1992 Kansas City Royals season explained

Kansas City Royals
Season:	1992
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)

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

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

Notable transactions

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

1992 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Bench) (Third Base) (Pitching) (Bench) (First Base) (Bullpen) (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.	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	129	402	94	.234	17	48
1B	149	572	154	.269	9	66
2B	106	416	118	.284	4	38
3B	152	604	172	.285	10	75
SS	74	219	49	.224	1	18
LF	109	373	92	.247	13	49
CF	149	533	119	.223	4	52
RF	113	353	95	.269	2	28
DH	152	592	169	.285	7	61

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
111	296	74	.250	2	29
82	213	48	.225	0	18
88	200	49	.245	0	20
59	149	32	.215	1	12
55	133	33	.248	3	13
29	102	29	.284	0	8
36	94	14	.149	1	11
28	91	23	.253	0	9
34	84	24	.286	1	7
32	70	22	.314	0	6
4	5	1	.200	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
30	208.1	15	8	2.46	150
31	143.2	9	6	3.95	59
18	111.1	7	6	3.72	81
19	100.1	3	7	3.68	49
15	67.2	3	6	4.52	11
7	42.0	2	3	3.86	27
5	37.2	4	1	1.43	12

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	117.2	6	10	4.59	98
44	89.1	4	9	4.94	31
29	86.2	1	4	4.98	47
13	36.1	1	3	7.18	19
10	24.1	1	2	5.18	7
8	19.2	0	2	3.66	14
5	18.0	0	3	7.00	6
2	5.1	0	0	3.38	3

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
65	1	6	39	2.18	69
64	10	4	2	2.74	64
34	1	4	0	2.60	25
31	3	1	0	4.17	29
19	1	4	0	5.64	26
8	0	1	0	4.40	7
5	0	0	0	13.50	0

Farm system

References

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

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/joynewa01.shtml Wally Joyner Statistics
Web site: Rico Rossy Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcreyke01.shtml Kevin McReynolds Statistics
Web site: Kirk Gibson Stats.
Web site: Josias Manzanillo Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/damonjo01.shtml Johnny Damon Statistics
Web site: Mark Davis Stats.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/samueju01.shtml Juan Samuel Statistics
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997