# 1992 Texas Rangers season

The 1992 Texas Rangers season was the 32nd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 21st in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 21st season at Arlington Stadium. The Rangers finished 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.
* December 7, 1991: Geno Petralli was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
* January 3, 1992: Jeff Robinson was signed as a free agent by the Rangers.
* January 28, 1992: Mike Jeffcoat was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Minnesota Twins | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6 | 48‍–‍33 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Chicago White Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 10 | 50‍–‍32 | 36‍–‍44 |
| Texas Rangers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 19 | 36‍–‍45 | 41‍–‍40 |
| California Angels | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 41‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Kansas City Royals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 44‍–‍37 | 28‍–‍53 |
| Seattle Mariners | 64 | 98 | .395 | 32 | 38‍–‍43 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1992 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

* Brian Downing
* Monty Fariss
* Juan González
* José Guzmán
* Al Newman
* Rafael Palmeiro
* Dean Palmer
* Iván Rodríguez
* Rubén Sierra
* Dickie Thon

### Notable transactions

* April 3, 1992: Al Newman was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
* May 29, 1992: Bill Haselman was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the Seattle Mariners.
* June 10, 1992: Jeff Robinson was selected off waivers from the Rangers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* June 19, 1992: Mario Díaz was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
* 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.
* August 31, 1992: Rubén Sierra, Jeff Russell, Bobby Witt, and cash were traded by the Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for José Canseco.

### Roster
## 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

* Juan González, A.L. Home Run Champion
* Juan González, Silver Slugger Award
* Iván Rodríguez, C, Gold Glove
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