The 1992 California Angels season was the 32nd season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 27th in Anaheim, and their 27th season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished 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.Ruben Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 10, 1991: Hubie Brooks was traded by the New York Mets to the Angels for Dave Gallagher.Hubie Brooks Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 17, 1992: Dick Schofield was signed as a free agent with the Angels.Dick Schofield Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 22, 1992: Bert Blyleven signed as a free agent with the Angels.Bert Blyleven Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1992 California Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Hitting) (Bench) (First Base) (Bullpen) (Assistant)
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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.Von Hayes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
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
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
1992 California Angels at Baseball Reference 1992 California Angels at Baseball Almanac