1992 in baseball

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.