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[1] (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; KBL
Local radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
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The 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates season was their 111th season; the 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 Division Title with a record of 96–66. They were defeated four games to three by the Atlanta Braves in the 1992 National League Championship Series. 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

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

Game Log

1992 Game Log (96–66)

April (15–5)

May (11–17)

June (17–11)

July (12–15)

August (19–8)

September (21–8)

October (1–2)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

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	—

Detailed records

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
NL East
Chicago Cubs	10	8	0.556	70	63
Montreal Expos	9	9	0.500	72	73
New York Mets	14	4	0.778	79	57
Philadelphia Phillies	13	5	0.722	87	60
St. Louis Cardinals	15	3	0.833	62	37
Total	61	29	0.678	370	290
NL West
Atlanta Braves	5	7	0.417	44	62
Cincinnati Reds	6	6	0.500	52	40
Houston Astros	6	6	0.500	52	48
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	5	0.583	58	47
San Diego Padres	5	7	0.417	62	66
San Francisco Giants	6	6	0.500	55	42
Total	35	37	0.486	323	305
Season Total	96	66	0.593	693	595

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	20	15	5	0.750	97	54
May	28	11	17	0.393	129	131
June	28	17	11	0.607	100	110
July	27	12	15	0.444	90	96
August	27	19	8	0.704	118	95
September	29	21	8	0.724	153	101
October	3	1	2	0.333	6	8
Total	162	96	66	0.593	693	595

Total	162	96	66	0.593	693	595
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	53	28	0.654	363	277
Away	81	43	38	0.531	330	318

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

44 Terry Collins (bullpen)

45 Rich Donnelly (third base)

39 Milt May (hitting)

31 Ray Miller (pitching)

37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

19 Bill Virdon (bench)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Kirk Gibson	RF
Jay Bell	SS
Andy Van Slyke	CF
Barry Bonds	LF
Orlando Merced	1B
Steve Buechele	3B
Mike LaValliere	C
José Lind	2B
Doug Drabek	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[7]
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^[8]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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

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

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

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

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

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.^[11]
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.^[12]
July 4, 1992: Tony Mitchell (minors) was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Alex Cole.^[13]
July 25, 1992: Jeff Robinson was released by the Pirates.^[11]
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.^[14]
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.^[15]

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

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

References

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Al Martin page at Baseball Reference
↑ "Mike LaValliere Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
1 2 "Kirk Gibson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
1 2 "Dennis Lamp Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
↑ John Smiley page at Baseball Reference
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
1 2 Jeff Robinson page at Baseball Reference
↑ "Danny Cox Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
↑ Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jason Kendall page at Baseball Reference
↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanfoch01.shtml

1992 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1992 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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[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.

[reference1-4] 1 2 "Kirk Gibson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.

[reference2-5] 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] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[8] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[9] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[10] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[robinson-11] 1 2 Jeff Robinson page at Baseball Reference

[12] "Danny Cox Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.

[13] Alex Cole page at Baseball Reference

[14] Jason Kendall page at Baseball Reference

[15] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanfoch01.shtml

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
1992 NL East Champions

Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (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 KBL
Local radio	KDKA-AM (Steve Blass, Kent Derdivanis, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
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