1992 Boston Red Sox season

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1992  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place7th
Owners JRY Trust,
Haywood Sullivan
President John Harrington
General manager Lou Gorman
Manager Butch Hobson
Television WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
Radio WRKO
(Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1992 Boston Red Sox season was the 92nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the seven-team American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses, 23 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays, who went on to win the 1992 World Series. It was the last time the Red Sox finished last in their division until 2012. From 1933–2011, this was the only season the Red Sox finished last in the division.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month [2]
MonthRecordCumulative AL East Ref.
WonLostWonLostPosition GB
April99995th4+1⁄2 [3]
May151224214th4+1⁄2 [4]
June111735385th8+1⁄2 [5]
July131548534th12+1⁄2 [6]
August121860716th (tie)14+1⁄2 [7]
September111771887th22 [8]
October2173897th23 [9]

The Red Sox hit seven grand slams, the most in MLB in 1992. [10]

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9666.593—53‍–‍2843‍–‍38
Milwaukee Brewers 9270.568453‍–‍2839‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles 8973.549743‍–‍3846‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians 7686.4692041‍–‍4035‍–‍46
New York Yankees 7686.4692041‍–‍4035‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers 7587.4632138‍–‍4237‍–‍45
Boston Red Sox 7389.4512344‍–‍3729‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1992 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
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

Opening Day lineup

26 Wade Boggs 3B
  3 Jody Reed 2B
39 Mike Greenwell   LF
12 Ellis Burks CF
29 Phil Plantier RF
25 Jack Clark DH
42 Mo Vaughn 1B
  6 Tony Peña C
  2 Luis Rivera SS
21 Roger Clemens P

Source: [15]

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 16, before a scheduled home game against the California Angels. The game marked the 25th anniversary of the 1967 Boston Red Sox season, known as "The Impossible Dream"; participants from the 1967 team included Mike Andrews, Jim Lonborg, Rico Petrocelli, and Carl Yastrzemski. [16] Red Sox alumni won by a 3–0 score over a team of MLB alumni from other clubs, managed by Harmon Killebrew. [16]

Roster

1992 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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.PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Tony Peña 13341099.241138
1B Mo Vaughn 11335583.2341357
2B Jody Reed 143550136.247340
3B Wade Boggs 143514133.259750
SS Luis Rivera 10228862.215029
LF Billy Hatcher 7531575.238123
CF Bob Zupcic 124392108.276343
RF Tom Brunansky 138458122.2661574
DH Jack Clark 8125754.210533

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Phil Plantier 10834986.246730
Scott Cooper 12333793.276533
Ellis Burks 6623560.255830
Herm Winningham 10523455.235114
Tim Naehring 7218643.231314
John Valentin 5818551.276525
Mike Greenwell 4918042.233218
Eric Wedge 276817.250511
John Flaherty 356613.19702
John Marzano 19504.08001
Steve Lyons 21287.25002
Tom Barrett 430.00000
Mike Brumley 210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roger Clemens 32246.218112.41208
Frank Viola 35238.013123.44121
Joe Hesketh 30148.2894.36104
John Dopson 25141.17114.0855

Relief and other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASOSV
Danny Darwin 51161.1993.961243
Mike Gardiner 28130.24104.75790
Greg Harris 70107.2492.51734
Matt Young 2870.2044.58570
Paul Quantrill 2749.1232.19241
Jeff Reardon 4642.1224.253227
Tony Fossas 6029.2122.43192
Tom Bolton 2129.0123.41230
Daryl Irvine 2128.0346.11100
Scott Taylor 414.2114.9170
Ken Ryan 77.0006.4351
Peter Hoy 53.2007.3620

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments
All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Rico Petrocelli
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Jim Pankovits
A-Advanced Lynchburg Red Sox Carolina League Buddy Bailey
A-Advanced Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Felix Maldonado
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Dave Holt
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Frank White

Source: [17] [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Frank Viola". Retrosheet . Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ "The 1992 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet . Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Events of Thursday, April 30, 1992".
  4. ↑ "Events of Sunday, May 31, 1992".
  5. ↑ "Events of Tuesday, June 30, 1992".
  6. ↑ "Events of Friday, July 31, 1992".
  7. ↑ "Events of Monday, August 31, 1992".
  8. ↑ "Events of Wednesday, September 30, 1992".
  9. ↑ "Events of Sunday, October 4, 1992".
  10. ↑ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1992, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  11. ↑ Bob Geren Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ Steve Lyons Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ↑ Jeff Reardon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  14. ↑ Wade Boggs Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  15. ↑ "New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 3". Retrosheet . April 7, 1992. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  16. 1 2 Yantz, Tom (May 17, 1992). "He helped make it possible". Hartford Courant . p. E9. Retrieved May 24, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  18. ↑ Boston Red Sox Official Yearbook. 1992. p. 70. Retrieved March 14, 2021– via Wayback Machine.
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