The 1995 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 106th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 38th season in Los Angeles, California. The season was notable for the American baseball debut of Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo. In his first season with the Dodgers after an accomplished career in the Japanese leagues, Nomo went 13–6 with a 2.54 ERA and a league leading 236 strikeouts. He was the starting pitcher in the All-Star game and won the Rookie of the Year award. The Dodgers won the National League's Western Division title, but lost to the

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...

in the NLDS.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

*April 26, 1995:

Casey Candaele Casey Todd Candaele (born January 12, 1961) is a American former utility player and professional baseball coach. His mother, Helen Callaghan St. Aubin and her sister, Marge Callaghan, played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ...

was released by the Dodgers. *May 23, 1995: Acquired Joey Eischen and Roberto Kelly from the Montreal Expos for Henry Rodríguez and Jeff Treadway. *June 9, 1995: Acquired

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1974 births Living people Baseball players from New Jersey Baltimore Orioles players ...

from the Montreal Expos for

Rafael Bournigal Rafael Antonio Bournigal Pelletier (born May 12, 1966) is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the 19th round of the 1987 draft, and played for the Dodge ...

. *June 19, 1995: Acquired

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from the

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Dax Winslett
*July 31, 1995: Acquired Mark Guthrie and Kevin Tapani from the

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for

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, José Parra and Ron Coomer. *August 18, 1995: Acquired Brett Butler from the New York Mets fo
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Dwight Maness

Roster

Game log

Regular season

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Postseason Game log

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Starting Pitchers stats

Relief Pitchers stats

Batting Stats

1995 Playoffs

1995 National League Division Series The 1995 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 1995 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Saturday, October 7, with the champions of the three NL divisions—along with a "wild card" team� ...

The division series was played between Los Angeles Dodgers and

. Cincinnati ended up winning the series 3-0.

Game 1, October 3

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Game 2, October 4

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Game 3, October 6

Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

1995 Awards

1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 66th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 1 ...

** Mike Piazza starter ** Hideo Nomo starter ** Todd Worrell reserve ** Raúl Mondesí reserve ** José Offerman reserve * Rookie of the Year Award ** Hideo Nomo *

Gold Glove Award The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in bo ...

** Raúl Mondesí * Baseball Digest Rookie All-Stars ** Hideo Nomo * TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award ** Hideo Nomo * TSN National League All-Star ** Eric Karros ** Mike Piazza * Silver Slugger Award ** Eric Karros ** Mike Piazza * NL Pitcher of the Month ** Hideo Nomo (June 1995) *

NL Player of the Month In Major League Baseball (MLB), the Player of the Month Award is given monthly during the regular season to two outstanding players, one each in the National League (NL) and American League (AL). The NL first awarded the honor during the season, ...

** Mike Piazza (August 1995) *

NL Player of the Week In Major League Baseball (MLB), the Player of the Week Award is given weekly during the regular season to two outstanding players, one each in the National League (NL) and American League (AL). The NL first awarded the honor during the season, an ...

** Raúl Mondesí (April 25–30) ** Mike Piazza (May 1–7) ** Hideo Nomo (June 19–25) ** Ramón Martínez (July 10–16) ** Eric Karros (July 24–30) ** Eric Karros (August 7–13) ** Mike Piazza (August 21–27)

Farm system

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 85 players in this draft. Of those, six of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The first draft pick was left handed pitcher David Yocum out of

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. After an impressive first season with the Vero Beach Dodgers of the

Florida State League The Florida State League (FSL) is a Minor League Baseball league based in the state of Florida. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A following ...

, Yocum experienced pain in his left shoulder, several surgeries failed to correct the problem and he was out of baseball after just two seasons and 15 games. He later became a firefighter.

References

External links

1995 Los Angeles Dodgers uniformLos Angeles Dodgers official web siteBaseball-Reference season pageBaseball Almanac season page
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