1992 St. Louis Cardinals season
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Record | 83–79 (.512) |
Divisional place | 3rd |
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Owner(s) | Anheuser-Busch |
General manager(s) | Dal Maxvill |
Manager(s) | Joe Torre |
Local television | KPLR (Al Hrabosky, George Grande) |
Local radio | KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck) |
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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.
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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 |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | — | 53–28 | 43–38 |
Montreal Expos | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 9 | 43–38 | 44–37 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 13 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Chicago Cubs | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 18 | 43–38 | 35–46 |
New York Mets | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 24 | 41–40 | 31–50 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 26 | 41–40 | 29–52 |
Record vs. opponents
1992 National League Records
Sources: [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
Roster
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Player stats
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
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
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 |
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Craig Wilson | 61 | 106 | 33 | .311 | 0 | 13 |
Chuck Carr | 22 | 64 | 14 | .219 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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References
- ↑ Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ↑ Ozzie Canseco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007