1995 New York Mets
A ticket for the Mets' game on July 24, 1995 against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
A ticket for the Mets' game on July 24, 1995 against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkShea Stadium
CityNew York City, New York
Record69–75 (.479)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersFred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General managersJoe McIlvaine
ManagersDallas Green
TelevisionWWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub, Gary Thorne)
RadioWFAN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Cohen, Howie Rose)
WXLX (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Renato Morffi)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 1995 New York Mets season was the 34th regular season for the Mets. They went 69–75 and finished second in the National League East. They were managed by Dallas Green. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

Offseason

  • November 18, 1994: Paul Byrd was traded by the Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later, Jerry Dipoto, and Dave Mlicki to the New York Mets for Jeromy Burnitz and Joe Roa. The Cleveland Indians sent Jesus Azuaje (minors) (December 6, 1994) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.[1]
  • December 7, 1994: Jarvis Brown was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[2]

Regular season

Although the Mets failed to finish above .500 for the fourth consecutive season, their second-place finish was the highest they had placed since 1990.

After three and a half seasons, the Mets parted ways with Bobby Bonilla. The former All-Star turned lightning rod for fan criticism was dealt to the Baltimore Orioles at the trade deadline. Shortly thereafter, the Mets traded their other big acquisition from the infamous 1991-92 offseason and sent pitcher Bret Saberhagen to the Colorado Rockies.

1995 saw the emergence of Rico Brogna, to that point a backup infielder, as a major contributor to the Mets lineup. Installed as the team's first baseman, Brogna led the team with a .289 average while recording 22 home runs and 79 RBI. Second baseman Jeff Kent continued to provide power as he once again reached the 20-home run mark. José Vizcaíno led the team in hits and posted a .287 average. As far as starting pitching went, there was not as much positive to say. Bobby Jones' 10 wins led the team and Dave Mlicki's 9-7 record was the only other plus-.500 mark among Met starters.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9054 0.625 — 44–28 46–26
New York Mets 6975 0.479 21 40–32 29–43
Philadelphia Phillies 6975 0.479 21 35–37 34–38
Florida Marlins 6776 0.469 22½ 37–34 30–42
Montreal Expos 6678 0.458 24 31–41 35–37

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–48–59–410–36–65–49–45–87–64–25–27–17–5
Chicago 4–8—3–76–78–45–87–53–54–36–18–55–75–79–4
Cincinnati 5–87–3—5–76–612–14–38–47–59–38–53–63–38–5
Colorado 4–97–67–5—5–74–44–97–15–44–28–49–48–55–7
Florida 3–104–86–67–5—8–43–76–77–66–75–83–25–34–3
Houston 6–68–51–124–44–8—3–29–36–65–79–47–45–39–4
Los Angeles 4–55–73–49–47–32–3—7–56–64–99–47–68–57–5
Montreal 4–95–34–81–77–63–95–7—7–68–54–47–57–64–3
New York 8–53–45–74–56–76–66–66–7—7–64–36–75–83–4
Philadelphia 6-71–63–92–47–67–59–45–86–7—6–36–66–65–4
Pittsburgh 2–45–85–84–88–54–94–94–43–43–6—4–86–66–7
San Diego 2–57–56–34–92–34–76–75–77–66–68–4—6–77–5
San Francisco 1–77–53–35–83–53–55–86–78–56–66–67–6—7–6
St. Louis 5–74–95–87–53–44-95–73–44–34–57–65–76–7—

Opening Day roster

Transactions

  • April 11, 1995: Brett Butler signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.[4]
  • May 29, 1995: Jarvis Brown was released by the New York Mets.[2]
  • June 1, 1995: Aaron Rowand was drafted by the New York Mets in the 40th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.[5]
  • June 5, 1995: Josías Manzanillo was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the New York Mets.[6]
  • July 28, 1995: Bobby Bonilla was traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Damon Buford and Alex Ochoa. The New York Mets sent Jimmy Williams (minors) (August 16, 1995) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.[7]
  • July 31, 1995: Bret Saberhagen was traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies for Juan Acevedo and Arnold Gooch (minors). The New York Mets sent David Swanson (minors) (August 4, 1995) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[8]
  • August 18, 1995: Brett Butler was traded by the New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dwight Maness (minors) and Scott Hunter (minors).[4]

Roster

1995 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CTodd Hundley9027577.2801551
1BRico Brogna134495143.2892276
2BJeff Kent125472131.2782065
SSJosé Vizcaíno135509146.287356
3BEdgardo Alfonzo10133593.278441
LFJoe Orsulak10829082.283137
CFBrett Butler90367114.311125
RFCarl Everett7928975.2601254

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
Bobby Bonilla80317103.3251853
Ryan Thompson7526767.251731
Kelly Stinnett7719643.219418
Chris Jones7918251.280831
Tim Bogar7814542.290121
Damon Buford4413632.235412
Butch Huskey289017.189311
David Segui337324.329211
Bill Spiers637215.208011
Ricky Otero35517.13701
Alex Ochoa113711.29700
Aaron Ledesma21338.24203
Alberto Castillo13293.10300
Jeff Barry15152.13300
Brook Fordyce421.50000

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
Bobby Jones30195.210104.19127
Dave Mlicki29160.2974.26123
Bill Pulsipher17126.2573.9881
Pete Harnisch18110.0283.6882
Bret Saberhagen16110.0553.3571
Jason Isringhausen1493.0922.8155
Reid Cornelius1057.2375.1535
Mike Birkbeck427.2011.6314
Jason Jacome521.00410.2911

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
Dave Telgheder725.2125.6116
Robert Person312.0100.7510
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
John Franco4853292.4441
Jerry Dipoto584623.7849
Doug Henry513642.9662
Blas Minor354213.6643
Eric Gunderson301103.7019
Paul Byrd172002.0526
Don Florence143001.505
Pete Walker131004.585
Josías Manzanillo121207.8814
Kevin Lomon60106.756
Mike Remlinger50106.356

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League Toby Harrah
AA Binghamton Mets Eastern League John Tamargo
A St. Lucie Mets Florida State League Rafael Landestoy
A Capital City Bombers South Atlantic League Howie Freiling
A-Short Season Pittsfield Mets New York–Penn League Ron Gideon
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League John Gibbons
Rookie GCL Mets Gulf Coast League John Stephenson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kingsport[9]

References

  1. ↑ Paul Byrd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. 1 2 "Jarvis Brown Stats".
  3. ↑ 1995 New York Mets Roster by Baseball Almanac
  4. 1 2 Brett Butler Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Aaron Rowand Stats".
  6. ↑ "Josias Manzanillo Stats".
  7. ↑ Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ Bret Saberhagen Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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