# 1992 California Angels season

The 1992 California Angels season was the 32nd season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 27th in Anaheim, and their 27th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished fifth in the American League West with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses.

## Offseason

* December 8, 1991: Rubén Amaro, Jr. was traded by the Angels with Kyle Abbott to the Philadelphia Phillies for Von Hayes.
* December 10, 1991: Hubie Brooks was traded by the New York Mets to the Angels for Dave Gallagher.
* January 17, 1992: Dick Schofield was signed as a free agent with the Angels.
* January 22, 1992: Bert Blyleven signed as a free agent with the Angels.
* January 27, 1992: Terry McGriff was signed as a free agent with the Angels.
* March 25, 1992: Shawn Abner was released by the Angels.

## Regular season

* On May 19, 1992, Bobby Rose hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.

### 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 | — |

### Transactions

* April 3, 1992: Terry McGriff was released by the Angels.
* April 12, 1992: Dick Schofield was traded by the Angels to the New York Mets for Julio Valera with a player to be named later. On October 6, 1992, the Mets sent minor league reliever Julian Vasquez to the Angels to complete the trade.
* July 30, 1992: Mark Eichhorn was traded by the Angels to the Toronto Blue Jays for Rob Ducey and Greg Myers.
* August 21, 1992: Von Hayes was released by the Angels.

## 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 Fitzgerald | 95 | 189 | 40 | .212 | 6 | 17 |
| 1B | Lee Stevens | 106 | 312 | 69 | .221 | 7 | 37 |
| 2B | Luis Sojo | 106 | 368 | 100 | .272 | 7 | 43 |
| 3B | Gary Gaetti | 130 | 456 | 103 | .226 | 12 | 48 |
| SS | Gary DiSarcina | 157 | 518 | 128 | .247 | 3 | 42 |
| LF | Luis Polonia | 149 | 577 | 165 | .286 | 0 | 35 |
| CF | Junior Félix | 139 | 509 | 125 | .246 | 9 | 72 |
| RF | Von Hayes | 94 | 307 | 69 | .225 | 4 | 29 |
| DH | Hubie Brooks | 82 | 306 | 66 | .216 | 8 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Chad Curtis | 139 | 441 | 114 | .259 | 10 | 46 |
| Rene Gonzales | 104 | 329 | 91 | .277 | 7 | 38 |
| Damion Easley | 47 | 151 | 39 | .258 | 1 | 12 |
| Ron Tingley | 71 | 127 | 25 | .197 | 3 | 8 |
| John Orton | 43 | 114 | 25 | .219 | 2 | 12 |
| Alvin Davis | 40 | 104 | 26 | .250 | 0 | 16 |
| Ken Oberkfell | 41 | 91 | 24 | .264 | 0 | 10 |
| Bobby Rose | 30 | 84 | 18 | .214 | 2 | 10 |
| Lance Parrish | 24 | 83 | 19 | .229 | 4 | 11 |
| Tim Salmon | 23 | 79 | 14 | .177 | 2 | 6 |
| Rob Ducey | 31 | 59 | 14 | .237 | 0 | 2 |
| John Morris | 43 | 57 | 11 | .193 | 1 | 3 |
| José González | 33 | 55 | 10 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
| Reggie Williams | 14 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Myers | 8 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Schofield | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| Mark Langston | 32 | 229.0 | 13 | 14 | 3.66 | 174 |
| Jim Abbott | 29 | 211.0 | 7 | 15 | 2.77 | 130 |
| Chuck Finley | 31 | 204.1 | 7 | 12 | 3.96 | 124 |
| Julio Valera | 30 | 188.0 | 8 | 11 | 3.73 | 113 |
| Bert Blyleven | 25 | 133.0 | 8 | 12 | 4.74 | 70 |
| Don Robinson | 3 | 16.1 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Tim Fortugno | 14 | 41.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.18 | 31 |
| Hilly Hathaway | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 1 |

##### 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 |
| Joe Grahe | 46 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 3.52 | 39 |
| Chuck Crim | 57 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5.17 | 30 |
| Steve Frey | 51 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3.57 | 24 |
| Mark Eichhorn | 42 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2.38 | 42 |
| Scott Bailes | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.45 | 25 |
| Bryan Harvey | 25 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 2.83 | 34 |
| Scott Lewis | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.99 | 18 |
| Mike Butcher | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.25 | 24 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Edmonton Trappers | Pacific Coast League | Mako Oliveras |
| AA | Midland Angels | Texas League | Don Long |
| A | Palm Springs Angels | California League | Mario Mendoza |
| A | Quad Cities River Bandits | Midwest League | Mitch Seoane |
| A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Tom Kotchman |
| Rookie | AZL Angels | Arizona League | Bill Lachemann |