarvis Brown was sent to the Orioles by the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.Jarvis Brown page at Baseball Reference June 18, 1995: Andy Van Slyke was traded by the Orioles to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gene Harris. July 28, 1995: Damon Buford and Alex Ochoa were traded by the Orioles to the New York Mets for Bobby Bonilla and a player to be named later. The Mets completed the deal by sending Jimmy Williams (minors) to the Orioles on August 16.Bobby Bonilla page at Baseball Reference Roster 1995 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers 49 Armando Benítez 77 Joe Borowski 41 Kevin Brown 36 Terry Clark 55 Jim Dedrick 45 John DeSilva 21 Scott Erickson 50 Sid Fernandez 29 Gene Harris 39 Mike Hartley 60 Jimmy Haynes 31 Doug Jones 55 Scott Klingenbeck 37 Rick Krivda 52 Mark Lee 19 Ben McDonald 75 Alan Mills 51 Jamie Moyer 35 Mike Mussina 56 Mike Oquist 47 Jesse Orosco 29 Brad Pennington 53 Arthur Rhodes Catchers 59 César Devarez 23 Chris Hoiles 24 Matt Nokes 24,48 Gregg Zaun Infielders  6 Manny Alexander  2 Bret Barberie 10 Leo Gómez 30 Jeff Huson 12 Jeff Manto 25 Rafael Palmeiro  8 Cal Ripken Jr. 28 Jack Voigt Outfielders  9 Brady Anderson 17 Kevin Bass 26 Bobby Bonilla 32 Jarvis Brown 26 Damon Buford 28 Curtis Goodwin 11 Jeffrey Hammonds 42 Sherman Obando 34 Mark Smith 18 Andy Van Slyke Other batters  3 Harold Baines Manager 27 Phil Regan Coaches 43 Steve Boros (Third Base)  1 Al Bumbry (First Base) 15 Chuck Cottier (Bench) 46 Mike Flanagan (Pitching) 44 Elrod Hendricks (Bullpen) 14 Lee May (Hitting) Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 Chris Hoiles 114 352 88 .250 19 58 1B Rafael Palmeiro 143 554 172 .310 39 104 2B Manny Alexander 94 242 57 .236 3 23 SS Cal Ripken Jr. 144 550 144 .262 17 88 3B Jeff Manto 89 254 65 .256 17 38 LF Brady Anderson 143 554 145 .262 16 64 CF Curtis Goodwin 87 289 76 .263 1 24 RF Jeffrey Hammonds 57 178 43 .242 4 23 DH Harold Baines 127 385 115 .299 24 63 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 Kevin Bass 111 295 72 .244 5 32 Bret Barberie 90 237 57 .241 2 25 Bobby Bonilla 61 237 79 .333 10 46 Jeff Huson 66 161 40 .248 1 19 Leo Gómez 53 127 30 .236 4 12 Gregg Zaun 40 104 27 .260 3 14 Mark Smith 37 104 24 .231 3 15 Andy Van Slyke 17 63 10 .159 3 8 Matt Nokes 26 49 6 .122 2 6 Sherman Obando 16 38 10 .263 0 3 Damon Buford 24 32 2 .063 0 2 Jarvis Brown 18 27 4 .148 0 1 Cesar Devarez 6 4 0 .000 0 0 Jack Voigt 3 1 1 1.000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Mike Mussina 32 221.2 19 9 3.29 158 Kevin Brown 26 172.1 10 9 3.60 117 Scott Erickson 17 108.2 9 4 3.89 61 Ben McDonald 14 80.0 3 6 4.16 62 Rick Krivda 13 75.1 2 7 4.54 53 Scott Klingenbeck 6 31.1 2 2 4.88 15 Jimmy Haynes 4 24.0 2 1 2.25 22 John DeSilva 2 8.2 1 0 7.27 1 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 Jamie Moyer 27 115.2 8 6 5.21 65 Arthur Rhodes 19 75.1 2 5 6.21 77 Sid Fernandez 8 28.0 0 4 7.39 31 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 Doug Jones 52 0 4 22 5.01 42 Jesse Orosco 65 2 4 3 3.26 58 Armando Benítez 44 1 5 2 5.66 56 Mark Lee 39 2 0 1 4.86 27 Terry Clark 38 2 5 1 3.46 18 Mike Oquist 27 2 1 0 4.17 27 Alan Mills 21 3 0 0 7.43 16 Brad Pennington 8 0 1 0 8.10 10 Jim Dedrick 6 0 0 0 2.35 10 Joe Borowski 6 0 0 0 1.23 3 Mike Hartley 3 1 0 0 1.29 4 Gene Harris 3 0 0 0 4.50 4 Awards and honors Cal Ripken Jr., Associated Press Athlete of the Year Cal Ripken Jr., Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Farm system AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Marv Foley AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Bob Miscik A High Desert Mavericks California League Tim Blackwell A Frederick Keys Carolina League Mike O'Berry Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Andy Etchebarren Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Julio GarciaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 1995 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference 1995 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Baltimore Orioles seasons Baltimore Orioles season Baltimore