1995 American Association season

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The 1995 American Association season was the 88th in the league's history, and ended with the Louisville Redbirds winning their first league championship since 1984.

Final standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Indianapolis Indians	88	56	.611	-	Marc Bombard	Cincinnati Reds
Buffalo Bisons	82	62	.569	6	Brian Graham	Cleveland Indians
Omaha Royals	76	68	.528	12	Mike Jirschele	Kansas City Royals
Louisville Redbirds	74	70	.514	14	Joe Pettini	St. Louis Cardinals
Iowa Cubs	69	74	.483	18½	Ron Clark	Chicago Cubs
Nashville Sounds	68	76	.472	20	Rick Renick	Chicago White Sox
New Orleans Zephyrs	63	79	.444	24	Chris Bando	Milwaukee Brewers
Oklahoma City 89ers	54	89	.378	33½	Greg Biagini	Texas Rangers

Playoffs[edit]

	First Round					Championship Finals

	1	Indianapolis Indians	0
	4	Louisville Redbirds	3
						4	Louisville Redbirds	3
						2	Buffalo Bisons	2
	2	Buffalo Bisons	3
	3	Omaha Royals	1

First Round[edit]

Indianapolis vs. Louisville
Date	Away	Home
September 6	Indianapolis 3	Louisville 4
September 7	Indianapolis 3	Louisville 5
September 8	Louisville 1	Indianapolis 0
Louisville wins series 3-0

Buffalo vs. Omaha
Date	Away	Home
September 6	Buffalo 1	Omaha 8
September 7	Buffalo 10	Omaha 5
September 8	Omaha 1	Buffalo 2
	11 innings
September 9	Omaha 1	Buffalo 4
Buffalo wins series 3-1

Championship Finals[edit]

Buffalo vs. Louisville
Date	Away	Home
September 11	Buffalo 5	Louisville 2
September 12	Buffalo 1	Louisville 2
September 13	Louisville 2	Buffalo 1
September 14	Louisville 1	Buffalo 5
September 15	Louisville 8	Buffalo 2
Louisville wins series 3-2

League Leaders[edit]

Batting[edit]

Batting Average Mike Carter, Iowa, .325
Runs Scored Eric Owens, Indianapolis, 86
Hits Brooks Kieschnick, Iowa, 149
Doubles [[John Marzano], Oklahoma City, 41
Triples Four tied with 8
Home Runs Kieschnick, 23
Runs Batted In Jeromy Burnitz, Buffalo, 85
Stolen Bases Owens, 33

Pitching[edit]

Wins Joe Roa, Buffalo, 17
Earned Run Average Rodney Bolton, Nashville, 2.86
Complete Games Kennie Steenstra, Iowa, 6
Shutouts Four tied with 2
Strikeouts Paul Abbott, Iowa, 127
Saves Cory Bailey, Louisville, 25

All-Star Team[edit]

First Base Jeff Grotewold, Omaha
Second Base Eric Owens, Indianapolis
Shortstop Mark Loretta, New Orleans
Third Base Tracy Woodson, Louisville
Outfield Steve Gibralter, Indianapolis; Brian Giles, Buffalo; Brooks Kieschnick, Iowa
Catcher John Marzano, Oklahoma City
Designated Hitter Drew Denson, Indianapolis
Right-Handed Pitcher Joe Roa, Buffalo
Left-Handed Pitcher Eric Bell, Buffalo
Relief Pitcher Cory Bailey, Louisville

External Links[edit]

1995 AA - The Baseball Cube

1996 Baseball Almanac

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