1992 Kansas City Royals season

The 1992 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing fifth in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses.

1992 Kansas City Royals
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkRoyals Stadium
CityKansas City, Missouri
OwnersEwing Kauffman
General managersHerk Robinson
ManagersHal McRae
TelevisionWDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
RadioWIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
← 1991Seasons1993 →

Offseason

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  • December 9, 1991: Wally Joyner signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[1]
  • December 10, 1991: Rico Rossy was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Kansas City Royals for Bobby Moore.[2]
  • December 11, 1991: Kevin McReynolds was traded by the New York Mets with Gregg Jefferies and Keith Miller to the Kansas City Royals for Bret Saberhagen and Bill Pecota.[3]
  • March 10, 1992: Kirk Gibson was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Neal Heaton.[4]

Regular season

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Season standings

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AL WestWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Oakland Athletics96660.59351–3045–36
Minnesota Twins90720.556648–3342–39
Chicago White Sox86760.5311050–3236–44
Texas Rangers77850.4751936–4541–40
California Angels72900.4442441–4031–50
Kansas City Royals72900.4442444–3728–53
Seattle Mariners64980.3953238–4326–55

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore8–58–46–67–610–38–46–76–65–86–67–57–55–8
Boston5–88–46–66–74–97–55–83–97–65–76–64–87–6
California4–84–83–106–67–58–55–72–117–55–87–69–45–7
Chicago6–66–610–37–510–27–65–78–58–45–84–95–85–7
Cleveland6–77–66–65–75–85–75–86–67–66–67–55–76–7
Detroit3–109–45–72–108–57–55–83–95–86–69–38–45–8
Kansas City4–85–75–86–77–55–77–56–75–74–97–66–75–7
Milwaukee7–68–57–57–58–58–55–76–66–77–58–47–58–5
Minnesota6–69–311–25–86–69–37–66–67–55–88–56–75–7
New York8–56–75–74–86–78–57–57–65–76–66–66–62–11
Oakland6–67–58–58–56–66–69–45–78–56–612–19–46–6
Seattle5–76–66–79–45–73–96–74–85–86–61–124–94–8
Texas5–78–44–98–57–54–87–65–77–66–64–99–43–9
Toronto8–56–77–57–57–68–57–55–87–511–26–68–49–3


Notable transactions

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  • April 3, 1992: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[5]
  • June 1, 1992: Johnny Damon was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (35th pick) of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 1992.[6]
  • July 21, 1992: Mark Davis was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Juan Berenguer.[7]
  • August 6, 1992: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.[8]

Roster

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1992 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

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Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos.PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CMike Macfarlane12940294.2341748
1BWally Joyner149572154.269966
2BKeith Miller106416118.284438
3BGregg Jefferies152604172.2851075
SSDavid Howard7421949.224118
LFKevin McReynolds10937392.2471349
CFBrian McRae149533119.223452
RFJim Eisenreich11335395.269228
DHGeorge Brett152592169.285761

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
Curt Wilkerson11129674.250229
Brent Mayne8221348.225018
Gary Thurman8820049.245020
Rico Rossy5914932.215112
Kevin Koslofski5513333.248313
Juan Samuel2910229.28408
Terry Shumpert369414.149111
Jeff Conine289123.25309
Chris Gwynn348424.28617
Bob Melvin327022.31406
Harvey Pulliam451.20000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kevin Appier30208.11582.46150
Hipólito Pichardo31143.2963.9559
Mark Gubicza18111.1763.7281
Rick Reed19100.1373.6849
Luis Aquino1567.2364.5211
Chris Haney742.0233.8627
Dennis Rasmussen537.2411.4312

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Gordon40117.26104.5998
Mike Magnante4489.1494.9431
Mike Boddicker2986.2144.9847
Mark Davis1336.1137.1819
Curt Young1024.1125.187
Bill Sampen819.2023.6614
Dennis Moeller518.0037.006
Ed Pierce25.1003.383

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Montgomery6516392.1869
Rusty Meacham6410422.7464
Steve Shifflett341402.6025
Neal Heaton313104.1729
Juan Berenguer191405.6426
Rich Sauveur80104.407
Joel Johnston500013.500

Farm system

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LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAOmaha RoyalsAmerican AssociationJeff Cox
AAMemphis ChicksSouthern LeagueBrian Poldberg
ABaseball City RoyalsFlorida State LeagueRon Johnson
AAppleton FoxesMidwest LeagueTom Poquette
A-Short SeasonEugene EmeraldsNorthwest LeagueBobby Meacham
RookieGCL RoyalsGulf Coast LeagueMike Jirschele

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Royals[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ Wally Joyner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Rico Rossy Stats".
  3. ^ Kevin McReynolds Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "Kirk Gibson Stats".
  5. ^ "Josias Manzanillo Stats".
  6. ^ Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ "Mark Davis Stats".
  8. ^ Juan Samuel Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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