1995 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1995 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 106th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 38th season in Los Angeles, California.

The season was notable for the American baseball debut of Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo. In his first season with the Dodgers after an accomplished career in the Japanese leagues, Nomo went 13–6 with a 2.54 ERA and a league leading 236 strikeouts. He was the starting pitcher in the All-Star game and won the Rookie of the Year award.

The Dodgers won the National League West title, but lost to the Cincinnati Reds in the NLDS.

Notable transactions

 * April 26, 1995: Casey Candaele was released by the Dodgers.
 * May 23, 1995: Acquired Joey Eischen and Roberto Kelly from the Montreal Expos for Henry Rodríguez and Jeff Treadway.
 * June 9, 1995: Acquired Kris Foster from the Montreal Expos for Rafael Bournigal.
 * June 19, 1995: Acquired Willie Banks from the Chicago Cubs for Dax Winslett.
 * July 31, 1995: Acquired Mark Guthrie and Kevin Tapani from the Minnesota Twins for Greg Hansell, José Parra and Ron Coomer.
 * August 18, 1995: Acquired Brett Butler from the New York Mets for Scott Hunter and Dwight Maness.

Regular season

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 * Legend:      = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Dodgers team member

Postseason Game log

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 * Legend:      = Win       = Loss     Bold = Dodgers team member

Starting Pitchers stats
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Relief Pitchers stats
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; S = Saves

Batting Stats
''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases''

1995 National League Division Series
The division series was played between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds. Cincinnati ended up winning the series 3-0.

Game 1, October 3
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Game 2, October 4
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Game 3, October 6
Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

1995 Awards

 * 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
 * Mike Piazza starter
 * Hideo Nomo starter
 * Todd Worrell reserve
 * Raúl Mondesí reserve
 * José Offerman reserve
 * Rookie of the Year Award
 * Hideo Nomo
 * Gold Glove Award
 * Raúl Mondesí
 * Baseball Digest Rookie All-Stars
 * Hideo Nomo
 * TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award
 * Hideo Nomo
 * TSN National League All-Star
 * Eric Karros
 * Mike Piazza


 * Silver Slugger Award
 * Eric Karros
 * Mike Piazza
 * NL Pitcher of the Month
 * Hideo Nomo (June 1995)
 * NL Player of the Month
 * Mike Piazza (August 1995)
 * NL Player of the Week
 * Raúl Mondesí (April 25–30)
 * Mike Piazza (May 1–7)
 * Hideo Nomo (June 19–25)
 * Ramón Martínez (July 10–16)
 * Eric Karros (July 24–30)
 * Eric Karros (August 7–13)
 * Mike Piazza (August 21–27)

Farm system
Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball draft
The Dodgers selected 85 players in this draft. Of those, six of them would eventually play Major League baseball.

The first draft pick was left handed pitcher David Yocum out of Florida State University. After an impressive first season with the Vero Beach Dodgers of the Florida State League, Yocum experienced pain in his left shoulder, several surgeries failed to correct the problem and he was out of baseball after just two seasons and 15 games. He later became a firefighter.