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
Owner(s)Anheuser-Busch
General manager(s)Dal Maxvill
Manager(s)Joe 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 Records

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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1992 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 11 Jose Oquendo
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 40 Joe Coleman (Pitching)

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
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
Craig Wilson6110633.311013
Chuck Carr226414.21903

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

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

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

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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