1995 ALCS

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1995 American League Championship Series
4	-	2
Cleveland Indians		Seattle Mariners
100-44 in the American League		79-66 in the American League

Contents 1 The Teams 1.1 Cleveland Indians 1.2 Seattle Mariners 2 The Games 2.1 Game 1 2.2 Game 2 2.3 Game 3 2.4 Game 4 2.5 Game 5 2.6 Game 6 3 Series Stats 3.1 Cleveland Indians 3.1.1 Batting 3.1.2 Pitching 3.2 Seattle Mariners 3.2.1 Batting 3.2.2 Pitching 4 Series Summary 4.1 1995 Postseason

[edit] The Teams

[edit] Cleveland Indians

Main article: 1995 Cleveland Indians

The Indians had advanced to the series by winning in their Divisional Series matchup against the Red Sox. The team was managed by Mike Hargrove.

[edit] Seattle Mariners

Main article: 1995 Seattle Mariners

The Mariners had advanced to the series by winning in their Divisional Series matchup against the Yankees. The team was managed by Lou Piniella.

[edit] The Games

[edit] Game 1

1995 MLB Postseason
LG	Division Series	League Champ.	World Series
AL	CLE - BOS	CLE - SEA	ATL - CLE
	SEA - NYY
NL	CIN - LAD	ATL - CIN
	ATL - COL
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October 10, 1995 at Kingdome in Seattle, WA; night game (Attendance: 57,065)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Indians 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 1 Seattle Mariners 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 7 0 Win: Bob Wolcott (1-0) Loss: Dennis Martinez (0-1) Save: Norm Charlton (1 S) Home Runs: CLE - Albert Belle SEA - Mike Blowers

[edit] Game 2

October 11, 1995 at Kingdome in Seattle, WA; night game (Attendance: 58,144)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 5 12 0 Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 1 Win: Orel Hershiser (1-0) Loss: Tim Belcher (0-1) Home Runs: CLE - Manny Ramirez (2) SEA - Ken Griffey, Jay Buhner

[edit] Game 3

October 13, 1995 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH; night game (Attendance: 43,643)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Seattle Mariners 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 1 Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 2 Win: Norm Charlton (1-0) Loss: Julian Tavarez (0-1) Home Runs: SEA - Jay Buhner (2)

[edit] Game 4

October 14, 1995 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH; night game (Attendance: 43,686)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Cleveland Indians 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 x 7 9 0 Win: Ken Hill (1-0) Loss: Andy Benes (0-1) Home Runs: CLE - Eddie Murray, Jim Thome

[edit] Game 5

October 15, 1995 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH; night game (Attendance: 43,607)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Seattle Mariners 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 Cleveland Indians 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x 3 10 4 Win: Orel Hershiser (2-0) Loss: Chris Bosio (0-1) Save: Jose Mesa (1 S) Home Runs: CLE - Jim Thome

[edit] Game 6

October 17, 1995 at Kingdome in Seattle, WA; night game (Attendance: 58,489)	Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 8 0 Seattle Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Win: Dennis Martinez (1-1) Loss: Randy Johnson (0-1) Home Runs: CLE - Carlos Baerga

[edit] Series Stats

[edit] Cleveland Indians

[edit] Batting

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Sandy Alomar	5	16	15	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0.267	0.313	0.467
Ruben Amaro	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Carlos Baerga	6	27	25	3	10	0	0	1	4	0	2	3	0.400	0.444	0.520
Albert Belle	5	22	18	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	3	5	0.222	0.364	0.444
Alvaro Espinoza	4	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.125	0.125	0.125
Wayne Kirby	5	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.200	0.200	0.200
Kenny Lofton	6	29	24	4	11	0	2	0	3	5	4	6	0.458	0.517	0.625
Eddie Murray	6	26	24	2	6	1	0	1	3	0	2	3	0.250	0.308	0.417
Tony Pena	4	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.333	0.429	0.500
Herb Perry	3	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	0.111	0.000
Manny Ramirez	6	23	21	2	6	0	0	2	2	0	2	5	0.286	0.348	0.571
Paul Sorrento	4	15	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0.154	0.267	0.231
Jim Thome	5	17	15	2	4	0	0	2	5	0	2	3	0.267	0.353	0.667
Omar Vizquel	6	29	23	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	5	2	0.087	0.241	0.130
Team Totals	6	235	206	23	53	6	3	7	21	9	25	37	0.257	0.338	0

[edit] Pitching

Player	G	W - L	SV	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	R	ER	ERA
Paul Assenmacher	3	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Alan Embree	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Orel Hershiser	2	2 - 0	0	2	0	0	14.0	9	1	3	15	3	2	1.29
Ken Hill	1	1 - 0	0	1	0	0	7.0	5	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Dennis Martinez	2	1 - 1	0	2	0	0	13.1	10	1	3	7	3	3	2.03
Jose Mesa	4	0 - 0	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	2.25
Charles Nagy	1	0 - 0	0	1	0	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1	1.13
Chad Ogea	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
Eric Plunk	3	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	3	2	2	2	9.00
Jim Poole	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
Julian Tavarez	4	0 - 1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	0	1	2	1	1	2.70
Team Totals	6	4 - 2	1	6	0	0	55.0	37	5	15	46	12	10	1.64

[edit] Seattle Mariners

[edit] Batting

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Rich Amaral	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
Mike Blowers	6	18	18	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	0.222	0.222	0.389
Jay Buhner	6	25	23	5	7	2	0	3	5	0	2	8	0.304	0.360	0.783
Vince Coleman	6	22	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	6	0.100	0.182	0.100
Joey Cora	6	26	23	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.174	0.269	0.217
Alex Diaz	4	8	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.429	0.500	0.571
Felix Fermin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Ken Griffey	6	25	21	2	7	2	0	1	2	2	4	4	0.333	0.440	0.571
Edgar Martinez	6	26	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0.087	0.192	0.087
Tino Martinez	6	25	22	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0.136	0.240	0.136
Alex Rodriguez	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
Luis Sojo	6	20	20	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.250	0.250	0.350
Doug Strange	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
Chris Widger	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
Dan Wilson	6	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Totals	6	220	201	12	37	8	0	5	10	9	15	46	0.184	0.241	0

[edit] Pitching

Player	G	W - L	SV	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	R	ER	ERA
Bobby Ayala	2	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	3	3	1	1	2.45
Tim Belcher	1	0 - 1	0	1	0	0	5.2	9	1	2	1	4	4	6.35
Andy Benes	1	0 - 1	0	1	0	0	2.1	6	2	2	3	6	6	23.14
Chris Bosio	1	0 - 1	0	1	0	0	5.1	7	1	2	3	3	2	3.38
Norm Charlton	3	1 - 0	1	0	0	0	6.0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Randy Johnson	2	0 - 1	0	2	0	0	15.1	12	1	2	13	6	4	2.35
Jeff Nelson	3	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Bill Risley	3	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Bob Wells	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	2	2	1	1	3.00
Bob Wolcott	1	1 - 0	0	1	0	0	7.0	8	1	5	2	2	2	2.57
Team Totals	6	2 - 4	1	6	0	0	54.0	53	7	25	37	23	20	3.33

[edit] Series Summary

Game	Score	Date	Ballpark, City	Attendance
1	Indians 2 - 3 Mariners	October 10	Kingdome, Seattle, WA	57,065
2	Indians 5 - 2 Mariners	October 11	Kingdome, Seattle, WA	58,144
3	Mariners 5 - 2 Indians (11 innings)	October 13	Jacobs Field, Cleveland, OH	43,643
4	Mariners 0 - 7 Indians	October 14	Jacobs Field, Cleveland, OH	43,686
5	Mariners 2 - 3 Indians	October 15	Jacobs Field, Cleveland, OH	43,607
6	Indians 4 - 0 Mariners	October 17	Kingdome, Seattle, WA	58,489

Umpires: Drew Coble, Derryl Cousins, Dale Ford, Ken Kaiser (Game 6), Tim McClelland, Dave Phillips (Games 1-4), Rick Reed

The Series MVP was Orel Hershiser of the Cleveland Indians.

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