1995 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1995 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 19th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 56 wins and 88 losses.

1995 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record56–88 (.389)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersInterbrew,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managersGord Ash
ManagersCito Gaston
Local televisionCBC Television
(Brian Williams, Tommy Hutton)
ONT
(Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
Local radioCJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1995 season.[1]

October 1994
October 3 Randy St. Claire granted free agency (signed with Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract on December 6, 1994).
October 11 Released Dave Righetti.
October 14 Darnell Coles granted free agency (signed with St. Louis Cardinals to a one-year, $300,000 contract on March 9, 1995).
October 15 Ray Giannelli granted free agency (signed with St. Louis Cardinals to a contract on November 18, 1994).
Joel Johnston granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a contract on December 16, 1994).
October 18 Todd Stottlemyre granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $2.05 million contract on April 11, 1995).
October 20 Danny Cox granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $700,000 contract on December 14, 1994).
Dave Stewart granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $1 million contract on April 8, 1995).
October 21 Pat Borders granted free agency (signed with Kansas City Royals to a one-year, $310,000 contract on April 10, 1995).
October 25 Dick Schofield granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $350,000 contract on April 15, 1995).

November 1994
November 18 Traded Eddie Zosky to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later (Scotty Pace on December 14, 1994).

December 1994
December 5 Sent Rob Butler to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.
Freddy García selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1994 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Todd Steverson selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1994 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Purchased the contract of Tomás Pérez from the California Angels.
December 14 Re-signed free agent Danny Cox to a one-year, $700,000 contract.
December 20 Signed free agent Dave Wainhouse to a contract.

January 1995
January 18 Released Scott Bailes.

April 1995
April 6 Acquired David Cone from the Kansas City Royals for Chris Stynes, Tony Medrano and Dave Sinnes.
April 10 Signed free agent Danny Darwin from the Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $300,000 contract.
April 14 Signed free agent Candy Maldonado from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $200,000 contract.
April 17 Signed free agent Paul Gibson from the Milwaukee Brewers to a contract.
April 22 Received Lance Parrish from the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.
April 24 Signed free agent Frank Viola from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8658 0.597 — 42–30 44–28
New York Yankees 7965 0.549 7 46–26 33–39
Baltimore Orioles 7173 0.493 15 36–36 35–37
Detroit Tigers 6084 0.417 26 35–37 25–47
Toronto Blue Jays 5688 0.389 30 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—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1995 regular season.[2]

April 1995
April 26 Traded Aaron Small to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later (Ernie Delgado on September 19, 1995).

June 1995
June 5 Released Dave Wainhouse.
June 9 Released Paul Gibson.

July 1995
July 18 Released Danny Darwin.
July 25 Released Frank Viola.
July 28 Acquired Marty Janzen, Mike Gordon and Jason Jarvis from the New York Yankees for David Cone.

August 1995
August 1 Signed free agent Wally Whitehurst from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.
August 31 Sent Candy Maldonado to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.

1995 MLB Draft

Roster
1995 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log
1995 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 26Athletics13–1Cone (1–0)Stewart (0–1)50,4261–0
2April 27Athletics7–1Hentgen (1–0)Darling (0–1)31,0702–0
3April 28Angels7 – 6 (10)Butcher (1–0)Castillo (0–1)Smith (1)36,2082–1
4April 29Angels3–0Leiter (1–0)Sanderson (0–1)Hall (1)35,2783–1
5April 30Angels5–3Butcher (2–0)Menhart (0–1)Smith (2)35,2903–2
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
6May 1Angels2–0Boskie (1–0)Cone (1–1)Smith (3)31,3033–3
7May 2White Sox9–8Timlin (1–0)Márquez (0–1)34,1944–3
8May 3White Sox8 – 7 (10)Menhart (1–1)Hernández (0–1)33,1595–3
9May 5@ Orioles9–2Brown (2–0)Leiter (1–1)37,6705–4
10May 6@ Orioles7–3Darwin (1–0)Rhodes (1–1)40,1736–4
11May 7@ Orioles6–2Mussina (1–1)Cone (1–2)44,3046–5
12May 9Yankees9–6Hentgen (2–0)McDowell (1–1)37,2917–5
13May 10Yankees6 – 4 (11)Wetteland (1–0)Williams (0–1)38,2327–6
14May 11Yankees12–11Ausanio (2–0)Ward (0–1)Howe (1)39,3707–7
15May 12@ Brewers14–5Ignasiak (2–0)Darwin (1–1)12,9047–8
16May 13@ Brewers10–0Cone (2–2)Miranda (1–1)17,9848–8
17May 14@ Brewers8–3Hentgen (3–0)Eldred (1–1)13,4479–8
18May 15@ Rangers12–4Tewksbury (2–1)Guzmán (0–1)17,9829–9
19May 16@ Rangers6–1Rogers (3–2)Leiter (1–2)Burrows (1)19,0149–10
20May 17@ Rangers12–7Gross (1–3)Darwin (1–2)Vosberg (1)18,9109–11
21May 19@ Tigers4–2Cone (3–2)Moore (3–2)18,55810–11
22May 20@ Tigers10–6Doherty (2–2)Hentgen (3–1)18,88810–12
23May 21@ Tigers2–1Boever (2–0)Cox (0–1)Henneman (3)19,14410–13
24May 22Royals7–0Appier (5–1)Darwin (1–3)39,25510–14
25May 23Royals10–6Timlin (2–0)Pichardo (0–1)Hall (2)35,04911–14
26May 24Royals8–5Gordon (2–1)Cone (3–3)37,27711–15
27May 26Indians7–4Hershiser (3–1)Hentgen (3–2)Mesa (7)47,11311–16
28May 27Indians3–0Leiter (2–2)Plunk (2–1)Hall (3)47,14312–16
29May 28Indians5–4Nagy (3–1)Darwin (1–4)Mesa (8)42,36512–17
30May 29Tigers5–4Cone (4–3)Moore (4–3)Timlin (1)39,29413–17
31May 30Tigers8–6Lira (1–3)Cox (0–2)Henneman (5)39,71113–18
32May 31Tigers5–3Hentgen (4–2)Doherty (2–3)41,23214–18
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
33June 2@ Indians5–0Leiter (3–2)Nagy (3–2)Timlin (2)41,54515–18
34June 3@ Indians3–0Martínez (5–0)Darwin (1–5)41,56615–19
35June 4@ Indians9–8Tavárez (3–0)Hall (0–1)41,68815–20
36June 5@ White Sox3–2Abbott (3–2)Guzmán (0–2)Hernández (9)22,18015–21
37June 6@ White Sox6–4Bere (2–4)Hentgen (4–3)Hernández (10)18,42815–22
38June 7@ White Sox4–3Leiter (4–2)Keyser (0–1)Timlin (3)19,74916–22
–June 9@ RoyalsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 4
39June 10@ Royals8–2Appier (8–2)Darwin (1–6)20,88316–23
40June 11@ Royals3 – 2 (10)Pichardo (3–1)Hall (0–2)16,88116–24
41June 12Red Sox4 – 3 (12)Timlin (3–0)Ryan (0–2)40,17117–24
42June 13Red Sox11–7Maddux (1–1)Hentgen (4–4)36,29717–25
43June 14Red Sox5–3Leiter (5–2)Wakefield (4–1)Castillo (1)37,89818–25
44June 16Rangers7–3Tewksbury (5–2)Darwin (1–7)38,15018–26
45June 17Rangers4–3Cone (5–3)Rogers (7–3)45,22919–26
46June 18Rangers7–2Guzmán (1–2)Pavlik (4–2)40,21520–26
47June 20Brewers5–3Roberson (3–2)Hentgen (4–5)Fetters (6)39,45620–27
48June 21Brewers10–9Wegman (1–3)Timlin (3–1)Fetters (7)40,29620–28
49June 22Brewers9–0Sparks (3–2)Darwin (1–8)43,49020–29
50June 23@ Yankees6–2McDowell (4–4)Cone (5–4)24,49920–30
51June 24@ Yankees10–2Pérez (5–4)Guzmán (1–3)28,95020–31
52June 25@ Yankees8–2Hitchcock (3–4)Hentgen (4–6)26,34020–32
53June 26@ Red Sox4–3Belinda (5–0)Castillo (0–2)26,71620–33
54June 27@ Red Sox6 – 5 (11)Lilliquist (2–1)Williams (0–2)30,26220–34
55June 28@ Red Sox8–4Cone (6–4)Smith (2–4)31,46721–34
56June 29Orioles5–1Guzmán (2–3)Fernandez (0–4)40,17322–34
57June 30Orioles6–5Cox (1–2)Clark (0–1)38,41623–34
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58July 1Orioles6–2Moyer (3–3)Leiter (5–3)43,37523–35
59July 2Orioles9–7Benítez (1–3)Crabtree (0–1)Jones (12)42,22623–36
60July 3@ Angels4–2Langston (7–1)Cone (6–5)Smith (20)17,84823–37
61July 4@ Angels14–0Finley (7–6)Guzmán (2–4)61,29223–38
62July 5@ Angels6–5Hentgen (5–6)Boskie (6–2)Castillo (2)14,16324–38
63July 6@ Angels10–1Anderson (2–2)Leiter (5–4)15,07624–39
64July 7@ Athletics4–2Williams (1–2)Prieto (0–1)Castillo (3)14,52225–39
65July 8@ Athletics9–6Cone (7–5)Harkey (4–6)26–39
66July 8@ Athletics6–3Eckersley (2–2)Guzmán (2–5)25,10326–40
67July 9@ Athletics7–3Hentgen (6–6)Darling (2–4)20,25327–40
68July 12@ Athletics7–4Stottlemyre (8–2)Leiter (5–5)Eckersley (19)11,34327–41
69July 13@ Mariners4–1Cone (8–5)Belcher (4–5)Castillo (4)18,61628–41
70July 14@ Mariners5–1Guzmán (3–5)Bosio (6–4)14,85029–41
71July 15@ Mariners3–0Johnson (10–1)Hentgen (6–7)36,03729–42
72July 16@ Mariners9–3Hurtado (1–0)Carmona (1–4)17,63230–42
73July 17@ Twins6–3Leiter (6–5)Harris (0–3)Castillo (5)15,41531–42
74July 18@ Twins7–0Cone (9–5)Tapani (4–11)16,53432–42
75July 19Angels10–2Springer (1–2)Guzmán (3–6)39,13932–43
76July 20Angels10–3Butcher (6–1)Hentgen (6–8)37,19432–44
77July 21Mariners4–3Hurtado (2–0)Torres (3–5)Castillo (6)36,49033–44
78July 22Mariners7–2Belcher (6–5)Leiter (6–6)43,48333–45
79July 23Mariners6–4Wells (3–3)Cone (9–6)Ayala (14)39,16333–46
80July 25Twins7–3Rodriguez (2–3)Guzmán (3–7)37,60933–47
81July 26Twins6–2Hentgen (7–8)Trombley (1–6)37,15034–47
82July 27Twins9–2Hurtado (3–0)Harris (0–4)42,15435–47
83July 28Athletics3–0Leiter (7–6)Van Poppel (1–3)Castillo (7)40,46136–47
84July 29Athletics18–11Carrara (1–0)Prieto (1–4)41,04037–47
85July 30Athletics11–3Darling (4–6)Guzmán (3–8)40,31237–48
86July 31@ Orioles6–3Hentgen (8–8)Moyer (6–4)Jordan (1)41,93738–48
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
87August 1@ Orioles12–10Robinson (1–0)Jones (0–4)Castillo (8)41,39439–48
88August 2@ Orioles1–0Mussina (13–5)Menhart (1–2)40,02339–49
89August 3@ Orioles8 – 2 (10)Jordan (1–0)Clark (1–2)43,32540–49
90August 4Red Sox7–1Hanson (9–4)Rogers (0–1)40,13740–50
91August 5Red Sox9–3Cormier (4–2)Hentgen (8–9)41,45440–51
92August 6Red Sox6–4Eshelman (4–2)Hurtado (3–1)Aguilera (20)38,19440–52
93August 7Red Sox5 – 4 (10)Belinda (8–1)Crabtree (0–2)42,13540–53
94August 8@ Brewers6 – 5 (11)Wegman (5–4)Rogers (0–2)18,22240–54
95August 9@ Brewers12–7Karl (3–2)Guzmán (3–9)18,41740–55
96August 10@ Brewers8–4Hentgen (9–9)Sparks (7–6)Castillo (9)17,66141–55
97August 11@ Rangers14–5Hurtado (4–1)Pavlik (6–7)31,26942–55
98August 12@ Rangers6–3Witt (1–0)Leiter (7–7)McDowell (3)40,04042–56
99August 13@ Rangers6–1Gross (6–11)Carrara (1–1)25,30842–57
100August 15@ Tigers11–5Bohanon (1–1)Hentgen (9–10)19,17342–58
101August 16@ Tigers7–4Hurtado (5–1)Maxcy (4–3)Castillo (10)17,55143–58
102August 17@ Tigers3–0Leiter (8–7)Lima (1–4)Castillo (11)14,62944–58
103August 18Royals10–3Gordon (8–8)Carrara (1–2)41,16844–59
104August 19Royals5 – 4 (13)Rogers (1–2)Montgomery (1–2)40,12845–59
105August 20Royals4–3Timlin (4–1)Olson (1–1)39,10346–59
106August 21Indians7–3Hershiser (11–5)Hurtado (5–2)Embree (1)39,18746–60
107August 22Indians5–4Castillo (1–2)Tavárez (8–2)39,29347–60
108August 23Indians6–5Poole (3–3)Carrara (1–3)Mesa (38)41,16947–61
109August 25White Sox8–7Bere (6–11)Hentgen (9–11)Hernández (22)38,68447–62
110August 26White Sox3–2Rogers (2–2)Hernández (2–7)45,62448–62
111August 27White Sox2–1Leiter (9–7)Righetti (3–2)Castillo (12)40,17949–62
112August 28@ Indians9–1Ogea (7–3)Carrara (1–4)40,28349–63
113August 29@ Indians4–1Clark (8–5)Guzmán (3–10)41,25749–64
114August 30@ Indians4 – 3 (14)Assenmacher (6–2)Castillo (1–3)41,80749–65
115August 31@ Indians6 – 4 (10)Mesa (2–0)Rogers (2–3)41,74649–66
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
116September 1@ White Sox5–3Keyser (4–6)Leiter (9–8)Hernández (25)18,44449–67
117September 2@ White Sox10–4Álvarez (7–7)Ware (0–1)24,36949–68
118September 3@ White Sox6–5Simas (1–0)Guzmán (3–11)Hernández (26)23,42849–69
119September 4@ Royals6–1Hentgen (10–11)Gubicza (10–12)Timlin (4)50–69
120September 4@ Royals9–7Magnante (1–1)Castillo (1–4)Montgomery (27)19,90550–70
121September 5@ Royals9 – 8 (10)Olson (3–1)Robinson (1–1)12,44350–71
122September 6@ Royals6–2Leiter (10–8)Gordon (10–10)13,03051–71
123September 8Tigers9–5Ware (1–1)Lira (9–10)36,49052–71
124September 9Tigers5–2Bergman (7–8)Guzmán (3–12)Henry (2)43,12752–72
125September 10Tigers5 – 2 (11)Doherty (5–8)Timlin (4–2)Henry (3)39,25552–73
126September 11Tigers3 – 2 (10)Christopher (3–0)Rogers (2–4)Bohanon (1)32,13552–74
127September 12Rangers6–5McDowell (6–3)Leiter (10–9)Russell (19)32,17852–75
128September 13Rangers3 – 2 (11)Whiteside (5–4)Timlin (4–3)32,13052–76
129September 14Rangers6–1Witt (3–2)Guzmán (3–13)32,14352–77
130September 15Brewers5 – 1 (15)Kiefer (4–1)Robinson (1–2)34,16452–78
131September 16Brewers5 – 4 (11)Carrara (2–4)Wegman (5–7)43,16453–78
132September 17Brewers5–0Leiter (11–9)Givens (5–5)38,19154–78
133September 18@ Yankees9–2Cone (16–8)Cox (1–3)15,22454–79
134September 19@ Yankees5–3Pettitte (11–8)Guzmán (3–14)Wetteland (26)15,77254–80
135September 20@ Yankees2–1Hitchcock (9–10)Hentgen (10–12)20,54154–81
136September 21@ Yankees6–4Howe (6–3)Menhart (1–3)Wetteland (27)17,76654–82
–September 22@ Red SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 23
137September 23@ Red Sox5–0Clemens (9–5)Leiter (11–10)32,79154–83
138September 23@ Red Sox8–6Ware (2–1)Wakefield (16–6)Castillo (13)21,26655–83
139September 24@ Red Sox2–1Guzmán (4–14)Aguilera (3–3)Timlin (5)32,47256–83
140September 26Orioles5–0Mussina (18–9)Hentgen (10–13)35,41456–84
141September 27Orioles7–0Erickson (13–10)Menhart (1–4)35,01956–85
142September 29Yankees4–3Pettitte (12–9)Castillo (1–5)Wetteland (31)40,31856–86
143September 30Yankees6–1Kamieniecki (7–6)Leiter (11–11)49,23356–87
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
144October 1Yankees6–1Hitchcock (11–10)Hentgen (10–14)47,18256–88
*A MLB Players strike, which ended on April 2, resulted in a reduced schedule of 144 games being played in 1995.

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
CSandy Martínez6219146.241225
1BJohn Olerud135492143.291854
2BRoberto Alomar130517155.3001366
SSAlex Gonzalez11136789.2431042
3BEd Sprague Jr.144521127.2441874
LFJoe Carter139558141.2532576
CFDevon White101427121.2831053
RFShawn Green121379109.2881554
DHPaul Molitor130525142.2701560

Other batters

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
CLance Parrish7017836.202422
IFDomingo Cedeño5116138.236414
OFCandy Maldonado6116043.269725
CFMike Huff6113832.23219
CRandy Knorr4513228.212316
UTCarlos Delgado379915.165311
SSTomás Pérez419824.24518
OFRobert Pérez17489.18813
OFShannon Stewart12388.21101
UTHoward Battle9153.20000

Starting and 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
Pat Hentgen30200.210145.11135
Al Leiter28183.011113.64153
Juan Guzmán24135.14146.3294
David Cone17130.1963.38102
Paul Menhart2178.2144.9250
Edwin Hurtado1477.2525.4533
Danny Darwin1365.0187.6236
Giovanni Carrara1248.2247.2127
Jeff Ware526.1215.4718

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
Tony Castillo5515133.2238
Mike Timlin314352.1436
Tim Crabtree310203.0921
Danny Cox241407.4038
Woody Williams231203.6941
Ken Robinson211203.6931
Jimmy Rogers192405.7013
Darren Hall170234.4111
Ricardo Jordan151016.6010
Brad Cornett50009.004
Duane Ward401027.003

Award winners

All-Star Game

[5]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Didier and Richie Hebner
AA Knoxville Smokies Southern League Garth Iorg
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Jim Nettles
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Omar Malavé
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League J. J. Cannon
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Rocket Wheeler
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Darren Balsley

[6]

References
  1. "1995 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. "1995 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  3. Roy Halladay at Baseball Reference
  4. Ryan Freel at Baseball Reference
  5. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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