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.

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. The Blue Jays defeated the Braves 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.Randy St. Claire Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on February 9, 2011. December 10, 1991: Rico Rossy was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Kansas City Royals for Bobby Moore.Rico Rossy Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on February 9, 2011. December 12, 1991: Otis Nixon was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.Otis Nixon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 8, 1992: Steve Lyons signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.Steve Lyons Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

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

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 30, 1992: Steve Lyons was released by the Atlanta Braves. July 17, 1992: Randall Simon was signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.Randall Simon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 21, 1992: Mark Davis was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Atlanta Braves for Juan Berenguer.Mark Davis Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on February 9, 2011. August 30, 1992: Jeff Reardon was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Nate Minchey and Sean Ross (minors).Jeff Reardon Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

Roster 1992 Atlanta Braves Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log Legend Braves win Braves loss All-Star Game Game postponed

|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 1 || April 7 || @ Astros || 2–0 || Glavine (1-0) || Harnisch (0-1) || || 25,318 || 1-0 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 2 || April 8 || @ Astros || 3–1 || Smoltz (1-0) || Kile (0-1) || Peña (1) || 10,014 || 2-0 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 3 || April 9 || Giants || 4–11 || Heredia (1-0) || Avery (0-1) || || 43,622 || 2-1 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 4 || April 10 || Giants || 5–3 || Leibrandt (1-0) || Burba (0-1) || Stanton (1) || 37,577 || 3-1 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 5 || April 11 || Giants || 0–3 || Swift (2-0) || Bielecki (0-1) || || 44,550 || 3-2 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 6 || April 12 || Giants || 6–2 || Glavine (2-0) || Downs (0-2) || || 43,055 || 4-2 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 7 || April 13 || @ Reds || 4–5 || Belcher (1-1) || Smoltz (1-1) || Charlton (4) || 23,048 || 4-3 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 8 || April 14 || @ Reds || 4–5 || Bankhead (1-0) || Freeman (0-1) || || 19,466 || 4-4 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 9 || April 15 || @ Reds || 1–3 || Hammond (2-0) || Leibrandt (1-1) || Charlton (5) || 22,730 || 4-5 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 10 || April 16 || @ Dodgers || 3–0 || Bielecki (1-1) || Gross (0-1) || || 40,089 || 5-5 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 11 || April 17 || @ Dodgers || 5–7 || McDowell (1-2) || Peña (0-1) || || 47,771 || 5-6 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 12 || April 18 || @ Dodgers || 3–7 || McDowell (2-2) || Stanton (0-1) || || 46,851 || 5-7 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 13 || April 19 || @ Dodgers || 2–4 || Candiotti (3-0) || Avery (0-2) || || 37,145 || 5-8 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 14 || April 20 || @ Padres || 10–4 || Freeman (1-1) || Lefferts (1-2) || || 20,002 || 6-8 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 15 || April 21 || @ Padres || 2–4 || Rodriguez (1-1) || Bielecki (1-2) || Myers (4) || 26,468 || 6-9 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 16 || April 22 || @ Padres || 4–9 || Hurst (1-1) || Glavine (2-1) || || 18,581 || 6-10 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 17 || April 24 || Astros || 2–4 || Kile (2-1) || Smoltz (1-2) || D. Jones (6) || 40,666 || 6-11 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 18 || April 25 || Astros || 2–0 || Avery (1-2) || Portugal (2-1) || || 42,709 || 7-11 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 19 || April 26 || Astros || 3–2 || Freeman (2-1) || Harnisch (1-3) || Peña (2) || 37,137 || 8-11 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 20 || April 27 || Cubs || 5–0 || Glavine (3-1) || Boskie (3-1) || || 25,932 || 9-11 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 21 || April 28 || Cubs || 1–0 || Leibrandt (2-1) || Castillo (0-2) || Peña (3) || 28,765 || 10-11 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 22 || April 29 || Cubs || 8–0 || Smoltz (2-2) || Jackson (0-4) || || 33,144 || 11-11

|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 23 || May 1 || Mets || 7–8 || Burke (1-0) || Berenguer (0-1) || Franco (5) || 31,637 || 11-12 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 24 || May 2 || Mets || 3–0 || Glavine (4-1) || Gooden (2-2) || || 38,115 || 12-12 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 25 || May 3 || Mets || 0–7 || Cone (3-1) || Leibrandt (2-2) || || 41,282 || 12-13 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 26 || May 4 || @ Cubs || 6–1 || Smoltz (3-2) || Castillo (0-3) || || 22,836 || 13-13 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 27 || May 5 || @ Cubs || 3–4 (10) || McElroy (2-0) || Peña (0-2) || || 14,408 || 13-14 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 28 || May 6 || @ Pirates || 3–4 (16) || Patterson (2-0) || Rivera (0-1) || || 18,686 || 13-15 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 29 || May 7 || @ Pirates || 4–2 || Glavine (5-1) || Neagle (1-1) || Stanton (2) || 11,689 || 14-15 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 30 || May 8 || @ Cardinals || 2–1 || Leibrandt (3-2) || Tewksbury (3-1) || Freeman (1) || 45,110 || 15-15 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 31 || May 9 || @ Cardinals || 11–12 || Pérez (4-0) || Freeman (2-2) || Smith (10) || 40,417 || 15-16 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 32 || May 10 || @ Cardinals || 5–6 || Agosto (2-2) || Peña (0-3) || || 28,491 || 15-17 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 33 || May 11 || @ Cardinals || 3–8 || DeLeón (2-2) || Avery (1-3) || || 26,005 || 15-18 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 34 || May 12 || Pirates || 4–2 || Glavine (6-1) || Tomlin (4-2) || Freeman (2) || 38,949 || 16-18 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 35 || May 13 || Pirates || 10–11 || Belinda (2-0) || Peña (0-4) || || 24,872 || 16-19 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"ñ | 36 || May 14 || Pirates || 3–4 || Palacios (2-0) || Smoltz (3-3) || Mason (4) || 32,303 || 16-20 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 37 || May 15 || Expos || 4–2 || Mercker (1-0) || Nabholz (2-3) || Stanton (3) || 37,551 || 17-20 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 38 || May 16 || Expos || 1–7 || Martínez (3-4) || Avery (1-4) || Rojas (4) || 40,504 || 17-21 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 39 || May 17 || Expos || 4–5 || Hill (4-2) || Glavine (6-2) || Wetteland (6) || 41,480 || 17-22 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 40 || May 18 || Cardinals || 5–1 || Leibrandt (4-2) || Osborne (4-2) || || 23,546 || 18-22 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 41 || May 19 || Cardinals || 2–7 || Tewksbury (5-1) || Smoltz (3-4) || || 26,012 || 18-23 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 42 || May 20 || Cardinals || 6–3 || Avery (2-4) || Cormier (0-4) || || 22,610 || 19-23 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 43 || May 22 || @ Expos || 1–7 || Martínez (3-4) || Glavine (6-3) || || 20,313 || 19-24 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 44 || May 23 || @ Expos || 6–7 || Fassero (2-2) || Stanton (0-2) || Wetteland (7) || 15,918 || 19-25 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 45 || May 24 || @ Expos || 2–1 || Smoltz (4-4) || Gardner (3-3) || || 27,682 || 20-25 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 46 || May 25 || @ Phillies || 1–4 || Mulholland (5-3) || Avery (2-5) || Williams (7) || 18,343 || 20-26 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 47 || May 26 || @ Phillies || 2–5 || Robinson (1-0) || Bielecki (1-3) || Williams (8) || 11,295 || 20-27 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 48 || May 27 || @ Phillies || 9–3 || Glavine (7-3) || Brantley (2-3) || || 23,695 || 21-27 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 49 || May 29 || @ Mets || 5–1 || Smoltz (5-4) || Gooden (4-5) || || 31,866 || 22-27 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 50 || May 30 || @ Mets || 6–1 || Avery (3-5) || Cone (5-3) || || 46,261 || 23-27

|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 51 || June 1 || Phillies || 7–6 || Glavine (8-3) || Brantley (2-4) || Wohlers (1) || 25,647 || 24-27 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 52 || June 2 || Phillies || 5–3 || Stanton (1-2) || Williams (2-2) || || 27,855 || 25-27 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 53 || June 3 || Phillies || 1–4 || Schilling (4-3) || Smoltz (5-5) || Williams (9) || 19,357 || 25-28 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 54 || June 5 || @ Padres || 3–2 || Berenguer (1-1) || Lefferts (6-4) || Wohlers (2) || 21,781 || 26-28 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 55 || June 6 || @ Padres || 5–1 || Glavine (9-3) || Benes (5-5) || || 54,046 || 27-28 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 56 || June 7 || @ Padres || 9–4 || Smoltz (6-5) || Seminara (0-1) || || 18,924 || 28-28 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 57 || June 8 || @ Dodgers || 4–2 || Leibrandt (5-2) || Martínez (3-3) || Berenguer (1) || 29,799 || 29-28 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 58 || June 9 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 || Hershiser (6-3) || Stanton (1-3) || McDowell (9) || 33,387 || 29-29 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 59 || June 10 || @ Dodgers || 2–1 || Avery (4-5) || Gross (3-6) || Stanton (4) || 28,241 || 30-29 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 60 || June 12 || Padres || 6–4 || Berenguer (2-1) || Maddux (0-1) || Stanton (5) || 39,884 || 31-29 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 61 || June 13 || Padres || 4–2 || Smoltz (7-5) || Seminara (0-2) || || 38,149 || 32-29 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 62 || June 14 || Padres || 4–2 || Leibrandt (6-2) || Hurst (6-5) || Wohlers (3) || 40,790 || 33-29 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 63 || June 15 || Dodgers || 2–0 || Avery (5-5) || Hershiser (6-4) || || 43,239 || 34-29 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 64 || June 16 || Dodgers || 9–8 || Berenguer (3-1) || Candelaria (0-1) || || 42,523 || 35-29 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 65 || June 17 || Dodgers || 4–3 || Glavine (10-3) || Ojeda (3-4) || || 40,957 || 36-29 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 66 || June 18 || Reds || 5–7 (10) || Bankhead (8-1) || Stanton (1-4) || Charlton (16) || 47,896 || 36-30 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 67 || June 19 || Reds || 3–2 (10) || Mercker (2-0) || Henry (1-2) || || 43,042 || 37-30 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 68 || June 20 || Reds || 2–1 || Avery (6-5) || Browning (5-5) || Mercker (1) || 44,636 || 38-30 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 69 || June 21 || Reds || 2–0 || Bielecki (2-3) || Rijo (3-6) || Mercker (2) || 42,831 || 39-30 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 70 || June 23 || Giants || 7–0 || Glavine (11-3) || Burkett (5-4) || || 39,890 || 40-30 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 71 || June 24 || Giants || 5–0 || Smoltz (8-5) || Wilson (5-7) || || 39,016 || 41-30 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 72 || June 26 || @ Reds || 4–7 || Browning (6-5) || Avery (6-6) || || 44,431 || 41-31 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 73 || June 27 || @ Reds || 3–12 || Rijo (4-6) || Leibrandt (6-3) || || 43,883 || 41-32 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 74 || June 28 || @ Reds || 5–6 || Charlton (3-0) || Wohlers (0-1) || || 37,581 || 41-33 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 75 || June 30 || @ Giants || 4–3 || Smoltz (9-5) || Wilson (5-8) || || 16,299 || 42-33

|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 76 || July 1 || @ Giants || 1–2 || Black (5-2) || Avery (6-7) || Beck (5) || 17,966 || 42-34 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 77 || July 3 || Cubs || 3–0 || Glavine (12-3) || Boskie (5-5) || || 43,803 || 43-34 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 78 || July 4 || Cubs || 4–2 || Leibrandt (7-3) || Jackson (4-9) || Mercker (3) || 42,106 || 44-34 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 79 || July 5 || Cubs || 0–8 || Maddux (10-7) || Smoltz (9-6) || || 42,545 || 44-35 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 80 || July 6 || Mets || 1–3 || Cone (8-4) || Freeman (2-3) || Guetterman (1) || 39,444 || 44-36 |- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;" | 81 || July 7 || Mets || 4–5 || Fernandez (7-7) || Bielecki (2-4) || Young (2) || 39,490 || 44-37 |- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;" | 82 || July 8 || Mets || 2–1 || Glavine (13-3) || Whitehurst (1-4) || Peña (4) || 37,721 || 45-37