1992 Kansas City Royals season

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1992  Kansas City Royals
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Royals Stadium
City Kansas City, Missouri
Owners Ewing Kauffman
General managers Herk Robinson
Managers Hal McRae
Television WDAF-TV
(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
Radio WIBW (AM)
(Denny Matthews, Fred White)
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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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 96660.593—51–3045–36
Minnesota Twins 90720.556648–3342–39
Chicago White Sox 86760.5311050–3236–44
Texas Rangers 77850.4751936–4541–40
California Angels 72900.4442441–4031–50
Kansas City Royals 72900.4442444–3728–53
Seattle Mariners 64980.3953238–4326–55

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

Roster

1992 Kansas City Royals
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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.PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Mike Macfarlane 12940294.2341748
1B Wally Joyner 149572154.269966
2B Keith Miller 106416118.284438
3B Gregg Jefferies 152604172.2851075
SS David Howard 7421949.224118
LF Kevin McReynolds 10937392.2471349
CF Brian McRae 149533119.223452
RF Jim Eisenreich 11335395.269228
DH George Brett 152592169.285761

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
Curt Wilkerson 11129674.250229
Brent Mayne 8221348.225018
Gary Thurman 8820049.245020
Rico Rossy 5914932.215112
Kevin Koslofski 5513333.248313
Juan Samuel 2910229.28408
Terry Shumpert 369414.149111
Jeff Conine 289123.25309
Chris Gwynn 348424.28617
Bob Melvin 327022.31406
Harvey Pulliam 451.20000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kevin Appier 30208.11582.46150
Hipólito Pichardo 31143.2963.9559
Mark Gubicza 18111.1763.7281
Rick Reed 19100.1373.6849
Luis Aquino 1567.2364.5211
Chris Haney 742.0233.8627
Dennis Rasmussen 537.2411.4312

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tom Gordon 40117.26104.5998
Mike Magnante 4489.1494.9431
Mike Boddicker 2986.2144.9847
Mark Davis 1336.1137.1819
Curt Young 1024.1125.187
Bill Sampen 819.2023.6614
Dennis Moeller 518.0037.006
Ed Pierce 25.1003.383

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Montgomery 6516392.1869
Rusty Meacham 6410422.7464
Steve Shifflett 341402.6025
Neal Heaton 313104.1729
Juan Berenguer 191405.6426
Rich Sauveur 80104.407
Joel Johnston 500013.500

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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