# 1992 St. Louis Cardinals season

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.
* January 15, 1992: Ozzie Canseco signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

## 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. He finished third in the Cy Young voting. Catcher 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

vteNL 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

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 | — |

### 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 | 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
| 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
#### 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 |
| 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

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

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

* 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

| 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. |