1992 Texas Rangers season

1992  Texas Rangers
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Arlington Stadium
City	Arlington, Texas
Owners	George W. Bush
General managers	Tom Grieve
Managers	Bobby Valentine, Toby Harrah
Television	KTVT (Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby) HSE (Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz) KXEB (Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
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The Rangers playing host to the Detroit Tigers at Arlington Stadium during a 1992 regular season game.

The 1992 Texas Rangers season was the 32nd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 21st in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 21st season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

• October 28, 1991: Steve Fireovid was signed as a free agent by the Rangers. ^[1]
• December 7, 1991: Geno Petralli was signed as a free agent by the Rangers. ^[2]
• January 3, 1992: Jeff Robinson was signed as a free agent by the Rangers. ^[3]
• January 28, 1992: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. ^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	96	66	.593	—	51‍–‍30	45‍–‍36
Minnesota Twins	90	72	.556	6	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	86	76	.531	10	50‍–‍32	36‍–‍44
Texas Rangers	77	85	.475	19	36‍–‍45	41‍–‍40
California Angels	72	90	.444	24	41‍–‍40	31‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals	72	90	.444	24	44‍–‍37	28‍–‍53
Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	32	38‍–‍43	26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1992 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–6	10–3	8–4	6–7	6–6	5–8	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	8–4	6–6	6–7	4–9	7–5	5–8	3–9	7–6	5–7	6–6	4–8	7–6
California	4–8	4–8	—	3–10	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–7	2–11	7–5	5–8	7–6	9–4	5–7
Chicago	6–6	6–6	10–3	—	7–5	10–2	7–6	5–7	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–9	5–8	5–7
Cleveland	6–7	7–6	6–6	5–7	—	5–8	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	6–6	7–5	5–7	6–7
Detroit	3–10	9–4	5–7	2–10	8–5	—	7–5	5–8	3–9	5–8	6–6	9–3	8–4	5–8
Kansas City	4–8	5–7	5–8	6–7	7–5	5–7	—	7–5	6–7	5–7	4–9	7–6	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	7–6	8–5	7–5	7–5	8–5	8–5	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–5
Minnesota	6–6	9–3	11–2	5–8	6–6	9–3	7–6	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	8–5	6–7	5–7
New York	8–5	6–7	5–7	4–8	6–7	8–5	7–5	7–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–6	6–6	2–11
Oakland	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	6–6	6–6	9–4	5–7	8–5	6–6	—	12–1	9–4	6–6
Seattle	5–7	6–6	6–7	9–4	5–7	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–8	6–6	1–12	—	4–9	4–8
Texas	5–7	8–4	4–9	8–5	7–5	4–8	7–6	5–7	7–6	6–6	4–9	9–4	—	3–9
Toronto	8–5	6–7	7–5	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	7–5	11–2	6–6	8–4	9–3	—

Opening Day lineup

• Brian Downing
• Monty Fariss
• Juan González
• José Guzmán
• Al Newman
• Rafael Palmeiro
• Dean Palmer
• Iván Rodríguez
• Rubén Sierra
• Dickie Thon

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1992: Al Newman was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. ^[5]
• May 29, 1992: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the Seattle Mariners. ^[6]
• June 10, 1992: Jeff Robinson was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the Pittsburgh Pirates. ^[3]
• June 19, 1992: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers. ^[7]
• July 9, 1992: Bobby Valentine is fired after seven years as manager. Coach Toby Harrah is named as interim manager. The firing is announced by managing general partner of the Rangers, George W. Bush. ^[8]
• August 31, 1992: Rubén Sierra, Jeff Russell, Bobby Witt, and cash were traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for José Canseco. ^[9]

Roster

1992 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 48 Gerald Alexander 17 Floyd Bannister 45 Brian Bohanon 41 Kevin Brown 28 Todd Burns 24 Mike Campbell 18 Don Carman 43 Scott Chiamparino 29 Steve Fireovid 23 José Guzmán 30 Mike Jeffcoat 49 Danilo León 44 Barry Manuel 38 Terry Mathews 46 Lance McCullers 29 Edwin Núñez 59 Roger Pavlik 37 Kenny Rogers 52 Wayne Rosenthal 40 Jeff Russell 34 Nolan Ryan 42 Dan Smith 46 Matt Whiteside 36 Bobby Witt		Catchers 66 Doug Davis 20 Russ McGinnis 12 Geno Petralli  7 Iván Rodríguez 3,17 John Russell 24 Ray Stephens Infielders 54 Cris Colon 20 Mario Díaz 14 Julio Franco  1 Jeff Frye  9 Jeff Huson 39 Rob Maurer  8 Al Newman 25 Rafael Palmeiro 16 Dean Palmer 10 Dickie Thon		Outfielders 15 John Cangelosi 33 Jose Canseco 22 Jack Daugherty  4 Monty Fariss 19 Juan González 18 Donald Harris 15 David Hulse 53 Dan Peltier 47 Kevin Reimer 21 Rubén Sierra Other batters 5,55 Brian Downing		Manager 11 Toby Harrah  2 Bobby Valentine Coaches 50 Ray Burris (Bullpen) 13 Orlando Gómez (Bench) 11 Toby Harrah (Bench) 47 Perry Hill (First Base) 35 Tom House (Pitching) 26 Dave Oliver (Third Base) 31 Tom Robson (Hitting)

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
C	Iván Rodríguez	123	420	109	.260	8	37
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	159	608	163	.268	22	85
2B	Jeff Frye	67	199	51	.256	1	12
3B	Dean Palmer	152	541	124	.229	26	72
SS	Dickie Thon	95	275	68	.247	4	37
LF	Kevin Reimer	148	494	132	.267	16	58
CF	Juan González	155	584	152	.260	43	109
RF	Rubén Sierra	124	500	139	.278	14	70
DH	Brian Downing	107	320	89	.278	10	39

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	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jeff Huson	123	318	83	.261	4	24
Al Newman	116	246	54	.220	0	12
Geno Petralli	94	192	38	.198	1	18
Monty Fariss	67	166	36	.217	3	21
Jack Daugherty	59	127	26	.205	0	9
Julio Franco	35	107	25	.234	2	8
David Hulse	32	92	28	.304	0	2
John Cangelosi	73	85	16	.188	1	6
José Canseco	22	73	17	.233	4	15
Cris Colón	14	36	6	.167	0	1
Russ McGinnis	14	33	8	.242	0	4
Donald Harris	24	33	6	.182	0	1
Mario Díaz	19	31	7	.226	0	1
Dan Peltier	12	24	4	.167	0	2
Ray Stephens	8	13	2	.154	0	0
John Russell	7	10	1	.100	0	2
Rob Maurer	8	9	2	.222	0	1
Doug Davis	1	1	1	1.000	0	0

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 Brown	35	265.2	21	11	3.32	173
José Guzmán	33	224.0	16	11	3.66	179
Bobby Witt	25	161.1	9	13	4.46	100
Nolan Ryan	27	157.1	5	9	3.72	157
Roger Pavlik	13	62.0	4	4	4.21	45
Scott Chiamparino	4	25.1	0	4	3.55	13

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
Todd Burns	35	103.0	3	5	3.84	55
Jeff Robinson	16	45.2	4	4	5.72	18
Brian Bohanon	18	45.2	1	1	6.31	29
Mike Jeffcoat	6	19.2	0	1	7.32	6
Dan Smith	4	14.1	0	3	5.02	5

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 Russell	51	2	3	28	1.91	43
Kenny Rogers	81	3	6	6	3.09	70
Terry Mathews	40	2	4	0	5.95	26
Edwin Núñez	39	0	2	3	5.52	39
Floyd Bannister	36	1	1	0	6.32	30
Matt Whiteside	20	1	1	4	1.93	13
Danilo León	15	1	1	0	5.89	15
Wayne Rosenthal	6	0	0	0	7.71	1
Lance McCullers	5	1	0	0	5.40	3
Steve Fireovid	3	1	0	0	4.05	0
Barry Manuel	3	1	0	0	4.76	9
Gerald Alexander	3	1	0	0	27.00	1
Don Carman	2	0	0	0	7.71	2
Mike Campbell	1	0	1	0	9.82	2

Awards and honors

• Juan González, A.L. Home Run Champion
• Juan González, Silver Slugger Award
• Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma City 89ers	American Association	Tommy Thompson
AA	Tulsa Drillers	Texas League	Bobby Jones
A	Charlotte Rangers	Florida State League	Bump Wills
A	Gastonia Rangers	South Atlantic League	Walt Williams
Rookie	GCL Rangers	Gulf Coast League	Chino Cadahia
Rookie	Butte Copper Kings	Pioneer League	Vic Ramirez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oklahoma City

Notes

1. Steve Fireovid at Baseball Reference
2. Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference
3. Jeff Robinson at Baseball Reference
4. "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
5. "Al Newman Stats".
6. Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference
7. "Mario Diaz Stats".
8. "He Isn't Rangers' Valentine". Los Angeles Times . July 10, 1992. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
9. José Canseco at Baseball Reference

References

• 1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
• 1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN   978-1-932391-17-6.