1995 Seattle Mariners season


The Seattle Mariners' 1995 season was the 19th in the history of the franchise. The team finished with a regular season record of to win their first American League West title. They had tied the California Angels for first place, and in the one-game tiebreaker, the Mariners defeated the Angels 9–1 to make the postseason for the first time in franchise history.
In the postseason, the Mariners defeated the New York Yankees in the best-of-five American League Division Series after losing the first two games in New York, a series notable for Edgar MartĂ­nez' walk-off 11th-inning double in the fifth game. In the League Championship Series with the favored Cleveland Indians, Seattle won the opener at home and the third game on the road, but fell in six games.

Offseason

Notable transactions

On the morning of August 21, the Mariners were 12½ games behind the Angels. Two weeks later, the lead was down to 5½ games, as the Angels went 1–12 while the M's were 8–5. After another two weeks, the lead was down to three games, and the teams were even at on the morning of September 21. Seattle led by as many as three games, but couldn't hold it, dropping their final two games at Texas; the Angels won their final five games to tie the Mariners at, requiring a one-game playoff for the division title. Also on a five-game winning streak, the Yankees secured the new wild card berth at.

Season standings

Note: Teams played 144 games instead of the normal 162 as a consequence of the 1994 strike.
Seattle and California each played 145 games due to the one-game tiebreaker.

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

Postseason

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
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CDan Wilson119399111.278951
1BTino Martinez141519152.29331111
2BJoey Cora120427127.297339
3BMike Blowers134439113.2572396
SSLuis Sojo10233998.289739
LFVince Coleman4016247.29019
CFKen Griffey, Jr.7226067.2581742
RFJay Buhner126470123.26240121
DHEdgar MartĂ­nez145511182.35629113

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strike Outs
PlayerGSIPWLERASO
Randy Johnson30214.11822.48294
Tim Belcher28179.110124.5296
Chris Bosio31170.01084.9285
SalomĂłn Torres1372.0386.0045
Andy Benes1263.0724.5245

Relief pitchers

ALDS

ALCS

Awards and honors

The Mariners' ALDS run is the subject of the song, My Oh My, by Seattle-based rapper, Macklemore.
Chicago-based band Coping has a song titled "'95 Mariners."
In July 2019, the MLB Network released MLB Network Presents: The 1995 Mariners, Saving Baseball in Seattle

Farm system