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1995 Montreal Expos season

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1995 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record66–78
Divisional place5th
OwnersClaude Brochu
General managersKevin Malone
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionCTV Television Network
The Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton)
TQS
(Michel Villeneuve, Marc Griffin)
SRC
(Claude Raymond, Camille Dube)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Alain Chantelois)
RadioCIQC
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price)
CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte,Alain Chantelois)
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The 1995 Montreal Expos season was the 27th season in franchise history. They finished the season with a record of 66–78, a last place finish and 24 games behind the World Series champion Atlanta Braves.

Offseason

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  • March 29, 1995: Greg A. Harris was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[1]

Spring training

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The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 19th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

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Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 90 54 .625 — 44‍–‍28 46‍–‍26
New York Mets 69 75 .479 21 40‍–‍32 29‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies 69 75 .479 21 35‍–‍37 34‍–‍38
Florida Marlins 67 76 .469 22½ 37‍–‍34 30‍–‍42
Montreal Expos 66 78 .458 24 31‍–‍41 35‍–‍37

Record vs. opponents

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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 starters

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Notable transactions

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  • April 5, 1995: Ken Hill was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Kirk Bullinger, Bryan Eversgerd, and Da Rond Stovall.[2]
  • April 5, 1995: John Wetteland was traded by the Montreal Expos to the New York Yankees for Fernando Seguignol
  • April 6, 1995: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Atlanta Braves for Tony Tarasco, Esteban Yan, and Roberto Kelly.
  • May 23, 1995: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jeff Treadway to the Montreal Expos for Joey Eischen and Roberto Kelly.[3]
  • June 1, 1995: Pete Laforest was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1995.[4]
  • June 1, 1995: Future Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round (507th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Brady was drafted out of Serra High School.[5]
  • June 9, 1995: Rafael Bournigal was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Kris Foster.[6]
  • July 16, 1995: Dave Silvestri was traded by the New York Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Tyrone Horne (minors).[7]

Roster

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1995 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Darrin Fletcher 110 350 100 .286 11 45
1B David Segui 97 383 117 .305 10 57
2B Mike Lansing 127 467 119 .255 10 62
SS Wil Cordero 131 514 147 .286 10 49
3B Sean Berry 103 314 100 .318 14 55
LF Moisés Alou 93 344 94 .273 14 58
CF Rondell White 130 474 140 .295 13 57
RF Tony Tarasco 126 438 109 .249 14 40

Other batters

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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
Mark Grudzielanek 78 269 66 .245 1 20
Shane Andrews 84 220 47 .214 8 31
Tim Laker 64 141 33 .234 3 20
F.P. Santangelo 35 98 29 .296 1 9
Roberto Kelly 24 95 26 .274 1 9
Dave Silvestri 39 72 19 .264 2 7
Cliff Floyd 29 69 9 .130 1 8
Lou Frazier 35 63 12 .190 0 3
Curtis Pride 48 63 11 .175 0 2
Henry Rodriguez 24 58 12 .207 1 5
Jeff Treadway 41 50 12 .240 0 10
Yamil Benítez 14 39 15 .385 2 7
Tim Spehr 41 35 9 .257 1 3
Tom Foley 11 24 5 .208 0 2
Chad Fonville 14 12 4 .333 0 0
Joe Siddall 7 10 3 .300 0 1

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pedro Martínez 30 194.2 14 10 3.51 174
Jeff Fassero 30 189.0 13 14 4.33 164
Carlos Pérez 28 141.1 10 8 3.69 106
Butch Henry 21 126.2 7 9 2.84 60
Kirk Rueter 9 47.1 5 3 3.23 28
Tavo Álvarez 8 37.1 1 5 6.75 17

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gil Heredia 40 119.0 5 6 4.31 74
Ugueth Urbina 7 23.1 2 2 6.17 15

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mel Rojas 59 1 4 30 4.12 61
Tim Scott 62 2 0 2 3.98 57
Jeff Shaw 50 1 6 3 4.62 45
Greg A. Harris 45 2 3 0 2.61 47
Luis Aquino 29 0 2 2 3.86 22
Dave Leiper 26 0 2 2 2.86 12
Bryan Eversgerd 25 0 0 0 5.14 8
Willie Fraser 22 2 1 2 5.61 12
Gabe White 19 1 2 0 7.01 25
Curt Schmidt 11 0 0 0 6.97 7
Reid Cornelius 8 0 0 0 8.00 4
José DeLeón 7 0 1 0 7.56 12
J. J. Thobe 4 0 0 0 9.00 0

Award winners

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1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Pete Mackanin
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Pat Kelly
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Gomer Hodge and Rick Sofield
A Albany Polecats South Atlantic League Doug Sisson
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League Jim Gabella
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Luis Dorante

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Ottawa[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Greg Harris Stats".
  2. ^ Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Henry Rodriguez Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  4. ^ "Pete LaForest Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  5. ^ "18th Round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft".
  6. ^ "Rafael Bournigal Stats".
  7. ^ "Dave Silvestri Stats".
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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