1992 Cincinnati Reds season explained

Cincinnati Reds
Season:	1992
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Riverfront Stadium
City:	Cincinnati
Record:	90–72 (.556)
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Marge Schott
General Managers:	Bob Quinn
Managers:	Lou Piniella
Television:	WLWT (Marty Brennaman, Gordy Coleman, Steve LaMar) SportsChannel (Gordy Coleman, Steve LaMar)
Radio:	WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Gordy Coleman, Steve LaMar)

The 1992 Cincinnati Reds season saw the Reds finish 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.^[1]

Offseason

• November 12, 1991: Jacob Brumfield was signed as a free agent.^[2]
• November 12, 1991: Darnell Coles was signed as a free agent from the San Francisco Giants.^[3]
• November 15, 1991: Greg Swindell was acquired from the Cleveland Indians for Jack Armstrong, Scott Scudder, and Joe Turek (minors).^[4]
• November 15, 1991: Troy Afenir was signed as a free agent from the Oakland Athletics.^[5]
• November 27, 1991: Eric Davis and Kip Gross were traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tim Belcher and John Wetteland.^[6]
• December 2, 1991: Bob Geren was selected off waivers from the New York Yankees.^[7]
• 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.^[8]
• 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.^[9]
• March 17, 1992: Bob Geren was released by the Reds.^[7]

Regular season

Transactions

• April 1, 1992: Al Newman was released by the Cincinnati Reds.^[9]
• June 9, 1992: Scott Service was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[10]
• July 6, 1992: Scott Coolbaugh was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Cincinnati Reds for Lenny Wentz (minors).^[11]

Roster

1992 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Assistant) (Bench) (Hitting/First Base) (Third Base) (Bullpen)

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		143	485	131	.270	10	57
1B		115	395	107	.271	6	53
2B		132	387	91	.235	8	47
3B		96	344	84	.244	12	43
SS		140	533	162	.314	12	78
LF		147	532	172	.323	4	45
CF		135	393	100	.254	3	31
RF		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
	116	385	104	.270	12	36
	92	266	63	.237	8	38
	74	173	40	.231	1	17
	55	141	44	.312	3	18
	72	115	34	.296	0	15
	43	94	27	.287	2	10
	29	93	25	.269	2	13
	34	51	14	.275	0	4
	12	36	8	.222	0	2
	16	34	6	.176	0	4
	24	30	4	.133	0	2
	12	25	9	.360	0	3
	15	25	4	.160	0	2
	11	23	4	.174	0	0
	13	15	4	.267	0	0
	8	12	4	.333	0	0
	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
	35	227.2	15	14	3.91	149
	31	213.2	12	8	2.70	138
	33	211.0	15	10	2.56	171
	28	147.1	7	10	4.21	79
	16	87.0	6	5	5.07	33
	7	45.1	4	2	2.58	18
	5	29.0	2	1	4.34	23
	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

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
	64	4	2	26	2.99	90
	63	3	5	25	3.07	110
	60	3	3	0	3.33	72
	57	4	3	0	5.03	43
	54	10	4	1	2.93	53
	31	1	1	2	2.88	34
	14	0	0	1	3.15	10
	3	1	0	0	1.93	5

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Billings^[12]

References

• 1992 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds: History: Reds Uniforms and Logos. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070222124227/http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/cin/history/uniforms_logos.jsp. 2007-02-22.
2. Web site: Jacob Brumfield Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
3. Web site: Darnell Coles Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/swindgr01.shtml Greg Swindell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
5. Web site: Troy Afenir Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
6. Web site: Eric Davis Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
7. Web site: Bob Geren Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/myersra01.shtml Randy Myers Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
9. Web site: Al Newman Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
10. Web site: Scott Service Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
11. Web site: Scott Coolbaugh Statistics and History . Baseball-Reference.com . August 24, 2012.
12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007