1992 Texas Rangers season explained

Texas Rangers
Season:	1992
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)

The 1992 Texas Rangers season saw the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

October 28, 1991: Steve Fireovid was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[1]
December 7, 1991: Geno Petralli was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[2]
January 3, 1992: Jeff Robinson was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[3]
January 28, 1992: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[4]

April 3, 1992: Al Newman was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[5]
May 29, 1992: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the Seattle Mariners.^[6]
June 10, 1992: Jeff Robinson was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
June 19, 1992: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.^[7]
July 9, 1992: Bobby Valentine is fired after seven years as manager. Coach Toby Harrah is named as interim manager. The firing is announced by managing general partner of the Rangers, George W. Bush.^[8]
August 31, 1992: Rubén Sierra, Jeff Russell, Bobby Witt, and cash were traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for José Canseco.^[9]

1992 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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	123	420	109	.260	8	37
1B	159	608	163	.268	22	85
2B	67	199	51	.256	1	12
3B	152	541	124	.229	26	72
SS	95	275	68	.247	4	37
LF	148	494	132	.267	16	58
CF	155	584	152	.260	43	109
RF	124	500	139	.278	14	70
DH	107	320	89	.278	10	39

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
123	318	83	.261	4	24
116	246	54	.220	0	12
94	192	38	.198	1	18
67	166	36	.217	3	21
59	127	26	.205	0	9
35	107	25	.234	2	8
32	92	28	.304	0	2
73	85	16	.188	1	6
22	73	17	.233	4	15
14	36	6	.167	0	1
14	33	8	.242	0	4
24	33	6	.182	0	1
19	31	7	.226	0	1
12	24	4	.167	0	2
8	13	2	.154	0	0
7	10	1	.100	0	2
8	9	2	.222	0	1
1	1	1	1.000	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	265.2	21	11	3.32	173
33	224.0	16	11	3.66	179
25	161.1	9	13	4.46	100
27	157.1	5	9	3.72	157
13	62.0	4	4	4.21	45
4	25.1	0	4	3.55	13

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	103.0	3	5	3.84	55
16	45.2	4	4	5.72	18
18	45.2	1	1	6.31	29
6	19.2	0	1	7.32	6
4	14.1	0	3	5.02	5

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
51	2	3	28	1.91	43
81	3	6	6	3.09	70
40	2	4	0	5.95	26
39	0	2	3	5.52	39
36	1	1	0	6.32	30
20	1	1	4	1.93	13
15	1	1	0	5.89	15
6	0	0	0	7.71	1
5	1	0	0	5.40	3
3	1	0	0	4.05	0
3	1	0	0	4.76	9
3	1	0	0	27.00	1
2	0	0	0	7.71	2
1	0	1	0	9.82	2

1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 3rd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 2007. 978-1-932391-17-6.