# 1995 New York Mets season

The 1995 New York Mets season was the 34th regular season for the Mets. They went 69–75 and finished second in the National League East, twenty-one games behind the first place Atlanta Braves. The Mets were managed by Dallas Green. They played home games at Shea Stadium.

## Offseason

* November 18, 1994: Paul Byrd was traded by the Cleveland Indians with a player to be named later, Jerry Dipoto, and Dave Mlicki to the New York Mets for Jeromy Burnitz and Joe Roa. The Cleveland Indians sent Jesus Azuaje (minors) (December 6, 1994) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
* December 7, 1994: Jarvis Brown was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.

## Regular season

Although the Mets failed to finish above .500 for the fourth consecutive season, their second-place finish was the highest they had placed since 1990.
After three and a half seasons, the Mets parted ways with Bobby Bonilla. The former All-Star turned lightning rod for fan criticism was dealt to the Baltimore Orioles at the trade deadline. Shortly thereafter, the Mets traded their other big acquisition from the infamous 1991-92 offseason and sent pitcher Bret Saberhagen to the Colorado Rockies.
1995 saw the emergence of Rico Brogna, to that point a backup infielder, as a major contributor to the Mets lineup. Installed as the team's first baseman, Brogna led the team with a .289 average while recording 22 home runs and 79 RBI. Second baseman Jeff Kent continued to provide power as he once again reached the 20-home run mark. José Vizcaíno led the team in hits and posted a .287 average. As far as starting pitching went, there was not as much positive to say. Bobby Jones' 10 wins led the team and Dave Mlicki's 9-7 record was the only other plus-.500 mark among Met starters.

### 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 roster

* Bobby Bonilla
* Rico Brogna
* Brett Butler
* Carl Everett
* Todd Hundley
* Jeff Kent
* Bret Saberhagen
* David Segui
* José Vizcaíno

### Transactions

* April 11, 1995: Brett Butler signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
* May 29, 1995: Jarvis Brown was released by the New York Mets.
* June 1, 1995: Aaron Rowand was drafted by the New York Mets in the 40th round of the 1995 amateur draft, but did not sign.
* June 5, 1995: Josías Manzanillo was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the New York Mets.
* July 28, 1995: Bobby Bonilla was traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Damon Buford and Alex Ochoa. The New York Mets sent Jimmy Williams (minors) (August 16, 1995) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
* July 31, 1995: Bret Saberhagen was traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies for Juan Acevedo and Arnold Gooch (minors). The New York Mets sent David Swanson (minors) (August 4, 1995) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.
* August 18, 1995: Brett Butler was traded by the New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dwight Maness (minors) and Scott Hunter (minors).

## Player stats
### Batting

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 | Todd Hundley | 90 | 275 | 77 | .280 | 15 | 51 |
| 1B | Rico Brogna | 134 | 495 | 143 | .289 | 22 | 76 |
| 2B | Jeff Kent | 125 | 472 | 131 | .278 | 20 | 65 |
| SS | José Vizcaíno | 135 | 509 | 146 | .287 | 3 | 56 |
| 3B | Edgardo Alfonzo | 101 | 335 | 93 | .278 | 4 | 41 |
| LF | Joe Orsulak | 108 | 290 | 82 | .283 | 1 | 37 |
| CF | Brett Butler | 90 | 367 | 114 | .311 | 1 | 25 |
| RF | Carl Everett | 79 | 289 | 75 | .260 | 12 | 54 |

#### 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 |
| Bobby Bonilla | 80 | 317 | 103 | .325 | 18 | 53 |
| Ryan Thompson | 75 | 267 | 67 | .251 | 7 | 31 |
| Kelly Stinnett | 77 | 196 | 43 | .219 | 4 | 18 |
| Chris Jones | 79 | 182 | 51 | .280 | 8 | 31 |
| Tim Bogar | 78 | 145 | 42 | .290 | 1 | 21 |
| Damon Buford | 44 | 136 | 32 | .235 | 4 | 12 |
| Butch Huskey | 28 | 90 | 17 | .189 | 3 | 11 |
| David Segui | 33 | 73 | 24 | .329 | 2 | 11 |
| Bill Spiers | 63 | 72 | 15 | .208 | 0 | 11 |
| Ricky Otero | 35 | 51 | 7 | .137 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Ochoa | 11 | 37 | 11 | .297 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Ledesma | 21 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 0 | 3 |
| Alberto Castillo | 13 | 29 | 3 | .103 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Barry | 15 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 0 |
| Brook Fordyce | 4 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Bobby Jones | 30 | 195.2 | 10 | 10 | 4.19 | 127 |
| Dave Mlicki | 29 | 160.2 | 9 | 7 | 4.26 | 123 |
| Bill Pulsipher | 17 | 126.2 | 5 | 7 | 3.98 | 81 |
| Pete Harnisch | 18 | 110.0 | 2 | 8 | 3.68 | 82 |
| Bret Saberhagen | 16 | 110.0 | 5 | 5 | 3.35 | 71 |
| Jason Isringhausen | 14 | 93.0 | 9 | 2 | 2.81 | 55 |
| Reid Cornelius | 10 | 57.2 | 3 | 7 | 5.15 | 35 |
| Mike Birkbeck | 4 | 27.2 | 0 | 1 | 1.63 | 14 |
| Jason Jacome | 5 | 21.0 | 0 | 4 | 10.29 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Telgheder | 7 | 25.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.61 | 16 |
| Robert Person | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.75 | 10 |

##### 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 |
| John Franco | 48 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 2.44 | 41 |
| Jerry Dipoto | 58 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.78 | 49 |
| Doug Henry | 51 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2.96 | 62 |
| Blas Minor | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.66 | 43 |
| Eric Gunderson | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.70 | 19 |
| Paul Byrd | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.05 | 26 |
| Don Florence | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 5 |
| Pete Walker | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.58 | 5 |
| Josías Manzanillo | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.88 | 14 |
| Kevin Lomon | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 6 |
| Mike Remlinger | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.35 | 6 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Norfolk Tides | International League | Toby Harrah |
| AA | Binghamton Mets | Eastern League | John Tamargo |
| A | St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | Rafael Landestoy |
| A | Capital City Bombers | South Atlantic League | Howie Freiling |
| A-Short Season | Pittsfield Mets | New York–Penn League | Ron Gideon |
| Rookie | Kingsport Mets | Appalachian League | John Gibbons |
| Rookie | GCL Mets | Gulf Coast League | John Stephenson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kingsport