The 1995 Chicago Cubs season was the 124th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 120th in the National League and the 80th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League Central with a record of 73–71. This season also marks the 50th anniversary of their last National league pennant of 1945.
Offseason December 2, 1994: Dave Otto was released by the Chicago Cubs.
Regular season The Cubs pitching staff did well during the regular season, leading all 28 teams in shutouts, with 12.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 5, 1995: Brian McRae was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Derek Wallace and Geno Morones (minors).Brian McRae Statistics Baseball-Reference.com May 24, 1995: Felix Jose was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs. May 26, 1995: Karl Rhodes was selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago Cubs. June 1, 1995: Kerry Wood was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 1995. June 1, 1995: Felix Jose was released by the Chicago Cubs.
Roster 1995 Chicago Cubs roster Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches (bullpen) (pitching) (hitting) (first base) (third base) (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 Scott Servais 52 175 50 .286 12 35 1B Mark Grace 143 552 180 .326 16 92 2B Rey Sánchez 114 428 119 .278 3 27 SS Shawon Dunston 127 477 141 .296 14 69 3B Todd Zeile 79 299 68 .227 9 30 LF Luis Gonzalez 77 262 76 .290 7 34 CF Brian McRae 137 580 167 .288 12 48 RF Sammy Sosa 144 564 151 .268 36 119
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 José Hernández 93 245 60 .245 13 40 Ozzie Timmons 77 171 45 .263 8 28 Howard Johnson 87 169 33 .195 7 22 Rick Wilkins 50 162 31 .191 6 14 Scott Bullett 104 150 41 .273 3 22 Steve Buechele 32 106 20 .189 1 9 Todd Haney 25 73 30 .411 2 6 Todd Pratt 25 60 8 .133 0 4 Joe Kmak 19 53 13 .245 1 6 Kevin Roberson 32 38 7 .184 4 6 Mark Parent 12 32 8 .250 3 5 Mike Hubbard 15 23 4 .174 0 1 Matt Franco 16 17 5 .294 0 1 Tuffy Rhodes 13 16 2 .125 0 2
Pitching = Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader
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 Jaime Navarro 29 200.1 14 6 3.28 128 Frank Castillo 29 188.0 11 10 3.21 135 Kevin Foster 30 167.2 12 11 4.51 146 Steve Trachsel 30 160.2 7 13 5.15 117 Jim Bullinger 24 150.0 12 8 4.14 93 Mike Morgan 4 24.2 2 1 2.19 15
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 Randy Myers 57 1 2 38 3.88 59 Mike Pérez 68 2 6 2 3.66 49 Turk Wendell 43 3 1 0 4.92 50 Mike Walker 42 1 3 1 3.22 20 Larry Casian 42 1 0 0 1.93 11 Bryan Hickerson 38 2 3 1 6.82 28 Chris Nabholz 34 0 1 0 5.40 21 Anthony Young 32 3 4 2 3.70 15 Terry Adams 18 1 1 1 6.50 15 Willie Banks 10 0 1 0 15.43 9 Rich Garcés 7 0 0 0 3.27 6 Dave Swartzbaugh 7 0 0 0 0.00 5 Roberto Rivera 7 0 0 0 5.40 2 Tom Edens 5 1 0 0 6.00 2 Tanyon Sturtze 2 0 0 0 9.00 0
Farm system
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References
1995 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference