1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season was a poor one for the team as it finished last in the Western Division of the National League with a record of 63 wins and 99 losses. 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, indeed 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.

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
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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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
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9864 0.605 — 51–30 47–34
Cincinnati Reds 9072 0.556 8 53–28 37–44
San Diego Padres 8280 0.506 16 45–36 37–44
Houston Astros 8181 0.500 17 47–34 34–47
San Francisco Giants 7290 0.444 26 42–39 30–51
Los Angeles Dodgers 6399 0.389 35 37–44 26–55

Record vs. opponents
1992 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —10–29–913–512–64–87–56–67–513–511–76–6
Chicago 2–10—5–78–46–67–119–99–98–105–78–411–7
Cincinnati 9–97–5—10–811–75–77–57–56–611–710–87–5
Houston 5–134–88–10—13–58–45–78–46–67–1112–65–7
Los Angeles 6–126–67–115–13—4–85–75–75–79–97–114–8
Montreal 8–411–77–54–88–4—12–69–99–98–45–76–12
New York 5–79–95–77–57–56–12—6–124–144–810–29–9
Philadelphia 6-69–95–74–87–59–912–6—5–133–93–97–11
Pittsburgh 5–710–86–66–67–59–914–413–5—5–76–615–3
San Diego 5–137–57–1111–79–94–88–49–37–5—11–74–8
San Francisco 7–114–88–106–1211–77–52–109–36–67–11—5–7
St. Louis 6–67–115–77–58–412–69–911–73–158–47–5—

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Brett ButlerCenter fielder
Lenny HarrisThird baseman
Kal DanielsFirst baseman
Darryl StrawberryRight fielder
Eric DavisLeft fielder
Juan SamuelSecond baseman
Mike SciosciaCatcher
José OffermanShortstop
Ramón MartínezStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Orel Hershiser3333210.710-153.67691301
Tom Candiotti3230203.711-153.00631526
Kevin Gross3430204.78-133.17771584
Bob Ojeda2929166.36-93.6381942
Ramón Martínez2925150.78-114.00691011
Pedro Astacio111182.05-50.9820434

Relief Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Roger McDowell65083.76-104.09425014
Jim Gott68088.03-32.4541756
Steve Wilson60066.72-54.1929540
John Candelaria50025.32-52.8413235
Tim Crews49278.00-35.1920230
Jay Howell41046.71-31.5418364
Kip Gross16123.71-14.1810140
Pedro Martínez218.00-12.25180

Batting Stats
NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Brett ButlerCF157553.3098617133941
Lenny Harris2B135347.271289403019
Mike PiazzaC2169.232516170

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
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/samueju01.shtml
  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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