1992 California Angels season

1992 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Dan O'Brien, Sr.
Manager(s)	Buck Rodgers and John Wathan
Local television	KTLA SportsChannel Los Angeles (Ken Wilson, Ken Brett)
Local radio	KMPC (Bob Jamison, Al Conin, Ernie Harwell) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The California Angels 1992 season involved the Angels finishing 5th 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 California Angels with Kyle Abbott to the Philadelphia Phillies for Von Hayes.^[1]
• December 10, 1991: Hubie Brooks was traded by the New York Mets to the California Angels for Dave Gallagher.^[2]
• January 17, 1992: Dick Schofield was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[3]
• January 22, 1992: Bert Blyleven signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[4]
• January 27, 1992: Terry McGriff was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[5]
• March 25, 1992: Shawn Abner was released by the California Angels.^[6]

Regular season

• On May 19, 1992, Bobby Rose hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.^[7]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	96	66	0.593	—	51–30	45–36
Minnesota Twins	90	72	0.556	6	48–33	42–39
Chicago White Sox	86	76	0.531	10	50–32	36–44
Texas Rangers	77	85	0.475	19	36–45	41–40
California Angels	72	90	0.444	24	41–40	31–50
Kansas City Royals	72	90	0.444	24	44–37	28–53
Seattle Mariners	64	98	0.395	32	38–43	26–55

Record vs. opponents

1992 American League Records 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	—

Roster

1992 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 25 Jim Abbott 43 Scott Bailes 28 Bert Blyleven 23 Mike Butcher 32 Chuck Crim 45 Mark Eichhorn 31 Chuck Finley 40 Tim Fortugno 41 Steve Frey 19 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 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 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 California Angels.^[5]
• April 12, 1992: Dick Schofield was traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later to the New York Mets for Julio Valera. The California Angels sent Julian Vasquez (minors) (October 6, 1992) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.^[3]
• August 21, 1992: Von Hayes was released by the California Angels.^[8]

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

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

^[9]

References

1. Ruben Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. Hubie Brooks Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. Dick Schofield Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. Bert Blyleven Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgrite01.shtml
6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/abnersh01.shtml
7. Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
8. Von Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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