1992 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates
1992 NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
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

Regular season

Season standings

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

Sources:
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

Draft picks

Game Log

1991 Game Log (99–66)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

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

Pitching

Regular Season[14]
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Wagner, P.P. Wagner 6 13 2 0 0.69 5
Wakefield, T.T. Wakefield 13 92 8 1 2.15 51
Miller, P.P. Miller 6 1113 1 0 2.38 5
Drabek, D.D. Drabek 34 25623 15 11 2.77 177
Patterson, B.B. Patterson 60 6423 6 3 2.92 43
Smith, Z.Z. Smith 23 141 8 8 3.06 56
Belinda, S.S. Belinda 59 7113 6 4 3.15 57
Walk, B.B. Walk 36 135 10 6 3.20 60
Cox, D.D. Cox 16 2413 3 1 3.33 18
Jackson, D.D. Jackson 15 8813 4 4 3.36 46
Tomlin, R.R. Tomlin 35 20823 14 9 3.41 90
Cooke, S.S. Cooke 11 23 2 0 3.52 10
Mason, R.R. Mason 65 88 5 7 4.09 56
Palacios, V.V. Palacios 20 53 3 2 4.25 33
Gleaton, J.J. Gleaton 23 3123 1 0 4.26 18
Robinson, J.J. Robinson 8 3613 3 1 4.46 14
Neagle, D.D. Neagle 55 8613 4 6 4.48 77
Minor, B.B. Minor 1 2 0 0 4.50 0
Lamp, D.D. Lamp 21 28 1 1 5.14 15
Cole, A.A. Cole 8 23 0 2 5.48 12
Batista, M.M. Batista 1 2 0 0 9.00 1

Postseason[15]
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Belinda, S.S. Belinda 2 123 0 0 0.00 2
Cox, D.D. Cox 2 113 0 0 0.00 1
Mason, R.R. Mason 2 313 0 0 0.00 1
Wakefield, T.T. Wakefield 2 18 2 0 3.00 7
Drabek, D.D. Drabek 3 17 0 3 3.71 10
Walk, B.B. Walk 2 1123 1 0 3.86 6
Patterson, B.B. Patterson 2 123 0 0 5.40 1
Tomlin, R.R. Tomlin 2 223 0 0 6.75 0
Jackson, D.D. Jackson 1 123 0 1 21.60 0
Neagle, D.D. Neagle 2 123 0 0 27.00 0

National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 6: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 000 000 010 151
Atlanta 010 210 10X 580
W: John Smoltz (1-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-1) S: None
HR: PIT José Lind (1) ATL Jeff Blauser (1)
Pitchers: PIT Drabek (423), Patterson (113), Neagle (1), Cox (1) ATL Smoltz (8), Stanton (1)
Attendance: 51,971  Time: 3:20

Game 2

October 7: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 000 000 410 570
Atlanta 040 040 50X 13140
W: Steve Avery (1-0) L: Danny Jackson (0-1) S: None
HR: PIT none ATL Ron Gant (1)
Pitchers: PIT Jackson (123), Mason (1/3), Walk (223), Tomlin (113), Neagle (2/3), Patterson (1/3), Belinda (1) ATL Avery (613), 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 000 100 100 250
Pittsburgh 000 011 10X 381
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 (613), 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 020 022 000 6111
Pittsburgh 021 000 100 461
W: John Smoltz (2-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-2) S: Jeff Reardon (1)
HR: ATL none PIT none
Pitchers: ATL Smoltz (613), Stanton (123), Reardon (1) PIT Drabek (413), Tomlin (113), 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 000 000 010 130
Pittsburgh 401 001 10X 7130
W: Bob Walk (1-0) L: Steve Avery (1-1) S: none
HR: ATL none PIT none
Pitchers: ATL Avery (1/3), P. Smith (323), Leibrandt (123), Freeman (113), Mercker (1) PIT Walk (9)
Attendance: 52,929  Time: 2:52

Game 6

October 13: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 080 041 000 13131
Atlanta 000 100 102 491
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

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 100 001 000 271
Atlanta 000 000 003 370
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 (113), Reardon (1)
Attendance: 51,975  Time: 3:22

Awards and honors

1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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
A-Short Season Welland Pirates New York–Penn League Trent Jewett
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Woody Huyke

External links

References

  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
  2. Al Martin page at Baseball Reference
  3. "Mike LaValliere Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  4. 1 2 "Kirk Gibson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  5. 1 2 "Dennis Lamp Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  6. John Smiley page at Baseball Reference
  7. 1 2 Jeff Robinson page at Baseball Reference
  8. "Danny Cox Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  9. Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference
  10. Jason Kendall page at Baseball Reference
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