1992 Pittsburgh Pirates season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Pittsburgh Pirates

| image = Pittsburgh Pirates logo 2014.svg

| season = 1992

| misc = National League East Champions

| league = National League

| division = East

| city = Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaFrom 1882 to 1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

| record = 96–66 (.593)

| divisional_place = 1st

| owners = Pittsburgh Associates

| general_managers = Ted Simmons

| managers = Jim Leyland

| television = KDKA-TV
KBL

| radio = 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 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. The Pirates have also not won a playoff series since their 1979 World Series victory against the Baltimore Orioles.

Offseason

November 11, 1991: Al Martin was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martial03.shtml Al Martin page at Baseball Reference]
January 3, 1992: Mike LaValliere was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lavalmi01.shtml |title=Mike LaValliere Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 6, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081006001723/http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lavalmi01.shtml| archive-date= October 6, 2008 | url-status= live}}
March 10, 1992: Neal Heaton was traded by the Pirates to the Kansas City Royals for Kirk Gibson.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsoki01.shtml |title=Kirk Gibson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 6, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080905011018/http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsoki01.shtml| archive-date= September 5, 2008 | url-status= live}}
March 11, 1992: Dennis Lamp was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lampde01.shtml |title=Dennis Lamp Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 6, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080916062251/http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lampde01.shtml| archive-date= September 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}
March 17, 1992: John Smiley was traded by the Pirates to the Minnesota Twins for Denny Neagle and Midre Cummings.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smilejo01.shtml John Smiley page at Baseball Reference]

Regular season

=Season standings=

=Game log=

{{Game log start|style={{Baseball primary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}|title= 1992 Game Log (96–66)}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}|title=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

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}|title=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

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}|title=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

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}|title=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

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}|title=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

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}|title=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

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}|title=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: {{color box|#cfc}} = Win {{color box|#fbb}} = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

=Record vs. opponents=

=Detailed records=

Opponent \|\| W \|\| L \|\| WP \|\| {{abbr\|RS\|Runs scored}} \|\| {{abbr\|RA\|Runs against}}
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; width:35em;margin:0.5em auto;" \| colspan="7" style="background:#c60c30;color:#fff"\| National League
colspan="7" style="background:#c60c30;color:#fff"\| NL East
Chicago Cubs	10	8	{{winpct\|10\|8\|leading_zero=y}}	70	63
Montreal Expos	9	9	{{winpct\|9\|9\|leading_zero=y}}	72	73
New York Mets	14	4	{{winpct\|14\|4\|leading_zero=y}}	79	57
Philadelphia Phillies	13	5	{{winpct\|13\|5\|leading_zero=y}}	87	60
St. Louis Cardinals	15	3	{{winpct\|15\|3\|leading_zero=y}}	62	37
Total \|\| 61 \|\| 29 \|\| {{winpct\|61\|29\|leading_zero=y}} \|\| 370 \|\| 290
colspan="7" style="background:#c60c30;color:#fff"\| NL West
Atlanta Braves	5	7	{{winpct\|5\|7\|leading_zero=y}}	44	62
Cincinnati Reds	6	6	{{winpct\|6\|6\|leading_zero=y}}	52	40
Houston Astros	6	6	{{winpct\|6\|6\|leading_zero=y}}	52	48
Los Angeles Dodgers	7	5	{{winpct\|7\|5\|leading_zero=y}}	58	47
San Diego Padres	5	7	{{winpct\|5\|7\|leading_zero=y}}	62	66
San Francisco Giants	6	6	{{winpct\|6\|6\|leading_zero=y}}	55	42
Total \|\| 35 \|\| 37 \|\| {{winpct\|35\|37\|leading_zero=y}} \|\| 323 \|\| 305
Season Total \|\| 96 \|\| 66 \|\| {{winpct\|96\|66\|leading_zero=y}} \|\| 693 \|\| 595

width="28%" \| Month ! width="12%" \| Games ! width="12%" \| Won ! width="12%" \| Lost ! width="12%" \| Win % ! width="12%" \| {{abbr\|RS\|Runs scored}} ! width="12%" \| {{abbr\|RA\|Runs against}}
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; width:38em;margin:0.5em auto;"
April	20	15	5	{{winpct\|15\|5\|leading_zero=y}}	97	54
May	28	11	17	{{winpct\|11\|17\|leading_zero=y}}	129	131
June	28	17	11	{{winpct\|17\|11\|leading_zero=y}}	100	110
July	27	12	15	{{winpct\|12\|15\|leading_zero=y}}	90	96
August	27	19	8	{{winpct\|19\|8\|leading_zero=y}}	118	95
September	29	21	8	{{winpct\|21\|8\|leading_zero=y}}	153	101
October	3	1	2	{{winpct\|1\|2\|leading_zero=y}}	6	8
Total \|\| 162 \|\| 96 \|\| 66 \|\| {{winpct\|96\|66\|leading_zero=y}} \|\| 693 \|\| 595

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; width:38em; border:0;margin:0.5em auto;"
width="28%" style="background:#fff;border:0;" \| ! width="12%" \| Games ! width="12%" \| Won ! width="12%" \| Lost ! width="12%" \| Win % ! width="12%" \| {{abbr\|RS\|Runs scored}} ! width="12%" \| {{abbr\|RA\|Runs against}}
Home \| 81 \|\| 53 \|\| 28 \|\| {{winpct\|53\|28\|leading_zero=y}} \|\| 363 \|\| 277
Away \| 81 \|\| 43 \|\| 38 \|\| {{winpct\|43\|38\|leading_zero=y}} \|\| 330 \|\| 318
Total \|\| 162 \|\| 96 \|\| 66 \|\| {{winpct\|96\|66\|leading_zero=y}} \|\| 693 \|\| 595

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; width:38em; border:0;margin:0.5em auto;"

width="28%" style="background:#fff;border:0;" |

! width="12%" | Games

! width="12%" | Won

! width="12%" | Lost

! width="12%" | Win %

! width="12%" | {{abbr|RS|Runs scored}}

! width="12%" | {{abbr|RA|Runs against}}

Home

| 81 || 53 || 28 || {{winpct|53|28|leading_zero=y}} || 363 || 277

Away

| 81 || 43 || 38 || {{winpct|43|38|leading_zero=y}} || 330 || 318

Total || 162 || 96 || 66 || {{winpct|96|66|leading_zero=y}} || 693 || 595

Roster

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="{{Baseball primary style\|Pittsburgh Pirates}}; text-align: center;" \| 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates
colspan="10" style="{{Baseball secondary style\|Pittsburgh Pirates}}; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|53\|Miguel Batista}} {{MLBplayer\|50\|Stan Belinda}} {{MLBplayer\|61\|Victor Cole}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Steve Cooke}} {{MLBplayer\|57\|Danny Cox}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Doug Drabek}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Jerry Don Gleaton}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Danny Jackson}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Dennis Lamp}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Roger Mason}} {{MLBplayer\|64\|Paul Miller}} {{MLBplayer\|66\|Blas Minor}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Denny Neagle}} {{MLBplayer\|58\|Vicente Palacios}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Bob Patterson}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Jeff Robinson}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Zane Smith}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Randy Tomlin}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Paul Wagner}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Tim Wakefield}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Bob Walk}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|12\|Mike LaValliere}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Tom Prince}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Don Slaught}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Jay Bell}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Steve Buechele}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Carlos García}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Jeff King}} {{MLBplayer\|13\|José Lind}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Orlando Merced}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Gary Redus}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|John Wehner}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Kevin Young}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|24\|Barry Bonds}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Dave Clark}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Alex Cole}} {{MLBplayer\|56\|Cecil Espy}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Kirk Gibson}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Al Martin}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Lloyd McClendon}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Will Pennyfeather}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Andy Van Slyke}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Gary Varsho}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|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)}}

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"

colspan="10" style="{{Baseball primary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}; text-align: center;" | 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates

colspan="10" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Pittsburgh Pirates}}; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

=Opening Day lineup=

style="{{Baseball secondary style\|Pittsburgh Pirates}};\| #	style="{{Baseball secondary style\|Pittsburgh Pirates}};\| Name	style="{{Baseball secondary style\|Pittsburgh Pirates}};\| Position
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ ! colspan="3" style="{{Baseball primary style\|Pittsburgh Pirates}}"\|Opening Day Starters
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

width="40%" \| Player ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|G\|Games played}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|AB\|At bats}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|H\|Hits}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|Avg.\|Batting average}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|HR\|Home runs}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|RBI\|Runs batted in}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#FDB827 5px solid;" \| Regular Season{{cite web\|title=Major League Baseball Stats {{!}} pirates.com: Stats\|url=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'§ionType=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\|publisher=Pittsburgh Pirates}}
{{sortname\|S.\|Belinda\|Stan Belinda}}	59	3	2	0.667	0	2
{{sortname\|K.\|Young\|Kevin Young (baseball)}}	10	7	4	0.571	0	4
{{sortname\|D.\|Slaught\|Don Slaught}}	87	255	88	0.345	4	37
{{sortname\|S.\|Cooke\|Steve Cooke}}	11	3	1	0.333	0	1
{{sortname\|B.\|Patterson\|Bob Patterson (baseball)}}	60	6	2	0.333	0	4
{{sortname\|P.\|Wagner\|Paul Wagner}}	6	3	1	0.333	0	0
{{sortname\|A.\|Van Slyke\|Andy Van Slyke}}	154	614	199	0.324	14	89
{{sortname\|B.\|Bonds\|Barry Bonds}}	140	473	147	0.311	34	103
{{sortname\|V.\|Cole\|Victor Cole}}	64	205	57	0.278	0	10
{{sortname\|J.\|Bell\|Jay Bell}}	159	632	167	0.264	9	55
{{sortname\|C.\|Espy\|Cecil Espy}}	112	194	50	0.258	1	20
{{sortname\|M.\|LaValliere\|Mike LaValliere}}	95	293	75	0.256	2	29
{{sortname\|G.\|Redus\|Gary Redus}}	76	176	45	0.256	3	12
{{sortname\|L.\|McClendon\|Lloyd McClendon}}	84	190	48	0.253	3	20
{{sortname\|S.\|Buechele\|Steve Buechele}}	80	285	71	0.249	8	43
{{sortname\|O.\|Merced\|Orlando Merced}}	134	405	100	0.247	6	60
{{sortname\|J.\|Lind\|José Lind}}	135	468	110	0.235	0	39
{{sortname\|J.\|King\|Jeff King (baseball)}}	130	480	111	0.231	14	65
{{sortname\|W.\|Pennyfeather\|Will Pennyfeather}}	15	9	2	0.222	0	0
{{sortname\|G.\|Varsho\|Gary Varsho}}	103	162	36	0.222	4	22
{{sortname\|D.\|Clark\|Dave Clark (baseball)}}	23	33	7	0.212	2	7
{{sortname\|C.\|García\|Carlos García (baseball)}}	22	39	8	0.205	0	4
{{sortname\|K.\|Gibson\|Kirk Gibson}}	16	56	11	0.196	2	5
{{sortname\|J.\|Wehner\|John Wehner}}	55	123	22	0.179	0	4
{{sortname\|A.\|Martin\|Al Martin}}	12	12	2	0.167	0	2
{{sortname\|D.\|Drabek\|Doug Drabek}}	35	89	14	0.157	0	6
{{sortname\|R.\|Tomlin\|Randy Tomlin}}	35	65	9	0.138	0	1
{{sortname\|Z.\|Smith\|Zane Smith (baseball)}}	26	49	6	0.122	0	3
{{sortname\|B.\|Walk\|Bob Walk}}	36	43	4	0.093	0	2
{{sortname\|T.\|Prince\|Tom Prince (baseball)}}	27	44	4	0.091	0	5
{{sortname\|J.\|Robinson\|Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher)}}	8	11	1	0.091	0	1
{{sortname\|D.\|Jackson\|Danny Jackson}}	15	24	2	0.083	0	1
{{sortname\|V.\|Palacios\|Vicente Palacios}}	20	14	1	0.071	0	0
{{sortname\|T.\|Wakefield\|Tim Wakefield}}	14	28	2	0.071	0	0
{{sortname\|A.\|Cole\|Alex Cole}}	8	4	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|D.\|Cox\|Danny Cox (baseball)}}	16	3	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|J.\|Gleaton\|Jerry Don Gleaton}}	23	2	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|D.\|Lamp\|Dennis Lamp}}	21	1	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|R.\|Mason\|Roger Mason (baseball)}}	65	10	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|P.\|Miller\|Paul Miller (baseball)}}	6	3	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|D.\|Neagle\|Denny Neagle}}	56	11	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|M.\|Batista\|Miguel Batista}}	1	0	0	{{sort
1\|—}}	0	0
{{sortname\|B.\|Minor\|Blas Minor}}	1	0	0	{{sort
1\|—}}	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,527	1,409	0.255	106	656

width="40%" \| Player ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|G\|Games played}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|AB\|At bats}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|H\|Hits}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|Avg.\|Batting average}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|HR\|Home runs}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|RBI\|Runs batted in}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#FDB827 5px solid;" \| Postseason{{cite web\|title=Major League Baseball Stats {{!}} pirates.com: Stats\|url=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'§ionType=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\|publisher=Pittsburgh Pirates}}
{{sortname\|L.\|McClendon\|Lloyd McClendon}}	5	11	8	0.727	1	4
{{sortname\|C.\|Espy\|Cecil Espy}}	4	3	2	0.667	0	0
{{sortname\|G.\|Varsho\|Gary Varsho}}	2	2	1	0.500	0	0
{{sortname\|G.\|Redus\|Gary Redus}}	5	16	7	0.438	0	3
{{sortname\|D.\|Slaught\|Don Slaught}}	5	12	4	0.333	1	5
{{sortname\|A.\|Van Slyke\|Andy Van Slyke}}	7	29	8	0.276	0	4
{{sortname\|B.\|Bonds\|Barry Bonds}}	7	23	6	0.261	1	2
{{sortname\|J.\|King\|Jeff King (baseball)}}	7	29	7	0.241	0	2
{{sortname\|J.\|Lind\|José Lind}}	7	27	6	0.222	1	5
{{sortname\|V.\|Cole\|Victor Cole}}	4	10	2	0.200	0	1
{{sortname\|M.\|LaValliere\|Mike LaValliere}}	3	10	2	0.200	0	0
{{sortname\|J.\|Bell\|Jay Bell}}	7	29	5	0.172	1	4
{{sortname\|O.\|Merced\|Orlando Merced}}	4	10	1	0.100	0	2
{{sortname\|D.\|Drabek\|Doug Drabek}}	3	6	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|C.\|García\|Carlos García (baseball)}}	1	1	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|T.\|Wakefield\|Tim Wakefield}}	2	6	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|B.\|Walk\|Bob Walk}}	2	5	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|J.\|Wehner\|John Wehner}}	2	2	0	0.000	0	0
{{sortname\|S.\|Belinda\|Stan Belinda}}	2	0	0	{{sort
1\|—}}	0	0
{{sortname\|D.\|Cox\|Danny Cox (baseball)}}	2	0	0	{{sort
1\|—}}	0	0
{{sortname\|D.\|Jackson\|Danny Jackson}}	1	0	0	{{sort
1\|—}}	0	0
{{sortname\|R.\|Mason\|Roger Mason (baseball)}}	2	0	0	{{sort
1\|—}}	0	0
{{sortname\|D.\|Neagle\|Denny Neagle}}	2	0	0	{{sort
1\|—}}	0	0
{{sortname\|B.\|Patterson\|Bob Patterson (baseball)}}	2	0	0	{{sort
1\|—}}	0	0
{{sortname\|R.\|Tomlin\|Randy Tomlin}}	2	0	0	{{sort
1\|—}}	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

width="40%" \| Player ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|G\|Games}} ! width="10%" data-sort-type="number" \| {{abbr\|IP\|Innings pitched}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|W\|Wins}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|L\|Loss}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|ERA\|Earned run average}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|SO\|Strikeouts}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#FDB827 5px solid;" \| Regular Season{{cite web\|title=Major League Baseball Stats {{!}} pirates.com: Stats\|url=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'§ionType=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\|publisher=Pittsburgh Pirates}}
{{sortname\|P.\|Wagner\|Paul Wagner}}	6	13	2	0	0.69	5
{{sortname\|T.\|Wakefield\|Tim Wakefield}}	13	92	8	1	2.15	51
{{sortname\|P.\|Miller\|Paul Miller (baseball)}}	6	11{{fraction\|1\|3}}	1	0	2.38	5
{{sortname\|D.\|Drabek\|Doug Drabek}}	34	256{{fraction\|2\|3}}	15	11	2.77	177
{{sortname\|B.\|Patterson\|Bob Patterson (baseball)}}	60	64{{fraction\|2\|3}}	6	3	2.92	43
{{sortname\|Z.\|Smith\|Zane Smith (baseball)}}	23	141	8	8	3.06	56
{{sortname\|S.\|Belinda\|Stan Belinda}}	59	71{{fraction\|1\|3}}	6	4	3.15	57
{{sortname\|B.\|Walk\|Bob Walk}}	36	135	10	6	3.20	60
{{sortname\|D.\|Cox\|Danny Cox (baseball)}}	16	24{{fraction\|1\|3}}	3	1	3.33	18
{{sortname\|D.\|Jackson\|Danny Jackson}}	15	88{{fraction\|1\|3}}	4	4	3.36	46
{{sortname\|R.\|Tomlin\|Randy Tomlin}}	35	208{{fraction\|2\|3}}	14	9	3.41	90
{{sortname\|S.\|Cooke\|Steve Cooke}}	11	23	2	0	3.52	10
{{sortname\|R.\|Mason\|Roger Mason (baseball)}}	65	88	5	7	4.09	56
{{sortname\|V.\|Palacios\|Vicente Palacios}}	20	53	3	2	4.25	33
{{sortname\|J.\|Gleaton\|Jerry Don Gleaton}}	23	31{{fraction\|2\|3}}	1	0	4.26	18
{{sortname\|J.\|Robinson\|Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher)}}	8	36{{fraction\|1\|3}}	3	1	4.46	14
{{sortname\|D.\|Neagle\|Denny Neagle}}	55	86{{fraction\|1\|3}}	4	6	4.48	77
{{sortname\|B.\|Minor\|Blas Minor}}	1	2	0	0	4.50	0
{{sortname\|D.\|Lamp\|Dennis Lamp}}	21	28	1	1	5.14	15
{{sortname\|A.\|Cole\|Alex Cole}}	8	23	0	2	5.48	12
{{sortname\|M.\|Batista\|Miguel Batista}}	1	2	0	0	9.00	1
Team Totals	162	1,479{{fraction\|2\|3}}	96	66	3.35	844

width="40%" \| Player ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|G\|Games}} ! width="10%" data-sort-type="number" \| {{abbr\|IP\|Innings pitched}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|W\|Wins}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|L\|Loss}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|ERA\|Earned run average}} ! width="10%" \| {{abbr\|SO\|Strikeouts}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" width="100%" \|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#FDB827 5px solid;" \| Postseason{{cite web\|title=Major League Baseball Stats {{!}} pirates.com: Stats\|url=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'§ionType=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\|publisher=Pittsburgh Pirates}}
{{sortname\|S.\|Belinda\|Stan Belinda}}	2	1{{fraction\|2\|3}}	0	0	0.00	2
{{sortname\|D.\|Cox\|Danny Cox (baseball)}}	2	1{{fraction\|1\|3}}	0	0	0.00	1
{{sortname\|R.\|Mason\|Roger Mason (baseball)}}	2	3{{fraction\|1\|3}}	0	0	0.00	1
{{sortname\|T.\|Wakefield\|Tim Wakefield}}	2	18	2	0	3.00	7
{{sortname\|D.\|Drabek\|Doug Drabek}}	3	17	0	3	3.71	10
{{sortname\|B.\|Walk\|Bob Walk}}	2	11{{fraction\|2\|3}}	1	0	3.86	6
{{sortname\|B.\|Patterson\|Bob Patterson (baseball)}}	2	1{{fraction\|2\|3}}	0	0	5.40	1
{{sortname\|R.\|Tomlin\|Randy Tomlin}}	2	2{{fraction\|2\|3}}	0	0	6.75	0
{{sortname\|D.\|Jackson\|Danny Jackson}}	1	1{{fraction\|2\|3}}	0	1	21.60	0
{{sortname\|D.\|Neagle\|Denny Neagle}}	2	1{{fraction\|2\|3}}	0	0	27.00	0
Team Totals	7	60{{fraction\|2\|3}}	3	4	4.45	28

National League Championship Series

=Game 1=

October 6: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"

style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"

!align=left width=28%|Team

!width=5%|1

!width=5%|2

!width=5%|3

!width=5%|4

!width=5%|5

!width=5%|6

!width=5%|7

!width=5%|8

!width=5%|9

!width=5%|R

!width=5%|H

!width=5%|E

style="text-align:center;"

|align=left|Pittsburgh

style="text-align:center;"

|align=left|Atlanta

style="text-align:left;"

|colspan=13|W: John Smoltz (1-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-1) S: None

style="text-align:left;"

|colspan=13|HR: PIT – José Lind (1) ATL – Jeff Blauser (1)

style="text-align:left;"

|colspan=13|Pitchers: PIT – Drabek (4{{fraction|2|3}}), Patterson (1{{fraction|1|3}}), Neagle (1), Cox (1) ATL – Smoltz (8), Stanton (1)

style="text-align:left;"

|colspan=13|Attendance: 51,971 Time: 3:20

=Game 2=

October 7: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"

style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"

!align=left width=28%|Team

!width=6%|1

!width=6%|2

!width=6%|3

!width=6%|4

!width=6%|5

!width=6%|6

!width=6%|7

!width=6%|8

!width=6%|9

!width=6%|R

!width=6%|H

!width=6%|E

style="text-align:center;"

|align=left|Pittsburgh

style="text-align:center;"

|align=left|Atlanta

|13

style="text-align:left;"

|colspan=13|W: Steve Avery (1-0) L: Danny Jackson (0-1) S: None

style="text-align:left;"

|colspan=13|HR: PIT – none ATL – Ron Gant (1)

style="text-align:left;"

|colspan=13|Pitchers: PIT – Jackson (1{{fraction|2|3}}), Mason (1/3), Walk (2{{fraction|2|3}}), Tomlin (1{{fraction|1|3}}), Neagle (2/3), Patterson (1/3), Belinda (1) ATL – Avery (6{{fraction|1|3}}), Freeman (1/3), Stanton (1/3), Wohlers (1), Reardon (1)

style="text-align:left;"

|colspan=13|Attendance: 51,975 Time: 3:20

=Game 3=

October 9: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

border=1 cellspacing=0 width=425 style="margin-left:3em;"

style="text-align:center; background-color:#e6e6e6;"

!align=left width=28%|Team

!width=6%|1

!width=6%|2

!width=6%|3

!width=6%|4

!width=6%|5

!width=6%|6

!width=6%|7

!width=6%|8

!width=6%|9

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|colspan=13|W: Tim Wakefield (1-0) L: Tom Glavine (0-1) S: None

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|colspan=13|HR: ATL – Sid Bream (1), Ron Gant (2) PIT – Don Slaught (1)

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|colspan=13|Attendance: 56,610 Time: 2:37

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October 10: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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|colspan=13|W: John Smoltz (2-0) L: Doug Drabek (0-2) S: Jeff Reardon (1)

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|colspan=13|Attendance: 57,164 Time: 3:10

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October 11: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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|colspan=13|W: Bob Walk (1-0) L: Steve Avery (1-1) S: none

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|colspan=13|Pitchers: ATL – Avery (1/3), P. Smith (3{{fraction|2|3}}), Leibrandt (1{{fraction|2|3}}), Freeman (1{{fraction|1|3}}), Mercker (1) PIT – Walk (9)

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|colspan=13|Attendance: 52,929 Time: 2:52

=Game 6=

October 13: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

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|colspan=13|W: Tim Wakefield (2-0) L: Tom Glavine (0-2) S: none

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|colspan=13|HR: PIT – Barry Bonds (1), Jay Bell (1), Lloyd McClendon (1) ATL – David Justice (1,2)

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|colspan=13|Pitchers: PIT – Wakefield (9) ATL – Glavine (1+), Leibrandt (3), Freeman (2), Mercker (2) Wohlers (1)

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|colspan=13|Attendance: 51,975 Time: 2:50

=Game 7=

October 14: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

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|colspan=13|Pitchers: PIT – Drabek (8), Belinda (2/3) ATL – Smoltz (6), Stanton (2/3), P. Smith (0), Avery (1{{fraction|1|3}}), Reardon (1)

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|colspan=13|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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/robinje02.shtml 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxda01.shtml |title=Danny Cox Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=September 6, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080927051241/http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxda01.shtml| archive-date= September 27, 2008 | url-status= live}}
July 4, 1992: Tony Mitchell (minors) was traded by the Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Alex Cole.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coleal01.shtml 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kendaja01.shtml 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanfoch01.shtml|title=Chance Sanford Stats}}

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=Buffalo Bisons|league15=American Association|manager15=Marc Bombard

|level16=AA |team16=Carolina Mudcats|league16=Southern League|manager16=Don Werner

|level17=A |team17=Salem Buccaneers|league17=Carolina League|manager17=John Wockenfuss

|level18=A |team18=Augusta Pirates|league18=South Atlantic League|manager18=Scott Little

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Welland Pirates|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=Trent Jewett

|level20=Rookie|team20=GCL Pirates|league20=Gulf Coast League|manager20=Woody Huyke

}}

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/1992.shtml 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1992&t=PIT 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]
[http://deadspin.com/5886060/ Remembrances of Tim Wakefield almost getting the Pirates to the World Series]

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