1995 Milwaukee Brewers season

1995 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Sal Bando
Manager(s)	Phil Garner
Local television	WVTV (Jim Paschke, Bill Schroeder)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 1995 season involved the Brewers' finishing 4th in the American League Central with a record of 65 wins and 79 losses.

Offseason

• October 14, 1994: Alex Diaz was selected off waivers from the Brewers by the Seattle Mariners.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	100	44	0.694	—	54–18	46–26
Kansas City Royals	70	74	0.486	30	35–37	35–37
Chicago White Sox	68	76	0.472	32	38–34	30–42
Milwaukee Brewers	65	79	0.451	35	33–39	32–40
Minnesota Twins	56	88	0.389	44	29–43	27–45

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League Records 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	—

Notable transactions

• March 24, 1995: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.
• April 7, 1995: B. J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.

Draft picks

• June 1, 1995: Geoff Jenkins was drafted by the Brewers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 17, 1995.

Roster

1995 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 25 Ricky Bones 29 Jeff Bronkey 49 Rob Dibble 21 Cal Eldred 36 Mike Fetters 13 Brian Givens 40 Mike Ignasiak 42 Scott Karl 43 Mark Kiefer 37 Graeme Lloyd 31 Jamie McAndrew 41 José Mercedes 38 Ángel Miranda 47 Al Reyes 33 Ron Rightnowar 51 Sid Roberson 39 Bob Scanlan 48 Joe Slusarski 50 Steve Sparks 53 Mike Thomas 46 Bill Wegman 52 Kevin Wickander		Catchers 22 Mike Matheny  9 Joe Oliver Infielders 26 Jeff Cirillo 32 John Jaha 16 Pat Listach  8 Mark Loretta 20 Kevin Seitzer  8 Tim Unroe  2 José Valentín  1 Fernando Viña		Outfielders 24 Darryl Hamilton 15 David Hulse 12 Derrick May 30 Matt Mieske 11 Dave Nilsson 18 Duane Singleton  5 B. J. Surhoff 27 Turner Ward Other batters 23 Greg Vaughn		Manager  3 Phil Garner Coaches 35 Bill Castro (Bullpen) 10 Duffy Dyer (Third Base) 14 Tim Foli (First Base) 28 Lamar Johnson (Hitting) 45 Don Rowe (Pitching)

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	Joe Oliver	97	337	92	.273	12	51
LF	B. J. Surhoff	117	415	133	.320	13	73

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Ignasiak	25	4	1	0	5.90	26
Mark Kiefer	24	4	1	0	3.44	41

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	New Orleans Zephyrs	American Association	Chris Bando
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Tim Ireland
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Bob Mariano
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Dub Kilgo
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Ralph Dickenson
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Alex Morales

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beloit, Helena

References

• 1995 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 1995 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com