1995 Pacific Coast League season

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The 1995 Pacific Coast League season was the 92nd in the league's history, and ended with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox winning their second league championship in four years.

[edit] Final first-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Vancouver Canadians	45	27	.625	-	Don Long	California Angels
Salt Lake Buzz	38	34	.528	7	Phil Roof	Minnesota Twins
Tacoma Rainiers	37	35	.514	8	Steve Smith	Seattle Mariners
Edmonton Trappers	35	37	.486	10	Gary Jones	Oakland Athletics
Calgary Cannons	30	41	.423	14½	Bobby Meacham	Pittsburgh Pirates

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	39	33	.542	-	Brad Mills	Colorado Rockies
Albuquerque Dukes	38	34	.528	1	Rick Dempsey	Los Angeles Dodgers
Tucson Toros	37	34	.521	1½	Rick Sweet	Houston Astros
Phoenix Firebirds	34	38	.472	5	Keith Bodie	San Francisco Giants
Las Vegas Stars	26	46	.361	13	Tim Flannery	San Diego Padres

[edit] Final second-half standings

Playoff teams in bold.

North Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Salt Lake Buzz	41	31	.569	-	Phil Roof	Minnesota Twins
Vancouver Canadians	36	33	.529	3½	Don Long	California Angels
Edmonton Trappers	33	39	.458	8	Gary Jones	Oakland Athletics
Tacoma Rainiers	31	41	.431	10	Steve Smith	Seattle Mariners
Calgary Cannons	28	42	.400	13	Bobby Meacham	Pittsburgh Pirates

South Division	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Toros	50	22	.694	-	Rick Sweet	Houston Astros
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	38	33	.535	11½	Brad Mills	Colorado Rockies
Albuquerque Dukes	37	35	.514	13	Rick Dempsey	Los Angeles Dodgers
Las Vegas Stars	35	37	.486	15	Tim Flannery	San Diego Padres
Phoenix Firebirds	28	44	.389	22	Keith Bodie	San Francisco Giants

[edit] Overall standings

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Tucson Toros	87	56	.608	-	Rick Sweet	Houston Astros
Vancouver Canadians	81	60	.574	5	Don Long	California Angels
Salt Lake Buzz	79	65	.549	8½	Phil Roof	Minnesota Twins
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	77	66	.538	10	Brad Mills	Colorado Rockies
Albuquerque Dukes	75	69	.521	12½	Rick Dempsey	Los Angeles Dodgers
Edmonton Trappers	68	76	.472	19½	Gary Jones	Oakland Athletics
Tacoma Rainiers	68	76	.472	19½	Steve Smith	Seattle Mariners
Phoenix Firebirds	62	82	.431	25½	Keith Bodie	San Francisco Giants
Las Vegas Stars	61	83	.424	26½	Tim Flannery	San Diego Padres
Calgary Cannons	58	83	.411	28	Bobby Meacham	Pittsburgh Pirates

[edit] Playoffs

First Round			Championship Finals

N1	Vancouver Canadians	1
N2	Salt Lake Buzz	3
			N2	Salt Lake Buzz	2
			S1	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	3
S1	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	3
S2	Tucson Toros	1

[edit] First Round

Vancouver vs. Salt Lake
Date	Away	Home
September 6	Salt Lake 4	Vancouver 0
September 7	Salt Lake 5	Vancouver 12
September 8	Vancouver 9	Salt Lake 12
September 9	Vancouver 6	Salt Lake 9
Salt Lake wins series 3-1

Colorado Springs vs. Tucson
Date	Away	Home
September 6	Tucson 7	Colorado Springs 6
September 7	Tucson 5	Colorado Springs 9
September 8	Colorado Springs 6	Tucson 2
September 9	Colorado Springs 12	Tucson 2
Colorado Springs wins series 3-1

[edit] Championship Finals

Salt Lake vs. Colorado Springs
Date	Away	Home
September 11	Colorado Springs 8	Salt Lake 9
September 12	Colorado Springs 5	Salt Lake 2
September 13	Salt Lake 4	Colorado Springs 16
September 14	Salt Lake 10	Colorado Springs 9
September 15	Salt Lake 6	Colorado Springs 7
Colorado Springs wins series 3-2

[edit] League Leaders

[edit] Batting

Batting Average Riccardo Ingram, Salt Lake, .348
Runs Scored Trenidad Hubbard, Colorado Springs, 102
Hits Ingram, 166
Doubles Ingram, 43
Triples Bobby Abreu, Tucson, 17
Home Runs Harvey Pulliam, Colorado Springs, 25
Runs Batted In Pulliam, 91
Stolen Bases Hubbard, 37

[edit] Pitching

Wins Donne Wall, Tucson, 17
Earned Run Average Wall, 3.30
Complete Games Denny Harriger, Las Vegas, 7
Shutouts Harriger, 2
Strikeouts Wall, 119
Saves Scott Watkins, Salt Lake, 20

[edit] All-Star Team

First Base Mike Busch, Albuquerque
Second Base Dave Hajek, Tucson
Shortstop Fausto Cruz, Edmonton
Third Base Ron Coomer, Albuquerque
Outfield Karim Garcia, Albuquerque; Trenidad Hubbard, Colorado Springs; Riccardo Ingram, Salt Lake
Catcher George Williams, Edmonton
Designated Hitter Harvey Pulliam, Colorado Springs
Right-Handed Pitcher Donne Wall, Tucson
Left-Handed Pitcher Glenn Dishman, Las Vegas
Relief Pitcher Scott Watkins, Salt Lake

[edit] References

1996 Baseball Almanac

[edit] External Links

1995 PCL - The Baseball Cube