1992 St. Louis Cardinals season
{{Short description|Major League Baseball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = St. Louis Cardinals
| season = 1992
| misc =
| image = St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
| 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)
}}
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.
Offseason
- November 25, 1991: Ken Hill was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Andrés Galarraga.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hillke01.shtml Ken Hill Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
- January 15, 1992: Ozzie Canseco signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/canseoz01.shtml Ozzie Canseco Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithoz01.shtml | title=Bob Tewksbury career statistics| work=Baseball-Reference.com | access-date=April 7, 2013}} He finished third in the Cy Young voting.{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1992.shtml#NLcya | title=1992 awards voting| work=Baseball-Reference.com | access-date=April 7, 2013}} Catcher Tom Pagnozzi posted the sixteenth best single-season fielding mark (tied) in history for his position (.9987).{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/fielding_perc_c_season.shtml | title=Tom Pagnozzi ties one of best fielding marks| work=Baseball-Reference.com | access-date=April 7, 2013}}{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pagnoto01.shtml | title=Tom Pagnozzi career statistics| work=Baseball-Reference.com | access-date=April 7, 2013}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1992.shtml | title=1992 Cardinals team statistics| work=Baseball-Reference.com | access-date=April 7, 2013}}
=Season standings=
{{1992 NL East standings|highlight=St. Louis Cardinals}}
=Record vs. opponents=
{{1992 NL Record vs. opponents|team=STL}}
=Notable transactions=
=Roster=
| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="10" style="background-color: #c41e3a; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1992 St. Louis Cardinals |
|---|
| colspan="10" style="background-color: #0a2252; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster |
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|49|Juan Agosto}} {{MLBplayer|44|Cris Carpenter}} {{MLBplayer|55|Mark Clark}} {{MLBplayer|52|Rhéal Cormier}} {{MLBplayer|48|José DeLeón}} {{MLBplayer|35|Frank DiPino}} {{MLBplayer|32|Joe Magrane}} {{MLBplayer|22|Bob McClure}} {{MLBplayer|26|Omar Olivares}} {{MLBplayer|31|Donovan Osborne}} {{MLBplayer|42|Mike Pérez}} {{MLBplayer|36|Bryn Smith}} {{MLBplayer|47|Lee Smith}} {{MLBplayer|39|Bob Tewksbury}} {{MLBplayer|38|Todd Worrell}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer|29|Rich Gedman}} {{MLBplayer|19|Tom Pagnozzi}} Infielders {{MLBplayer|18|Luis Alicea}} {{MLBplayer|33|Rod Brewer}} {{MLBplayer|50|Bien Figueroa}} {{MLBplayer|41|Andrés Galarraga}} {{MLBplayer|28|Pedro Guerrero}} {{MLBplayer|10|Rex Hudler}} {{MLBplayer| 8|Tim Jones}} {{MLBplayer|11|José Oquendo}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Gerónimo Peña}} {{MLBplayer|21|Gerald Perry}} {{MLBplayer| 5|Stan Royer}} {{MLBplayer| 1|Ozzie Smith}} {{MLBplayer|12|Craig Wilson}} {{MLBplayer|54|Tracy Woodson}} {{MLBplayer|27|Todd Zeile}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer|46|Ozzie Canseco}} {{MLBplayer|43|Chuck Carr}} {{MLBplayer|23|Bernard Gilkey}} {{MLBplayer| 3|Brian Jordan}} {{MLBplayer|34|Félix José}} {{MLBplayer|16|Ray Lankford}} {{MLBplayer|25|Milt Thompson}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer| 9|Joe Torre}} Coaches {{MLBplayer|24|Don Baylor}} (Hitting) {{MLBplayer|40|Joe Coleman}} (Pitching) {{MLBplayer|15|Dave Collins}} (First Base) {{MLBplayer|30|Bucky Dent}} (Third Base) {{MLBplayer| 4|Gaylen Pitts}} (Bullpen) {{MLBplayer| 2|Red Schoendienst}} (Bench) |
Player stats
| style="background:#fc0; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|
| = Indicates team leader |
=Batting=
==Starters by position==
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos.
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"
| C | {{sortname|Tom|Pagnozzi}} | 139 | 485 | 121 | .249 | 7 | 44 |
| align="center"
| 1B | {{sortname|Andrés|Galarraga}} | 95 | 325 | 79 | .243 | 10 | 39 |
| align="center"
| 2B | {{sortname|Luis|Alicea}} | 85 | 265 | 65 | .245 | 2 | 32 |
| align="center"
| 3B | {{sortname|Todd|Zeile}} | 126 | 439 | 113 | .257 | 7 | 48 |
| align="center"
| SS | {{sortname|Ozzie|Smith}} | 132 | 518 | 153 | .295 | 0 | 31 |
| align="center"
| LF | {{sortname|Bernard|Gilkey}} | 131 | 384 | 116 | style="background:#fc0;|.302 | 7 | 43 |
| align="center"
| CF | {{sortname|Ray|Lankford}} | 153 | style="background:#fc0;|598 | style="background:#fc0;|175 | .293 | style="background:#fc0;|20 | style="background:#fc0;| 86 |
| align="center"
| RF | {{sortname|Félix|José}} | 131 | 509 | 150 | .295 | 14 | 75 |
==Other batters==
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 109 | 208 | 61 | .293 | 4 | 17 |
| align="center" | 62 | 203 | 62 | .305 | 7 | 31 |
| align="center" | 55 | 193 | 40 | .207 | 5 | 22 |
| align="center" | 43 | 146 | 32 | .219 | 1 | 16 |
| align="center" | 67 | 145 | 29 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| align="center" | 87 | 143 | 34 | .238 | 1 | 18 |
| align="center" | 31 | 114 | 35 | .307 | 1 | 22 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Craig|Wilson|Craig Wilson (third baseman, born 1964)}} | 61 | 106 | 33 | .311 | 0 | 13 |
| align="center" | 41 | 105 | 23 | .219 | 1 | 8 |
| align="center" | 29 | 103 | 31 | .301 | 0 | 10 |
| align="center" | 61 | 98 | 24 | .245 | 3 | 15 |
| align="center"
| {{sortname|Chuck|Carr|Chuck Carr (baseball)}} | 22 | 64 | 14 | .219 | 0 | 3 |
| align="center" | 14 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 0 | 3 |
| align="center" | 13 | 31 | 10 | .323 | 2 | 9 |
| align="center" | 9 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 3 |
| align="center" | 12 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 4 |
= Pitching =
| style="background:#DDFFDD; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|
| = Indicates league leader |
== Starting pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 33 | style="background:#fc0;|233.0 | style="background:#fc0;|16 | 5 | 2.16 | 91 |
| align="center" | 32 | 197.0 | 9 | 9 | 3.84 | style="background:#fc0;|124 |
| align="center" | 31 | 186.0 | 10 | style="background:#fc0;| 10 | 3.68 | 117 |
| align="center" | 34 | 179.0 | 11 | 9 | 3.77 | 104 |
| align="center" | 20 | 113.1 | 3 | style="background:#fc0;|10 | 4.45 | 44 |
| align="center" | 5 | 31.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.02 | 20 |
== Other pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 29 | 102.1 | 2 | 7 | 4.57 | 72 |
== Relief pitchers ==
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 70 | 4 | 9 | style="background:#DDFFDD;|43 | 3.12 | 60 |
| align=center | style="background:#fc0;| 77 | 9 | 3 | 0 | style="background:#fc0;|1.84 | 46 |
| align="center" | 73 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2.97 | 46 |
| align="center" | 71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.17 | 24 |
| align="center" | 67 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2.11 | 64 |
| align="center" | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.25 | 13 |
| align="center" | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.64 | 9 |
| align="center" | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 8 |
Awards and honors
- Cardinals team records: Errorless streak (16 games) and fielding percentage (.985).
- Ozzie Smith: Gold Glove at SS{{cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithoz01.shtml | title=Ozzie Smith career statistics| work=Baseball-Reference.com | access-date=April 7, 2013}}
- Tom Pagnozzi: Gold Glove at C
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level13=AAA|team13=Louisville Redbirds|league13=American Association|manager13=Jack Krol
|level14=AA |team14=Arkansas Travelers|league14=Texas League|manager14=Joe Pettini
|level15=A |team15=St. Petersburg Cardinals|league15=Florida State League|manager15=Dave Bialas
|level16=A |team16=Springfield Cardinals|league16=Midwest League|manager16=Rick Colbert
|level17=A |team17=Savannah Cardinals|league17=South Atlantic League|manager17=Mike Ramsey
|level18=A-Short Season|team18=Hamilton Redbirds|league18=New York–Penn League|manager18=Chris Maloney
|level19=Rookie|team19=Johnson City Cardinals|league19=Appalachian League|manager19=Steve Turco
|level20=Rookie|team20=AZL Cardinals|league20=Arizona League|manager20= Joe Cunningham, Jr.}}Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1992.shtml 1992 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference]
- [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1992&t=SLN 1992 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
{{1992 MLB season by team}}
{{St. Louis Cardinals}}