# 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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 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. As of 2024 this is the Pirates' most recent division title, making it the longest such active drought in Major League Baseball.

## Offseason

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

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Montreal Expos | 87 | 75 | .537 | 9 | 43‍–‍38 | 44‍–‍37 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 79 | .512 | 13 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Chicago Cubs | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18 | 43‍–‍38 | 35‍–‍46 |
| New York Mets | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 41‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 70 | 92 | .432 | 26 | 41‍–‍40 | 29‍–‍52 |

### Game log

1992 Game Log (96–66) :
April (15–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6Expos2–0DrabekMartinezMason48,8001–0
2April 8Expos4–2SmithGardnerBelinda7,0752–0
3April 9Expos3–8NabholzWalk—10,3422–1
4April 10@ Phillies3–2TomlinAbbottBelinda21,0193–1
5April 11@ Phillies4–7AshbyDrabek—24,9673–2
6April 12@ Phillies6–1SmithMulholland—32,6244–2
7April 14Cubs3–2WalkJacksonMason14,9635–2
8April 15Cubs7–2TomlinMorgan—9,0226–2
9April 17Phillies7–4DrabekJonesBelinda16,4177–2
10April 18Phillies9–2SmithGreene—23,4118–2
11April 19Phillies11–0PattersonCox—11,8129–2
12April 20@ Expos11–1TomlinHill—12,35110–2
13April 21@ Expos8–7PalaciosHaneyMason7,01311–2
14April 22@ Expos2–0DrabekMartinez—8,42112–2
15April 23@ Expos3–6GardnerSmithWetteland5,80612–3
16April 24@ Cubs3–2MasonScanlanBelinda11,33113–3
17April 25@ Cubs1–0TomlinMadduxBelinda26,89214–3
18April 26@ Cubs4–5 (10)McElroyMason—24,40314–4
19April 28@ Reds2–3BrowningDrabekCharlton24,20214–5
20April 29@ Reds4–0SmithBelcher—20,30715–5 :
May (11–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1@ Astros4–10HarnischTomlin—16,35515–6
22May 2@ Astros6–0NeagleBowen—23,81216–6
23May 3@ Astros0–1OsunaMasonJones8,73916–7
24May 4Reds12–5LampHenry—16,34317–7
25May 5Reds5–2MillerBelcherBelinda9,10318–7
26May 6Braves4–3 (16)PattersonRivera—18,68619–7
27May 7Braves2–4GlavineNeagleStanton11,68919–8
28May 8Astros6–3BelindaOsuna—22,35120–8
29May 9Astros3–0SmithKile—18,98521–8
30May 10Astros4–6 (10)JonesMason—21,15421–9
31May 12@ Braves2–4GlavineTomlinFreeman38,94921–10
32May 13@ Braves11–10BelindaPena—24,87222–10
33May 14@ Braves4–3PalaciosSmoltzMason32,30323–10
34May 15Padres2–9LeffertsNeagle—20,23223–11
35May 16Padres9–10RodriguezWalkMyers34,47423–12
36May 17Padres5–6BenesTomlinMyers16,58023–13
37May 19@ Giants2–7WilsonDrabekRighetti12,99523–14
38May 20@ Giants1–3BlackSmithBrantley15,55423–15
39May 21@ Giants0–1BurkettWalkJackson14,70823–16
40May 22@ Dodgers6–4TomlinCandiotti—33,88824–16
41May 23@ Dodgers4–5WilsonBelinda—39,91024–17
42May 24@ Dodgers2–4GrossDrabekMcDowell36,40724–18
43May 25@ Padres6–7LeffertsSmithMyers18,54624–19
44May 26@ Padres3–6 (10)ScottLamp—11,70924–20
45May 27@ Padres7–8MyersBelinda—16,33824–21
46May 29Giants13–3PalaciosWilsonPatterson23,42125–21
47May 30Giants3–2 (10)NeagleBrantley—10,26626–21
48May 31Giants3–5BlackSmithBrantley29,45126–22 :
June (17–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1Dodgers6–8GottNeagleCandelaria12,34626–23
50June 2Dodgers1–0TomlinCandiottiMason18,64427–23
51June 3Dodgers6–5GleatonMartinezBelinda11,73628–23
52June 4Mets7–2DrabekGoodenPatterson24,90729–23
53June 5Mets5–4 (10)BelindaInnis—23,95730–23
54June 6Mets1–15FernandezNeagle—32,13830–24
55June 7Mets3–0TomlinSchourek—33,45131–24
56June 8@ Phillies0–7SchillingPalacios—21,04031–25
57June 9@ Phillies5–3DrabekHartleyNeagle29,13832–25
58June 10@ Phillies2–1 (12)PattersonJonesMason25,11233–25
59June 12@ Mets3–2TomlinFernandezPatterson38,97634–25
60June 13@ Mets3–2RobinsonWhitehurstBelinda39,00935–25
61June 14@ Mets5–4NeagleInnisBelinda43,52736–25
62June 15Phillies1–4MulhollandSmith—23,58136–26
63June 16Phillies6–5 (12)PattersonBrantley—18,54837–26
64June 17Phillies8–2TomlinRobinson—24,85438–26
65June 18Expos0–4NabholzPalaciosFassero20,51238–27
66June 19Expos1–2HillDrabekWetteland22,09138–28
67June 20Expos3–4GardnerSmithWetteland31,61438–29
68June 21Expos5–4RobinsonMartinezBelinda20,13839–29
69June 22Cardinals5–2TomlinOsborneWalk20,83140–29
70June 23Cardinals6–4MasonWorrellPatterson11,40841–29
71June 24Cardinals1–4TewksburyDrabek—22,09641–30
72June 26@ Expos2–6MartinezSmithRojas23,01441–31
73June 27@ Expos12–4RobinsonGardnerBelinda20,14642–31
74June 28@ Expos0–9BarnesTomlin—24,79342–32
75June 29@ Cardinals1–3TewksburyCole—38,38142–33
76June 30@ Cardinals2–0DrabekCormier—32,25243–33 :
July (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1@ Cardinals1–0SmithClark—40,04244–33
78July 2Reds1–2RijoRobinsonCharlton19,44544–34
79July 3Reds3–7BelcherTomlin—29,87044–35
80July 4Reds2–5SwindellCole—21,50744–36
81July 5Reds1–2MenendezDrabekCharlton24,36944–37
82July 6Astros1–0SmithJonesBelinda15,35845–37
83July 7Astros5–3WalkBoever—19,16446–37
84July 8Astros2–3JonesPatterson—22,55146–38
85July 9@ Reds2–5BankheadMasonCharlton32,68146–39
86July 10@ Reds4–0DrabekHammond—42,43847–39
87July 11@ Reds9–3SmithBrown—44,36748–39
88July 12@ Reds7–6 (10)PattersonBelcherBelinda35,12049–39
89July 16Cubs2–1DrabekBoskieBelinda30,50450–39
90July 17Cubs1–2MadduxTomlinScanlan24,03750–40
91July 18Cubs4–0WalkMorganPatterson32,90851–40
92July 19Cubs2–4ScanlanNeagle—32,30451–41
93July 20@ Astros8–11BlairMasonJones12,11251–42
94July 21@ Astros3–4 (12)JonesMason—13,83651–43
95July 22@ Astros10–7 (13)BelindaBlairPatterson13,19452–43
96July 24@ Braves3–4GlavineWalkPena44,96552–44
97July 25@ Braves0–1LeibrandtJacksonMercker44,56752–45
98July 26@ Braves5–4BelindaWohlers—43,71453–45
99July 27@ Cubs2–3MadduxDrabekRobinson34,99053–46
100July 28@ Cubs1–11MorganTomlin—35,18753–47
101July 29@ Cubs4–6 (11)AssenmacherBelinda—36,55453–48
102July 30Cardinals4–0JacksonClarkPatterson18,29554–48
103July 31Cardinals3–2WakefieldDeLeon—20,29955–48 :
August (19–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1Cardinals4–1DrabekOlivares—30,57756–48
105August 2Cardinals2–1WalkSmith—28,30957–48
106August 4Mets3–2 (12)WalkFiler—28,21158–48
107August 5Mets6–2WakefieldSchourek—30,00959–48
108August 6@ Cardinals3–2 (13)MasonSmithNeagle32,00160–48
109August 7@ Cardinals5–1TomlinCormier—37,51861–48
110August 8@ Cardinals2–1WalkTewksburyBelinda44,09462–48
111August 9@ Cardinals7–5MasonClarkWalk40,44463–48
112August 10@ Mets4–2 (16)CookeGuetterman—25,38764–48
113August 11@ Mets0–2HillmanDrabekFranco20,48864–49
114August 12@ Mets7–6 (10)NeagleFrancoPatterson29,55965–49
115August 14Braves0–15GlavineSmith—38,59565–50
116August 15Braves5–7AveryJacksonPena38,80865–51
117August 16Braves4–2WakefieldSmoltz—35,19966–51
118August 17Braves4–5 (10)FreemanPattersonPena38,06266–52
119August 18Padres5–1TomlinBenes—21,45367–52
120August 19Padres3–2WalkDeshaiesCox34,69668–52
121August 20Padres7–1JacksonLefferts—30,38469–52
122August 21@ Giants5–6BurkettWakefieldBeck16,76769–53
123August 22@ Giants9–2DrabekOliveras—30,56870–53
124August 23@ Giants2–5BlackTomlin—32,12970–54
125August 24@ Dodgers4–5GottNeagleCandelaria21,99170–55
126August 25@ Dodgers10–3CoxMartinez—24,17071–55
127August 26@ Dodgers2–0WakefieldCandiotti—25,00672–55
128August 28@ Padres6–11MadduxDrabek—15,91672–56
129August 29@ Padres3–2TomlinHarrisMason24,96573–56
130August 30@ Padres6–3WalkDeshaies—18,61774–56 :
September (21–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1Giants5–3JacksonBurkettMason20,93075–56
132September 2Giants3–2WakefieldBlackPatterson13,09976–56
133September 3Giants9–3DrabekBrantley—9,05777–56
134September 4Dodgers6–5PattersonGott—30,34178–56
135September 5Dodgers6–1WalkHershiser—41,42079–56
136September 6Dodgers5–7CandiottiCoxHowell20,36279–57
137September 7Cubs5–6 (11)AssenmacherBelindaScanlan21,66379–58
138September 8Cubs5–2DrabekBoskie—7,72080–58
139September 9Cubs13–8CoxRobinson—10,85381–58
140September 11@ Phillies2–5RiveraWalkWilliams20,16881–59
141September 12@ Phillies9–7BelindaWilliams—22,85782–59
142September 13@ Phillies3–6MulhollandPatterson—35,84282–60
143September 14@ Cardinals5–4 (10)DrabekSmithBelinda19,47083–60
144September 15@ Cardinals4–2WagnerClarkCox20,99284–60
145September 16Expos3–6NabholzWalkWetteland37,43684–61
146September 17Expos3–2 (13)CoxBottenfield—20,80285–61
147September 18Phillies5–2 (6)WakefieldMulholland—20,38786–61
148September 19Phillies3–0DrabekGreene—25,49787–61
149September 20Phillies3–2 (13)MasonShepherd—21,65288–61
150September 21Cardinals3–0CookeMagrane—13,34589–61
151September 22Cardinals4–5CormierJacksonSmith8,22289–62
152September 23@ Expos1–5 (14)FasseroMason—30,55289–63
153September 24@ Expos9–3DrabekKrueger—33,49390–63
154September 25Mets3–2TomlinFernandezCox22,29191–63
155September 26Mets19–2WalkHillman—25,88692–63
156September 27Mets4–2JacksonSchourekBelinda31,21793–63
157September 28@ Cubs10–3WakefieldBullinger—9,60394–63
158September 29@ Cubs3–0WagnerCastilloBelinda18,75995–63
159September 30@ Cubs0–6MadduxTomlin—11,54795–64 :
October (1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 2@ Mets3–6SchourekDrabekJones10,18395–65
161October 3@ Mets1–2GoodenJackson—13,54995–66
162October 4@ Mets2–0WakefieldSaberhagenCooke14,27496–66 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member :

### Record vs. opponents

1992 National League recordvte 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

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| 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 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 53 | 28 | 0.654 | 363 | 277 |
| Away | 81 | 43 | 38 | 0.531 | 330 | 318 |
| Total | 162 | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | 693 | 595 |

## Roster
### Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 25 | Kirk Gibson | RF |
| 3 | Jay Bell | SS |
| 18 | Andy Van Slyke | CF |
| 24 | Barry Bonds | LF |
| 6 | Orlando Merced | 1B |
| 22 | Steve Buechele | 3B |
| 12 | Mike LaValliere | C |
| 13 | José Lind | 2B |
| 15 | 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 Season :
| 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 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5,527 | 1,409 | 0.255 | 106 | 656 |
Postseason :
| 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 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 231 | 59 | 0.255 | 5 | 32 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| 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 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 1,4792⁄3 | 96 | 66 | 3.35 | 844 |
Postseason :
| 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 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 602⁄3 | 3 | 4 | 4.45 | 28 |

## 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.
* June 10, 1992: Jeff Robinson was selected off waivers by the Pirates from the Texas Rangers.
* June 11, 1992: Dennis Lamp was released by the Pirates.
* June 19, 1992: Danny Cox was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.
* July 4, 1992: Tony Mitchell (minors) was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Alex Cole.
* 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.
* 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.

## 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 |