1995 Cleveland Indians
American League Champions
American League Central Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkJacobs Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersRichard Jacobs
General managersJohn Hart
ManagersMike Hargrove
TelevisionWUAB
Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan
SportsChannel
John Sanders, Rick Manning
RadioWKNR (1220 AM)
Herb Score, Tom Hamilton
Seasons

The 1995 Cleveland Indians season was the Major League Baseball season that led to the Indians returning to the World Series for the first time since 1954. In a season that started late by 18 games – giving it just 144 games – the Indians finished in first place in the American League Central Division with a record of 100 wins and 44 losses. This was the first team in the history of the American League ever to win 100 games in a season that had fewer than 154 games.[1]

The most outstanding pitcher for the Indians was their relief pitcher, José Mesa, who finished second in the voting for the American League's Cy Young Award. Mesa pitched in 62 games; he led the league by being the finishing pitcher in 57 games, and he saved a league-leading 46 games, even though he pitched just exactly 64 innings. Mesa was the winning pitcher in three games, and he lost none. Mesa's earned run average was a microscopic 1.13. Mesa only gave up eight earned runs, one unearned run, and three home runs in the entire regular season.

The most outstanding batter and everyday player for the Indians was their left fielder, Albert Belle, who finished second in the voting for the American League's Most Valuable Player Award. Belle played in 143 of the 144 games, and became the first major leaguer to hit 50 doubles and 50 home runs in a single season. Belle led the league in runs scored (121), runs batted in (126), doubles (52), home runs (50), total bases (377), and slugging percentage (.690). Belle had 173 hits and a batting average of .317.

The second most outstanding batter and everyday player for the Indians was their right fielder, Manny Ramirez. Ramirez played in 137 games, scored 85 runs, batted in 107 runs, hit 26 doubles and 31 home runs, had 149 hits, and batted .308.

On a team that was led by its outfielders in batting, the Indians center fielder Kenny Lofton, playing in just 118 games, also had 149 hits, scored 93 runs, batted .310, and led the American League with 13 triples and 54 stolen bases. This was Lofton's fourth of five consecutive years leading the American League in stolen bases. Lofton also won a Gold Glove in the outfield. Despite Lofton only hitting seven home runs he still finished the shortened season with 53 runs batted in.

The Indians won the Central Division by an overwhelming 30 games over the second-place Kansas City Royals, and they went into the playoffs going strong. In their American League Division Series, the Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox in a three game sweep. Next, in the American League Championship Series, the Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners four games to two. The Indians' starting pitcher, Orel Hershiser, was voted the American League Championship Series' Most Valuable Player.

In the World Series, the Indians faced the Atlanta Braves (champions of the National League for the third time in four years), who had finished the regular season with a 90–54 record, had defeated the Colorado Rockies three games to one in the National League Division Series, and had swept the Cincinnati Reds four games to none in the National League Championship Series. The Braves had the National League's Cy Young Award winner in Greg Maddux, who finished the season with a 19–2 won-loss record and a 1.63 earned run average as a starting pitcher. Maddux also finished in third place in the voting for Most Valuable Player.

The Indians lost the World Series to the Braves by four games to two, with the Braves winning all three games in Atlanta, and the Indians winning two out of three games in Cleveland. The World Series Most Valuable Player was the starting pitcher Tom Glavine of the Braves, who won two games in the Series.

Offseason

Regular season

The Indians led the Majors in nearly every offensive category, including runs scored (840), hits (1,461), home runs (207), runs batted in (803), batting average (.291) and slugging percentage (.479). They also struck out the fewest times (766) of all 28 MLB teams.[6][7] They also had one of the most formidable pitching staffs in the AL, allowing the second-fewest hits (1,261), finishing with the best ERA (3.83), the fewest runs allowed (607), fewest earned runs allowed (554), the most saves (50) and the fewest intentional walks (16).[7]

Season standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 10044 0.694 — 54–18 46–26
Kansas City Royals 7074 0.486 30 35–37 35–37
Chicago White Sox 6876 0.472 32 38–34 30–42
Milwaukee Brewers 6579 0.451 35 33–39 32–40
Minnesota Twins 5688 0.389 44 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—

Notable transactions

Roster

1995 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
Indians Win Indians Loss Game Postponed
1995 Regular Season Game Log (100-44) (Home: 54-18; Road: 46-26)
April: 2-2 (Road: 2-2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 27@ Rangers11–6Martinez (1–0)Gross (0–1)–The Ballpark in Arlington32,1611–0W1
2April 28@ Rangers9–10Whiteside (1–0)Poole (0–1)Russell (1)The Ballpark in Arlington22,1791–1L1
3April 29@ Rangers5–6Burrows (1–0)Shuey (0–1)–The Ballpark in Arlington28,0481–2L2
4April 30@ Rangers7–6 (12)Mesa (1–0)Whiteside (1–1)–The Ballpark in Arlington26,0262–2W1
May: 19-7 (Home: 9-3, Road: 10-4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
5May 2@ Tigers11–1Martinez (2–0)Bergman (0–2)–Tiger Stadium39,3983–2W2
6May 3@ Tigers14–7Clark (1–0)Doherty (0–2)–Tiger Stadium29,9964–2W3
7May 4@ Tigers3–4Wells (1–1)Hershiser (0–1)Henneman (1)Tiger Stadium28,8464–3L1
8May 5Twins5–1Nagy (1–0)Erickson (0–3)Mesa (1)Jacobs Field41,4345–3W1
9May 6Twins2–5Radke (1–0)Black (0–1)Aguilera (4)Jacobs Field37,3255–4L1
10May 7Twins10–9 (17)Poole (1–1)Guthrie (1–1)–Jacobs Field39,4316–4W1
11May 8Royals6–2Clark (2–0)Appier (3–1)Grimsley (1)Jacobs Field26,7047–4W2
12May 9Royals10–0Hershiser (1–1)Linton (0–1)–Jacobs Field27,2258–4W3
13May 10Royals3–2 (10)Plunk (1–0)Meacham (1–2)–Jacobs Field27,7499–4W4
14May 12@ Orioles3–2Martinez (3–0)Brown (2–1)Mesa (2)Oriole Park at Camden Yards40,51610–4W5
15May 13@ Orioles1–6Mussina (2–1)Clark (2–1)–Oriole Park at Camden Yards40,18510–5L1
16May 14@ Orioles3–1Hershiser (2–1)Rhodes (1–2)Mesa (3)Oriole Park at Camden Yards39,16711–5W1
17May 16@ Yankees10–5Nagy (2–0)Key (1–2)–Yankee Stadium18,24612–5W2
–May 17@ YankeesPostponed (rain, makeup August 10)
18May 18@ Red Sox3–4Belinda (2–0)Poole (1–2)–Fenway Park24,28512–6L1
19May 19@ Red Sox9–5Tavarez (1–0)Ryan (0–1)–Fenway Park23,50713–6W1
20May 20@ Red Sox7–5Plunk (2–0)Pena (1–1)Mesa (4)Fenway Park29,41214–6W2
21May 21@ Red Sox12–10Assenmacher (1–0)Pierce (0–2)Mesa (5)Fenway Park32,33915–6W3
22May 22Brewers5–7Bones (3–1)Nagy (2–1)Fetters (2)Jacobs Field34,46415–7L1
23May 23Brewers5–3Martinez (4–0)Sparks (1–1)Mesa (6)Jacobs Field35,37316–7W1
24May 24Brewers5–7Rightnowar (1–0)Clark (2–2)Fetters (3)Jacobs Field29,63816–8L1
25May 26@ Blue Jays7–4Hershiser (3–1)Hentgen (3–2)Mesa (7)Skydome47,11317–8W1
26May 27@ Blue Jays0–3Leiter (2–2)Plunk (2–1)Hall (3)Skydome47,14317–9L1
27May 28@ Blue Jays5–4Nagy (3–1)Darwin (1–4)Mesa (8)Skydome42,36518–9W1
28May 29White Sox7–6Tavarez (2–0)DeLeon (2–1)Mesa (9)Jacobs Field41,73619–9W2
29May 30White Sox2–1Assenmacher (2–0)Fernandez (2–4)Mesa (10)Jacobs Field33,03820–9W3
30May 31White Sox6–3Hershiser (4–1)Abbott (2–2)Mesa (11)Jacobs Field36,77121–9W4
June: 20-8 (Home: 12-4, Road: 8-4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
31June 1White Sox7–4Black (1–1)Bere (1–4)Plunk (1)Jacobs Field33,26022–9W5
32June 2Blue Jays0–5Leiter (3–2)Nagy (3–2)Timlin (2)Jacobs Field41,54522–10L1
33June 3Blue Jays3–0Martinez (5–0)Darwin (1–5)–Jacobs Field41,56623–10W1
34June 4Blue Jays9–8Tavarez (3–0)Hall (0–1)–Jacobs Field41,68824–10W2
35June 5Tigers8–0Hershiser (5–1)Bergman (1–4)–Jacobs Field34,61525–10W3
36June 6Tigers4–3Tavarez (4–0)Boever (3–3)Mesa (12)Jacobs Field36,11526–10W4
37June 7Tigers3–2 (10)Plunk (3–0)Maxcy (2–1)–Jacobs Field36,36327–10W5
38June 8@ Brewers8–7Tavarez (5–0)Lloyd (0–5)Mesa (13)County Stadium17,64128–10W6
39June 9@ Brewers7–4Ogea (1–0)Roberson (1–2)Mesa (14)County Stadium13,13629–10W7
40June 10@ Brewers1–6Miranda (3–2)Hershiser (5–2)Reyes (1)County Stadium18,86929–11L1
41June 11@ Brewers11–5Black (2–1)Scanlan (3–4)–County Stadium18,70630–11W1
42June 12Orioles4–3Nagy (4–2)Brown (5–4)Mesa (15)Jacobs Field41,84531–11W2
43June 13Orioles11–0Martinez (6–0)Mussina (5–4)–Jacobs Field41,92732–11W3
44June 14Orioles5–2Ogea (2–0)Klingenbeck (1–1)Mesa (16)Jacobs Field41,83933–11W4
45June 16Yankees2–4Wickman (2–1)Poole (1–3)Wetteland (8)Jacobs Field41,64333–12L1
46June 17Yankees7–4Black (3–1)Pettitte (1–4)Mesa (17)Jacobs Field41,66234–12W1
47June 18Yankees5–9McDowell (3–4)Nagy (4–3)Wetteland (9)Jacobs Field41,66734–13L1
48June 19Red Sox4–3 (10)Plunk (4–1)Ryan (0–3)–Jacobs Field41,64535–13W1
49June 20Red Sox9–2Ogea (3–0)Eshelman (3–1)–Jacobs Field40,19036–13W2
50June 21Red Sox1–3Hanson (7–1)Hershiser (5–3)Belinda (3)Jacobs Field41,94836–14L1
51June 23@ White Sox5–12Bere (3–6)Nagy (4–4)–Comiskey Park31,96236–15L2
52June 24@ White Sox3–8Fernandez (3–4)Black (3–2)–Comiskey Park35,02836–16L3
53June 25@ White Sox2–3DeLeon (3–3)Assenmacher (2–1)Radinsky (1)Comiskey Park27,51436–17L4
54June 26@ Royals2–0Ogea (4–0)Gordon (5–3)Mesa (18)Kauffman Stadium24,29637–17W1
55June 27@ Royals7–1Clark (3–2)Haney (3–2)–Kauffman Stadium19,51038–17W2
56June 28@ Royals5–2Nagy (5–4)Appier (11–3)Mesa (19)Kauffman Stadium18,59639–17W3
57June 29@ Twins10–5Black (4–2)Erickson (3–6)–Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome17,11640–17W4
58June 30@ Twins4–1Martinez (7–0)Trombley (0–3)Mesa (20)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome27,41641–17W5
July: 18-9 (Home: 9-4, Road: 9-5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
59July 1@ Twins5–6Radke (4–7)Ogea (4–1)Aguilera (12)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome18,82041–18L1
60July 2@ Twins7–0Clark (4–2)Harris (0–2)–Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome16,79042–18W1
61July 3Rangers9–1Nagy (6–4)Rogers (8–4)–Jacobs Field41,71343–18W2
62July 4Rangers6–7McDowell (4–0)Assenmacher (2–2)Whiteside (1)Jacobs Field41,76943–19L1
63July 5Rangers2–0Martinez (8–0)Gross (3–8)Mesa (21)Jacobs Field41,88144–19W1
64July 6Mariners8–1Ogea (5–1)Belcher (4–4)–Jacobs Field41,66145–19W2
65July 7Mariners3–5Johnson (9–1)Clark (4–3)–Jacobs Field41,74145–20L1
66July 8Mariners7–3Nagy (7–4)Bosio (6–3)–Jacobs Field41,89346–20W1
67July 9Mariners3–9Torres (3–5)Hershiser (5–4)–Jacobs Field41,89746–21L1
–July 1166th All-Star GameNational League vs. American League (The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas)
–July 13AthleticsPostponed (rain, makeup July 14)
68July 14 (1)Athletics1–0Embree (1–0)Prieto (0–2)Mesa (22)Jacobs FieldN/A47–21W1
69July 14 (2)Athletics7–6Nagy (8–4)Darling (2–5)Mesa (23)Jacobs Field41,86248–21W2
70July 15Athletics7–2Hershiser (6–4)Ontiveros (8–4)Plunk (2)Jacobs Field41,72649–21W3
71July 16Athletics5–4 (12)Embree (2–0)Eckersley (2–3)–Jacobs Field41,76750–21W4
72July 17Angels3–8Anderson (3–2)Ogea (5–2)–Jacobs Field41,58350–22L1
73July 18Angels7–5Assenmacher (3–2)Smith (0–3)–Jacobs Field41,76351–22W1
74July 19@ Rangers14–5Nagy (9–4)Gross (4–9)–The Ballpark in Arlington42,92852–22W2
75July 20@ Rangers6–3Hershiser (7–4)Brandenburg (0–1)Mesa (24)The Ballpark in Arlington28,16053–22W3
76July 21@ Athletics6–1Martinez (9–0)Stottlemyre (8–3)–Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum21,15854–22W4
77July 22@ Athletics6–4Tavarez (6–0)Eckersley (2–4)Mesa (25)Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum33,01955–22W5
78July 23@ Athletics2–0Clark (5–3)Prieto (1–3)Mesa (26)Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum26,76356–22W6
79July 24@ Angels9–7 (10)Assenmacher (4–2)Smith (0–4)Mesa (27)Anaheim Stadium30,36757–22W7
80July 25@ Angels5–6Finley (9–7)Hershiser (7–5)Smith (23)Anaheim Stadium42,26857–23L1
81July 26@ Angels3–6Harkey (5–6)Martinez (9–1)Smith (24)Anaheim Stadium35,65057–24L2
82July 27@ Mariners5–11Belcher (7–5)Ogea (5–3)–Kingdome20,12157–25L3
83July 28@ Mariners6–5Plunk (5–1)Frey (0–4)Mesa (28)Kingdome17,60958–25W1
84July 29@ Mariners3–5Bosio (7–5)Embree (2–1)Ayala (16)Kingdome43,87458–26L1
85July 30@ Mariners5–2Hershiser (8–5)Torres (3–8)Mesa (29)Kingdome24,08959–26W1
August: 21-9 (Home: 14-3, Road: 7-6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
86August 1Twins5–6Mahomes (1–4)Tavarez (6–1)Stevens (5)Jacobs Field42,02359–27L1
87August 2Twins12–6Clark (6–3)Harris (0–5)–Jacobs Field41,94760–27W1
88August 3Twins6–4Hill (7–7)Radke (7–10)Mesa (30)Jacobs Field41,90761–27W2
89August 4White Sox13–3Nagy (10–4)Bere (5–10)–Jacobs Field41,89562–27W3
90August 5White Sox11–7Hershiser (9–5)Fernandez (5–8)–Jacobs Field41,65763–27W4
91August 6White Sox1–5Righetti (3–0)Martinez (9–2)–Jacobs Field41,97563–28L1
92August 8@ Red Sox1–5Wakefield (13–1)Clark (6–4)–Fenway Park34,57463–29L2
93August 9@ Red Sox5–9Hanson (10–4)Plunk (5–2)–Fenway Park34,24063–30L3
94August 10 (1)@ Yankees10–9Poole (2–3)Wetteland (1–2)Mesa (31)Yankee StadiumN/A64–30W1
95August 10 (2)@ Yankees5–2Ogea (6–3)Hitchcock (5–7)Mesa (32)Yankee Stadium48,11565–30W2
96August 11@ Yankees5–4 (11)Tavarez (7–1)Wetteland (1–3)Mesa (33)Yankee Stadium33,73966–30W3
97August 12@ Yankees2–3McDowell (10–8)Martinez (9–3)–Yankee Stadium35,79566–31L1
98August 13@ Yankees1–4Cone (13–6)Clark (6–5)–Yankee Stadium45,86666–32L2
99August 14@ Orioles9–6Assenmacher (5–2)Benitez (1–4)Mesa (34)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,19867–32W1
100August 15@ Orioles3–8Erickson (8–9)Nagy (10–5)–Oriole Park at Camden Yards46,34667–33L1
101August 16@ Orioles8–5Hershiser (10–5)Brown (5–8)Mesa (35)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,14068–33W1
102August 17Brewers3–7McAndrew (1–2)Martinez (9–4)Fetters (19)Jacobs Field40,50568–34L1
103August 18Brewers7–5Clark (7–5)Bones (7–9)Mesa (36)Jacobs Field41,75269–34W1
104August 19Brewers4–3Plunk (6–2)Wegman (5–5)–Jacobs Field41,93970–34W2
105August 20Brewers8–5Tavarez (8–1)Sparks (7–7)Mesa (37)Jacobs Field41,79971–34W3
106August 21@ Blue Jays7–3Hershiser (11–5)Hurtado (5–2)Embree (1)Skydome39,18772–34W4
107August 22@ Blue Jays4–5Castillo (1–2)Tavarez (8–2)–Skydome39,29372–35L1
108August 23@ Blue Jays6–5Poole (3–3)Carrara (1–3)Mesa (38)Skydome41,16973–35W1
109August 25Tigers6–5 (11)Tavarez (9–2)Lira (8–9)–Jacobs Field41,67674–35W2
110August 26Tigers6–2Nagy (11–5)Moore (5–14)–Jacobs Field41,74475–35W3
111August 27Tigers9–2Hershiser (12–5)Lima (1–6)–Jacobs Field41,61676–35W4
112August 28Blue Jays9–1Ogea (7–3)Carrara (1–4)–Jacobs Field40,28377–35W5
113August 29Blue Jays4–1Clark (8–5)Guzman (3–10)–Jacobs Field41,25778–35W6
114August 30Blue Jays4–3 (14)Assenmacher (6–2)Castillo (1–3)–Jacobs Field41,80779–35W7
115August 31Blue Jays6–4 (10)Mesa (2–0)Rogers (2–3)–Jacobs Field41,74680–35W8
September: 19-9 (Home: 9-4, Road: 10-5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
116September 1@ Tigers14–4Nagy (12–5)Lima (1–7)–Tiger Stadium16,15581–35W9
117September 2@ Tigers2–3Lira (9–9)Hershiser (12–6)Doherty (4)Tiger Stadium22,42681–36L1
118September 3@ Tigers9–8 (10)Mesa (3–0)Boever (5–7)–Tiger Stadium25,39382–36W1
119September 4@ Tigers2–3Sodowsky (1–0)Clark (8–6)Henry (1)Tiger Stadium24,98782–37L1
120September 5@ Brewers7–3Martinez (10–4)Sparks (7–8)–County Stadium12,12983–37W1
121September 6@ Brewers12–2Hill (8–7)Givens (5–3)–County Stadium10,04284–37W2
122September 7Mariners4–1Nagy (13–5)Bosio (9–8)Mesa (39)Jacobs Field41,45085–37W3
123September 8Orioles3–2Hershiser (13–6)Brown (7–9)Mesa (40)Jacobs Field41,65686–37W4
124September 9Orioles2–1Ogea (8–3)Krivda (2–4)Mesa (41)Jacobs Field41,72987–37W5
125September 10Orioles5–3Tavarez (10–2)Orosco (2–4)Mesa (42)Jacobs Field41,64788–37W6
126September 11Yankees0–4McDowell (14–10)Martinez (10–5)–Jacobs Field41,83588–38L1
127September 12Yankees2–9Kamieniecki (5–5)Hill (8–8)–Jacobs Field41,27688–39L2
128September 13Yankees5–0Nagy (14–5)Cone (15–8)–Jacobs Field41,70889–39W1
129September 14Red Sox5–3Hershiser (14–6)Eshelman (5–3)Mesa (43)Jacobs Field41,81290–39W2
130September 15Red Sox3–6Hanson (14–5)Embree (2–2)–Jacobs Field41,83390–40L1
131September 16Red Sox6–5Clark (9–6)Clemens (8–5)Mesa (44)Jacobs Field41,76591–40W1
132September 17Red Sox6–9Suppan (1–2)Shuey (0–2)Aguilera (29)Jacobs Field41,72391–41L1
133September 18@ White Sox11–1Hill (9–8)Alvarez (7–10)–Comiskey Park20,43992–41W1
134September 19@ White Sox8–2Nagy (15–5)Andujar (2–1)–Comiskey Park18,46893–41W2
135September 20@ White Sox3–4Bere (8–13)Roa (0–1)Hernandez (31)Comiskey Park17,17193–42L1
136September 22@ Royals5–3Hershiser (15–6)Olson (3–3)Mesa (45)Kauffman Stadium16,56294–42W1
137September 23@ Royals7–3Martinez (11–5)Gubicza (11–14)–Kauffman Stadium23,81695–42W2
138September 24@ Royals2–4Appier (15–9)Clark (9–6)–Kauffman Stadium17,27795–43L1
139September 26@ Twins4–13Trombley (4–8)Nagy (15–6)–Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome9,82595–44L2
140September 27@ Twins9–6Hill (10–8)Radke (11–14)Mesa (46)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome9,61496–44W1
141September 28@ Twins12–4Martinez (12–5)Rodriguez (5–8)–Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome9,44297–44W2
142September 29Royals9–2Hershiser (16–6)Appier (15–10)–Jacobs Field41,70198–44W3
143September 30Royals3–2 (10)Embree (3–2)Montgomery (2–3)–Jacobs Field41,57899–44W4
October: 1-0 (Home: 1-0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
144October 1Royals17–7Nagy (16–6)Gordon (12–12)–Jacobs Field41,819100–44W5

Player stats

Batting

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
CTony Peña9126369.262528
1BPaul Sorrento10432376.2352579
2BCarlos Baerga135557175.3141590
3BJim Thome137452142.3142573
SSOmar Vizquel136542144.266656
LFAlbert Belle143546173.31750126
CFKenny Lofton118481149.310753
RFManny Ramirez137484149.30831107
DHEddie Murray113436141.3232182

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Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Sandy Alomar Jr.6620361.3001035
Wayne Kirby10118839.207114
Herb Perry5216251.315323
Álvaro Espinoza6614336.252217
Dave Winfield4611522.19124
Rubén Amaro Jr.286012.20017
Eddie Tucker17200.00000
Jesse Levis12186.33303
Billy Ripken8177.41223
Brian Giles695.55613
Jeromy Burnitz974.57100
David Bell220.00000

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Pitching

Starting 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
Dennis Martinez28187.01253.0899
Charles Nagy29178.01664.55139
Orel Hershiser26167.11663.87111
Mark Clark22124.2975.2768
Ken Hill1274.2413.9848
Bud Black1147.1426.8534
Joe Roa16.0016.000

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
Chad Ogea20106.1833.0557
Jason Grimsley1534.0006.0925
Albie Lopez623.0003.1322

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
José Mesa6230461.1358
Julián Tavárez5710202.4468
Eric Plunk566222.6771
Paul Assenmacher476202.8240
Jim Poole423303.7541
Alan Embree233215.1123
Dennis Cook110006.3913
Paul Shuey70204.265
Gregg Olson300013.500
John Farrell10003.864

Post season

1995 American League Divisional Playoffs

Cleveland Indians vs. Boston Red Sox

Cleveland wins the series, 3-0

GameScoreDate
1Boston 4, Cleveland 5October 3, 1995
2Boston 0, Cleveland 4October 4, 1995
3Cleveland 8, Boston 2October 6, 1995

Game 1, October 3

Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team12345678910111213RHE
Boston00200001001004112
Cleveland00000300001015102
WP: Ken Hill (1-0)   LP: Zane Smith (0-1)
Home runs:
BOS: John Valentin (1), Luis Alicea (1), Tim Naehring
CLE: Albert Belle (1), Tony Peña (1)

Game 2, October 4

Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789RHE
Boston000000000031
Cleveland00002002X442
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-0)   LP: Erik Hanson (0-1)
Home runs:
BOS: None
CLE: Eddie Murray (1)

Game 3, October 6

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland0210050008112
Boston000100010271
WP: Charles Nagy (1-0)   LP: Tim Wakefield (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: Jim Thome (1)
BOS: None

1995 American League Championship Series

Matchups

GameScoreDate
1Cleveland 2, Seattle 3October 10, 1995
2Cleveland 5, Seattle 2October 11, 1995
3Seattle 5, Cleveland 2October 13, 1995
4Seattle 0, Cleveland 7October 14, 1995
5Seattle 2, Cleveland 3October 15, 1995
6Cleveland 4, Seattle 0October 17, 1995

Game 1

October 10: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland0010001002101
Seattle02000010X370
WP: Bob Wolcott (1-0)   LP: Dennis Martínez (0-1)   Sv: Norm Charlton (1)
Home runs:
CLE: Albert Belle (1)
SEA: Mike Blowers (1)

Game 2

October 11: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland0000220105120
Seattle000001001261
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-0)   LP: Tim Belcher (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: Manny Ramírez (2)
SEA: Ken Griffey Jr. (1), Jay Buhner (1)

Game 3

October 13: Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team1234567891011RHE
Seattle01100000003591
Cleveland00010001000242
WP: Norm Charlton (1-0)   LP: Julián Tavárez (0-1)
Home runs:
SEA: Jay Buhner (2)
CLE: None

Game 4

October 14: Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789RHE
Seattle000000000061
Cleveland31200100X790
WP: Ken Hill (1-0)   LP: Andy Benes (0-1)
Home runs:
SEA: None
CLE: Eddie Murray (1), Jim Thome (1)

Game 5

October 15: Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789RHE
Seattle001010000252
Cleveland10000200X3104
WP: Orel Hershiser (2-0)   LP: Chris Bosio (0-1)   Sv: José Mesa (1)
Home runs:
SEA: None
CLE: Jim Thome (1)

Game 6

October 17: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland000010030480
Seattle000000000041
WP: Dennis Martínez (1-1)   LP: Randy Johnson (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: Carlos Baerga (1)
Home: None

1995 World Series

Game 1

October 21, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland100000001220
Atlanta01000020X332
WP: Greg Maddux (1-0)   LP: Orel Hershiser (0-1)
Home runs:
Away: None
ATL: Fred McGriff (1)

Game 2

October 22, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland020000100362
Atlanta00200200X482
WP: Tom Glavine (1-0)   LP: Dennis Martínez (0-1)   Sv: Mark Wohlers (1)
Home runs:
CLE: Eddie Murray (1)
ATL: Javy López (1)

Game 3

October 24, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team1234567891011RHE
Atlanta100001130006121
Cleveland202000110017122
WP: José Mesa (1-0)   LP: Alejandro Peña (0-1)
Home runs:
ATL: Fred McGriff (2), Ryan Klesko (1)
Home: None

Game 4

October 25, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta0000013015111
Cleveland000001001260
WP: Steve Avery (1-0)   LP: Ken Hill (0-1)   Sv: Pedro Borbón Jr. (1)
Home runs:
ATL: Ryan Klesko (2)
CLE: Albert Belle (1), Manny Ramírez (1)

Game 5

October 26, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta000110002470
Cleveland20000201X581
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-1)   LP: Greg Maddux (1-1)   Sv: José Mesa (1)
Home runs:
ATL: Luis Polonia (1), Ryan Klesko (3)
CLE: Albert Belle (2), Jim Thome (1)

Game 6

October 28, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland000000000011
Atlanta00000100X160
WP: Tom Glavine (2-0)   LP: Jim Poole (0-1)   Sv: Mark Wohlers (2)
Home runs:
Away: None
ATL: David Justice (1)

Game log

1995 Postseason Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordRecap
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordRecap
World Series vs. Atlanta Braves – Braves win series 4–2
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordRecap
1October 21@ Braves2–3Maddux (1–0)Hershiser (0–1)Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium51,8760–1L1
2October 22@ Braves3–4Glavine (1–0)Martínez (0–1)Wohlers (1)Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium51,8770–2L2
3October 24Braves7–6 (11)Mesa (1–0)Peña (0–1)Jacobs Field43,5841–2W1
4October 25Braves2–5Avery (1–0)Hill (0–1)Borbón Jr. (1)Jacobs Field43,5781–3L1
5October 26Braves5–4Hershiser (1–1)Maddux (1–1)Mesa (1)Jacobs Field43,5952–3W1
6October 28@ Braves0–1Glavine (2–0)Poole (0–1)Wohlers (2)Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium51,8752–4L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Award winners

    Hershiser became the Most Valuable Player of the 1995 American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners, and he is the only player to win the League Championship series Most Valuable Player Award in both leagues.

    All-Star Game

    Minor league affiliates

    Classification level Team League Season article
    AAA Buffalo Bisons International League 1995 Buffalo Bisons season
    AA Canton–Akron Indians Eastern League 1995 Canton–Akron Indians season
    Advanced A Kinston Indians Carolina League
    A Columbus RedStixx South Atlantic League
    Short Season A Watertown Indians New York–Penn League
    Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League

    References

    1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
    2. ↑ Derek Lilliquist at Baseball-Reference
    3. ↑ Paul Byrd at Baseball-Reference
    4. ↑ Torey Lovullo at Baseball-Reference
    5. ↑ Billy Ripken at Baseball-Reference
    6. ↑ "1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
    7. 1 2 1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary Baseball-Reference.com
    8. ↑ Dave Winfield at Baseball-Reference
    9. ↑ Paul Assenmacher at Baseball-Reference
    10. 1 2 Bud Black at Baseball-Reference
    11. ↑ Casey Candaele at Baseball-Reference
    12. ↑ Matt Williams at Baseball-Reference
    13. ↑ Todd Frohwirth at Baseball-Reference
    14. ↑ Ken Hill at Baseball-Reference
    15. 1 2 1995 Cleveland Indians Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com

    Further reading

    • Meisel, Zack (2020). Cleveland Rocked: The Personalities, Sluggers, and Magic of the 1995 Indians. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1641253888.
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