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The following are the baseball events of the year 1992 throughout the world.  

Champions[]

Major League Baseball[]

Other champions[]

  • Caribbean World Series: Indios de Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)
  • College World Series: Pepperdine
  • Japan Series: Seibu Lions over Yakult Swallows (4-3)
  • Little League World Series: Long Beach, California; title awarded following loss to team from Zamboanga City, Mindanao, Philippines, which was later disqualified
  • Summer Olympic Games at Barcelona, Spain: Cuba (Gold), Chinese Taipei (Silver), Japan (Bronze)

Awards and honors[]

MLB Statistical Leaders[]

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Edgar Martinez .343 Gary Sheffield .330
HR Juan Gonzalez 43 Fred McGriff 35
RBI Cecil Fielder 124 Darren Daulton 109
Wins Kevin Brown & Jack Morris 21 Tom Glavine & Greg Maddux 20
ERA Roger Clemens 2.41 Bill Swift 2.08

Major League Baseball final standings[]

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win % GB
EAST
1st Toronto Blue Jays 96 66 .593    --
2nd Milwaukee Brewers 92 70 .568   4.0
3rd Baltimore Orioles 89 73 .549   7.0
4th Cleveland Indians 76 86 .469 20.0
4th New York Yankees 76 86 .469 20.0
6th Detroit Tigers 75 87 .463 21.0
7th Boston Red Sox 73 89 .451 23.0
WEST
1st Oakland Athletics 96 66 .593    --
2nd Minnesota Twins 90 72 .556   6.0
3rd Chicago White Sox 86 76 .531 10.0
4th Texas Rangers 77 85 .475 19.0
5th California Angels 72 90 .444 24.0
5th Kansas City Royals 72 90 .444 24.0
7th Seattle Mariners 64 98 .395 32.0
National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Pittsburgh Pirates 96 66 .593    --
2nd Montréal Expos 87 75 .537   9.0
3rd St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 .512 13.0
4th Chicago Cubs 78 84 .481 18.0
5th New York Mets 72 90 .444 24.0
6th Philadelphia Phillies 70 92 .432 26.0
West Division
1st Atlanta Braves 98 64 .605    --
2nd Cincinnati Reds 90 72 .556   8.0
3rd San Diego Padres 82 80 .506 16.0
4th Houston Astros 81 81 .500 17.0
5th San Francisco Giants 72 90 .444 26.0
6th Los Angeles Dodgers 63 99 .389 35.0

Events[]

January-June[]

  • March 2 - Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg becomes the highest-paid player in major league history when he agrees to a four-year contract extension worth $28.4 million.
  • March 17 - Pitcher Hal Newhouser and umpire Bill McGowan are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.

July-December[]

  • July 7 - Andy Van Slyke of the Pittsburgh Pirates becomes the first outfielder in nearly 18 years to record an unassisted double play, in the Pirates' 5–3 win over the Houston Astros. Van Slyke races in from center field to catch a fly ball, then continues in to double up Ken Caminiti, who was running from second base on the play.
  • July 14 - The American League pounds out a record 19 hits in defeating the National League by a score of 13–6 in the All-Star Game. It's the AL's 5th straight win. Ken Griffey, Jr., who hit a single, a double and a home run, is named the MVP, 12 years after his father Ken Sr. won the same honor.
  • September 7 - After receiving an 18-9 no-confidence vote from the owners, Commissioner Fay Vincent has no other choice but to resign. Vincent is soon replaced by Milwaukee Brewers president Bud Selig on what is meant to be an interim basis.
  • October 24 - The Toronto Blue Jays clinch their first World Series championship with a 4–3 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 6. Dave Winfield's 2–out, 2–run double in the top of the 11th gives Toronto a 4–2 lead. The Braves score one run in the bottom half of the inning and have the tying run on 3rd when the final out is made. Jimmy Key wins the game in relief, and Candy Maldonado homers for Toronto. Blue Jays catcher Pat Borders, with a .450 batting average, is named the Series MVP.
  • November 16 - The Rockies sign free agent first baseman Andrés Galarraga, who rejoins Don Baylor, his hitting coach with the St. Louis Cardinals. Galarraga is coming off his second injury-plagued year, having missed 44 days of the season after being hit on the wrist by a Wally Whitehurst pitch in the 3rd game of the season.
  • November 17 - Major League Baseball holds an expansion draft to stock the rosters of the National League's two new teams, the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies. A total of 72 players are chosen. The best picks for Florida are Trevor Hoffman, eventually packaged for Gary Sheffield; Jeff Conine, and Cris Carpenter, later dealt to the Texas Rangers for Robb Nen. For Colorado, their best picks are Eric Young, Joe Girardi, Vinny Castilla, Armando Reynoso, Andy Ashby, Brad Ausmus, Charlie Hayes and Doug Bochtler. The next season, Ashby, Ausmus and Bochtler will go to the San Diego Padres in an ill-fated deal for pricey veteran pitchers Bruce Hurst and Greg Harris.

Movies[]

  • The Babe
  • A League of Their Own
  • The Comrades of Summer (TV)
  • Mr. Baseball

Deaths[]

  • February 26 - Jean R. Yawkey, 83, majority owner of the Boston Red Sox since 1976
  • April 23 - Deron Johnson, 53, first and third baseman who led the NL in RBI in 1965; later a coach
  • April 24 - Elio Chacón, 55, Venezuelan middle infielder who led the New York Mets in stolen bases in their 1962 inaugural season
  • April 27 - Harlond Clift, 79, All-Star third baseman for the St. Louis Browns who was the first man at his position to hit 30 home runs; scored 100 runs seven times, and set records with 405 assists in 1937 and career mark of 309 double plays
  • June 4 - Carl Stotz, 82, founder of Little League Baseball in 1939 who left the organization in 1955 in a litigious leadership dispute, shortly after serving as a pallbearer at Cy Young's funeral
  • June 15 - Eddie Lopat, 73, All-Star pitcher who combined with Allie Reynolds and Vic Raschi to form the heart of the Yankees' rotation through five World Series championships from 1949-53; led AL in ERA and winning percentage in 1953
  • June 27 - Sandy Amorós, 62, Cuban left fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers, best remembered for a spectacular catch in Game 7 of the 1955 World Series
  • September 5 - Billy Herman, 83, Hall of Fame second baseman for the Cubs and Dodgers who batted .304 lifetime, scored 100 runs five times and led the NL in hits, doubles and triples once each and in putouts seven times; later a coach, minor league manager and scout
  • September 22 - Aurelio López, 44, All-Star relief pitcher who had two seasons of 20 saves for the Detroit Tigers
  • October 22 - Red Barber, 84, broadcaster for the Reds, Dodgers and Yankees from 1934 to 1966 who, along with Mel Allen, won the first Ford Frick Award from the Hall of Fame
  • November 5 - Rod Scurry, 36, relief pitcher for the Pirates who had 14 saves in 1982
  • November 10 - Chuck Connors, 71, first baseman for the 1951 Cubs who gained stardom as an actor on the television series The Rifleman
  • December 12 - Rube Walker, 66, backup catcher for the Cubs and the Dodgers, later a pitching coach for the Senators, Mets and Braves
  • December 28 - Sal Maglie, 75, All-Star pitcher for all three New York teams during the 1950s whose hardnosed style personified the rivalry between the franchises; led NL in wins and ERA once each
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