1992 San Francisco Giants season

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1992  San Francisco Giants
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Candlestick Park
City San Francisco, California
Owners Bob Lurie
General managers Al Rosen
Managers Roger Craig
Television KTVU
SportsChannel Pacific
Radio KNBR
(Ron Fairly, Hank Greenwald, Duane Kuiper, Joe Morgan, Mike Krukow)
SP Radio
(Carlos Rivera)
  1991 Seasons 1993  

The 1992 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 110th season in Major League Baseball, their 35th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 33rd at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a record of 72 wins and 90 losses.

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This year, Giants owner Bob Lurie agreed in principle to sell his team to a Tampa Bay-based group of investors led by Vince Naimoli, who would then move the team to St. Petersburg. However, in November 1992, National League owners nixed the move under pressure from San Francisco officials, and the Giants were sold to a group that kept them in San Francisco. [1]

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 98640.60551–3047–34
Cincinnati Reds 90720.556853–2837–44
San Diego Padres 82800.5061645–3637–44
Houston Astros 81810.5001747–3434–47
San Francisco Giants 72900.4442642–3930–51
Los Angeles Dodgers 63990.3893537–4426–55

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta 10–29–913–512–64–87–56–67–513–511–76–6
Chicago 2–105–78–46–67–119–99–98–105–78–411–7
Cincinnati 9–97–510–811–75–77–57–56–611–710–87–5
Houston 5–134–88–1013–58–45–78–46–67–1112–65–7
Los Angeles 6–126–67–115–134–85–75–75–79–97–114–8
Montreal 8–411–77–54–88–412–69–99–98–45–76–12
New York 5–79–95–77–57–56–126–124–144–810–29–9
Philadelphia 6-69–95–74–87–59–912–65–133–93–97–11
Pittsburgh 5–710–86–66–67–59–914–413–55–76–615–3
San Diego 5–137–57–1111–79–94–88–49–37–511–74–8
San Francisco 7–114–88–106–1211–77–52–109–36–67–115–7
St. Louis 6–67–115–77–58–412–69–911–73–158–47–5

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster

1992 San Francisco Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Kirt Manwaring 10934985.244426
1B Will Clark 144513154.3001673
2B Robby Thompson 128443115.2601449
3B Matt Williams 146529120.2272066
SS Royce Clayton 9832172.224424
LF Chris James 11124860.242532
CF Darren Lewis 10032074.231118
RF Willie McGee 138474141.297136

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Cory Snyder 124390105.2691457
Mike Felder 14532292.286423
Kevin Bass 8926571.268730
José Uribe 6616239.241213
Greg Litton 6814032.229415
Mark Leonard 5512830.234416
Craig Colbert 4912629.230116
John Patterson 3210319.18404
Mike Benjamin 407513.17313
Jim McNamara 307416.21619
Ted Wood 245812.20713
Steve Hosey 215614.25016
Steve Decker 15437.16301
Mark Bailey 13264.15401

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Burkett 32189.21393.84107
Bud Black 28177.010123.9782
Bill Swift 30164.21042.0877
Trevor Wilson 26154.08144.2188
Kevin Rogers 634.0024.2426
Larry Carter 633.0154.6421

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Burba 2370.2274.9747
Kelly Downs 1962.1123.4733
Francisco Oliveras 1644.2033.6317
Gil Heredia 1330.0235.4015
Pat Rapp 310.0027.203

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rod Beck 6533171.7687
Mike Jackson 676623.7380
Bryan Hickerson 615303.0968
Jeff Brantley 567772.9586
Dave Righetti 542735.0647
Jim Pena 251103.4832
Steve Reed 181002.3011

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Bill Evers
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Bill Robinson
A San Jose Giants California League Ron Wotus
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Bill Stein
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Norm Sherry
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Alan Bannister

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