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1992 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1992
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	73–89 (.451)
divisional_place	7th
owners	JRY Trust,
Haywood Sullivan
president	John Harrington
general_manager	Lou Gorman
manager	Butch Hobson
television	WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
radio	WRKO
(Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

Haywood Sullivan (Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery) NESN (Ned Martin, Jerry Remy) (Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione) WROL (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez) The 1992 Boston Red Sox season was the 92nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the seven-team American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses, 23 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays, who went on to win the 1992 World Series. It was the last time the Red Sox finished last in their division until 2012. From 1933 to 2011, this was the only season the Red Sox finished last in the division.

Offseason

January 2, 1992: Frank Viola signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.

Regular season

Month	Record	Cumulative	AL East	Ref.	Won	Lost
April	9	9	9	9	5th
May	15	12	24	21	4th
June	11	17	35	38	5th
July	13	15	48	53	4th
August	12	18	60	71	6th (tie)
September	11	17	71	88	7th	22
October	2	1	73	89	7th	23

The Red Sox hit seven grand slams, the most in MLB in 1992.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 16, 1992: Bob Geren was signed as a free agent with the Red Sox.
June 27, 1992: Steve Lyons was purchased by the Red Sox from the Montreal Expos.
August 30, 1992: Jeff Reardon was traded by the Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Nate Minchey and minor league outfielder Sean Ross.
October 26, 1992: Wade Boggs was granted free agency by the Red Sox.

Opening Day lineup

21	Roger Clemens	P

Source:

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 16, before a scheduled home game against the California Angels. The game marked the 25th anniversary of the 1967 Boston Red Sox season, known as "The Impossible Dream"; participants from the 1967 team included Mike Andrews, Jim Lonborg, Rico Petrocelli, and Carl Yastrzemski. Red Sox alumni won by a 3–0 score over a team of MLB alumni from other clubs, managed by Harmon Killebrew.

Roster

1992 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

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.	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	133	410	99	.241	1	38
1B	113	355	83	.234	13	57
2B	143	550	136	.247	3	40
3B	143	514	133	.259	7	50
SS	102	288	62	.215	0	29
LF	75	315	75	.238	1	23
CF	124	392	108	.276	3	43
RF	138	458	122	.266	15	74
DH	81	257	54	.210	5	33

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
108	349	86	.246	7	30
123	337	93	.276	5	33
66	235	60	.255	8	30
105	234	55	.235	1	14
72	186	43	.231	3	14
58	185	51	.276	5	25
49	180	42	.233	2	18
27	68	17	.250	5	11
35	66	13	.197	0	2
19	50	4	.080	0	1
21	28	7	.250	0	2
4	3	0	.000	0	0
2	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	246.2	18	11	2.41	208
35	238.0	13	12	3.44	121
30	148.2	8	9	4.36	104
25	141.1	7	11	4.08	55

Relief and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO	SV
	51	161.1	9	9	3.96	124	3
	28	130.2	4	10	4.75	79	0
	70	107.2	4	9	2.51	73	4
	28	70.2	0	4	4.58	57	0
	27	49.1	2	3	2.19	24	1
Jeff Reardon	46	42.1	2	2	4.25	32	27
	60	29.2	1	2	2.43	19	2
	21	29.0	1	2	3.41	23	0
	21	28.0	3	4	6.11	10	0
	4	14.2	1	1	4.91	7	0
	7	7.0	0	0	6.43	5	1
	5	3.2	0	0	7.36	2	0

Awards and honors

;Awards

Roger Clemens, AL Pitcher of the Month (May, August)

;Accomplishments

Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (5)

;All-Star Game

Wade Boggs, third base, starter
Roger Clemens, pitcher, reserve

Farm system

Source:

References

"Frank Viola".
"The 1992 Boston Red Sox".
"Events of Thursday, April 30, 1992".
"Events of Sunday, May 31, 1992".
"Events of Tuesday, June 30, 1992".
"Events of Friday, July 31, 1992".
"Events of Monday, August 31, 1992".
"Events of Wednesday, September 30, 1992".
"Events of Sunday, October 4, 1992".
"Team Batting Event Finder: 1992, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gerenbo01.shtml Bob Geren Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lyonsst01.shtml Steve Lyons Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reardje01.shtml Jeff Reardon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boggswa01.shtml Wade Boggs Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com]
(April 7, 1992). "New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 3".
Yantz, Tom. (May 17, 1992). "He helped make it possible". [[Hartford Courant]].
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
(1992). "Boston Red Sox Official Yearbook".

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