1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1992 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Dodger Stadium (since 1962)
  • Los Angeles (since 1958)
Results
Record63–99 (.389)
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)Fred Claire
Manager(s)Tommy Lasorda
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale
SportsChannel Los Angeles
Ross Porter, Don Drysdale
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
KYPA
Richard Choi
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The 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 103rd for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 35th season in Los Angeles, California.

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; 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. Additionally, the Dodgers cancelled four home games due to the L.A. 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[]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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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 Records
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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[]

Roster[]

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  •  2 Tommy Lasorda

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats[]

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO CG
Orel Hershiser 33 33 210.7 10-15 3.67 69 130 1
Tom Candiotti 32 30 203.7 11-15 3.00 63 152 6
Kevin Gross 34 30 204.7 8-13 3.17 77 158 4
Bob Ojeda 29 29 166.3 6-9 3.63 81 94 2
Ramón Martínez 29 25 150.7 8-11 4.00 69 101 1
Pedro Astacio 11 11 82.0 5-5 0.98 20 43 4

Relief Pitchers stats[]

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO SV
Roger McDowell 65 0 83.7 6-10 4.09 42 50 14
Jim Gott 68 0 88.0 3-3 2.45 41 75 6
Steve Wilson 60 0 66.7 2-5 4.19 29 54 0
John Candelaria 50 0 25.3 2-5 2.84 13 23 5
Tim Crews 49 2 78.0 0-3 5.19 20 23 0
Jay Howell 41 0 46.7 1-3 1.54 18 36 4
Kip Gross 16 1 23.7 1-1 4.18 10 14 0
Pedro Martínez 2 1 8.0 0-1 2.25 1 8 0

Batting Stats[]

Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB
Brett Butler CF 157 553 .309 86 171 3 39 41
Lenny Harris 2B 135 347 .271 28 94 0 30 19
Mike Piazza C 21 69 .232 5 16 1 7 0

1992 Awards[]

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 Luzinsky 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.

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daviser01.shtml[bare URL]
  2. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/samueju01.shtml[bare URL]
  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

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