1992 California Angels season

1992 California Angels
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Anaheim Stadium
City	Anaheim, California
Owners	Gene Autry
General managers	Dan O'Brien Sr.
Managers	Buck Rodgers and John Wathan
Television	KTLA SportsChannel Los Angeles (Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Radio	KMPC (Bob Jamison, Al Conin, Ernie Harwell) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
Seasons

The 1992 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 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

AL 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 record 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	—

Roster

1992 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 25 Jim Abbott 43 Scott Bailes 28 Bert Blyleven 23,48 Mike Butcher 32 Chuck Crim 45 Mark Eichhorn 31 Chuck Finley 40,51 Tim Fortugno 41 Steve Frey 19,20 Joe Grahe 34 Bryan Harvey 48 Hilly Hathaway 12 Mark Langston 18 Scott Lewis 40 Don Robinson 44 Julio Valera		Catchers 20 Mike Fitzgerald 21 Greg Myers 14 John Orton 13 Lance Parrish 24 Ron Tingley Infielders 21 Alvin Davis  8 Hubie Brooks 11,33 Gary DiSarcina 46 Damion Easley  3 Gary Gaetti 88 Rene Gonzales  5 Ken Oberkfell  6 Bobby Rose 17 Dick Schofield 10 Luis Sojo 9,23 Lee Stevens		Outfielders 17,30 Chad Curtis 16 Rob Ducey 47 Junior Félix 38 José González  9 Von Hayes 33 John Morris 22 Luis Polonia 15 Tim Salmon 11 Reggie Williams		Manager 53 Marcel Lachemann  7 Buck Rodgers 37 John Wathan Coaches 29 Rod Carew (Hitting)  2 Deron Johnson (Bench)  1 Bobby Knoop (First Base) 53 Marcel Lachemann (Pitching) 39 Ken Macha (Bullpen) 50 Jimmie Reese (Assistant) 57 Rick Turner 37 John Wathan (Bench)

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

References

• 1992 California Angels at Baseball Reference
• 1992 California Angels at Baseball Almanac