1995 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1995 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 106th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 38th season in Los Angeles, California.
The season was notable for the American baseball debut of Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo. In his first season with the Dodgers after an accomplished career in the Japanese leagues, Nomo went 13–6 with a 2.54 ERA and a league leading 236 strikeouts. He was the starting pitcher in the 1995 [Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star game] and won the Rookie of the Year award.
The Dodgers won the National League West title, but lost to the Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds] in the NLDS.
This was Tommy Lasorda's final full season as manager of the Dodgers. Midway through 1996 [Los Angeles Dodgers season|the next season], Lasorda would be replaced by his former shortstop Bill Russell.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions
- April 26, 1995: Casey Candaele was released by the Dodgers.
- May 23, 1995: Acquired Joey Eischen and Roberto Kelly from the Montreal Expos for Henry Rodríguez and Jeff Treadway.
- June 9, 1995: Acquired Kris Foster from the Montreal Expos for Rafael Bournigal.
- June 19, 1995: Acquired Willie Banks from the Chicago Cubs for .
- July 31, 1995: Acquired Mark Guthrie and Kevin Tapani from the Minnesota Twins for Greg Hansell, José Parra and Ron Coomer.
- August 18, 1995: Acquired Brett Butler from the New York Mets for and .
Roster
Game log
Regular season
Detailed records
Postseason Game log
Starting Pitchers stats
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | SV |
| Ramón Martínez | 30 | 30 | 206.1 | 17-7 | 3.66 | 81 | 138 | 4 |
| Ismael Valdez | 33 | 27 | 197.2 | 13-11 | 3.05 | 51 | 150 | 6 |
| Hideo Nomo | 28 | 28 | 191.1 | 13-6 | 2.54 | 78 | 236 | 4 |
| Tom Candiotti | 30 | 30 | 190.1 | 7-14 | 3.50 | 58 | 141 | 1 |
| Kevin Tapani | 13 | 11 | 57.0 | 4-2 | 5.05 | 14 | 43 | 0 |
| Willie Banks | 6 | 6 | 29.0 | 0-2 | 4.03 | 16 | 23 | 0 |
Relief Pitchers stats
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; S = Saves| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | SV |
| Todd Worrell | 59 | 0 | 62.1 | 4-1 | 2.02 | 19 | 61 | 32 |
| Antonio Osuna | 39 | 0 | 44.2 | 2-4 | 4.43 | 20 | 46 | 0 |
| Pedro Astacio | 48 | 11 | 104.0 | 7-8 | 4.24 | 29 | 80 | 0 |
| Rudy Seánez | 37 | 0 | 34.2 | 1-3 | 6.75 | 18 | 29 | 3 |
| John Cummings | 35 | 0 | 39.0 | 3-1 | 3.00 | 10 | 21 | 0 |
| Joey Eischen | 17 | 0 | 20.1 | 0-0 | 3.10 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| Omar Daal | 28 | 0 | 20.0 | 4-0 | 7.20 | 15 | 11 | 0 |
| Mark Guthrie | 24 | 0 | 19.2 | 0-2 | 3.66 | 9 | 19 | 0 |
| Todd Williams | 16 | 0 | 19.1 | 2-2 | 5.12 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Hansell | 20 | 0 | 19.1 | 0-1 | 7.45 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Félix Rodríguez | 11 | 0 | 10.2 | 1-1 | 2.53 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| José Parra | 8 | 0 | 10.1 | 0-0 | 4.35 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Bruske | 9 | 0 | 10.0 | 0-0 | 4.50 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Rob Murphy | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | 0-1 | 12.60 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Chan Ho Park | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0-0 | 4.50 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Batting Stats
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases| Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
| Mike Piazza | C | 112 | 434 | .346 | 82 | 150 | 32 | 93 | 1 |
| Carlos Hernández | C | 45 | 94 | .149 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Prince | C | 18 | 40 | .200 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Noe Muñoz | C | 2 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Karros | 1B | 143 | 551 | .298 | 83 | 164 | 32 | 105 | 4 |
| Delino DeShields | 2B | 127 | 425 | .256 | 66 | 109 | 8 | 37 | 39 |
| José Offerman | SS | 119 | 429 | .287 | 69 | 123 | 4 | 33 | 2 |
| Tim Wallach | 3B/1B | 97 | 327 | .266 | 24 | 87 | 9 | 38 | 0 |
| Chad Fonville | 2B/SS/OF | 88 | 308 | .276 | 41 | 85 | 0 | 16 | 20 |
| Dave Hansen | 3B | 100 | 181 | .287 | 19 | 52 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Garey Ingram | 2B/3B/OF | 44 | 55 | .200 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mike Busch | 3B/1B | 13 | 17 | .235 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jeff Treadway | 2B/3B | 17 | 17 | .118 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Schofield | 3B/SS | 9 | 10 | .100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Pye | 3B | 7 | 8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Castro | SS/3B | 11 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raúl Mondesí | RF | 139 | 536 | .285 | 91 | 153 | 26 | 88 | 27 |
| Roberto Kelly | CF | 112 | 409 | .278 | 47 | 114 | 6 | 48 | 15 |
| Billy Ashley | LF | 81 | 215 | .237 | 17 | 51 | 8 | 27 | 0 |
| Brett Butler | OF | 39 | 146 | .274 | 24 | 40 | 0 | 13 | 11 |
| Todd Hollandsworth | OF | 41 | 103 | .233 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| Chris Gwynn | OF | 67 | 84 | .214 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Henry Rodríguez | OF | 21 | 80 | .263 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Mitch Webster | OF | 54 | 56 | .179 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Roger Cedeño | OF | 40 | 42 | .238 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rick Parker | OF | 27 | 29 | .276 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Karim García | OF | 13 | 20 | .200 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | OF | 15 | 11 | .091 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1995 Playoffs
[1995 National League Division Series]
The division series was played between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds. Cincinnati ended up winning the series 3-0.Game 1, October 3
, Los AngelesGame 2, October 4
, Los AngelesGame 3, October 6
, Cincinnati1995 Awards
- 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- *Mike Piazza starter
- *Hideo Nomo starter
- *Todd Worrell reserve
- *Raúl Mondesí reserve
- *José Offerman reserve
- Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year Award]
- *Hideo Nomo
- Gold Glove Award
- *Raúl Mondesí
- Baseball Digest Rookie All-Stars
- *Hideo Nomo
- The [Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award|TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award]
- *Hideo Nomo
- TSN National League All-Star
- *Eric Karros
- *Mike Piazza
- Silver Slugger Award
- *Eric Karros
- *Mike Piazza
- NL Pitcher of the Month
- *Hideo Nomo
- Major League Baseball [Player of the Month Award|NL Player of the Month]
- *Mike Piazza
- NL Player of the Week
- *Raúl Mondesí
- *Mike Piazza
- *Hideo Nomo
- *Ramón Martínez
- *Eric Karros
- *Eric Karros
- *Mike Piazza
Farm system
Major League Baseball draft
The Dodgers selected 85 players in this draft. Of those, six of them would eventually play Major League baseball.The first draft pick was left handed pitcher David Yocum out of Florida State University. After an impressive first season with the Vero Beach Dodgers of the Florida State League, Yocum experienced pain in his left shoulder, several surgeries failed to correct the problem and he was out of baseball after just two seasons and 15 games. He later became a firefighter.
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