1995 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record71–73 (.493)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersPhil Regan
TelevisionWJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, Josh Lewin, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer)
RadioWBAL/WTEM
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra)
Seasons

The 1995 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League East with a record of 71 wins and 73 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

The Orioles scored 704 runs (4.89 per game) and allowed only 640 runs (4.44 per game), second only to the Cleveland Indians. The Orioles pitching staff also allowed the fewest hits in the Majors (1,165), the most complete games (19) and the most shutouts in the AL (10).[3]

Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's record

On Wednesday, September 6, 1995, many baseball fans within and out of the United States tuned into cable TV network ESPN (and called by Chris Berman and Buck Martinez) to watch Ripken surpass Lou Gehrig's 56-year-old record for consecutive games played. The game, between the Orioles and the California Angels, still ranks as one of the network's most watched baseball games. Cal's children, Rachel and Ryan, threw out the ceremonial first balls.

Both President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore were at the game. President Clinton was in the WBAL local radio broadcast booth when Ripken hit a home run[4] in the fourth inning, and called the home run over the air. When the game became official after the Angels' half of the fifth inning, the numerical banners that displayed Ripken's streak on the wall of the [[* Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards]] outside the stadium's right field wall changed from 2130 to 2131.

Everyone attending (including the opposing Angels and all four umpires) erupted with a standing ovation lasting more than 22 minutes, one of the longest standing ovations for any athlete; ESPN did not go to a commercial break during the entire ovation. During the ovation, Cal was convinced by his teammates to take an impromptu victory lap around the entire Camden Yards to shake hands and give high-fives to the fans, creating a highlight reel moment that's been played repeatedly over the years since then.

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8658 0.597 — 42–30 44–28
New York Yankees 7965 0.549 7 46–26 33–39
Baltimore Orioles 7173 0.493 15 36–36 35–37
Detroit Tigers 6084 0.417 26 35–37 25–47
Toronto Blue Jays 5688 0.389 30 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 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CChris Hoiles11435288.2501958
1BRafael Palmeiro143554172.31039104
2BManny Alexander9424257.236323
SSCal Ripken Jr.144550144.2621788
3BJeff Manto8925465.2561738
LFBrady Anderson143554145.2621664
CFCurtis Goodwin8728976.263124
RFJeffrey Hammonds5717843.242423
DHHarold Baines127385115.2992463

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
Kevin Bass11129572.244532
Bret Barberie9023757.241225
Bobby Bonilla6123779.3331046
Jeff Huson6616140.248119
Leo Gómez5312730.236412
Gregg Zaun4010427.260314
Mark Smith3710424.231315
Andy Van Slyke176310.15938
Matt Nokes26496.12226
Sherman Obando163810.26303
Damon Buford24322.06302
Jarvis Brown18274.14801
Cesar Devarez640.00000
Jack Voigt3111.00000

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
Mike Mussina32221.21993.29158
Kevin Brown26172.11093.60117
Scott Erickson17108.2943.8961
Ben McDonald1480.0364.1662
Rick Krivda1375.1274.5453
Scott Klingenbeck631.1224.8815
Jimmy Haynes424.0212.2522
John DeSilva28.2107.271

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
Jamie Moyer27115.2865.2165
Arthur Rhodes1975.1256.2177
Sid Fernandez828.0047.3931

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
Doug Jones5204225.0142
Jesse Orosco652433.2658
Armando Benítez441525.6656
Mark Lee392014.8627
Terry Clark382513.4618
Mike Oquist272104.1727
Alan Mills213007.4316
Brad Pennington80108.1010
Jim Dedrick60002.3510
Joe Borowski60001.233
Mike Hartley31001.294
Gene Harris30004.504

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Marv Foley
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Bob Miscik
A High Desert Mavericks California League Tim Blackwell
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Mike O'Berry
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Andy Etchebarren
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Julio Garcia

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References

  1. ↑ Mark Lee page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Bret Barberie page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary".
  4. ↑ Top Ten Things to Do at Oriole Park at Camden Yards Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine by Orioles Tickets, 2005. Retrieved December 14, 2006.
  5. ↑ Jesse Orosco page at Baseball Reference
  6. 1 2 Andy Van Slyke page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Jack Voigt page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Jarvis Brown page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Bobby Bonilla page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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