1995 Kansas City Royals season

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1995 Kansas City Royals
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersDavid Glass
General managersHerk Robinson
ManagersBob Boone
Local televisionKSMO-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Local radioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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The 1995 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. During this season, the Royals finished second in the American League Central, with a record of 70 wins and 74 losses. This was the first of 17 losing seasons the Royals would suffer through 2012.

Although the 1995 Royals had a losing record and finished 30 games behind the Cleveland Indians, the second-place division finish in 1995 was the highest finish for the franchise in the American League Central from 1994, when the Royals joined that division, until the 2014 team also finished second and the 2015 team won the franchise's first Central Division championship.

Regular season

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 10044 0.694 — 54–18 46–26
Kansas City Royals 7074 0.486 30 35–37 35–37
Chicago White Sox 6876 0.472 32 38–34 30–42
Milwaukee Brewers 6579 0.451 35 33–39 32–40
Minnesota Twins 5688 0.389 44 29–43 27–45

Record vs. opponents
1995 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–99–46–12–108–54–57–53–66–75–76–74–17–6
Boston 9–4—11–35–36–78–53–28–45–45–88–47–53–48–5
California 4–93–11—10–23–26–25–75–28–57–56–77–66–78–2
Chicago 1–63–52–10—5–88–48–56–710–33–2–17–54–95–76–5
Cleveland 10–27–62–38–5—10–311–19–49–46–67–05–46–310–3
Detroit 5–85–82–64–83–10—3–48–57–55–82–35–54–87–6
Kansas City 5–42–37–55–81–114–3—10–26–73–75–87–58–67–5
Milwaukee 5–74–82–57–64–95–82–10—9–45–67–23–25–77–5
Minnesota 6–34–55–83–104–95–77–64–9—3–45–74–85–81–4
New York 7–68–55–72–3–16–68–57–36–54–3—4–94–96–312–1
Oakland 7–54–87–65–70–73–28–52–77–59–4—7–65–83–7
Seattle 7–65–76–79–44–55–55–72–38–49–46–7—10–33–4
Texas 1–44–37–67–53–68–46–87–58–53–68–53–10—9–3
Toronto 6–75–82–85–63–106–75–75–74–11–127–34–33–9—

Notable transactions
  • April 5, 1995: Brian McRae was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Derek Wallace and Geno Morones (minors).[1]
  • April 6, 1995: David Cone was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Chris Stynes, David Sinnes (minors), and Tony Medrano (minors).[2]
  • April 19, 1995: Félix José was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[3]
  • April 25, 1995: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[4]
  • April 26, 1995: Vince Coleman signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[5]
  • May 14, 1995: Félix José was released by the Kansas City Royals.[3]
  • June 29, 1995: Kevin Elster was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[6]
  • July 3, 1995: Kevin Elster was released by the Kansas City Royals.[6]
  • August 15, 1995: Vince Coleman was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Jim Converse (August 18, 1995) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.[5]
  • 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.[7]

Roster
1995 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBrent Mayne11030777.251127
1BWally Joyner131465144.3101283
2BKeith Lockhart9427488.321633
SSGreg Gagne120430110.256649
3BGary Gaetti137514134.2613596
LFVince Coleman7529384.287420
CFTom Goodwin133480138.288428
RFJon Nunnally11930374.2441442
DHBob Hamelin7220835.168725

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 Howard9525562.243019
Johnny Damon4718853.282323
Michael Tucker6217746.260417
Pat Borders5214333.231413
Joe Vitiello5313033.254721
Edgar Cáceres5511728.239117
Phil Hiatt5211323.204412
José Lind299726.26806
Joe Randa347012.17115
Chris James265818.31027
Henry Mercedes234311.25609
Les Norman24409.22504
Jeff Grotewold153610.27816
Chris Stynes22356.17102
Brent Cookson22355.14305
Juan Samuel15346.17625
Félix José9304.13301
Keith Miller9155.33313
Russ McGinnis350.00000
Mike Sweeney441.25000
José Mota220.00000

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
Mark Gubicza33213.112143.7581
Kevin Appier31201.115103.89185
Tom Gordon31189.012124.43119
Jason Jacome1584.0465.3639
Chris Haney1681.1343.6531
Tom Browning210.0028.103
Jim Pittsley13.10013.500

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
Melvin Bunch1340.0135.6319
Dave Fleming932.0013.6614
Scott Anderson625.1105.336
Doug Linton722.1017.2513
Dennis Rasmussen510.0019.006

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
Jeff Montgomery5423313.4349
Rusty Meacham494324.9830
Billy Brewer482405.5631
Hipólito Pichardo448414.3643
Mike Magnante281104.2328
Dilson Torres241206.0928
Gregg Olson203333.2621
Jim Converse91005.845
Rick Huisman70007.4512

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Mike Jirschele
AA Wichita Wranglers Texas League Ron Johnson
A Wilmington Blue Rocks Carolina League John Mizerock
A Springfield Sultans Midwest League Brian Poldberg
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Al Pedrique
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Bob Herold

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Royals[8]

References
  1. Brian McRae Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. David Cone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. "Felix Jose Stats".
  4. "Doug Linton Stats".
  5. Vince Coleman Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. "Kevin Elster Stats".
  7. Juan Samuel Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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