# 1995 Cleveland Indians season

The 1995 Cleveland Indians season was the 95th season for the franchise.
This season led to the Indians returning to the World Series and their first postseason of any kind for the first time since 1954. In a season that started late by 18 games due to the 1994 strike, giving it just 144 games. The Indians finished in first place in the American League Central Division with a record of 100 wins and 44 losses. This was the first team in the history of the American League ever to win 100 games in a season that had fewer than 154 games.
The most outstanding pitcher for the Indians was their relief pitcher, José Mesa, who finished second in the voting for the American League's Cy Young Award. Mesa pitched in 62 games; he led the league by being the finishing pitcher in 57 games, and he saved a league-leading 46 games, even though he pitched just exactly 64 innings. Mesa was the winning pitcher in three games, and he lost none. Mesa's earned run average was a microscopic 1.13. Mesa only gave up eight earned runs, one unearned run, and three home runs in the entire regular season.
The most outstanding batter and everyday player for the Indians was their left fielder, Albert Belle, who finished second in the voting for the American League's Most Valuable Player Award. Belle played in 143 of the 144 games, and became the first major leaguer to hit 50 doubles and 50 home runs in a single season. Belle led the league in runs scored (121), runs batted in (126), doubles (52), home runs (50), total bases (377), and slugging percentage (.690). Belle had 173 hits and a batting average of .317.
The second most outstanding batter and everyday player for the Indians was their right fielder, Manny Ramirez. Ramirez played in 137 games, scored 85 runs, batted in 107 runs, hit 26 doubles and 31 home runs, had 149 hits, and batted .308.
On a team that was led by its outfielders in batting, the Indians center fielder Kenny Lofton, playing in just 118 games, also had 149 hits, scored 93 runs, batted .310, and led the American League with 13 triples and 54 stolen bases. This was Lofton's fourth of five consecutive years leading the American League in stolen bases. Lofton also won a Gold Glove in the outfield. Despite Lofton only hitting seven home runs he still finished the shortened season with 53 runs batted in.
The Indians won the Central Division by an overwhelming 30 games over the second-place Kansas City Royals, and they went into the playoffs going strong. In their American League Division Series, the Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox in a three game sweep. Next, in the American League Championship Series, the Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners four games to two. The Indians' starting pitcher, Orel Hershiser, was voted the American League Championship Series' Most Valuable Player.
In the World Series, the Indians faced the Atlanta Braves (champions of the National League for the third time in four years), who had finished the regular season with a 90–54 record, had defeated the Colorado Rockies three games to one in the National League Division Series, and had swept the Cincinnati Reds four games to none in the National League Championship Series. The Braves had the National League's Cy Young Award winner in Greg Maddux, who finished the season with a 19–2 won-loss record and a 1.63 earned run average as a starting pitcher. Maddux also finished in third place in the voting for Most Valuable Player.
The Indians lost the World Series to the Braves by four games to two, with the Braves winning all three games in Atlanta, and the Indians winning two out of three games in Cleveland. The World Series Most Valuable Player was the starting pitcher Tom Glavine of the Braves, who won two games in the Series.

## Offseason

* November 9, 1994: Derek Lilliquist was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Atlanta Braves.
* November 18, 1994: Paul Byrd, Jerry Dipoto, Dave Mlicki and a player to be named later were traded by the Indians to the New York Mets for Jeromy Burnitz and Joe Roa. The Indians completed the deal by sending Jesus Azuaje (minors) to the Mets on December 6.
* November 21, 1994: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
* March 25, 1995: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent with the Indians. However, Ripken only played in six games for the Indians.

## Regular season

The Indians led the Majors in nearly every offensive category, including runs scored (840), hits (1,461), home runs (207), runs batted in (803), batting average (.291) and slugging percentage (.479). They also struck out the fewest times (766) of all 28 MLB teams. They also had one of the most formidable pitching staffs in the AL, allowing the second-fewest hits (1,261), finishing with the best ERA (3.83), the fewest runs allowed (607), fewest earned runs allowed (554), the most saves (50) and the fewest intentional walks (16).

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 100 | 44 | .694 | — | 54‍–‍18 | 46‍–‍26 |
| Kansas City Royals | 70 | 74 | .486 | 30 | 35‍–‍37 | 35‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 68 | 76 | .472 | 32 | 38‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍42 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 65 | 79 | .451 | 35 | 33‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍40 |
| Minnesota Twins | 56 | 88 | .389 | 44 | 29‍–‍43 | 27‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1995 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 5, 1995: Dave Winfield was signed as a free agent by the Indians. However, Winfield only played in 39 games as a designated hitter in the regular season, and none in the postseason, and he retired at the end of the season.
* April 10, 1995: Paul Assenmacher was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
* April 25, 1995: Bud Black was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
* May 5, 1995: Casey Candaele was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
* May 15, 1995: Matt Williams was traded by the Indians to the Houston Astros for Eddie Tucker.
* June 6, 1995: Todd Frohwirth was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
* July 14, 1995: Bud Black was released by the Indians.
* July 27, 1995: David Bell, Rick Heiserman, and Pepe McNeal (minors) were traded by the Indians to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Hill.

### Game log

Legend :
| Indians Win | Indians Loss | Game Postponed |
1995 Regular Season Game Log (100–44) (Home: 54–18; Road: 46–26) :
April: 2–2 (Road: 2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 27@ Rangers11–6Martinez (1–0)Gross (0–1)–The Ballpark in Arlington32,1611–0W1
2April 28@ Rangers9–10Whiteside (1–0)Poole (0–1)Russell (1)The Ballpark in Arlington22,1791–1L1
3April 29@ Rangers5–6Burrows (1–0)Shuey (0–1)–The Ballpark in Arlington28,0481–2L2
4April 30@ Rangers7–6 (12)Mesa (1–0)Whiteside (1–1)–The Ballpark in Arlington26,0262–2W1 :
May: 19–7 (Home: 9–3, Road: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
5May 2@ Tigers11–1Martinez (2–0)Bergman (0–2)–Tiger Stadium39,3983–2W2
6May 3@ Tigers14–7Clark (1–0)Doherty (0–2)–Tiger Stadium29,9964–2W3
7May 4@ Tigers3–4Wells (1–1)Hershiser (0–1)Henneman (1)Tiger Stadium28,8464–3L1
8May 5Twins5–1Nagy (1–0)Erickson (0–3)Mesa (1)Jacobs Field41,4345–3W1
9May 6Twins2–5Radke (1–0)Black (0–1)Aguilera (4)Jacobs Field37,3255–4L1
10May 7Twins10–9 (17)Poole (1–1)Guthrie (1–1)–Jacobs Field39,4316–4W1
11May 8Royals6–2Clark (2–0)Appier (3–1)Grimsley (1)Jacobs Field26,7047–4W2
12May 9Royals10–0Hershiser (1–1)Linton (0–1)–Jacobs Field27,2258–4W3
13May 10Royals3–2 (10)Plunk (1–0)Meacham (1–2)–Jacobs Field27,7499–4W4
14May 12@ Orioles3–2Martinez (3–0)Brown (2–1)Mesa (2)Oriole Park at Camden Yards40,51610–4W5
15May 13@ Orioles1–6Mussina (2–1)Clark (2–1)–Oriole Park at Camden Yards40,18510–5L1
16May 14@ Orioles3–1Hershiser (2–1)Rhodes (1–2)Mesa (3)Oriole Park at Camden Yards39,16711–5W1
17May 16@ Yankees10–5Nagy (2–0)Key (1–2)–Yankee Stadium18,24612–5W2
–May 17@ YankeesPostponed (rain, makeup August 10)
18May 18@ Red Sox3–4Belinda (2–0)Poole (1–2)–Fenway Park24,28512–6L1
19May 19@ Red Sox9–5Tavarez (1–0)Ryan (0–1)–Fenway Park23,50713–6W1
20May 20@ Red Sox7–5Plunk (2–0)Pena (1–1)Mesa (4)Fenway Park29,41214–6W2
21May 21@ Red Sox12–10Assenmacher (1–0)Pierce (0–2)Mesa (5)Fenway Park32,33915–6W3
22May 22Brewers5–7Bones (3–1)Nagy (2–1)Fetters (2)Jacobs Field34,46415–7L1
23May 23Brewers5–3Martinez (4–0)Sparks (1–1)Mesa (6)Jacobs Field35,37316–7W1
24May 24Brewers5–7Rightnowar (1–0)Clark (2–2)Fetters (3)Jacobs Field29,63816–8L1
25May 26@ Blue Jays7–4Hershiser (3–1)Hentgen (3–2)Mesa (7)Skydome47,11317–8W1
26May 27@ Blue Jays0–3Leiter (2–2)Plunk (2–1)Hall (3)Skydome47,14317–9L1
27May 28@ Blue Jays5–4Nagy (3–1)Darwin (1–4)Mesa (8)Skydome42,36518–9W1
28May 29White Sox7–6Tavarez (2–0)DeLeon (2–1)Mesa (9)Jacobs Field41,73619–9W2
29May 30White Sox2–1Assenmacher (2–0)Fernandez (2–4)Mesa (10)Jacobs Field33,03820–9W3
30May 31White Sox6–3Hershiser (4–1)Abbott (2–2)Mesa (11)Jacobs Field36,77121–9W4 :
June: 20–8 (Home: 12–4, Road: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
31June 1White Sox7–4Black (1–1)Bere (1–4)Plunk (1)Jacobs Field33,26022–9W5
32June 2Blue Jays0–5Leiter (3–2)Nagy (3–2)Timlin (2)Jacobs Field41,54522–10L1
33June 3Blue Jays3–0Martinez (5–0)Darwin (1–5)–Jacobs Field41,56623–10W1
34June 4Blue Jays9–8Tavarez (3–0)Hall (0–1)–Jacobs Field41,68824–10W2
35June 5Tigers8–0Hershiser (5–1)Bergman (1–4)–Jacobs Field34,61525–10W3
36June 6Tigers4–3Tavarez (4–0)Boever (3–3)Mesa (12)Jacobs Field36,11526–10W4
37June 7Tigers3–2 (10)Plunk (3–0)Maxcy (2–1)–Jacobs Field36,36327–10W5
38June 8@ Brewers8–7Tavarez (5–0)Lloyd (0–5)Mesa (13)County Stadium17,64128–10W6
39June 9@ Brewers7–4Ogea (1–0)Roberson (1–2)Mesa (14)County Stadium13,13629–10W7
40June 10@ Brewers1–6Miranda (3–2)Hershiser (5–2)Reyes (1)County Stadium18,86929–11L1
41June 11@ Brewers11–5Black (2–1)Scanlan (3–4)–County Stadium18,70630–11W1
42June 12Orioles4–3Nagy (4–2)Brown (5–4)Mesa (15)Jacobs Field41,84531–11W2
43June 13Orioles11–0Martinez (6–0)Mussina (5–4)–Jacobs Field41,92732–11W3
44June 14Orioles5–2Ogea (2–0)Klingenbeck (1–1)Mesa (16)Jacobs Field41,83933–11W4
45June 16Yankees2–4Wickman (2–1)Poole (1–3)Wetteland (8)Jacobs Field41,64333–12L1
46June 17Yankees7–4Black (3–1)Pettitte (1–4)Mesa (17)Jacobs Field41,66234–12W1
47June 18Yankees5–9McDowell (3–4)Nagy (4–3)Wetteland (9)Jacobs Field41,66734–13L1
48June 19Red Sox4–3 (10)Plunk (4–1)Ryan (0–3)–Jacobs Field41,64535–13W1
49June 20Red Sox9–2Ogea (3–0)Eshelman (3–1)–Jacobs Field40,19036–13W2
50June 21Red Sox1–3Hanson (7–1)Hershiser (5–3)Belinda (3)Jacobs Field41,94836–14L1
51June 23@ White Sox5–12Bere (3–6)Nagy (4–4)–Comiskey Park31,96236–15L2
52June 24@ White Sox3–8Fernandez (3–4)Black (3–2)–Comiskey Park35,02836–16L3
53June 25@ White Sox2–3DeLeon (3–3)Assenmacher (2–1)Radinsky (1)Comiskey Park27,51436–17L4
54June 26@ Royals2–0Ogea (4–0)Gordon (5–3)Mesa (18)Kauffman Stadium24,29637–17W1
55June 27@ Royals7–1Clark (3–2)Haney (3–2)–Kauffman Stadium19,51038–17W2
56June 28@ Royals5–2Nagy (5–4)Appier (11–3)Mesa (19)Kauffman Stadium18,59639–17W3
57June 29@ Twins10–5Black (4–2)Erickson (3–6)–Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome17,11640–17W4
58June 30@ Twins4–1Martinez (7–0)Trombley (0–3)Mesa (20)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome27,41641–17W5 :
July: 18–9 (Home: 9–4, Road: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
59July 1@ Twins5–6Radke (4–7)Ogea (4–1)Aguilera (12)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome18,82041–18L1
60July 2@ Twins7–0Clark (4–2)Harris (0–2)–Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome16,79042–18W1
61July 3Rangers9–1Nagy (6–4)Rogers (8–4)–Jacobs Field41,71343–18W2
62July 4Rangers6–7McDowell (4–0)Assenmacher (2–2)Whiteside (1)Jacobs Field41,76943–19L1
63July 5Rangers2–0Martinez (8–0)Gross (3–8)Mesa (21)Jacobs Field41,88144–19W1
64July 6Mariners8–1Ogea (5–1)Belcher (4–4)–Jacobs Field41,66145–19W2
65July 7Mariners3–5Johnson (9–1)Clark (4–3)–Jacobs Field41,74145–20L1
66July 8Mariners7–3Nagy (7–4)Bosio (6–3)–Jacobs Field41,89346–20W1
67July 9Mariners3–9Torres (3–5)Hershiser (5–4)–Jacobs Field41,89746–21L1
–July 1166th All-Star GameNational League vs. American League (The Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas)
–July 13AthleticsPostponed (rain, makeup July 14)
68July 14 (1)Athletics1–0Embree (1–0)Prieto (0–2)Mesa (22)Jacobs FieldN/A47–21W1
69July 14 (2)Athletics7–6Nagy (8–4)Darling (2–5)Mesa (23)Jacobs Field41,86248–21W2
70July 15Athletics7–2Hershiser (6–4)Ontiveros (8–4)Plunk (2)Jacobs Field41,72649–21W3
71July 16Athletics5–4 (12)Embree (2–0)Eckersley (2–3)–Jacobs Field41,76750–21W4
72July 17Angels3–8Anderson (3–2)Ogea (5–2)–Jacobs Field41,58350–22L1
73July 18Angels7–5Assenmacher (3–2)Smith (0–3)–Jacobs Field41,76351–22W1
74July 19@ Rangers14–5Nagy (9–4)Gross (4–9)–The Ballpark in Arlington42,92852–22W2
75July 20@ Rangers6–3Hershiser (7–4)Brandenburg (0–1)Mesa (24)The Ballpark in Arlington28,16053–22W3
76July 21@ Athletics6–1Martinez (9–0)Stottlemyre (8–3)–Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum21,15854–22W4
77July 22@ Athletics6–4Tavarez (6–0)Eckersley (2–4)Mesa (25)Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum33,01955–22W5
78July 23@ Athletics2–0Clark (5–3)Prieto (1–3)Mesa (26)Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum26,76356–22W6
79July 24@ Angels9–7 (10)Assenmacher (4–2)Smith (0–4)Mesa (27)Anaheim Stadium30,36757–22W7
80July 25@ Angels5–6Finley (9–7)Hershiser (7–5)Smith (23)Anaheim Stadium42,26857–23L1
81July 26@ Angels3–6Harkey (5–6)Martinez (9–1)Smith (24)Anaheim Stadium35,65057–24L2
82July 27@ Mariners5–11Belcher (7–5)Ogea (5–3)–Kingdome20,12157–25L3
83July 28@ Mariners6–5Plunk (5–1)Frey (0–4)Mesa (28)Kingdome17,60958–25W1
84July 29@ Mariners3–5Bosio (7–5)Embree (2–1)Ayala (16)Kingdome43,87458–26L1
85July 30@ Mariners5–2Hershiser (8–5)Torres (3–8)Mesa (29)Kingdome24,08959–26W1 :
August: 21–9 (Home: 14–3, Road: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
86August 1Twins5–6Mahomes (1–4)Tavarez (6–1)Stevens (5)Jacobs Field42,02359–27L1
87August 2Twins12–6Clark (6–3)Harris (0–5)–Jacobs Field41,94760–27W1
88August 3Twins6–4Hill (7–7)Radke (7–10)Mesa (30)Jacobs Field41,90761–27W2
89August 4White Sox13–3Nagy (10–4)Bere (5–10)–Jacobs Field41,89562–27W3
90August 5White Sox11–7Hershiser (9–5)Fernandez (5–8)–Jacobs Field41,65763–27W4
91August 6White Sox1–5Righetti (3–0)Martinez (9–2)–Jacobs Field41,97563–28L1
92August 8@ Red Sox1–5Wakefield (13–1)Clark (6–4)–Fenway Park34,57463–29L2
93August 9@ Red Sox5–9Hanson (10–4)Plunk (5–2)–Fenway Park34,24063–30L3
94August 10 (1)@ Yankees10–9Poole (2–3)Wetteland (1–2)Mesa (31)Yankee StadiumN/A64–30W1
95August 10 (2)@ Yankees5–2Ogea (6–3)Hitchcock (5–7)Mesa (32)Yankee Stadium48,11565–30W2
96August 11@ Yankees5–4 (11)Tavarez (7–1)Wetteland (1–3)Mesa (33)Yankee Stadium33,73966–30W3
97August 12@ Yankees2–3McDowell (10–8)Martinez (9–3)–Yankee Stadium35,79566–31L1
98August 13@ Yankees1–4Cone (13–6)Clark (6–5)–Yankee Stadium45,86666–32L2
99August 14@ Orioles9–6Assenmacher (5–2)Benitez (1–4)Mesa (34)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,19867–32W1
100August 15@ Orioles3–8Erickson (8–9)Nagy (10–5)–Oriole Park at Camden Yards46,34667–33L1
101August 16@ Orioles8–5Hershiser (10–5)Brown (5–8)Mesa (35)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,14068–33W1
102August 17Brewers3–7McAndrew (1–2)Martinez (9–4)Fetters (19)Jacobs Field40,50568–34L1
103August 18Brewers7–5Clark (7–5)Bones (7–9)Mesa (36)Jacobs Field41,75269–34W1
104August 19Brewers4–3Plunk (6–2)Wegman (5–5)–Jacobs Field41,93970–34W2
105August 20Brewers8–5Tavarez (8–1)Sparks (7–7)Mesa (37)Jacobs Field41,79971–34W3
106August 21@ Blue Jays7–3Hershiser (11–5)Hurtado (5–2)Embree (1)Skydome39,18772–34W4
107August 22@ Blue Jays4–5Castillo (1–2)Tavarez (8–2)–Skydome39,29372–35L1
108August 23@ Blue Jays6–5Poole (3–3)Carrara (1–3)Mesa (38)Skydome41,16973–35W1
109August 25Tigers6–5 (11)Tavarez (9–2)Lira (8–9)–Jacobs Field41,67674–35W2
110August 26Tigers6–2Nagy (11–5)Moore (5–14)–Jacobs Field41,74475–35W3
111August 27Tigers9–2Hershiser (12–5)Lima (1–6)–Jacobs Field41,61676–35W4
112August 28Blue Jays9–1Ogea (7–3)Carrara (1–4)–Jacobs Field40,28377–35W5
113August 29Blue Jays4–1Clark (8–5)Guzman (3–10)–Jacobs Field41,25778–35W6
114August 30Blue Jays4–3 (14)Assenmacher (6–2)Castillo (1–3)–Jacobs Field41,80779–35W7
115August 31Blue Jays6–4 (10)Mesa (2–0)Rogers (2–3)–Jacobs Field41,74680–35W8 :
September: 19–9 (Home: 9–4, Road: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
116September 1@ Tigers14–4Nagy (12–5)Lima (1–7)–Tiger Stadium16,15581–35W9
117September 2@ Tigers2–3Lira (9–9)Hershiser (12–6)Doherty (4)Tiger Stadium22,42681–36L1
118September 3@ Tigers9–8 (10)Mesa (3–0)Boever (5–7)–Tiger Stadium25,39382–36W1
119September 4@ Tigers2–3Sodowsky (1–0)Clark (8–6)Henry (1)Tiger Stadium24,98782–37L1
120September 5@ Brewers7–3Martinez (10–4)Sparks (7–8)–County Stadium12,12983–37W1
121September 6@ Brewers12–2Hill (8–7)Givens (5–3)–County Stadium10,04284–37W2
122September 7Mariners4–1Nagy (13–5)Bosio (9–8)Mesa (39)Jacobs Field41,45085–37W3
123September 8Orioles3–2Hershiser (13–6)Brown (7–9)Mesa (40)Jacobs Field41,65686–37W4
124September 9Orioles2–1Ogea (8–3)Krivda (2–4)Mesa (41)Jacobs Field41,72987–37W5
125September 10Orioles5–3Tavarez (10–2)Orosco (2–4)Mesa (42)Jacobs Field41,64788–37W6
126September 11Yankees0–4McDowell (14–10)Martinez (10–5)–Jacobs Field41,83588–38L1
127September 12Yankees2–9Kamieniecki (5–5)Hill (8–8)–Jacobs Field41,27688–39L2
128September 13Yankees5–0Nagy (14–5)Cone (15–8)–Jacobs Field41,70889–39W1
129September 14Red Sox5–3Hershiser (14–6)Eshelman (5–3)Mesa (43)Jacobs Field41,81290–39W2
130September 15Red Sox3–6Hanson (14–5)Embree (2–2)–Jacobs Field41,83390–40L1
131September 16Red Sox6–5Clark (9–6)Clemens (8–5)Mesa (44)Jacobs Field41,76591–40W1
132September 17Red Sox6–9Suppan (1–2)Shuey (0–2)Aguilera (29)Jacobs Field41,72391–41L1
133September 18@ White Sox11–1Hill (9–8)Alvarez (7–10)–Comiskey Park20,43992–41W1
134September 19@ White Sox8–2Nagy (15–5)Andujar (2–1)–Comiskey Park18,46893–41W2
135September 20@ White Sox3–4Bere (8–13)Roa (0–1)Hernandez (31)Comiskey Park17,17193–42L1
136September 22@ Royals5–3Hershiser (15–6)Olson (3–3)Mesa (45)Kauffman Stadium16,56294–42W1
137September 23@ Royals7–3Martinez (11–5)Gubicza (11–14)–Kauffman Stadium23,81695–42W2
138September 24@ Royals2–4Appier (15–9)Clark (9–6)–Kauffman Stadium17,27795–43L1
139September 26@ Twins4–13Trombley (4–8)Nagy (15–6)–Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome9,82595–44L2
140September 27@ Twins9–6Hill (10–8)Radke (11–14)Mesa (46)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome9,61496–44W1
141September 28@ Twins12–4Martinez (12–5)Rodriguez (5–8)–Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome9,44297–44W2
142September 29Royals9–2Hershiser (16–6)Appier (15–10)–Jacobs Field41,70198–44W3
143September 30Royals3–2 (10)Embree (3–2)Montgomery (2–3)–Jacobs Field41,57899–44W4 :
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
144October 1Royals17–7Nagy (16–6)Gordon (12–12)–Jacobs Field41,819100–44W5 :

## 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 | Tony Peña | 91 | 263 | 69 | .262 | 5 | 28 |
| 1B | Paul Sorrento | 104 | 323 | 76 | .235 | 25 | 79 |
| 2B | Carlos Baerga | 135 | 557 | 175 | .314 | 15 | 90 |
| 3B | Jim Thome | 137 | 452 | 142 | .314 | 25 | 73 |
| SS | Omar Vizquel | 136 | 542 | 144 | .266 | 6 | 56 |
| LF | Albert Belle | 143 | 546 | 173 | .317 | 50 | 126 |
| CF | Kenny Lofton | 118 | 481 | 149 | .310 | 7 | 53 |
| RF | Manny Ramirez | 137 | 484 | 149 | .308 | 31 | 107 |
| DH | Eddie Murray | 113 | 436 | 141 | .323 | 21 | 82 |

#### 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 |
| Sandy Alomar Jr. | 66 | 203 | 61 | .300 | 10 | 35 |
| Wayne Kirby | 101 | 188 | 39 | .207 | 1 | 14 |
| Herb Perry | 52 | 162 | 51 | .315 | 3 | 23 |
| Álvaro Espinoza | 66 | 143 | 36 | .252 | 2 | 17 |
| Dave Winfield | 46 | 115 | 22 | .191 | 2 | 4 |
| Rubén Amaro Jr. | 28 | 60 | 12 | .200 | 1 | 7 |
| Eddie Tucker | 17 | 20 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Levis | 12 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 3 |
| Billy Ripken | 8 | 17 | 7 | .412 | 2 | 3 |
| Brian Giles | 6 | 9 | 5 | .556 | 1 | 3 |
| Jeromy Burnitz | 9 | 7 | 4 | .571 | 0 | 0 |
| David Bell | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Dennis Martinez | 28 | 187.0 | 12 | 5 | 3.08 | 99 |
| Charles Nagy | 29 | 178.0 | 16 | 6 | 4.55 | 139 |
| Orel Hershiser | 26 | 167.1 | 16 | 6 | 3.87 | 111 |
| Mark Clark | 22 | 124.2 | 9 | 7 | 5.27 | 68 |
| Ken Hill | 12 | 74.2 | 4 | 1 | 3.98 | 48 |
| Bud Black | 11 | 47.1 | 4 | 2 | 6.85 | 34 |
| Joe Roa | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Chad Ogea | 20 | 106.1 | 8 | 3 | 3.05 | 57 |
| Jason Grimsley | 15 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.09 | 25 |
| Albie Lopez | 6 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.13 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| José Mesa | 62 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 1.13 | 58 |
| Julián Tavárez | 57 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2.44 | 68 |
| Eric Plunk | 56 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2.67 | 71 |
| Paul Assenmacher | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.82 | 40 |
| Jim Poole | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.75 | 41 |
| Alan Embree | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5.11 | 23 |
| Dennis Cook | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.39 | 13 |
| Paul Shuey | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 |
| Gregg Olson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
| John Farrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4 |

## Post season
### Cleveland Indians vs. Boston Red Sox

Cleveland wins the series, 3-0
| Game | Score | Date |
| 1 | Boston 4, Cleveland 5 | October 3, 1995 |
| 2 | Boston 0, Cleveland 4 | October 4, 1995 |
| 3 | Cleveland 8, Boston 2 | October 6, 1995 |

#### Game 1, October 3

Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| WP: Ken Hill (1-0) LP: Zane Smith (0-1) Home runs: BOS: John Valentin (1), Luis Alicea (1), Tim Naehring CLE: Albert Belle (1), Tony Peña (1) |||||||||||||||||

#### Game 2, October 4

Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| WP: Orel Hershiser (1-0) LP: Erik Hanson (0-1) Home runs: BOS: None CLE: Eddie Murray (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game 3, October 6

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Charles Nagy (1-0) LP: Don Navatsyk (0-1) Home runs: CLE: Jim Thome (1) BOS: None |||||||||||||

### Matchups

| Game | Score | Date |
| 1 | Cleveland 2, Seattle 3 | October 10, 1995 |
| 2 | Cleveland 5, Seattle 2 | October 11, 1995 |
| 3 | Seattle 5, Cleveland 2 | October 13, 1995 |
| 4 | Seattle 0, Cleveland 7 | October 14, 1995 |
| 5 | Seattle 2, Cleveland 3 | October 15, 1995 |
| 6 | Cleveland 4, Seattle 0 | October 17, 1995 |

### Game 1

October 10: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Seattle | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Bob Wolcott (1-0) LP: Dennis Martínez (0-1) Sv: Norm Charlton (1) Home runs: CLE: Albert Belle (1) SEA: Mike Blowers (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 11: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Seattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| WP: Orel Hershiser (1-0) LP: Tim Belcher (0-1) Home runs: CLE: Manny Ramírez (2) SEA: Ken Griffey Jr. (1), Jay Buhner (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 13: Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Seattle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| WP: Norm Charlton (1-0) LP: Julián Tavárez (0-1) Home runs: SEA: Jay Buhner (2) CLE: None |||||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 14: Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Seattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Ken Hill (1-0) LP: Andy Benes (0-1) Home runs: SEA: None CLE: Eddie Murray (1), Jim Thome (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 15: Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Seattle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| WP: Orel Hershiser (2-0) LP: Chris Bosio (0-1) Sv: José Mesa (1) Home runs: SEA: None CLE: Jim Thome (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 6

October 17: Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Seattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| WP: Dennis Martínez (1-1) LP: Randy Johnson (0-1) Home runs: CLE: Carlos Baerga (1) Home: None |||||||||||||

### Game 1

October 21, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| WP: Greg Maddux (1-0) LP: Orel Hershiser (0-1) Home runs: Away: None ATL: Fred McGriff (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 22, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| WP: Tom Glavine (1-0) LP: Dennis Martínez (0-1) Sv: Mark Wohlers (1) Home runs: CLE: Eddie Murray (1) ATL: Javy López (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 24, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
| Atlanta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| WP: José Mesa (1-0) LP: Alejandro Peña (0-1) Home runs: ATL: Fred McGriff (2), Ryan Klesko (1) Home: None |||||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 25, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Steve Avery (1-0) LP: Ken Hill (0-1) Sv: Pedro Borbón Jr. (1) Home runs: ATL: Ryan Klesko (2) CLE: Albert Belle (1), Manny Ramírez (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 26, 1995, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| WP: Orel Hershiser (1-1) LP: Greg Maddux (1-1) Sv: José Mesa (1) Home runs: ATL: Luis Polonia (1), Ryan Klesko (3) CLE: Albert Belle (2), Jim Thome (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 6

October 28, 1995, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| WP: Tom Glavine (2-0) LP: Jim Poole (0-1) Sv: Mark Wohlers (2) Home runs: Away: None ATL: David Justice (1) |||||||||||||

### Game log

1995 Postseason Game Log :
American League Division Series
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordRecap :
American League Championship Series
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordRecap :
World Series vs. Atlanta Braves – Braves win series 4–2
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordRecap
1October 21@ Braves2–3Maddux (1–0)Hershiser (0–1)Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium51,8760–1L1
2October 22@ Braves3–4Glavine (1–0)Martínez (0–1)Wohlers (1)Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium51,8770–2L2
3October 24Braves7–6 (11)Mesa (1–0)Peña (0–1)Jacobs Field43,5841–2W1
4October 25Braves2–5Avery (1–0)Hill (0–1)Borbón Jr. (1)Jacobs Field43,5781–3L1
5October 26Braves5–4Hershiser (1–1)Maddux (1–1)Mesa (1)Jacobs Field43,5952–3W1
6October 28@ Braves0–1Glavine (2–0)Poole (0–1)Wohlers (2)Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium51,8752–4L1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member :

## Award winners

Hershiser became the Most Valuable Player of the 1995 American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners, and he is the only player to win the League Championship series Most Valuable Player Award in both leagues.
All-Star Game
* Carlos Baerga, second base, starter
* Albert Belle, outfield, starter
* Kenny Lofton, outfield, starter
* Dennis Martínez, pitcher, reserve
* José Mesa, relief pitcher, reserve
* Manny Ramírez, outfield, reserve

## Minor league affiliates

| Classification level | Team | League | Season article |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | 1995 Buffalo Bisons season |
| AA | Canton–Akron Indians | Eastern League | 1995 Canton–Akron Indians season |
| Advanced A | Kinston Indians | Carolina League | |
| A | Columbus RedStixx | South Atlantic League | |
| Short Season A | Watertown Indians | New York–Penn League | |
| Rookie | Burlington Indians | Appalachian League | |