1992 Boston Red Sox season explained

Boston Red Sox
Season:	1992
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Fenway Park
City:	Boston, Massachusetts
Record:	73–89 (.451)
Divisional Place:	7th
Owners:	JRY Trust, Haywood Sullivan
President:	John Harrington
General Manager:	Lou Gorman
Manager:	Butch Hobson
Television:	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 (Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery) NESN (Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
Radio:	WRKO (Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione) WROL (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
Espntn:	bos
Brtn:	BOS

The 1992 Boston Red Sox season was the 92nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the seven-team American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses, 23 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays, who went on to win the 1992 World Series. It was the last time the Red Sox finished last in their division until 2012. From 1933-2011, this was the only season the Red Sox finished last in the division.

Offseason

January 2, 1992: Frank Viola signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.^[1]

Regular season

Record by month^[2]
Month	Record		Cumulative				Ref.
Month	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Position	GB	Ref.
April	9	9	9	9	5th		^[3]
May	15	12	24	21	4th		^[4]
June	11	17	35	38	5th		^[5]
July	13	15	48	53	4th		^[6]
August	12	18	60	71	6th (tie)		^[7]
September	11	17	71	88	7th	22	^[8]
October	2	1	73	89	7th	23	^[9]

The Red Sox hit seven grand slams, the most in MLB in 1992.^[10]

Notable transactions

April 16, 1992: Bob Geren was signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.^[11]
June 27, 1992: Steve Lyons was purchased by the Red Sox from the Montreal Expos.^[12]
August 30, 1992: Jeff Reardon was traded by the Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Nate Minchey and minor league outfielder Sean Ross.^[13]
October 26, 1992: Wade Boggs was granted free agency by the Red Sox.^[14]

Opening Day lineup

26		3B
3		2B
39	Mike Greenwell	LF
12		CF
29		RF
25		DH
42		1B
6		C
2		SS
21		P

Source:^[15]

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 16, before a scheduled home game against the California Angels. The game marked the 25th anniversary of the 1967 Boston Red Sox season, known as "The Impossible Dream"; participants from the 1967 team included Mike Andrews, Jim Lonborg, Rico Petrocelli, and Carl Yastrzemski.^[16] Red Sox alumni won by a 3–0 score over a team of MLB alumni from other clubs, managed by Harmon Killebrew.^[16]

Roster

1992 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	OutfieldersOther batters	ManagerCoaches (Bullpen) (First base) (Hitting, third base) (Pitching) (Third base, bench)

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.	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	133	410	99	.241	1	38
1B	113	355	83	.234	13	57
2B	143	550	136	.247	3	40
3B	143	514	133	.259	7	50
SS	102	288	62	.215	0	29
LF	75	315	75	.238	1	23
CF	124	392	108	.276	3	43
RF	138	458	122	.266	15	74
DH	81	257	54	.210	5	33

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
108	349	86	.246	7	30
123	337	93	.276	5	33
66	235	60	.255	8	30
105	234	55	.235	1	14
72	186	43	.231	3	14
58	185	51	.276	5	25
49	180	42	.233	2	18
27	68	17	.250	5	11
35	66	13	.197	0	2
19	50	4	.080	0	1
21	28	7	.250	0	2
4	3	0	.000	0	0
2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	246.2	18	11	2.41	208
35	238.0	13	12	3.44	121
30	148.2	8	9	4.36	104
25	141.1	7	11	4.08	55

Relief and other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SV
51	161.1	9	9	3.96	124	3
28	130.2	4	10	4.75	79	0
70	107.2	4	9	2.51	73	4
28	70.2	0	4	4.58	57	0
27	49.1	2	3	2.19	24	1
46	42.1	2	2	4.25	32	27
60	29.2	1	2	2.43	19	2
21	29.0	1	2	3.41	23	0
21	28.0	3	4	6.11	10	0
4	14.2	1	1	4.91	7	0
7	7.0	0	0	6.43	5	1
5	3.2	0	0	7.36	2	0

Awards and honors

Awards

Roger Clemens, AL Pitcher of the Month (May, August)

Accomplishments

Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (5)

All-Star Game

Wade Boggs, third base, starter
Roger Clemens, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Frank Viola . . October 16, 2020.
Web site: The 1992 Boston Red Sox . . October 16, 2020.
Web site: Events of Thursday, April 30, 1992.
Web site: Events of Sunday, May 31, 1992.
Web site: Events of Tuesday, June 30, 1992.
Web site: Events of Friday, July 31, 1992.
Web site: Events of Monday, August 31, 1992.
Web site: Events of Wednesday, September 30, 1992.
Web site: Events of Sunday, October 4, 1992.
Web site: Team Batting Event Finder: 1992, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123. Baseball Reference. July 3, 2018.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gerenbo01.shtml Bob Geren Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lyonsst01.shtml Steve Lyons Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reardje01.shtml Jeff Reardon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boggswa01.shtml Wade Boggs Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Web site: New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 3 . April 7, 1992 . . October 16, 2020.
News: He helped make it possible . Tom . Yantz . . E9 . May 17, 1992 . May 24, 2018 . newspapers.com.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
Book: Boston Red Sox Official Yearbook . 1992 . 70 . March 14, 2021 . Wayback Machine.