1992 St. Louis Cardinals season
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The 1992 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 111th season in
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and its 101st season in the
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. The Cardinals went 83-79 during the season and finished third in the
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division, 13 games behind the NL East champion
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.


Offseason

* November 25, 1991: Ken Hill was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Montreal Expos for Andrés Galarraga. * January 15, 1992:
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signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.


Regular season

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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.
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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


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''


Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''


Pitching


Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''


Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''


Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''


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 Reference1992 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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