1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 103rd for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 35th season in Los Angeles, California.

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962) Los Angeles (since 1958)
Results
Record	63–99 (.389)
Divisional place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)	Fred Claire
Manager(s)	Tommy Lasorda
Local television	KTTV (11) Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale SportsChannel Los Angeles Ross Porter, Don Drysdale
Local radio	KABC Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale KWKW Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas KYPA Richard Choi
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Despite boasting what was nicknamed the "Outfield of Dreams", being manned by Eric Davis, Brett Butler, and Darryl Strawberry, injuries to key players and slumps from others contributed to the franchise's worst season since moving to Los Angeles with 63 wins and 99 losses for a last place finish in the NL West, regressing 30 games from the previous season; it was their worst season since 1908 when they were known as the “Brooklyn Superbas”. It was the first time the Dodgers lost 90 games in a season since 1944, and the first time they did so as a Los Angeles team. Additionally, the Dodgers cancelled four home games due to the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Despite the poor finish, the Dodgers had some hope for the future as first baseman Eric Karros won the National League Rookie of the Year Award, the first of five consecutive Dodger players to do so. The 1992 season also saw the Dodgers drop television station KTTV Ch.11 as their chief broadcaster of Dodger baseball, ending a 34 year, 35 consecutive season association with that station.

Offseason

• November 27, 1991: Acquired Eric Davis^[1] and Kip Gross from the Cincinnati Reds for Tim Belcher and John Wetteland.
• December 11, 1991: Acquired Rudy Seánez from the Cleveland Indians for Dennis Cook and Mike Christopher
• December 11, 1991: Acquired Todd Benzinger from the Kansas City Royals for Chris Gwynn and Domingo Mota

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	98	64	0.605	—	51–30	47–34
Cincinnati Reds	90	72	0.556	8	53–28	37–44
San Diego Padres	82	80	0.506	16	45–36	37–44
Houston Astros	81	81	0.500	17	47–34	34–47
San Francisco Giants	72	90	0.444	26	42–39	30–51
Los Angeles Dodgers	63	99	0.389	35	37–44	26–55

Record vs. opponents

1992 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	10–2	9–9	13–5	12–6	4–8	7–5	6–6	7–5	13–5	11–7	6–6
Chicago	2–10	—	5–7	8–4	6–6	7–11	9–9	9–9	8–10	5–7	8–4	11–7
Cincinnati	9–9	7–5	—	10–8	11–7	5–7	7–5	7–5	6–6	11–7	10–8	7–5
Houston	5–13	4–8	8–10	—	13–5	8–4	5–7	8–4	6–6	7–11	12–6	5–7
Los Angeles	6–12	6–6	7–11	5–13	—	4–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	9–9	7–11	4–8
Montreal	8–4	11–7	7–5	4–8	8–4	—	12–6	9–9	9–9	8–4	5–7	6–12
New York	5–7	9–9	5–7	7–5	7–5	6–12	—	6–12	4–14	4–8	10–2	9–9
Philadelphia	6-6	9–9	5–7	4–8	7–5	9–9	12–6	—	5–13	3–9	3–9	7–11
Pittsburgh	5–7	10–8	6–6	6–6	7–5	9–9	14–4	13–5	—	5–7	6–6	15–3
San Diego	5–13	7–5	7–11	11–7	9–9	4–8	8–4	9–3	7–5	—	11–7	4–8
San Francisco	7–11	4–8	8–10	6–12	11–7	7–5	2–10	9–3	6–6	7–11	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	7–11	5–7	7–5	8–4	12–6	9–9	11–7	3–15	8–4	7–5	—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Brett Butler	Center fielder
Lenny Harris	Third baseman
Kal Daniels	First baseman
Darryl Strawberry	Right fielder
Eric Davis	Left fielder
Juan Samuel	Second baseman
Mike Scioscia	Catcher
José Offerman	Shortstop
Ramón Martínez	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

• June 27, 1992: Acquired Mike Sodders from the Chicago Cubs for Kal Daniels
• July 2, 1992: Acquired Steve Searcy and Julio Peguero from the Philadelphia Phillies for Stan Javier
• July 30, 1992: Juan Samuel was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[2]

Roster

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 56 Pedro Astacio 54 John Candelaria 49 Tom Candiotti 52 Tim Crews 35 Jim Gott 46 Kevin Gross 57 Kip Gross 55 Orel Hershiser 50 Jay Howell 45 Pedro Martínez 48 Ramón Martínez 31 Roger McDowell 17 Bob Ojeda 38 Steve Wilson		Catchers 41 Carlos Hernández 25 Mike Piazza 14 Mike Scioscia Infielders 12 Dave Anderson 28 Rafael Bournigal 15 Dave Hansen 29 Lenny Harris 23 Eric Karros 30 José Offerman 10 Juan Samuel 27 Mike Sharperson 21 Eric Young		Outfielders  7 Billy Ashley 36 Todd Benzinger 22 Brett Butler 28 Kal Daniels 33 Eric Davis 47 Tom Goodwin 26 Henry Rodríguez  5 Stan Javier 44 Darryl Strawberry 20 Mitch Webster		Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano (third base) 58 Mark Cresse (bullpen) 13 Joe Ferguson (first base) 35 Ben Hines (hitting) 11 Manny Mota 16 Ron Perranoski (pitching) 68 Ron Roenicke (bench)

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Orel Hershiser	33	33	210.2	10-15	3.67	69	130	1
Kevin Gross	34	30	204.2	8-13	3.17	77	158	4
Tom Candiotti	32	30	203.2	11-15	3.00	63	152	6
Bob Ojeda	29	29	166.1	6-9	3.63	81	94	2
Ramón Martínez	29	25	150.2	8-11	4.00	69	101	1
Pedro Astacio	11	11	82.0	5-5	0.98	20	43	4

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Roger McDowell	65	0	83.2	6-10	4.09	42	50	14
Jim Gott	68	0	88.0	3-3	2.45	41	75	6
Steve Wilson	60	0	66.2	2-5	4.19	29	54	0
John Candelaria	50	0	25.1	2-5	2.84	13	23	5
Tim Crews	49	2	78.0	0-3	5.19	20	23	0
Jay Howell	41	0	46.2	1-3	1.54	18	36	4
Kip Gross	16	1	23.2	1-1	4.18	10	14	0
Pedro Martínez	2	1	8.0	0-1	2.25	1	8	0

Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Mike Scioscia	C	117	348	.221	19	77	3	24	3
Eric Karros	1B	149	545	.257	63	140	20	88	2
Lenny Harris	2B	135	347	.271	28	94	0	30	19
José Offerman	SS	149	534	.260	67	139	1	30	23
Dave Hansen	3B	132	341	.214	30	73	6	22	0
Eric Davis	LF	76	267	.228	21	61	5	32	19
Brett Butler	CF	157	553	.309	86	171	3	39	41
Darryl Strawberry	RF	43	156	.237	20	37	5	25	3
Mike Sharperson	IF	128	317	.300	48	95	3	36	2
Todd Benzinger	UT	121	293	.239	24	70	4	31	2
Mitch Webster	OF	135	262	.267	33	70	6	35	11
Carlos Hernández	C	69	173	.260	11	45	3	17	0
Henry Rodríguez	RF	53	146	.219	11	32	3	14	0
Eric Young	2B	49	132	.258	9	34	1	11	6
Juan Samuel	2B	47	122	.262	7	32	0	15	2
Kal Daniels	LF	35	104	.231	9	24	2	8	0
Billy Ashley	RF	29	95	.221	6	21	2	6	0
Dave Anderson	3B	51	84	.286	10	24	3	8	0
Tom Goodwin	LF	57	73	.233	15	17	0	3	7
Mike Piazza	C	21	69	.232	5	16	1	7	0
Stan Javier	OF	56	58	.190	6	11	1	5	1
Rafael Bournigal	SS	10	20	.150	1	3	0	0	0

1992 Awards

• 1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Mike Sharperson reserve
• Rookie of the Year Award
  • Eric Karros
• Baseball Digest Rookie All-Stars
  • Eric Karros
• TSN Rookie of the Year Award
  • Eric Karros
• NL Player of the Month
  • Brett Butler (July 1992)
• NL Player of the Week
  • Tom Candiotti (Apr. 13–19)
  • Brett Butler (July 20–26)
  • Eric Karros (July 27 – Aug. 2)
  • Kevin Gross (Aug. 17–23)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Dukes	Pacific Coast League	Bill Russell
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Jerry Royster
High A	Bakersfield Dodgers	California League	Tom Beyers
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Glenn Hoffman
A-Short Season	Yakima Bears	Northwest League	Joe Vavra
Rookie	Great Falls Dodgers	Pioneer League	Jon Debus
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	John Shoemaker
Rookie	DSL Dodgers DSL Dodgers 2	Dominican Summer League

Major League Baseball Draft

Main article: 1992 Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers selected 53 players in this draft. Of those, only one of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers lost their first round pick to the Toronto Blue Jays as a result of their signing free agent Tom Candiotti but gained two supplemental first round picks, a second round pick and a third round pick as compensation for departing free agents Eddie Murray and Mike Morgan.

With their first pick, the Dodgers selected catcher Ryan Luzinski from Holy Cross High School. The son of former Major Leaguer Greg Luzinski, he was a promising power hitter when he spurned a letter of intent with the University of Miami to sign with the Dodgers.^[3] However, he never quite lived up to his promise. Blocked by Mike Piazza's ascent with the Dodgers, he bounced around the teams farm system until a trade to the Baltimore Orioles in 1997.^[4] In eight minor league seasons, he hit .265 with 49 home runs and 296 RBI but could never make the move from AAA to the Majors.

The other first round pick, outfielder Mike Moore from UCLA also failed to advance, he hit .242 in 912 big league games over 14 seasons (six of which were in the independent leagues).

The only player from this draft class to make the Majors was infielder Keith Johnson from the University of the Pacific. He appeared in six games for the 2000 Anaheim Angels and had two hits in four at-bats. He would later become a AAA manager in the Angels system for the Salt Lake Bees.

1992 Draft Picks

Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level 1s Ryan Luzinski C Holy Cross High School Yes 1992–1999 AAA 1s Mike Moore OF University of California, Los Angeles Yes 1992–2006 AAA 2 Dwaine Bostic SS Morse High School Yes 1992–1998 Rookie 2 Dan Melendez 1B Pepperdine University Yes 1992–2000 AAA 3 Dwight Maness OF William Penn High School Yes 1992–2007 AAA 3 Dave Spykstra RHP Cherry Creek High School Yes 1992–2004 A+ 4 Keith Johnson SS University of the Pacific Yes 1992–2003 MLB 5 Chris Abbe C University of Texas at Austin Yes 1992–1994 AA 6 John Graves RHP California State University, Long Beach Yes 1992–1995 A- 7 Brian Richardson 3B St. Bernard High School Yes 1992–2001 AAA 8 Daniel Markham LHP Diablo Valley College Yes 1992–1993 Rookie 9 Ryan Henderson RHP University of Southern California Yes 1992–2013 AAA 10 Dave Post 3B Kingston High School Yes 1992–2003 AAA 11 Brenton Colson LHP Georgia Institute of Technology Yes 1992–1993 A+ 12 Juan Hernaiz OF Colegio Maria Auxiliador Yes 1992–1999 AA 13 Jason Butcher RHP Albertson College Yes 1992–1996 A+ 14 Reginald Johnson 3B Georgia Institute of Technology Yes 1992–1993 A+ 15 Brandon White RHP Eastern Michigan University Yes 1992–1993 A+ 16 Jim Martin OF Oklahoma State University Yes 1992–1999 AAA 17 Keith Troutman RHP Spartanburg Methodist College Yes 1992–2000 AAA 18 Ervan Wingate SS Redlands High School Yes 1992–2000 AA 19 Dave Pyc LHP College of Charleston Yes 1992–1999 AAA 20 Widd Workman RHP Gilbert High School No Padres-1996 1996–1999 AA 21 Paul Wittig C Bremerton High School Yes 1992–1995 A+ 22 Tyrone Lewis SS Waco High School Yes 1992–1996 A+ 23 Del Schleuss LHP Musselman High School No Reds-1995 1995 Rookie 24 Ryan Duffy LHP Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College No Pirates-1994 1994–1997 A+ 25 Matthew Powell RHP Miami Southside Senior High School No 26 Kevin Pitts OF Kishwaukee College Yes 1993–2004 A+ 27 Danny Sarmiento LHP Tempe High School Yes 1992–1998 A 28 Jeff Velez RHP Greenwich High School No Cubs-1996 1996 A- 29 Sean Watkins 1B Peoria Notre Dame High School No Padres-1995 1995–1998 A+ 30 Kyle Evans 1B Katella High School No Rangers-1995 1995 A- 31 Ken Cook RHP Spartanburg Methodist College Yes 1992–1994 A+ 32 James Breuer OF Century High School Yes 1993–1995 A+ 33 Ken Sikes 1B Middle Georgia College Yes 1993–1996 A+ 34 Ryan Topham OF Portage Central High School No White Sox-1995 1995–1997 AA 35 Joe Vogelsang RHP Eastern Kentucky University Yes 1992–1996 A+ 36 John Collins RHP Thompson High School No 37 Mike Serbalik 2B Siena College Yes 1992 A- 38 Sheldon Anderson OF Washington High School No 39 Cliff Anderson SS Chapman University Yes 1992–1998 AAA 40 Twaino Moss OF Middle Georgia College No 41 Greg Ziesemer RHP Larkin High School No 42 Ken Chapman 1B Florida Southern College Yes 1992 A- 43 David Hayman OF Hillcrest Christian School No 1996 Rookie 44 Chris Apodaca RHP Lynwood High School No 45 Brian Clark C Napa Valley College Yes 1993 Rookie 46 Dimas Padilla LHP No 47 Jeff Poor C El Segundo High School No Giants-1994 1994–1998 AA 48 Stephen Munroe OF Crescent High School No 49 Nathan Dunn SS East Tennessee State University Yes 1992–1993 A+ 50 Tyler Boulo 3B St. Paul's Episcopal School No Padres-1996 1996 Rookie ^[5]

References

1. "Eric Davis Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
2. "Juan Samuel Stats | Baseball-Reference.com".
3. "BASEBALL; A Baby Bull Stands Out From the Herd". New York Times. May 27, 1992. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
4. Fitzpatrick, Frank (May 9, 1998). "A Long, Trying Test For Ryan Luzinski Drafted Six Years Ago, The Double-a Catcher Still Dreams Of A Chance In The Big Leagues". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
5. 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

External links

• 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page