1992 Detroit Tigers season

The Detroit Tigers' 1992 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League East.

1992 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record75–87
Divisional place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)Joe McDonald
Manager(s)Sparky Anderson
Local televisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Local radioWJR
(Rick Rizzs, Bob Rathbun)
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The Tigers playing against the Texas Rangers during a 1992 away game at Arlington Stadium.

Offseason
  • December 20, 1991: Dan Gladden was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[1]
  • January 15, 1992: Jorge Velandia was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.[2]
  • Before 1992 Season: Steve Carter was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[3]

Regular season

===Opening Day lineup===
[6]
LF Dan Gladden
2B Lou Whitaker
SS Alan Trammell
1B Cecil Fielder
C Mickey Tettleton
DH Tony Phillips
RF Rob Deer
3B Travis Fryman
CF Milt Cuyler

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9666 0.593 — 53–28 43–38
Milwaukee Brewers 9270 0.568 4 53–28 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 8973 0.549 7 43–38 46–35
Cleveland Indians 7686 0.469 20 41–40 35–46
New York Yankees 7686 0.469 20 41–40 35–46
Detroit Tigers 7587 0.463 21 38–42 37–45
Boston Red Sox 7389 0.451 23 44–37 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1992 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —8–58–46–67–610–38–46–76–65–86–67–57–55–8
Boston 5–8—8–46–66–74–97–55–83–97–65–76–64–87–6
California 4–84–8—3–106–67–58–55–72–117–55–87–69–45–7
Chicago 6–66–610–3—7–510–27–65–78–58–45–84–95–85–7
Cleveland 6–77–66–65–7—5–85–75–86–67–66–67–55–76–7
Detroit 3–109–45–72–108–5—7–55–83–95–86–69–38–45–8
Kansas City 4–85–75–86–77–55–7—7–56–75–74–97–66–75–7
Milwaukee 7–68–57–57–58–58–55–7—6–66–77–58–47–58–5
Minnesota 6–69–311–25–86–69–37–66–6—7–55–88–56–75–7
New York 8–56–75–74–86–78–57–57–65–7—6–66–66–62–11
Oakland 6–67–58–58–56–66–69–45–78–56–6—12–19–46–6
Seattle 5–76–66–79–45–73–96–74–85–86–61–12—4–94–8
Texas 5–78–44–98–57–54–87–65–77–66–64–99–4—3–9
Toronto 8–56–77–57–57–68–57–55–87–511–26–68–49–3—

Notable transactions

Roster
1992 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMickey Tettleton157525125.2383283
1BCecil Fielder155594145.24435124
2BLou Whitaker130453126.2781971
3BScott Livingstone117354100.282446
SSTravis Fryman161659175.2662096
LFDan Gladden113417106.254742
CFMilt Cuyler8929170.241328
RFRob Deer11039397.2473264
DHTony Phillips159606167.2761064

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
Skeeter Barnes9516545.273325
Chad Kreuter6719048.253216
Dave Bergman8718142.232110
Gary Pettis4816026.202112

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 Leiter35112.0854.1875
Bill Gullickson34221.214134.3464
Frank Tanana32186.213114.3991
Scott Aldred1665386.7834
Dave Haas1261.2533.9429

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
John Doherty47116743.8837
Walt Terrell36136.27105.2061
Eric King1779.1465.2245

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
Mike Munoz651223.0023
Mike Henneman6026243.9658
Kurt Knudsen482354.5851
Les Lancaster413406.3335
John Kiely394202.1318

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Joe Sparks
AA London Tigers Eastern League Mark DeJohn
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Johnny Lipon
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Gerry Groninger
A-Short Season Niagara Falls Rapids New York–Penn League Larry Parrish
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Mark Wagner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lakeland[8]

Notes
  1. Dan Gladden page at Baseball Reference
  2. Jorge Velandia page at Baseball Reference
  3. http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 19, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. September 25 Events in History at brainyhistory.com
  6. "April 6, 1992 Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers". Baseball Reference.com.
  7. Frank Catalanotto page at Baseball Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References
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