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1992 Boston Red Sox season

January 01, 1970

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 1933-2011, this was the only season the Red Sox finished last in the division.

1992 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place7th (23 GB)
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
BB-reference
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Offseason edit

Regular season edit

Record by month[2]
Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 9 9 9 9 5th 4+1⁄2 [3]
May 15 12 24 21 4th 4+1⁄2 [4]
June 11 17 35 38 5th 8+1⁄2 [5]
July 13 15 48 53 4th 12+1⁄2 [6]
August 12 18 60 71 6th (tie) 14+1⁄2 [7]
September 11 17 71 88 7th 22 [8]
October 2 1 73 89 7th 23 [9]

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

Season standings edit

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 96 66 0.593 — 53–28 43–38
Milwaukee Brewers 92 70 0.568 4 53–28 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 89 73 0.549 7 43–38 46–35
Cleveland Indians 76 86 0.469 20 41–40 35–46
New York Yankees 76 86 0.469 20 41–40 35–46
Detroit Tigers 75 87 0.463 21 38–42 37–45
Boston Red Sox 73 89 0.451 23 44–37 29–52

Record vs. opponents edit

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 —


Notable transactions edit

Opening Day lineup edit

26 Wade Boggs 3B
  3 Jody Reed 2B
39 Mike Greenwell     LF
12 Ellis Burks CF
29 Phil Plantier RF
25 Jack Clark DH
42 Mo Vaughn 1B
  6 Tony Peña C
  2 Luis Rivera SS
21 Roger Clemens P

Source:[15]

Alumni game edit

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 edit

1992 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Tony Peña 133 410 99 .241 1 38
1B Mo Vaughn 113 355 83 .234 13 57
2B Jody Reed 143 550 136 .247 3 40
3B Wade Boggs 143 514 133 .259 7 50
SS Luis Rivera 102 288 62 .215 0 29
LF Billy Hatcher 75 315 75 .238 1 23
CF Bob Zupcic 124 392 108 .276 3 43
RF Tom Brunansky 138 458 122 .266 15 74
DH Jack Clark 81 257 54 .210 5 33

Other batters edit

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
Phil Plantier 108 349 86 .246 7 30
Scott Cooper 123 337 93 .276 5 33
Ellis Burks 66 235 60 .255 8 30
Herm Winningham 105 234 55 .235 1 14
Tim Naehring 72 186 43 .231 3 14
John Valentin 58 185 51 .276 5 25
Mike Greenwell 49 180 42 .233 2 18
Eric Wedge 27 68 17 .250 5 11
John Flaherty 35 66 13 .197 0 2
John Marzano 19 50 4 .080 0 1
Steve Lyons 21 28 7 .250 0 2
Tom Barrett 4 3 0 .000 0 0
Mike Brumley 2 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Roger Clemens 32 246.2 18 11 2.41 208
Frank Viola 35 238.0 13 12 3.44 121
Joe Hesketh 30 148.2 8 9 4.36 104
John Dopson 25 141.1 7 11 4.08 55

Relief and other pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO SV
Danny Darwin 51 161.1 9 9 3.96 124 3
Mike Gardiner 28 130.2 4 10 4.75 79 0
Greg Harris 70 107.2 4 9 2.51 73 4
Matt Young 28 70.2 0 4 4.58 57 0
Paul Quantrill 27 49.1 2 3 2.19 24 1
Jeff Reardon 46 42.1 2 2 4.25 32 27
Tony Fossas 60 29.2 1 2 2.43 19 2
Tom Bolton 21 29.0 1 2 3.41 23 0
Daryl Irvine 21 28.0 3 4 6.11 10 0
Scott Taylor 4 14.2 1 1 4.91 7 0
Ken Ryan 7 7.0 0 0 6.43 5 1
Peter Hoy 5 3.2 0 0 7.36 2 0

Awards and honors edit

Awards
Accomplishments
All-Star Game

Farm system edit

See also: Minor League Baseball

Source:[17][18]

References edit

  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.

External links edit

  • 1992 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1992 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com

January 01, 1970
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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 2011 this was the only season the Red Sox finished last in the division 1992 Boston Red SoxLeagueAmerican LeagueDivisionEastBallparkFenway ParkCityBoston MassachusettsRecord73 89 451 Divisional place7th 23 GB OwnersJRY Trust Haywood SullivanPresidentJohn HarringtonGeneral managerLou GormanManagerButch HobsonTelevisionWSBK TV Ch 38 Sean McDonough Bob Montgomery NESN Ned Martin Jerry Remy RadioWRKO Bob Starr Joe Castiglione WROL Bobby Serrano Hector Martinez StatsESPN comBB reference 1991 Seasons 1993 Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Notable transactions 2 4 Opening Day lineup 2 5 Alumni game 2 6 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 1 1 Starters by position 3 1 2 Other batters 3 2 Pitching 3 2 1 Starting pitchers 3 2 2 Relief and other pitchers 4 Awards and honors 5 Farm system 6 References 7 External linksOffseason editJanuary 2 1992 Frank Viola signed as a free agent with the Red Sox 1 Regular season editRecord by month 2 Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref Won Lost Won Lost Position GB April 9 9 9 9 5th 4 1 2 3 May 15 12 24 21 4th 4 1 2 4 June 11 17 35 38 5th 8 1 2 5 July 13 15 48 53 4th 12 1 2 6 August 12 18 60 71 6th tie 14 1 2 7 September 11 17 71 88 7th 22 8 October 2 1 73 89 7th 23 9 The Red Sox hit seven grand slams the most in MLB in 1992 10 Season standings edit vteAL East W L Pct GB Home Road Toronto Blue Jays 96 66 0 593 53 28 43 38 Milwaukee Brewers 92 70 0 568 4 53 28 39 42 Baltimore Orioles 89 73 0 549 7 43 38 46 35 Cleveland Indians 76 86 0 469 20 41 40 35 46 New York Yankees 76 86 0 469 20 41 40 35 46 Detroit Tigers 75 87 0 463 21 38 42 37 45 Boston Red Sox 73 89 0 451 23 44 37 29 52 Record vs opponents edit 1992 American League recordvteSources 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 Notable transactions edit April 16 1992 Bob Geren was signed as a free agent with the Red Sox 11 June 27 1992 Steve Lyons was purchased by the Red Sox from the Montreal Expos 12 August 30 1992 Jeff Reardon was traded by the Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Nate Minchey and minor league outfielder Sean Ross 13 October 26 1992 Wade Boggs was granted free agency by the Red Sox 14 Opening Day lineup edit 26 Wade Boggs 3B 3 Jody Reed 2B 39 Mike Greenwell LF 12 Ellis Burks CF 29 Phil Plantier RF 25 Jack Clark DH 42 Mo Vaughn 1B 6 Tony Pena C 2 Luis Rivera SS 21 Roger Clemens P Source 15 Alumni game edit 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 edit 1992 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers 50 Tom Bolton 21 Roger Clemens 44 Danny Darwin 40 John Dopson 48 Tony Fossas 47 Mike Gardiner 27 Greg Harris 55 Joe Hesketh 31 Peter Hoy 59 Daryl Irvine 49 Paul Quantrill 41 Jeff Reardon 50 Ken Ryan 56 Scott Taylor 16 Frank Viola 30 Matt Young Catchers 15 John Flaherty 20 John Marzano 6 Tony Pena Infielders 33 Tom Barrett 26 Wade Boggs 45 Scott Cooper 19 Steve Lyons 11 Tim Naehring 3 Jody Reed 2 Luis Rivera 13 John Valentin 42 Mo Vaughn Outfielders 23 Tom Brunansky 12 Ellis Burks 39 Mike Greenwell 22 Billy Hatcher 29 Phil Plantier 5 Herm Winningham 28 Bob Zupcic Other batters 10 Mike Brumley 25 Jack Clark 22 Eric Wedge Manager 17 Butch Hobson Coaches 32 Gary Allenson Bullpen 37 Al Bumbry First base 7 Rick Burleson Hitting third base 35 Rich Gale Pitching 34 Don Zimmer Third base bench Player stats editBatting edit Starters by position edit 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 Tony Pena 133 410 99 241 1 38 1B Mo Vaughn 113 355 83 234 13 57 2B Jody Reed 143 550 136 247 3 40 3B Wade Boggs 143 514 133 259 7 50 SS Luis Rivera 102 288 62 215 0 29 LF Billy Hatcher 75 315 75 238 1 23 CF Bob Zupcic 124 392 108 276 3 43 RF Tom Brunansky 138 458 122 266 15 74 DH Jack Clark 81 257 54 210 5 33 Other batters edit 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 Phil Plantier 108 349 86 246 7 30 Scott Cooper 123 337 93 276 5 33 Ellis Burks 66 235 60 255 8 30 Herm Winningham 105 234 55 235 1 14 Tim Naehring 72 186 43 231 3 14 John Valentin 58 185 51 276 5 25 Mike Greenwell 49 180 42 233 2 18 Eric Wedge 27 68 17 250 5 11 John Flaherty 35 66 13 197 0 2 John Marzano 19 50 4 080 0 1 Steve Lyons 21 28 7 250 0 2 Tom Barrett 4 3 0 000 0 0 Mike Brumley 2 1 0 000 0 0 Pitching edit Starting pitchers edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Roger Clemens 32 246 2 18 11 2 41 208 Frank Viola 35 238 0 13 12 3 44 121 Joe Hesketh 30 148 2 8 9 4 36 104 John Dopson 25 141 1 7 11 4 08 55 Relief and other pitchers edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts SV Saves Player G IP W L ERA SO SV Danny Darwin 51 161 1 9 9 3 96 124 3 Mike Gardiner 28 130 2 4 10 4 75 79 0 Greg Harris 70 107 2 4 9 2 51 73 4 Matt Young 28 70 2 0 4 4 58 57 0 Paul Quantrill 27 49 1 2 3 2 19 24 1 Jeff Reardon 46 42 1 2 2 4 25 32 27 Tony Fossas 60 29 2 1 2 2 43 19 2 Tom Bolton 21 29 0 1 2 3 41 23 0 Daryl Irvine 21 28 0 3 4 6 11 10 0 Scott Taylor 4 14 2 1 1 4 91 7 0 Ken Ryan 7 7 0 0 0 6 43 5 1 Peter Hoy 5 3 2 0 0 7 36 2 0Awards and honors editAwards Roger Clemens AL Pitcher of the Month May August Accomplishments Roger Clemens American League Leader Shutouts 5 All Star Game Wade Boggs third base starter Roger Clemens pitcher reserveFarm system editSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League Manager AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Rico Petrocelli AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Jim Pankovits A Advanced Lynchburg Red Sox Carolina League Buddy Bailey A Advanced Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Felix Maldonado A Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York Penn League Dave Holt Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League Frank White Source 17 18 References edit Frank Viola Retrosheet Retrieved October 16 2020 The 1992 Boston Red Sox Retrosheet Retrieved October 16 2020 Events of Thursday April 30 1992 Events of Sunday May 31 1992 Events of Tuesday June 30 1992 Events of Friday July 31 1992 Events of Monday August 31 1992 Events of Wednesday September 30 1992 Events of Sunday October 4 1992 Team Batting Event Finder 1992 All Teams Home Runs With Runners on 123 Baseball Reference Retrieved July 3 2018 Bob Geren Statistics Baseball Reference com Steve Lyons Statistics Baseball Reference com Jeff Reardon Statistics Baseball Reference com Wade Boggs Statistics Baseball Reference com New York Yankees 4 Boston Red Sox 3 Retrosheet April 7 1992 Retrieved October 16 2020 a b Yantz Tom May 17 1992 He helped make it possible Hartford Courant p E9 Retrieved May 24 2018 via newspapers com Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd edition Durham North Carolina Baseball America 2007 Boston Red Sox Official Yearbook 1992 p 70 Retrieved March 14 2021 via Wayback Machine External links edit1992 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1992 Boston Red Sox season at baseball almanac com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1992 Boston Red Sox season amp oldid 1197878269, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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