1992 Cleveland Indians season

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1992 Cleveland Indians
Major league affiliations
Location
1992 Information
Owner(s) Richard Jacobs
General Manager(s) John Hart
Manager(s) Mike Hargrove
Local television WUAB
(Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan)
SportsChannel
(John Sanders, Rick Manning)
Local radio WKNR
(Herb Score, Tom Hamilton)

The Indians were named "Organization of the Year" by Baseball America[1] in 1992, in response to the appearance of offensive bright spots and an improving farm system.

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[edit] Offseason

  • November 15, 1991: Greg Swindell was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Jack Armstrong, Scott Scudder, and Joe Turek (minors). [2]
  • December 6, 1991: Jesse Orosco was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal. [3]
  • December 10, 1991: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Houston Astros with Dave Rohde to the Cleveland Indians for Willie Blair and Eddie Taubensee.
  • March 31, 1992: Mike Aldrete was released by the Cleveland Indians. [4]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 96 66 .593 --
Milwaukee Brewers 92 70 .568 4
Baltimore Orioles 89 73 .549 7
Cleveland Indians 76 86 .469 20
New York Yankees 76 86 .469 20
Detroit Tigers 75 87 .463 21
Boston Red Sox 73 89 .451 23

[edit] Notable Transactions

[edit] Roster

1992 Cleveland Indians roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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
Sandy Alomar 89 299 75 .251 2 26
Paul Sorrento 140 458 123 .269 18 60
Carlos Baerga 161 657 205 .312 20 105
Brook Jacoby 120 291 76 .261 4 36
Mark Lewis 122 413 109 .264 5 30
Mark Whiten 148 508 129 .254 9 43
Kenny Lofton 148 576 164 .285 5 42
Thomas Howard 117 358 99 .277 2 32
Albert Belle 153 585 152 .260 34 112


[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Glenallen Hill 102 369 89 .241 18 49
Junior Ortiz 86 244 61 .250 0 24
Carlos Martinez 69 228 60 .263 5 35
Felix Fermin 76 215 58 .270 0 13
Jim Thome 40 117 24 .205 2 12

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts;

Player GS IP W L ERA SO
Charles Nagy 33 252.0 17 10 2.96 169
Dennis Cook 32 158.0 5 7 3.82 96
Jack Armstrong 35 166.2 6 15 4.64 114
Scott Scudder 23 109.0 6 10 5.28 66
Dave Otto 18 80.1 5 9 7.06 32
Jose Mesa 15 93.0 4 4 4.16 40


[edit] Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games played; W = Wins ; L = Losses ; SV = Saves ; K = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Olin 72 8 5 29 2.34 47
Derek Lilliquist 71 5 3 6 1.75 47
Ted Power 64 3 3 6 2.54 51
Eric Plunk 58 9 6 4 3.64 50
Kevin Wickander 44 2 0 1 3.07 38

[edit] Award Winners

All-Star Game

  • Sandy Alomar Jr (Starting Catcher)
  • Carlos Baerga (Reserve)
  • Charles Nagy (Reserve)

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Official Site of The Cleveland Indians: History: Indians History
  2. ^ Greg Swindell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Jesse Orosco Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Mike Aldrete Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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1992 MLB season by team
AL East
Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto
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NL East
NL West
1992 All-Star Game • 1992 World Series


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