# 1995 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1995 Cincinnati Reds season was the 126th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 26th and 25th full season at Riverfront Stadium. The team won their first-ever National League Central title, and the NLDS in three straight games over the Los Angeles Dodgers before losing the NLCS in four games to the eventual World Series champion Atlanta Braves. It was both the last season for manager Davey Johnson and the last (as of 2024) playoff series victory for the Reds.

## Offseason

* October 13, 1994: Jacob Brumfield was traded by the Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Clyburn.
* November 3, 1994: Joe Oliver was released by the Reds.
* November 4, 1994: Damon Berryhill was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
* December 1, 1994: Kevin Maas was released by the Reds.
* December 22, 1994: Jack Morris was signed as a free agent by the Reds.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 85 | 59 | .590 | — | 44‍–‍28 | 41‍–‍31 |
| Houston Astros | 76 | 68 | .528 | 9 | 36‍–‍36 | 40‍–‍32 |
| Chicago Cubs | 73 | 71 | .507 | 12 | 34‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍33 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 62 | 81 | .434 | 22½ | 39‍–‍33 | 23‍–‍48 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 58 | 86 | .403 | 27 | 31‍–‍41 | 27‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1995 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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: Eric Anthony was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
* May 3, 1995: Tim Belcher was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
* May 15, 1995: Tim Belcher was traded by the Reds to the Seattle Mariners for Roger Salkeld.
* June 12, 1995: Jarvis Brown was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
* June 14, 1995: Jarvis Brown was sent by the Reds to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.
* July 21, 1995: Ricky Pickett, John Roper, Deion Sanders, Scott Service, and David McCarty were traded by the Reds to the San Francisco Giants for Mark Portugal, Dave Burba and Darren Lewis.
* July 25, 1995: Frank Viola signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
* August 8, 1995: Mariano Duncan was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Philadelphia Phillies.

### Roster
## 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 | Benito Santiago | 81 | 266 | 76 | .286 | 11 | 44 |
| 1B | Hal Morris | 101 | 359 | 100 | .279 | 11 | 51 |
| 2B | Bret Boone | 138 | 513 | 137 | .267 | 15 | 68 |
| 3B | Jeff Branson | 122 | 331 | 86 | .260 | 12 | 45 |
| SS | Barry Larkin | 131 | 496 | 158 | .319 | 15 | 66 |
| LF | Ron Gant | 119 | 410 | 113 | .276 | 29 | 88 |
| CF | Darren Lewis | 58 | 163 | 40 | .245 | 0 | 8 |
| RF | Reggie Sanders | 133 | 484 | 148 | .306 | 28 | 99 |

#### 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 |
| Thomas Howard | 113 | 281 | 85 | .302 | 3 | 26 |
| Eddie Taubensee | 80 | 218 | 62 | .284 | 9 | 44 |
| Lenny Harris | 101 | 197 | 41 | .208 | 2 | 16 |
| Mark Lewis | 81 | 171 | 58 | .339 | 3 | 30 |
| Jerome Walton | 102 | 162 | 47 | .290 | 8 | 22 |
| Eric Anthony | 47 | 134 | 36 | .269 | 5 | 23 |
| Deion Sanders | 33 | 129 | 31 | .240 | 1 | 10 |
| Damon Berryhill | 34 | 82 | 15 | .183 | 2 | 11 |
| Brian Hunter | 40 | 79 | 17 | .215 | 1 | 9 |
| Mariano Duncan | 29 | 69 | 20 | .290 | 3 | 13 |
| Willie Greene | 8 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Worthington | 10 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 1 | 2 |
| Nigel Wilson | 5 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gibralter | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Owens | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Pete Schourek | 29 | 190.1 | 18 | 7 | 3.22 | 160 |
| John Smiley | 28 | 176.2 | 12 | 5 | 3.46 | 124 |
| Kevin Jarvis | 19 | 79.0 | 3 | 4 | 5.70 | 33 |
| Mark Portugal | 14 | 77.2 | 6 | 5 | 3.82 | 33 |
| David Wells | 11 | 72.2 | 6 | 5 | 3.59 | 50 |
| José Rijo | 14 | 69.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.17 | 62 |
| C. J. Nitkowski | 9 | 32.1 | 1 | 3 | 6.12 | 18 |
| Rick Reed | 4 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.82 | 10 |
| Frank Viola | 3 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | 6.28 | 4 |
| John Roper | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Tim Pugh | 28 | 98.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.84 | 38 |
| Dave Burba | 15 | 63.1 | 6 | 2 | 3.27 | 50 |
| Pete Smith | 11 | 24.1 | 1 | 2 | 6.66 | 14 |

#### 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 |
| Jeff Brantley | 56 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 2.82 | 62 |
| Héctor Carrasco | 64 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4.12 | 64 |
| Xavier Hernandez | 59 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4.60 | 84 |
| Chuck McElroy | 44 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6.02 | 27 |
| Mike Jackson | 40 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2.39 | 41 |
| Johnny Ruffin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 11 |
| Brad Pennington | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 7 |
| Scott Sullivan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |
| Matt Grott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 2 |
| Mike Remlinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| John Courtright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Postseason
### Game Log

1995 Postseason Game Log (3–4) :
NLDS vs Dodgers (3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1October 3@ Dodgers7–2Harnisch (1–0)Martinez (0–1)—Dodger Stadium44,1991–0
2October 4@ Dodgers5–4Burba (1–0)Osuna (0–1)Brantley (1)Dodger Stadium46,0512–0
3October 6Dodgers10–1Wells (1–0)Nomo (0–1)—Riverfront Stadium53,2763–0 :
NLCS vs Braves (0–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1October 10Braves1–2 (11)Wohlers (1–0)Jackson (0–1)McMichael (1)Riverfront Stadium40,3820–1
2October 11Braves2–6 (10)McMichael (1–0)Portugal (0–1)—Riverfront Stadium44,6240–2
3October 13@ Braves2–5Maddux (1–0)Wells (0–1)—Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium51,4240–3
4October 14@ Braves0–6Avery (1–0)Schourek (0–1)—Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium52,0670–4 :

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Indianapolis Indians | American Association | Marc Bombard |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern League | Dave Miley |
| A | Winston-Salem Warthogs | Carolina League | Mark Berry |
| A | Charleston Alley Cats | South Atlantic League | Razor Shines |
| Rookie | Princeton Reds | Appalachian League | Brad Kelley |
| Rookie | Billings Mustangs | Pioneer League | Donnie Scott |