# 1995 San Diego Padres season

The 1995 San Diego Padres season was the 27th season in franchise history.

## Offseason

* November 3, 1994: Rico Rossy was signed as a free agent by the Padres.
* November 28, 1994: Wally Whitehurst was released by the Padres.
* December 28, 1994: Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutiérrez, Pedro Martínez, Phil Plantier, and Craig Shipley were traded by the Padres to the Houston Astros for Ken Caminiti, Andújar Cedeño, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine, and Brian Williams and a player to be named later. The Astros completed the deal by sending Sean Fesh (minors) to the Padres on May 1, 1995.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Brad Ausmus
* Andy Benes
* Ken Caminiti
* Andújar Cedeño
* Steve Finley
* Tony Gwynn
* Jody Reed
* Bip Roberts
* Eddie Williams

### 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

* April 5, 1995: Fernando Valenzuela was signed as a free agent by the Padres.
* May 31, 1995: Wascar Serrano was signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent.
* June 30, 1995: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent by the Padres.
* July 19, 1995: Rich Loiselle and Jeff Tabaka was traded by the Padres to the Houston Astros for Phil Plantier.
* July 31, 1995: Andy Benes and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the Seattle Mariners for Marc Newfield and Ron Villone. The Padres completed the deal by sending Greg Keagle to the Mariners on September 17.

### 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 | Brad Ausmus | 103 | 328 | 96 | .293 | 5 | 34 |
| 1B | Eddie Williams | 97 | 296 | 77 | .260 | 12 | 47 |
| 2B | Jody Reed | 131 | 445 | 114 | .256 | 4 | 40 |
| SS | Andújar Cedeño | 120 | 390 | 82 | .210 | 6 | 31 |
| 3B | Ken Caminiti | 143 | 526 | 159 | .302 | 26 | 94 |
| LF | Melvin Nieves | 98 | 234 | 48 | .205 | 14 | 38 |
| CF | Steve Finley | 139 | 562 | 167 | .297 | 10 | 44 |
| RF | Tony Gwynn | 135 | 535 | 197 | .368 | 9 | 90 |

#### 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 |
| Bip Roberts | 73 | 296 | 90 | .304 | 2 | 25 |
| Brian Johnson | 68 | 207 | 52 | .251 | 3 | 29 |
| Scott Livingstone | 99 | 196 | 66 | .337 | 5 | 32 |
| Phil Plantier | 54 | 148 | 38 | .257 | 5 | 19 |
| Roberto Petagine | 89 | 124 | 29 | .234 | 3 | 17 |
| Archi Cianfrocco | 51 | 118 | 31 | .263 | 5 | 31 |
| Phil Clark | 75 | 97 | 21 | .216 | 2 | 7 |
| Ray Holbert | 63 | 73 | 13 | .178 | 2 | 5 |
| Marc Newfield | 21 | 55 | 17 | .309 | 1 | 7 |
| Ray McDavid | 11 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bean | 4 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Hyers | 6 | 5 | 0 | .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 |
| Joey Hamilton | 31 | 204.1 | 6 | 9 | 3.08 | 123 |
| Andy Ashby | 31 | 192.2 | 12 | 10 | 2.94 | 150 |
| Andy Benes | 19 | 118.2 | 4 | 7 | 4.17 | 126 |
| Glenn Dishman | 19 | 97.0 | 4 | 8 | 5.01 | 43 |
| Scott Sanders | 17 | 90.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.30 | 88 |

#### 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 |
| Willie Blair | 40 | 114.0 | 7 | 5 | 4.34 | 83 |
| Fernando Valenzuela | 29 | 90.1 | 8 | 3 | 4.98 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Trevor Hoffman | 55 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 3.88 | 52 |
| Bryce Florie | 47 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.01 | 68 |
| Brian Williams | 44 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6.00 | 75 |
| Andrés Berumen | 37 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.68 | 42 |
| Doug Bochtler | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3.57 | 45 |
| Dustin Hermanson | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.82 | 19 |
| Ron Villone | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.21 | 37 |
| Jeff Tabaka | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 6 |
| Tim Worrell | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 13 |
| Bill Krueger | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 6 |
| Tim Mauser | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.53 | 9 |
| Marc Kroon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 |
| Donnie Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |

## Award winners

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Tony Gwynn, outfield, starter

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Las Vegas Stars | Pacific Coast League | Tim Flannery |
| AA | Memphis Chicks | Southern League | Jerry Royster |
| A | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | California League | Marty Barrett |
| A | Clinton LumberKings | Midwest League | Ed Romero |
| Rookie | AZL Padres | Arizona League | Dan Norman |
| Rookie | Idaho Falls Braves | Pioneer League | Mike Basso |