1992 Kansas City Royals season

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.

1992 Kansas City Royals
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Royals Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Record	72–90 (.444)
Divisional place	6th
Owners	Ewing Kauffman
General managers	Herk Robinson
Managers	Hal McRae
Television	WDAF-TV (Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease)
Radio	WIBW (AM) (Denny Matthews, Fred White)
← 1991 Seasons 1993 →

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

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	96	66	.593	—	51‍–‍30	45‍–‍36
Minnesota Twins	90	72	.556	6	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox	86	76	.531	10	50‍–‍32	36‍–‍44
Texas Rangers	77	85	.475	19	36‍–‍45	41‍–‍40
California Angels	72	90	.444	24	41‍–‍40	31‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals	72	90	.444	24	44‍–‍37	28‍–‍53
Seattle Mariners	64	98	.395	32	38‍–‍43	26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1992 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–6	10–3	8–4	6–7	6–6	5–8	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–8
Boston	5–8	—	8–4	6–6	6–7	4–9	7–5	5–8	3–9	7–6	5–7	6–6	4–8	7–6
California	4–8	4–8	—	3–10	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–7	2–11	7–5	5–8	7–6	9–4	5–7
Chicago	6–6	6–6	10–3	—	7–5	10–2	7–6	5–7	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–9	5–8	5–7
Cleveland	6–7	7–6	6–6	5–7	—	5–8	5–7	5–8	6–6	7–6	6–6	7–5	5–7	6–7
Detroit	3–10	9–4	5–7	2–10	8–5	—	7–5	5–8	3–9	5–8	6–6	9–3	8–4	5–8
Kansas City	4–8	5–7	5–8	6–7	7–5	5–7	—	7–5	6–7	5–7	4–9	7–6	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	7–6	8–5	7–5	7–5	8–5	8–5	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	7–5	8–4	7–5	8–5
Minnesota	6–6	9–3	11–2	5–8	6–6	9–3	7–6	6–6	—	7–5	5–8	8–5	6–7	5–7
New York	8–5	6–7	5–7	4–8	6–7	8–5	7–5	7–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–6	6–6	2–11
Oakland	6–6	7–5	8–5	8–5	6–6	6–6	9–4	5–7	8–5	6–6	—	12–1	9–4	6–6
Seattle	5–7	6–6	6–7	9–4	5–7	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–8	6–6	1–12	—	4–9	4–8
Texas	5–7	8–4	4–9	8–5	7–5	4–8	7–6	5–7	7–6	6–6	4–9	9–4	—	3–9
Toronto	8–5	6–7	7–5	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	7–5	11–2	6–6	8–4	9–3	—

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 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	106	416	118	.284	4	38
3B	Gregg Jefferies	152	604	172	.285	10	75
SS	David Howard	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	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	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

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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 Jirschele

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Royals^[9]