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

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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

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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

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NL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	66	.593	—	53‍–‍28	43‍–‍38
Montreal Expos	87	75	.537	9	43‍–‍38	44‍–‍37
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	13	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
Chicago Cubs	78	84	.481	18	43‍–‍38	35‍–‍46
New York Mets	72	90	.444	24	41‍–‍40	31‍–‍50
Philadelphia Phillies	70	92	.432	26	41‍–‍40	29‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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1992 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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

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Roster

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1992 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

29 Rich Gedman
19 Tom Pagnozzi

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

9 Joe Torre

Coaches

24 Don Baylor (Hitting)
40 Joe Coleman (Pitching)
15 Dave Collins (First Base)
30 Bucky Dent (Third Base)
4 Gaylen Pitts (Bullpen)
2 Red Schoendienst (Bench)

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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	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

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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
Craig Wilson	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
Chuck Carr	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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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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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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.

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References

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^ Ken Hill Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ Ozzie Canseco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Bob Tewksbury career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ "1992 awards voting". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ "Tom Pagnozzi ties one of best fielding marks". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Tom Pagnozzi career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ "1992 Cardinals team statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ "Ozzie Smith career statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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1992 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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Established in 1882
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Owner: Bill DeWitt Jr.
President of Baseball Operations: John Mozeliak
General Manager: Mike Girsch
Manager: Oliver Marmol

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Triple-A: Memphis Redbirds
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