1992 Boston Red Sox season

1992 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place7th
OwnersJRY Trust,
Haywood Sullivan
PresidentJohn Harrington
General managerLou Gorman
ManagerButch Hobson
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
RadioWRKO
(Bob Starr, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference

The 1992 Boston Red Sox season was the 92nd season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the seven-team American League East with a record of 73 wins and 89 losses, 23 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays, who went on to win the 1992 World Series. It was the last time the Red Sox finished last in their division until 2012. From 1933 to 2011, this was the only season the Red Sox finished last in the division.

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month[2]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April99995th4+1⁄2[3]
May151224214th4+1⁄2[4]
June111735385th8+1⁄2[5]
July131548534th12+1⁄2[6]
August121860716th (tie)14+1⁄2[7]
September111771887th22[8]
October2173897th23[9]

The Red Sox hit seven grand slams, the most in MLB in 1992.[10]

Season standings

AL East
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Toronto Blue Jays9666.593—53‍–‍2843‍–‍38
Milwaukee Brewers9270.568453‍–‍2839‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles8973.549743‍–‍3846‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians7686.4692041‍–‍4035‍–‍46
New York Yankees7686.4692041‍–‍4035‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers7587.4632138‍–‍4237‍–‍45
Boston Red Sox7389.4512344‍–‍3729‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1992 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore—8–58–46–67–610–38–46–76–65–86–67–57–55–8
Boston5–8—8–46–66–74–97–55–83–97–65–76–64–87–6
California4–84–8—3–106–67–58–55–72–117–55–87–69–45–7
Chicago6–66–610–3—7–510–27–65–78–58–45–84–95–85–7
Cleveland6–77–66–65–7—5–85–75–86–67–66–67–55–76–7
Detroit3–109–45–72–108–5—7–55–83–95–86–69–38–45–8
Kansas City4–85–75–86–77–55–7—7–56–75–74–97–66–75–7
Milwaukee7–68–57–57–58–58–55–7—6–66–77–58–47–58–5
Minnesota6–69–311–25–86–69–37–66–6—7–55–88–56–75–7
New York8–56–75–74–86–78–57–57–65–7—6–66–66–62–11
Oakland6–67–58–58–56–66–69–45–78–56–6—12–19–46–6
Seattle5–76–66–79–45–73–96–74–85–86–61–12—4–94–8
Texas5–78–44–98–57–54–87–65–77–66–64–99–4—3–9
Toronto8–56–77–57–57–68–57–55–87–511–26–68–49–3—


Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

26Wade Boggs3B
  3Jody Reed2B
39Mike Greenwell    LF
12Ellis BurksCF
29Phil PlantierRF
25Jack ClarkDH
42Mo Vaughn1B
  6Tony PeñaC
  2Luis RiveraSS
21Roger ClemensP

Source:[15]

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 16, before a scheduled home game against the California Angels. The game marked the 25th anniversary of the 1967 Boston Red Sox season, known as "The Impossible Dream"; participants from the 1967 team included Mike Andrews, Jim Lonborg, Rico Petrocelli, and Carl Yastrzemski.[16] Red Sox alumni won by a 3–0 score over a team of MLB alumni from other clubs, managed by Harmon Killebrew.[16]

Roster

1992 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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.PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CTony Peña13341099.241138
1BMo Vaughn11335583.2341357
2BJody Reed143550136.247340
3BWade Boggs143514133.259750
SSLuis Rivera10228862.215029
LFBilly Hatcher7531575.238123
CFBob Zupcic124392108.276343
RFTom Brunansky138458122.2661574
DHJack Clark8125754.210533

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Phil Plantier10834986.246730
Scott Cooper12333793.276533
Ellis Burks6623560.255830
Herm Winningham10523455.235114
Tim Naehring7218643.231314
John Valentin5818551.276525
Mike Greenwell4918042.233218
Eric Wedge276817.250511
John Flaherty356613.19702
John Marzano19504.08001
Steve Lyons21287.25002
Tom Barrett430.00000
Mike Brumley210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roger Clemens32246.218112.41208
Frank Viola35238.013123.44121
Joe Hesketh30148.2894.36104
John Dopson25141.17114.0855

Relief and other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

PlayerGIPWLERASOSV
Danny Darwin51161.1993.961243
Mike Gardiner28130.24104.75790
Greg Harris70107.2492.51734
Matt Young2870.2044.58570
Paul Quantrill2749.1232.19241
Jeff Reardon4642.1224.253227
Tony Fossas6029.2122.43192
Tom Bolton2129.0123.41230
Daryl Irvine2128.0346.11100
Scott Taylor414.2114.9170
Ken Ryan77.0006.4351
Peter Hoy53.2007.3620

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments
All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAAPawtucket Red SoxInternational LeagueRico Petrocelli
AANew Britain Red SoxEastern LeagueJim Pankovits
A-AdvancedLynchburg Red SoxCarolina LeagueBuddy Bailey
A-AdvancedWinter Haven Red SoxFlorida State LeagueFelix Maldonado
A-Short SeasonElmira PioneersNew York–Penn LeagueDave Holt
RookieGCL Red SoxGulf Coast LeagueFrank White

Source:[17][18]

References

  1. ^ "Frank Viola". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "The 1992 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Events of Thursday, April 30, 1992".
  4. ^ "Events of Sunday, May 31, 1992".
  5. ^ "Events of Tuesday, June 30, 1992".
  6. ^ "Events of Friday, July 31, 1992".
  7. ^ "Events of Monday, August 31, 1992".
  8. ^ "Events of Wednesday, September 30, 1992".
  9. ^ "Events of Sunday, October 4, 1992".
  10. ^ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1992, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  11. ^ Bob Geren Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ^ Steve Lyons Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  13. ^ Jeff Reardon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  14. ^ Wade Boggs Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  15. ^ "New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 3". Retrosheet. April 7, 1992. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  16. ^ a b Yantz, Tom (May 17, 1992). "He helped make it possible". Hartford Courant. p. E9. Retrieved May 24, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  18. ^ Boston Red Sox Official Yearbook. 1992. p. 70. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  • 1992 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1992 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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