1992 Texas Rangers season

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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)
  1991 Seasons 1993  
The Rangers playing host to the Detroit Tigers at Arlington Stadium during a 1992 regular season game. Arlington Stadium 1992 - 2.jpg
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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 9666.59351304536
Minnesota Twins 9072.556648334239
Chicago White Sox 8676.5311050323644
Texas Rangers 7785.4751936454140
California Angels 7290.4442441403150
Kansas City Royals 7290.4442444372853
Seattle Mariners 6498.3953238432655

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 8–58–46–67–610–38–46–76–65–86–67–57–55–8
Boston 5–88–46–66–74–97–55–83–97–65–76–64–87–6
California 4–84–83–106–67–58–55–72–117–55–87–69–45–7
Chicago 6–66–610–37–510–27–65–78–58–45–84–95–85–7
Cleveland 6–77–66–65–75–85–75–86–67–66–67–55–76–7
Detroit 3–109–45–72–108–57–55–83–95–86–69–38–45–8
Kansas City 4–85–75–86–77–55–77–56–75–74–97–66–75–7
Milwaukee 7–68–57–57–58–58–55–76–66–77–58–47–58–5
Minnesota 6–69–311–25–86–69–37–66–67–55–88–56–75–7
New York 8–56–75–74–86–78–57–57–65–76–66–66–62–11
Oakland 6–67–58–58–56–66–69–45–78–56–612–19–46–6
Seattle 5–76–66–79–45–73–96–74–85–86–61–124–94–8
Texas 5–78–44–98–57–54–87–65–77–66–64–99–43–9
Toronto 8–56–77–57–57–68–57–55–87–511–26–68–49–3

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1992 Texas Rangers
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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Iván Rodríguez 123420109.260837
1B Rafael Palmeiro 159608163.2682285
2B Jeff Frye 6719951.256112
3B Dean Palmer 152541124.2292672
SS Dickie Thon 9527568.247437
LF Kevin Reimer 148494132.2671658
CF Juan González 155584152.26043109
RF Rubén Sierra 124500139.2781470
DH Brian Downing 10732089.2781039

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jeff Huson 12331883.261424
Al Newman 11624654.220012
Geno Petralli 9419238.198118
Monty Fariss 6716636.217321
Jack Daugherty 5912726.20509
Julio Franco 3510725.23428
David Hulse 329228.30402
John Cangelosi 738516.18816
José Canseco 227317.233415
Cris Colón 14366.16701
Russ McGinnis 14338.24204
Donald Harris 24336.18201
Mario Díaz 19317.22601
Dan Peltier 12244.16702
Ray Stephens 8132.15400
John Russell 7101.10002
Rob Maurer 892.22201
Doug Davis 1111.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kevin Brown 35265.221113.32173
José Guzmán 33224.016113.66179
Bobby Witt 25161.19134.46100
Nolan Ryan 27157.1593.72157
Roger Pavlik 1362.0444.2145
Scott Chiamparino 425.1043.5513

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Todd Burns 35103.0353.8455
Jeff Robinson 1645.2445.7218
Brian Bohanon 1845.2116.3129
Mike Jeffcoat 619.2017.326
Dan Smith 414.1035.025

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jeff Russell 5123281.9143
Kenny Rogers 813663.0970
Terry Mathews 402405.9526
Edwin Núñez 390235.5239
Floyd Bannister 361106.3230
Matt Whiteside 201141.9313
Danilo León 151105.8915
Wayne Rosenthal 60007.711
Lance McCullers 51005.403
Steve Fireovid 31004.050
Barry Manuel 31004.769
Gerald Alexander 310027.001
Don Carman 20007.712
Mike Campbell 10109.822

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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. 1 2 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