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1995 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1995 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkBusch Memorial Stadium
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record62–81 (.434)
Divisional place4th
OwnersAnheuser-Busch
General managersWalt Jocketty
ManagersJoe Torre and Mike Jorgensen
TelevisionKPLR
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter)
Prime Sports Midwest
(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Joe Buck)
RadioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter)
← 1994 Seasons 1996 →

The St. Louis Cardinals 1995 season was the team's 114th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 104th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 62–81 during the season and finished fourth in the National League Central division, 22½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds. It was also the team's final season under the ownership of Anheuser-Busch, who would put the team up for sale on October 25, 1995, ending a 43-season ownership reign.

Offseason

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  • November 7, 1994: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[1]
  • December 12, 1994: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]
  • March 9, 1995: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]

Regular season

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Rookie Mark Sweeney got a hit in seven straight pinch-hit at-bats, one short of the major league record. Tom Henke became the seventh pitcher to notch 300 career saves. Outfielders Bernard Gilkey (.298 batting average, 17 home runs), Ray Lankford (25 home runs, 24 stolen bases), and Brian Jordan (.296, 22 home runs) highlighted the Cardinals offense.[4]

The Cardinals struggled offensively in 1995, finishing 28th overall in runs scored (563), hits (1,182), runs batted in (533), batting average (.247), on-base percentage (.314) and slugging percentage (.374).[5]

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

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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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.[7]
  • April 9, 1995: Mark Whiten was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Rheal Cormier to the Boston Red Sox for Cory Bailey and Scott Cooper.[8]
  • April 18, 1995: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[9]
  • May 2, 1995: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[10]
  • June 6, 1995: Greg Cadaret was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[10]
  • June 8, 1995: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[11]
  • June 22, 1995: Manuel Lee was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[9]
  • July 9, 1995: Mark Sweeney was traded by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Habyan.[12]
  • July 27, 1995: Ken Hill was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for David Bell, Rick Heiserman, and Pepe McNeal (minors).[7]
  • August 25, 1995: Darnell Coles was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[3]
  • September 11, 1995: Chris Sabo was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.[11]

Roster

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1995 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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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 Tom Pagnozzi 62 219 47 .215 2 15
1B John Mabry 129 388 119 .307 5 41
2B José Oquendo 88 220 46 .209 2 17
SS Tripp Cromer 105 345 78 .226 5 18
3B Scott Cooper 118 374 86 .230 3 40
LF Bernard Gilkey 121 480 143 .298 17 69
CF Ray Lankford 132 483 134 .277 25 82
RF Brian Jordan 131 490 145 .296 22 81

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
Danny Sheaffer 76 208 48 .231 5 30
Ozzie Smith 44 156 31 .199 0 11
David Bell 39 144 36 .250 2 19
Darnell Coles 63 138 31 .225 3 16
Todd Zeile 34 127 37 .291 5 22
Allen Battle 61 118 32 .271 0 2
Scott Hemond 57 118 17 .144 3 9
Gerónimo Peña 32 101 27 .267 1 8
Ramón Caraballo 34 99 20 .202 2 3
Gerald Perry 65 79 13 .165 0 5
Mark Sweeney 37 77 21 .273 2 13
José Oliva 22 74 9 .122 2 8
Terry Bradshaw 19 44 10 .227 0 2
Chris Sabo 5 13 2 .154 0 3
Ray Giannelli 9 11 1 .091 0 0
Tim Hulett 4 11 2 .182 0 0
Manuel Lee 1 1 1 1.000 0 0

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
Mark Petkovsek 26 137.1 6 6 4.00 71
Allen Watson 21 114.1 7 9 4.96 49
Donovan Osborne 19 113.1 4 6 3.81 82
Ken Hill 18 110.1 6 7 5.06 50
Mike Morgan 17 106.2 5 6 3.88 46
Danny Jackson 19 100.2 2 12 5.90 52
Alan Benes 3 16.0 1 2 8.44 20

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
Tom Urbani 24 82.2 3 5 3.70 52
Vicente Palacios 20 40.1 2 3 5.80 34
John Frascatore 14 32.2 1 1 4.41 21
Brian Barber 9 29.1 2 1 5.22 27

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
Tom Henke 52 1 1 36 1.82 48
Jeff Parrett 59 4 7 0 3.64 71
Tony Fossas 58 3 0 0 1.47 40
Rich DeLucia 56 8 7 0 3.39 76
René Arocha 41 3 5 0 3.99 25
John Habyan 31 3 2 0 2.88 35
T.J. Mathews 23 1 1 2 1.52 28
Doug Creek 6 0 0 0 0.00 10
Cory Bailey 3 0 0 0 7.36 5
Rick Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Joe Pettini
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Mike Ramsey
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Chris Maloney
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Roy Silver
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Scott Melvin
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Luis Meléndez
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Steve Turco

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Scott Coolbaugh Stats".
  2. ^ Tom Henke Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ a b Darnell Coles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "Cardinals timeline 3". St. Louis Cardinals Official Website. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  5. ^ "1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  6. ^ 1995 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac
  7. ^ a b Ken Hill Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ Mark Whiten Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ a b Manuel Lee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ a b "Greg Cadaret Stats".
  11. ^ a b "Chris Sabo Stats".
  12. ^ "Mark Sweeney Stats".
  13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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