1992 Cleveland Indians season

The 1992 Cleveland Indians season was the 92nd season for the franchise.
The Indians were named "Organization of the Year" by Baseball America. in 1992, in response to the appearance of offensive bright spots and an improving farm system.

Offseason

October 7, 1991: Mike York was released by the Indians.
November 15, 1991: Greg Swindell was traded by the Indians to the Cincinnati Reds for Jack Armstrong, Scott Scudder, and Joe Turek.
November 20, 1991: Derek Lilliquist was selected off waivers by the Indians from the San Diego Padres.
December 6, 1991: Jesse Orosco was sent by the Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a conditional deal.
December 9, 1991: Pete Rose Jr. was drafted by the Indians from the Chicago White Sox in the 1991 rule 5 draft.
December 10, 1991: Willie Blair and Eddie Taubensee were traded by the Indians to the Houston Astros for Kenny Lofton and Dave Rohde.
January 27, 1992: Brook Jacoby was signed as a free agent by the Indians.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 3, 1992: Shawn Hillegas was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Toronto Blue Jays.
April 9, 1992: Eric Plunk was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
June 1, 1992: 1992 Major League Baseball draft
*Paul Shuey was drafted by the Indians in the 1st round.
*Matt Williams was drafted by the Indians in the 4th round.
July 4, 1992: Alex Cole was traded by the Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tony Mitchell.

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	89	299	22	75	16	0	2	26	.251	3
	161	657	92	205	32	1	20	105	.312	10
	153	585	81	152	23	1	34	112	.260	8
	41	97	11	20	1	0	0	5	.206	9
	79	215	27	58	7	2	0	13	.270	0
	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	102	369	38	89	16	1	18	49	.241	9
	117	358	36	99	15	2	2	32	.277	15
	120	291	30	76	7	0	4	36	.261	0
	24	89	8	30	6	2	1	6	.337	0
	21	18	9	3	1	0	1	1	.167	0
	28	43	2	12	4	0	1	3	.279	0
	122	413	44	109	21	0	5	30	.264	4
	148	576	96	164	15	8	5	42	.285	66
	69	228	23	60	9	1	5	35	.263	1
	86	244	20	61	7	0	0	24	.250	1
	18	20	2	2	1	0	0	1	.100	0
	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	140	458	52	123	24	1	18	60	.269	0
	40	117	8	24	3	1	2	12	.205	2
	148	508	73	129	19	4	9	43	.254	16
	9	24	0	4	0	0	0	2	.167	0
Team Totals	162	5620	674	1495	227	24	127	637	.266	144

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jack Armstrong	6	15	4.64	35	23	0	166.2	176	100	86	67	114
Brad Arnsberg	0	0	11.81	8	0	0	10.2	13	14	14	11	5
Eric Bell	0	2	7.63	7	1	0	15.1	22	13	13	9	10
Denis Boucher	2	2	6.37	8	7	0	41.0	48	29	29	20	17
Mike Christopher	0	0	3.00	10	0	0	18.0	17	8	6	10	13
Dennis Cook	5	7	3.82	32	25	0	158.0	156	79	67	50	96
Alan Embree	0	2	7.00	4	4	0	18.0	19	14	14	8	12
Derek Lilliquist	5	3	1.75	71	0	6	61.2	39	13	12	18	47
José Mesa	4	4	4.16	15	15	0	93.0	92	45	43	43	40
Dave Mlicki	0	2	4.98	4	4	0	21.2	23	14	12	16	16
Jeff Mutis	0	2	9.53	3	2	0	11.1	24	14	12	6	8
Charles Nagy	17	10	2.96	33	33	0	252.0	245	91	83	57	169
Rod Nichols	4	3	4.53	30	9	0	105.1	114	58	53	31	56
Steve Olin	8	5	2.34	72	0	29	88.1	80	25	23	27	47
Dave Otto	5	9	7.06	18	16	0	80.1	110	64	63	33	32
Eric Plunk	9	6	3.64	58	0	4	71.2	61	31	29	38	50
Ted Power	3	3	2.54	64	0	6	99.1	88	33	28	35	51
Scott Scudder	6	10	5.28	23	22	0	109.0	134	80	64	55	51
Jeff Shaw	0	1	8.22	2	1	0	7.2	7	7	7	4	3
Kevin Wickander	2	0	3.07	44	0	1	41.0	39	14	14	28	38
Team Totals	76	86	4.11	162	162	46	1470.0	1507	746	671	566	890

Award winners

All-Star Game

Sandy Alomar Jr., starting catcher
Carlos Baerga, reserve
Charles Nagy, reserve