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1995 Detroit Tigers season

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Owner(s)
  
Mike Ilitch

Manager(s)
  
Sparky Anderson

General manager(s)
  
Joe Klein

1995 Detroit Tigers season

Local television
  
WKBD (George Kell, Al Kaline, Jim Price) PASS (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)

Local radio
  
WJR (Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen)

The 1995 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 60–84 (.417).

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Regular season

This was manager Sparky Anderson's final year. The pitching continued to be a liability; they were outscored by their opponents 844–654. Only the Minnesota Twins allowed more runs in the American League. Despite their inconsistencies, the Tigers found themselves just three games out of first place after beating Kansas City, 4–2 on July 9. However, when play resumed after the All-Star break, the Tigers went into perpetual free-fall, winning 23 of 74 games. The Tigers drew 1,180,979 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1995, ranking 11th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Notable transactions

  • April 3, 1995: Kent Bottenfield was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • April 7, 1995: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • April 7, 1995: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • April 13, 1995: Tony Phillips was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the California Angels for Chad Curtis.
  • April 17, 1995: Juan Samuel was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • June 1, 1995: Mark Mulder was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 55th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.
  • June 1, 1995: Gabe Kapler was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 57th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1995.
  • August 7, 1995: Buddy Groom was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Mike Myers (August 9, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
  • August 10, 1995: Mike Henneman was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Phil Nevin (August 15, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
  • September 8, 1995: Juan Samuel was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Phil Hiatt (September 14, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

    • Starters by position

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

    Other batters

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

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

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

    References

    1995 Detroit Tigers season Wikipedia
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