# 1995 San Francisco Giants season

The 1995 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 113th season in Major League Baseball, their 38th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 36th at Candlestick Park, renamed 3Com Park at Candlestick Point that year. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 67–77 record, 11 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

## Offseason

* November 8, 1994: Kent Bottenfield was released by the San Francisco Giants.
* January 2, 1995: Sergio Valdez was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
* February 8, 1995: Darryl Strawberry was released by the Giants.
* April 8, 1995: Terry Mulholland was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
* April 9, 1995: Glenallen Hill was signed as a free agent by the San Francisco Giants.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 78 | 66 | .542 | — | 39‍–‍33 | 39‍–‍33 |
| Colorado Rockies | 77 | 67 | .535 | 1 | 44‍–‍28 | 33‍–‍39 |
| San Diego Padres | 70 | 74 | .486 | 8 | 40‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍42 |
| San Francisco Giants | 67 | 77 | .465 | 11 | 37‍–‍35 | 30‍–‍42 |

### 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

* July 21, 1995: Mark Portugal, Dave Burba and Darren Lewis were traded by the Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Ricky Pickett, John Roper, Deion Sanders, Scott Service, and David McCarty.

### 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 | Kirt Manwaring | 118 | 379 | 95 | .251 | 4 | 36 |
| 1B | Mark Carreon | 117 | 396 | 119 | .301 | 17 | 65 |
| 2B | Robby Thompson | 95 | 336 | 75 | .223 | 8 | 23 |
| SS | Royce Clayton | 138 | 509 | 124 | .244 | 5 | 58 |
| 3B | Matt Williams | 76 | 283 | 95 | .336 | 23 | 65 |
| LF | Barry Bonds | 144 | 506 | 149 | .294 | 33 | 104 |
| CF | Darren Lewis | 74 | 309 | 78 | .252 | 1 | 16 |
| RF | Glenallen Hill | 132 | 497 | 131 | .264 | 24 | 86 |

#### 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 |
| Steve Scarsone | 80 | 233 | 62 | .266 | 11 | 29 |
| J.R. Phillips | 92 | 231 | 45 | .195 | 9 | 28 |
| Deion Sanders | 52 | 214 | 61 | .285 | 5 | 18 |
| John Patterson | 95 | 205 | 42 | .205 | 1 | 14 |
| Mike Benjamin | 68 | 186 | 41 | .220 | 3 | 12 |
| Jeff Reed | 66 | 113 | 30 | .265 | 0 | 9 |
| Rikkert Faneyte | 46 | 86 | 17 | .198 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Lampkin | 65 | 76 | 21 | .276 | 1 | 9 |
| Marvin Benard | 13 | 34 | 13 | .382 | 1 | 4 |
| Mark Leonard | 14 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave McCarty | 12 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Rich Aurilia | 9 | 19 | 9 | .474 | 2 | 4 |
| Todd Benzinger | 9 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 1 | 2 |

### 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 Leiter | 30 | 195.2 | 10 | 12 | 3.82 | 129 |
| Terry Mulholland | 29 | 149.0 | 5 | 13 | 5.80 | 65 |
| William Van Landingham | 18 | 122.2 | 6 | 3 | 3.67 | 95 |
| Mark Portugal | 17 | 104.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.15 | 63 |
| Trevor Wilson | 17 | 82.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.92 | 38 |
| Jamie Brewington | 13 | 75.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.54 | 45 |
| Sergio Valdez | 13 | 66.1 | 4 | 5 | 4.75 | 29 |
| Shawn Estes | 3 | 17.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.75 | 14 |

#### 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 |
| José Bautista | 52 | 100.2 | 3 | 8 | 6.44 | 45 |
| Joe Rosselli | 9 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | 8.70 | 7 |
| Salomón Torres | 4 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Rod Beck | 60 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 4.45 | 42 |
| Shawn Barton | 52 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.26 | 22 |
| Chris Hook | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5.50 | 40 |
| Dave Burba | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.98 | 46 |
| Scott Service | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.19 | 30 |
| Mark Dewey | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.13 | 32 |
| Pat Gomez | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 15 |
| Steve Mintz | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.45 | 7 |
| Carlos Valdez | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 7 |
| Steve Frey | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 |
| Kenny Greer | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.25 | 7 |
| Enrique Burgos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 12 |
| Luis Aquino | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.40 | 4 |
| John Roper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

* Mark Carreon 1B, Willie Mac Award
All-Star Game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Phoenix Firebirds | Pacific Coast League | Keith Bodie and Jim Davenport |
| AA | Shreveport Captains | Texas League | Ron Wotus |
| A | San Jose Giants | California League | Carlos Lezcano |
| A | Burlington Bees | Midwest League | Mike Hart |
| A-Short Season | Bellingham Giants | Northwest League | Glenn Tufts |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Shreveport