1992 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1992 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 111th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 101st season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83-79 during the season and finished third in the National League East division, 13 games behind the NL East champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

1992 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersAnheuser-Busch
General managersDal Maxvill
ManagersJoe Torre
Local televisionKPLR
(Al Hrabosky, George Grande)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck)
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Offseason
  • November 25, 1991: Ken Hill was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Andrés Galarraga.[1]
  • January 15, 1992: Ozzie Canseco signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]

Regular season

Starting pitcher Bob Tewksbury posted his best season with a 2.16 ERA, second-best in the NL, and topped the league walks per nine innings and strikeout-to-walk ratio.[3] He finished third in the Cy Young voting.[4] Catcher Tom Pagnozzi posted the sixteenth best single-season fielding mark (tied) in history for his position (.9987).[5][6]

The team led the National League in batting average at .262 but was just sixth in runs scored. Their 3.38 ERA was fourth in the league.[7]

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9666 0.593 — 53–28 43–38
Montreal Expos 8775 0.537 9 43–38 44–37
St. Louis Cardinals 8379 0.512 13 45–36 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7884 0.481 18 43–38 35–46
New York Mets 7290 0.444 24 41–40 31–50
Philadelphia Phillies 7092 0.432 26 41–40 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1992 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —10–29–913–512–64–87–56–67–513–511–76–6
Chicago 2–10—5–78–46–67–119–99–98–105–78–411–7
Cincinnati 9–97–5—10–811–75–77–57–56–611–710–87–5
Houston 5–134–88–10—13–58–45–78–46–67–1112–65–7
Los Angeles 6–126–67–115–13—4–85–75–75–79–97–114–8
Montreal 8–411–77–54–88–4—12–69–99–98–45–76–12
New York 5–79–95–77–57–56–12—6–124–144–810–29–9
Philadelphia 6-69–95–74–87–59–912–6—5–133–93–97–11
Pittsburgh 5–710–86–66–67–59–914–413–5—5–76–615–3
San Diego 5–137–57–1111–79–94–88–49–37–5—11–74–8
San Francisco 7–114–88–106–1211–77–52–109–36–67–11—5–7
St. Louis 6–67–115–77–58–412–69–911–73–158–47–5—

Roster
1992 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CTom Pagnozzi139485121.249744
1BAndrés Galarraga9532579.2431039
2BLuis Alicea8526565.245232
3BTodd Zeile126439113.257748
SSOzzie Smith132518153.295031
LFBernard Gilkey131384116.302743
CFRay Lankford153598175.2932086
RFFélix José131509150.2951475

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Milt Thompson10920861.293417
Gerónimo Peña6220362.305731
Brian Jordan5519340.207522
Pedro Guerrero4314632.219116
Tim Jones6714529.20003
Gerald Perry8714334.238118
Tracy Woodson3111435.307122
Craig Wilson6110633.311013
Rich Gedman4110523.21918
Rod Brewer2910331.301010
Rex Hudler619824.245315
Chuck Carr226414.21903
José Oquendo14359.25703
Stan Royer133110.32329
Ozzie Canseco9298.27603
Bien Figueroa12112.18204

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Tewksbury33233.01652.1691
Omar Olivares32197.0993.84124
Rhéal Cormier31186.010103.68117
Donovan Osborne34179.01193.77104
Mark Clark20113.13104.4544
Joe Magrane531.1124.0220

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
José DeLeón29102.1274.5772

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lee Smith7049433.1260
Mike Pérez779301.8446
Cris Carpenter735412.9746
Bob McClure712203.1724
Todd Worrell675332.1164
Juan Agosto222406.2513
Bryn Smith134204.649
Frank DiPino90001.648

Awards and honors
  • Cardinals team records: Errorless streak (16 games) and fielding percentage (.985).
  • Ozzie Smith: Gold Glove at SS[8]
  • Tom Pagnozzi: Gold Glove at C[6]

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Jack Krol
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Joe Pettini
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Dave Bialas
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Rick Colbert
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Mike Ramsey
A-Short Season Hamilton Redbirds New York–Penn League Chris Maloney
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Steve Turco
Rookie AZL Cardinals Arizona League Joe Cunningham, Jr.

[9]

References
  1. Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Ozzie Canseco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. "Bob Tewksbury career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  4. "1992 awards voting". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  5. "Tom Pagnozzi ties one of best fielding marks". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  6. "Tom Pagnozzi career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  7. "1992 Cardinals team statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  8. "Ozzie Smith career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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