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1995 Oakland Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Oakland Athletics
season	1995
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
city	Oakland, California
record	67–77 (.465)
divisional_place	4th
owners	Stephen Schott
Kenneth Hofmann
managers	Tony La Russa
general_managers	Sandy Alderson
television	KRON-TV/KBHK-TV
(Dick Stockton, Joe Morgan)
Sports Channel Pacific
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa)
radio	KNEW
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)

Kenneth Hofmann (Dick Stockton, Joe Morgan) Sports Channel Pacific (Ray Fosse, Greg Papa) (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse) |}} The Oakland Athletics' 1995 season was the team's 28th in Oakland, California. It was also the 95th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 67–77.

The Athletics, for a third consecutive year, found themselves mired in mediocrity. As had been the case in both 1993 and 1994, an average-to-poor offense (headlined by Mark McGwire, Rickey Henderson, and Rubén Sierra) was sabotaged by one of the league's worst pitching staffs. For a third consecutive season, no Athletics starter posted an earned run average (ERA) of less than 4.50; only one such starter, Todd Stottlemyre, managed to record double-digit wins in the strike-shortened campaign.

The Athletics, despite their weak pitching, managed to contend in the first half of the season. On July 1, a win over the division-leading California Angels brought them within 1.5 games of first place; it also ran their record to a surprising 34–28. As had been the case in 1994, the A's followed their surprising start with a prolonged slump; between July 2 and August 15, the team went only 13–28. The collapse, along with an Angels surge (the Angels went 30–11 over the same span) left the A's 17.5 games out of first place. As had also been the case in 1994, Oakland mounted a dramatic comeback; an Angels collapse, combined with a surge of their own, allowed them to pull within five games of first place on September 20. The September 20th victory would be their last, as Oakland lost each of the regular season's final nine games. They finished the campaign eleven games behind the AL West champion Seattle Mariners.

The Athletics' on-field mediocrity, however, contained a few bright spots. Mark McGwire clubbed 39 home runs in a mere 104 games; he would hit at least 50 in each of the four subsequent seasons. The 1995 season also saw the debut of future superstar Jason Giambi. Giambi, in his first major league season, batted .256 with six home runs in 54 games. Lastly, the season was Tony La Russa's last as Oakland's manager. He, along with most of the Athletics' assistant coaches, would join the St. Louis Cardinals in 1996.

Offseason

November 8, 1994: José Ortiz was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 8, 1995: Dave Stewart was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
April 11, 1995: Todd Stottlemyre was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
April 12, 1995: Mike Gallego was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
April 20, 1995: Brian Harper was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.
June 1, 1995: Mark Bellhorn was drafted by the Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 24, 1995.
July 28, 1995: Rubén Sierra and Jason Beverlin were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Danny Tartabull.
August 21, 1995: Ron Darling was released by the Athletics.

Roster

1995 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

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
C	Terry Steinbach	114	406	113	.278	15	65
1B	Mark McGwire	104	317	87	.274	39	90
2B	Brent Gates	136	524	133	.254	5	56
SS		126	428	113	.264	8	44
3B	Craig Paquette	105	283	64	.226	13	49
LF	Rickey Henderson	112	407	122	.300	9	54
CF	Stan Javier	130	442	123	.278	8	56
RF		70	264	70	.265	12	42
DH	Gerónimo Berroa	141	546	152	.278	22	88

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
Scott Brosius	123	389	102	.262	17	46
Jason Giambi	54	176	45	.256	6	25
Mike Aldrete	60	125	34	.272	4	21
	43	120	28	.233	0	8
Danny Tartabull	24	88	23	.261	2	7
Eric Helfand	38	86	14	.163	0	7
Andy Tomberlin	46	85	18	.212	4	10
	29	79	23	.291	3	14
José Herrera	33	70	17	.243	0	2
Ernie Young	26	50	10	.200	2	5
Fausto Cruz	8	23	5	.217	0	5
Brian Harper	2	7	0	.000	0	0

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
	31	209.2	14	7	4.55	205
Steve Ontiveros	22	129.2	9	6	4.37	77
	21	104.0	4	7	6.23	69
	16	81.0	3	7	6.89	58
Mike Harkey	14	66.0	4	6	6.27	28
Doug Johns	11	54.2	5	3	4.61	25

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
Todd Van Poppel	36	138.1	4	8	4.88	122
Ariel Prieto	14	58.0	2	6	4.97	37
	14	48.2	2	3	5.18	13
John Wasdin	5	17.1	1	1	4.67	6

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
Dennis Eckersley	52	4	6	29	4.83	40
Rick Honeycutt	49	5	1	2	2.42	21
	43	1	2	0	5.71	47
Carlos Reyes	40	4	6	0	5.09	48
Jim Corsi	38	2	4	2	2.20	26
Mike Mohler	28	1	1	1	3.04	15
Dave Leiper	24	1	1	0	3.57	10
Don Wengert	19	1	1	0	3.34	16
John Briscoe	16	0	1	0	8.35	19
Chris Eddy	6	0	0	0	7.36	2
Scott Baker	1	0	0	0	9.82	3
Steve Phoenix	1	0	0	0	32.40	3
Ramón Fermín	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

Awards and records

Mark McGwire, Major League Record, Most Home Runs in a season in under 350 At-Bats (39)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Athletics

References

1995 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Reference
1995 Oakland Athletics at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/ortizjo04.shtml José Ortiz] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stewada01.shtml Dave Stewart] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stottto01.shtml Todd Stottlemyre] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gallemi01.shtml Mike Gallego] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harpebr01.shtml Brian Harper] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellhma01.shtml Mark Bellhorn] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tartada01.shtml Danny Tartabull] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/darliro01.shtml Ron Darling] at ''Baseball Reference''
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p.371, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0

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