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League | National League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Busch Memorial Stadium | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 83–79 (.512) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Anheuser-Busch | |
General managers | Dal Maxvill | |
Managers | Joe Torre | |
Television | KPLR (Al Hrabosky, George Grande) | |
Radio | KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Joe Buck) | |
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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.[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 |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | — | 53–28 | 43–38 |
Montreal Expos | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 9 | 43–38 | 44–37 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | 0.512 | 13 | 45–36 | 38–43 |
Chicago Cubs | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 18 | 43–38 | 35–46 |
New York Mets | 72 | 90 | 0.444 | 24 | 41–40 | 31–50 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 26 | 41–40 | 29–52 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
Roster
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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 |
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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
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in