1995 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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

1995 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League West champions
League	National League
Division	Western
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles
Record	78–66 (.542)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Peter O'Malley
General managers	Fred Claire
Managers	Tommy Lasorda
Television	KTLA (5)
Radio	KABC Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
← 1994 Seasons 1996 →

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.

This was Tommy Lasorda's final full season as manager of the Dodgers. Midway through the next season, Lasorda would be replaced by his former shortstop Bill Russell.

Regular season

Season standings

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	78	66	.542	—	39‍–‍33	39‍–‍33
Colorado Rockies	77	67	.535	1	44‍–‍28	33‍–‍39
San Diego Padres	70	74	.486	8	40‍–‍32	30‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants	67	77	.465	11	37‍–‍35	30‍–‍42

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1995 v t e
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MTL	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

• April 26, 1995: Casey Candaele was released by the Dodgers.^[1]
• May 23, 1995: Acquired Joey Eischen and Roberto Kelly from the Montreal Expos for Henry Rodríguez and Jeff Treadway.
• June 9, 1995: Acquired Kris Foster from the Montreal Expos for Rafael Bournigal.^[2]
• June 19, 1995: Acquired Willie Banks from the Chicago Cubs for Dax Winslett.
• July 31, 1995: Acquired Mark Guthrie and Kevin Tapani from the Minnesota Twins for Greg Hansell, José Parra and Ron Coomer.^[3]
• August 18, 1995: Acquired Brett Butler from the New York Mets for Scott Hunter and Dwight Maness.

Roster

1995 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 56 Pedro Astacio 40 Willie Banks 45 Jim Bruske 49 Tom Candiotti 41 John Cummings 54 Omar Daal 51 Joey Eischen 52 Mark Guthrie 52 Greg Hansell 48 Ramón Martínez 46 Rob Murphy 16 Hideo Nomo 13,50 Antonio Osuna 61 Chan Ho Park 45,65 José Parra 50 Félix Rodríguez 57 Rudy Seánez 46 Kevin Tapani 59 Ismael Valdes 36,66 Todd Williams 38 Todd Worrell		Catchers 26 Carlos Hernández 36,45 Noe Muñoz 31 Mike Piazza 15 Tom Prince Infielders 25 Mike Busch 60 Juan Castro 14 Delino DeShields 3,22 Chad Fonville  5 Dave Hansen 33 Garey Ingram 23 Eric Karros 30 José Offerman  3 Eddie Pye 22 Dick Schofield 12 Jeff Treadway 29 Tim Wallach		Outfielders  7 Billy Ashley 12,22 Brett Butler 27 Roger Cedeño 12 Karim García 10 Chris Gwynn 28 Todd Hollandsworth 21 Roberto Kelly 43 Raúl Mondesí 46 Rick Parker 40 Henry Rodríguez 20 Mitch Webster 41 Reggie Williams		Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano (third base) 58 Mark Cresse (bullpen) 11 Manny Mota 18 Bill Russell (bench)  9 Reggie Smith (hitting/1st base) 17 Dave Wallace (pitching)

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
	Postponement
	Clinched division
Bold	Dodgers team member

1995 regular season game log: 78–66 (Home: 39–33; Away: 39–33)[4]
April: 3–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–0) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box Streak
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
July: 13–13 (Home: 8–6; Away: 5–7) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box Streak — July 11 5:29 p.m. PDT 66th All-Star Game in Arlington, TX
August: 16–14 (Home: 8–4; Away: 8–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box Streak
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

Postseason Game log

Legend
	Dodgers win
	Dodgers loss
Bold	Dodgers team member

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)[5] # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box Streak 1 October 3 5:07 p.m. PDT Reds 2 October 4 5:07 p.m. PDT Reds 3 October 6 5:07 p.m. PDT @ Reds

Starting Pitchers stats

= Indicates league leader

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

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Mike Piazza starter Hideo Nomo starter Todd Worrell reserve Raúl Mondesí reserve José Offerman reserve Rookie of the Year Award Hideo Nomo Gold Glove Award Raúl Mondesí Baseball Digest Rookie All-Stars Hideo Nomo TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award Hideo Nomo TSN National League All-Star Eric Karros Mike Piazza

Silver Slugger Award Eric Karros Mike Piazza NL Pitcher of the Month Hideo Nomo (June 1995) NL Player of the Month Mike Piazza (August 1995) NL Player of the Week Raúl Mondesí (April 25–30) Mike Piazza (May 1–7) Hideo Nomo (June 19–25) Ramón Martínez (July 10–16) Eric Karros (July 24–30) Eric Karros (August 7–13) Mike Piazza (August 21–27)

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.^[6]

1995 draft picks

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1 David Yocum LHP Florida State University Yes 1995–1996 A+ 2 Darrin Babineaux RHP University of Louisiana at Lafayette Yes 1995–2002 AAA 3 Onan Masaoka LHP Waiakea High School Yes 1995–2009 MLB 4 Judd Granzow OF Faith Baptist High School Yes 1995 A- 5 Seferino Soto RHP Palomar College Yes 1995–1998 A 6 Kevin Gibbs OF Old Dominion University Yes 1995–2004 AAA 7 Trent Cuevas SS El Dorado High School Yes 1995–1999 AAA 8 Jon Tucker 1B Chatsworth High School Yes 1995–1999 AA 9 Eric Brown SS East St. John High School Yes 1995–2003 A+ 10 Mike Carpentier SS California State University, Sacramento Yes 1994–1997 AA 11 Craig Taczy LHP Shepard High School Yes 1995–2003 A+ 12 Kenny Miller SS Providence Catholic High School No Mets-1997 1997–1999 A+ 13 Brad Wilkerson LHP Apollo High School No Expos-1999 1999–2009 MLB 14 Spencer Micunek RHP Henry Ford Community College No 15 J.J. Pearsall LHP University of South Carolina Yes 1995–2002 AAA 16 Eric Flores SS Rio Mesa High School Yes 1995–1997 A 17 Tony Mota OF Miami Springs High School Yes 1996–2006 AAA 18 Jay O'Shaughnessy RHP Northeastern University Yes 1996–1998 A+ 19 David Ross C Florida High School No Dodgers-1998 1998–2016 MLB 20 Jeff Rodriguez C Coral Gables High School No Braves-1999 1999–2001 A+ 21 Dennis Mauch C Cosumnes River College Yes 1995 Rookie 22 A. J. Walkanoff C Creighton University Yes 1995–1996 A+ 23 Brett Illig 3B Phoenixville High School Yes 1995–2001 A+ 24 Travis Meyer C East Carolina University Yes 1995–1997 A+ 25 Peter Cervantes RHP East Los Angeles College Yes 1995–2005 AAA 26 Peyton Warren RHP West Florence High School No 1999 Ind 27 Mike Sanchez RHP Chaffey College Yes 1995–2002 A+ 28 Ken Morimoto OF University of Hawaii at Manoa Yes 1995–1998 A+ 29 Greg Clark C Paradise Valley High School No Cardinals-1998 1998–2001 A+ 30 Mitch McNeely LHP Centenary College of Louisiana Yes 1995–1997 A+ 31 Pedro Feliciano LHP Jose S. Alegria High School Yes 1995–2014 MLB 32 Andy Owen OF University of California, Riverside Yes 1995–2000 A+ 33 Laz Gutierrez LHP Brito Miami Private School No Tigers-1998 1998–2001 A 34 Scott Chambers LHP John A. Logan College Yes 1995–1999 A+ 35 Jeff Keppen RHP Georgia Southern University Yes 1995–2003 KBO 36 Trevor Bishop RHP Assiniboia Composite High School No 37 Dave Schmidt C Oregon State University No Cardinals-1996 1996–1999 AA 38 Terrence McClain SS Cumberland University Yes 1995 A- 39 Chad Roney C Jacksonville University Yes 1996–1997 A+ 40 Bobby Cripps C Cameron High School Yes 1996–2000 AA 41 John Davis RHP Bethune-Cookman College Yes 1995–1997 A+ 42 Jason Smith SS Demopolis High School No Cubs-1997 1997–2009 MLB 43 Saúl Rivera SS Rafael Cordero High School No 44 Jeffrey Deno LHP Franklin High School No 45 Brad Block RHP Lake Michigan College No 46 Mike Bourbakis RHP Franklin D. Roosevelt High School Yes 1995–1998 A 47 Steve Green RHP Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit No Angels-1998 1998–2011 MLB 48 Xavier Curley 3B Marshall County High School No 49 Andrew Dougherty C Glassboro High School No 50 Kevin Hodge SS Bryan High School No Twins-1998 1998–2005 AAA 51 Mark Paschal OF Fontana High School No 52 Maurice Hightower LHP Arlington High School No 53 Christian Keating RHP Brother Rice High School No 54 Cesar Acosta OF Yuma High School No 55 Brock Rumfield SS McLennan Community College No Orioles-1998 1998–1999 A+ 56 Vance Cozier RHP Pickering High School No Giants-1999 1999–2003 AA 57 Joel Ainsworth LHP Sarnia Collegiate Institute High School No 58 Cesar Castaneda 3B Lincoln High School No 59 José Rijo-Berger OF Walla Walla Community College No Mets-1997 1997 A 60 Chuck Koone OF Spartanburg Methodist College No Orioles-1998 1998–2001 A+ 61 Cash Riley OF Trinity Christian Academy High School Yes 1996–1998 A+ 62 Brian Oliver SS Antioch High School No Angels-1998 1998–2002 AA 63 Chris Vollaro RHP Alvin Community College No 64 Mark Vallecorsa LHP Damien High School No 65 Stephen Dupont RHP Nicholls State University No 66 Gregory Conley C Sequim High School No 67 Paul Auton C Harry Ainlay High School No 68 Brian Dawson RHP San Bernardino Valley College No 69 Tim Hackman RHP Vernon High School No 70 Brian Wagner C Sacramento City College No 1999–2000 Ind 71 Joseph Thomas RHP West Covina High School No 72 Tony James 2B Chaffey College No Red Sox-1998 1998–2005 A 73 Ruam Cail RHP Kwantlen College No 74 Craig Allen RHP University of Notre Dame Yes 1996–1997 A 75 Todd Sutton OF Angola High School No 76 Neal Atchison RHP Central Huron High School No 77 Scott Oliver RHP Richland Northeast High School No Yankees-1999 1999–2000 A 78 Deron Featherstone RHP Hendersonville High School No Giants-1999 1999–2001 A+ 79 Larry Bethea 1B Red Springs High School Yes 1995–2008 AAA 80 Brandon Bowe RHP San Joaquin Delta College No Marlins-1999 1999–2006 AA 81 Michael Tablit RHP Yuba Community College No 82 C. D. Stover RHP American River College Yes 1996–2002 A+ 83 Brad Brewer SS Sacramento City College No Angels-1997 1997–1998 A 84 Mathew Randel RHP Ridgefield High School No 85 Ryan Moskau 1B Sabino High School No Dodgers-1998 1998–2001 AA [7]