1995 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1995 Pittsburgh Pirates
1995 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	58–86 (.403)
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	WPXI; KBL
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)

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.

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

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NL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	85	59	.590	—	44‍–‍28	41‍–‍31
Houston Astros	76	68	.528	9	36‍–‍36	40‍–‍32
Chicago Cubs	73	71	.507	12	34‍–‍38	39‍–‍33
St. Louis Cardinals	62	81	.434	22½	39‍–‍33	23‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Pirates	58	86	.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)

May: 11–15 (Home: 4–9; Away: 7–6)

June: 12–15 (Home: 4–6; Away: 8–9)

July: 12–16 (Home: 10–6; Away: 2–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
58	July 1	@ Astros	0–11	Reynolds	Parris (1–1)	—	18,992	24–34
59	July 2	@ Astros	3–5	Swindell	Neagle (9–4)	Jones	20,310	24–35
60	July 4	Phillies	7–0	Ericks (1–1)	Quantrill	—	23,334	25–35
61	July 5	Phillies	7–4	Plesac (3–0)	Charlton	—	9,245	26–35
62	July 6	Phillies	5–10	West	Parris (1–2)	—	10,039	26–36
63	July 7	Mets	8–9	Dipoto	Miceli (1–3)	Franco	12,468	26–37
64	July 8	Mets	3–2	Ericks (2–1)	Pulsipher	—	14,722	27–37
65	July 9	Mets	6–3	Loaiza (6–3)	Saberhagen	—	16,015	28–37
66	July 12	Braves	2–1	Parris (2–2)	Smoltz	Miceli (11)	9,123	29–37
67	July 13	Cardinals	7–6	Dyer (2–1)	Parrett	Miceli (12)	9,065	30–37
68	July 14	Cardinals	4–6	Hill	Loaiza (6–4)	Henke	12,535	30–38
69	July 15	Cardinals	9–2	Neagle (10–4)	Watson	—	12,451	31–38
70	July 16	Cardinals	3–0	Parris (3–2)	Osborne	Miceli (13)	11,113	32–38
71	July 18	@ Braves	5–4 (10)	Dyer (3–1)	Wohlers	Miceli (14)	33,940	33–38
72	July 19	@ Braves	2–3	Maddux	Loaiza (6–5)	Wohlers	35,736	33–39
73	July 20	@ Braves	3–4	Clontz	Plesac (3–1)	—	31,661	33–40
74	July 21	Expos	7–6 (12)	Gott (1–2)	Harris	—	12,500	34–40
75	July 22	Expos	7–1	Parris (4–2)	Urbina	—	27,050	35–40
76	July 23	Expos	2–8	Fassero	Ericks (2–2)	—	12,012	35–41
77	July 24	Braves	2–3	Clontz	Plesac (3–2)	Wohlers	16,142	35–42
78	July 25	Braves	1–3 (10)	Clontz	Gott (1–3)	Stanton	13,864	35–43
79	July 26	@ Phillies	1–2 (11)	Borland	Plesac (3–3)	—	—	35–44
80	July 26	@ Phillies	4–6	Quantrill	Dyer (3–2)	Slocumb	32,517	35–45
81	July 27	@ Phillies	4–6	Mimbs	Ericks (2–3)	Slocumb	31,955	35–46
82	July 28	@ Mets	10–9	Gott (2–3)	Franco	—	17,354	36–46
83	July 29	@ Mets	1–2	Franco	Powell (0–1)	—	17,881	36–47
84	July 30	@ Mets	1–2	Isringhausen	Wagner (1–11)	Franco	18,258	36–48
85	July 31	@ Mets	1–4	Pulsipher	Parris (4–3)	—	15,279	36–49

August: 13–18 (Home: 9–9; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
86	August 1	Cubs	5–7	Navarro	Ericks (2–4)	Myers	19,562	36–50
87	August 2	Cubs	4–3 (10)	Miceli (2–3)	Young	—	8,584	37–50
88	August 3	Cubs	2–7	Casian	Gott (2–4)	—	10,048	37–51
89	August 4	Astros	5–6	Veres	Christiansen (1–1)	Jones	—	37–52
90	August 4	Astros	4–5	Brocail	Parris (4–4)	Jones	12,216	37–53
91	August 5	Astros	3–1	Ericks (3–4)	Kile	Miceli (15)	31,147	38–53
92	August 6	Astros	6–3	Loaiza (7–5)	Hampton	Miceli (16)	16,034	39–53
93	August 8	@ Giants	9–5	Neagle (11–4)	Valdez	—	9,596	40–53
94	August 9	@ Giants	3–4	VanLandingham	Christiansen (1–2)	Beck	10,949	40–54
95	August 10	@ Giants	7–8	Beck	McCurry (0–3)	—	11,493	40–55
96	August 11	@ Dodgers	2–3	Valdez	Ericks (3–5)	Worrell	34,899	40–56
97	August 12	@ Dodgers	10–11 (11)	Astacio	McCurry (0–4)	—	44,032	40–57
98	August 13	@ Dodgers	1–4	Martinez	Neagle (11–5)	Worrell	38,023	40–58
99	August 14	@ Padres	5–6	Bochtler	Christiansen (1–3)	Hoffman	9,242	40–59
100	August 15	@ Padres	6–0	Parris (5–4)	Blair	—	10,458	41–59
101	August 16	@ Padres	0–2	Ashby	Ericks (3–6)	Hoffman	14,046	41–60
102	August 18	Marlins	13–7	Wagner (2–11)	Groom	—	—	42–60
103	August 18	Marlins	7–6 (13)	Miceli (3–3)	Groom	—	13,598	43–60
104	August 19	Marlins	10–5	McCurry (1–4)	Veres	—	13,081	44–60
105	August 20	Marlins	3–2	Parris (6–4)	Burkett	Miceli (17)	13,191	45–60
106	August 21	Marlins	5–3	Dyer (4–2)	Gardner	Wagner (1)	10,202	46–60
107	August 22	@ Rockies	10–1	Loaiza (8–5)	Reynoso	—	48,083	47–60
108	August 23	@ Rockies	5–9	Bailey	Neagle (11–6)	—	48,027	47–61
109	August 24	@ Rockies	6–8	Painter	Wagner (2–12)	Leskanic	48,041	47–62
110	August 25	Reds	3–19	Portugal	Parris (6–5)	—	13,828	47–63
111	August 26	Reds	6–7	Hernandez	Wagner (2–13)	Brantley	26,090	47–64
112	August 27	Reds	1–10	Schourek	Loaiza (8–6)	—	18,056	47–65
113	August 28	Rockies	3–6	Bailey	Powell (0–2)	Leskanic	8,242	47–66
114	August 29	Rockies	4–0	Wagner (3–13)	Ritz	—	7,634	48–66
115	August 30	Rockies	0–6	Rekar	Ericks (3–7)	—	8,120	48–67
116	August 31	@ Reds	6–4 (10)	Plesac (4–3)	Brantley	Miceli (18)	19,509	49–67

September: 8–19 (Home: 4–9; Away: 4–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
117	September 1	@ Reds	1–7	Schourek	Loaiza (8–7)	—	28,205	49–68
118	September 2	@ Reds	11–8	White (1–1)	Wells	—	35,897	50–68
119	September 3	@ Reds	7–3	Wagner (4–13)	Burba	Miceli (19)	28,516	51–68
120	September 4	@ Marlins	3–7	Burkett	Parris (6–6)	—	19,427	51–69
121	September 6	@ Marlins	1–2	Banks	Neagle (11–7)	Nen	17,111	51–70
122	September 8	Dodgers	2–8	Martinez	Loaiza (8–8)	—	10,050	51–71
123	September 9	Dodgers	2–11	Tapani	Wagner (4–14)	—	12,773	51–72
124	September 10	Dodgers	4–5	Cummings	Dyer (4–3)	Worrell	12,154	51–73
125	September 11	Padres	7–5	Lieber (3–7)	Ashby	Miceli (20)	6,356	52–73
126	September 12	Padres	1–5	Valenzuela	Ericks (3–8)	—	10,269	52–74
127	September 13	Padres	7–8	Villone	Plesac (4–4)	Bochtler	6,648	52–75
128	September 14	Phillies	2–7	Quantrill	Wagner (4–15)	—	7,770	52–76
129	September 15	Giants	2–4 (10)	Service	Dyer (4–4)	Beck	10,548	52–77
130	September 16	Giants	10–2	Neagle (12–7)	Estes	—	11,748	53–77
131	September 17	Giants	5–4	Lieber (4–7)	Brewington	Plesac (3)	20,680	54–77
132	September 18	Cardinals	2–4	Osborne	Loaiza (8–9)	Mathews	8,858	54–78
133	September 19	Cardinals	12–1	Wagner (5–15)	Benes	—	9,196	55–78
134	September 20	Cardinals	3–9	Morgan	White (1–2)	—	11,190	55–79
135	September 21	@ Cubs	4–3	Neagle (13–7)	Trachsel	Miceli (21)	18,369	56–79
136	September 22	@ Cubs	3–6	Foster	Ericks (3–9)	Myers	23,652	56–80
137	September 23	@ Cubs	5–8	Bullinger	Dyer (4–5)	Myers	23,802	56–81
138	September 24	@ Cubs	2–3 (10)	Wendell	Miceli (3–4)	—	20,447	56–82
139	September 25	@ Astros	5–10	Brocail	White (1–3)	—	11,142	56–83
140	September 26	@ Astros	0–2	Swindell	Neagle (13–8)	Henneman	14,307	56–84
141	September 27	@ Astros	6–3 (11)	Miceli (4–4)	Jones	McCurry (1)	15,005	57–84
142	September 29	@ Cardinals	2–3	Osborne	Morel (0–1)	Henke	20,842	57–85
143	September 30	@ Cardinals	1–5	Benes	Wagner (5–16)	Henke	21,004	57–86

October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record v t e 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	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	2	4	0.333	15	18
Florida Marlins	8	5	0.615	63	56
Montreal Expos	4	4	0.500	22	28
New York Mets	3	4	0.429	30	31
Philadelphia Phillies	3	6	0.333	35	42
Total	20	23	0.465	165	175
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	5	8	0.385	55	82
Cincinnati Reds	5	8	0.385	53	84
Houston Astros	4	9	0.308	57	86
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	6	7	0.462	66	58
Total	20	32	0.385	231	310
NL West
Colorado Rockies	4	8	0.333	55	60
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	9	0.308	52	74
San Diego Padres	4	8	0.333	58	67
San Francisco Giants	6	6	0.500	68	50
Total	18	31	0.367	233	251
Season Total	58	86	0.403	629	736

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	4	1	3	0.250	8	15
May	26	11	15	0.423	108	147
June	27	12	15	0.444	124	137
July	28	12	16	0.429	115	122
August	31	13	18	0.419	154	168
September	27	8	19	0.296	110	143
October	1	1	0	1.000	10	4
Total	144	58	86	0.403	629	736

Total	144	58	86	0.403	629	736
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	72	31	41	0.431	329	396
Away	72	27	45	0.375	300	340

Roster

1995 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (third base)
39 Milt May (hitting)
31 Ray Miller (pitching)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)
18 Bill Virdon (bench)
54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Jacob Brumfield	CF
Carlos García	2B
Al Martin	LF
Jeff King	3B
Jay Bell	SS
Orlando Merced	RF
Rich Aude	1B
Mark Parent	C
Jon Lieber	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
M. Dyer	55	7	4	0.571	0	1
J. Wehner	52	107	33	0.308	0	5
D. Slaught	35	112	34	0.304	0	13
O. Merced	132	487	146	0.300	15	83
C. García	104	367	108	0.294	6	50
N. Liriano	107	259	74	0.286	5	38
A. Martin	124	439	124	0.282	13	41
D. Clark	77	196	55	0.281	4	24
J. Brumfield	116	402	109	0.271	4	26
J. King	122	445	118	0.265	18	87
J. Bell	138	530	139	0.262	13	55
S. Parris	15	28	7	0.250	0	4
D. Plesac	58	4	1	0.250	0	0
R. Aude	42	109	27	0.248	2	19
S. Pegues	82	171	42	0.246	6	16
M. Cummings	59	152	37	0.243	2	15
K. Young	56	181	42	0.232	6	22
M. Parent	69	233	54	0.232	15	33
A. Encarnación	58	159	36	0.226	2	10
P. Wagner	34	42	9	0.214	0	4
M. Johnson	79	221	46	0.208	13	28
E. Loaiza	33	52	10	0.192	0	2
M. Sasser	14	26	4	0.154	0	0
F. García	42	57	8	0.140	0	1
D. Neagle	32	74	9	0.122	1	8
J. Ericks	19	31	3	0.097	0	1
R. White	15	15	1	0.067	0	1
J. Lieber	21	21	1	0.048	0	0
J. Christiansen	63	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Gott	25	1	0	0.000	0	0
R. Manzanillo	5	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. McCurry	55	3	0	0.000	0	0
D. Miceli	58	1	0	0.000	0	0
R. Powell	12	3	0	0.000	0	0
L. Hancock	11	0	0	—	0	0
J. Hope	3	0	0	—	0	0
D. Konuszewski	1	0	0	—	0	0
M. Maddux	8	0	0	—	0	0
R. Morel	5	0	0	—	0	0
G. Wilson	10	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[10]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
L. Hancock	11	14	0	0	1.93	6
R. Morel	5	Template:Sortfrac	0	1	2.84	3
D. Neagle	31	Template:Sortfrac	13	8	3.43	150
D. Plesac	58	Template:Sortfrac	4	4	3.58	57
J. Christiansen	63	Template:Sortfrac	1	3	4.15	53
M. Dyer	55	Template:Sortfrac	4	5	4.34	53
J. Ericks	19	106	3	9	4.58	80
D. Miceli	58	58	4	4	4.66	56
R. White	15	55	2	3	4.75	29
P. Wagner	33	165	5	16	4.80	120
R. Manzanillo	5	Template:Sortfrac	0	0	4.91	1
J. McCurry	55	61	1	4	5.02	27
G. Wilson	10	Template:Sortfrac	0	1	5.02	8
E. Loaiza	32	Template:Sortfrac	8	9	5.16	85
R. Powell	12	Template:Sortfrac	0	2	5.23	12
S. Parris	15	82	6	6	5.38	61
J. Gott	25	Template:Sortfrac	2	4	6.03	19
J. Lieber	21	Template:Sortfrac	4	7	6.32	45
M. Maddux	8	9	1	0	9.00	4
J. Hope	3	Template:Sortfrac	0	0	30.86	2
D. Konuszewski	1	Template:Sortfrac	0	0	54.00	0

Awards and honors

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Denny Neagle, P, Reserve

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

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

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brumfja01.shtml
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/plesada01.shtml
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml
^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/st.clra01.shtml
^ ^a ^b https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frohwto01.shtml
^ ^a ^b https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sassema01.shtml
^ ^a ^b https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hornsa01.shtml
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

1995 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1995 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brumfja01.shtml

[3] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/p/plesada01.shtml

[4] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sveumda01.shtml

[5] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/s/st.clra01.shtml

[baseball-reference.com-6] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frohwto01.shtml

[ReferenceA-7] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sassema01.shtml

[ReferenceB-8] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hornsa01.shtml

[9] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[10] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

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