1992 Texas Rangers season

March 2026 November 2013 Texas Rangers 1992 American League West Arlington Stadium Arlington, Texas 77 85 y 4th George W. Bush Tom Grieve Bobby Valentine, Toby Harrah KTVT(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)HSE(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges) WBAP(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)KXEB(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo) thumb|right|200px|The Rangers playing host to the Detroit Tigers at Arlington Stadium during a 1992 regular season game. The 1992 Texas Rangers season was the 32nd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 21st in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 21st season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished 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.Steve Fireovid at Baseball Reference December 7, 1991: Geno Petralli was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference January 3, 1992: Jeff Robinson was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.Jeff Robinson at Baseball Reference January 28, 1992: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffcmi01.shtml Mike Jeffcoat Stats Regular season Season standings Texas Rangers Record vs. opponents TEX Opening Day lineup Brian Downing Monty Fariss Juan González José Guzmán Al Newman Rafael Palmeiro Dean Palmer Iván Rodríguez Rubén Sierra Dickie Thon Notable transactions April 3, 1992: Al Newman was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newmaal01.shtml Al Newman Stats May 29, 1992: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the Seattle Mariners.Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml Mario Diaz Stats 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.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-10-sp-1766-story.html He Isn't Rangers' Valentine Los Angeles Times July 10, 1992 https://web.archive.org/web/20121103070926/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-10/sports/sp-1766_1_texas-rangers November 3, 2012 October 27, 2010 live mdy August 31, 1992: Rubén Sierra, Jeff Russell, Bobby Witt, and cash were traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for José Canseco.José Canseco at Baseball Reference Roster 1992 Texas Rangers Roster Pitchers 48 Gerald Alexander 17 Floyd Bannister 45 Brian Bohanon 41 Kevin Brown 28 Todd Burns 24 Mike Campbell 18 Don Carman 43 Scott Chiamparino 29 Steve Fireovid 23 José Guzmán 30 Mike Jeffcoat 49 Danilo León 44 Barry Manuel 38 Terry Mathews 46 Lance McCullers 29 Edwin Núñez 59 Roger Pavlik 37 Kenny Rogers 52 Wayne Rosenthal 40 Jeff Russell 34 Nolan Ryan 42 Dan Smith 46 Matt Whiteside 36 Bobby Witt Catchers 66 Doug Davis 20 Russ McGinnis 12 Geno Petralli  7 Iván Rodríguez 3,17 John Russell 24 Ray Stephens Infielders 54 Cris Colon 20 Mario Díaz 14 Julio Franco  1 Jeff Frye  9 Jeff Huson 39 Rob Maurer  8 Al Newman 25 Rafael Palmeiro 16 Dean Palmer 10 Dickie Thon Outfielders 15 John Cangelosi 33 Jose Canseco 22 Jack Daugherty  4 Monty Fariss 19 Juan González 18 Donald Harris 15 David Hulse 53 Dan Peltier 47 Kevin Reimer 21 Rubén Sierra Other batters 5,55 Brian Downing Manager 11 Toby Harrah  2 Bobby Valentine Coaches 50 Ray Burris (Bullpen) 13 Orlando Gómez (Bench) 11 Toby Harrah (Bench) 47 Perry Hill (First Base) 35 Tom House (Pitching) 26 Dave Oliver (Third Base) 31 Tom Robson (Hitting) Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Iván Rodríguez 123 420 109 .260 8 37 1B Rafael Palmeiro 159 608 163 .268 22 85 2B Jeff Frye 67 199 51 .256 1 12 3B Dean Palmer 152 541 124 .229 26 72 SS Dickie Thon 95 275 68 .247 4 37 LF Kevin Reimer 148 494 132 .267 16 58 CF Juan González Juan González (baseball) 155 584 152 .260 43 109 RF Rubén Sierra 124 500 139 .278 14 70 DH Brian Downing 107 320 89 .278 10 39 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 Avg. HR RBI Jeff Huson 123 318 83 .261 4 24 Al Newman 116 246 54 .220 0 12 Geno Petralli 94 192 38 .198 1 18 Monty Fariss 67 166 36 .217 3 21 Jack Daugherty Jack Daugherty (baseball) 59 127 26 .205 0 9 Julio Franco 35 107 25 .234 2 8 David Hulse 32 92 28 .304 0 2 John Cangelosi 73 85 16 .188 1 6 José Canseco 22 73 17 .233 4 15 Cris Colón 14 36 6 .167 0 1 Russ McGinnis 14 33 8 .242 0 4 Donald Harris 24 33 6 .182 0 1 Mario Díaz 19 31 7 .226 0 1 Dan Peltier 12 24 4 .167 0 2 Ray Stephens 8 13 2 .154 0 0 John Russell John Russell (catcher) 7 10 1 .100 0 2 Rob Maurer 8 9 2 .222 0 1 Doug Davis 1 1 1 1.000 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 Brown 35 265.2 21 11 3.32 173 José Guzmán 33 224.0 16 11 3.66 179 Bobby Witt 25 161.1 9 13 4.46 100 Nolan Ryan 27 157.1 5 9 3.72 157 Roger Pavlik 13 62.0 4 4 4.21 45 Scott Chiamparino 4 25.1 0 4 3.55 13 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 Todd Burns 35 103.0 3 5 3.84 55 Jeff Robinson Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher) 16 45.2 4 4 5.72 18 Brian Bohanon 18 45.2 1 1 6.31 29 Mike Jeffcoat 6 19.2 0 1 7.32 6 Dan Smith Dan Smith (left-handed pitcher) 4 14.1 0 3 5.02 5 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 Russell 51 2 3 28 1.91 43 Kenny Rogers 81 3 6 6 3.09 70 Terry Mathews 40 2 4 0 5.95 26 Edwin Núñez 39 0 2 3 5.52 39 Floyd Bannister 36 1 1 0 6.32 30 Matt Whiteside 20 1 1 4 1.93 13 Danilo León 15 1 1 0 5.89 15 Wayne Rosenthal 6 0 0 0 7.71 1 Lance McCullers 5 1 0 0 5.40 3 Steve Fireovid 3 1 0 0 4.05 0 Barry Manuel 3 1 0 0 4.76 9 Gerald Alexander 3 1 0 0 27.00 1 Don Carman 2 0 0 0 7.71 2 Mike Campbell 1 0 1 0 9.82 2 Awards and honors Juan González, A.L. Home Run Champion Juan González, Silver Slugger Award Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Tommy Thompson AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Bump Wills A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Walt Williams Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Vic Ramirez LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oklahoma City Notes References 1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Texas Rangers seasons Texas Rangers season Texas Rangers