1992 Kansas City Royals season

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)
| <- 1991 | Seasons | 1993 ->

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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.

## Offseason[edit]

* 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[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66  | 0.593  | —  | 51–30  | 45–36
Minnesota Twins | 90 | 72  | 0.556  | 6  | 48–33  | 42–39
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 76  | 0.531  | 10  | 50–32  | 36–44
Texas Rangers | 77 | 85  | 0.475  | 19  | 36–45  | 41–40
California Angels | 72 | 90  | 0.444  | 24  | 41–40  | 31–50
Kansas City Royals | 72 | 90  | 0.444  | 24  | 44–37  | 28–53
Seattle Mariners | 64 | 98  | 0.395  | 32  | 38–43  | 26–55

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1992 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

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 | —

### Notable transactions[edit]

* 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[edit]

1992 Kansas City Royals

Roster
Pitchers

* 55 Kevin Appier
* 27 Luis Aquino
* 48 Juan Berenguer
* 52 Mike Boddicker
* 48 Mark Davis
* 36 Tom Gordon
* 23 Mark Gubicza
* 33,42 Chris Haney
* 26,46 Neal Heaton
* 37 Joel Johnston
* 57 Mike Magnante
* 28 Rusty Meacham
* 53 Dennis Moeller
* 21 Jeff Montgomery
* 58 Hipólito Pichardo
* 54 Ed Pierce
* 47 Dennis Rasmussen
* 38 Rick Reed
* 50 Bill Sampen
* 26 Rich Sauveur
* 49 Steve Shifflett
* 40 Curt Young

|  | Catchers

* 15 Mike Macfarlane
* 24 Brent Mayne
* 2 Bob Melvin

Infielders

* 5 George Brett
* 13 David Howard
* 9 Gregg Jefferies
* 12 Wally Joyner
* 16 Keith Miller
* 32 Rico Rossy
* 3 Terry Shumpert
* 30 Curtis Wilkerson

|  | Outfielders

* 19 Jeff Conine
* 8 Jim Eisenreich
* 29 Chris Gwynn
* 40 Kevin Koslofski
* 56 Brian McRae
* 22 Kevin McReynolds
* 51 Harvey Pulliam
* 17 Juan Samuel
* 25 Gary Thurman

|  | Manager

* 11 Hal McRae

Coaches

* 44 Glenn Ezell (Bench)
* 41 Adrian Garrett (Third Base)
* 43 Guy Hansen (Pitching)
* 18 Joe Jones (Bench)
* 35 Lynn Jones (First Base)
* 42 Bruce Kison (Bullpen)
* 45 Lee May (Hitting)

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

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C | Mike Macfarlane | 129 | 402 | 94 | .234 | 17 | 48
1B | Wally Joyner | 149 | 572 | 154 | .269 | 9 | 66
2B | Keith Miller | 106 | 416 | 118 | .284 | 4 | 38
3B | Gregg Jefferies | 152 | 604 | 172 | .285 | 10 | 75
SS | David Howard | 74 | 219 | 49 | .224 | 1 | 18
LF | Kevin McReynolds | 109 | 373 | 92 | .247 | 13 | 49
CF | Brian McRae | 149 | 533 | 119 | .223 | 4 | 52
RF | Jim Eisenreich | 113 | 353 | 95 | .269 | 2 | 28
DH | George Brett | 152 | 592 | 169 | .285 | 7 | 61

#### Other batters[edit]

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.

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Curt Wilkerson | 111 | 296 | 74 | .250 | 2 | 29
Brent Mayne | 82 | 213 | 48 | .225 | 0 | 18
Gary Thurman | 88 | 200 | 49 | .245 | 0 | 20
Rico Rossy | 59 | 149 | 32 | .215 | 1 | 12
Kevin Koslofski | 55 | 133 | 33 | .248 | 3 | 13
Juan Samuel | 29 | 102 | 29 | .284 | 0 | 8
Terry Shumpert | 36 | 94 | 14 | .149 | 1 | 11
Jeff Conine | 28 | 91 | 23 | .253 | 0 | 9
Chris Gwynn | 34 | 84 | 24 | .286 | 1 | 7
Bob Melvin | 32 | 70 | 22 | .314 | 0 | 6
Harvey Pulliam | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Kevin Appier | 30 | 208.1 | 15 | 8 | 2.46 | 150
Hipólito Pichardo | 31 | 143.2 | 9 | 6 | 3.95 | 59
Mark Gubicza | 18 | 111.1 | 7 | 6 | 3.72 | 81
Rick Reed | 19 | 100.1 | 3 | 7 | 3.68 | 49
Luis Aquino | 15 | 67.2 | 3 | 6 | 4.52 | 11
Chris Haney | 7 | 42.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.86 | 27
Dennis Rasmussen | 5 | 37.2 | 4 | 1 | 1.43 | 12

#### Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Tom Gordon | 40 | 117.2 | 6 | 10 | 4.59 | 98
Mike Magnante | 44 | 89.1 | 4 | 9 | 4.94 | 31
Mike Boddicker | 29 | 86.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.98 | 47
Mark Davis | 13 | 36.1 | 1 | 3 | 7.18 | 19
Curt Young | 10 | 24.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.18 | 7
Bill Sampen | 8 | 19.2 | 0 | 2 | 3.66 | 14
Dennis Moeller | 5 | 18.0 | 0 | 3 | 7.00 | 6
Ed Pierce | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Jeff Montgomery | 65 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 2.18 | 69
Rusty Meacham | 64 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2.74 | 64
Steve Shifflett | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.60 | 25
Neal Heaton | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.17 | 29
Juan Berenguer | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.64 | 26
Rich Sauveur | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.40 | 7
Joel Johnston | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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[edit]

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[edit]

* 1992 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
* 1992 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

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1992 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Milwaukee
* New York
* Toronto

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AL West|

* California
* Chicago
* Kansas City
* Minnesota
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Chicago
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

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NL West|

* Atlanta
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 1992 MLB draft
* 1992 All-Star Game
* 1992 World Series
* 1992 MLB expansion draft

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Kansas City Royals

* Established in 1969
* Based in Kansas City, Missouri

Franchise|

* History
* Expansion and draft
* Seasons
* Current roster
* Owners and executives
* Managers
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* First-round draft picks
* Records
* No-hitters
* Awards and league leaders
* Broadcasters
* Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy
* Fox Sports Kansas City
* Royals Sports Television Network

Ballparks|

Municipal Stadium
Kauffman Stadium (part of the Truman Sports Complex)
Spring training
Terry Park
Baseball City Stadium
Surprise Stadium

Culture|

* Sluggerrr
* Denny Matthews
* Ryan Lefebvre
* George Toma
* American Royal
* "Royals (song)"

Lore|

* Pine Tar Incident
* The Call
* 2014 AL Wild Card Game
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Team Hall of Fame|

* Steve Busby
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* Dick Howser
* Cookie Rojas
* Paul Splittorff
* Dennis Leonard
* Hal McRae
* Joe Burke
* Larry Gura
* Freddie Patek
* Ewing Kauffman
* George Brett
* Frank White
* Muriel Kauffman
* John Mayberry
* Dan Quisenberry
* Whitey Herzog
* Willie Wilson
* Jeff Montgomery
* Denny Matthews
* Bret Saberhagen
* Mark Gubicza
* Art Stewart
* Kevin Appier
* Mike Sweeney
* Ned Yost

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affiliates|

Triple-A
Omaha Storm Chasers
Double-A
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
High-A
Quad Cities River Bandits
Single-A
Columbia Fireflies
Rookie
ACL Royals
DSL Royals Blue
DSL Royals Gold

Key personnel|

* Owner: John Sherman
* President & General Manager: J. J. Picollo
* Manager: Matt Quatraro

World Series
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* 1985
* 2015

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* 1980
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* 2014
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1976
1977
1978
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1981 (second half)
1984
1985
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2015
Wild Card
2014

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