1992 Kansas City Royals season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Royals 1992 Kansas City Royals Insignia (1969–2001).svg American League West Royals Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 72 90 y 6th Ewing Kauffman Herk Robinson Hal McRae WDAF-TV(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease) WIBW (AM)(Denny Matthews, Fred White) 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 December 9, 1991: Wally Joyner signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.Wally Joyner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 10, 1991: Rico Rossy was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Kansas City Royals for Bobby Moore.https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml Rico Rossy Stats 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.Kevin McReynolds Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 10, 1992: Kirk Gibson was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Neal Heaton.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsoki01.shtml Kirk Gibson Stats Regular season Season standings Kansas City Royals Record vs. opponents KC Notable transactions April 3, 1992: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manzajo01.shtml Josias Manzanillo Stats 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.Johnny Damon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 21, 1992: Mark Davis was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Juan Berenguer.https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisma01.shtml Mark Davis Stats August 6, 1992: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals.Juan Samuel Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Roster 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 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. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Mike Macfarlane 129 402 94 .234 17 48 1B Wally Joyner 149 572 154 .269 9 66 2B Keith Miller Keith Miller (infielder) 106 416 118 .284 4 38 3B Gregg Jefferies 152 604 172 .285 10 75 SS David Howard David Howard (baseball) 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 George Brett 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 Player G AB H HR RBI Avg. 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 Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 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 Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 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 Ed Pierce (baseball) 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO 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 Minor League Baseball 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 JirscheleLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL RoyalsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes References 1992 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference 1992 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac Category:Kansas City Royals seasons Kansas City Royals season Kansas