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)
Seasons

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.

Offseason

  • 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

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9666 0.593 — 51–30 45–36
Minnesota Twins 9072 0.556 6 48–33 42–39
Chicago White Sox 8676 0.531 10 50–32 36–44
Texas Rangers 7785 0.475 19 36–45 41–40
California Angels 7290 0.444 24 41–40 31–50
Kansas City Royals 7290 0.444 24 44–37 28–53
Seattle Mariners 6498 0.395 32 38–43 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1992 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–58–46–67–610–38–46–76–65–86–67–57–55–8
Boston 5–8—8–46–66–74–97–55–83–97–65–76–64–87–6
California 4–84–8—3–106–67–58–55–72–117–55–87–69–45–7
Chicago 6–66–610–3—7–510–27–65–78–58–45–84–95–85–7
Cleveland 6–77–66–65–7—5–85–75–86–67–66–67–55–76–7
Detroit 3–109–45–72–108–5—7–55–83–95–86–69–38–45–8
Kansas City 4–85–75–86–77–55–7—7–56–75–74–97–66–75–7
Milwaukee 7–68–57–57–58–58–55–7—6–66–77–58–47–58–5
Minnesota 6–69–311–25–86–69–37–66–6—7–55–88–56–75–7
New York 8–56–75–74–86–78–57–57–65–7—6–66–66–62–11
Oakland 6–67–58–58–56–66–69–45–78–56–6—12–19–46–6
Seattle 5–76–66–79–45–73–96–74–85–86–61–12—4–94–8
Texas 5–78–44–98–57–54–87–65–77–66–64–99–4—3–9
Toronto 8–56–77–57–57–68–57–55–87–511–26–68–49–3—

Notable transactions

  • 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

1992 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
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

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

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
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

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Montgomery6516392.1869
Rusty Meacham6410422.7464
Steve Shifflett341402.6025
Neal Heaton313104.1729
Juan Berenguer191405.6426
Rich Sauveur80104.407
Joel Johnston500013.500

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Royals American Association Jeff Cox
AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Brian Poldberg
A Baseball City Royals Florida State League Ron Johnson
A Appleton Foxes Midwest League Tom Poquette
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Bobby Meacham
Rookie GCL Royals Gulf Coast League Mike Jirschele

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Royals[9]

Notes

  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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