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10 unusual facts about 1995 in baseball


1995 Little League World Series

The 1995 Little League World Series took place between August 21 and August 26 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Brian Bark

Brian Stuart Bark (born August 26, 1968) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox in the 1995 season.

Del Crandall

In between those American League stints, he was a highly successful manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers' top farm club, the Albuquerque Dukes of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, and also managed the Class A San Bernardino Stampede from 1995 to 1997.

Mark Holtz

In 1995, Holtz would return to TV broadcasting, where he remained until May 22, 1997, when he had to give up his duties to battle leukemia, which would claim his life on September 7 of that year.

Ottawa Lynx

The team won the International League championship in 1995, the only time it would do so.

The Lynx won the Governors' Cup, the championship of the International League, once in the team's history by defeating the Norfolk Tides in 1995.

Rob Murphy

Murphy also pitched for the Mariners, Cardinals, Yankees, Dodgers and Marlins, retiring at the end of the 1995 season.

Steve Parris

Steven Michael Parris (born December 17, 1967 in Joliet, Illinois), is a former Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from 1995-2003.

Tom Kramer

Despite starting the 1995 season with a record of twelve wins and one loss and a 3.33 earned run average in 127.0 innings pitched for the Reds' then-AA affiliate, the Chattanooga Lookouts, Kramer was traded to the Detroit Tigers midway through the season, finishing out the season pitching for then-AAA affiliate Toledo.

Vaughn Eshelman

Vaughn Michael Eshelman (born May 22, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1995 through 1997 for the Boston Red Sox.