# 1995 Florida Marlins season

The 1995 Florida Marlins season was the 3rd season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1994. Their manager was Rene Lachemann. They played home games at Joe Robbie Stadium. They finished with a record of 67–76, fourth in the National League East Division. The Marlins scored 673 runs and allowed 673 runs to finish with a run differential of zero.

## Offseason

* December 6, 1994: Bret Barberie was traded by the Marlins to the Baltimore Orioles for Jay Powell.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 90 | 54 | .625 | — | 44‍–‍28 | 46‍–‍26 |
| New York Mets | 69 | 75 | .479 | 21 | 40‍–‍32 | 29‍–‍43 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 75 | .479 | 21 | 35‍–‍37 | 34‍–‍38 |
| Florida Marlins | 67 | 76 | .469 | 22½ | 37‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍42 |
| Montreal Expos | 66 | 78 | .458 | 24 | 31‍–‍41 | 35‍–‍37 |

### 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: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.
* April 7, 1995: Terry Pendleton was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.
* April 10, 1995: Andre Dawson was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.
* April 26, 1995: Aaron Small was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Ernie Delgado (minors) (September 19, 1995) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.
* June 21, 1995: Doug Dascenzo was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.
* July 30, 1995: Mark Davis was signed as a free agent by the Marlins.
* August 7, 1995: Buddy Groom was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Mike Myers (August 9, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

### 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 | Charles Johnson | 97 | 315 | 79 | .251 | 11 | 39 |
| 1B | Greg Colbrunn | 138 | 528 | 146 | .277 | 23 | 89 |
| 2B | Quilvio Veras | 124 | 440 | 115 | .261 | 5 | 32 |
| SS | Kurt Abbott | 120 | 420 | 107 | .255 | 17 | 60 |
| 3B | Terry Pendleton | 133 | 513 | 149 | .290 | 14 | 78 |
| LF | Jeff Conine | 133 | 483 | 146 | .302 | 25 | 105 |
| CF | Chuck Carr | 105 | 308 | 70 | .227 | 2 | 20 |
| RF | Gary Sheffield | 63 | 213 | 69 | .324 | 16 | 46 |

#### 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 |
| Andre Dawson | 79 | 226 | 58 | .257 | 8 | 37 |
| Alex Arias | 94 | 216 | 58 | .269 | 3 | 26 |
| Jesús Tavárez | 63 | 190 | 55 | .289 | 2 | 13 |
| Jerry Browne | 77 | 184 | 47 | .255 | 1 | 17 |
| Tommy Gregg | 72 | 156 | 37 | .237 | 6 | 20 |
| Steve Decker | 51 | 133 | 30 | .226 | 3 | 13 |
| Mario Díaz | 49 | 87 | 20 | .230 | 1 | 6 |
| Russ Morman | 34 | 72 | 20 | .278 | 3 | 7 |
| Darrell Whitmore | 27 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Natal | 16 | 43 | 10 | .233 | 2 | 6 |
| Eddie Zosky | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 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 |
| John Burkett | 30 | 188.1 | 14 | 14 | 4.30 | 126 |
| Pat Rapp | 28 | 167.1 | 14 | 7 | 3.44 | 102 |
| Chris Hammond | 25 | 161.0 | 9 | 6 | 3.80 | 126 |
| Bobby Witt | 19 | 110.2 | 2 | 7 | 3.90 | 95 |
| Willie Banks | 9 | 50.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.32 | 30 |
| Marc Valdes | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 14.14 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Mark Gardner | 39 | 102.1 | 5 | 5 | 4.49 | 87 |
| David Weathers | 28 | 90.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.98 | 60 |
| Ryan Bowen | 4 | 16.2 | 2 | 0 | 3.78 | 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 |
| Robb Nen | 62 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 3.29 | 68 |
| Yorkis Pérez | 69 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5.21 | 47 |
| Terry Mathews | 57 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.38 | 72 |
| Randy Veres | 47 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3.88 | 31 |
| Richie Lewis | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.75 | 32 |
| Buddy Groom | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.20 | 12 |
| Alejandro Peña | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 21 |
| Matt Mantei | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.73 | 15 |
| Rich Garcés | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 | 16 |
| Jay Powell | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | 4 |
| Rob Murphy | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.82 | 5 |
| Matt Dunbar | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.57 | 5 |
| Jeremy Hernandez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 5 |
| Aaron Small | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 5 |
| Rich Scheid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 10 |
| John Johnstone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |
| Mike Myers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Bryan Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Charlotte Knights | International League | Sal Rende |
| AA | Portland Sea Dogs | Eastern League | Carlos Tosca |
| A | Brevard County Manatees | Florida State League | Fredi González |
| A | Kane County Cougars | Midwest League | Lynn Jones |
| A-Short Season | Elmira Pioneers | New York–Penn League | Paul Kirsch |
| Rookie | GCL Marlins | Gulf Coast League | Juan Bustabad |