1992 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1992 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

1992 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Eli Jacobs
General manager(s)Roland Hemond
Manager(s)Johnny Oates
Local televisionWMAR-TV
(Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau)
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer, Rex Barney, Tom Davis)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Joe Angel)
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Having played almost 40 years at Memorial Stadium, the 1992 campaign was the inaugural season for the Orioles' new ballpark, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, where they play to this day.

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. Mussina 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 behind Chris Bosio.

Mussina pitched 4 shutouts and was tied for 2nd in the league. Mussina trailed only Boston's Roger Clemens for the league lead in shutouts. Mussina finished 4th 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 former B&O warehouse

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9666 0.593 — 53–28 43–38
Milwaukee Brewers 9270 0.568 4 53–28 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 8973 0.549 7 43–38 46–35
Cleveland Indians 7686 0.469 20 41–40 35–46
New York Yankees 7686 0.469 20 41–40 35–46
Detroit Tigers 7587 0.463 21 38–42 37–45
Boston Red Sox 7389 0.451 23 44–37 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1992 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–58–46–67–610–38–46–76–65–86–67–57–55–8
Boston 5–8—8–46–66–74–97–55–83–97–65–76–64–87–6
California 4–84–8—3–106–67–58–55–72–117–55–87–69–45–7
Chicago 6–66–610–3—7–510–27–65–78–58–45–84–95–85–7
Cleveland 6–77–66–65–7—5–85–75–86–67–66–67–55–76–7
Detroit 3–109–45–72–108–5—7–55–83–95–86–69–38–45–8
Kansas City 4–85–75–86–77–55–7—7–56–75–74–97–66–75–7
Milwaukee 7–68–57–57–58–58–55–7—6–66–77–58–47–58–5
Minnesota 6–69–311–25–86–69–37–66–6—7–55–88–56–75–7
New York 8–56–75–74–86–78–57–57–65–7—6–66–66–62–11
Oakland 6–67–58–58–56–66–69–45–78–56–6—12–19–46–6
Seattle 5–76–66–79–45–73–96–74–85–86–61–12—4–94–8
Texas 5–78–44–98–57–54–87–65–77–66–64–99–4—3–9
Toronto 8–56–77–57–57–68–57–55–87–511–26–68–49–3—

Notable transactions

Roster
1992 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CChris Hoiles9631085.2742040
1BRandy Milligan137462111.2401153
2BBilly Ripken11133076.230436
3BLeo Gómez137468124.2651764
SSCal Ripken, Jr.162637160.2511472
LFBrady Anderson159623169.2712180
CFMike Devereaux156653180.27624107
RFJoe Orsulak117391113.289439
DHGlenn Davis106398110.2761348

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mark McLemore10122856.246027
Chito Martínez8319853.268525
David Segui11518944.233117
Jeff Tackett6517943.240524
Sam Horn6316238.235519
Tim Hulett5714241.289221
Luis Mercedes23507.14004
Mark Parent17348.23524
Steve Scarsone11173.17600
Rick Dempsey891.11100
Manny Alexander451.20000
Tommy Shields200---00
Jack Voigt100---00

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Mussina322411852.54130
Rick Sutcliffe36237⅓16154.47109
Ben McDonald3522713134.24158
Bob Milacki23115⅔685.8451
Arthur Rhodes1594⅓753.6377
José Mesa1367⅔385.1922
Craig Lefferts533134.0923
Richie Lewis26⅔0210.804

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

N/A

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Todd Frohwirth654342.4658
Gregg Olson6015362.0558
Storm Davis487343.4353
Mike Flanagan420008.0517
Alan Mills3510422.6160
Pat Clements232003.289
Mark Williamson120010.9614
Jim Poole60000.003

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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
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