1992 Pittsburgh Pirates season

March 2026 November 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates logo 2014.svg 1992 National League East champions National League East Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaFrom 1882 to 1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907. 96–66 (.593) 1st Pittsburgh Associates Ted Simmons Jim Leyland KDKA-TVKBL KDKA-AM(Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker) The 1992 Major League Baseball season was the 111th season in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates and their 106th in the National League. This was their 23rd season at Three Rivers Stadium. For the third consecutive season, the Pirates won the National League East title with a record of 96–66. In an NLCS rematch with the Atlanta Braves, the Pirates went down 3–1 before forcing a Game 7 back in Atlanta. They took a 2–0 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning, needing just one out to reach the World Series. But their season came to an abrupt end when they allowed 3 runs to the Braves, capped by Francisco Cabrera's two-run RBI single to score David Justice and an injured Sid Bream, a former Pirate. The loss was so agonizing for the Pirates that it contributed to a 20-year drought that saw them fail to clinch a winning season or postseason berth until 2013. This would be the final time that the Pirates would win the NL East as they would be reassigned to the National League Central during division realignment in 1994. Since the Pirates have never won the NL Central, this marks the most recent time that they have won a division title as of today. Moreover, this is the last time the Pirates have appeared in an NLCS. Offseason November 11, 1991: Al Martin was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.Al Martin page at Baseball Reference January 3, 1992: Mike LaValliere was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lavalmi01.shtml Mike LaValliere Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com September 6, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081006001723/http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lavalmi01.shtml October 6, 2008 live March 10, 1992: Neal Heaton was traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Kirk Gibson.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsoki01.shtml Kirk Gibson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com September 6, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080905011018/http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsoki01.shtml September 5, 2008 live March 11, 1992: Dennis Lamp was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lampde01.shtml Dennis Lamp Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com September 6, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080916062251/http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lampde01.shtml September 16, 2008 live March 17, 1992: John Smiley was traded by the Pirates to the Minnesota Twins for Denny Neagle and Midre Cummings.John Smiley page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Pittsburgh Pirates Game log Pittsburgh Pirates 1992 Game Log (96–66) y Pittsburgh Pirates April (15–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || April 6 || Expos || 2–0 || Drabek || Martinez || Mason || 48,800 || 1–0 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || April 8 || Expos || 4–2 || Smith || Gardner || Belinda || 7,075 || 2–0 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || April 9 || Expos || 3–8 || Nabholz || Walk || — || 10,342 || 2–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || April 10 || @ Phillies || 3–2 || Tomlin || Abbott || Belinda || 21,019 || 3–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || April 11 || @ Phillies || 4–7 || Ashby || Drabek || — || 24,967 || 3–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 || April 12 || @ Phillies || 6–1 || Smith || Mulholland || — || 32,624 || 4–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 || April 14 || Cubs || 3–2 || Walk || Jackson || Mason || 14,963 || 5–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || April 15 || Cubs || 7–2 || Tomlin || Morgan || — || 9,022 || 6–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || April 17 || Phillies || 7–4 || Drabek || Jones || Belinda || 16,417 || 7–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || April 18 || Phillies || 9–2 || Smith || Greene || — || 23,411 || 8–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 11 || April 19 || Phillies || 11–0 || Patterson || Cox || — || 11,812 || 9–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 || April 20 || @ Expos || 11–1 || Tomlin || Hill || — || 12,351 || 10–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || April 21 || @ Expos || 8–7 || Palacios || Haney || Mason || 7,013 || 11–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 || April 22 || @ Expos || 2–0 || Drabek || Martinez || — || 8,421 || 12–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 23 || @ Expos || 3–6 || Gardner || Smith || Wetteland || 5,806 || 12–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 16 || April 24 || @ Cubs || 3–2 || Mason || Scanlan || Belinda || 11,331 || 13–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || April 25 || @ Cubs || 1–0 || Tomlin || Maddux || Belinda || 26,892 || 14–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 26 || @ Cubs || 4–5 (10) || McElroy || Mason || — || 24,403 || 14–4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 28 || @ Reds || 2–3 || Browning || Drabek || Charlton || 24,202 || 14–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 20 || April 29 || @ Reds || 4–0 || Smith || Belcher || — || 20,307 || 15–5 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates May (11–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || May 1 || @ Astros || 4–10 || Harnisch || Tomlin || — || 16,355 || 15–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || May 2 || @ Astros || 6–0 || Neagle || Bowen || — || 23,812 || 16–6 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || May 3 || @ Astros || 0–1 || Osuna || Mason || Jones || 8,739 || 16–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 || May 4 || Reds || 12–5 || Lamp || Henry || — || 16,343 || 17–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 || May 5 || Reds || 5–2 || Miller || Belcher || Belinda || 9,103 || 18–7 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 26 || May 6 || Braves || 4–3 (16) || Patterson || Rivera || — || 18,686 || 19–7 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 27 || May 7 || Braves || 2–4 || Glavine || Neagle || Stanton || 11,689 || 19–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 28 || May 8 || Astros || 6–3 || Belinda || Osuna || — || 22,351 || 20–8 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || May 9 || Astros || 3–0 || Smith || Kile || — || 18,985 || 21–8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 30 || May 10 || Astros || 4–6 (10) || Jones || Mason || — || 21,154 || 21–9 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 12 || @ Braves || 2–4 || Glavine || Tomlin || Freeman || 38,949 || 21–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || May 13 || @ Braves || 11–10 || Belinda || Pena || — || 24,872 || 22–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || May 14 || @ Braves || 4–3 || Palacios || Smoltz || Mason || 32,303 || 23–10 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 34 || May 15 || Padres || 2–9 || Lefferts || Neagle || — || 20,232 || 23–11 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 16 || Padres || 9–10 || Rodriguez || Walk || Myers || 34,474 || 23–12 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 36 || May 17 || Padres || 5–6 || Benes || Tomlin || Myers || 16,580 || 23–13 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 19 || @ Giants || 2–7 || Wilson || Drabek || Righetti || 12,995 || 23–14 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 20 || @ Giants || 1–3 || Black || Smith || Brantley || 15,554 || 23–15 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 39 || May 21 || @ Giants || 0–1 || Burkett || Walk || Jackson || 14,708 || 23–16 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 40 || May 22 || @ Dodgers || 6–4 || Tomlin || Candiotti || — || 33,888 || 24–16 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 23 || @ Dodgers || 4–5 || Wilson || Belinda || — || 39,910 || 24–17 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 42 || May 24 || @ Dodgers || 2–4 || Gross || Drabek || McDowell || 36,407 || 24–18 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 25 || @ Padres || 6–7 || Lefferts || Smith || Myers || 18,546 || 24–19 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 26 || @ Padres || 3–6 (10) || Scott || Lamp || — || 11,709 || 24–20 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 27 || @ Padres || 7–8 || Myers || Belinda || — || 16,338 || 24–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 46 || May 29 || Giants || 13–3 || Palacios || Wilson || Patterson || 23,421 || 25–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 47 || May 30 || Giants || 3–2 (10) || Neagle || Brantley || — || 10,266 || 26–21 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 48 || May 31 || Giants || 3–5 || Black || Smith || Brantley || 29,451 || 26–22 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates June (17–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 49 || June 1 || Dodgers || 6–8 || Gott || Neagle || Candelaria || 12,346 || 26–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 50 || June 2 || Dodgers || 1–0 || Tomlin || Candiotti || Mason || 18,644 || 27–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 51 || June 3 || Dodgers || 6–5 || Gleaton || Martinez || Belinda || 11,736 || 28–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 52 || June 4 || Mets || 7–2 || Drabek || Gooden || Patterson || 24,907 || 29–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 53 || June 5 || Mets || 5–4 (10) || Belinda || Innis || — || 23,957 || 30–23 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 54 || June 6 || Mets || 1–15 || Fernandez || Neagle || — || 32,138 || 30–24 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 55 || June 7 || Mets || 3–0 || Tomlin || Schourek || — || 33,451 || 31–24 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 56 || June 8 || @ Phillies || 0–7 || Schilling || Palacios || — || 21,040 || 31–25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 57 || June 9 || @ Phillies || 5–3 || Drabek || Hartley || Neagle || 29,138 || 32–25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 || June 10 || @ Phillies || 2–1 (12) || Patterson || Jones || Mason || 25,112 || 33–25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 59 || June 12 || @ Mets || 3–2 || Tomlin || Fernandez || Patterson || 38,976 || 34–25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 60 || June 13 || @ Mets || 3–2 || Robinson || Whitehurst || Belinda || 39,009 || 35–25 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 || June 14 || @ Mets || 5–4 || Neagle || Innis || Belinda || 43,527 || 36–25 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 62 || June 15 || Phillies || 1–4 || Mulholland || Smith || — || 23,581 || 36–26 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 63 || June 16 || Phillies || 6–5 (12) || Patterson || Brantley || — || 18,548 || 37–26 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 64 || June 17 || Phillies || 8–2 || Tomlin || Robinson || — || 24,854 || 38–26 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 65 || June 18 || Expos || 0–4 || Nabholz || Palacios || Fassero || 20,512 || 38–27 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 66 || June 19 || Expos || 1–2 || Hill || Drabek || Wetteland || 22,091 || 38–28 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 67 || June 20 || Expos || 3–4 || Gardner || Smith || Wetteland || 31,614 || 38–29 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 || June 21 || Expos || 5–4 || Robinson || Martinez || Belinda || 20,138 || 39–29 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 69 || June 22 || Cardinals || 5–2 || Tomlin || Osborne || Walk || 20,831 || 40–29 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 70 || June 23 || Cardinals || 6–4 || Mason || Worrell || Patterson || 11,408 || 41–29 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 71 || June 24 || Cardinals || 1–4 || Tewksbury || Drabek || — || 22,096 || 41–30 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 72 || June 26 || @ Expos || 2–6 || Martinez || Smith || Rojas || 23,014 || 41–31 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 73 || June 27 || @ Expos || 12–4 || Robinson || Gardner || Belinda || 20,146 || 42–31 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 28 || @ Expos || 0–9 || Barnes || Tomlin || — || 24,793 || 42–32 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 75 || June 29 || @ Cardinals || 1–3 || Tewksbury || Cole || — || 38,381 || 42–33 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 76 || June 30 || @ Cardinals || 2–0 || Drabek || Cormier || — || 32,252 || 43–33 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates July (12–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 77 || July 1 || @ Cardinals || 1–0 || Smith || Clark || — || 40,042 || 44–33 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 78 || July 2 || Reds || 1–2 || Rijo || Robinson || Charlton || 19,445 || 44–34 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 79 || July 3 || Reds || 3–7 || Belcher || Tomlin || — || 29,870 || 44–35 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 80 || July 4 || Reds || 2–5 || Swindell || Cole || — || 21,507 || 44–36 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 81 || July 5 || Reds || 1–2 || Menendez || Drabek || Charlton || 24,369 || 44–37 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 82 || July 6 || Astros || 1–0 || Smith || Jones || Belinda || 15,358 || 45–37 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 83 || July 7 || Astros || 5–3 || Walk || Boever || — || 19,164 || 46–37 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 84 || July 8 || Astros || 2–3 || Jones || Patterson || — || 22,551 || 46–38 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 85 || July 9 || @ Reds || 2–5 || Bankhead || Mason || Charlton || 32,681 || 46–39 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 86 || July 10 || @ Reds || 4–0 || Drabek || Hammond || — || 42,438 || 47–39 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 87 || July 11 || @ Reds || 9–3 || Smith || Brown || — || 44,367 || 48–39 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 88 || July 12 || @ Reds || 7–6 (10) || Patterson || Belcher || Belinda || 35,120 || 49–39 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 89 || July 16 || Cubs || 2–1 || Drabek || Boskie || Belinda || 30,504 || 50–39 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 90 || July 17 || Cubs || 1–2 || Maddux || Tomlin || Scanlan || 24,037 || 50–40 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 91 || July 18 || Cubs || 4–0 || Walk || Morgan || Patterson || 32,908 || 51–40 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 92 || July 19 || Cubs || 2–4 || Scanlan || Neagle || — || 32,304 || 51–41 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 93 || July 20 || @ Astros || 8–11 || Blair || Mason || Jones || 12,112 || 51–42 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 94 || July 21 || @ Astros || 3–4 (12) || Jones || Mason || — || 13,836 || 51–43 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 95 || July 22 || @ Astros || 10–7 (13) || Belinda || Blair || Patterson || 13,194 || 52–43 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 96 || July 24 || @ Braves || 3–4 || Glavine || Walk || Pena || 44,965 || 52–44 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 97 || July 25 || @ Braves || 0–1 || Leibrandt || Jackson || Mercker || 44,567 || 52–45 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 98 || July 26 || @ Braves || 5–4 || Belinda || Wohlers || — || 43,714 || 53–45 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 99 || July 27 || @ Cubs || 2–3 || Maddux || Drabek || Robinson || 34,990 || 53–46 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 100 || July 28 || @ Cubs || 1–11 || Morgan || Tomlin || — || 35,187 || 53–47 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 101 || July 29 || @ Cubs || 4–6 (11) || Assenmacher || Belinda || — || 36,554 || 53–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 102 || July 30 || Cardinals || 4–0 || Jackson || Clark || Patterson || 18,295 || 54–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 103 || July 31 || Cardinals || 3–2 || Wakefield || DeLeon || — || 20,299 || 55–48 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates August (19–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 104 || August 1 || Cardinals || 4–1 || Drabek || Olivares || — || 30,577 || 56–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 105 || August 2 || Cardinals || 2–1 || Walk || Smith || — || 28,309 || 57–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 106 || August 4 || Mets || 3–2 (12) || Walk || Filer || — || 28,211 || 58–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 107 || August 5 || Mets || 6–2 || Wakefield || Schourek || — || 30,009 || 59–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 108 || August 6 || @ Cardinals || 3–2 (13) || Mason || Smith || Neagle || 32,001 || 60–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 109 || August 7 || @ Cardinals || 5–1 || Tomlin || Cormier || — || 37,518 || 61–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 110 || August 8 || @ Cardinals || 2–1 || Walk || Tewksbury || Belinda || 44,094 || 62–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 111 || August 9 || @ Cardinals || 7–5 || Mason || Clark || Walk || 40,444 || 63–48 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 112 || August 10 || @ Mets || 4–2 (16) || Cooke || Guetterman || — || 25,387 || 64–48 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 113 || August 11 || @ Mets || 0–2 || Hillman || Drabek || Franco || 20,488 || 64–49 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 114 || August 12 || @ Mets || 7–6 (10) || Neagle || Franco || Patterson || 29,559 || 65–49 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 115 || August 14 || Braves || 0–15 || Glavine || Smith || — || 38,595 || 65–50 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 116 || August 15 || Braves || 5–7 || Avery || Jackson || Pena || 38,808 || 65–51 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 117 || August 16 || Braves || 4–2 || Wakefield || Smoltz || — || 35,199 || 66–51 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 17 || Braves || 4–5 (10) || Freeman || Patterson || Pena || 38,062 || 66–52 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 119 || August 18 || Padres || 5–1 || Tomlin || Benes || — || 21,453 || 67–52 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 120 || August 19 || Padres || 3–2 || Walk || Deshaies || Cox || 34,696 || 68–52 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 121 || August 20 || Padres || 7–1 || Jackson || Lefferts || — || 30,384 || 69–52 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 21 || @ Giants || 5–6 || Burkett || Wakefield || Beck || 16,767 || 69–53 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 123 || August 22 || @ Giants || 9–2 || Drabek || Oliveras || — || 30,568 || 70–53 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 23 || @ Giants || 2–5 || Black || Tomlin || — || 32,129 || 70–54 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 24 || @ Dodgers || 4–5 || Gott || Neagle || Candelaria || 21,991 || 70–55 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 126 || August 25 || @ Dodgers || 10–3 || Cox || Martinez || — || 24,170 || 71–55 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 127 || August 26 || @ Dodgers || 2–0 || Wakefield || Candiotti || — || 25,006 || 72–55 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 128 || August 28 || @ Padres || 6–11 || Maddux || Drabek || — || 15,916 || 72–56 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 129 || August 29 || @ Padres || 3–2 || Tomlin || Harris || Mason || 24,965 || 73–56 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 130 || August 30 || @ Padres || 6–3 || Walk || Deshaies || — || 18,617 || 74–56 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates September (21–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#cfc;" | 131 || September 1 || Giants || 5–3 || Jackson || Burkett || Mason || 20,930 || 75–56 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 132 || September 2 || Giants || 3–2 || Wakefield || Black || Patterson || 13,099 || 76–56 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 133 || September 3 || Giants || 9–3 || Drabek || Brantley || — || 9,057 || 77–56 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 134 || September 4 || Dodgers || 6–5 || Patterson || Gott || — || 30,341 || 78–56 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 135 || September 5 || Dodgers || 6–1 || Walk || Hershiser || — || 41,420 || 79–56 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 136 || September 6 || Dodgers || 5–7 || Candiotti || Cox || Howell || 20,362 || 79–57 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 137 || September 7 || Cubs || 5–6 (11) || Assenmacher || Belinda || Scanlan || 21,663 || 79–58 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 138 || September 8 || Cubs || 5–2 || Drabek || Boskie || — || 7,720 || 80–58 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 139 || September 9 || Cubs || 13–8 || Cox || Robinson || — || 10,853 || 81–58 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 140 || September 11 || @ Phillies || 2–5 || Rivera || Walk || Williams || 20,168 || 81–59 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 141 || September 12 || @ Phillies || 9–7 || Belinda || Williams || — || 22,857 || 82–59 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 142 || September 13 || @ Phillies || 3–6 || Mulholland || Patterson || — || 35,842 || 82–60 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 143 || September 14 || @ Cardinals || 5–4 (10) || Drabek || Smith || Belinda || 19,470 || 83–60 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 144 || September 15 || @ Cardinals || 4–2 || Wagner || Clark || Cox || 20,992 || 84–60 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 145 || September 16 || Expos || 3–6 || Nabholz || Walk || Wetteland || 37,436 || 84–61 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 146 || September 17 || Expos || 3–2 (13) || Cox || Bottenfield || — || 20,802 || 85–61 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 147 || September 18 || Phillies || 5–2 (6) || Wakefield || Mulholland || — || 20,387 || 86–61 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 148 || September 19 || Phillies || 3–0 || Drabek || Greene || — || 25,497 || 87–61 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 149 || September 20 || Phillies || 3–2 (13) || Mason || Shepherd || — || 21,652 || 88–61 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 150 || September 21 || Cardinals || 3–0 || Cooke || Magrane || — || 13,345 || 89–61 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 151 || September 22 || Cardinals || 4–5 || Cormier || Jackson || Smith || 8,222 || 89–62 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 152 || September 23 || @ Expos || 1–5 (14) || Fassero || Mason || — || 30,552 || 89–63 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 153 || September 24 || @ Expos || 9–3 || Drabek || Krueger || — || 33,493 || 90–63 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 154 || September 25 || Mets || 3–2 || Tomlin || Fernandez || Cox || 22,291 || 91–63 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 155 || September 26 || Mets || 19–2 || Walk || Hillman || — || 25,886 || 92–63 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 156 || September 27 || Mets || 4–2 || Jackson || Schourek || Belinda || 31,217 || 93–63 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 157 || September 28 || @ Cubs || 10–3 || Wakefield || Bullinger || — || 9,603 || 94–63 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 158 || September 29 || @ Cubs || 3–0 || Wagner || Castillo || Belinda || 18,759 || 95–63 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 159 || September 30 || @ Cubs || 0–6 || Maddux || Tomlin || — || 11,547 || 95–64 |- y Pittsburgh Pirates October (1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- style="background:#fbb;" | 160 || October 2 || @ Mets || 3–6 || Schourek || Drabek || Jones || 10,183 || 95–65 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 161 || October 3 || @ Mets || 1–2 || Gooden || Jackson || — || 13,549 || 95–66 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 162 || October 4 || @ Mets || 2–0 || Wakefield || Saberhagen || Cooke || 14,274 || 96–66 |- |- | Legend:      #cfc = Win      #fbb = LossBold = Pirates team member Record vs. opponents PIT Detailed records National League Opponent W L WP RS Runs scored RA Runs against NL East Chicago Cubs 10 8 10 8 y 70 63 Montreal Expos 9 9 9 9 y 72 73 New York Mets 14 4 14 4 y 79 57 Philadelphia Phillies 13 5 13 5 y 87 60 St. Louis Cardinals 15 3 15 3 y 62 37 Total 61 29 61 29 y 370 290 NL West Atlanta Braves 5 7 5 7 y 44 62 Cincinnati Reds 6 6 6 6 y 52 40 Houston Astros 6 6 6 6 y 52 48 Los Angeles Dodgers 7 5 7 5 y 58 47 San Diego Padres 5 7 5 7 y 62 66 San Francisco Giants 6 6 6 6 y 55 42 Total 35 37 35 37 y 323 305 Season Total 96 66 96 66 y 693 595 Month Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against April 20 15 5 15 5 y 97 54 May 28 11 17 11 17 y 129 131 June 28 17 11 17 11 y 100 110 July 27 12 15 12 15 y 90 96 August 27 19 8 19 8 y 118 95 September 29 21 8 21 8 y 153 101 October 3 1 2 1 2 y 6 8 Total 162 96 66 96 66 y 693 595 Games Won Lost Win % RS Runs scored RA Runs against Home 81 53 28 53 28 y 363 277 Away 81 43 38 43 38 y 330 318 Total 162 96 66 96 66 y 693 595 Roster 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster Pitchers 53 Miguel Batista 50 Stan Belinda 61 Victor Cole 26 Steve Cooke 57 Danny Cox 15 Doug Drabek 49 Jerry Don Gleaton 34 Danny Jackson 26 Dennis Lamp 48 Roger Mason 64 Paul Miller 66 Blas Minor 32 Denny Neagle 58 Vicente Palacios 38 Bob Patterson 26 Jeff Robinson 41 Zane Smith 29 Randy Tomlin 43 Paul Wagner 49 Tim Wakefield 17 Bob Walk Catchers 12 Mike LaValliere 14 Tom Prince 11 Don Slaught Infielders  3 Jay Bell 22 Steve Buechele 51 Carlos García  7 Jeff King 13 José Lind  6 Orlando Merced  2 Gary Redus 22 John Wehner 36 Kevin Young Outfielders 24 Barry Bonds 35 Dave Clark  5 Alex Cole 56 Cecil Espy 25 Kirk Gibson 28 Al Martin 23 Lloyd McClendon 25 Will Pennyfeather 18 Andy Van Slyke 42 Gary Varsho Manager 10 Jim Leyland Coaches {{MLBplayer|44|Terry Collins (bullpen)}} {{MLBplayer|45|Rich Donnelly (third base)}} {{MLBplayer|39|Milt May (hitting)}} {{MLBplayer|31|Ray Miller (pitching)}} {{MLBplayer|37|Tommy Sandt (first base)}} {{MLBplayer|19|Bill Virdon (bench)}} Opening Day lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position25 Kirk Gibson RF 3 Jay Bell SS 18 Andy Van Slyke CF 24 Barry Bonds LF 6 Orlando Merced 1B 22 Steve Buechele 3B12 Mike LaValliere C 13 José Lind 2B15 Doug Drabek SP Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Regular seasonMajor League Baseball Stats pirates.com: Stats http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp#elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='R'&season=1992&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1439916756385&timeframe=&playerType=ALL&sportCode='mlb'&split=&team_id=134&active_sw=&position=&page_type=SortablePlayer&sortOrder='desc'&sortColumn=avg&results=&perPage=50&last_x_days=&extended=0 Pittsburgh Pirates Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in S. Belinda Stan Belinda 59 3 2 0.667 0 2 K. Young Kevin Young (baseball) 10 7 4 0.571 0 4 D. Slaught Don Slaught 87 255 88 0.345 4 37 S. Cooke Steve Cooke (baseball) 11 3 1 0.333 0 1 B. Patterson Bob Patterson (baseball) 60 6 2 0.333 0 4 P. Wagner Paul Wagner 6 3 1 0.333 0 0 A. Van Slyke Andy Van Slyke 154 614 199 0.324 14 89 B. Bonds Barry Bonds 140 473 147 0.311 34 103 V. Cole Victor Cole 64 205 57 0.278 0 10 J. Bell Jay Bell 159 632 167 0.264 9 55 C. Espy Cecil Espy 112 194 50 0.258 1 20 M. LaValliere Mike LaValliere 95 293 75 0.256 2 29 G. Redus Gary Redus 76 176 45 0.256 3 12 L. McClendon Lloyd McClendon 84 190 48 0.253 3 20 S. Buechele Steve Buechele 80 285 71 0.249 8 43 O. Merced Orlando Merced 134 405 100 0.247 6 60 J. Lind José Lind 135 468 110 0.235 0 39 J. King Jeff King (baseball) 130 480 111 0.231 14 65 W. Pennyfeather Will Pennyfeather 15 9 2 0.222 0 0 G. Varsho Gary Varsho 103 162 36 0.222 4 22 D. Clark Dave Clark (baseball) 23 33 7 0.212 2 7 C. García Carlos García (baseball) 22 39 8 0.205 0 4 K. Gibson Kirk Gibson 16 56 11 0.196 2 5 J. Wehner John Wehner 55 123 22 0.179 0 4 A. Martin Al Martin 12 12 2 0.167 0 2 D. Drabek Doug Drabek 35 89 14 0.157 0 6 R. Tomlin Randy Tomlin 35 65 9 0.138 0 1 Z. Smith Zane Smith (baseball) 26 49 6 0.122 0 3 B. Walk Bob Walk 36 43 4 0.093 0 2 T. Prince Tom Prince (baseball) 27 44 4 0.091 0 5 J. Robinson Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher) 8 11 1 0.091 0 1 D. Jackson Danny Jackson 15 24 2 0.083 0 1 V. Palacios Vicente Palacios (baseball) 20 14 1 0.071 0 0 T. Wakefield Tim Wakefield 14 28 2 0.071 0 0 A. Cole Alex Cole 8 4 0 0.000 0 0 D. Cox Danny Cox (baseball) 16 3 0 0.000 0 0 J. Gleaton Jerry Don Gleaton 23 2 0 0.000 0 0 D. Lamp Dennis Lamp 21 1 0 0.000 0 0 R. Mason Roger Mason (baseball) 65 10 0 0.000 0 0 P. Miller Paul Miller (baseball) 6 3 0 0.000 0 0 D. Neagle Denny Neagle 56 11 0 0.000 0 0 M. Batista Miguel Batista 1 0 0 -1 — 0 0 B. Minor Blas Minor 1 0 0 -1 — 0 0Team totals1625,5271,4090.255106656 PostseasonMajor League Baseball Stats pirates.com: Stats http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp#elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&game_type='L'&season=1992&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1439916774601&timeframe=&playerType=ALL&sportCode='mlb'&split=&team_id=134&active_sw=&position=&page_type=SortablePlayer&sortOrder='desc'&sortColumn=avg&results=&perPage=50&last_x_days=&extended=0 Pittsburgh Pirates Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in L. McClendon Lloyd McClendon 5 11 8 0.727 1 4 C. Espy Cecil Espy 4 3 2 0.667 0 0 G. Varsho Gary Varsho 2 2 1 0.500 0 0 G. Redus Gary Redus 5 16 7 0.438 0 3 D. Slaught Don Slaught 5 12 4 0.333 1 5 A. Van Slyke Andy Van Slyke 7 29 8 0.276 0 4 B. Bonds Barry Bonds 7 23 6 0.261 1 2 J. King Jeff King (baseball) 7 29 7 0.241 0 2 J. Lind José Lind 7 27 6 0.222 1 5 V. Cole Victor Cole 4 10 2 0.200 0 1 M. LaValliere Mike LaValliere 3 10 2 0.200 0 0 J. Bell Jay Bell 7 29 5 0.172 1 4 O. Merced Orlando Merced 4 10 1 0.100 0 2 D. Drabek Doug Drabek 3 6 0 0.000 0 0 C. García Carlos García (baseball) 1 1 0 0.000 0 0 T. Wakefield Tim Wakefield 2 6 0 0.000 0 0 B. Walk Bob Walk 2 5 0 0.000 0 0 J. Wehner John Wehner 2 2 0 0.000 0 0 S. Belinda Stan Belinda 2 0 0 -1 — 0 0 D. Cox Danny Cox (baseball) 2 0 0 -1 — 0 0 D. Jackson Danny Jackson 1 0 0 -1 — 0 0 R. Mason Roger Mason (baseball) 2 0 0 -1 — 0 0 D. Neagle Denny Neagle 2 0 0 -1 — 0 0 B. Patterson Bob Patterson (baseball) 2 0 0 -1 — 0 0 R. Tomlin Randy Tomlin 2 0 0 -1 — 0 0Team totals7231590.255532 Pitching Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Regular seasonMajor League Baseball Stats pirates.com: Stats http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp#elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+pitching&game_type='R'&season=1992&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=pitching&page=1&ts=1439916791143&timeframe=&playerType=ALL&sportCode='mlb'&split=&team_id=134&active_sw=&position=&page_type=SortablePlayer&sortOrder='asc'&sortColumn=era&results=&perPage=50&last_x_days=&extended=0 Pittsburgh Pirates Player G Games IP Innings pitched W Wins L Loss ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts P. Wagner Paul Wagner 6 13 2 0 0.69 5 T. Wakefield Tim Wakefield 13 92 8 1 2.15 51 P. Miller Paul Miller (baseball) 6 111 3 1 0 2.38 5 D. Drabek Doug Drabek 34 2562 3 15 11 2.77 177 B. Patterson Bob Patterson (baseball) 60 642 3 6 3 2.92 43 Z. Smith Zane Smith (baseball) 23 141 8 8 3.06 56 S. Belinda Stan Belinda 59 711 3 6 4 3.15 57 B. Walk Bob Walk 36 135 10 6 3.20 60 D. Cox Danny Cox (baseball) 16 241 3 3 1 3.33 18 D. Jackson Danny Jackson 15 881 3 4 4 3.36 46 R. Tomlin Randy Tomlin 35 2082 3 14 9 3.41 90 S. Cooke Steve Cooke (baseball) 11 23 2 0 3.52 10 R. Mason Roger Mason (baseball) 65 88 5 7 4.09 56 V. Palacios Vicente Palacios (baseball) 20 53 3 2 4.25 33 J. Gleaton Jerry Don Gleaton 23 312 3 1 0 4.26 18 J. Robinson Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher) 8 361 3 3 1 4.46 14 D. Neagle Denny Neagle 55 861 3 4 6 4.48 77 B. Minor Blas Minor 1 2 0 0 4.50 0 D. Lamp Dennis Lamp 21 28 1 1 5.14 15 A. Cole Alex Cole 8 23 0 2 5.48 12 M. Batista Miguel Batista 1 2 0 0 9.00 1Team totals1621,4792 396663.35844 PostseasonMajor League Baseball Stats pirates.com: Stats http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp#elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+pitching&game_type='L'&season=1992&season_type=ANY&league_code='MLB'&sectionType=sp&statType=pitching&page=1&ts=1439916971282&timeframe=&playerType=ALL&sportCode='mlb'&split=&team_id=134&active_sw=&position=&page_type=SortablePlayer&sortOrder='asc'&sortColumn=era&results=&perPage=50&last_x_days=&extended=0 Pittsburgh Pirates Player G Games IP Innings pitched W Wins L Loss ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts S. Belinda Stan Belinda 2 12 3 0 0 0.00 2 D. Cox Danny Cox (baseball) 2 11 3 0 0 0.00 1 R. Mason Roger Mason (baseball) 2 31 3 0 0 0.00 1 T. Wakefield Tim Wakefield 2 18 2 0 3.00 7 D. Drabek Doug Drabek 3 17 0 3 3.71 10 B. Walk Bob Walk 2 112 3 1 0 3.86 6 B. Patterson Bob Patterson (baseball) 2 12 3 0 0 5.40 1 R. Tomlin Randy Tomlin 2 22 3 0 0 6.75 0 D. Jackson Danny Jackson 1 12 3 0 1 21.60 0 D. Neagle Denny Neagle 2 12 3 0 0 27.00 0Team totals7602 3344.4528 National League Championship Series 1992 National League Championship Series Game 1 October 6: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta Team123456789RHEPittsburgh000000010151Atlanta01021010X580W: John Smoltz (1-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-1) S: NoneHR: 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 Team123456789RHEPittsburgh000000410570Atlanta04004050X13140W: Steve Avery (1-0) L: Danny Jackson (0-1) S: NoneHR: 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 Team123456789RHEAtlanta000100100250Pittsburgh00001110X381W: Tim Wakefield (1-0) L: Tom Glavine (0-1) S: NoneHR: 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 Team123456789RHEAtlanta0200220006111Pittsburgh021000100461W: John Smoltz (2-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-2) S: Jeff Reardon (1)HR: ATL – none PIT – nonePitchers: 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 Team123456789RHEAtlanta000000010130Pittsburgh40100110X7130W: Bob Walk (1-0) L: Steve Avery (1-1) S: noneHR: ATL – none PIT – nonePitchers: 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 Team123456789RHEPittsburgh08004100013131Atlanta000100102491W: Tim Wakefield (2-0) L: Tom Glavine (0-2) S: noneHR: 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 Team123456789RHEPittsburgh100001000271Atlanta000000003370W: Jeff Reardon (1-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-3) S: noneHR: PIT – none ATL – nonePitchers: 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 Notable transactions May 5, 1992: Kirk Gibson was released by the Pirates. June 10, 1992: Jeff Robinson was selected off waivers by the Pirates from the Texas Rangers.Jeff Robinson page at Baseball Reference June 11, 1992: Dennis Lamp was released by the Pirates. June 19, 1992: Danny Cox was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxda01.shtml Danny Cox Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com September 6, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080927051241/http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxda01.shtml September 27, 2008 live July 4, 1992: Tony Mitchell (minors) was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Alex Cole.Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference July 25, 1992: Jeff Robinson was released by the Pirates. 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.Jason Kendall page at Baseball Reference 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanfoch01.shtml Chance Sanford Stats Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 References External links 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Remembrances of Tim Wakefield almost getting the Pirates to the World Series 100% Category:Pittsburgh Pirates seasons Pittsburgh Pirates Season, 1992 Category:National League East champion seasons Pittsburgh Pirates Category:1992 in Pittsburgh