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. 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.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 3, 1992: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals. 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. 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 Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Bench) (Third Base) (Pitching) (Bench) (First Base) (Bullpen) (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 129 402 94 .234 17 48 1B 149 572 154 .269 9 66 2B 106 416 118 .284 4 38 3B 152 604 172 .285 10 75 SS 74 219 49 .224 1 18 LF 109 373 92 .247 13 49 CF 149 533 119 .223 4 52 RF 113 353 95 .269 2 28 DH 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 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
LEAGUE 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