# 1992 Cincinnati Reds season

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).
* 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.
* 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

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 90 | 72 | .556 | 8 | 53‍–‍28 | 37‍–‍44 |
| San Diego Padres | 82 | 80 | .506 | 16 | 45‍–‍36 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Houston Astros | 81 | 81 | .500 | 17 | 47‍–‍34 | 34‍–‍47 |
| San Francisco Giants | 72 | 90 | .444 | 26 | 42‍–‍39 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 63 | 99 | .389 | 35 | 37‍–‍44 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1992 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### 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
## 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 | Joe Oliver | 143 | 485 | 131 | .270 | 10 | 57 |
| 1B | Hal Morris | 115 | 395 | 107 | .271 | 6 | 53 |
| 2B | Bill Doran | 132 | 387 | 91 | .235 | 8 | 47 |
| 3B | Chris Sabo | 96 | 344 | 84 | .244 | 12 | 43 |
| SS | Barry Larkin | 140 | 533 | 162 | .314 | 12 | 78 |
| LF | Bip Roberts | 147 | 532 | 172 | .323 | 4 | 45 |
| CF | Dave Martinez | 135 | 393 | 100 | .254 | 3 | 31 |
| RF | Paul O'Neill | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Nashville Sounds | American Association | Pete Mackanin and Dave Miley |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern League | Dave Miley and Ron Oester |
| A | Cedar Rapids Reds | Midwest League | Mark Berry |
| A | Charleston Wheelers | South Atlantic League | P. J. Carey |
| Rookie | Princeton Reds | Appalachian League | Sam Mejías |
| Rookie | Billings Mustangs | Pioneer League | Donnie Scott |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Billings