# 1995 Montreal Expos season

The 1995 Montreal Expos season was the 27th season in franchise history. They finished the season with a record of 66–78, a last place finish and 24 games behind the World Series champion Atlanta Braves.

## Offseason

* March 29, 1995: Greg A. Harris was signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos.

## Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 19th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

## 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 right 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 was on hand.

### 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 | — |

### 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 5, 1995: John Wetteland was traded by the Montreal Expos to the New York Yankees for Fernando Seguignol
* 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
## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Mark Grudzielanek | 78 | 269 | 66 | .245 | 1 | 20 |
| Shane Andrews | 84 | 220 | 47 | .214 | 8 | 31 |
| Tim Laker | 64 | 141 | 33 | .234 | 3 | 20 |
| F.P. Santangelo | 35 | 98 | 29 | .296 | 1 | 9 |
| Roberto Kelly | 24 | 95 | 26 | .274 | 1 | 9 |
| Dave Silvestri | 39 | 72 | 19 | .264 | 2 | 7 |
| Cliff Floyd | 29 | 69 | 9 | .130 | 1 | 8 |
| Lou Frazier | 35 | 63 | 12 | .190 | 0 | 3 |
| Curtis Pride | 48 | 63 | 11 | .175 | 0 | 2 |
| Henry Rodriguez | 24 | 58 | 12 | .207 | 1 | 5 |
| Jeff Treadway | 41 | 50 | 12 | .240 | 0 | 10 |
| Yamil Benítez | 14 | 39 | 15 | .385 | 2 | 7 |
| Tim Spehr | 41 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 1 | 3 |
| Tom Foley | 11 | 24 | 5 | .208 | 0 | 2 |
| Chad Fonville | 14 | 12 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Siddall | 7 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 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 |
| Pedro Martínez | 30 | 194.2 | 14 | 10 | 3.51 | 174 |
| Jeff Fassero | 30 | 189.0 | 13 | 14 | 4.33 | 164 |
| Carlos Pérez | 28 | 141.1 | 10 | 8 | 3.69 | 106 |
| Butch Henry | 21 | 126.2 | 7 | 9 | 2.84 | 60 |
| Kirk Rueter | 9 | 47.1 | 5 | 3 | 3.23 | 28 |
| Tavo Álvarez | 8 | 37.1 | 1 | 5 | 6.75 | 17 |

#### 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 |
| Gil Heredia | 40 | 119.0 | 5 | 6 | 4.31 | 74 |
| Ugueth Urbina | 7 | 23.1 | 2 | 2 | 6.17 | 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 |
| Mel Rojas | 59 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 4.12 | 61 |
| Tim Scott | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.98 | 57 |
| Jeff Shaw | 50 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4.62 | 45 |
| Greg A. Harris | 45 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.61 | 47 |
| Luis Aquino | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.86 | 22 |
| Dave Leiper | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.86 | 12 |
| Bryan Eversgerd | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 8 |
| Willie Fraser | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5.61 | 12 |
| Gabe White | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.01 | 25 |
| Curt Schmidt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.97 | 7 |
| Reid Cornelius | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 4 |
| José DeLeón | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.56 | 12 |
| J. J. Thobe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Carlos Pérez, pitcher, reserve

## Farm system

| 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 |
| A-Short Season | Vermont Expos | New York–Penn League | Jim Gabella |
| Rookie | GCL Expos | Gulf Coast League | Luis Dorante |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Ottawa