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1992 Kansas City Royals season

Field	Value
name	Kansas City Royals
season	1992
league	American League
division	West
ballpark	Royals Stadium
city	Kansas City, Missouri
record
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)

(Paul Splittorff, Denny Trease) (Denny Matthews, Fred White) |}} 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.
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.
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.
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.

Roster

1992 Kansas City Royals
Roster
Pitchers

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.	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

Notes

References

1992 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Reference
1992 Kansas City Royals at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/joynewa01.shtml Wally Joyner Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Rico Rossy Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcreyke01.shtml Kevin McReynolds Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Kirk Gibson Stats".
"Josias Manzanillo Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/damonjo01.shtml Johnny Damon Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Mark Davis Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/samueju01.shtml Juan Samuel Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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