1995 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1995 Cincinnati Reds season saw the team win the first-ever National League Central title, and the NLDS in three straight games over the Los Angeles Dodgers before losing the NLCS in four games to the eventual World Series champion Atlanta Braves. It was both the last season for manager Davey Johnson and the last (as of 2024) playoff series victory for the Reds.

1995 Cincinnati Reds
National League Central Champions
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Riverfront Stadium
City	Cincinnati
Record	85–59 (.590)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Marge Schott
General managers	Jim Bowden
Managers	Davey Johnson
Television	WLWT SportsChannel Cincinnati (Marty Brennaman, George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
Seasons

Offseason

• October 13, 1994: Jacob Brumfield was traded by the Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Clyburn.
• November 3, 1994: Joe Oliver was released by the Reds.
• November 4, 1994: Damon Berryhill was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• December 1, 1994: Kevin Maas was released by the Reds.
• December 22, 1994: Jack Morris was signed as a free agent by the Reds.

Regular season

Cincinnati Reds Opening Day 1995 at Riverfront Stadium

Season standings

NL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	85	59	.590	—	44‍–‍28	41‍–‍31
Houston Astros	76	68	.528	9	36‍–‍36	40‍–‍32
Chicago Cubs	73	71	.507	12	34‍–‍38	39‍–‍33
St. Louis Cardinals	62	81	.434	22½	39‍–‍33	23‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Pirates	58	86	.403	27	31‍–‍41	27‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

1995 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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: Eric Anthony was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• May 3, 1995: Tim Belcher was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• May 15, 1995: Tim Belcher was traded by the Reds to the Seattle Mariners for Roger Salkeld.
• June 12, 1995: Jarvis Brown was signed as a free agent by the Reds.
• June 14, 1995: Jarvis Brown was sent by the Reds to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.
• July 21, 1995: Ricky Pickett, John Roper, Deion Sanders, Scott Service, and David McCarty were traded by the Reds to the San Francisco Giants for Mark Portugal, Dave Burba and Darren Lewis.
• July 25, 1995: Frank Viola signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
• August 8, 1995: Mariano Duncan was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Philadelphia Phillies.

Roster

1995 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 45 Jeff Brantley 34 Dave Burba 58 Héctor Carrasco 62 John Courtright 65 Matt Grott 37 Xavier Hernandez 42 Mike Jackson 32,42 Kevin Jarvis 31 Chuck McElroy 49 C. J. Nitkowski 41 Brad Pennington 21 Mark Portugal 40 Tim Pugh 48 Rick Reed 38 Mike Remlinger 27 José Rijo 44 John Roper 47 Johnny Ruffin 46 Pete Schourek 57 John Smiley 34 Pete Smith 47 Scott Sullivan 44 Frank Viola 49 David Wells		Catchers  8 Damon Berryhill 18 Benito Santiago 10 Eddie Taubensee Infielders 29 Bret Boone 20 Jeff Branson 77 Mariano Duncan 12 Willie Greene 28 Lenny Harris 30 Brian Hunter 11 Barry Larkin 17 Mark Lewis 23 Hal Morris 51 Eric Owens 39 Craig Worthington		Outfielders  9 Eric Anthony  6 Ron Gant 61 Steve Gibralter 22 Thomas Howard  7 Darren Lewis 21 Deion Sanders 16 Reggie Sanders 19 Jerome Walton 49 Nigel Wilson		Manager 15 Davey Johnson Assistant manager/bench coach 25 Ray Knight Coaches 35 Don Gullett (pitching)  3 Grant Jackson (bullpen)  4 Hal McRae (third base/hitting)  2 Joel Youngblood (first base)

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	Benito Santiago	81	266	76	.286	11	44
1B	Hal Morris	101	359	100	.279	11	51
2B	Bret Boone	138	513	137	.267	15	68
3B	Jeff Branson	122	331	86	.260	12	45
SS	Barry Larkin	131	496	158	.319	15	66
LF	Ron Gant	119	410	113	.276	29	88
CF	Darren Lewis	58	163	40	.245	0	8
RF	Reggie Sanders	133	484	148	.306	28	99

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
Thomas Howard	113	281	85	.302	3	26
Eddie Taubensee	80	218	62	.284	9	44
Lenny Harris	101	197	41	.208	2	16
Mark Lewis	81	171	58	.339	3	30
Jerome Walton	102	162	47	.290	8	22
Eric Anthony	47	134	36	.269	5	23
Deion Sanders	33	129	31	.240	1	10
Damon Berryhill	34	82	15	.183	2	11
Brian Hunter	40	79	17	.215	1	9
Mariano Duncan	29	69	20	.290	3	13
Willie Greene	8	19	2	.105	0	0
Craig Worthington	10	18	5	.278	1	2
Nigel Wilson	5	7	0	.000	0	0
Steve Gibralter	4	3	1	.333	0	0
Eric Owens	2	2	2	1.000	0	1

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
Pete Schourek	29	190.1	18	7	3.22	160
John Smiley	28	176.2	12	5	3.46	124
Kevin Jarvis	19	79.0	3	4	5.70	33
Mark Portugal	14	77.2	6	5	3.82	33
David Wells	11	72.2	6	5	3.59	50
José Rijo	14	69.0	5	4	4.17	62
C. J. Nitkowski	9	32.1	1	3	6.12	18
Rick Reed	4	17.0	0	0	5.82	10
Frank Viola	3	14.1	0	1	6.28	4
John Roper	2	7.0	0	0	10.29	6

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
Tim Pugh	28	98.1	6	5	3.84	38
Dave Burba	15	63.1	6	2	3.27	50
Pete Smith	11	24.1	1	2	6.66	14

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 Brantley	56	3	2	28	2.82	62
Héctor Carrasco	64	2	7	5	4.12	64
Xavier Hernandez	59	7	2	3	4.60	84
Chuck McElroy	44	3	4	0	6.02	27
Mike Jackson	40	6	1	2	2.39	41
Johnny Ruffin	10	0	0	0	1.35	11
Brad Pennington	6	0	0	0	5.59	7
Scott Sullivan	3	0	0	0	4.91	2
Matt Grott	2	0	0	0	21.60	2
Mike Remlinger	2	0	0	0	9.00	1
John Courtright	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Postseason

Game Log

1995 Postseason Game Log (3–4)
NLDS vs Dodgers (3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 October 3 @ Dodgers 7–2 Harnisch (1–0) Martinez (0–1) — Dodger Stadium 44,199 1–0 2 October 4 @ Dodgers 5–4 Burba (1–0) Osuna (0–1) Brantley (1) Dodger Stadium 46,051 2–0 3 October 6 Dodgers 10–1 Wells (1–0) Nomo (0–1) — Riverfront Stadium 53,276 3–0
NLCS vs Braves (0–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 October 10 Braves 1–2 (11) Wohlers (1–0) Jackson (0–1) McMichael (1) Riverfront Stadium 40,382 0–1 2 October 11 Braves 2–6 (10) McMichael (1–0) Portugal (0–1) — Riverfront Stadium 44,624 0–2 3 October 13 @ Braves 2–5 Maddux (1–0) Wells (0–1) — Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 51,424 0–3 4 October 14 @ Braves 0–6 Avery (1–0) Schourek (0–1) — Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 52,067 0–4

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Marc Bombard
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Dave Miley
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Mark Berry
A	Charleston Alley Cats	South Atlantic League	Razor Shines
Rookie	Princeton Reds	Appalachian League	Brad Kelley
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Donnie Scott

References

• 1995 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference