1995 Baltimore Orioles season
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season was a season in American
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. It involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the
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East with a record of 71 wins and 73 losses.


Offseason

* November 18, 1994: Mark Lee was signed as a free agent by the Orioles. * December 6, 1994: Jay Powell was traded by the Orioles to the
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for Bret Barberie.


Regular season

The Orioles scored 704 runs (4.89 per game) and allowed only 640 runs (4.44 per game), second only to the
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. The Orioles pitching staff also allowed the fewest hits in the Majors (1,165), the most complete games (19) and the most shutouts in the AL (10).


Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's record

On Wednesday, September 6, 1995, many baseball fans within and out of the United States tuned into cable TV network
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(and called by
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and
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) to watch Ripken surpass
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's 56-year-old record for consecutive games played. The game, between the Orioles and the California Angels, still ranks as one of the network's most watched baseball games. Cal's children, Rachel and Ryan, threw out the ceremonial first balls. Both President
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and Vice-President
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were at the game. President Clinton was in the WBAL local radio broadcast booth when Ripken hit a
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in the fourth inning, and called the home run over the air. When the game became official after the Angels' half of the fifth inning, the numerical banners that displayed Ripken's streak on the wall of the *_Baltimore_&_Ohio_Warehouse_at_Camden_Yards_.html" ;"title="Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards">* Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards ">Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards">* Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards outside the stadium's right field wall changed from 2130 to 2131. Everyone attending (including the opposing Angels and all four umpires) erupted with a standing ovation lasting more than 22 minutes, one of the longest standing ovations for any athlete; ESPN did not go to a commercial break during the entire ovation. During the ovation, Cal was convinced by his teammates to take an impromptu victory lap around the entire Camden Yards to shake hands and give high-fives to the fans, creating a highlight reel moment that's been played repeatedly over the years since then.


Season standings


Record vs. opponents


Notable transactions

* April 9, 1995: Jesse Orosco was signed as a free agent by the Orioles. * April 21, 1995: Andy Van Slyke was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Andy Van Slyke page at Baseball Reference
/ref> * May 16, 1995:
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was traded by the Orioles to the Texas Rangers for
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. * June 14, 1995: Jarvis Brown was sent to the Orioles by the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal. * June 18, 1995: Andy Van Slyke was traded by the Orioles to the Philadelphia Phillies for
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. * July 28, 1995: Damon Buford and
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were traded by the Orioles to the
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for Bobby Bonilla and a player to be named later. The Mets completed the deal by sending Jimmy Williams (minors) to the Orioles on August 16.


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''


Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''


Pitching


Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''


Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''


Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''


Awards and honors

*
Cal Ripken Jr. Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed " The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his posit ...
,
Associated Press Athlete of the Year The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP) in 1931. At a time when women in sports were not given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award t ...
*
Cal Ripken Jr. Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed " The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his posit ...
, Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year


Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


References


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