1995 New York Yankees

1995 New York Yankees
American League Wild Card Winners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York
Record79–65 (.549)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersGeorge Steinbrenner
General managersGene Michael
ManagersBuck Showalter
TelevisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, Paul Olden)
MSG
(Jim Kaat, Dave Cohen, Al Trautwig)
RadioWABC (AM)
(Michael Kay, John Sterling)
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The 1995 New York Yankees season was the 93rd season for the Yankees, and their 71st playing home games at Yankee Stadium. Managed by Buck Showalter, the team finished with a record of 79–65, seven games behind the Boston Red Sox, and returned to postseason play for the first time since the 1981 season. They won the first American League Wild Card. In the Division Series, they squandered a 2–0 series lead, losing three straight games at The Kingdome and succumb to the Seattle Mariners in five games.

Offseason

Regular season

  • On May 29, 1995, Derek Jeter made his major league baseball debut.[3] It was in a game against the Seattle Mariners. Jeter had 5 at-bats and had 0 hits.[4]
  • On September 11, 1995, pitcher Jack McDowell threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs.[5] This was accomplished in the ninth inning.

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 86 58 0.597 — 42–30 44–28
New York Yankees 79 65 0.549 7 46–26 33–39
Baltimore Orioles 71 73 0.493 15 36–36 35–37
Detroit Tigers 60 84 0.417 26 35–37 25–47
Toronto Blue Jays 56 88 0.389 30 29–43 27–45

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 4–9 9–4 6–1 2–10 8–5 4–5 7–5 3–6 6–7 5–7 6–7 4–1 7–6
Boston 9–4 — 11–3 5–3 6–7 8–5 3–2 8–4 5–4 5–8 8–4 7–5 3–4 8–5
California 4–9 3–11 — 10–2 3–2 6–2 5–7 5–2 8–5 7–5 6–7 7–6 6–7 8–2
Chicago 1–6 3–5 2–10 — 5–8 8–4 8–5 6–7 10–3 3–2–1 7–5 4–9 5–7 6–5
Cleveland 10–2 7–6 2–3 8–5 — 10–3 11–1 9–4 9–4 6–6 7–0 5–4 6–3 10–3
Detroit 5–8 5–8 2–6 4–8 3–10 — 3–4 8–5 7–5 5–8 2–3 5–5 4–8 7–6
Kansas City 5–4 2–3 7–5 5–8 1–11 4–3 — 10–2 6–7 3–7 5–8 7–5 8–6 7–5
Milwaukee 5–7 4–8 2–5 7–6 4–9 5–8 2–10 — 9–4 5–6 7–2 3–2 5–7 7–5
Minnesota 6–3 4–5 5–8 3–10 4–9 5–7 7–6 4–9 — 3–4 5–7 4–8 5–8 1–4
New York 7–6 8–5 5–7 2–3–1 6–6 8–5 7–3 6–5 4–3 — 4–9 4–9 6–3 12–1
Oakland 7–5 4–8 7–6 5–7 0–7 3–2 8–5 2–7 7–5 9–4 — 7–6 5–8 3–7
Seattle 7–6 5–7 6–7 9–4 4–5 5–5 5–7 2–3 8–4 9–4 6–7 — 10–3 3–4
Texas 1–4 4–3 7–6 7–5 3–6 8–4 6–8 7–5 8–5 3–6 8–5 3–10 — 9–3
Toronto 6–7 5–8 2–8 5–6 3–10 6–7 5–7 5–7 4–1 1–12 7–3 4–3 3–9 —


Transactions

  • April 12, 1995: Randy Velarde was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.[6]
  • June 5, 1995: Josías Manzanillo was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the New York Mets.[7]
  • June 8, 1995: Kevin Elster was released by the New York Yankees.[8]
  • June 19, 1995: Darryl Strawberry was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
  • July 1, 1995: Kevin Maas was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.[9]
  • July 16, 1995: Dave Silvestri was traded by the New York Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Tyrone Horne (minors).[10]
  • July 28, 1995: David Cone was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis (minors), and Mike Gordon (minors).[11]
  • July 28, 1995: Danny Tartabull was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Rubén Sierra and Jason Beverlin.[12]
  • August 5, 1995: Luis Polonia was traded by the New York Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Troy Hughes (minors).[13]

Draft picks

  • June 1, 1995: Donzell McDonald was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 22nd round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 1995.[14]
  • June 1, 1995: Future NFL quarterback Daunte Culpepper was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 26th round (730th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Culpepper was drafted out of Vanguard High School.[15]

Roster

1995 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Death of Mickey Mantle

Shortly before his death, Mantle videotaped a message to be played on Old-Timers' Day, which he was too ill to attend. He said, "When I die, I wanted on my tombstone, 'A great teammate.' But I didn't think it would be this soon." The words were indeed carved on the plaque marking his resting place at the family mausoleum in Dallas.

Mantle received a liver transplant at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, on June 8, 1995, after his liver had been damaged by years of chronic alcoholism, cirrhosis and hepatitis C. In July, he had recovered enough to deliver a press conference at Baylor, and noted that many fans had looked to him as a role model. "This is a role model: Don't be like me", he said. He also established the Mickey Mantle Foundation to raise awareness for organ donations. Soon, he was back in the hospital, where it was found that his liver cancer spread throughout his body.

Mickey Mantle died on August 13, 1995, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He was 63 years old. During the first Yankee home game after Mantle's passing, Eddie Layton played "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on the Hammond organ at Yankee Stadium because Mickey had once told him it was his favorite song. The Yankees played the rest of the season with black mourning bands topped by a small number 7 on their left sleeves.

Phil Rizzuto, angered over the refusal of television station WPIX to give him a day off to attend his former teammate's funeral, abruptly resigned from his play-by-play announcing job with the station on August 19. He would return to call a partial schedule for the station in 1996 before retiring for good.

Game log

Regular season

1995 regular season game log: 79–65–1 (Home: 46–26–1; Away: 33–39)
April: 3–1 (Home: 1–0; Away: 2–1)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
May: 10–16 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–11)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
5 May 1 7:40 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 5–3 Howe (1–0) Lilliquist (0–1) Wetteland (3) 2:30 17,412 4–1 W1
6 May 2 7:36 p.m. EDT Red Sox L 0–8 Eshelman (1–0) Hitchcock (0–1) – 2:25 13,694 4–2 L1
7 May 3 7:36 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 4–3 (13) Wickman (1–0) Pierce (0–1) – 4:06 19,990 5–2 W1
8 May 4 7:36 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 5–3 Ausanio (1–0) Johnston (0–1) – 3:01 18,994 6–2 W2
15 May 12 7:07 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox W 12–2 Hitchcock (1–2) Sele (2–1) – 3:08 32,754 10–5 W1
16 May 13 1:07 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 4–6 Eshelman (3–0) Wickman (1–1) Ryan (2) 3:10 32,695 10–6 L1
17 May 14 1:07 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 2–3 Peña (1–0) Howe (1–1) – 2:49 32,526 10–7 L2
18 May 16 7:35 p.m. EDT Indians L 5–10 Nagy (2–0) Key (1–2) – 3:00 18,246 10–8 L3
22 May 23 @ Angels L 0–10 12–10 L1
23 May 24 @ Angels L 1–3 12–11 L2
24 May 25 @ Angels L 2–15 12–12 L3
28 May 29 8:07 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 7–8 (12) Ayala (1–0) Bankhead (1–1) – 4:05 18,948 13–15 L1
29 May 30 10:05 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 3–7 Nelson (2–0) Pérez (2–2) – 3:08 10,709 13–16 L2
30 May 31 10:36 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 9–11 Wells (2–3) MacDonald (0–1) Ayala (8) 3:38 13,035 13–17 L3
June: 13–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–6)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
31 June 2 Angels L 2–3 13–18 L4
32 June 3 Angels L 2–4 13–19 L5
33 June 4 Angels W 11–3 14–19 W1
38 June 9 7:35 p.m. EDT Mariners L 1–11 Belcher (3–0) Pérez (3–3) – 2:49 19,650 15–23 L2
39 June 10 1:37 p.m. EDT Mariners L 2–3 Nelson (3–0) Howe (1–2) Ayala (9) 3:03 25,279 15–24 L3
40 June 11 1:37 p.m. EDT Mariners W 10–7 Howe (2–2) Frey (0–3) Wetteland (7) 3:33 26,037 16–24 W1
45 June 16 7:05 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 4–2 Wickman (2–1) Poole (1–3) Wetteland (8) 3:04 41,643 19–26 W1
46 June 17 1:05 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 4–7 Black (3–1) Pettitte (1–4) Mesa (17) 2:53 41,662 19–27 L1
47 June 18 8:05 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 9–5 McDowell (3–4) Nagy (4–3) Wetteland (9) 3:13 41,667 20–27 W1
July: 17–11–1 (Home: 9–4–1; Away: 8–7)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
66th All-Star Game in Arlington, TX
72 July 17 8:06 p.m. EDT White Sox T 1–1 (7) – – – 2:16 22,707 33–38–1 T1
August: 14–17 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–11)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
96 August 10 (1) 4:37 p.m. EDT Indians L 9–10 Poole (2–3) Wetteland (1–2) Mesa (31) 2:58 – 49–46–1 L2
97 August 10 (2) 8:06 p.m. EDT Indians L 2–5 Ogea (6–3) Hitchcock (5–7) Mesa (32) 3:09 48,115 49–47–1 L3
98 August 11 7:35 p.m. EDT Indians L 4–5 Tavarez (7–1) Wetteland (1–3) Mesa (33) 3:59 33,739 49–48–1 L4
99 August 12 8:07 p.m. EDT Indians W 3–2 McDowell (10–8) Martínez (9–3) – 2:53 35,795 50–48–1 W1
100 August 13 1:43 p.m. EDT Indians W 4–1 Cone (13–6) Clark (6–5) – 2:27 45,866 51–48–1 W2
101 August 14 7:09 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 3–9 Hanson (11–4) Kamieniecki (3–4) – 3:04 34,319 51–49–1 L1
102 August 15 7:08 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox W 9–2 Hitchcock (6–7) Cormier (5–3) – 2:57 34,616 52–49–1 W1
103 August 16 1:08 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 4–7 Gunderson (2–1) Wickman (2–4) Belinda (8) 2:58 34,304 52–50–1 L1
104 August 18 @ Angels W 7–3 53–50–1 W1
105 August 19 @ Angels L 3–5 53–51–1 L1
106 August 20 @ Angels L 5–10 53–52–1 L2
110 August 24 6:37 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 7–9 Nelson (5–1) Wetteland (1–4) – 3:30 17,592 53–56–1 L6
111 August 25 11:07 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 4–7 Bosio (9–6) Pettitte (6–8) – 3:01 28,130 53–57–1 L7
112 August 26 10:05 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 0–7 Johnson (13–2) Hitchcock (6–9) – 2:49 41,182 53–58–1 L8
113 August 27 4:36 p.m. EDT @ Mariners W 5–2 Kamieniecki (4–5) Belcher (8–9) Wetteland (23) 3:32 24,913 54–58–1 W1
115 August 29 Angels W 12–4 55–58–1 W2
116 August 30 Angels W 4–1 56–58–1 W3
117 August 31 Angels W 11–6 57–58–1 W4
September: 21–6 (Home: 13–3; Away: 8–3)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
121 September 4 1:05 p.m. EDT Mariners W 13–3 Pettitte (8–8) Torres (3–9) – 3:00 24,885 60–60–1 W1
122 September 5 7:35 p.m. EDT Mariners L 5–6 Wolcott (3–1) Rivera (5–3) Chalton (6) 3:08 15,340 60–61–1 L1
123 September 6 7:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 4–3 McDowell (13–10) Belcher (9–10) – 2:38 15,426 61–61–1 W1
124 September 8 8:08 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 8–4 Cone (15–7) Wakefield (15–4) Howe (2) 2:40 35,896 62–61–1 W2
125 September 9 1:36 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 9–1 Pettitte (9–8) Smith (7–8) – 2:39 47,719 63–61–1 W3
126 September 10 8:07 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 9–3 Hitchcock (8–9) Hanson (13–5) – 2:47 27,527 64–61–1 W4
127 September 11 7:05 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 4–0 McDowell (14–10) Martínez (10–5) – 2:52 41,835 65–61–1 W5
128 September 12 7:45 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 9–2 Kamieniecki (5–5) Hill (8–8) – 3:18 41,276 66–61–1 W6
129 September 13 8:52 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 0–5 Nagy (14–5) Cone (15–8) – 2:29 41,708 66–62–1 L1
141 September 26 8:07 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 5–4 Hitchcock (10–10) Karl (5–7) Wetteland (30) 2:57 8,618 75–65–1 W1
142 September 27 2:07 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 6–3 Cone (18–8) Givens (5–7) – 2:59 8,635 76–65–1 W2
143 September 29 8:06 p.m. EDT @ Blue Jays W 4–3 Pettitte (12–9) Castillo (1–5) Wetteland (31) 2:50 40,318 77–65–1 W3
144 September 30 1:35 p.m. EDT @ Blue Jays W 6–1 Kamieniecki (7–6) Leiter (11–11) – 2:40 49,233 78–65–1 W4
October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
145 October 1 1:35 p.m. EDT @ Blue Jays W 6–1 Hitchcock (11–10) Hentgen (10–14) – 2:55 47,182 79–65–1 W5
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Yankees team member

Postseason game log

1995 Postseason game log: 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–3)
AL Division Series: vs. Seattle Mariners 2–3 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–3)
# Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/
Streak
1 October 3 8:07 p.m. EDT Mariners W 9–6 Cone (1–0) Nelson (0–1) – 3:38 57,178 1–0 W1
2 October 4 8:07 p.m. EDT Mariners W 7–5 (15) Rivera (1–0) Belcher (0–1) – 5:12 57,126 2–0 W2
3 October 6 8:07 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 4–7 Johnson (1–0) McDowell (0–1) Chalton (1) 3:04 57,944 2–1 L1
4 October 7 7:07 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 8–11 Charlton (1–0) Wetteland (0–1) Risley (1) 4:08 57,180 2–2 L2
5 October 8 7:07 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 5–6 (11) Johnson (2–0) McDowell (0–2) – 4:19 57,411 2–3 L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss     
Bold = Yankees team member

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Mike Stanley 118 399 107 .268 18 83
1B Don Mattingly 128 458 132 .288 7 49
2B Pat Kelly 89 270 64 .237 4 29
3B Wade Boggs 126 460 149 .324 5 63
SS Tony Fernández 108 304 94 .245 5 39
LF Luis Polonia 67 238 62 .261 2 15
CF Bernie Williams 144 563 173 .307 18 82
RF Paul O'Neill 127 460 138 .300 22 96
DH Rubén Sierra 56 215 56 .260 7 44

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
Randy Velarde 111 367 102 .278 7 46
Jim Leyritz 77 264 71 .269 7 37
Dion James 85 209 60 .287 2 26
Danny Tartabull 59 192 43 .224 6 28
Gerald Williams 100 182 45 .247 6 28
Russ Davis 40 98 27 .276 2 12
Darryl Strawberry 32 87 24 .276 3 13
Derek Jeter 15 48 12 .250 0 7
Dave Silvestri 17 21 2 .095 1 4
Kevin Elster 10 17 2 .118 0 0
Robert Eenhoorn 5 14 2 .143 0 2
Rubén Rivera 5 1 0 .000 0 0
Jorge Posada 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player GS IP W L ERA SO
Jack McDowell 30 217.2 15 10 3.93 157
Andy Pettitte 26 175.0 12 9 4.17 114
Sterling Hitchcock 27 168.1 11 10 4.70 121
David Cone 13 99.0 9 2 3.82 89
Scott Kamieniecki 16 89.2 7 6 4.01 43
Mélido Pérez 12 69.1 5 5 5.58 44
Jimmy Key 5 30.1 1 2 5.64 14

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
Mariano Rivera 19 67.0 5 3 5.51 51
Brian Boehringer 7 17.2 0 3 13.75 10
Dave Eiland 4 10.0 1 1 6.30 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
John Wetteland 60 1 5 31 2.93 66
Bob Wickman 63 2 4 1 4.05 51
Steve Howe 56 6 3 2 4.96 28
Bob MacDonald 33 1 1 0 4.86 41
Joe Ausanio 28 2 0 1 5.73 36
Scott Bankhead 20 1 1 0 6.00 20
Josías Manzanillo 11 0 0 0 2.08 11
Dave Pavlas 4 0 0 0 3.18 3
Jeff Patterson 3 0 0 0 2.70 3
Rick Honeycutt 3 0 0 0 27.00 0

ALDS

Game Score Date
1 Seattle 6, New York 9 Oct 3, 1995
2 Seattle 5, New York 7 Oct 4, 1995
3 New York 4, Seattle 7 Oct 6, 1995
4 New York 8, Seattle 11 Oct 7, 1995
5 New York 5, Seattle 6 Oct 8, 1995

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bill Evers
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Jimmy Johnson
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Jake Gibbs
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Trey Hillman
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Rob Thomson
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Héctor López

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References

  1. ^ Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Tony Fernandez Stats".
  3. ^ "Derek Jeter Stats".
  4. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, May 29, 1995 at Kingdome".
  5. ^ 3 Pitch Inning
  6. ^ "Randy Velarde Stats".
  7. ^ "Josias Manzanillo Stats".
  8. ^ "Kevin Elster Stats".
  9. ^ "Kevin Maas Stats".
  10. ^ "Dave Silvestri Stats".
  11. ^ David Cone Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ^ Danny Tartabull Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ^ Luis Polonia Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  14. ^ "Donzell McDonald Stats".
  15. ^ "26th Round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft".
  16. ^ 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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