# 1992 Kansas City Royals season

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

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 | — |

### 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
## 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 | Mike Macfarlane | 129 | 402 | 94 | .234 | 17 | 48 |
| 1B | Wally Joyner | 149 | 572 | 154 | .269 | 9 | 66 |
| 2B | Keith Miller | 106 | 416 | 118 | .284 | 4 | 38 |
| 3B | Gregg Jefferies | 152 | 604 | 172 | .285 | 10 | 75 |
| SS | David Howard | 74 | 219 | 49 | .224 | 1 | 18 |
| LF | Kevin McReynolds | 109 | 373 | 92 | .247 | 13 | 49 |
| CF | Brian McRae | 149 | 533 | 119 | .223 | 4 | 52 |
| RF | Jim Eisenreich | 113 | 353 | 95 | .269 | 2 | 28 |
| DH | George Brett | 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 |
| Ed Pierce | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Omaha Royals | American Association | Jeff Cox |
| AA | Memphis Chicks | Southern League | Brian Poldberg |
| A | Baseball City Royals | Florida State League | Ron Johnson |
| A | Appleton Foxes | Midwest League | Tom Poquette |
| A-Short Season | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Bobby Meacham |
| Rookie | GCL Royals | Gulf Coast League | Mike Jirschele |
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