1992 Atlanta Braves season

1992  Atlanta Braves
National League champions National League West champions
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Fulton County Stadium
City	Atlanta
Record	98–64 (.605)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Ted Turner
General managers	John Schuerholz
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	WTBS TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) SportSouth (Ernie Johnson)
Radio	WGST (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
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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.

In the NLCS, 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

• Tom Glavine, pitcher
• Rafael Belliard, shortstop
• Jeff Blauser, second base
• Sid Bream, first base
• Ron Gant, outfield
• David Justice, outfield
• Greg Olson, catcher
• Terry Pendleton, third base
• Deion Sanders, outfield

Season standings

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	98	64	.605	—	51‍–‍30	47‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds	90	72	.556	8	53‍–‍28	37‍–‍44
San Diego Padres	82	80	.506	16	45‍–‍36	37‍–‍44
Houston Astros	81	81	.500	17	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
San Francisco Giants	72	90	.444	26	42‍–‍39	30‍–‍51
Los Angeles Dodgers	63	99	.389	35	37‍–‍44	26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1992 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MTL	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	—

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 33 Steve Avery 48 Juan Berenguer 36 Mike Bielecki 51 Pedro Borbón, Jr. 48 Mark Davis 40 Marvin Freeman 47 Tom Glavine 32 Charlie Leibrandt 50 Kent Mercker 38 David Nied 26 Alejandro Peña 31 Jeff Reardon 42 Armando Reynoso 51 Ben Rivera 25 Pete Smith 29 John Smoltz 46 Randy St. Claire 30 Mike Stanton 43 Mark Wohlers		Catchers 11 Damon Berryhill 19 Francisco Cabrera  8 Javy López 10 Greg Olson 31 Jerry Willard Infielders  2 Rafael Belliard  4 Jeff Blauser 12 Sid Bream 45 Vinny Castilla 14 Brian Hunter 18 Ryan Klesko 20 Mark Lemke  9 Terry Pendleton 15 Jeff Treadway		Outfielders  5 Ron Gant 16 Tommy Gregg 23 David Justice 18 Steve Lyons  7 Melvin Nieves  1 Otis Nixon 24 Deion Sanders 27 Lonnie Smith		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 37 Jim Beauchamp (bench) 39 Pat Corrales (first base) 59 Frank Fultz (strength and conditioning) 28 Clarence Jones (hitting) 54 Leo Mazzone (pitching) 22 Jimy Williams (third base) 52 Ned Yost (bullpen)

Game log

Legend
Braves win	Braves loss	All-Star Game	Game postponed

1992 Regular Season Game Log (98–64)
April (11–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 7 @ Astros 2–0 Glavine (1-0) Harnisch (0-1) 25,318 1-0 2 April 8 @ Astros 3–1 Smoltz (1-0) Kile (0-1) Peña (1) 10,014 2-0 3 April 9 Giants 4–11 Heredia (1-0) Avery (0-1) 43,622 2-1 4 April 10 Giants 5–3 Leibrandt (1-0) Burba (0-1) Stanton (1) 37,577 3-1 5 April 11 Giants 0–3 Swift (2-0) Bielecki (0-1) 44,550 3-2 6 April 12 Giants 6–2 Glavine (2-0) Downs (0-2) 43,055 4-2 7 April 13 @ Reds 4–5 Belcher (1-1) Smoltz (1-1) Charlton (4) 23,048 4-3 8 April 14 @ Reds 4–5 Bankhead (1-0) Freeman (0-1) 19,466 4-4 9 April 15 @ Reds 1–3 Hammond (2-0) Leibrandt (1-1) Charlton (5) 22,730 4-5 10 April 16 @ Dodgers 3–0 Bielecki (1-1) Gross (0-1) 40,089 5-5 11 April 17 @ Dodgers 5–7 McDowell (1-2) Peña (0-1) 47,771 5-6 12 April 18 @ Dodgers 3–7 McDowell (2-2) Stanton (0-1) 46,851 5-7 13 April 19 @ Dodgers 2–4 Candiotti (3-0) Avery (0-2) 37,145 5-8 14 April 20 @ Padres 10–4 Freeman (1-1) Lefferts (1-2) 20,002 6-8 15 April 21 @ Padres 2–4 Rodriguez (1-1) Bielecki (1-2) Myers (4) 26,468 6-9 16 April 22 @ Padres 4–9 Hurst (1-1) Glavine (2-1) 18,581 6-10 17 April 24 Astros 2–4 Kile (2-1) Smoltz (1-2) D. Jones (6) 40,666 6-11 18 April 25 Astros 2–0 Avery (1-2) Portugal (2-1) 42,709 7-11 19 April 26 Astros 3–2 Freeman (2-1) Harnisch (1-3) Peña (2) 37,137 8-11 20 April 27 Cubs 5–0 Glavine (3-1) Boskie (3-1) 25,932 9-11 21 April 28 Cubs 1–0 Leibrandt (2-1) Castillo (0-2) Peña (3) 28,765 10-11 22 April 29 Cubs 8–0 Smoltz (2-2) Jackson (0-4) 33,144 11-11
May (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 Mets 7–8 Burke (1-0) Berenguer (0-1) Franco (5) 31,637 11-12 24 May 2 Mets 3–0 Glavine (4-1) Gooden (2-2) 38,115 12-12 25 May 3 Mets 0–7 Cone (3-1) Leibrandt (2-2) 41,282 12-13 26 May 4 @ Cubs 6–1 Smoltz (3-2) Castillo (0-3) 22,836 13-13 27 May 5 @ Cubs 3–4 (10) McElroy (2-0) Peña (0-2) 14,408 13-14 28 May 6 @ Pirates 3–4 (16) Patterson (2-0) Rivera (0-1) 18,686 13-15 29 May 7 @ Pirates 4–2 Glavine (5-1) Neagle (1-1) Stanton (2) 11,689 14-15 30 May 8 @ Cardinals 2–1 Leibrandt (3-2) Tewksbury (3-1) Freeman (1) 45,110 15-15 31 May 9 @ Cardinals 11–12 Pérez (4-0) Freeman (2-2) Smith (10) 40,417 15-16 32 May 10 @ Cardinals 5–6 Agosto (2-2) Peña (0-3) 28,491 15-17 33 May 11 @ Cardinals 3–8 DeLeón (2-2) Avery (1-3) 26,005 15-18 34 May 12 Pirates 4–2 Glavine (6-1) Tomlin (4-2) Freeman (2) 38,949 16-18 35 May 13 Pirates 10–11 Belinda (2-0) Peña (0-4) 24,872 16-19 36 May 14 Pirates 3–4 Palacios (2-0) Smoltz (3-3) Mason (4) 32,303 16-20 37 May 15 Expos 4–2 Mercker (1-0) Nabholz (2-3) Stanton (3) 37,551 17-20 38 May 16 Expos 1–7 Martínez (3-4) Avery (1-4) Rojas (4) 40,504 17-21 39 May 17 Expos 4–5 Hill (4-2) Glavine (6-2) Wetteland (6) 41,480 17-22 40 May 18 Cardinals 5–1 Leibrandt (4-2) Osborne (4-2) 23,546 18-22 41 May 19 Cardinals 2–7 Tewksbury (5-1) Smoltz (3-4) 26,012 18-23 42 May 20 Cardinals 6–3 Avery (2-4) Cormier (0-4) 22,610 19-23 43 May 22 @ Expos 1–7 Martínez (3-4) Glavine (6-3) 20,313 19-24 44 May 23 @ Expos 6–7 Fassero (2-2) Stanton (0-2) Wetteland (7) 15,918 19-25 45 May 24 @ Expos 2–1 Smoltz (4-4) Gardner (3-3) 27,682 20-25 46 May 25 @ Phillies 1–4 Mulholland (5-3) Avery (2-5) Williams (7) 18,343 20-26 47 May 26 @ Phillies 2–5 Robinson (1-0) Bielecki (1-3) Williams (8) 11,295 20-27 48 May 27 @ Phillies 9–3 Glavine (7-3) Brantley (2-3) 23,695 21-27 49 May 29 @ Mets 5–1 Smoltz (5-4) Gooden (4-5) 31,866 22-27 50 May 30 @ Mets 6–1 Avery (3-5) Cone (5-3) 46,261 23-27
June (19–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 Phillies 7–6 Glavine (8-3) Brantley (2-4) Wohlers (1) 25,647 24-27 52 June 2 Phillies 5–3 Stanton (1-2) Williams (2-2) 27,855 25-27 53 June 3 Phillies 1–4 Schilling (4-3) Smoltz (5-5) Williams (9) 19,357 25-28 54 June 5 @ Padres 3–2 Berenguer (1-1) Lefferts (6-4) Wohlers (2) 21,781 26-28 55 June 6 @ Padres 5–1 Glavine (9-3) Benes (5-5) 54,046 27-28 56 June 7 @ Padres 9–4 Smoltz (6-5) Seminara (0-1) 18,924 28-28 57 June 8 @ Dodgers 4–2 Leibrandt (5-2) Martínez (3-3) Berenguer (1) 29,799 29-28 58 June 9 @ Dodgers 2–3 Hershiser (6-3) Stanton (1-3) McDowell (9) 33,387 29-29 59 June 10 @ Dodgers 2–1 Avery (4-5) Gross (3-6) Stanton (4) 28,241 30-29 60 June 12 Padres 6–4 Berenguer (2-1) Maddux (0-1) Stanton (5) 39,884 31-29 61 June 13 Padres 4–2 Smoltz (7-5) Seminara (0-2) 38,149 32-29 62 June 14 Padres 4–2 Leibrandt (6-2) Hurst (6-5) Wohlers (3) 40,790 33-29 63 June 15 Dodgers 2–0 Avery (5-5) Hershiser (6-4) 43,239 34-29 64 June 16 Dodgers 9–8 Berenguer (3-1) Candelaria (0-1) 42,523 35-29 65 June 17 Dodgers 4–3 Glavine (10-3) Ojeda (3-4) 40,957 36-29 66 June 18 Reds 5–7 (10) Bankhead (8-1) Stanton (1-4) Charlton (16) 47,896 36-30 67 June 19 Reds 3–2 (10) Mercker (2-0) Henry (1-2) 43,042 37-30 68 June 20 Reds 2–1 Avery (6-5) Browning (5-5) Mercker (1) 44,636 38-30 69 June 21 Reds 2–0 Bielecki (2-3) Rijo (3-6) Mercker (2) 42,831 39-30 70 June 23 Giants 7–0 Glavine (11-3) Burkett (5-4) 39,890 40-30 71 June 24 Giants 5–0 Smoltz (8-5) Wilson (5-7) 39,016 41-30 72 June 26 @ Reds 4–7 Browning (6-5) Avery (6-6) 44,431 41-31 73 June 27 @ Reds 3–12 Rijo (4-6) Leibrandt (6-3) 43,883 41-32 74 June 28 @ Reds 5–6 Charlton (3-0) Wohlers (0-1) 37,581 41-33 75 June 30 @ Giants 4–3 Smoltz (9-5) Wilson (5-8) 16,299 42-33
July (16–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 76 July 1 @ Giants 1–2 Black (5-2) Avery (6-7) Beck (5) 17,966 42-34 77 July 3 Cubs 3–0 Glavine (12-3) Boskie (5-5) 43,803 43-34 78 July 4 Cubs 4–2 Leibrandt (7-3) Jackson (4-9) Mercker (3) 42,106 44-34 79 July 5 Cubs 0–8 Maddux (10-7) Smoltz (9-6) 42,545 44-35 80 July 6 Mets 1–3 Cone (8-4) Freeman (2-3) Guetterman (1) 39,444 44-36 81 July 7 Mets 4–5 Fernandez (7-7) Bielecki (2-4) Young (2) 39,490 44-37 82 July 8 Mets 2–1 Glavine (13-3) Whitehurst (1-4) Peña (4) 37,721 45-37 83 July 9 @ Cubs 2–0 (12) Stanton (2-4) Bullinger (0-2) Peña (5) 32,816 46-37 84 July 10 @ Cubs 4–0 Smoltz (10-6) Maddux (10-8) 35,067 47-37 85 July 11 @ Cubs 3–1 Avery (7-7) Scanlan (2-5) Peña (6) 36,541 48-37 86 July 12 @ Cubs 7–4 (10) Mercker (3-0) Assenmacher (2-2) Peña (7) 28,272 49-37 87 July 16 @ Astros 4–2 Avery (8-7) Williams (3-1) Peña (8) 19,383 50-37 88 July 17 @ Astros 5–0 Smoltz (11-6) Harnisch (3-8) 24,691 51-37 89 July 18 @ Astros 3–0 Glavine (14-3) J. Jones (4-4) Peña (9) 24,086 52-37 90 July 19 @ Astros 3–2 (10) Freeman (3-3) Hernandez (5-1) Peña (10) 27,270 53-37 91 July 21 @ Cardinals 9–7 (12) Peña (1-4) Perez (6-2) 39,561 54-37 92 July 22 @ Cardinals 2–0 Smoltz (12-6) Olivares (6-5) Mercker (4) 34,605 55-37 93 July 24 Pirates 4–3 Glavine (15-3) Walk (3-4) Peña (11) 44,965 56-37 94 July 25 Pirates 1–0 Leibrandt (8-3) Jackson (4-10) Mercker (5) 44,567 57-37 95 July 26 Pirates 4–5 Belinda (5-2) Wohlers (0-2) 43,714 57-38 96 July 27 Astros 1–5 (11) D. Jones (8-7) Peña (1-5) 38,729 57-39 97 July 28 Astros 5–7 Harnisch (4-8) Freeman (3-4) D. Jones (21) 40,457 57-40 98 July 29 Astros 5–3 Glavine (16-3) Blair (2-6) Peña (12) 39,076 58-40 99 July 30 @ Giants 0–5 Burkett (7-6) Leibrandt (8-4) 14,313 58-41 100 July 31 @ Giants 3–4 Jackson (5-3) Mercker (3-1) 21,025 58-42
August (19–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 101 August 1 @ Giants 5–3 Smoltz (13-6) Black (9-4) 31,986 59-42 102 August 2 @ Giants 3–0 P. Smith (1-0) Swift (8-3) Peña (13) -- 60-42 103 August 2 @ Giants 8–5 Reynoso (1-0) Hickerson (4-2) Freeman (3) 36,302 61-42 104 August 4 Reds 7–5 Freeman (4-4) Charlton (3-1) 45,155 62-42 105 August 5 Reds 5–1 Avery (9-7) Belcher (9-10) 44,480 63-42 106 August 6 Reds 5–3 Smoltz (14-6) Swindell (10-5) 44,768 64-42 107 August 7 Dodgers 6–2 Leibrandt (9-4) Gross (5-11) 43,822 65=42 108 August 8 Dodgers 12–2 P. Smith (2-0) Candiotti (9-10) 43,116 66-42 109 August 9 Dodgers 10–3 Glavine (17-3) Hershiser (8-10) 43,659 67-42 110 August 10 Dodgers 3–5 Martínez (8-8) Avery (9-8) Gott (5) 43,368 67-43 111 August 11 Padres 4–8 Hurst (12-6) Smoltz (14-7) Maddux (5) 43,927 67-44 112 August 13 Padres 4–3 Davis (1-0) Andersen (1-1) 38,319 68-44 113 August 14 @ Pirates 15–0 Glavine (18-3) Smith (8-8) 38,595 69-44 114 August 15 @ Pirates 7–5 Avery (10-8) Jackson (5-11) Peña (14) 38,808 70-44 115 August 16 @ Pirates 2–4 Wakefield (3-0) Smoltz (14-8) 35,199 70-45 116 August 17 @ Pirates 5–4 (10) Freeman (5-4) Patterson (5-2) Peña (15) 38,062 71-45 117 August 18 @ Expos 5–1 Leibrandt (10-4) Hill (13-6) 32,920 72-45 118 August 19 @ Expos 4–2 Glavine (19-3) Nabholz (8-9) Stanton (6) 27,235 73-45 119 August 20 @ Expos 2–3 Fassero (5-5) Peña (1-6) 23,896 73-46 120 August 21 Cardinals 2–5 (10) Pérez (7-2) Mercker (3-2) Smith (32) 33,835 73-47 121 August 22 Cardinals 3–2 P. Smith (3-0) Clark (2-7) 45,175 74-47 122 August 23 Cardinals 3–8 Olivares (7-8) Leibrandt (10-5) 40,200 74-48 123 August 25 Expos 0–6 Nabholz (9-9) Glavine (19-4) 38,455 74-49 124 August 26 Expos 4–5 Martínez (14-10) Avery (10-9) Wetteland (29) 36,275 74-50 125 August 28 @ Phillies 3–7 Mulholland (12-8) Smoltz (14-9) 22,267 74-51 126 August 29 @ Phillies 7–6 Leibrandt (11-5) Schilling (11-9) Mercker (6) 27,760 75-51 127 August 30 @ Phillies 2–10 Rivera (4-3) Glavine (19-5) 32,084 75-52 128 August 31 @ Mets 8–6 (14) Wohlers (1-2) Guetterman (2-3) Stanton (7) -- 76-52 129 August 31 @ Mets 7–5 P. Smith (4-0) Birkbeck (0-1) Reardon (1) 24,392 77-52
September (17–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 130 September 1 @ Mets 4–1 Nied (1-0) Whitehurst (2-8) Reardon (2) 21,539 78-52 131 September 2 @ Mets 5–6 Schourek (4-6) Smoltz (14-10) Young (12) 17,962 78-53 132 September 3 Expos 2–11 Barnes (5-5) Leibrandt (11-6) Bottenfield (1) 27,824 78-54 133 September 4 Phillies 1–2 Schilling (12-9) Glavine (19-6) Williams (23) 40,768 78-55 134 September 5 Phillies 6–5 Reardon (1-0) Williams (3-7) 33,755 79-55 135 September 6 Phillies 4–3 Reardon (2-0) Hartley (5-6) 42,097 80-55 136 September 7 Dodgers 7–1 Smoltz (15-10) Astacio (2-3) 40,322 81-55 137 September 8 Dodgers 7–5 Freeman (6-4) Crews (0-2) Reardon (3) 36,970 82-55 138 September 9 Reds 12–7 Glavine (20-6) Belcher (11-14) 41,809 83-55 139 September 10 Reds 3–2 Stanton (3-4) Bankhead (9-4) 41,265 84-55 140 September 11 @ Astros 7–0 P. Smith (5-0) Kile (3-10) 13,554 85-55 141 September 12 @ Astros 9–3 Nied (2-0) Williams (7-6) 18,313 86-55 142 September 13 @ Astros 9–2 Leibrandt (12-6) Harnisch (7-10) 14,239 87-55 143 September 15 @ Reds 2–4 Belcher (12-14) Avery (10-10) Dibble (20) 22,583 87-56 144 September 16 @ Reds 3–2 Stanton (4-4) Ruskin (4-2) Wohlers (4) 22,595 88-56 145 September 17 @ Reds 2–3 Rijo (13-9) Smoltz (15-11) Foster (1) 24,402 88-57 146 September 18 Astros 3–13 Harnisch (8-10) Leibrandt (12-7) 41,677 88-58 147 September 19 Astros 2–3 (12) D. Jones (10-8) Freeman (6-5) 41,945 88-59 148 September 20 Astros 16–1 Avery (11-10) Bowen (0-6) 40,493 89-59 149 September 21 @ Dodgers 4–2 P. Smith (6-0) Hershiser (10-14) Stanton (8) 19,822 90-59 150 September 22 @ Dodgers 1–4 Candiotti (11-14) Smoltz (15-12) 21,122 90-60 151 September 23 @ Giants 7–0 Leibrandt (13-7) Black (10-11) 13,035 91-60 152 September 24 @ Giants 0–4 Brantley (6-7) Glavine (20-7) 12,573 91-61 153 September 25 @ Padres 0–1 Harris (3-8) Avery (11-11) Myers (37) 38,866 91-62 154 September 26 @ Padres 2–1 (10) Stanton (5-4) Rodriguez (6-3) 24,574 92-62 155 September 27 @ Padres 2–1 (10) Reardon (3-0) Myers (2-5) 16,884 93-62 156 September 29 Giants 6–0 Leibrandt (14-7) Black (10-12) 40,860 94-62 157 September 30 Giants 0–1 Brantley (7-7) Glavine (20-8) Beck (16) 38,096 94-63
October (4–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 158 October 1 Giants 6–5 (10) Freeman (7-5) Jackson (6-6) 37,359 95-63 159 October 2 Padres 4–1 Nied (3-0) Benes (13-14) -- 96-63 160 October 2 Padres 7–2 P. Smith (7-0) Deshaies (4-7) 41,075 97-63 161 October 3 Padres 1–0 (6) Leibrandt (15-7) Maddux (2-2) Reynoso (1) 26,393 98-63 162 October 4 Padres 3–4 (12) Myers (3-6) Borbón (0-1) 31,791 98-64

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 1 October 6 Pirates 5–1 Smoltz (1-0) Drabek (0-1) 51,971 1-0 2 October 7 Pirates 13–5 Avery (1-0) Jackson (0-1) 51,975 2-0 3 October 9 @ Pirates 2–3 Wakefield (1-0) Glavine (0-1) 56,610 2-1 4 October 10 @ Pirates 6–4 Smoltz (2-0) Drabek (0-2) Reardon (1) 57,164 3-1 5 October 11 @ Pirates 1–7 Walk (1-0) Avery (1-1) 52,929 3-2 6 October 13 Pirates 4–13 Wakefield (2-0) Glavine (0-2) 51,975 3-3 7 October 14 Pirates 3–2 Reardon (1-0) Drabek (0-3) 51,975 4-3
1992 World Series vs. Toronto Blue Jays – Toronto wins series 4–2 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series 1 October 17 Blue Jays 3–1 Glavine (1-2) Morris (0-2) 51,763 1-0 2 October 18 Blue Jays 4–5 Ward (2-0) Reardon (1-1) Henke (4) 51,763 1-1 3 October 20 @ Blue Jays 2–3 Ward (3-0) Avery (1-2) 51,813 1-2 4 October 21 @ Blue Jays 1–2 Key (1-0) Glavine (1-3) Henke (5) 52,090 1-3 5 October 22 @ Blue Jays 7–2 Smoltz (3-0) Morris (0-3) Stanton (1) 52,268 2-3 6 October 24 Blue Jays 3–4 (11) Key (2-0) Leibrandt (0-1) Timlin (1) 51,763 2-4

Player stats

Batting

= Indicates team leader

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
C	Greg Olson	95	302	72	.238	3	27
1B	Sid Bream	125	372	97	.261	10	61
2B	Mark Lemke	155	427	97	.227	6	26
3B	Terry Pendleton	160	640	199	.311	21	105
SS	Rafael Belliard	144	285	60	.211	0	14
LF	Ron Gant	153	544	141	.259	17	80
CF	Otis Nixon	120	456	134	.294	2	22
RF	David Justice	144	484	124	.256	21	72

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 Blauser	123	343	90	.262	14	46
Damon Berryhill	101	307	70	.228	10	43
Deion Sanders	97	303	92	.304	8	28
Brian Hunter	102	238	57	.239	14	41
Lonnie Smith	84	158	39	.247	6	33
Jeff Treadway	61	126	28	.222	0	5
Jerry Willard	26	23	8	.348	2	7
Melvin Nieves	12	19	4	.211	0	1
Tommy Gregg	18	19	5	.263	1	1
Vinny Castilla	9	16	4	.250	0	1
Javy López	9	16	6	.375	0	2
Ryan Klesko	13	14	0	.000	0	1
Steve Lyons	11	14	1	.071	0	1
Francisco Cabrera	12	10	3	.300	2	3

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

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
John Smoltz	35	246.2	15	12	2.85	215
Steve Avery	35	233.2	11	11	3.20	129
Tom Glavine	33	225.0	20	8	2.76	129
Charlie Leibrandt	32	193.0	15	7	3.36	104
Mike Bielecki	19	80.2	2	4	2.57	62
Pete Smith	12	79.0	7	0	2.05	43

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 Nied	6	23.0	3	0	1.17	19
Armando Reynoso	3	7.2	1	0	4.70	2

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
Alejandro Pena	41	1	6	15	4.07	34
Mike Stanton	65	5	4	8	4.10	44
Marvin Freeman	58	7	5	3	3.22	41
Kent Mercker	53	3	2	6	3.42	49
Mark Wohlers	32	1	2	4	2.55	17
Juan Berenguer	28	3	1	1	5.13	19
Mark Davis	14	1	0	0	7.02	15
Jeff Reardon	14	3	0	3	1.15	7
Randy St.Claire	10	0	0	0	5.87	7
Ben Rivera	8	0	1	0	4.70	11
Pedro Borbon, Jr.	2	0	1	0	6.75	1

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	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

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	3	4	0
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	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	5	9	2
Atlanta	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	5	1
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	9	0
Toronto	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	1
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
Toronto	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	0
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	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	7	13	0
Toronto	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	14	1
Atlanta	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	8	1
W: Jimmy Key (2–0)   L: Charlie Leibrandt (0–1)  S: Mike Timlin (1)
HR: TOR – Candy Maldonado (1)

Awards and honors

• Tom Glavine, P – Pitcher of the Month, July
• Terry Pendleton, 3B, Gold Glove
• John Smoltz, P – NLCS MVP

All-Stars

1992 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Tom Glavine – starter, pitcher
• Terry Pendleton – starter, third base
• Ron Gant – reserve

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

• 1992 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Reference
• 1992 Atlanta Braves at Baseball Almanac