1995 New York Yankees season

1995 New York Yankees
AL Wild Card
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Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York
Record	79–65 (.549)
Owners	George Steinbrenner
Managers	Buck Showalter
Television	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Bobby Murcer, Paul Olden) MSG (Jim Kaat, Dave Cohen, Al Trautwig)
Radio	WABC (AM) (Michael Kay, John Sterling)
Seasons

The New York Yankees' 1995 season was the 93rd season for the Yankees, 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 would squander a 2–0 series lead, losing three straight games at The Kingdome and succumb to the Seattle Mariners in five games.

Offseason

• December 14, 1994: Jack McDowell was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Keith Heberling (minors). The New York Yankees sent Lyle Mouton (April 22, 1995) to the White Sox to complete the trade.
• December 15, 1994: Tony Fernández was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

Regular season

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

Season standings

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	86	58	.597	—	42‍–‍30	44‍–‍28
New York Yankees	79	65	.549	7	46‍–‍26	33‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles	71	73	.493	15	36‍–‍36	35‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	60	84	.417	26	35‍–‍37	25‍–‍47
Toronto Blue Jays	56	88	.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.
• June 5, 1995: Josías Manzanillo was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the New York Mets.
• June 8, 1995: Kevin Elster was released by the New York Yankees.
• 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.
• July 16, 1995: Dave Silvestri was traded by the New York Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Tyrone Horne (minors).
• 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).
• July 28, 1995: Danny Tartabull was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Rubén Sierra and Jason Beverlin.
• August 5, 1995: Luis Polonia was traded by the New York Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Troy Hughes (minors).

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.
• 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.

Roster

1995 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 54 Joe Ausanio 25 Scott Bankhead 31 Brian Boehringer 36 David Cone 47 Dave Eiland 41 Sterling Hitchcock 47 Rick Honeycutt 57 Steve Howe 28 Scott Kamieniecki 22 Jimmy Key 34 Rob MacDonald 38 Josías Manzanillo 19 Jack McDowell 39 Jeff Patterson 56 Dave Pavlas 33 Mélido Pérez 46 Andy Pettitte 42 Mariano Rivera 35 John Wetteland 27 Bob Wickman		Catchers 13 Jim Leyritz 62 Jorge Posada 20 Mike Stanley Infielders 12 Wade Boggs 24 Russ Davis 50 Robert Eenhoorn 26 Kevin Elster  6 Tony Fernández  2 Derek Jeter 14 Pat Kelly 23 Don Mattingly 43 Dave Silvestri 18 Randy Velarde		Outfielders 39 Dion James 21 Paul O'Neill 17 Luis Polonia 17, 25 Rubén Rivera 26 Darryl Strawberry 45 Danny Tartabull 51 Bernie Williams 29 Gerald Williams		Manager 11 Buck Showalter Coaches  6 Clete Boyer 55 Brian Butterfield (First Base) 40 Tony Cloninger 36 Billy Connors 48 Rick Down 30 Willie Randolph (Third Base) 53 Glenn Sherlock (Bullpen Catcher)

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.

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	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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Derek Jeter	15	48	12	.250	0	7

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

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

External links

• 1995 New York Yankees
• 1995 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com