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, 13 games behind the NL East champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
1992 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Busch Memorial Stadium | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 83–79 (.512) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Anheuser-Busch | |
General managers | Dal Maxvill | |
Managers | Joe Torre | |
Television | KPLR (Al Hrabosky, George Grande) | |
Radio | KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck) | |
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Offseason
edit- 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
editStarting 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
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 53–28 | 43–38 |
Montreal Expos | 87 | 75 | .537 | 9 | 43–38 | 44–37 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 13 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Chicago Cubs | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18 | 43–38 | 35–46 |
New York Mets | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 41–40 | 31–50 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 70 | 92 | .432 | 26 | 41–40 | 29–52 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 10–2 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 6–6 | |||||
Chicago | 2–10 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 11–7 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–9 | 7–5 | — | 10–8 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | |||||
Houston | 5–13 | 4–8 | 8–10 | — | 13–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 5–7 | |||||
Los Angeles | 6–12 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 5–13 | — | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 4–8 | |||||
Montreal | 8–4 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–4 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–12 | |||||
New York | 5–7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–12 | — | 6–12 | 4–14 | 4–8 | 10–2 | 9–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6-6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 12–6 | — | 5–13 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 7–11 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 14–4 | 13–5 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 15–3 | |||||
San Diego | 5–13 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–5 | — | 11–7 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 7–11 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–6 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 3–15 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
Notable transactions
editRoster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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C | Tom Pagnozzi | 139 | 485 | 121 | .249 | 7 | 44 |
1B | Andrés Galarraga | 95 | 325 | 79 | .243 | 10 | 39 |
2B | Luis Alicea | 85 | 265 | 65 | .245 | 2 | 32 |
3B | Todd Zeile | 126 | 439 | 113 | .257 | 7 | 48 |
SS | Ozzie Smith | 132 | 518 | 153 | .295 | 0 | 31 |
LF | Bernard Gilkey | 131 | 384 | 116 | .302 | 7 | 43 |
CF | Ray Lankford | 153 | 598 | 175 | .293 | 20 | 86 |
RF | Félix José | 131 | 509 | 150 | .295 | 14 | 75 |
Other batters
editNote: 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 |
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Milt Thompson | 109 | 208 | 61 | .293 | 4 | 17 |
Gerónimo Peña | 62 | 203 | 62 | .305 | 7 | 31 |
Brian Jordan | 55 | 193 | 40 | .207 | 5 | 22 |
Pedro Guerrero | 43 | 146 | 32 | .219 | 1 | 16 |
Tim Jones | 67 | 145 | 29 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
Gerald Perry | 87 | 143 | 34 | .238 | 1 | 18 |
Tracy Woodson | 31 | 114 | 35 | .307 | 1 | 22 |
Craig Wilson | 61 | 106 | 33 | .311 | 0 | 13 |
Rich Gedman | 41 | 105 | 23 | .219 | 1 | 8 |
Rod Brewer | 29 | 103 | 31 | .301 | 0 | 10 |
Rex Hudler | 61 | 98 | 24 | .245 | 3 | 15 |
Chuck Carr | 22 | 64 | 14 | .219 | 0 | 3 |
José Oquendo | 14 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 0 | 3 |
Stan Royer | 13 | 31 | 10 | .323 | 2 | 9 |
Ozzie Canseco | 9 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 3 |
Bien Figueroa | 12 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Tewksbury | 33 | 233.0 | 16 | 5 | 2.16 | 91 |
Omar Olivares | 32 | 197.0 | 9 | 9 | 3.84 | 124 |
Rhéal Cormier | 31 | 186.0 | 10 | 10 | 3.68 | 117 |
Donovan Osborne | 34 | 179.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.77 | 104 |
Mark Clark | 20 | 113.1 | 3 | 10 | 4.45 | 44 |
Joe Magrane | 5 | 31.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.02 | 20 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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José DeLeón | 29 | 102.1 | 2 | 7 | 4.57 | 72 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Lee Smith | 70 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 3.12 | 60 |
Mike Pérez | 77 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1.84 | 46 |
Cris Carpenter | 73 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2.97 | 46 |
Bob McClure | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.17 | 24 |
Todd Worrell | 67 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2.11 | 64 |
Juan Agosto | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.25 | 13 |
Bryn Smith | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.64 | 9 |
Frank DiPino | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 8 |
Awards and honors
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Ozzie Canseco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Bob Tewksbury career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ "1992 awards voting". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ "Tom Pagnozzi ties one of best fielding marks". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ a b "Tom Pagnozzi career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ "1992 Cardinals team statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ "Ozzie Smith career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007