1992

1992 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1992.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Seibu Lions (PL) over the Yakult Swallows (CL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yakult Swallows (Details)
    • Pacific League: Seibu Lions (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Lotte Giants defeated the Binggrae Eagles in the Korean Series (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Brother Elephants win the title outright by winning both halves of the season
• Claxton Shield: Daikyo Dolphins, Australian Baseball League (Details)

Europe

• European Cup: Cariparma Angels, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Mannheim Amigos
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Install Data ADO Den Haag
    • Holland Series: ADO Base- en softball defeated the Honkbal Club Kinheim in the series, 3 - 1 (Details)
  • Serie A1: Telemarket Rimini

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Toronto Blue Jays (AL) over the Atlanta Braves (NL), 4 - 2 (Details)
    • American League: Toronto Blue Jays (Details)
    • National League: Atlanta Braves (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Oklahoma City 89ers (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bluefield Orioles
  • Arizona League: AZL Athletics
  • California League: Stockton Ports
  • Carolina League: Peninsula Pilots
  • Eastern League: Binghamton Mets
  • Florida State League: Lakeland Tigers
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Royals
  • International League: Columbus Clippers (Details)
  • Midwest League: Cedar Rapids Reds
  • New York-Penn League: Geneva Cubs
  • Northwest League: Bellingham Mariners
  • Pacific Coast League: Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Billings Mustangs
  • South Atlantic League: Myrtle Beach Pelicans
  • Southern League: Greenville Braves
  • Texas League: Wichita Wranglers

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tigres Capitalinos defeated the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos in the finals, 4 - 2

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Industriales (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Hermosillo, México; Indios de Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Leones del Escogido defeated the Estrellas Orientales in the finals, 4 - 0
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Naranjeros de Hermosillo
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Águilas del Zulia defeated the Tigres de Aragua in the finals, 4 - 3

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): Pepperdine University defeated California State University, Fullerton in the finals, 3 - 2 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: The University of Tampa over the Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, 11 - 8 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: William Paterson University of New Jersey over the California Lutheran University, 3 - 1 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, 14 - 4 in the finals
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: Essex Community College
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Gloucester County College
• Community College League of California: Fresno City College over Sacramento City College 3 - 2 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Midlothian White Sox (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Komazawa University defeated the Ritsumeikan University in the final, 11 - 7 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Teikyo High School (Tokyo) defeat Tokai University Sagami High School (Kanagawa), 3 - 2 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Nishi Nippon Junior College High School (Fukuoka) defeat Takushoku University Koryo High School (Chiba), 1 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Long Beach (Long Beach, CA) over the Zamboanga City (Zamboanga, Philippines), 6 - 0 in the championship due to forfeit (Details)

International competitions

• Olympics in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
• World Junior Championship in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• Africa Cup Baseball Championship in Harare, Zimbabwe (Details)
  • South Africa (Gold); Zimbabwe (Silver); Nigeria (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Baseball and Billions, by Andrew Zimbalist
• Blackguards and Red Stockings, by William Ryczek
• Box Socials, by W.P. Kinsella
• The Brothers K, by David James Duncan
• The Dreyfus Affair, by Peter Lefcourt
• Five O'Clock Lightning, by Tommy Henrich and Bill Gilbert
• Girls of Summer, by Lois Browne
• Green Cathedrals, by Philip J. Lowry
• Lost Ballparks, by Lawrence Ritter
• Pafko at the Wall, by Don DeLillo
• The Plot to Kill Jackie Robinson, by Donald Honig
• Rat Palms, by David Homel

Film

• The Babe
• Bad Lieutenant
• A League Of Their Own
• Mr. Baseball

Births

Further information: Births in 1992

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1992