1992 Baltimore Orioles season

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1992  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Eli Jacobs
General managers Roland Hemond
Managers Johnny Oates
Television WMAR-TV
(Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau)
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer, Rex Barney, Tom Davis)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Joe Angel)
  1991 Seasons 1993  

The 1992 Baltimore Orioles season was the 92nd season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 39th in Baltimore, and the inaugural season at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, after having played almost 40 years at Memorial Stadium where they still play to this day. It involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

The Orioles spent most of the first three months of the season battling with the Toronto Blue Jays for first place in the division. The lead switched back and forth between the two teams before the Jays took it for good on June 20. Baltimore remained in second place for the next two months, with the margin between themselves and Toronto fluctuating from between one and five games. However, the Birds faded during the September stretch and relinquished second place to the Milwaukee Brewers on September 19. Still, they were not mathematically eliminated from contention until September 27, finishing at a respectable 89–73.

In 1992, Mike Mussina played his first full season with the Orioles. He finished with an 18–5 record and a 2.54 ERA in 241 innings; his .783 win–loss percentage was the best in the American League, and his 1.79 BB/9 was second-best in the AL behind the Brewers' Chris Bosio. Mussina also pitched four shutouts, tying for second in the league behind Boston's Roger Clemens. He finished fourth in the American League Cy Young Award voting, and participated in the 1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego, pitching one perfect inning.

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

In 1992, with grand ceremony, the Orioles began their season in a brand new ballpark, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and thus retiring Memorial Stadium in the major league baseball world. The ballpark was an instant success; however, the name of the new park had controversy. Many felt that since the Orioles' new home was so close to Babe Ruth's birthplace that the new park should have been named after Ruth instead of being indirectly named after the Earl of Camden, Charles Pratt, who was a Briton who never set foot on American soil. There was also the superficial connection to the fact that Ruth played for the Orioles early in his career, but the Orioles team that Ruth played for was in no way related to the Orioles team that moved to Baltimore from St. Louis. Camden Yards was built at the location of the old Camden Railway. It was the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s, and remains one of the most highly praised. [3]

Right field and the Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards. Oriole Park Baltimore.jpg
Right field and the Baltimore & Ohio Warehouse at Camden Yards.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9666.59353284338
Milwaukee Brewers 9270.568453283942
Baltimore Orioles 8973.549743384635
Cleveland Indians 7686.4692041403546
New York Yankees 7686.4692041403546
Detroit Tigers 7587.4632138423745
Boston Red Sox 7389.4512344372952

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 8–58–46–67–610–38–46–76–65–86–67–57–55–8
Boston 5–88–46–66–74–97–55–83–97–65–76–64–87–6
California 4–84–83–106–67–58–55–72–117–55–87–69–45–7
Chicago 6–66–610–37–510–27–65–78–58–45–84–95–85–7
Cleveland 6–77–66–65–75–85–75–86–67–66–67–55–76–7
Detroit 3–109–45–72–108–57–55–83–95–86–69–38–45–8
Kansas City 4–85–75–86–77–55–77–56–75–74–97–66–75–7
Milwaukee 7–68–57–57–58–58–55–76–66–77–58–47–58–5
Minnesota 6–69–311–25–86–69–37–66–67–55–88–56–75–7
New York 8–56–75–74–86–78–57–57–65–76–66–66–62–11
Oakland 6–67–58–58–56–66–69–45–78–56–612–19–46–6
Seattle 5–76–66–79–45–73–96–74–85–86–61–124–94–8
Texas 5–78–44–98–57–54–87–65–77–66–64–99–43–9
Toronto 8–56–77–57–57–68–57–55–87–511–26–68–49–3

Notable transactions

Roster

1992 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Chris Hoiles 9631085.2742040
1B Randy Milligan 137462111.2401153
2B Billy Ripken 11133076.230436
3B Leo Gómez 137468124.2651764
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 162637160.2511472
LF Brady Anderson 159623169.2712180
CF Mike Devereaux 156653180.27624107
RF Joe Orsulak 117391113.289439
DH Glenn Davis 106398110.2761348

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mark McLemore 10122856.246027
Chito Martínez 8319853.268525
David Segui 11518944.233117
Jeff Tackett 6517943.240524
Sam Horn 6316238.235519
Tim Hulett 5714241.289221
Luis Mercedes 23507.14004
Mark Parent 17348.23524
Steve Scarsone 11173.17600
Rick Dempsey 891.11100
Manny Alexander 451.20000
Tommy Shields 200----00
Jack Voigt 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Mussina 32241.01852.54130
Rick Sutcliffe 36237.116154.47109
Ben McDonald 35227.013134.24158
Bob Milacki 23115.2685.8451
Arthur Rhodes 1594.1753.6377
José Mesa 1367.2385.1922
Craig Lefferts 533.0134.0923
Richie Lewis 26.20210.804

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Gregg Olson 6015362.0558
Todd Frohwirth 654342.4658
Storm Davis 487343.4353
Mike Flanagan 420008.0517
Alan Mills 3510422.6160
Pat Clements 232003.289
Mark Williamson 120010.9614
Jim Poole 60000.003

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Jerry Narron
AA Hagerstown Suns Eastern League Don Buford
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Bob Miscik
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Joel Youngblood
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Mike O'Berry
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Phillip Wellman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield [5]

References

  1. Jeff Robinson page at Baseball Reference
  2. "Amalio Carreño". Baseball Reference. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  3. "FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Top 10 ballparks". Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
  4. Juan Bell page at Baseball Reference
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007