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

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

	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

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

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

Batting

• 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

• 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

• 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

1995 AA - The Baseball Cube

1996 Baseball Almanac