1995 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1995 Pittsburgh Pirates season was their 114th season; the 109th in the National League. This was their 26th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fifth and last in the National League Central with a record of 58–86.

1995 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record58–86 (.403)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersPittsburgh Associates
General managersCam Bonifay
ManagersJim Leyland
Local televisionWPXI
KBL
Local radioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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Offseason
  • October 13, 1994: Jacob Brumfield was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Clyburn.[2]
  • November 9, 1994: Dan Plesac was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]
  • November 10, 1994: Dale Sveum was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[4]
  • December 6, 1994: Randy St. Claire was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[5]
  • December 8, 1994: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[6]
  • December 12, 1994: Mackey Sasser was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[7]
  • January 26, 1995: Sam Horn was signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[8]

Regular season

Season standings
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 8559 0.590 — 44–28 41–31
Houston Astros 7668 0.528 9 36–36 40–32
Chicago Cubs 7371 0.507 12 34–38 39–33
St. Louis Cardinals 6281 0.434 22½ 39–33 23–48
Pittsburgh Pirates 5886 0.403 27 31–41 27–45

Game log
1995 Game Log: 58–86 (Home: 31–41; Away: 27–45)
April: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 26Expos2–6FasseroLieber (0–1)—34,8410–1
2April 27Expos1–2MartinezWagner (0–1)Rojas7,0470–2
3April 28@ Phillies2–5QuantrillNeagle (0–1)Slocumb47,0880–3
4April 29@ Phillies3–2Loaiza (1–0)GreenGott (1)27,5301–3
May: 11–15 (Home: 4–9; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
5May 1@ Cardinals0–4HillWagner (0–2)—21,6991–4
6May 2@ Cardinals7–6Dyer (1–0)JacksonGott (2)18,6362–4
7May 3@ Cardinals6–8WatsonLoaiza (1–1)Henke20,4722–5
8May 5Cubs4–8FosterLieber (0–2)—17,5062–6
9May 6Cubs5–13NavarroWagner (0–3)—14,3182–7
10May 7Cubs4–3Maddux (1–0)BanksMiceli (1)22,3233–7
11May 8Astros3–6JonesGott (0–1)Hudek7,3003–8
12May 9Astros6–13ReynoldsLieber (0–3)—7,7333–9
13May 11Astros4–12SwindellWagner (0–4)—7,7093–10
14May 12@ Giants9–4Neagle (1–1)Portugal—9,8674–10
15May 13@ Giants4–6RosselliWilson (0–1)Beck12,1634–11
16May 14@ Giants1–2 (10)BeckMiceli (0–1)—19,7784–12
17May 15@ Dodgers0–4MartinezWagner (0–5)—35,6914–13
18May 16@ Dodgers2–0Neagle (2–1)ValdezMiceli (2)26,9285–13
19May 17@ Dodgers3–2Plesac (1–0)WilliamsMiceli (3)28,1646–13
20May 18@ Dodgers7–6Christiansen (1–0)WilliamsGott (3)24,4957–13
21May 19@ Padres8–6Lieber (1–3)HamiltonMiceli (4)11,1338–13
22May 20@ Padres6–9ValenzuelaGott (0–2)—10,4338–14
23May 21@ Padres6–1Neagle (3–1)Benes—12,9739–14
24May 23Marlins1–6HammondLoaiza (1–2)—11,2739–15
25May 25Marlins3–1Plesac (2–0)WittMiceli (5)6,76310–15
26May 26Rockies4–2Wagner (1–5)AcevedoMiceli (6)11,18311–15
27May 27Rockies9–4Neagle (4–1)Swift—16,08212–15
28May 28Rockies3–6FreemanWhite (0–1)Ruffin15,01612–16
29May 30Reds2–4SchourekLieber (1–4)Brantley7,66612–17
30May 31Reds1–11SmileyWagner (1–6)—7,85512–18
June: 12–15 (Home: 4–6; Away: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
31June 1Reds5–3Neagle (5–1)RijoMiceli (7)8,40313–18
32June 2@ Rockies4–7HolmesMcCurry (0–1)—45,82813–19
33June 3@ Rockies6–7RitzLieber (1–5)Holmes48,14413–20
34June 4@ Rockies1–4GraheWagner (1–7)Leskanic48,06113–21
35June 5@ Reds2–3SmileyNeagle (5–2)Brantley23,23313–22
36June 6@ Reds1–2 (10)McElroyMiceli (0–2)—21,39913–23
37June 7@ Reds7–3Lieber (2–5)JarvisPlesac (1)22,61014–23
38June 8@ Marlins3–7MathewsWagner (1–8)—17,87114–24
39June 9@ Marlins4–5HammondNeagle (5–3)Perez20,01414–25
40June 10@ Marlins6–2Loaiza (2–2)Witt—28,88115–25
41June 11@ Marlins4–3Miceli (1–2)Nen—23,12616–25
42June 13Dodgers3–5ValdezLieber (2–6)Worrell17,28416–26
43June 14Dodgers5–8NomoWagner (1–9)Worrell10,31316–27
44June 15Dodgers11–7Neagle (6–3)Astacio—9,86917–27
45June 16Padres4–12BenesLoaiza (2–3)—15,73717–28
46June 17Padres8–11FlorieLieber (2–7)Hoffman15,25117–29
47June 18Padres0–2AshbyWagner (1–10)—18,90217–30
48June 19Giants8–2Neagle (7–3)Mintz—9,81118–30
49June 20Giants5–3Loaiza (3–3)LeiterMiceli (8)12,62019–30
50June 21Giants5–6BurbaMcCurry (0–2)Beck9,18019–31
51June 23@ Expos2–0Neagle (8–3)Martinez—27,36720–31
52June 24@ Expos0–5PerezEricks (0–1)—25,18720–32
53June 25@ Expos1–0Loaiza (4–3)FasseroMiceli (9)27,85021–32
54June 26@ Cubs8–6Parris (1–0)TrachselMiceli (10)24,59222–32
55June 27@ Cubs6–5Neagle (9–3)BullingerPlesac (2)22,16323–32
56June 28@ Cubs3–10HickersonDyer (1–1)—20,15723–33
57June 30@ Astros12–9Loaiza (5–3)Kile—28,16724–33
July: 12–16 (Home: 10–6; Away: 2–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58July 1@ Astros0–11ReynoldsParris (1–1)—18,99224–34
59July 2@ Astros3–5SwindellNeagle (9–4)Jones20,31024–35
60July 4Phillies7–0Ericks (1–1)Quantrill—23,33425–35
61July 5Phillies7–4Plesac (3–0)Charlton—9,24526–35
62July 6Phillies5–10WestParris (1–2)—10,03926–36
63July 7Mets8–9DipotoMiceli (1–3)Franco12,46826–37
64July 8Mets3–2Ericks (2–1)Pulsipher—14,72227–37
65July 9Mets6–3Loaiza (6–3)Saberhagen—16,01528–37
66July 12Braves2–1Parris (2–2)SmoltzMiceli (11)9,12329–37
67July 13Cardinals7–6Dyer (2–1)ParrettMiceli (12)9,06530–37
68July 14Cardinals4–6HillLoaiza (6–4)Henke12,53530–38
69July 15Cardinals9–2Neagle (10–4)Watson—12,45131–38
70July 16Cardinals3–0Parris (3–2)OsborneMiceli (13)11,11332–38
71July 18@ Braves5–4 (10)Dyer (3–1)WohlersMiceli (14)33,94033–38
72July 19@ Braves2–3MadduxLoaiza (6–5)Wohlers35,73633–39
73July 20@ Braves3–4ClontzPlesac (3–1)—31,66133–40
74July 21Expos7–6 (12)Gott (1–2)Harris—12,50034–40
75July 22Expos7–1Parris (4–2)Urbina—27,05035–40
76July 23Expos2–8FasseroEricks (2–2)—12,01235–41
77July 24Braves2–3ClontzPlesac (3–2)Wohlers16,14235–42
78July 25Braves1–3 (10)ClontzGott (1–3)Stanton13,86435–43
79July 26@ Phillies1–2 (11)BorlandPlesac (3–3)——35–44
80July 26@ Phillies4–6QuantrillDyer (3–2)Slocumb32,51735–45
81July 27@ Phillies4–6MimbsEricks (2–3)Slocumb31,95535–46
82July 28@ Mets10–9Gott (2–3)Franco—17,35436–46
83July 29@ Mets1–2FrancoPowell (0–1)—17,88136–47
84July 30@ Mets1–2IsringhausenWagner (1–11)Franco18,25836–48
85July 31@ Mets1–4PulsipherParris (4–3)—15,27936–49
August: 13–18 (Home: 9–9; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
86August 1Cubs5–7NavarroEricks (2–4)Myers19,56236–50
87August 2Cubs4–3 (10)Miceli (2–3)Young—8,58437–50
88August 3Cubs2–7CasianGott (2–4)—10,04837–51
89August 4Astros5–6VeresChristiansen (1–1)Jones—37–52
90August 4Astros4–5BrocailParris (4–4)Jones12,21637–53
91August 5Astros3–1Ericks (3–4)KileMiceli (15)31,14738–53
92August 6Astros6–3Loaiza (7–5)HamptonMiceli (16)16,03439–53
93August 8@ Giants9–5Neagle (11–4)Valdez—9,59640–53
94August 9@ Giants3–4VanLandinghamChristiansen (1–2)Beck10,94940–54
95August 10@ Giants7–8BeckMcCurry (0–3)—11,49340–55
96August 11@ Dodgers2–3ValdezEricks (3–5)Worrell34,89940–56
97August 12@ Dodgers10–11 (11)AstacioMcCurry (0–4)—44,03240–57
98August 13@ Dodgers1–4MartinezNeagle (11–5)Worrell38,02340–58
99August 14@ Padres5–6BochtlerChristiansen (1–3)Hoffman9,24240–59
100August 15@ Padres6–0Parris (5–4)Blair—10,45841–59
101August 16@ Padres0–2AshbyEricks (3–6)Hoffman14,04641–60
102August 18Marlins13–7Wagner (2–11)Groom——42–60
103August 18Marlins7–6 (13)Miceli (3–3)Groom—13,59843–60
104August 19Marlins10–5McCurry (1–4)Veres—13,08144–60
105August 20Marlins3–2Parris (6–4)BurkettMiceli (17)13,19145–60
106August 21Marlins5–3Dyer (4–2)GardnerWagner (1)10,20246–60
107August 22@ Rockies10–1Loaiza (8–5)Reynoso—48,08347–60
108August 23@ Rockies5–9BaileyNeagle (11–6)—48,02747–61
109August 24@ Rockies6–8PainterWagner (2–12)Leskanic48,04147–62
110August 25Reds3–19PortugalParris (6–5)—13,82847–63
111August 26Reds6–7HernandezWagner (2–13)Brantley26,09047–64
112August 27Reds1–10SchourekLoaiza (8–6)—18,05647–65
113August 28Rockies3–6BaileyPowell (0–2)Leskanic8,24247–66
114August 29Rockies4–0Wagner (3–13)Ritz—7,63448–66
115August 30Rockies0–6RekarEricks (3–7)—8,12048–67
116August 31@ Reds6–4 (10)Plesac (4–3)BrantleyMiceli (18)19,50949–67
September: 8–19 (Home: 4–9; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
117September 1@ Reds1–7SchourekLoaiza (8–7)—28,20549–68
118September 2@ Reds11–8White (1–1)Wells—35,89750–68
119September 3@ Reds7–3Wagner (4–13)BurbaMiceli (19)28,51651–68
120September 4@ Marlins3–7BurkettParris (6–6)—19,42751–69
121September 6@ Marlins1–2BanksNeagle (11–7)Nen17,11151–70
122September 8Dodgers2–8MartinezLoaiza (8–8)—10,05051–71
123September 9Dodgers2–11TapaniWagner (4–14)—12,77351–72
124September 10Dodgers4–5CummingsDyer (4–3)Worrell12,15451–73
125September 11Padres7–5Lieber (3–7)AshbyMiceli (20)6,35652–73
126September 12Padres1–5ValenzuelaEricks (3–8)—10,26952–74
127September 13Padres7–8VillonePlesac (4–4)Bochtler6,64852–75
128September 14Phillies2–7QuantrillWagner (4–15)—7,77052–76
129September 15Giants2–4 (10)ServiceDyer (4–4)Beck10,54852–77
130September 16Giants10–2Neagle (12–7)Estes—11,74853–77
131September 17Giants5–4Lieber (4–7)BrewingtonPlesac (3)20,68054–77
132September 18Cardinals2–4OsborneLoaiza (8–9)Mathews8,85854–78
133September 19Cardinals12–1Wagner (5–15)Benes—9,19655–78
134September 20Cardinals3–9MorganWhite (1–2)—11,19055–79
135September 21@ Cubs4–3Neagle (13–7)TrachselMiceli (21)18,36956–79
136September 22@ Cubs3–6FosterEricks (3–9)Myers23,65256–80
137September 23@ Cubs5–8BullingerDyer (4–5)Myers23,80256–81
138September 24@ Cubs2–3 (10)WendellMiceli (3–4)—20,44756–82
139September 25@ Astros5–10BrocailWhite (1–3)—11,14256–83
140September 26@ Astros0–2SwindellNeagle (13–8)Henneman14,30756–84
141September 27@ Astros6–3 (11)Miceli (4–4)JonesMcCurry (1)15,00557–84
142September 29@ Cardinals2–3OsborneMorel (0–1)Henke20,84257–85
143September 30@ Cardinals1–5BenesWagner (5–16)Henke21,00457–86
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
144October 1@ Cardinals10–4White (2–3)Barber—22,17558–86
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents
1995 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–48–59–410–36–65–49–45–87–64–25–27–17–5
Chicago 4–8—3–76–78–45–87–53–54–36–18–55–75–79–4
Cincinnati 5–87–3—5–76–612–14–38–47–59–38–53–63–38–5
Colorado 4–97–67–5—5–74–44–97–15–44–28–49–48–55–7
Florida 3–104–86–67–5—8–43–76–77–66–75–83–25–34–3
Houston 6–68–51–124–44–8—3–29–36–65–79–47–45–39–4
Los Angeles 4–55–73–49–47–32–3—7–56–64–99–47–68–57–5
Montreal 4–95–34–81–77–63–95–7—7–68–54–47–57–64–3
New York 8–53–45–74–56–76–66–66–7—7–64–36–75–83–4
Philadelphia 6-71–63–92–47–67–59–45–86–7—6–36–66–65–4
Pittsburgh 2–45–85–84–88–54–94–94–43–43–6—4–86–66–7
San Diego 2–57–56–34–92–34–76–75–77–66–68–4—6–77–5
San Francisco 1–77–53–35–83–53–55–86–78–56–66–67–6—7–6
St. Louis 5–74–95–87–53–44-95–73–44–34–57–65–76–7—

Detailed records

Roster
1995 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
5Jacob BrumfieldCF
13Carlos García2B
28Al MartinLF
7Jeff King3B
3Jay BellSS
6Orlando MercedRF
48Rich Aude1B
14Mark ParentC
47Jon LieberSP

Player stats
Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Transactions
  • April 22, 1995: Todd Frohwirth was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[6]
  • May 16, 1995: Mackey Sasser was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[7]
  • June 24, 1995: Sam Horn was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[8]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Calgary Cannons Pacific Coast League Bobby Meacham
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Trent Jewett
A Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Marc Hill
A Augusta Greenjackets South Atlantic League Jeff Banister
A-Short Season Erie SeaWolves New York–Penn League Scott Little
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Carolina

Notes
  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. "Jacob Brumfield Stats".
  3. "Dan Plesac Stats".
  4. "Dale Sveum Stats".
  5. "Randy St. Claire Stats".
  6. "Todd Frohwirth Stats".
  7. "Mackey Sasser Stats".
  8. "Sam Horn Stats".
  9. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  10. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References
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