1992 Kansas City Royals season

Major League Baseball team season

1992 Kansas City Royals

League| American League
Division| West
Ballpark| Royals Stadium
City| Kansas City, Missouri
Record| 72–90 (.444)
Divisional place| 6th
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 the 24th season for the franchise, and their 20th at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals failed to improve on their 82–80 record from 1991 and finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses. Thus they were eliminated from postseason contention for the 7th consecutive season.

## Offseason

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* 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

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### Season standings

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

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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

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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

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* 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

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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

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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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

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#### Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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* 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
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* Owners and executives
* Managers
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* All-time roster
* First-round draft picks
* Records
* No-hitters
* Awards and league leaders
* Royals Academy
* Broadcasting
* FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City
* KSMO-TV

Ballparks|

Municipal Stadium
Kauffman Stadium
New Royals Stadium (proposed)
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
* MLB in Omaha
* A drive into deep left field by Castellanos
* Bo Knows

Team Hall of Fame|

* Steve Busby
* Amos Otis
* 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
* Bo Jackson
* Cedric Tallis
* Alex Gordon

Retired numbers|

* 5
* 10
* 20
* 42

Minor league
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 Fortuna
DSL Royals Ventura

Key personnel|

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

World Series
championships (2)|

* 1985
* 2015

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* 1980
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* 2014
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1984
1985
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2015
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2014
2024

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