1992 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)George W. Bush
General manager(s)Tom Grieve
Manager(s)Bobby Valentine, Toby Harrah
Local televisionKTVT
(Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby)
HSE
(Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Local radioWBAP
(Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz)
KXEB
(Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
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The Rangers playing host to the Detroit Tigers at Arlington Stadium during a 1992 regular season game.

The 1992 Texas Rangers season saw the Rangers finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 96 66 0.593 — 51–30 45–36
Minnesota Twins 90 72 0.556 6 48–33 42–39
Chicago White Sox 86 76 0.531 10 50–32 36–44
Texas Rangers 77 85 0.475 19 36–45 41–40
California Angels 72 90 0.444 24 41–40 31–50
Kansas City Royals 72 90 0.444 24 44–37 28–53
Seattle Mariners 64 98 0.395 32 38–43 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1992 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 8–5 8–4 6–6 7–6 10–3 8–4 6–7 6–6 5–8 6–6 7–5 7–5 5–8
Boston 5–8 — 8–4 6–6 6–7 4–9 7–5 5–8 3–9 7–6 5–7 6–6 4–8 7–6
California 4–8 4–8 — 3–10 6–6 7–5 8–5 5–7 2–11 7–5 5–8 7–6 9–4 5–7
Chicago 6–6 6–6 10–3 — 7–5 10–2 7–6 5–7 8–5 8–4 5–8 4–9 5–8 5–7
Cleveland 6–7 7–6 6–6 5–7 — 5–8 5–7 5–8 6–6 7–6 6–6 7–5 5–7 6–7
Detroit 3–10 9–4 5–7 2–10 8–5 — 7–5 5–8 3–9 5–8 6–6 9–3 8–4 5–8
Kansas City 4–8 5–7 5–8 6–7 7–5 5–7 — 7–5 6–7 5–7 4–9 7–6 6–7 5–7
Milwaukee 7–6 8–5 7–5 7–5 8–5 8–5 5–7 — 6–6 6–7 7–5 8–4 7–5 8–5
Minnesota 6–6 9–3 11–2 5–8 6–6 9–3 7–6 6–6 — 7–5 5–8 8–5 6–7 5–7
New York 8–5 6–7 5–7 4–8 6–7 8–5 7–5 7–6 5–7 — 6–6 6–6 6–6 2–11
Oakland 6–6 7–5 8–5 8–5 6–6 6–6 9–4 5–7 8–5 6–6 — 12–1 9–4 6–6
Seattle 5–7 6–6 6–7 9–4 5–7 3–9 6–7 4–8 5–8 6–6 1–12 — 4–9 4–8
Texas 5–7 8–4 4–9 8–5 7–5 4–8 7–6 5–7 7–6 6–6 4–9 9–4 — 3–9
Toronto 8–5 6–7 7–5 7–5 7–6 8–5 7–5 5–8 7–5 11–2 6–6 8–4 9–3 —


Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1992 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Iván Rodríguez 123 420 109 .260 8 37
1B Rafael Palmeiro 159 608 163 .268 22 85
2B Jeff Frye 67 199 51 .256 1 12
3B Dean Palmer 152 541 124 .229 26 72
SS Dickie Thon 95 275 68 .247 4 37
LF Kevin Reimer 148 494 132 .267 16 58
CF Juan González 155 584 152 .260 43 109
RF Rubén Sierra 124 500 139 .278 14 70
DH Brian Downing 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
Al Newman 116 246 54 .220 0 12
Geno Petralli 94 192 38 .198 1 18
Monty Fariss 67 166 36 .217 3 21
Jack Daugherty 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
José Canseco 22 73 17 .233 4 15
Cris Colón 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
John Russell 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
José Guzmán 33 224.0 16 11 3.66 179
Bobby Witt 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
Jeff Robinson 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
Dan Smith 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
Jeff Russell 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
Edwin Núñez 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
Danilo León 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
Steve Fireovid 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

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Tommy Thompson
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Bobby Jones
A Charlotte Rangers Florida State League Bump Wills
A Gastonia Rangers South Atlantic League Walt Williams
Rookie GCL Rangers Gulf Coast League Chino Cadahia
Rookie Butte Copper Kings Pioneer League Vic Ramirez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oklahoma City

Notes

  1. ^ Steve Fireovid at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Jeff Robinson at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "Mike Jeffcoat Stats".
  5. ^ "Al Newman Stats".
  6. ^ Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ "Mario Diaz Stats".
  8. ^ "He Isn't Rangers' Valentine". Los Angeles Times. July 10, 1992. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  9. ^ José Canseco at Baseball Reference

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