1995 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1995 American League East Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan 60 84 y 4th Mike Ilitch Joe Klein Sparky Anderson WKBD(George Kell, Al Kaline, Jim Price) PASS(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod) WJR(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen) The 1995 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 95th season and the 84th season at Tiger Stadium. The 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. Regular season 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/u369B Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Team Lost, (requiring HR>=7), sorted by greatest HR Baseball Reference July 24, 2018 Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions thumb|180px|Gabe Kapler April 3, 1995: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/botteke01.shtml Kent Bottenfield Stats April 7, 1995: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boevejo01.shtml Joe Boever Stats April 7, 1995: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsoki01.shtml Kirk Gibson Stats April 13, 1995: Tony Phillips was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Chad Curtis.Tony Phillips Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com April 17, 1995: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.Juan Samuel Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com June 1, 1995: Mark Mulder was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 55th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.Mark Mulder Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com June 1, 1995: Gabe Kapler was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 57th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1995.Gabe Kapler Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com August 7, 1995: Buddy Groom was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Mike Myers (August 9, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groombu01.shtml Buddy Groom Stats August 10, 1995: Mike Henneman was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Phil Nevin (August 15, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hennemi01.shtml Mike Henneman Stats September 8, 1995: Juan Samuel was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Phil Hiatt (September 14, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade. Roster 1995 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 27 Pat Ahearne 43 Sean Bergman 26 Ben Blomdahl 37 Joe Boever 49 Brian Bohanon 33 Mike Christopher 44 John Doherty 46 Mike Gardiner 34 Greg Gohr 42 Buddy Groom 39 Mike Henneman 38 Dwayne Henry 32 José Lima 40 Felipe Lira 15 Brian Maxcy 21 Mike Moore 27 Mike Myers 36 C. J. Nitkowski 46 Clint Sodowsky 16 David Wells 30 Sean Whiteside 38 Kevin Wickander Catchers 12 John Flaherty 25 Ron Tingley Infielders 17 Tony Clark 45 Cecil Fielder 10 Scott Fletcher 24 Travis Fryman 35 Chris Gomez  7 Shannon Penn 41 Steve Rodriguez  8 Juan Samuel 19,39 Franklin Stubbs  3 Alan Trammell  1 Lou Whitaker 20 Derrick White Outfielders 29 Danny Bautista  9 Chad Curtis 22 Milt Cuyler 23 Kirk Gibson 28 Joe Hall  4 Bobby Higginson 42 Phil Nevin 18 Rudy Pemberton 13 Todd Steverson Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 31 Larry Herndon (Hitting) 54 Jeff Jones (Bullpen) 52 Gene Roof (First base) 53 Dick Tracewski (Third base) 51 Ralph Treuel (Pitching) 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 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 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 Alan Trammell 74 223 60 .269 2 23 Scott Fletcher Scott Fletcher (baseball) 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 Derrick White (baseball) 39 48 9 .188 0 2 Todd Steverson 30 42 11 .262 2 6 Steve Rodriguez Steve Rodriguez (baseball) 12 31 6 .194 0 0 Rudy Pemberton 12 30 9 .300 0 3 Joe Hall Joe Hall (baseball) 7 15 2 .133 0 0 Shannon Penn 3 9 3 .333 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 Sean Bergman 28 135.1 7 10 5.12 86 Mike Moore Mike Moore (baseball) 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 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 Felipe Lira 37 146.1 9 13 4.31 89 Brian Bohanon 52 105.2 1 1 5.54 63 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 Mike Henneman 29 0 1 18 1.53 24 Joe Boever 60 5 7 3 6.39 71 John Doherty John Doherty (pitcher) 48 5 9 6 5.10 46 Brian Maxcy 41 4 5 0 6.88 20 Mike Christopher baseball 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 Mike Myers (baseball) 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 Awards and honors All-Star Game David Wells, Pitcher, Reserve (First All-Star appearance) Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Tom Runnells AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Bill Plummer A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Dave Anderson A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Dwight Lowry A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Bruce Fields Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin BradshawJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References External links Baseball 1995 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference 53em Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers Detroit Category:1995 in Detroit