1995 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1995 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
	Central Division (since 1994);
Location
	Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Results
Record	58–86 (.403)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Cam Bonifay
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	WPXI; KBL
Local radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Greg Brown, Lanny Frattare, Bob Walk)
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The 1995 Pittsburgh Pirates season was their 114th season; the 109th in the National League. This was their 26th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fifth and last in the National League Central with a record of 58–86.

Offseason

October 13, 1994: Jacob Brumfield was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Clyburn.[2]
November 9, 1994: Dan Plesac was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[3]
November 10, 1994: Dale Sveum was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[4]
December 6, 1994: Randy St. Claire was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[5]
December 8, 1994: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[6]
December 12, 1994: Mackey Sasser was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[7]
January 26, 1995: Sam Horn was signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.[8]

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	85	59	0.590	—	44–28	41–31
Houston Astros	76	68	0.528	9	36–36	40–32
Chicago Cubs	73	71	0.507	12	34–38	39–33
St. Louis Cardinals	62	81	0.434	22½	39–33	23–48
Pittsburgh Pirates	58	86	0.403	27	31–41	27–45

Game log

1995 Game Log: 58–86 (Home: 31–41; Away: 27–45)

April: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 1–1)

May: 11–15 (Home: 4–9; Away: 7–6)

June: 12–15 (Home: 4–6; Away: 8–9)

July: 12–16 (Home: 10–6; Away: 2–10)

August: 13–18 (Home: 9–9; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
86	August 1	Cubs	5–7	Navarro	Ericks (2–4)	Myers	19,562	36–50
87	August 2	Cubs	4–3 (10)	Miceli (2–3)	Young	—	8,584	37–50
88	August 3	Cubs	2–7	Casian	Gott (2–4)	—	10,048	37–51
89	August 4	Astros	5–6	Veres	Christiansen (1–1)	Jones	—	37–52
90	August 4	Astros	4–5	Brocail	Parris (4–4)	Jones	12,216	37–53
91	August 5	Astros	3–1	Ericks (3–4)	Kile	Miceli (15)	31,147	38–53
92	August 6	Astros	6–3	Loaiza (7–5)	Hampton	Miceli (16)	16,034	39–53
93	August 8	@ Giants	9–5	Neagle (11–4)	Valdez	—	9,596	40–53
94	August 9	@ Giants	3–4	VanLandingham	Christiansen (1–2)	Beck	10,949	40–54
95	August 10	@ Giants	7–8	Beck	McCurry (0–3)	—	11,493	40–55
96	August 11	@ Dodgers	2–3	Valdez	Ericks (3–5)	Worrell	34,899	40–56
97	August 12	@ Dodgers	10–11 (11)	Astacio	McCurry (0–4)	—	44,032	40–57
98	August 13	@ Dodgers	1–4	Martinez	Neagle (11–5)	Worrell	38,023	40–58
99	August 14	@ Padres	5–6	Bochtler	Christiansen (1–3)	Hoffman	9,242	40–59
100	August 15	@ Padres	6–0	Parris (5–4)	Blair	—	10,458	41–59
101	August 16	@ Padres	0–2	Ashby	Ericks (3–6)	Hoffman	14,046	41–60
102	August 18	Marlins	13–7	Wagner (2–11)	Groom	—	—	42–60
103	August 18	Marlins	7–6 (13)	Miceli (3–3)	Groom	—	13,598	43–60
104	August 19	Marlins	10–5	McCurry (1–4)	Veres	—	13,081	44–60
105	August 20	Marlins	3–2	Parris (6–4)	Burkett	Miceli (17)	13,191	45–60
106	August 21	Marlins	5–3	Dyer (4–2)	Gardner	Wagner (1)	10,202	46–60
107	August 22	@ Rockies	10–1	Loaiza (8–5)	Reynoso	—	48,083	47–60
108	August 23	@ Rockies	5–9	Bailey	Neagle (11–6)	—	48,027	47–61
109	August 24	@ Rockies	6–8	Painter	Wagner (2–12)	Leskanic	48,041	47–62
110	August 25	Reds	3–19	Portugal	Parris (6–5)	—	13,828	47–63
111	August 26	Reds	6–7	Hernandez	Wagner (2–13)	Brantley	26,090	47–64
112	August 27	Reds	1–10	Schourek	Loaiza (8–6)	—	18,056	47–65
113	August 28	Rockies	3–6	Bailey	Powell (0–2)	Leskanic	8,242	47–66
114	August 29	Rockies	4–0	Wagner (3–13)	Ritz	—	7,634	48–66
115	August 30	Rockies	0–6	Rekar	Ericks (3–7)	—	8,120	48–67
116	August 31	@ Reds	6–4 (10)	Plesac (4–3)	Brantley	Miceli (18)	19,509	49–67

September: 8–19 (Home: 4–9; Away: 4–10)

October: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	8–4	8–5	9–4	10–3	6–6	5–4	9–4	5–8	7–6	4–2	5–2	7–1	7–5
Chicago	4–8	—	3–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	7–5	3–5	4–3	6–1	8–5	5–7	5–7	9–4
Cincinnati	5–8	7–3	—	5–7	6–6	12–1	4–3	8–4	7–5	9–3	8–5	3–6	3–3	8–5
Colorado	4–9	7–6	7–5	—	5–7	4–4	4–9	7–1	5–4	4–2	8–4	9–4	8–5	5–7
Florida	3–10	4–8	6–6	7–5	—	8–4	3–7	6–7	7–6	6–7	5–8	3–2	5–3	4–3
Houston	6–6	8–5	1–12	4–4	4–8	—	3–2	9–3	6–6	5–7	9–4	7–4	5–3	9–4
Los Angeles	4–5	5–7	3–4	9–4	7–3	2–3	—	7–5	6–6	4–9	9–4	7–6	8–5	7–5
Montreal	4–9	5–3	4–8	1–7	7–6	3–9	5–7	—	7–6	8–5	4–4	7–5	7–6	4–3
New York	8–5	3–4	5–7	4–5	6–7	6–6	6–6	6–7	—	7–6	4–3	6–7	5–8	3–4
Philadelphia	6-7	1–6	3–9	2–4	7–6	7–5	9–4	5–8	6–7	—	6–3	6–6	6–6	5–4
Pittsburgh	2–4	5–8	5–8	4–8	8–5	4–9	4–9	4–4	3–4	3–6	—	4–8	6–6	6–7
San Diego	2–5	7–5	6–3	4–9	2–3	4–7	6–7	5–7	7–6	6–6	8–4	—	6–7	7–5
San Francisco	1–7	7–5	3–3	5–8	3–5	3–5	5–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	6–6	7–6	—	7–6
St. Louis	5–7	4–9	5–8	7–5	3–4	4-9	5–7	3–4	4–3	4–5	7–6	5–7	6–7	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves	2	4	0.333	15	18
Florida Marlins	8	5	0.615	63	56
Montreal Expos	4	4	0.500	22	28
New York Mets	3	4	0.429	30	31
Philadelphia Phillies	3	6	0.333	35	42
Total	20	23	0.465	165	175
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	5	8	0.385	55	82
Cincinnati Reds	5	8	0.385	53	84
Houston Astros	4	9	0.308	57	86
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	6	7	0.462	66	58
Total	20	32	0.385	231	310
NL West
Colorado Rockies	4	8	0.333	55	60
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	9	0.308	52	74
San Diego Padres	4	8	0.333	58	67
San Francisco Giants	6	6	0.500	68	50
Total	18	31	0.367	233	251
Season Total	58	86	0.403	629	736

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	4	1	3	0.250	8	15
May	26	11	15	0.423	108	147
June	27	12	15	0.444	124	137
July	28	12	16	0.429	115	122
August	31	13	18	0.419	154	168
September	27	8	19	0.296	110	143
October	1	1	0	1.000	10	4
Total	144	58	86	0.403	629	736

Total	144	58	86	0.403	629	736
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	72	31	41	0.431	329	396
Away	72	27	45	0.375	300	340

Roster

1995 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

41 Jason Christiansen

62 Mike Dyer

57 John Ericks

38 Jim Gott

42 Lee Hancock

56 John Hope

50 Dennis Konuszewski

47 Jon Lieber

34 Esteban Loaiza

60 Mike Maddux

59 Ravelo Manzanillo

53 Jeff McCurry

32 Dan Miceli

55 Ramón Morel

15 Denny Neagle

60 Steve Parris

19 Dan Plesac

49 Ross Powell

43 Paul Wagner

44 Rick White

46 Gary Wilson

Catchers

2 Angelo Encarnación

14 Mark Parent

17 Mackey Sasser

11 Don Slaught

Infielders

48 Rich Aude

3 Jay Bell

13 Carlos García

36 Mark Johnson

7 Jeff King

16 Nelson Liriano

29 Kevin Young

Outfielders

5 Jacob Brumfield

35 Dave Clark

30 Midre Cummings

22 Freddy García

28 Al Martin

6 Orlando Merced

25 Steve Pegues

12 John Wehner

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (third base)

39 Milt May (hitting)

31 Ray Miller (pitching)

37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

18 Bill Virdon (bench)

54 Spin Williams (bullpen)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Jacob Brumfield	CF
Carlos García	2B
Al Martin	LF
Jeff King	3B
Jay Bell	SS
Orlando Merced	RF
Rich Aude	1B
Mark Parent	C
Jon Lieber	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season[9]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
M. Dyer	55	7	4	0.571	0	1
J. Wehner	52	107	33	0.308	0	5
D. Slaught	35	112	34	0.304	0	13
O. Merced	132	487	146	0.300	15	83
C. García	104	367	108	0.294	6	50
N. Liriano	107	259	74	0.286	5	38
A. Martin	124	439	124	0.282	13	41
D. Clark	77	196	55	0.281	4	24
J. Brumfield	116	402	109	0.271	4	26
J. King	122	445	118	0.265	18	87
J. Bell	138	530	139	0.262	13	55
S. Parris	15	28	7	0.250	0	4
D. Plesac	58	4	1	0.250	0	0
R. Aude	42	109	27	0.248	2	19
S. Pegues	82	171	42	0.246	6	16
M. Cummings	59	152	37	0.243	2	15
K. Young	56	181	42	0.232	6	22
M. Parent	69	233	54	0.232	15	33
A. Encarnación	58	159	36	0.226	2	10
P. Wagner	34	42	9	0.214	0	4
M. Johnson	79	221	46	0.208	13	28
E. Loaiza	33	52	10	0.192	0	2
M. Sasser	14	26	4	0.154	0	0
F. García	42	57	8	0.140	0	1
D. Neagle	32	74	9	0.122	1	8
J. Ericks	19	31	3	0.097	0	1
R. White	15	15	1	0.067	0	1
J. Lieber	21	21	1	0.048	0	0
J. Christiansen	63	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. Gott	25	1	0	0.000	0	0
R. Manzanillo	5	1	0	0.000	0	0
J. McCurry	55	3	0	0.000	0	0
D. Miceli	58	1	0	0.000	0	0
R. Powell	12	3	0	0.000	0	0
L. Hancock	11	0	0	—	0	0
J. Hope	3	0	0	—	0	0
D. Konuszewski	1	0	0	—	0	0
M. Maddux	8	0	0	—	0	0
R. Morel	5	0	0	—	0	0
G. Wilson	10	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season[10]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
L. Hancock	11	14	0	0	1.93	6
R. Morel	5	6¹⁄₃	0	1	2.84	3
D. Neagle	31	209²⁄₃	13	8	3.43	150
D. Plesac	58	60¹⁄₃	4	4	3.58	57
J. Christiansen	63	56¹⁄₃	1	3	4.15	53
M. Dyer	55	74²⁄₃	4	5	4.34	53
J. Ericks	19	106	3	9	4.58	80
D. Miceli	58	58	4	4	4.66	56
R. White	15	55	2	3	4.75	29
P. Wagner	33	165	5	16	4.80	120
R. Manzanillo	5	3²⁄₃	0	0	4.91	1
J. McCurry	55	61	1	4	5.02	27
G. Wilson	10	14¹⁄₃	0	1	5.02	8
E. Loaiza	32	172²⁄₃	8	9	5.16	85
R. Powell	12	20²⁄₃	0	2	5.23	12
S. Parris	15	82	6	6	5.38	61
J. Gott	25	31¹⁄₃	2	4	6.03	19
J. Lieber	21	72²⁄₃	4	7	6.32	45
M. Maddux	8	9	1	0	9.00	4
J. Hope	3	2¹⁄₃	0	0	30.86	2
D. Konuszewski	1	0¹⁄₃	0	0	54.00	0

Awards and honors

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Denny Neagle, P, Reserve

Transactions

April 22, 1995: Todd Frohwirth was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[6]
May 16, 1995: Mackey Sasser was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[7]
June 24, 1995: Sam Horn was released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[8]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Calgary Cannons	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Meacham
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Trent Jewett
A	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Marc Hill
A	Augusta Greenjackets	South Atlantic League	Jeff Banister
A-Short Season	Erie SeaWolves	New York–Penn League	Scott Little
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Carolina

Notes

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
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https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hornsa01.shtml
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References

1995 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1995 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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[9] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[10] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.