1992 Minnesota Twins season

1992 Minnesota Twins season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Minnesota Twins
season = 1992
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
y4 = 1982
city = Minneapolis
y5 = 1982
owners = Carl Pohlad
genmanagers = Andy MacPhail
managers = Tom Kelly
television = WCCO-TV
Midwest Sports Channel
(Jim Kaat, Ted Robinson, Dick Bremer, Tom Mee)
radio = 830 WCCO AM
(Herb Carneal,John Gordon)|
Coming off a World Series victory, the 1992 Minnesota Twins continued the team's winning ways. Unfortunately for the players and Manager Tom Kelly, the team finished in second place to the even stronger Oakland Athletics and did not make it to the postseason. This would be the team's last winning season until 2001. On September 27, Kelly won his 523rd game as Twins manager, more than any other skipper in team history.

Offseason

*January 29: Bill Krueger was signed as a free agent by the Twins. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kruegbi01.shtml Bill Krueger page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

*The Twins’ all-star representatives were outfielder Kirby Puckett, closer Rick Aguilera, and second baseman Chuck Knoblauch.

*The highest paid Twin in 1992 was John Smiley at $3,400,000, followed by Hrbek at $3,100,000.

Offense

Outfielder Kirby Puckett continued his stellar hitting, getting 200 hits for the fifth time in his career, as well as 100 runs and 100 RBI. He also hit over .300 for the seventh time in nine seasons. Finally, he hit the first three grand slams of his career. He was twice named American League Player of the Month. Chuck Knoblauch and Shane Mack also notched 100 runs, making Puckett, Knoblauch, and Mack the first trio of Twins to score 100 in team history.

First baseman Kent Hrbek began his fight against the injury bug, getting only 394 at-bats, a number that would decline over the next two years. Catcher Brian Harper had the second of three seasons batting over .300. Scott Leius saw a majority of the time at third base, but hit only .249 with 2 home runs. In his last year with the Twins, shortstop Greg Gagne hit .246 — right around his career average. Pedro Muñoz saw a majority of the time in right field, while Chili Davis served as the designated hitter in his second and last year with the Twins.

Notable Transactions

*March 17: Denny Neagle and Midre Cummings were traded by the Twins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher John Smiley. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smilejo01.shtml John Smiley page at Baseball Reference] ]
*March 28: Paul Sorrento was traded by the Twins to the Cleveland Indians for Oscar Muñoz and Curt Leskanic. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sorrepa01.shtml Paul Sorrento page at Baseball Reference] ]
*April 15: Enrique Wilson was signed as an amateur free agent by the Twins. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsoen01.shtml Enrique Wilson page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 1: 1992 Major League Baseball Draft
**Dan Serafini was drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (26th pick). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/serafda01.shtml Dan Serafini page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Gus Gandarillas was drafted by the Twins in the 3rd round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gandagu01.shtml Gus Gandarillas page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Dan Naulty was drafted by the Twins in the 14th round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/naultda01.shtml Dan Naulty page at Baseball Reference] ]
**Scott Watkins was drafted by the Twins in the 23rd round. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/watkisc01.shtml Scott Watkins page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 31: Bill Krueger was traded by the Twins to the Montreal Expos for Darren Reed.

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1992.shtml Player stats from www.baseball-reference.com]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1992&t=MIN Team info from www.baseball-almanac.com]
* [http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/min/history/timeline4.jsp Twins history through the 1990s, from www.mlb.com]
* [http://shrpsports.com/mlb/stand/1992finaldiv.htm 1992 Standings]


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