1992 Cincinnati Reds season

1992 Cincinnati Reds
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)
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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

Season standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	98	64	0.605	—	51–30	47–34
Cincinnati Reds	90	72	0.556	8	53–28	37–44
San Diego Padres	82	80	0.506	16	45–36	37–44
Houston Astros	81	81	0.500	17	47–34	34–47
San Francisco Giants	72	90	0.444	26	42–39	30–51
Los Angeles Dodgers	63	99	0.389	35	37–44	26–55

Record vs. opponents

1992 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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	—

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 59 Bobby Ayala 25,50 Scott Bankhead 31 Tim Belcher 50 Tom Bolton 59 Keith Brown 32 Tom Browning 37 Norm Charlton 49 Rob Dibble 54 Steve Foster 45 Chris Hammond 48 Dwayne Henry 39 Milt Hill 52 Tony Menéndez 55 Tim Pugh 27 José Rijo 28 Scott Ruskin 29 Greg Swindell		Catchers 38 Troy Afenir 47 Scott Bradley  9 Joe Oliver 34 Jeff Reed  6 Dan Wilson  7 Rick Wrona Infielders 12,57 Freddie Benavides 20,58 Jeff Branson 26 Darnell Coles 57 Tim Costo 19 Bill Doran 40 Gary Green 56 Willie Greene 11 Barry Larkin 23 Hal Morris 17 Chris Sabo		Outfielders 35 Gerónimo Berroa 15 Glenn Braggs 46 Jacob Brumfield 22 Billy Hatcher 58 César Hernández 30 Dave Martinez 21 Paul O'Neill 10 Bip Roberts 16,53 Reggie Sanders		Manager 41 Lou Piniella Coaches  8 John McLaren (Assistant)  4 Jackie Moore (Bench) 24 Tony Pérez (Hitting/First Base)  2 Sam Perlozzo (Third Base)  3 Larry Rothschild (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	Joe Oliver	143	485	131	.270	10	57
1B	Hal Morris	115	395	107	.271	6	53
2B	Bill Doran	132	387	91	.235	8	47
3B	Chris Sabo	96	344	84	.244	12	43
SS	Barry Larkin	140	533	162	.314	12	78
LF	Bip Roberts	147	532	172	.323	4	45
CF	Dave Martinez	135	393	100	.254	3	31
RF	Paul O'Neill	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
Reggie Sanders	116	385	104	.270	12	36
Glenn Braggs	92	266	63	.237	8	38
Freddie Benavides	74	173	40	.231	1	17
Darnell Coles	55	141	44	.312	3	18
Jeff Branson	72	115	34	.296	0	15
Billy Hatcher	43	94	27	.287	2	10
Willie Greene	29	93	25	.269	2	13
César Hernández	34	51	14	.275	0	4
Tim Costo	12	36	8	.222	0	2
Troy Afenir	16	34	6	.176	0	4
Jacob Brumfield	24	30	4	.133	0	2
Dan Wilson	12	25	9	.360	0	3
Jeff Reed	15	25	4	.160	0	2
Rick Wrona	11	23	4	.174	0	0
Gerónimo Berroa	13	15	4	.267	0	0
Gary Green	8	12	4	.333	0	0
Scott Bradley	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
Tim Belcher	35	227.2	15	14	3.91	149
Greg Swindell	31	213.2	12	8	2.70	138
José Rijo	33	211.0	15	10	2.56	171
Chris Hammond	28	147.1	7	10	4.21	79
Tom Browning	16	87.0	6	5	5.07	33
Tim Pugh	7	45.1	4	2	2.58	18
Bobby Ayala	5	29.0	2	1	4.34	23
Keith Brown	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Bolton	16	46.1	3	3	5.24	27

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
Norm Charlton	64	4	2	26	2.99	90
Rob Dibble	63	3	5	25	3.07	110
Dwayne Henry	60	3	3	0	3.33	72
Scott Ruskin	57	4	3	0	5.03	43
Scott Bankhead	54	10	4	1	2.93	53
Steve Foster	31	1	1	2	2.88	34
Milt Hill	14	0	0	1	3.15	10
Tony Menéndez	3	1	0	0	1.93	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Nashville Sounds	American Association	Pete Mackanin and Dave Miley
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Dave Miley and Ron Oester
A	Cedar Rapids Reds	Midwest League	Mark Berry
A	Charleston Wheelers	South Atlantic League	P. J. Carey
Rookie	Princeton Reds	Appalachian League	Sam Mejías
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Donnie Scott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Billings^[12]

Notes

References

• 1992 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference