1992 Atlanta Braves season

The 1992 Atlanta Braves season was the 27th in Atlanta and the 122nd overall. It involved the Braves finishing first in the National League West with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses, clinching their second straight division title.

1992 Atlanta Braves
NL West Champions
NL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Ted Turner
General manager(s)John Schuerholz
Manager(s)Bobby Cox
Local televisionWTBS
TBS Superstation
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
SportSouth
(Ernie Johnson)
Local radioWGST
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
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In the National League Championship Series, the Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games. In the World Series, Atlanta faced the Toronto Blue Jays, who were making their first appearance in the World Series. However, the Blue Jays won in six games, becoming the first non-U.S.-based team to win a World Series.

Offseason
  • November 20, 1991: Randy St. Claire was released by the Atlanta Braves.[1]
  • December 10, 1991: Rico Rossy was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Kansas City Royals for Bobby Moore.[2]
  • December 12, 1991: Otis Nixon was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[3]
  • January 8, 1992: Steve Lyons signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9864 0.605 — 51–30 47–34
Cincinnati Reds 9072 0.556 8 53–28 37–44
San Diego Padres 8280 0.506 16 45–36 37–44
Houston Astros 8181 0.500 17 47–34 34–47
San Francisco Giants 7290 0.444 26 42–39 30–51
Los Angeles Dodgers 6399 0.389 35 37–44 26–55

Record vs. opponents
1992 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —10–29–913–512–64–87–56–67–513–511–76–6
Chicago 2–10—5–78–46–67–119–99–98–105–78–411–7
Cincinnati 9–97–5—10–811–75–77–57–56–611–710–87–5
Houston 5–134–88–10—13–58–45–78–46–67–1112–65–7
Los Angeles 6–126–67–115–13—4–85–75–75–79–97–114–8
Montreal 8–411–77–54–88–4—12–69–99–98–45–76–12
New York 5–79–95–77–57–56–12—6–124–144–810–29–9
Philadelphia 6-69–95–74–87–59–912–6—5–133–93–97–11
Pittsburgh 5–710–86–66–67–59–914–413–5—5–76–615–3
San Diego 5–137–57–1111–79–94–88–49–37–5—11–74–8
San Francisco 7–114–88–106–1211–77–52–109–36–67–11—5–7
St. Louis 6–67–115–77–58–412–69–911–73–158–47–5—

Notable transactions
  • April 30, 1992: Steve Lyons was released by the Atlanta Braves.[4]
  • July 17, 1992: Randall Simon was signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.[5]
  • July 21, 1992: Mark Davis was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Juan Berenguer.[6]
  • August 30, 1992: Jeff Reardon was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Nate Minchey and Sean Ross (minors).[7]

Roster
1992 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
1992 Regular Season Game Log (98–64)
April (11–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
1April 7@ Astros2–0
2April 8@ Astros3–1
3April 9Giants4–11
4April 10Giants5–3
5April 11Giants0–3
6April 12Giants6–2
7April 13@ Reds4–5
8April 14@ Reds4–5
9April 15@ Reds1–3
10April 16@ Dodgers3–0
11April 17@ Dodgers5–7
12April 18@ Dodgers3–7
13April 19@ Dodgers2–4
14April 20@ Padres10–4
15April 21@ Padres2–4
16April 22@ Padres4–9
17April 24Astros2–4
18April 25Astros2–0
19April 26Astros3–2
20April 27Cubs5–0
21April 28Cubs1–0
22April 29Cubs8–0
May (12–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
23May 1Mets7–8
24May 2Mets3–0
25May 3Mets0–7
26May 4@ Cubs6–1
27May 5@ Cubs3–4 (10)
28May 6@ Pirates3–4 (16)
29May 7@ Pirates4–2
30May 8@ Cardinals2–1
31May 9@ Cardinals11–12
32May 10@ Cardinals5–6
33May 11@ Cardinals3–8
34May 12Pirates4–2
35May 13Pirates10–11
36May 14Pirates3–4
37May 15Expos
38May 16Expos
39May 17Expos
40May 18Cardinals
41May 19Cardinals
42May 20Cardinals
43May 22@ Expos
44May 23@ Expos
45May 24@ Expos
46May 25@ Phillies
47May 26@ Phillies
48May 27@ Phillies
49May 29@ Mets
50May 30@ Mets
June (19–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
51June 1Phillies
52June 2Phillies
53June 3Phillies
54June 5@ Padres
55June 6@ Padres
56June 7@ Padres
57June 8@ Dodgers
58June 9@ Dodgers
59June 10@ Dodgers
60June 12Padres
61June 13Padres
62June 14Padres
63June 15Dodgers
64June 16Dodgers
65June 17Dodgers
66June 18Reds
67June 19Reds
68June 20Reds
69June 21Reds
70June 23Giants
71June 24Giants
72June 26@ Reds
73June 27@ Reds
74June 28@ Reds
75June 30@ Giants
July (16–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
76July 1@ Giants
77July 3Cubs
78July 4Cubs
79July 5Cubs
80July 6Mets
81July 7Mets
82July 8Mets
83July 9@ Cubs
84July 10@ Cubs
85July 11@ Cubs
86July 12@ Cubs
87July 16@ Astros
88July 17@ Astros
89July 18@ Astros
90July 19@ Astros
91July 21@ Cardinals
92July 22@ Cardinals
93July 24Pirates
94July 25Pirates
95July 26Pirates
96July 27Astros
97July 28Astros
98July 29Astros
99July 30@ Giants
100July 31@ Giants
August (19–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
101August 1@ Giants
102August 2@ Giants
103August 2@ Giants
104August 4Reds
105August 5Reds
106August 6Reds
107August 7Dodgers
108August 8Dodgers
109August 9Dodgers
110August 10Dodgers
111August 11Padres
112August 13Padres
113August 14@ Pirates
114August 15@ Pirates
115August 16@ Pirates
116August 17@ Pirates
117August 18@ Expos
118August 19@ Expos
119August 20@ Expos
120August 21Cardinals
121August 22Cardinals
122August 23Cardinals
123August 25Expos
124August 26Expos
125August 28@ Phillies
126August 29@ Phillies
127August 30@ Phillies
128August 31@ Mets
129August 31@ Mets
September (17–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
130September 1@ Mets
131September 2@ Mets
132September 3Expos
133September 4Phillies
134September 5Phillies
135September 6Phillies
136September 7Dodgers
137September 8Dodgers
138September 9Reds
139September 10Reds
140September 11@ Astros
141September 12@ Astros
142September 13@ Astros
143September 15@ Reds
144September 16@ Reds
145September 17@ Reds
146September 18Astros
147September 19Astros
148September 20Astros
149September 21@ Dodgers
150September 22@ Dodgers
151September 23@ Giants
152September 24@ Giants
153September 25@ Padres
154September 26@ Padres
155September 27@ Padres
156September 29Giants
157September 30Giants
October (4–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
158October 1Giants
159October 2Padres
160October 2Padres
161October 3Padres
162October 4Padres
1992 Playoff Game Log
1992 National League Championship Series vs. Pittsburgh Pirates – Atlanta wins series 4–3
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series Report
1October 6Pirates
2October 7Pirates
3October 9@ Pirates
4October 10@ Pirates
5October 11@ Pirates
6October 13Pirates
7October 14Pirates
1992 World Series vs. Toronto Blue Jays – Toronto wins series 4–2
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series Report
1October 17Blue Jays
2October 18Blue Jays
3October 20@ Blue Jays
4October 21@ Blue Jays
5October 22@ Blue Jays
6October 24Blue Jays
Legend
Braves win Braves loss All-Star Game Game postponed

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CGreg Olson9530272.238327
1BSid Bream12537297.2611061
2BMark Lemke15542797.227626
3BTerry Pendleton160640199.31121105
SSRafael Belliard14428560.211014
LFRon Gant153544141.2591780
CFOtis Nixon120456134.294222
RFDavid Justice144484124.2562172

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jeff Blauser12334390.2621446
Damon Berryhill10130770.2281043
Deion Sanders9730392.304828
Brian Hunter10223857.2391441
Lonnie Smith8415839.247633
Jeff Treadway6112628.22205
Jerry Willard26238.34827
Melvin Nieves12194.21101
Tommy Gregg18195.26311
Vinny Castilla9164.25001
Ryan Klesko13140.00001
Steve Lyons11141.07101
Francisco Cabrera12103.30023

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Avery35233.211113.20129
John Smoltz35246.215122.85215
Tom Glavine332252082.76129
Charlie Leibrandt321931573.36104
Mike Bielecki1980.2242.5762
Pete Smith1279702.0543

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
David Nied623301.1719
Armando Reynoso37.2104.702

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Stanton655484.1044
Marvin Freeman587533.2241
Kent Mercker533263.4249
Alejandro Pena4116154.0734
Mark Wohlers321242.5517
Juan Berenguer283115.1319
Mark Davis141007.0215
Jeff Reardon143031.157
Randy St.Claire100005.877
Ben Rivera80104.7011
Pedro Borbon, Jr.20106.751

Postseason

National League Championship Series
Main article: 1992 National League Championship Series

Game 1

October 6: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 000 000 010 151
Atlanta 010 210 10X 580
W: John Smoltz (1–0) L: Doug Drabek (0–1) S: None
HR: PIT – José Lind (1) ATL – Jeff Blauser (1)
Pitchers: PIT – Drabek (4​2⁄3), Patterson (1​1⁄3), 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 000 000 410 570
Atlanta 040 040 50X 13140
W: Steve Avery (1–0) L: Danny Jackson (0–1) S: None
HR: PIT – none ATL – Ron Gant (1)
Pitchers: PIT – Jackson (1​2⁄3), Mason (1/3), Walk (2​2⁄3), Tomlin (1​1⁄3), Neagle (2/3), Patterson (1/3), Belinda (1) ATL – Avery (6​1⁄3), 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 000 100 100 250
Pittsburgh 000 011 10X 381
W: Tim Wakefield (1–0) L: Tom Glavine (0–1) S: None
HR: ATL – Sid Bream (1), Ron Gant (2) PIT – Don Slaught (1)
Pitchers: ATL – Glavine (6​1⁄3), 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 020 022 000 6111
Pittsburgh 021 000 100 461
W: John Smoltz (2–0) L: Doug Drabek (0–2) S: Jeff Reardon (1)
HR: ATL – none PIT – none
Pitchers: ATL – Smoltz (6​1⁄3), Stanton (1​2⁄3), Reardon (1) PIT – Drabek (4​1⁄3), Tomlin (1​1⁄3), 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 000 000 010 130
Pittsburgh 401 001 10X 7130
W: Bob Walk (1–0) L: Steve Avery (1–1) S: none
HR: ATL – none PIT – none
Pitchers: ATL – Avery (1/3), P. Smith (3​2⁄3), Leibrandt (1​2⁄3), Freeman (1​1⁄3), 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 080 041 000 13131
Atlanta 000 100 102 491
W: Tim Wakefield (2–0) L: Tom Glavine (0–2) S: none
HR: PIT – Barry Bonds (1), Jay Bell (1), Lloyd McClendon (1) ATL – David Justice (1,2)
Pitchers: PIT – Wakefield (9) ATL – Glavine (1), Leibrandt (3), Freeman (2), Mercker (2) Wohlers (1)
Attendance: 51,975  Time: 2:50

Game 7

October 14: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 100 001 000 271
Atlanta 000 000 003 370
W: Jeff Reardon (1–0) L: Doug Drabek (0–3) S: none
HR: PIT – none ATL – none
Pitchers: PIT – Drabek (8), Belinda (2/3) ATL – Smoltz (6), Stanton (2/3), P. Smith (0), Avery (1​1⁄3), Reardon (1)
Attendance: 51,975  Time: 3:22

World Series
Main article: 1992 World Series

Game 1

October 17, 1992, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 000 100 000 140
Atlanta 000 003 00X 340
W: Tom Glavine (1–0)   L: Jack Morris (0–1)  
HR: TOR – Joe Carter (1)  ATL – Damon Berryhill (1)

Game 2

October 18, 1992, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 000 020 012 592
Atlanta 010 120 000 451
W: Duane Ward (1–0)   L: Jeff Reardon (0–1)  S: Tom Henke (1)
HR: TOR – Ed Sprague (1)

Game 3

October 20, 1992, at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 000 001 010 290
Toronto 000 100 011 361
W: Duane Ward (2–0)   L: Steve Avery (0–1)  
HR: TOR – Joe Carter (2), Kelly Gruber (1)

Game 4

October 21, 1992, at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 000 000 010 150
Toronto 001 000 100 260
W: Jimmy Key (1–0)   L: Tom Glavine (1–1)  S: Tom Henke (2)
HR: TOR – Pat Borders (1)

Game 5

October 22, 1992, at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Atlanta 100 150 000 7130
Toronto 010 100 000 260
W: John Smoltz (1–0)   L: Jack Morris (0–2)  S: Mike Stanton (1)
HR: ATL – David Justice (1), Lonnie Smith (1)

Game 6

October 24, 1992, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Toronto 100 100 00002 4141
Atlanta 001 000 00101 381
W: Jimmy Key (2–0)   L: Charlie Leibrandt (0–1)  S: Mike Timlin (1)
HR: TOR – Candy Maldonado (1)

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Chris Chambliss
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Grady Little
A Durham Bulls Carolina League Leon Roberts
A Macon Braves South Atlantic League Brian Snitker
Rookie Pulaski Braves Appalachian League Randy Ingle
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Jim Saul
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Dave Hilton

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenville[8]

References
  1. Randy St. Claire Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on February 9, 2011.
  2. Rico Rossy Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on February 9, 2011.
  3. Otis Nixon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Steve Lyons Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Randall Simon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Mark Davis Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on February 9, 2011.
  7. Jeff Reardon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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