1992 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersEli Jacobs
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersJohnny Oates
TelevisionWMAR-TV
(Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau)
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer, Rex Barney, Tom Davis)
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Joe Angel)
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The 1992 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

Having played almost 40 years at Memorial Stadium, the 1992 campaign was the inaugural season for the Orioles' new ballpark, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, where they play to this day.

Offseason

Regular season

The Orioles spent most of the first three months of the season battling with the Toronto Blue Jays for first place in the division. The lead switched back and forth between the two teams before the Jays took it for good on June 20. Baltimore remained in second place for the next two months, with the margin between themselves and Toronto fluctuating from between one and five games. However, the Birds faded during the September stretch and relinquished second place to the Milwaukee Brewers on September 19. Still, they were not mathematically eliminated from contention until September 27, finishing at a respectable 89–73.

In 1992, Mike Mussina played his first full season with the Orioles. He finished with an 18–5 record and a 2.54 ERA in 241 innings; his .783 win–loss percentage was the best in the American League, and his 1.79 BB/9 was second-best in the AL behind the Brewers' Chris Bosio. Mussina also pitched four shutouts, tying for second in the league behind Boston's Roger Clemens. He finished fourth in the American League Cy Young Award voting, and participated in the 1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego, pitching one perfect inning.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

In 1992, with grand ceremony, the Orioles began their season in a brand new ballpark, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and thus retiring Memorial Stadium in the major league baseball world. The ballpark was an instant success; however, the name of the new park had controversy. Many felt that since the Orioles' new home was so close to Babe Ruth's birthplace that the new park should have been named after Ruth instead of being indirectly named after the Earl of Camden, Charles Pratt, who was a Briton who never set foot on American soil. There was also the superficial connection to the fact that Ruth played for the Orioles early in his career, but the Orioles team that Ruth played for was in no way related to the Orioles team that moved to Baltimore from St. Louis. Camden Yards was built at the location of the old Camden Railway. It was the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s, and remains one of the most highly praised.[3]

Right field and the Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards.

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 96 66 0.593 — 53–28 43–38
Milwaukee Brewers 92 70 0.568 4 53–28 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 89 73 0.549 7 43–38 46–35
Cleveland Indians 76 86 0.469 20 41–40 35–46
New York Yankees 76 86 0.469 20 41–40 35–46
Detroit Tigers 75 87 0.463 21 38–42 37–45
Boston Red Sox 73 89 0.451 23 44–37 29–52

Record vs. opponents

1992 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 8–4 6–6 7–6 10–3 8–4 6–7 6–6 5–8 6–6 7–5 7–5 5–8
Boston 5–8 — 8–4 6–6 6–7 4–9 7–5 5–8 3–9 7–6 5–7 6–6 4–8 7–6
California 4–8 4–8 — 3–10 6–6 7–5 8–5 5–7 2–11 7–5 5–8 7–6 9–4 5–7
Chicago 6–6 6–6 10–3 — 7–5 10–2 7–6 5–7 8–5 8–4 5–8 4–9 5–8 5–7
Cleveland 6–7 7–6 6–6 5–7 — 5–8 5–7 5–8 6–6 7–6 6–6 7–5 5–7 6–7
Detroit 3–10 9–4 5–7 2–10 8–5 — 7–5 5–8 3–9 5–8 6–6 9–3 8–4 5–8
Kansas City 4–8 5–7 5–8 6–7 7–5 5–7 — 7–5 6–7 5–7 4–9 7–6 6–7 5–7
Milwaukee 7–6 8–5 7–5 7–5 8–5 8–5 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 7–5 8–4 7–5 8–5
Minnesota 6–6 9–3 11–2 5–8 6–6 9–3 7–6 6–6 — 7–5 5–8 8–5 6–7 5–7
New York 8–5 6–7 5–7 4–8 6–7 8–5 7–5 7–6 5–7 — 6–6 6–6 6–6 2–11
Oakland 6–6 7–5 8–5 8–5 6–6 6–6 9–4 5–7 8–5 6–6 — 12–1 9–4 6–6
Seattle 5–7 6–6 6–7 9–4 5–7 3–9 6–7 4–8 5–8 6–6 1–12 — 4–9 4–8
Texas 5–7 8–4 4–9 8–5 7–5 4–8 7–6 5–7 7–6 6–6 4–9 9–4 — 3–9
Toronto 8–5 6–7 7–5 7–5 7–6 8–5 7–5 5–8 7–5 11–2 6–6 8–4 9–3 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1992 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Chris Hoiles 96 310 85 .274 20 40
1B Randy Milligan 137 462 111 .240 11 53
2B Billy Ripken 111 330 76 .230 4 36
3B Leo Gómez 137 468 124 .265 17 64
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 162 637 160 .251 14 72
LF Brady Anderson 159 623 169 .271 21 80
CF Mike Devereaux 156 653 180 .276 24 107
RF Joe Orsulak 117 391 113 .289 4 39
DH Glenn Davis 106 398 110 .276 13 48

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
Mark McLemore 101 228 56 .246 0 27
Chito Martínez 83 198 53 .268 5 25
David Segui 115 189 44 .233 1 17
Jeff Tackett 65 179 43 .240 5 24
Sam Horn 63 162 38 .235 5 19
Tim Hulett 57 142 41 .289 2 21
Luis Mercedes 23 50 7 .140 0 4
Mark Parent 17 34 8 .235 2 4
Steve Scarsone 11 17 3 .176 0 0
Rick Dempsey 8 9 1 .111 0 0
Manny Alexander 4 5 1 .200 0 0
Tommy Shields 2 0 0 ---- 0 0
Jack Voigt 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

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
Mike Mussina 32 241.0 18 5 2.54 130
Rick Sutcliffe 36 237.1 16 15 4.47 109
Ben McDonald 35 227.0 13 13 4.24 158
Bob Milacki 23 115.2 6 8 5.84 51
Arthur Rhodes 15 94.1 7 5 3.63 77
José Mesa 13 67.2 3 8 5.19 22
Craig Lefferts 5 33.0 1 3 4.09 23
Richie Lewis 2 6.2 0 2 10.80 4

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
Gregg Olson 60 1 5 36 2.05 58
Todd Frohwirth 65 4 3 4 2.46 58
Storm Davis 48 7 3 4 3.43 53
Mike Flanagan 42 0 0 0 8.05 17
Alan Mills 35 10 4 2 2.61 60
Pat Clements 23 2 0 0 3.28 9
Mark Williamson 12 0 0 1 0.96 14
Jim Poole 6 0 0 0 0.00 3

Awards and honors

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Jerry Narron
AA Hagerstown Suns Eastern League Don Buford
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Bob Miscik
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Joel Youngblood
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Mike O'Berry
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Phillip Wellman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield[5]

References

  1. ^ Jeff Robinson page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Amalio Carreño". Baseball Reference. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  3. ^ "FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Top 10 ballparks". Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
  4. ^ Juan Bell page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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