1995

1995 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1995.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yakult Swallows (CL) over the Orix BlueWave (PL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yakult Swallows (Details)
    • Pacific League: Orix BlueWave (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: OB Bears defeated the Lotte Giants in the Korean Series (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Uni-President Lions win the title outright by winning both halves of the season
• Claxton Shield: Waverly Reds, Australian Baseball League (Details)

Europe

• European Cup: Cariparma Angels, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Barracudas de Montpellier
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Trier Cardinals
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Levi's Neptunus Rotterdam
    • Holland Series: SC Neptunus defeated the Honkbal Club Kinheim in the series, 3 - 1 (Details)
  • Serie A1: Cariparma Angels Parma

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Atlanta Braves (NL) over the Cleveland Indians (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Cleveland Indians (Details)
    • National League: Atlanta Braves (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Louisville Redbirds (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Kingsport Mets
  • Atlantic Coast League: Gastonia King Cougars
  • Arizona League: AZL Athletics
  • California League: San Bernardino Spirit
  • Carolina League: Kinston Indians
  • Eastern League: Reading Phillies
  • Florida State League: Daytona Cubs
  • Frontier League: Johnstown Steal
  • Golden State League: Imperial Valley Brahmas
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Royals
  • International League: Ottawa Lynx (Details)
  • Mid-America League: Lafayette Leopards
  • Midwest League: Beloit Snappers
  • New York-Penn League: Watertown Indians
  • North Atlantic League: Newark Barge Bandits
  • North Central League: Chaska Valley Buccaneers / Brainerd Bears
  • Northeast League: Adirondack Lumberjacks
  • Northern League: St. Paul Saints
  • Northwest League: Boise Hawks
  • Pacific Coast League: Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Helena Brewers
  • Prairie League: Regina Cyclones
  • South Atlantic League: Augusta Green Jackets
  • Southern League: Carolina Mudcats
  • Texas League: Shreveport Captains
  • Texas-Louisiana League: Lubbock Crickets
  • Western League: Long Beach Barracuda/Riptide

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Sultanes de Monterrey defeated the Diablos Rojos del México in the finals, 4 - 0

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Villa Clara (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Senadores de San Juan (Puerto Rico) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Azucareros del Este defeated the Águilas Cibaeñas in the finals, 4 - 2
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Naranjeros de Hermosillo
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Senadores de San Juan defeated the Indios de Mayagüez in the finals, 5 - 3
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Leones del Caracas defeated the Águilas del Zulia in the finals, 4 - 2

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): California State University, Fullerton defeated the University of Southern California in the finals, 11 - 5 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Florida Southern College over the Georgia College, 15 - 0 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: The University of La Verne over the Methodist College, 5 - 3 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Bellevue University over the Cumberland University, 8 - 5 in the finals
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: Middle Georgia College
  • Division II Baseball World Series: Potomac State College of West Virginia University
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Madison Area Technical College
• Community College League of California: Rancho Santiago College over Cerritos College 12 - 2 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Team USA (Details)
• Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball: Université Laval - an invitational tournament
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Hosei University defeated the Tohoku Fukushi University in the final, 9 - 5 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Kanonji Chuo High School (Kagawa) defeat Choshi Shogyo High School (Chiba), 4 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Teikyo High School (East Tokyo) defeat Seiryo High School (Ishikawa), 3 - 1 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Shan-Hua (Tainan, Taiwan) defeat Northwest 45 (Spring, TX), 17 - 3 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Intercontinental Cup in Cuba (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Japan (Silver); Nicaragua (Bronze)
• World Junior Championship in Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Details)
  • United States (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); Australia (Bronze)
• World Youth Championship in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Brazil (Silver); United States (Bronze)
• Universiade in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Kurashiki, Japan (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• European Championship in Haarlem, Netherlands (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Belgium (Bronze)
• Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Nicaragua (Silver); Puerto Rico (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Balls, by Gorman Bechard
• Basepaths, by Jerry Klinkowitz
• The Beer and Whisky League, by David Nemec
• Buck Leonard: The Black Lou Gehrig, by Buck Leonard and James A. Riley
• The Diamonds of Dixie, by Ernest J. Green
• The Fan, by Peter Abrahams
• Fleet Walker's Divided Heart, by David Zang
• Minor Miracles: The Legend & Lure of Minor League Baseball, by David Pietrusza
• Murder at Ebbets Field, by Troy Soos
• Out at the Old Ball Game, by Bernie Bookbinder
• Rogers Hornsby: A Biography, by Charles C. Alexander

Song

• Cubs in Five, by The Mountain Goats
• Walter Johnson, by Jonathan Richman

Births

Further information: Births in 1995

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1995

Further Reading

• Will Leitch: "Ripken, Braves, WC: What made '95 so special: 10 interesting facts from the season that almost wasn't", mlb.com, April 4, 2020. [1]