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1992 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	1992
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Tiger Stadium
city	Detroit, Michigan
record	75–87
divisional_place	6th
owners	Mike Ilitch
general_managers	Joe McDonald
managers	Sparky Anderson
television	WDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
radio	WJR
(Rick Rizzs, Bob Rathbun)

(George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup) (Rick Rizzs, Bob Rathbun) |}}

The 1992 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 92nd season and the 81st season at Tiger Stadium. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League East.

Offseason

December 20, 1991: Dan Gladden was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.
January 15, 1992: Jorge Velandia was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.
Before 1992 Season: Steve Carter was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.

Regular season

Cecil Fielder was left off the All Star team despite leading the league in RBIs at the midway point. At season's end, Fielder wound up third to Juan González and Mark McGwire in the American League home run chase. His 124 RBIs made him the first American Leaguer since Babe Ruth to lead the majors in runs batted in for three consecutive seasons.
On September 25, Sparky Anderson tied Hughie Jennings for most wins as Tigers manager (1,131 wins). He became the team's most successful manager two days later, with a 13–3 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

Opening Day lineup

LF Dan Gladden

2B Lou Whitaker

SS Alan Trammell

1B Cecil Fielder

C Mickey Tettleton

DH Tony Phillips

RF Rob Deer

3B Travis Fryman

CF Milt Cuyler

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 1, 1992: Frank Catalanotto was drafted by the Tigers in the 10th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 2, 1992.

Roster

1992 Detroit Tigers
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	157	525	125	.238	32	83
1B	155	594	145	.244	35	124
2B	130	453	126	.278	19	71
3B	117	354	100	.282	4	46
SS	161	659	175	.266	20	96
LF	113	417	106	.254	7	42
CF	89	291	70	.241	3	28
RF	110	393	97	.247	32	64
DH	159	606	167	.276	10	64

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
Mark Carreon	101	336	78	.232	10	41
Chad Kreuter	67	190	48	.253	2	16
Dave Bergman	87	181	42	.232	1	10
	95	165	45	.273	3	25
	48	160	26	.202	1	12
Alan Trammell	29	102	28	.275	1	11
Phil Clark	23	54	22	.407	1	5
Shawn Hare	15	26	3	.115	0	5
Rico Brogna	9	26	5	.192	1	3
Rich Rowland	6	14	3	.214	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
	34	221.2	14	13	4.34	64
	32	186.2	13	11	4.39	91
Eric King	17	79.1	4	6	5.22	45
	16	65.0	3	8	6.78	34
	12	61.2	5	3	3.94	29

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
Walt Terrell	36	136.2	7	10	5.20	61
	47	116.0	7	4	3.88	37
Mark Leiter	35	112.0	8	5	4.18	75
Kevin Ritz	23	80.1	2	5	5.60	57
Buddy Groom	12	38.2	0	5	5.82	15

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
60	2	6	24	3.96	58
65	1	2	2	3.00	23
48	2	3	5	4.58	51
41	3	4	0	6.33	35
39	4	2	0	2.13	18

Farm system

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gladdda01.shtml Dan Gladden page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/velanjo01.shtml Jorge Velandia page at Baseball Reference]
http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml
"Cecil Fielder".
[http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/september_25.html September 25 Events in History at brainyhistory.com]
"April 6, 1992 Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers". Baseball Reference.com.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/catalfr01.shtml Frank Catalanotto page at Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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