1995 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWestern
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record78–66 (.542)
Divisional place1st
OwnersPeter O'Malley
General managersFred Claire
ManagersTommy Lasorda
TelevisionKTLA (5)
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
← 1994 Seasons 1996 →

The 1995 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 106th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 38th season in Los Angeles, California.

The season was notable for the American baseball debut of Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo. In his first season with the Dodgers after an accomplished career in the Japanese leagues, Nomo went 13–6 with a 2.54 ERA and a league leading 236 strikeouts. He was the starting pitcher in the All-Star game and won the Rookie of the Year award.

The Dodgers won the National League West title, but lost to the Cincinnati Reds in the NLDS.

Regular season

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 78 66 0.542 — 39–33 39–33
Colorado Rockies 77 67 0.535 1 44–28 33–39
San Diego Padres 70 74 0.486 8 40–32 30–42
San Francisco Giants 67 77 0.465 11 37–35 30–42

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 8–4 8–5 9–4 10–3 6–6 5–4 9–4 5–8 7–6 4–2 5–2 7–1 7–5
Chicago 4–8 — 3–7 6–7 8–4 5–8 7–5 3–5 4–3 6–1 8–5 5–7 5–7 9–4
Cincinnati 5–8 7–3 — 5–7 6–6 12–1 4–3 8–4 7–5 9–3 8–5 3–6 3–3 8–5
Colorado 4–9 7–6 7–5 — 5–7 4–4 4–9 7–1 5–4 4–2 8–4 9–4 8–5 5–7
Florida 3–10 4–8 6–6 7–5 — 8–4 3–7 6–7 7–6 6–7 5–8 3–2 5–3 4–3
Houston 6–6 8–5 1–12 4–4 4–8 — 3–2 9–3 6–6 5–7 9–4 7–4 5–3 9–4
Los Angeles 4–5 5–7 3–4 9–4 7–3 2–3 — 7–5 6–6 4–9 9–4 7–6 8–5 7–5
Montreal 4–9 5–3 4–8 1–7 7–6 3–9 5–7 — 7–6 8–5 4–4 7–5 7–6 4–3
New York 8–5 3–4 5–7 4–5 6–7 6–6 6–6 6–7 — 7–6 4–3 6–7 5–8 3–4
Philadelphia 6-7 1–6 3–9 2–4 7–6 7–5 9–4 5–8 6–7 — 6–3 6–6 6–6 5–4
Pittsburgh 2–4 5–8 5–8 4–8 8–5 4–9 4–9 4–4 3–4 3–6 — 4–8 6–6 6–7
San Diego 2–5 7–5 6–3 4–9 2–3 4–7 6–7 5–7 7–6 6–6 8–4 — 6–7 7–5
San Francisco 1–7 7–5 3–3 5–8 3–5 3–5 5–8 6–7 8–5 6–6 6–6 7–6 — 7–6
St. Louis 5–7 4–9 5–8 7–5 3–4 4-9 5–7 3–4 4–3 4–5 7–6 5–7 6–7 —


Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Delino DeShields Second baseman
José Offerman Shortstop
Raúl Mondesí Center fielder
Mike Piazza Catcher
Eric Karros First baseman
Henry Rodríguez Right fielder
Billy Ashley Left fielder
Dave Hansen Third baseman
Ramón Martínez Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1995 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1995 regular season game log: 78–66 (Home: 39–33; Away: 39–33)
April: 3–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–0)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
3 April 28 7:05 p.m. PDT Braves 9–1 Daal (1–0) Avery (0–1) – 3:08 51,181 3–0 W3
4 April 29 7:05 p.m. PDT Braves 3–4 McMichael (1–0) Murphy (0–1) – 2:55 45,885 3–1 L1
5 April 30 1:05 p.m. PDT Braves 3–6 Smoltz (1–0) Martínez (1–1) Clontz (2) 3:00 40,785 3–2 L2
May: 11–17 (Home: 2–8; Away: 9–9)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
June: 18–10 (Home: 11–7; Away: 7–3)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
34 June 1 2:40 p.m. PDT @ Braves 6–3 Valdez (1–2) Mercker (2–2) – 2:19 27,796 15–19 W2
July: 13–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 5–7)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
64 July 4 4:40 p.m. PDT @ Braves 2–3 Clontz (2–1) Valdez (5–4) Wohlers (7) 2:26 49,104 33–31 L2
65 July 5 4:35 p.m. PDT @ Braves 1–4 Wohlers (2–2) 'Astacio (1–7) – 3:01 36,922 33–32 L3
66 July 6 4:40 p.m. PDT @ Braves 0–1 McMichael (5–0) Seánez (1–2) – 2:16 38,497 33–33 L4
67 July 7 4:37 p.m. PDT @ Reds 2–4 Smiley (9–1) Banks (0–2) Jackson (1) 2:31 31,046 33–34 L5
68 July 8 4:05 p.m. PDT @ Reds 12–2 Martínez (8–6) Nitkowski (1–2) – 3:24 37,830 34–34 W1
69 July 9 11:05 a.m. PDT @ Reds 0–8 Schourek (8–4) Valdez (5–5) – 2:29 29,589 34–35 L1
66th All-Star Game in Arlington, TX
83 July 26 7:35 p.m. PDT Braves 1–0 Valdez (7–6) Avery (4–6) Worrell (17) 2:19 37,491 42–41 W1
84 July 27 7:05 p.m. PDT Braves 9–4 Cummings (1–0) Mercker (4–6) – 2:37 36,942 43–41 W2
85 July 28 7:05 p.m. PDT Reds 2–3 Smiley (10–1) Candiotti (5–9) Brantley (20) 2:14 37,146 43–42 L1
86 July 29 7:05 p.m. PDT Reds 4–2 Martínez (11–6) Portugal (5–7) Worrell (18) 2:21 41,488 44–42 W1
87 July 30 1:05 p.m. PDT Reds 5–4 Nomo (8–2) Pugh (5–4) – 2:31 53,058 45–42 W2
August: 16–14 (Home: 8–4; Away: 8–10)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
104 August 17 4:36 p.m. PDT @ Reds 2–6 Schourek (13–6) Tapani (7–12) – 2:15 25,005 56–48 L1
September: 16–10 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Dodgers team member

Postseason Game log

1995 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)
NL Division Series: vs. Cincinnati Reds 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/
Streak
1 October 3 5:05 p.m. PDT Reds 2–7 Schourek (1–0) Martínez (0–1) – 3:15 44,199 0–1 L1
2 October 4 5:05 p.m. PDT Reds 4–5 Burba (1–0) Osuna (0–1) Brantley (1) 3:21 46,051 0–2 L2
3 October 6 5:07 p.m. PDT @ Reds 1–10 Wells (1–0) Nomo (0–1) – 3:27 53,726 0–3 L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss     
Bold = Dodgers team member

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO SV
Ramón Martínez 30 30 206.1 17-7 3.66 81 138 4
Ismael Valdez 33 27 197.2 13-11 3.05 51 150 6
Hideo Nomo 28 28 191.1 13-6 2.54 78 236 4
Tom Candiotti 30 30 190.1 7-14 3.50 58 141 1
Kevin Tapani 13 11 57.0 4-2 5.05 14 43 0
Willie Banks 6 6 29.0 0-2 4.03 16 23 0

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; S = Saves

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO SV
Todd Worrell 59 0 62.1 4-1 2.02 19 61 32
Antonio Osuna 39 0 44.2 2-4 4.43 20 46 0
Pedro Astacio 48 11 104.0 7-8 4.24 29 80 0
Rudy Seánez 37 0 34.2 1-3 6.75 18 29 3
John Cummings 35 0 39.0 3-1 3.00 10 21 0
Joey Eischen 17 0 20.1 0-0 3.10 11 15 0
Omar Daal 28 0 20.0 4-0 7.20 15 11 0
Mark Guthrie 24 0 19.2 0-2 3.66 9 19 0
Todd Williams 16 0 19.1 2-2 5.12 7 8 0
Greg Hansell 20 0 19.1 0-1 7.45 6 13 0
Félix Rodríguez 11 0 10.2 1-1 2.53 5 5 0
José Parra 8 0 10.1 0-0 4.35 6 7 0
Jim Bruske 9 0 10.0 0-0 4.50 4 5 1
Rob Murphy 6 0 5.0 0-1 12.60 3 2 0
Chan Ho Park 2 1 4.0 0-0 4.50 2 7 0

Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB
Mike Piazza C 112 434 .346 82 150 32 93 1
Carlos Hernández C 45 94 .149 3 14 2 8 0
Tom Prince C 18 40 .200 3 8 1 4 0
Noe Muñoz C 2 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Karros 1B 143 551 .298 83 164 32 105 4
Delino DeShields 2B 127 425 .256 66 109 8 37 39
José Offerman SS 119 429 .287 69 123 4 33 2
Tim Wallach 3B/1B 97 327 .266 24 87 9 38 0
Chad Fonville 2B/SS/OF 88 308 .276 41 85 0 16 20
Dave Hansen 3B 100 181 .287 19 52 1 14 0
Garey Ingram 2B/3B/OF 44 55 .200 5 11 0 3 3
Mike Busch 3B/1B 13 17 .235 3 4 3 6 0
Jeff Treadway 2B/3B 17 17 .118 2 2 0 3 0
Dick Schofield 3B/SS 9 10 .100 0 1 0 0 0
Eddie Pye 3B 7 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0
Juan Castro SS/3B 11 4 .250 0 1 0 0 0
Raúl Mondesí RF 139 536 .285 91 153 26 88 27
Roberto Kelly CF 112 409 .278 47 114 6 48 15
Billy Ashley LF 81 215 .237 17 51 8 27 0
Brett Butler OF 39 146 .274 24 40 0 13 11
Todd Hollandsworth OF 41 103 .233 16 24 5 13 2
Chris Gwynn OF 67 84 .214 8 18 1 10 0
Henry Rodríguez OF 21 80 .263 6 21 1 10 0
Mitch Webster OF 54 56 .179 6 10 1 3 0
Roger Cedeño OF 40 42 .238 4 10 0 3 1
Rick Parker OF 27 29 .276 3 8 0 4 1
Karim García OF 13 20 .200 1 4 0 0 0
Reggie Williams OF 15 11 .091 2 1 0 1 0

1995 Playoffs

1995 National League Division Series

The division series was played between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds. Cincinnati ended up winning the series 3-0.

Game 1, October 3

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 12 0
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 8 0
W: Pete Schourek (1-0)  L: Ramón Martínez (0-1)  
HRs: CIN – Benito Santiago (1); LAD – Mike Piazza (1)

Game 2, October 4

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cincinnati 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 6 0
Los Angeles 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 14 2
W: Dave Burba (1-0)  L: Antonio Osuna (0-1)  SV: Jeff Brantley (1)
HRs: CIN – Reggie Sanders (1); LAD – Eric Karros (2)

Game 3, October 6

Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
Cincinnati 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 1 X 10 11 2
W: David Wells (1-0)  L: Hideo Nomo (0-1)
HRs: CIN – Ron Gant (1), Bret Boone (1), Mark Lewis (1)

1995 Awards

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Rick Dempsey
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League John Shelby
High A San Bernardino Spirit California League Ron Roenicke
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League Jon Debus
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Joe Vavra
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League John Shoemaker
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2 		Dominican Summer League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball draft

Main article: 1995 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 85 players in this draft. Of those, six of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first draft pick was left handed pitcher David Yocum out of Florida State University. After an impressive first season with the Vero Beach Dodgers of the Florida State League, Yocum experienced pain in his left shoulder, several surgeries failed to correct the problem and he was out of baseball after just two seasons and 15 games. He later became a firefighter.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Casey Candaele Stats".
  2. ^ "Rafael Bournigal Stats".
  3. ^ "Ron Coomer Stats".
  4. ^ Daley, Bill (November 5, 2014). "Former Dodgers No. 1 pick David Yocum looks back 'at what might have been'". Miami Herald. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  5. ^ 1995 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

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