1992 Texas Rangers season

1992 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961);
	Western Division (since 1972);
Location
	Arlington Stadium (since 1972);
	Arlington, Texas (since 1972);
Other information
Owner(s)	George W. Bush
General manager(s)	Tom Grieve
Manager(s)	Bobby Valentine, Toby Harrah
Local television	KTVT; (Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby); HSE; (Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Local radio	WBAP; (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

October 28, 1991: Steve Fireovid was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[1]
December 7, 1991: Geno Petralli was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[2]
January 3, 1992: Jeff Robinson was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.^[3]
January 28, 1992: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e 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 Records v t e 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

April 3, 1992: Al Newman was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.^[5]
May 29, 1992: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the Seattle Mariners.^[6]
June 10, 1992: Jeff Robinson was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[3]
June 19, 1992: Mario Díaz was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.^[7]
July 9, 1992: Bobby Valentine is fired after seven years as manager. Coach Toby Harrah is named as interim manager. The firing is announced by managing general partner of the Rangers, George W. Bush.^[8]
August 31, 1992: Rubén Sierra, Jeff Russell, Bobby Witt, and cash were traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for José Canseco.^[9]

Roster

1992 Texas Rangers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

5,55 Brian Downing

Manager

11 Toby Harrah
2 Bobby Valentine

Coaches

50 Ray Burris (Bullpen)
13 Orlando Gómez (Bench)
11 Toby Harrah (Bench)
47 Perry Hill (First Base)
35 Tom House (Pitching)
26 Dave Oliver (Third Base)
31 Tom Robson (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	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
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
José Canseco	22	73	17	.233	4	15
Cris Colón	14	36	6	.167	0	1
John Russell	7	10	1	.100	0	2

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
José Guzmán	33	224	16	11	3.66	179
Bobby Witt	25	161.1	9	13	4.46	100

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
Jeff Robinson	16	45.2	4	4	5.72	18
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
Edwin Núñez	39	0	2	3	5.52	39
Danilo León	15	1	1	0	5.89	15
Steve Fireovid	3	1	0	0	4.05	0
Wayne Rosenthal	6	0	0	0	7.71	1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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

↑ Steve Fireovid at Baseball Reference
↑ Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Jeff Robinson at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffcmi01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newmaal01.shtml
↑ Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml
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↑ José Canseco at Baseball Reference

References

1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Reference
1992 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac
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[1] Steve Fireovid at Baseball Reference

[2] Geno Petralli at Baseball Reference

[robinson-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Jeff Robinson at Baseball Reference

[4] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffcmi01.shtml

[5] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newmaal01.shtml

[6] Bill Haselman at Baseball Reference

[7] ttp://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml

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[9] José Canseco at Baseball Reference

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v t e 1992 MLB season by team
AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas
NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco
1992 MLB draft 1992 All-Star Game 1992 World Series 1992 MLB expansion draft

1992 Texas Rangers season

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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

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Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

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1992 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
Arlington Stadium (since 1972)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	George W. Bush
General manager(s)	Tom Grieve
Manager(s)	Bobby Valentine, Toby Harrah
Local television	KTVT (Jim Sundberg, Steve Busby) HSE (Greg Lucas, Norm Hitzges)
Local radio	WBAP (Eric Nadel, Mark Holtz) KXEB (Luis Mayoral, Mario Díaz Oroszo)
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