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.Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 15, 1992: Ozzie Canseco signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.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. He finished third in the Cy Young voting. Catcher Tom Pagnozzi posted the sixteenth best single-season fielding mark (tied) in history for his position (.9987).
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.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Roster 1992 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Hitting) (Pitching) (First Base) (Third Base) (Bullpen) (Bench)
Player stats
= 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 Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 139 485 121 .249 7 44 1B 95 325 79 .243 10 39 2B 85 265 65 .245 2 32 3B 126 439 113 .257 7 48 SS 132 518 153 .295 0 31 LF 131 384 116 .302 7 43 CF 153 598 175 .293 20 86 RF 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 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 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 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 = Indicates league leader 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 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 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 DeLeón 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO 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 Cardinals team records: Errorless streak (16 games) and fielding percentage (.985). Ozzie Smith: Gold Glove at SS Tom Pagnozzi: Gold Glove at C
Farm system
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
External links 1992 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1992 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com