1992 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates
	1992 NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970);
	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (since 1907);
Results
Record	96–66 (.593)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Ted Simmons
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV; Jim Rooker; Kent Derdivanis; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass; KBL; Jim Rooker; Kent Derdivanis; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass
Local radio	KDKA; Jim Rooker; Kent Derdivanis; Lanny Frattare; Steve Blass
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The 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates season saw the Pirates finish first in the National League East with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses. It was the third consecutive division title for the team. The Pirates once again fell short in the postseason, losing a riveting seven-game National League Championship Series to the Atlanta Braves. The Pirates would not have another winning season until 2013.

Offseason

November 11, 1991: Al Martin was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[2]
January 3, 1992: Mike LaValliere was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[3]
March 10, 1992: Neal Heaton was traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Kirk Gibson.^[4]
March 11, 1992: Dennis Lamp was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[5]
March 17, 1992: John Smiley was traded by the Pirates to the Minnesota Twins for Denny Neagle and Midre Cummings.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	96	66	0.593	—	53–28	43–38
Montreal Expos	87	75	0.537	9	43–38	44–37
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	13	45–36	38–43
Chicago Cubs	78	84	0.481	18	43–38	35–46
New York Mets	72	90	0.444	24	41–40	31–50
Philadelphia Phillies	70	92	0.432	26	41–40	29–52

Record vs. opponents

1992 National League Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	10–2	9–9	13–5	12–6	4–8	7–5	6–6	7–5	13–5	11–7	6–6
Chicago	2–10	—	5–7	8–4	6–6	7–11	9–9	9–9	8–10	5–7	8–4	11–7
Cincinnati	9–9	7–5	—	10–8	11–7	5–7	7–5	7–5	6–6	11–7	10–8	7–5
Houston	5–13	4–8	8–10	—	13–5	8–4	5–7	8–4	6–6	7–11	12–6	5–7
Los Angeles	6–12	6–6	7–11	5–13	—	4–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	9–9	7–11	4–8
Montreal	8–4	11–7	7–5	4–8	8–4	—	12–6	9–9	9–9	8–4	5–7	6–12
New York	5–7	9–9	5–7	7–5	7–5	6–12	—	6–12	4–14	4–8	10–2	9–9
Philadelphia	6-6	9–9	5–7	4–8	7–5	9–9	12–6	—	5–13	3–9	3–9	7–11
Pittsburgh	5–7	10–8	6–6	6–6	7–5	9–9	14–4	13–5	—	5–7	6–6	15–3
San Diego	5–13	7–5	7–11	11–7	9–9	4–8	8–4	9–3	7–5	—	11–7	4–8
San Francisco	7–11	4–8	8–10	6–12	11–7	7–5	2–10	9–3	6–6	7–11	—	5–7
St. Louis	6–6	7–11	5–7	7–5	8–4	12–6	9–9	11–7	3–15	8–4	7–5	—

Notable transactions

May 5, 1992: Kirk Gibson was released by the Pirates.^[4]
June 10, 1992: Jeff Robinson was selected off waivers by the Pirates from the Texas Rangers.^[7]
June 11, 1992: Dennis Lamp was released by the Pirates.^[5]
June 19, 1992: Danny Cox was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[8]
July 4, 1992: Tony Mitchell (minors) was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Alex Cole.^[9]
July 25, 1992: Jeff Robinson was released by the Pirates.^[7]
July 31, 1992: Pitcher Tim Wakefield called up from AAA Buffalo.

Draft picks

June 1, 1992: Jason Kendall was drafted by the Pirates in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 16, 1992.^[10]
June 1, 1992: Chance Sanford was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 27th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1992.^[11]

Game Log

1991 Game Log (99–66)

April (15–5)

May (11–17)

June (17–11)

July (12–15)

August (19–8)

September (21–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	Giants	5–3	Jackson	Burkett	Mason	20,930	75–56
132	September 2	Giants	3–2	Wakefield	Black	Patterson	13,099	76–56
133	September 3	Giants	9–3	Drabek	Brantley	—	9,057	77–56
134	September 4	Dodgers	6–5	Patterson	Gott	—	30,341	78–56
135	September 5	Dodgers	6–1	Walk	Hershiser	—	41,420	79–56
136	September 6	Dodgers	5–7	Candiotti	Cox	Howell	20,362	79–57
137	September 7	Cubs	5–6 (11)	Assenmacher	Belinda	Scanlan	21,663	79–58
138	September 8	Cubs	5–2	Drabek	Boskie	—	7,720	80–58
139	September 9	Cubs	13–8	Cox	Robinson	—	10,853	81–58
140	September 11	@ Phillies	2–5	Rivera	Walk	Williams	20,168	81–59
141	September 12	@ Phillies	9–7	Belinda	Williams	—	22,857	82–59
142	September 13	@ Phillies	3–6	Mulholland	Patterson	—	35,842	82–60
143	September 14	@ Cardinals	5–4 (10)	Drabek	Smith	Belinda	19,470	83–60
144	September 15	@ Cardinals	4–2	Wagner	Clark	Cox	20,992	84–60
145	September 16	Expos	3–6	Nabholz	Walk	Wetteland	37,436	84–61
146	September 17	Expos	3–2 (13)	Cox	Bottenfield	—	20,802	85–61
147	September 18	Phillies	5–2 (6)	Wakefield	Mulholland	—	20,387	86–61
148	September 19	Phillies	3–0	Drabek	Greene	—	25,497	87–61
149	September 20	Phillies	3–2 (13)	Mason	Shepherd	—	21,652	88–61
150	September 21	Cardinals	3–0	Cooke	Magrane	—	13,345	89–61
151	September 22	Cardinals	4–5	Cormier	Jackson	Smith	8,222	89–62
152	September 23	@ Expos	1–5 (14)	Fassero	Mason	—	30,552	89–63
153	September 24	@ Expos	9–3	Drabek	Krueger	—	33,493	90–63
154	September 25	Mets	3–2	Tomlin	Fernandez	Cox	22,291	91–63
155	September 26	Mets	19–2	Walk	Hillman	—	25,886	92–63
156	September 27	Mets	4–2	Jackson	Schourek	Belinda	31,217	93–63
157	September 28	@ Cubs	10–3	Wakefield	Bullinger	—	9,603	94–63
158	September 29	@ Cubs	3–0	Wagner	Castillo	Belinda	18,759	95–63
159	September 30	@ Cubs	0–6	Maddux	Tomlin	—	11,547	95–64

October (1–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

44 Terry Collins (bullpen)
45 Rich Donnelly (third base)
39 Milt May (hitting)
31 Ray Miller (pitching)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[12]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
S. Belinda	59	3	2	0.667	0	2
K. Young	10	7	4	0.571	0	4
D. Slaught	87	255	88	0.345	4	37
S. Cooke	11	3	1	0.333	0	1
B. Patterson	60	6	2	0.333	0	4
P. Wagner	6	3	1	0.333	0	0
A. Van Slyke	154	614	199	0.324	14	89
B. Bonds	140	473	147	0.311	34	103
V. Cole	64	205	57	0.278	0	10
J. Bell	159	632	167	0.264	9	55
C. Espy	112	194	50	0.258	1	20
M. LaValliere	95	293	75	0.256	2	29
G. Redus	76	176	45	0.256	3	12
L. McClendon	84	190	48	0.253	3	20
S. Buechele	80	285	71	0.249	8	43
O. Merced	134	405	100	0.247	6	60
J. Lind	135	468	110	0.235	0	39
J. King	130	480	111	0.231	14	65
W. Pennyfeather	15	9	2	0.222	0	0
G. Varsho	103	162	36	0.222	4	22
D. Clark	23	33	7	0.212	2	7
C. García	22	39	8	0.205	0	4
K. Gibson	16	56	11	0.196	2	5
J. Wehner	55	123	22	0.179	0	4
A. Martin	12	12	2	0.167	0	2
D. Drabek	35	89	14	0.157	0	6
R. Tomlin	35	65	9	0.138	0	1
Z. Smith	26	49	6	0.122	0	3
B. Walk	36	43	4	0.093	0	2
T. Prince	27	44	4	0.091	0	5
J. Robinson	8	11	1	0.091	0	1
D. Jackson	15	24	2	0.083	0	1
V. Palacios	20	14	1	0.071	0	0
T. Wakefield	14	28	2	0.071	0	0
A. Cole	8	4	0	0.000	0	0
D. Cox	16	3	0	0.000	0	0
J. Gleaton	23	2	0	0.000	0	0
D. Lamp	21	1	0	0.000	0	0
R. Mason	65	10	0	0.000	0	0
P. Miller	6	3	0	0.000	0	0
D. Neagle	56	11	0	0.000	0	0
M. Batista	1	0	0	—	0	0
B. Minor	1	0	0	—	0	0

Postseason^[13]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
L. McClendon	5	11	8	0.727	1	4
C. Espy	4	3	2	0.667	0	0
G. Varsho	2	2	1	0.500	0	0
G. Redus	5	16	7	0.438	0	3
D. Slaught	5	12	4	0.333	1	5
A. Van Slyke	7	29	8	0.276	0	4
B. Bonds	7	23	6	0.261	1	2
J. King	7	29	7	0.241	0	2
J. Lind	7	27	6	0.222	1	5
V. Cole	4	10	2	0.200	0	1
M. LaValliere	3	10	2	0.200	0	0
J. Bell	7	29	5	0.172	1	4
O. Merced	4	10	1	0.100	0	2
D. Drabek	3	6	0	0.000	0	0
C. García	1	1	0	0.000	0	0
T. Wakefield	2	6	0	0.000	0	0
B. Walk	2	5	0	0.000	0	0
J. Wehner	2	2	0	0.000	0	0
S. Belinda	2	0	0	—	0	0
D. Cox	2	0	0	—	0	0
D. Jackson	1	0	0	—	0	0
R. Mason	2	0	0	—	0	0
D. Neagle	2	0	0	—	0	0
B. Patterson	2	0	0	—	0	0
R. Tomlin	2	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[14]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
P. Wagner	6	13	2	0	0.69	5
T. Wakefield	13	92	8	1	2.15	51
P. Miller	6	11¹⁄₃	1	0	2.38	5
D. Drabek	34	256²⁄₃	15	11	2.77	177
B. Patterson	60	64²⁄₃	6	3	2.92	43
Z. Smith	23	141	8	8	3.06	56
S. Belinda	59	71¹⁄₃	6	4	3.15	57
B. Walk	36	135	10	6	3.20	60
D. Cox	16	24¹⁄₃	3	1	3.33	18
D. Jackson	15	88¹⁄₃	4	4	3.36	46
R. Tomlin	35	208²⁄₃	14	9	3.41	90
S. Cooke	11	23	2	0	3.52	10
R. Mason	65	88	5	7	4.09	56
V. Palacios	20	53	3	2	4.25	33
J. Gleaton	23	31²⁄₃	1	0	4.26	18
J. Robinson	8	36¹⁄₃	3	1	4.46	14
D. Neagle	55	86¹⁄₃	4	6	4.48	77
B. Minor	1	2	0	0	4.50	0
D. Lamp	21	28	1	1	5.14	15
A. Cole	8	23	0	2	5.48	12
M. Batista	1	2	0	0	9.00	1

Postseason^[15]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
S. Belinda	2	1²⁄₃	0	0	0.00	2
D. Cox	2	1¹⁄₃	0	0	0.00	1
R. Mason	2	3¹⁄₃	0	0	0.00	1
T. Wakefield	2	18	2	0	3.00	7
D. Drabek	3	17	0	3	3.71	10
B. Walk	2	11²⁄₃	1	0	3.86	6
B. Patterson	2	1²⁄₃	0	0	5.40	1
R. Tomlin	2	2²⁄₃	0	0	6.75	0
D. Jackson	1	1²⁄₃	0	1	21.60	0
D. Neagle	2	1²⁄₃	0	0	27.00	0

National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 6: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1
Atlanta	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	5	8	0
W: John Smoltz (1-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-1) S: None
HR: PIT – José Lind (1) ATL – Jeff Blauser (1)
Pitchers: PIT – Drabek (4²⁄₃), Patterson (1¹⁄₃), Neagle (1), Cox (1) ATL – Smoltz (8), Stanton (1)
Attendance: 51,971 Time: 3:20

Game 2

October 7: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	7	0
Atlanta	0	4	0	0	4	0	5	0	X	13	14	0
W: Steve Avery (1-0) L: Danny Jackson (0-1) S: None
HR: PIT – none ATL – Ron Gant (1)
Pitchers: PIT – Jackson (1²⁄₃), Mason (1/3), Walk (2²⁄₃), Tomlin (1¹⁄₃), Neagle (2/3), Patterson (1/3), Belinda (1) ATL – Avery (6¹⁄₃), Freeman (1/3), Stanton (1/3), Wohlers (1), Reardon (1)
Attendance: 51,975 Time: 3:20

Game 3

October 9: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	X	3	8	1
W: Tim Wakefield (1-0) L: Tom Glavine (0-1) S: None
HR: ATL – Sid Bream (1), Ron Gant (2) PIT – Don Slaught (1)
Pitchers: ATL – Glavine (6¹⁄₃), Stanton (2/3), Wohlers (1) PIT – Wakefield (9)
Attendance: 56,610 Time: 2:37

Game 4

October 10: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	6	11	1
Pittsburgh	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	1
W: John Smoltz (2-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-2) S: Jeff Reardon (1)
HR: ATL – none PIT – none
Pitchers: ATL – Smoltz (6¹⁄₃), Stanton (1²⁄₃), Reardon (1) PIT – Drabek (4¹⁄₃), Tomlin (1¹⁄₃), Cox (1/3), Mason (3)
Attendance: 57,164 Time: 3:10

Game 5

October 11: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
Pittsburgh	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	7	13	0
W: Bob Walk (1-0) L: Steve Avery (1-1) S: none
HR: ATL – none PIT – none
Pitchers: ATL – Avery (1/3), P. Smith (3²⁄₃), Leibrandt (1²⁄₃), Freeman (1¹⁄₃), Mercker (1) PIT – Walk (9)
Attendance: 52,929 Time: 2:52

Game 6

October 13: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	8	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	13	13	1
Atlanta	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	9	1
W: Tim Wakefield (2-0) L: Tom Glavine (0-2) S: none
HR: PIT – Barry Bonds (1), Jay Bell (1), Lloyd McClendon (1) ATL – David Justice (1,2)
Pitchers: PIT – Wakefield (9) ATL – Glavine (1+), Leibrandt (3), Freeman (2), Mercker (2) Wohlers (1)
Attendance: 51,975 Time: 2:50

Game 7

October 14: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	1
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	0
W: Jeff Reardon (1-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-3) S: none
HR: PIT – none ATL – none
Pitchers: PIT – Drabek (8), Belinda (2/3) ATL – Smoltz (6), Stanton (2/3), P. Smith (0), Avery (1¹⁄₃), Reardon (1)
Attendance: 51,975 Time: 3:22

Awards and honors

Barry Bonds, OF, National League Most Valuable Player Award
Jim Leyland, National League Manager of the Year Award
Randy Tomlin, National League Pitcher of the Month, June
Tim Wakefield, National League Rookie Pitcher of the Year

1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Andy Van Slyke, CF, Starter
Barry Bonds, LF, Starter

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Marc Bombard
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Don Werner
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	John Wockenfuss
A	Augusta Pirates	South Atlantic League	Scott Little
Short-Season A	Welland Pirates	New York-Penn League	Trent Jewett
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

External links

Remembrances of Tim Wakefield almost getting the Pirates to the World Series

References

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↑ Al Martin page at Baseball Reference
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↑ Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jason Kendall page at Baseball Reference
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1992 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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v t e 1992 MLB season by team
AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas
NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco
1992 MLB draft 1992 All-Star Game 1992 World Series 1992 MLB expansion draft

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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