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This article is about the 1995 Major League Baseball season. For more detailed summaries of each league see 1995 American League and 1995 National League.

The 1995 Major League Baseball was the 93rd season of Major League Baseball. The regular season featured 30 teams in two leagues playing a 162-game schedule that began on April 1 and ended on October 1. In the postseason, eight teams -- four from each league -- played in a three round playoff bracket culminating in the 1995 World Series. The World Series was won by the National League's Atlanta Braves over the American League's Cleveland Indians four games to two.

[edit] Regular season

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[edit] Standings

• The asterisk denotes the club that won the wild card for its respective league.

[edit] League leaders

[edit] Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Mo Vaughn (AL)
  • Barry Larkin (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  • Randy Johnson (AL)
  • Greg Maddux (NL)
• Rookie of the Year
  • Marty Cordova (AL)
  • Hideo Nomo (NL)
• Manager of the Year Award
  • Lou Piniella (AL)
  • Don Baylor (NL)

[edit] All-star game

• All-Star Game, July 11 at The Ballpark in Arlington: National League, 3-2; Jeff Conine, MVP

[edit] Post-season

The post-season feature the three divisional winners in each league plus a wild card team - the non-divisional winner with the best record. The Seattle Mariners made their first post-season apperance, the New York Yankees made their first post-season in seventeen years. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

In the American League the Seattle Mariners met the New York Yankees n one divisional series. Their series went five games. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. In the other series the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox met in the other. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. The Seattle Mariners met the Cleveland Indians in the Championship Series. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

In the National League the Seattle Mariners met the New York Yankees n one divisional series. Their series went five games. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. In the other series the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox met in the other. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. The Seattle Mariners met the Cleveland Indians in the Championship Series. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

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[edit] Bracket

[edit] Events

[edit] January-June

• April 2 - After 232 days, the 1994 Major League Baseball strike comes to an end.

• April 8 - The Colorado Rockies sign free agent outfielder Larry Walker.

• April 25 - Major League Baseball begins its strike-shortened 144-game season. Opening day games in New York, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh among other cities see fan protests regarding the strike spill onto the field.

[edit] July-September

• July 11 - The National League defeats the American League in the All-Star Game 3-2, on an 8th-inning pinch-hit home run by Jeff Conine. Conine becomes the 10th player to homer in his first All-Star at bat, and is named the Game's MVP. Frank Thomas, Craig Biggio and Mike Piazza also connect for home runs.

• August 10 - The Los Angeles Dodgers are forced to forfeit to the visiting St. Louis Cardinals when inebriated fans react to several close calls by throwing souvenir baseballs onto the field. No Major League Baseball game has resulted in forfeit since.

• September 4 - Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox becomes the eighth player in major league history to hit two grand slams in a single game, doing so in the 4th and 5th innings of the White Sox 14-3 win over the Texas Rangers. The last to do it was Frank Robinson in 1970.

• September 6 - Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive major league game to surpass Lou Gehrig's 56-year record. When the game becomes official in the middle of the fifth inning, Ripken takes a victory lap around Camden Yards during the 22-minute standing ovation from the sellout crowd, including President Bill Clinton. In the game, Ripken goes 2-for-4, including a home run, in Baltimore's 4-2 win over California.

• September 28 - Greg A. Harris of the Montréal Expos becomes the first major league pitcher since 1893 to pitch with both hands in one game. Harris faces four batters, two from his usual right side and two from the left, in the ninth inning of a 9–7 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.

[edit] October-December

• October 23 - The St. Louis Cardinals hire Tony La Russa as their manager.

• October 28 - In a pitchers' duel, the Atlanta Braves win Game 6 of the World Series 1-0, on a combined one-hitter by Tom Glavine and Mark Wohlers. David Justice's sixth-inning home run accounts for the game's only run. In winning, the Braves become the first team to win World Championships representing three different cities – Boston (1914), Milwaukee (1957) and Atlanta. Catcher Tony Peña's leadoff single in the 6th is Cleveland's only hit. Glavine is named Series MVP.

• November 2 - The New York Yankees name Joe Torre as their new manager, replacing Buck Showalter.

• December 22 - Anheuser-Busch agrees to sell the Cardinals for $150 million to an investment group that agrees to keep the team in St. Louis.

• December 22 - The Florida Marlins sign free agent pitcher Kevin Brown. The Philadelphia Phillies sign free agent third baseman Todd Zeile. The Boston Red Sox sign free agent pitcher Jamie Moyer.

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