1995 Florida Marlins season

1995 Florida Marlins
1995 Florida Marlins
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Joe Robbie Stadium
City	Miami Gardens, Florida
Record	67–76 (.469)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Wayne Huizenga
General managers	Dave Dombrowski
Managers	Rene Lachemann
Television	Sunshine Network; WBFS-TV; (Gary Carter, Jay Randolph)
Radio	WQAM; (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien); WCMQ-FM (Spanish); (Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)

The 1995 Florida Marlins season was the 3rd season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1994. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 67–76, fourth in the National League East Division. The Marlins scored 673 runs and allowed 673 runs to finish with a run differential of zero.^[1]

Offseason

December 6, 1994: Bret Barberie was traded by the Marlins to the Baltimore Orioles for Jay Powell.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	90	54	.625	—	44‍–‍28	46‍–‍26
New York Mets	69	75	.479	21	40‍–‍32	29‍–‍43
Philadelphia Phillies	69	75	.479	21	35‍–‍37	34‍–‍38
Florida Marlins	67	76	.469	22½	37‍–‍34	30‍–‍42
Montreal Expos	66	78	.458	24	31‍–‍41	35‍–‍37

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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	—

Notable transactions

April 5, 1995: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[3]
April 7, 1995: Terry Pendleton was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.^[4]
April 10, 1995: Andre Dawson was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.^[5]
April 26, 1995: Aaron Small was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Ernie Delgado (minors) (September 19, 1995) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.^[6]
June 21, 1995: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.^[7]
July 30, 1995: Mark Davis was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.^[8]
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.^[9]

Roster

1995 Florida Marlins

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

15 Rene Lachemann

Coaches

12 Joe Breeden (Bullpen)
22 Rusty Kuntz (1st Base)
43 José Morales (Hitting)
1 Cookie Rojas (3rd Base)
47 Larry Rothschild (Pitching)
38 Rick Williams (Assistant Pitching)

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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	Charles Johnson	97	315	79	.251	11	39
1B	Greg Colbrunn	138	528	146	.277	23	89
2B	Quilvio Veras	124	440	115	.261	5	32
SS	Kurt Abbott	120	420	107	.255	17	60
3B	Terry Pendleton	133	513	149	.290	14	78
LF	Jeff Conine	133	483	146	.302	25	105
CF	Chuck Carr	105	308	70	.227	2	20
RF	Gary Sheffield	63	213	69	.324	16	46

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
Andre Dawson	79	226	58	.257	8	37
Alex Arias	94	216	58	.269	3	26
Jesús Tavárez	63	190	55	.289	2	13
Jerry Browne	77	184	47	.255	1	17
Tommy Gregg	72	156	37	.237	6	20
Steve Decker	51	133	30	.226	3	13
Mario Díaz	49	87	20	.230	1	6
Russ Morman	34	72	20	.278	3	7
Darrell Whitmore	27	58	11	.190	1	2
Bob Natal	16	43	10	.233	2	6
Eddie Zosky	6	5	1	.200	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Burkett	30	188.1	14	14	4.30	126
Pat Rapp	28	167.1	14	7	3.44	102
Chris Hammond	25	161.0	9	6	3.80	126
Bobby Witt	19	110.2	2	7	3.90	95
Willie Banks	9	50.0	2	3	4.32	30
Marc Valdes	3	7.0	0	0	14.14	2

Other pitchers