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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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. 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. 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. 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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 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

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 24 116 246 54 .220 0 12 94 192 38 .198 1 18 67 166 36 .217 3 21 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 22 73 17 .233 4 15 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 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 33 224.0 16 11 3.66 179 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oklahoma City

Notes

References 1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference 1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac