1992 in baseball

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The following are the events of the year 1992 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January-June 1.2 July-December 2 Major League Baseball Final Standings 3 Awards 4 Deaths

Events

January-June

• January 7 - Pitchers Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Seaver finishes with a record 98.8% of the votes cast. Pete Rose, ineligible because of his ban from baseball, receives 41 write–in votes.

• March 2 - Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg becomes the highest paid player in major league baseball 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 raced 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. Seattle's Ken Griffey, Jr., who batted a single, a double and one home run is named the game's MVP, 12 years after his father Griffey Sr. wins 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.

• September 9 - Robin Yount became the 17th player to reach 3,000 hits in the Milwaukee Brewers' 5-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians. Yount singled to right center off Cleveland's José Mesa in the seventh inning.

• 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 BA, is named the Series MVP.

• October 23 - The expansion Florida Marlins hires Rene Lachemann as the team's first manager.

• October 27 - The expansion Colorado Rockies hire Don Baylor as the team's first manager.

• November 16 - The Rockies sign free agent first baseman Andrés Galarraga who rejoins Don Baylor, his hitting coach with the 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 - MLB holds the 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 veterans pitchers Bruce Hurst and Greg Harris.

Major League Baseball Final Standings

American League Rank Club Wins Losses Win % EAST 1st Toronto Blue Jays 96 66 .593 2nd Milwaukee Brewers 92 70 .568 3rd Baltimore Orioles 89 73 .549 4th Cleveland Indians 76 86 .469 4th New York Yankees 76 86 .469 6th Detroit Tigers 75 87 .463 7th Boston Red Sox 73 89 .451 WEST 1st Oakland Athletics 96 66 .593 2nd Minnesota Twins 90 72 .556 3rd Chicago White Sox 86 76 .531 4th Texas Rangers 77 85 .475 5th California Angels 72 90 .444 5th Kansas City Royals 72 90 .444 7th Seattle Mariners 64 98 .395

National League Rank Club Wins Losses Win % EAST 1st Pittsburgh Pirates 96 66 .593 2nd Montréal Expos 87 75 .537 3rd St. Louis Cardinals 83 79 .512 4th Chicago Cubs 78 84 .481 5th New York Mets 72 90 .444 6th Philadelphia Phillies 70 92 .432 WEST 1st Atlanta Braves 98 64 .605 2nd Cincinnati Reds 90 72 .556 3rd San Diego Padres 82 80 .506 4th Houston Astros 81 81 .500 5th San Francisco Giants 72 90 .444 6th Los Angeles Dodgers 63 99 .389

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Dennis Eckersley (AL)
  • Barry Bonds (NL)

• Cy Young
  • Dennis Eckersley (AL)
  • Greg Maddux (NL)

• Rookie of the Year
  • Pat Listach (AL)
  • Eric Karros (NL)

• Manager of the Year
  • Tony LaRussa (AL)
  • Jim Leyland (NL)

Deaths

• February 26 - Jean R. Yawkey, 83, Boston Red Sox majority owner.

• April 23 - Deron Johnson, 53, who spent 16 seasons in the majors and was a member of the 1973 World Series champions Oakland Athletics.

• April 24 - Elio Chacón, 55, an infielder who played with the National League champions Cincinnati Reds in 1961, and led the New York Mets in stolen bases in their 1962 inaugural season.

• June 15 - Eddie Lopat, 73, who combined with Allie Reynolds and Vic Raschi, to form the heart of the pitching rotation that carried the New York Yankees and manager Casey Stengel to five straight World Series championships from 1949-53.

• June 27 - Sandy Amorós, 62, a left fielder who in Game 7 of the 1955 World Series made one of the most spectacular catches in Series history, to help the Brooklyn Dodgers win their first World Championship against their perennial rivals, the New York Yankees.

• September 5 - Billy Herman, 83, a Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman and a 10-time All-Star, who in 1941 helped the Brooklyn Dodgers win their first pennant in 21 years.

• September 22 - Aurelio López, 44, a relief pitcher who played with Kansas City. St. Louis and Houston, and helped the Detroit Tigers to win the 1984 World Series.

• November 5 - Rod Scurry, 36, who pitched for the Pirates, Yankees and Mariners.

• November 10 - Chuck Connors, 71, a former NBA and MLB player who gained stardom as an actor on the television series The Rifleman.

• December 12 - Rube Walker, 66, a catcher with the Chicago Cubs and the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, and later a coach for the Senators, Mets and Braves.

• December 28 - Sal Maglie, 75, one of the most accomplished pitcher for all three New York teams during the 1950s, as well as a man whose career symbolized the confrontations between the NY Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and between both of them and the Yankees.