The 1992

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season was the 103rd for the franchise in

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, and their 35th season in

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. 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

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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

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won the National League

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, 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

*November 27, 1991: Acquired Eric Davis and

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from the Cincinnati Reds for

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and

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. *December 11, 1991: Acquired Rudy Seánez from the Cleveland Indians for

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and Mike Christopher *December 11, 1991: Acquired

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from the Kansas City Royals for

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an
Domingo Mota

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

*June 27, 1992: Acquire
Mike Sodders
from the Chicago Cubs for Kal Daniels *July 2, 1992: Acquired Steve Searcy an
Julio Peguero
from the Philadelphia Phillies for Stan Javier *July 30, 1992:

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was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Roster

Starting Pitchers stats

''Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games''

Relief Pitchers stats

''Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves''

Batting Stats

''Note: Pos = Position; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases''

1992 Awards

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reserve *

* Baseball Digest Rookie All-Stars **

* TSN Rookie of the Year Award **

* NL Player of the Month ** Brett Butler (July 1992) * NL Player of the Week **

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(Apr. 13–19) ** Brett Butler (July 20–26) **

(July 27 – Aug. 2) **

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(Aug. 17–23)

Farm system

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

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as a result of their signing free agent

but gained two supplemental first round picks, a second round pick and a third round pick as compensation for departing free agents

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and Mike Morgan. With their first pick, the Dodgers selected catcher Ryan Luzinski from Holy Cross High School. The son of former Major Leaguer

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, he was a promising power hitter when he spurned a letter of intent with the

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to sign with the Dodgers. However, he never quite lived up to his promise. Blocked by

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's ascent with the Dodgers, he bounced around the teams farm system until a trade to the

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in 1997. 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

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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

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References

External links

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