1992 Salinas Spurs Roster
Team Record: 36-99
Finished 5th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Hide Koga (36-99)
Location: Salinas, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 54,256, Avg. 810 in 67 home dates
The Salinas Spurs of the California League ended the 1992 season with a record of 36 wins and 99 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Spurs plated 526 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 872 runs. Carlos Laboy paced Salinas with 11 home runs and drove in 50 runs. Takayuki Nishijima topped batters with significant playing time with a .271 average. Alan Sontag led the team with 6 wins, while Freddie Toliver registered a 3.51 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1992 Salinas Spurs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mac Suzuki, Kevin Tolar, Duane Singleton and Freddie Toliver.
Hide Koga served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Agemy | L | R | September 12, 1966 | 6'6" | 225 | |
| Kiyoshi Arai | S | R | April 11, 1969 | 6'1" | 180 | Tomioka, Gunma JP |
| Bruce Arola | R | R | September 16, 1965 | 6'1" | 185 | San Jose, CA US |
| Mike Bradish | R | R | April 5, 1968 | 6'4" | 220 | Fullerton, CA US |
| Art Butcher | L | L | June 11, 1966 | 5'11" | 165 | |
| Carlos Carrasco | R | R | October 17, 1966 | 6'3" | 200 | |
| Kevin Davis | S | R | July 6, 1964 | 5'9" | 180 | Charlotte, NC US |
| John Dempsey | L | R | August 18, 1971 | 6'1" | 200 | |
| Dave Duplessis | L | L | February 8, 1970 | 6'6" | 225 | |
| Greg Fritz | L | L | November 22, 1967 | 6'5" | 190 | Westwood, NJ US |
| Cliff Gonzalez | L | R | April 18, 1967 | 5'10" | 175 | |
| Rick Green | R | R | September 13, 1967 | 6'1" | 185 | Hawthorne, CA US |
| Hidefumi Hara | L | L | May 27, 1972 | 5'10" | 194 | |
| Tommy Helms | R | R | October 21, 1971 | 5'8" | 150 | Charlotte, NC US |
| Mike Hooper | R | R | January 12, 1971 | 6'1" | 205 | Fort Atkinson, WI US |
| Troy Hooper | R | R | October 13, 1967 | 5'11" | 188 | |
| Ken House | R | R | June 15, 1970 | 6'3" | 215 | |
| Hiroyuki Ito | R | R | December 12, 1968 | 6'0" | 176 | |
| Hidecki Kato | R | R | February 28, 1968 | 5'8" | 154 | |
| Takayuki Kohno | R | R | April 18, 1955 | 6'0" | 190 | Ehime, JP |
| Marc Kubicki | S | R | January 10, 1969 | 6'1" | 170 | Tulsa, OK US |
| Carlos Laboy | R | L | February 25, 1967 | 6'2" | 185 | Yabucoa, PR |
| Joe Law | R | R | February 4, 1962 | 6'2" | 200 | |
| Mike Lawn | R | R | October 27, 1968 | 6'3" | 190 | |
| Jim McCutchen | R | R | August 19, 1968 | 6'5" | 220 | |
| Greg McGough | R | R | April 1, 1968 | 6'4" | 230 | Monroe, LA US |
| Takayuki Nishijima | L | L | August 12, 1971 | 6'0" | 180 | Sunakawa, Hokkaido JP |
| Motoi Okoshi | R | R | May 20, 1971 | 5'10" | 174 | Shichigahama-cho, Miyagi JP |
| Randy Powers | R | R | April 3, 1968 | 6'4" | 195 | |
| Dave Richardson | L | L | September 22, 1966 | 6'0" | 185 | Memphis, TN US |
| Rafael Rivera | R | R | November 24, 1968 | 6'3" | 200 | |
| Deron Sample | R | R | April 23, 1968 | 6'1" | 203 | Dallas, TX US |
| Geoff Samuels | R | R | July 26, 1968 | 6'4" | 200 | |
| Don Sheppard | R | R | May 2, 1971 | 6'2" | 180 | Concord, CA US |
| Duane Singleton | L | R | August 6, 1972 | 6'1" | 170 | Staten Island, NY US |
| Andy Skeels | L | R | July 25, 1965 | 5'11" | 195 | Paraparaumu, Wellington NZ |
| Alan Sontag | R | R | October 21, 1963 | 6'6" | 210 | Valley Stream, NY US |
| Mark Stephens | L | L | October 12, 1968 | 6'2" | 190 | Greenville, MI US |
| Mac Suzuki | R | R | May 31, 1975 | 6'3" | 195 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Kevin Tolar | R | L | January 28, 1971 | 6'3" | 225 | Panama City, FL US |
| Freddie Toliver | R | R | February 3, 1961 | 6'1" | 165 | Natchez, MS US |
| Dave Trautwein | R | R | June 1, 1966 | 6'5" | 210 | |
| Takashi Uchinokura | R | R | April 30, 1972 | 5'10" | 200 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
| Kevin Wong | R | R | August 24, 1969 | 5'10" | 175 | |
| Tsutomu Yamada | R | R | February 9, 1968 | 6'2" | 186 | Ogaki, Gifu JP |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
