1995 Kansas City Royals season

1995 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Kauffman Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	David Glass
General managers	Herk Robinson
Managers	Bob Boone
Television	KSMO-TV (Paul Splittorff, Dave Armstrong)
Radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
Seasons

The 1995 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. During this season, the Royals finished second in the American League Central, with a record of 70 wins and 74 losses. This was the first of 17 losing seasons the Royals would suffer through 2012.

Although the 1995 Royals had a losing record and finished 30 games behind the Cleveland Indians, the second-place division finish in 1995 was the highest finish for the franchise in the American League Central from 1994, when the Royals joined that division, until the 2014 team also finished second and the 2015 team won the franchise's first Central Division championship.

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	100	44	.694	—	54‍–‍18	46‍–‍26
Kansas City Royals	70	74	.486	30	35‍–‍37	35‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox	68	76	.472	32	38‍–‍34	30‍–‍42
Milwaukee Brewers	65	79	.451	35	33‍–‍39	32‍–‍40
Minnesota Twins	56	88	.389	44	29‍–‍43	27‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	9–4	6–1	2–10	8–5	4–5	7–5	3–6	6–7	5–7	6–7	4–1	7–6
Boston	9–4	—	11–3	5–3	6–7	8–5	3–2	8–4	5–4	5–8	8–4	7–5	3–4	8–5
California	4–9	3–11	—	10–2	3–2	6–2	5–7	5–2	8–5	7–5	6–7	7–6	6–7	8–2
Chicago	1–6	3–5	2–10	—	5–8	8–4	8–5	6–7	10–3	3–2–1	7–5	4–9	5–7	6–5
Cleveland	10–2	7–6	2–3	8–5	—	10–3	11–1	9–4	9–4	6–6	7–0	5–4	6–3	10–3
Detroit	5–8	5–8	2–6	4–8	3–10	—	3–4	8–5	7–5	5–8	2–3	5–5	4–8	7–6
Kansas City	5–4	2–3	7–5	5–8	1–11	4–3	—	10–2	6–7	3–7	5–8	7–5	8–6	7–5
Milwaukee	5–7	4–8	2–5	7–6	4–9	5–8	2–10	—	9–4	5–6	7–2	3–2	5–7	7–5
Minnesota	6–3	4–5	5–8	3–10	4–9	5–7	7–6	4–9	—	3–4	5–7	4–8	5–8	1–4
New York	7–6	8–5	5–7	2–3–1	6–6	8–5	7–3	6–5	4–3	—	4–9	4–9	6–3	12–1
Oakland	7–5	4–8	7–6	5–7	0–7	3–2	8–5	2–7	7–5	9–4	—	7–6	5–8	3–7
Seattle	7–6	5–7	6–7	9–4	4–5	5–5	5–7	2–3	8–4	9–4	6–7	—	10–3	3–4
Texas	1–4	4–3	7–6	7–5	3–6	8–4	6–8	7–5	8–5	3–6	8–5	3–10	—	9–3
Toronto	6–7	5–8	2–8	5–6	3–10	6–7	5–7	5–7	4–1	1–12	7–3	4–3	3–9	—

Notable transactions

• April 5, 1995: Brian McRae was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Derek Wallace and Geno Morones (minors).
• April 6, 1995: David Cone was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Chris Stynes, David Sinnes (minors), and Tony Medrano (minors).
• April 19, 1995: Félix José was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
• April 25, 1995: Doug Linton was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
• April 26, 1995: Vince Coleman signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
• May 14, 1995: Félix José was released by the Kansas City Royals.
• June 29, 1995: Kevin Elster was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.
• July 3, 1995: Kevin Elster was released by the Kansas City Royals.
• August 15, 1995: Vince Coleman was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Jim Converse (August 18, 1995) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.
• September 8, 1995: Juan Samuel was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Phil Hiatt (September 14, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

Roster

1995 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers 37 Scott Anderson 55 Kevin Appier 41 Billy Brewer 32 Tom Browning 50 Melvin Bunch 53 Jim Converse 47 Dave Fleming 36 Tom Gordon 23 Mark Gubicza 33 Chris Haney 37 Rick Huisman 45 Jason Jacome 49 Doug Linton 57 Mike Magnante 28 Rusty Meacham 21 Jeff Montgomery 30 Gregg Olson 35 Hipólito Pichardo 51 Jim Pittsley 37 Dennis Rasmussen 52 Dilson Torres		Catchers 15 Pat Borders 24 Brent Mayne 15 Henry Mercedes 29 Mike Sweeney Infielders 46 Edgar Cáceres  8 Gary Gaetti  7 Greg Gagne 14 Jeff Grotewold  3 Bob Hamelin  6 David Howard 12 Wally Joyner 13 José Lind 43 Keith Lockhart 37 Russ McGinnis 40 José Mota 18 Joe Randa 38 Chris Stynes 44 Joe Vitiello		Outfielders 29 Vince Coleman 48 Brent Cookson 51 Johnny Damon 42 Tom Goodwin 25 Phil Hiatt 26 Chris James 34 Félix José 16 Keith Miller 16 Les Norman 22 Jon Nunnally 27 Juan Samuel 31 Michael Tucker		Manager  2 Bob Boone Coaches 38 Jeff Cox (third base) 42 Bruce Kison (pitching) 19 Greg Luzinski (first base) 39 Mitchell Page (hitting)  9 Jamie Quirk (bullpen) -- Gene Mauch (bench)

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	Brent Mayne	110	307	77	.251	1	27
1B	Wally Joyner	131	465	144	.310	12	83
2B	Keith Lockhart	94	274	88	.321	6	33
SS	Greg Gagne	120	430	110	.256	6	49
3B	Gary Gaetti	137	514	134	.261	35	96
LF	Vince Coleman	75	293	84	.287	4	20
CF	Tom Goodwin	133	480	138	.288	4	28
RF	Jon Nunnally	119	303	74	.244	14	42
DH	Bob Hamelin	72	208	35	.168	7	25

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
David Howard	95	255	62	.243	0	19
Johnny Damon	47	188	53	.282	3	23
Michael Tucker	62	177	46	.260	4	17
Pat Borders	52	143	33	.231	4	13
Joe Vitiello	53	130	33	.254	7	21
Edgar Cáceres	55	117	28	.239	1	17
Phil Hiatt	52	113	23	.204	4	12
José Lind	29	97	26	.268	0	6
Joe Randa	34	70	12	.171	1	5
Chris James	26	58	18	.310	2	7
Henry Mercedes	23	43	11	.256	0	9
Les Norman	24	40	9	.225	0	4
Jeff Grotewold	15	36	10	.278	1	6
Chris Stynes	22	35	6	.171	0	2
Brent Cookson	22	35	5	.143	0	5
Juan Samuel	15	34	6	.176	2	5
Félix José	9	30	4	.133	0	1
Keith Miller	9	15	5	.333	1	3
Russ McGinnis	3	5	0	.000	0	0
Mike Sweeney	4	4	1	.250	0	0
José Mota	2	2	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
Mark Gubicza	33	213.1	12	14	3.75	81
Kevin Appier	31	201.1	15	10	3.89	185
Tom Gordon	31	189.0	12	12	4.43	119
Jason Jacome	15	84.0	4	6	5.36	39
Chris Haney	16	81.1	3	4	3.65	31
Tom Browning	2	10.0	0	2	8.10	3
Jim Pittsley	1	3.1	0	0	13.50	0

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
Melvin Bunch	13	40.0	1	3	5.63	19
Dave Fleming	9	32.0	0	1	3.66	14
Scott Anderson	6	25.1	1	0	5.33	6
Doug Linton	7	22.1	0	1	7.25	13
Dennis Rasmussen	5	10.0	0	1	9.00	6

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
Jeff Montgomery	54	2	3	31	3.43	49
Rusty Meacham	49	4	3	2	4.98	30
Billy Brewer	48	2	4	0	5.56	31
Hipólito Pichardo	44	8	4	1	4.36	43
Mike Magnante	28	1	1	0	4.23	28
Dilson Torres	24	1	2	0	6.09	28
Gregg Olson	20	3	3	3	3.26	21
Jim Converse	9	1	0	0	5.84	5
Rick Huisman	7	0	0	0	7.45	12

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Omaha Royals	American Association	Mike Jirschele
AA	Wichita Wranglers	Texas League	Ron Johnson
A	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Carolina League	John Mizerock
A	Springfield Sultans	Midwest League	Brian Poldberg
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Al Pedrique
Rookie	GCL Royals	Gulf Coast League	Bob Herold

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Royals

References

• 1995 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
• 1995 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac