1995 St. Louis Cardinals season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = St. Louis Cardinals

| season = 1995

| misc =

| image = St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg

| league = National League

| division = Central

| ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium

| city = St. Louis, Missouri

| record = 62–81 (.434)

| divisional_place = 4th

| owners = Anheuser-Busch

| general_managers = Walt Jocketty

| managers = Joe Torre and Mike Jorgensen

| television = KPLR
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter)
Prime Sports Midwest
(Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter, Joe Buck)

| radio = KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck, Al Hrabosky, Bob Carpenter)

}}

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

November 7, 1994: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coolbsc01.shtml|title = Scott Coolbaugh Stats}}
December 12, 1994: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/henketo01.shtml Tom Henke Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
March 9, 1995: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colesda01.shtml Darnell Coles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]

Regular season

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.{{cite web | url=http://mlb.mlb.com/stl/history/timeline.jsp | title=Cardinals timeline 3 | work=St. Louis Cardinals Official Website | access-date=March 4, 2013}}

Manager Joe Torre was fired on June 16, and was replaced by Mike Jorgensen for the rest of the season.

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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1995.shtml|title=1995 Major League Baseball Season Summary}}

=Season standings=

=Record vs. opponents=

=Opening Day starters=

Scott Cooper
Bernard Gilkey
Ken Hill
Brian Jordan
Ray Lankford
Manuel Lee
John Mabry
Tom Pagnozzi
Ozzie Smith[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1995&t=SLN 1995 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac]

=Transactions=

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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillke01.shtml Ken Hill Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitema01.shtml Mark Whiten Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
April 18, 1995: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leema02.shtml Manuel Lee Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
May 2, 1995: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml|title = Greg Cadaret Stats}}
June 6, 1995: Greg Cadaret was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
June 8, 1995: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saboch01.shtml|title=Chris Sabo Stats}}
June 22, 1995: Manuel Lee was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
July 9, 1995: Mark Sweeney was traded by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Habyan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sweenma01.shtml|title = Mark Sweeney Stats}}
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).
August 25, 1995: Darnell Coles was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
September 11, 1995: Chris Sabo was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

=Roster=

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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|43\|René Arocha}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Cory Bailey}} {{MLBplayer\|52\|Brian Barber}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Alan Benes}} {{MLBplayer\|72\|Doug Creek}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Rich DeLucia}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Tony Fossas}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|John Frascatore}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|John Habyan}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|Tom Henke}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Ken Hill}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Danny Jackson}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|T. J. Mathews}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Mike Morgan}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Donovan Osborne}} {{MLBplayer\|58\|Vicente Palacios}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Jeff Parrett}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Mark Petkovsek}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Rich Rodriguez}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Tom Urbani}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Allen Watson}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|26\|Scott Hemond}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Tom Pagnozzi}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Danny Sheaffer}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|27\|David Bell}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Ramon Caraballo}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Darnell Coles}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Scott Cooper}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Tripp Cromer}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Tim Hulett}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Manuel Lee}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|John Mabry}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|José Oliva}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Jose Oquendo}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Gerónimo Peña}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Gerald Perry}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Chris Sabo}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Ozzie Smith}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Mark Sweeney}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Todd Zeile}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|35\|Allen Battle}} {{MLBplayer\|55\|Terry Bradshaw}} {{MLBplayer\|54\|Ray Giannelli}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Bernard Gilkey}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Brian Jordan}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Ray Lankford}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|22\|Mike Jorgensen}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Joe Torre}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\| 8\|José Cardenal}} (First Base) {{MLBplayer\|10\|Chris Chambliss}} (Hitting) {{MLBplayer\|45\|Bob Gibson}} (Bullpen) {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Gaylen Pitts}} (Third Base) {{MLBplayer\|12\|Mark Riggins}} (Pitching) {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Red Schoendienst}} (Bench)

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| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer| 8|José Cardenal}} (First Base)

{{MLBplayer|10|Chris Chambliss}} (Hitting)

{{MLBplayer|45|Bob Gibson}} (Bullpen)

{{MLBplayer| 4|Gaylen Pitts}} (Third Base)

{{MLBplayer|12|Mark Riggins}} (Pitching)

{{MLBplayer| 2|Red Schoendienst}} (Bench)

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	Tom Pagnozzi	62	219	47	.215	2	15
align=center \| 1B	John Mabry	129	388	119	.307	5	41
align=center \| 2B	José Oquendo	88	220	46	.209	2	17
align=center \| SS	Tripp Cromer	105	345	78	.226	5	18
align=center \| 3B	Scott Cooper	118	374	86	.230	3	40
align=center \| LF	Bernard Gilkey	121	480	143	.298	17	69
align=center \| CF	Ray Lankford	132	483	134	.277	25	82
align=center \| RF	Brian Jordan	131	490	145	.296	22	81

== Other batters ==

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Mark Petkovsek	26	137.1	6	6	4.00	71
align=center \| Allen Watson	21	114.1	7	9	4.96	49
align=center \| Donovan Osborne	19	113.1	4	6	3.81	82
align=center \| Ken Hill	18	110.1	6	7	5.06	50
align=center \| Mike Morgan	17	106.2	5	6	3.88	46
align=center \| Danny Jackson	19	100.2	2	12	5.90	52
align=center \| Alan Benes	3	16.0	1	2	8.44	20

== Other pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Tom Urbani	24	82.2	3	5	3.70	52
align=center \| Vicente Palacios	20	40.1	2	3	5.80	34
align=center \| John Frascatore	14	32.2	1	1	4.41	21
align=center \| Brian Barber	9	29.1	2	1	5.22	27

== Relief pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Tom Henke	52	1	1	36	1.82	48
align=center \| Jeff Parrett	59	4	7	0	3.64	71
align=center \| Tony Fossas	58	3	0	0	1.47	40
align=center \| Rich DeLucia	56	8	7	0	3.39	76
align=center \| René Arocha	41	3	5	0	3.99	25
align=center \| John Habyan	31	3	2	0	2.88	35
align=center \| T.J. Mathews	23	1	1	2	1.52	28
align=center \| Doug Creek	6	0	0	0	0.00	10
align=center \| Cory Bailey	3	0	0	0	7.36	5
align=center \| Rick Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Awards and honors

Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level14=AAA|team14=Louisville Redbirds|league14=American Association|manager14=Joe Pettini

|level15=AA |team15=Arkansas Travelers|league15=Texas League|manager15=Mike Ramsey

|level16=A |team16=St. Petersburg Cardinals|league16=Florida State League|manager16=Chris Maloney

|level17=A |team17=Peoria Chiefs|league17=Midwest League|manager17=Roy Silver

|level18=A |team18=Savannah Cardinals|league18=South Atlantic League|manager18=Scott Melvin

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=New Jersey Cardinals|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=Luis Meléndez

|level20=Rookie|team20=Johnson City Cardinals|league20=Appalachian League|manager20=Steve Turco

}}LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: LouisvilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1995.shtml 1995 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1995&t=SLN 1995 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

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