# 1995 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 1995 season was the team's 114th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 104th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 62–81 during the season and finished fourth in the National League Central division, 22½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds. It was also the team's final season under the ownership of Anheuser-Busch, who would put the team up for sale on October 25, 1995, ending a 43-season ownership reign.

## Offseason

* November 7, 1994: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
* December 12, 1994: Tom Henke was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
* March 9, 1995: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

## Regular season

Rookie Mark Sweeney got a hit in seven straight pinch-hit at-bats, one short of the major league record. Tom Henke became the seventh pitcher to notch 300 career saves. Outfielders Bernard Gilkey (.298 batting average, 17 home runs), Ray Lankford (25 home runs, 24 stolen bases), and Brian Jordan (.296, 22 home runs) highlighted the Cardinals offense.
Manager Joe Torre was fired on June 16, and was replaced by Mike Jorgensen for the rest of the season.
The Cardinals struggled offensively in 1995, finishing 28th overall in runs scored (563), hits (1,182), runs batted in (533), batting average (.247), on-base percentage (.314) and slugging percentage (.374).

### 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 | — |

### Opening Day starters

* Scott Cooper
* Bernard Gilkey
* Ken Hill
* Brian Jordan
* Ray Lankford
* Manuel Lee
* John Mabry
* Tom Pagnozzi
* Ozzie Smith

### 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 9, 1995: Mark Whiten was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Rheal Cormier to the Boston Red Sox for Cory Bailey and Scott Cooper.
* April 18, 1995: Manuel Lee was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
* May 2, 1995: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
* June 6, 1995: Greg Cadaret was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
* June 8, 1995: Chris Sabo was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
* June 22, 1995: Manuel Lee was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
* July 9, 1995: Mark Sweeney was traded by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Habyan.
* July 27, 1995: Ken Hill was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for David Bell, Rick Heiserman, and Pepe McNeal (minors).
* August 25, 1995: Darnell Coles was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
* September 11, 1995: Chris Sabo was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

### 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 | Tom Pagnozzi | 62 | 219 | 47 | .215 | 2 | 15 |
| 1B | John Mabry | 129 | 388 | 119 | .307 | 5 | 41 |
| 2B | José Oquendo | 88 | 220 | 46 | .209 | 2 | 17 |
| SS | Tripp Cromer | 105 | 345 | 78 | .226 | 5 | 18 |
| 3B | Scott Cooper | 118 | 374 | 86 | .230 | 3 | 40 |
| LF | Bernard Gilkey | 121 | 480 | 143 | .298 | 17 | 69 |
| CF | Ray Lankford | 132 | 483 | 134 | .277 | 25 | 82 |
| RF | Brian Jordan | 131 | 490 | 145 | .296 | 22 | 81 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Sheaffer | 76 | 208 | 48 | .231 | 5 | 30 |
| Ozzie Smith | 44 | 156 | 31 | .199 | 0 | 11 |
| David Bell | 39 | 144 | 36 | .250 | 2 | 19 |
| Darnell Coles | 63 | 138 | 31 | .225 | 3 | 16 |
| Todd Zeile | 34 | 127 | 37 | .291 | 5 | 22 |
| Allen Battle | 61 | 118 | 32 | .271 | 0 | 2 |
| Scott Hemond | 57 | 118 | 17 | .144 | 3 | 9 |
| Gerónimo Peña | 32 | 101 | 27 | .267 | 1 | 8 |
| Ramón Caraballo | 34 | 99 | 20 | .202 | 2 | 3 |
| Gerald Perry | 65 | 79 | 13 | .165 | 0 | 5 |
| Mark Sweeney | 37 | 77 | 21 | .273 | 2 | 13 |
| José Oliva | 22 | 74 | 9 | .122 | 2 | 8 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 19 | 44 | 10 | .227 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Sabo | 5 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 3 |
| Ray Giannelli | 9 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Hulett | 4 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Manuel Lee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Mark Petkovsek | 26 | 137.1 | 6 | 6 | 4.00 | 71 |
| Allen Watson | 21 | 114.1 | 7 | 9 | 4.96 | 49 |
| Donovan Osborne | 19 | 113.1 | 4 | 6 | 3.81 | 82 |
| Ken Hill | 18 | 110.1 | 6 | 7 | 5.06 | 50 |
| Mike Morgan | 17 | 106.2 | 5 | 6 | 3.88 | 46 |
| Danny Jackson | 19 | 100.2 | 2 | 12 | 5.90 | 52 |
| Alan Benes | 3 | 16.0 | 1 | 2 | 8.44 | 20 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Urbani | 24 | 82.2 | 3 | 5 | 3.70 | 52 |
| Vicente Palacios | 20 | 40.1 | 2 | 3 | 5.80 | 34 |
| John Frascatore | 14 | 32.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.41 | 21 |
| Brian Barber | 9 | 29.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.22 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Henke | 52 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1.82 | 48 |
| Jeff Parrett | 59 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3.64 | 71 |
| Tony Fossas | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.47 | 40 |
| Rich DeLucia | 56 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3.39 | 76 |
| René Arocha | 41 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3.99 | 25 |
| John Habyan | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.88 | 35 |
| T.J. Mathews | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.52 | 28 |
| Doug Creek | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 |
| Cory Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 5 |
| Rick Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

* Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, Roberto Clemente Award

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Louisville Redbirds | American Association | Joe Pettini |
| AA | Arkansas Travelers | Texas League | Mike Ramsey |
| A | St. Petersburg Cardinals | Florida State League | Chris Maloney |
| A | Peoria Chiefs | Midwest League | Roy Silver |
| A | Savannah Cardinals | South Atlantic League | Scott Melvin |
| A-Short Season | New Jersey Cardinals | New York–Penn League | Luis Meléndez |
| Rookie | Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Steve Turco |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville