The 1992 Cincinnati Reds season was the 123rd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 23rd and 22nd full season at Riverfront Stadium. The Reds finished in second place in the National League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses.

This was the final season in which the Reds donned the pullover jersey and beltless pants uniform style first worn in 1972 (the Reds being the last MLB team still wearing them). Following this season they switched back to a traditional baseball uniform. This was also the final season they wore their Big Red Machine era uniforms which were introduced in 1967.

Offseason November 12, 1991: Jacob Brumfield was signed as a free agent. November 12, 1991: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent from the San Francisco Giants. November 15, 1991: Greg Swindell was acquired from the Cleveland Indians for Jack Armstrong, Scott Scudder, and Joe Turek (minors).Greg Swindell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com November 15, 1991: Troy Afenir was signed as a free agent from the Oakland Athletics. November 27, 1991: Eric Davis and Kip Gross were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tim Belcher and John Wetteland. December 2, 1991: Bob Geren was selected off waivers from the New York Yankees. December 8, 1991: Randy Myers was traded to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Bip Roberts. The San Diego Padres sent Craig Pueschner (minors) to the Reds the next day to complete the trade.Randy Myers Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com December 11, 1991: John Wetteland was traded to the Montreal Expos for Dave Martinez. February 2, 1992: Al Newman was signed as a free agent from the Minnesota Twins. March 17, 1992: Bob Geren was released by the Reds.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions April 1, 1992: Al Newman was released by the Cincinnati Reds. June 9, 1992: Scott Service was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds. July 6, 1992: Scott Coolbaugh was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Cincinnati Reds for Lenny Wentz (minors).

Roster 1992 Cincinnati Reds Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (Assistant) (Bench) (Hitting/First Base) (Third Base) (Bullpen)

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 C 143 485 131 .270 10 57 1B 115 395 107 .271 6 53 2B 132 387 91 .235 8 47 3B 96 344 84 .244 12 43 SS 140 533 162 .314 12 78 LF 147 532 172 .323 4 45 CF 135 393 100 .254 3 31 RF 148 496 122 .246 14 66

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 Reggie Sanders 116 385 104 .270 12 36 Glenn Braggs 92 266 63 .237 8 38 Freddie Benavides 74 173 40 .231 1 17 Darnell Coles 55 141 44 .312 3 18 Jeff Branson 72 115 34 .296 0 15 Billy Hatcher 43 94 27 .287 2 10 Willie Greene 29 93 25 .269 2 13 César Hernández 34 51 14 .275 0 4 Tim Costo 12 36 8 .222 0 2 Troy Afenir 16 34 6 .176 0 4 Jacob Brumfield 24 30 4 .133 0 2 Dan Wilson 12 25 9 .360 0 3 Jeff Reed 15 25 4 .160 0 2 Rick Wrona 11 23 4 .174 0 0 Gerónimo Berroa 13 15 4 .267 0 0 Gary Green 8 12 4 .333 0 0 Scott Bradley 5 5 2 .400 0 1

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 Tim Belcher 35 227.2 15 14 3.91 149 Greg Swindell 31 213.2 12 8 2.70 138 José Rijo 33 211.0 15 10 2.56 171 Chris Hammond 28 147.1 7 10 4.21 79 Tom Browning 16 87.0 6 5 5.07 33 Tim Pugh 7 45.1 4 2 2.58 18 Bobby Ayala 5 29.0 2 1 4.34 23 Keith Brown 2 8.0 0 1 4.50 5

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 Tom Bolton 16 46.1 3 3 5.24 27

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 Norm Charlton 64 4 2 26 2.99 90 Rob Dibble 63 3 5 25 3.07 110 Dwayne Henry 60 3 3 0 3.33 72 Scott Ruskin 57 4 3 0 5.03 43 Scott Bankhead 54 10 4 1 2.93 53 Steve Foster 31 1 1 2 2.88 34 Milt Hill 14 0 0 1 3.15 10 Tony Menéndez 3 1 0 0 1.93 5

Farm system

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Notes

References 1992 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference