1992 Philadelphia Phillies season

1992 Philadelphia Phillies
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1883) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Veterans Stadium (since 1971) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
1992 information
Owner(s)	Bill Giles
General manager(s)	Lee Thomas
Manager(s)	Jim Fregosi
Local television	WTXF-TV PRISM
Local radio	WOGL (Garry Maddox, Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Kent Tekulve)
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The 1992 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished sixth in the National League East with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.

Offseason

• December 8, 1991: Von Hayes was given by the Phillies to the California Angels for Rubén Amaro, Jr. and Kyle Abbott.
• December 9, 1991: Danny Cox was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
• December 10, 1991: Mariano Duncan was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
• December 11, 1991: Bruce Ruffin was traded by the Phillies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dale Sveum.
• January 8, 1992: The Phillies traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Darrin Chapin. The Phillies completed the deal by sending Charlie Hayes to the Yankees on February 19.
• January 8, 1992: Rick Schu was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.

Regular season

On September 20, Mickey Morandini executed an unassisted triple play in the sixth inning. He caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner coming from first base.

Notable transactions

• April 2, 1992: Jason Grimsley was traded by the Phillies to the Houston Astros for Curt Schilling.
• April 5, 1992: Steve Lake was signed as a free agent by the Phillies.
• June 1, 1992: Bobby Estalella was drafted by the Phillies in the 23rd round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed May 9, 1993.
• June 7, 1992: Danny Cox was released by the Phillies.
• August 10, 1992: Dale Sveum was traded by the Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for Keith Shepherd.
• August 11, 1992: Steve Scarsone was traded by the Phillies to the Baltimore Orioles for Juan Bell.

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	66	.593	--
Montreal Expos	87	75	.537	9
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	.512	13
Chicago Cubs	78	84	.481	18
New York Mets	72	90	.444	24
Philadelphia Phillies	70	92	.432	26

Roster

1992 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 47 Kyle Abbott 40 Andy Ashby 55 Bob Ayrault 56 Jay Baller 51 Cliff Brantley 31 Brad Brink 41 Darrin Chapin 21 Pat Combs 34 Danny Cox 50 Jose DeLeon 49 Tommy Greene 42 Mike Hartley 50 Barry Jones 53 Greg Mathews 45 Terry Mulholland 39 Wally Ritchie 34 Ben Rivera 35 Don Robinson 38 Curt Schilling 24 Steve Searcy 52 Keith Shepherd 52 Mickey Weston 41 Mike Williams 28 Mitch Williams		Catchers 10 Darren Daulton 48 Jeff Grotewold 30 Steve Lake 23 Todd Pratt Infielders  6 Wally Backman  5 Kim Batiste 24 Juan Bell 15 Dave Hollins 17 Ricky Jordan 29 John Kruk 27 Joe Millette 12 Mickey Morandini 31 Steve Scarsone  8 Dale Sveum		Outfielders 33 Rubén Amaro, Jr. 16 Braulio Castillo 44 Wes Chamberlain  7 Mariano Duncan  4 Len Dykstra 22 Stan Javier 19 Jim Lindeman  9 Tom Marsh  3 Dale Murphy 37 Julio Peguero		Manager 11 Jim Fregosi Coaches  2 Larry Bowa 14 Denis Menke 46 Johnny Podres 26 Mel Roberts  5 Mike Ryan 18 John Vukovich

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	Daulton, DarrenDarren Daulton	145	485	131	.270	27	109
1B	Kruk, JohnJohn Kruk	144	507	164	.323	10	70
2B	Morandini, MickeyMickey Morandini	127	422	112	.265	3	30
3B	Hollins, DaveDave Hollins	156	586	158	.270	27	93
SS	Bell, JuanJuan Bell	46	147	30	.204	1	8
LF	Duncan, MarianoMariano Duncan	142	574	153	.267	8	50
CF	Dykstra, LennyLenny Dykstra	85	345	104	.301	6	39
RF	Amaro, RubénRubén Amaro	126	374	82	.219	7	34

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
Sveum, DaleDale Sveum	54	135	24	.178	2	16
Lake, SteveSteve Lake	20	53	13	.245	1	2
Lindeman, JimJim Lindeman	29	39	10	.256	1	6

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
Cox, DannyDanny Cox	9	38.1	2	2	5.40	30
Ashby, AndyAndy Ashby	10	37	1	3	7.54	24

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
Schilling, CurtCurt Schilling	42	226.1	14	11	2.35	147
Abbott, KyleKyle Abbott	31	133.1	1	14	5.13	88
Mathews, GregGreg Mathews	14	52.1	2	3	5.16	27

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Williams, MitchMitch Williams	66	5	8	29	3.78	74
Jones, BarryBarry Jones	44	5	6	0	4.64	19
Ritchie, WallyWally Ritchie	40	2	1	1	3.00	19
Shepherd, KeithKeith Shepherd	12	1	1	2	3.27	10
Chapin, DarrinDarrin Chapin	1	0	0	0	9.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons	International League	Lee Elia
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	Don McCormack
A	Clearwater Phillies	Florida State League	Bill Dancy
A	Spartanburg Phillies	South Atlantic League	Roy Majtyka
Short-Season A	Batavia Clippers	New York-Penn League	Ramon Aviles
Rookie	Martinsville Phillies	Appalachian League	Roly de Armas

References

• 1992 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference