1992 in baseball

Deaths

• February 26 - Jean R. Yawkey, 83, Boston Red Sox majority owner.
• April 23 - Deron Johnson, 53, who spent 16 seasons in the majors and was a member of the 1973 World Series champions Oakland Athletics.
• April 24 - Elio Chacón, 55, an infielder who played with the National League champions Cincinnati Reds in 1961, and led the New York Mets in stolen bases in their 1962 inaugural season.
• June 15 - Eddie Lopat, 73, who combined with Allie Reynolds and Vic Raschi, to form the heart of the pitching rotation that carried the New York Yankees and manager Casey Stengel to five straight World Series championships from 1949-53.
• June 27 - Sandy Amorós, 62, a left fielder who in Game 7 of the 1955 World Series made one of the most spectacular catches in Series history, to help the Brooklyn Dodgers win their first World Championship against their perennial rivals, the New York Yankees.
• September 5 - Billy Herman, 83, a Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman and a 10-time All-Star, who in 1941 helped the Brooklyn Dodgers win their first pennant in 21 years.
• September 22 - Aurelio López, 44, a relief pitcher who played with Kansas City. St. Louis and Houston, and helped the Detroit Tigers to win the 1984 World Series.
• November 5 - Rod Scurry, 36, who pitched for the Pirates, Yankees and Mariners.
• November 10 - Chuck Connors, 71, a former NBA and MLB player who gained stardom as an actor on the television series The Rifleman.
• December 12 - Rube Walker, 66, a catcher with the Chicago Cubs and the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, and later a coach for the Senators, Mets and Braves.
• December 28 - Sal Maglie, 75, one of the most accomplished pitcher for all three New York teams during the 1950s, as well as a man whose career symbolized the confrontations between the NY Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, and between both of them and the Yankees.