1995 Montreal Expos season

1995 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Olympic Stadium (since 1977)
Montreal (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Claude Brochu
General manager(s)	Kevin Malone
Manager(s)	Felipe Alou
Local television	The Sports Network (Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton) TQS SRC RDS Network (Claude Raymond, Camille Dube)
Local radio	CKAC (AM) (Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton, Elliott Price) CIQC (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte,Alain Chantelois)
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Offseason

• March 29, 1995: Greg A. Harris was signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

Regular season

• June 3, 1995 - Pedro Martínez pitched 9 perfect innings against the San Diego Padres before giving up a hit in the 10th to notorious Expo-Killer Bip Roberts over the head of Tony Tarasco in center field. He became the second pitcher in history, after Harvey Haddix, to have a perfect game broken up in extra innings.

• June 11, 1995 - Rondell White had a career day in Candlestick Park against the San Francisco Giants. White picks up 6 hits and hits for the cycle. A crowd of 22,392 on hand.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	90	54	0.625	—	44–28	46–26
New York Mets	69	75	0.479	21	40–32	29–43
Philadelphia Phillies	69	75	0.479	21	35–37	34–38
Florida Marlins	67	76	0.469	22½	37–34	30–42
Montreal Expos	66	78	0.458	24	31–41	35–37

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League Records 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	—

Opening Day starters

• Moisés Alou
• Shane Andrews
• Sean Berry
• Wil Cordero
• Jeff Fassero
• Roberto Kelly
• Tim Laker
• Mike Lansing
• Rondell White

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 9, 1995: Rafael Bournigal was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Montreal Expos for Kris Foster.
• July 16, 1995: Dave Silvestri was traded by the New York Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Tyrone Horne (minors).

Roster

1995 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers 48 Tavo Alvarez 72 Luis Aquino 49 Reid Cornelius 46 José DeLeón 26 Bryan Eversgerd 13 Jeff Fassero 49 Willie Fraser 29 Greg Harris 27 Butch Henry 34 Gil Heredia 52 Dave Leiper 45 Pedro Martínez 33 Carlos Pérez 51 Mel Rojas 42 Kirk Rueter 43,63 Curt Schmidt 54 Tim Scott 31 Jeff Shaw 39 J. J. Thobe 59 Ugueth Urbina 47 Gabe White		Catchers 24 Darrin Fletcher 19 Tim Laker 28 Joe Siddall  2 Tim Spehr Infielders 11 Shane Andrews  5 Sean Berry 12 Wil Cordero 30 Cliff Floyd 16 Tom Foley 15 Chad Fonville  4 Mark Grudzielanek  3 Mike Lansing 40 Henry Rodríguez 25 David Segui  9 Dave Silvestri 14 Jeff Treadway		Outfielders 18 Moisés Alou  1 Yamil Benítez 28 Roberto Kelly 15 Curtis Pride  7 F. P. Santangelo 44 Tony Tarasco 22 Rondell White		Manager 17 Felipe Alou Coaches 21 Tommy Harper (hitting) 45 Joe Kerrigan (pitching)  6 Jerry Manuel (third base) 31 Luis Pujols (first base) 23 Jim Tracy (bench)

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	Darrin Fletcher	110	350	100	.286	11	45
1B	David Segui	97	383	117	.305	10	57
2B	Mike Lansing	127	467	119	.255	10	62
SS	Wil Cordero	131	514	147	.286	10	49
3B	Sean Berry	103	314	100	.318	14	55
LF	Moisés Alou	93	344	94	.273	14	58
CF	Rondell White	130	474	140	.295	13	57
RF	Tony Tarasco	126	438	109	.249	14	40

Other batters

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

Player Mark Grudzielanek Shane Andrews Tim Laker F.P. Santangelo Roberto Kelly Dave Silvestri Cliff Floyd Lou Frazier Curtis Pride Henry Rodriguez Jeff Treadway Tim Spehr Yamil Benitez Tom Foley Joe Siddall Chad Fonville	G 78 84 64 35 24 39 29 35 48 24 41 41 14 11 7 14	AB 269 220 141 96 95 72 69 63 63 58 50 35 39 24 10 12	H 66 47 33 29 26 19 9 12 11 12 12 9 15 5 3 4	Avg. .245 .214 .234 .296 .274 .264 .130 .190 .175 .207 .240 .257 .385 .208 .300 .333	HR 1 8 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0	RBI 20 31 20 9 9 7 8 3 2 5 10 3 7 2 1 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player Pedro Martinez Jeff Fassero Carlos Perez Butch Henry Kirk Rueter	G 30 30 28 21 9	IP 194.2 189 141.1 126.2 47.1	W 14 13 10 7 5	L 10 14 8 9 3	ERA 3.51 4.33 3.69 2.84 3.23	SO 174 164 106 60 28

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

Relief pitchers

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

Player Mel Rojas	G 59	W 1	L 4	SV 30	ERA 4.12	SO 61

Award winners

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Carlos Pérez, Pitcher, Reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

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
Short-Season A	Vermont Expos	New York-Penn League	Jim Gabella
Rookie	GCL Expos	Gulf Coast League	Luis Dorante

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Ottawa

References

• 1995 Montreal Expos team page at Baseball Reference
• 1995 Montreal Expos team page at www.baseball-almanac.com