1995 Milwaukee Brewers season

1995 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersSal Bando
ManagersPhil Garner
TelevisionWVTV
(Jim Paschke, Bill Schroeder)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1995 season involved the Brewers' finishing fourth in the American League Central with a record of 65 wins and 79 losses. The 1995 Brewers were the last Major League Baseball team to use a bullpen car, until the 2018 Arizona Diamondbacks.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 100 44 .694 54‍–‍18 46‍–‍26
Kansas City Royals 70 74 .486 30 35‍–‍37 35‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 68 76 .472 32 38‍–‍34 30‍–‍42
Milwaukee Brewers 65 79 .451 35 33‍–‍39 32‍–‍40
Minnesota Twins 56 88 .389 44 29‍–‍43 27‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 4–9 9–4 6–1 2–10 8–5 4–5 7–5 3–6 6–7 5–7 6–7 4–1 7–6
Boston 9–4 11–3 5–3 6–7 8–5 3–2 8–4 5–4 5–8 8–4 7–5 3–4 8–5
California 4–9 3–11 10–2 3–2 6–2 5–7 5–2 8–5 7–5 6–7 7–6 6–7 8–2
Chicago 1–6 3–5 2–10 5–8 8–4 8–5 6–7 10–3 3–2–1 7–5 4–9 5–7 6–5
Cleveland 10–2 7–6 2–3 8–5 10–3 11–1 9–4 9–4 6–6 7–0 5–4 6–3 10–3
Detroit 5–8 5–8 2–6 4–8 3–10 3–4 8–5 7–5 5–8 2–3 5–5 4–8 7–6
Kansas City 5–4 2–3 7–5 5–8 1–11 4–3 10–2 6–7 3–7 5–8 7–5 8–6 7–5
Milwaukee 5–7 4–8 2–5 7–6 4–9 5–8 2–10 9–4 5–6 7–2 3–2 5–7 7–5
Minnesota 6–3 4–5 5–8 3–10 4–9 5–7 7–6 4–9 3–4 5–7 4–8 5–8 1–4
New York 7–6 8–5 5–7 2–3–1 6–6 8–5 7–3 6–5 4–3 4–9 4–9 6–3 12–1
Oakland 7–5 4–8 7–6 5–7 0–7 3–2 8–5 2–7 7–5 9–4 7–6 5–8 3–7
Seattle 7–6 5–7 6–7 9–4 4–5 5–5 5–7 2–3 8–4 9–4 6–7 10–3 3–4
Texas 1–4 4–3 7–6 7–5 3–6 8–4 6–8 7–5 8–5 3–6 8–5 3–10 9–3
Toronto 6–7 5–8 2–8 5–6 3–10 6–7 5–7 5–7 4–1 1–12 7–3 4–3 3–9


Notable transactions

  • March 24, 1995: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[3]
  • April 7, 1995: B. J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[4]

Draft picks

Roster

1995 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Joe Oliver 97 337 92 .273 12 51
1B John Jaha 88 316 99 .313 20 65
2B Fernando Viña 113 288 74 .257 3 29
SS José Valentín 112 338 74 .219 11 49
3B Kevin Seitzer 132 492 153 .311 5 69
LF B. J. Surhoff 117 415 133 .320 13 73
CF Darryl Hamilton 112 398 108 .271 5 44
RF Matt Mieske 117 267 67 .251 12 48
DH Greg Vaughn 108 392 88 .224 17 59

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
David Hulse 119 339 85 .251 3 47
Pat Listach 101 334 73 .219 0 25
Jeff Cirillo 125 328 91 .277 9 39
Dave Nilsson 81 263 73 .278 12 53
Mike Matheny 80 166 41 .247 0 21
Turner Ward 44 129 34 .264 4 16
Derrick May 32 113 28 .248 1 9
Mark Loretta 19 50 13 .260 1 3
Duane Singleton 13 31 2 .065 0 0
Tim Unroe 2 4 1 .250 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
Steve Sparks 33 202.0 9 11 4.63 96
Ricky Bones 32 200.1 10 12 4.63 77
Scott Karl 25 124.0 6 7 4.14 59
Brian Givens 19 107.1 5 7 4.95 73
Bob Scanlan 17 83.1 4 7 6.59 29
Cal Eldred 4 23.2 1 1 3.42 18

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
Sid Roberson 26 84.1 6 4 5.76 40
Ángel Miranda 30 74.0 4 5 5.23 45
Jamie McAndrew 10 36.1 2 3 4.71 19

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 Fetters 40 0 3 22 3.38 33
Bill Wegman 37 5 7 2 5.35 50
Ron Rightnowar 34 2 1 1 5.40 22
Graeme Lloyd 33 0 5 4 4.50 13
Al Reyes 27 1 1 1 2.43 29
Mike Ignasiak 25 4 1 0 5.90 26
Mark Kiefer 24 4 1 0 3.44 41
Rob Dibble 15 1 1 0 8.25 10
Joe Slusarski 12 1 1 0 5.40 6
Jeff Bronkey 8 0 0 0 3.65 5
Kevin Wickander 8 0 0 0 0.00 2
José Mercedes 5 0 1 0 9.82 6
Mike Thomas 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1995.[6] The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Houston Astros.[6] The Beloit Snappers won the Midwest League championship,[7] and the Helena Brewers won the Pioneer League championship.[8]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs American Association Chris Bando
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Tim Ireland
Class A-Advanced Stockton Ports California League Bob Mariano
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Dub Kilgo
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Alex Morales
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Ralph Dickenson
Rookie DSL Astros/Brewers Dominican Summer League

References

  1. ^ Lukas, Paul (October 19, 2007). "Lukas: Long live the bullpen car - ESPN Page 2". Espn.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Alex Diaz at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Joe Oliver at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ B. J. Surhoff at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Geoff Jenkins at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ a b "1995 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "Midwest League Champions". Midwest League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  8. ^ "Pioneer League Champions". Pioneer League. Minor League Baseball. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.