1995 Montreal Expos
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkOlympic Stadium
CityMontreal
Record66–78
Divisional place5th
OwnersClaude Brochu
General managersKevin Malone
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionThe Sports Network
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton)
TQS
(Michel Villeneuve, Marc Griffin)
SRC
(Claude Raymond, Camille Dube)
RDS Network
(Denis Casavant, Alain Chantelois)
RadioCIQC
(Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price)
CKAC (AM)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte,Alain Chantelois)
Seasons

The 1995 Montreal Expos season was the 27th season in franchise history. They finished the season with a record of 66–78, a last place finish and 24 games behind the World Series champion Atlanta Braves.

Offseason

  • March 29, 1995: Greg A. Harris was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.[1]

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 19th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9054 0.625 — 44–28 46–26
New York Mets 6975 0.479 21 40–32 29–43
Philadelphia Phillies 6975 0.479 21 35–37 34–38
Florida Marlins 6776 0.469 22½ 37–34 30–42
Montreal Expos 6678 0.458 24 31–41 35–37

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —8–48–59–410–36–65–49–45–87–64–25–27–17–5
Chicago 4–8—3–76–78–45–87–53–54–36–18–55–75–79–4
Cincinnati 5–87–3—5–76–612–14–38–47–59–38–53–63–38–5
Colorado 4–97–67–5—5–74–44–97–15–44–28–49–48–55–7
Florida 3–104–86–67–5—8–43–76–77–66–75–83–25–34–3
Houston 6–68–51–124–44–8—3–29–36–65–79–47–45–39–4
Los Angeles 4–55–73–49–47–32–3—7–56–64–99–47–68–57–5
Montreal 4–95–34–81–77–63–95–7—7–68–54–47–57–64–3
New York 8–53–45–74–56–76–66–66–7—7–64–36–75–83–4
Philadelphia 6-71–63–92–47–67–59–45–86–7—6–36–66–65–4
Pittsburgh 2–45–85–84–88–54–94–94–43–43–6—4–86–66–7
San Diego 2–57–56–34–92–34–76–75–77–66–68–4—6–77–5
San Francisco 1–77–53–35–83–53–55–86–78–56–66–67–6—7–6
St. Louis 5–74–95–87–53–44-95–73–44–34–57–65–76–7—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

  • April 5, 1995: Ken Hill was traded by the Montreal Expos to the St. Louis Cardinals for Kirk Bullinger, Bryan Eversgerd, and Da Rond Stovall.[2]
  • April 5, 1995: John Wetteland was traded by the Montreal Expos to the New York Yankees for Fernando Seguignol
  • April 6, 1995: Marquis Grissom was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Atlanta Braves for Tony Tarasco, Esteban Yan, and Roberto Kelly.
  • May 23, 1995: Henry Rodriguez was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Jeff Treadway to the Montreal Expos for Joey Eischen and Roberto Kelly.[3]
  • June 1, 1995: Pete Laforest was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1995.[4]
  • June 1, 1995: Future Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round (507th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Brady was drafted out of Serra High School.[5]
  • June 9, 1995: Rafael Bournigal was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Kris Foster.[6]
  • July 16, 1995: Dave Silvestri was traded by the New York Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Tyrone Horne (minors).[7]

Roster

1995 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
CDarrin Fletcher110350100.2861145
1BDavid Segui97383117.3051057
2BMike Lansing127467119.2551062
SSWil Cordero131514147.2861049
3BSean Berry103314100.3181455
LFMoisés Alou9334494.2731458
CFRondell White130474140.2951357
RFTony Tarasco126438109.2491440

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
Mark Grudzielanek7826966.245120
Shane Andrews8422047.214831
Tim Laker6414133.234320
F.P. Santangelo359829.29619
Roberto Kelly249526.27419
Dave Silvestri397219.26427
Cliff Floyd29699.13018
Lou Frazier356312.19003
Curtis Pride486311.17502
Henry Rodriguez245812.20715
Jeff Treadway415012.240010
Yamil Benítez143915.38527
Tim Spehr41359.25713
Tom Foley11245.20802
Chad Fonville14124.33300
Joe Siddall7103.30001

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
Pedro Martínez30194.214103.51174
Jeff Fassero30189.013144.33164
Carlos Pérez28141.11083.69106
Butch Henry21126.2792.8460
Kirk Rueter947.1533.2328
Tavo Álvarez837.1156.7517

Other 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
Gil Heredia40119.0564.3174
Ugueth Urbina723.1226.1715

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mel Rojas5914304.1261
Tim Scott622023.9857
Jeff Shaw501634.6245
Greg A. Harris452302.6147
Luis Aquino290223.8622
Dave Leiper260222.8612
Bryan Eversgerd250005.148
Willie Fraser222125.6112
Gabe White191207.0125
Curt Schmidt110006.977
Reid Cornelius80008.004
José DeLeón70107.5612
J. J. Thobe40009.000

Award winners

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Pete Mackanin
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Pat Kelly
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Gomer Hodge and Rick Sofield
A Albany Polecats South Atlantic League Doug Sisson
A-Short Season Vermont Expos New York–Penn League Jim Gabella
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Luis Dorante

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Ottawa[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Greg Harris Stats".
  2. ↑ Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Henry Rodriguez Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Pete LaForest Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com". Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
  5. ↑ "18th Round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft".
  6. ↑ "Rafael Bournigal Stats".
  7. ↑ "Dave Silvestri Stats".
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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