1992 Atlanta Braves season explained

Atlanta Braves
Season:	1992
Misc:	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)

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

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.^[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		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Game log

|- 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|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 83 || July 9 || @ Cubs || 2–0 (12) || Stanton (2-4) || Bullinger (0-2) || Peña (5) || 32,816 || 46-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 84 || July 10 || @ Cubs || 4–0 || Smoltz (10-6) || Maddux (10-8) || || 35,067 || 47-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 85 || July 11 || @ Cubs || 3–1 || Avery (7-7) || Scanlan (2-5) || Peña (6) || 36,541 || 48-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 86 || July 12 || @ Cubs || 7–4 (10) || Mercker (3-0) || Assenmacher (2-2) || Peña (7) || 28,272 || 49-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 87 || July 16 || @ Astros || 4–2 || Avery (8-7) || Williams (3-1) || Peña (8) || 19,383 || 50-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 88 || July 17 || @ Astros || 5–0 || Smoltz (11-6) || Harnisch (3-8) || || 24,691 || 51-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 89 || July 18 || @ Astros || 3–0 || Glavine (14-3) || J. Jones (4-4) || Peña (9) || 24,086 || 52-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 90 || July 19 || @ Astros || 3–2 (10) || Freeman (3-3) || Hernandez (5-1) || Peña (10) || 27,270 || 53-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 91 || July 21 || @ Cardinals || 9–7 (12) || Peña (1-4) || Perez (6-2) || || 39,561 || 54-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 92 || July 22 || @ Cardinals || 2–0 || Smoltz (12-6) || Olivares (6-5) || Mercker (4) || 34,605 || 55-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 93 || July 24 || Pirates || 4–3 || Glavine (15-3) || Walk (3-4) || Peña (11) || 44,965 || 56-37|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 94 || July 25 || Pirates || 1–0 || Leibrandt (8-3) || Jackson (4-10) || Mercker (5) || 44,567 || 57-37|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 95 || July 26 || Pirates || 4–5 || Belinda (5-2) || Wohlers (0-2) || || 43,714 || 57-38|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 96 || July 27 || Astros || 1–5 (11) || D. Jones (8-7) || Peña (1-5) || || 38,729 || 57-39|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 97 || July 28 || Astros || 5–7 || Harnisch (4-8) || Freeman (3-4) || D. Jones (21) || 40,457 || 57-40|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 98 || July 29 || Astros || 5–3 || Glavine (16-3) || Blair (2-6) || Peña (12) || 39,076 || 58-40|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 99 || July 30 || @ Giants || 0–5 || Burkett (7-6) || Leibrandt (8-4) || || 14,313 || 58-41|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 100 || July 31 || @ Giants || 3–4 || Jackson (5-3) || Mercker (3-1) || || 21,025 || 58-42|-|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 101 || August 1 || @ Giants || 5–3 || Smoltz (13-6) || Black (9-4) || || 31,986 || 59-42|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 102 || August 2 || @ Giants || 3–0 || P. Smith (1-0) || Swift (8-3) || Peña (13) || -- || 60-42|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 103 || August 2 || @ Giants || 8–5 || Reynoso (1-0) || Hickerson (4-2) || Freeman (3) || 36,302 || 61-42|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 104 || August 4 || Reds || 7–5 || Freeman (4-4) || Charlton (3-1) || || 45,155 || 62-42|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 105 || August 5 || Reds || 5–1 || Avery (9-7) || Belcher (9-10) || || 44,480 || 63-42|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 106 || August 6 || Reds || 5–3 || Smoltz (14-6) || Swindell (10-5) || || 44,768 || 64-42|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 107 || August 7 || Dodgers || 6–2 || Leibrandt (9-4) || Gross (5-11) || || 43,822 || 65=42|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 108 || August 8 || Dodgers || 12–2 || P. Smith (2-0) || Candiotti (9-10) || || 43,116 || 66-42|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 109 || August 9 || Dodgers || 10–3 || Glavine (17-3) || Hershiser (8-10) || || 43,659 || 67-42|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 110 || August 10 || Dodgers || 3–5 || Martínez (8-8) || Avery (9-8) || Gott (5) || 43,368 || 67-43|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 111 || August 11 || Padres || 4–8 || Hurst (12-6) || Smoltz (14-7) || Maddux (5) || 43,927 || 67-44|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 112 || August 13 || Padres || 4–3 || Davis (1-0) || Andersen (1-1) || || 38,319 || 68-44|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 113 || August 14 || @ Pirates || 15–0 || Glavine (18-3) || Smith (8-8) || || 38,595 || 69-44|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 114 || August 15 || @ Pirates || 7–5 || Avery (10-8) || Jackson (5-11) || Peña (14) || 38,808 || 70-44|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 115 || August 16 || @ Pirates || 2–4 || Wakefield (3-0) || Smoltz (14-8) || || 35,199 || 70-45|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 116 || August 17 || @ Pirates || 5–4 (10) || Freeman (5-4) || Patterson (5-2) || Peña (15) || 38,062 || 71-45|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 117 || August 18 || @ Expos || 5–1 || Leibrandt (10-4) || Hill (13-6) || || 32,920 || 72-45|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 118 || August 19 || @ Expos || 4–2 || Glavine (19-3) || Nabholz (8-9) || Stanton (6) || 27,235 || 73-45|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 119 || August 20 || @ Expos || 2–3 || Fassero (5-5) || Peña (1-6) || || 23,896 || 73-46|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 120 || August 21 || Cardinals || 2–5 (10) || Pérez (7-2) || Mercker (3-2) || Smith (32) || 33,835 || 73-47|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 121 || August 22 || Cardinals || 3–2 || P. Smith (3-0) || Clark (2-7) || || 45,175 || 74-47|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 122 || August 23 || Cardinals || 3–8 || Olivares (7-8) || Leibrandt (10-5) || || 40,200 || 74-48|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 123 || August 25 || Expos || 0–6 || Nabholz (9-9) || Glavine (19-4) || || 38,455 || 74-49|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 124 || August 26 || Expos || 4–5 || Martínez (14-10) || Avery (10-9) || Wetteland (29) || 36,275 || 74-50|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 125 || August 28 || @ Phillies || 3–7 || Mulholland (12-8) || Smoltz (14-9) || || 22,267 || 74-51|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 126 || August 29 || @ Phillies || 7–6 || Leibrandt (11-5) || Schilling (11-9) || Mercker (6) || 27,760 || 75-51|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 127 || August 30 || @ Phillies || 2–10 || Rivera (4-3) || Glavine (19-5) || || 32,084 || 75-52|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 128 || August 31 || @ Mets || 8–6 (14) || Wohlers (1-2) || Guetterman (2-3) || Stanton (7) || -- || 76-52|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 129 || August 31 || @ Mets || 7–5 || P. Smith (4-0) || Birkbeck (0-1) || Reardon (1) || 24,392 || 77-52|-|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 130 || September 1 || @ Mets || 4–1 || Nied (1-0) || Whitehurst (2-8) || Reardon (2) || 21,539 || 78-52|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 131 || September 2 || @ Mets || 5–6 || Schourek (4-6) || Smoltz (14-10) || Young (12) || 17,962 || 78-53|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 132 || September 3 || Expos || 2–11 || Barnes (5-5) || Leibrandt (11-6) || Bottenfield (1) || 27,824 || 78-54|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 133 || September 4 || Phillies || 1–2 || Schilling (12-9) || Glavine (19-6) || Williams (23) || 40,768 || 78-55|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 134 || September 5 || Phillies || 6–5 || Reardon (1-0) || Williams (3-7) || || 33,755 || 79-55|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 135 || September 6 || Phillies || 4–3 || Reardon (2-0) || Hartley (5-6) || || 42,097 || 80-55|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 136 || September 7 || Dodgers || 7–1 || Smoltz (15-10) || Astacio (2-3) || || 40,322 || 81-55|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 137 || September 8 || Dodgers || 7–5 || Freeman (6-4) || Crews (0-2) || Reardon (3) || 36,970 || 82-55|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 138 || September 9 || Reds || 12–7 || Glavine (20-6) || Belcher (11-14) || || 41,809 || 83-55|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 139 || September 10 || Reds || 3–2 || Stanton (3-4) || Bankhead (9-4) || || 41,265 || 84-55|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 140 || September 11 || @ Astros || 7–0 || P. Smith (5-0) || Kile (3-10) || || 13,554 || 85-55|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 141 || September 12 || @ Astros || 9–3 || Nied (2-0) || Williams (7-6) || || 18,313 || 86-55|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 142 || September 13 || @ Astros || 9–2 || Leibrandt (12-6) || Harnisch (7-10) || || 14,239 || 87-55|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 143 || September 15 || @ Reds || 2–4 || Belcher (12-14) || Avery (10-10) || Dibble (20) || 22,583 || 87-56|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 144 || September 16 || @ Reds || 3–2 || Stanton (4-4) || Ruskin (4-2) || Wohlers (4) || 22,595 || 88-56|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 145 || September 17 || @ Reds || 2–3 || Rijo (13-9) || Smoltz (15-11) || Foster (1) || 24,402 || 88-57|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 146 || September 18 || Astros || 3–13 || Harnisch (8-10) || Leibrandt (12-7) || || 41,677 || 88-58|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 147 || September 19 || Astros || 2–3 (12) || D. Jones (10-8) || Freeman (6-5) || || 41,945 || 88-59|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 148 || September 20 || Astros || 16–1 || Avery (11-10) || Bowen (0-6) || || 40,493 || 89-59|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 149 || September 21 || @ Dodgers || 4–2 || P. Smith (6-0) || Hershiser (10-14) || Stanton (8) || 19,822 || 90-59|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 150 || September 22 || @ Dodgers || 1–4 || Candiotti (11-14) || Smoltz (15-12) || || 21,122 || 90-60|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 151 || September 23 || @ Giants || 7–0 || Leibrandt (13-7) || Black (10-11) || || 13,035 || 91-60|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 152 || September 24 || @ Giants || 0–4 || Brantley (6-7) || Glavine (20-7) || || 12,573 || 91-61|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 153 || September 25 || @ Padres || 0–1 || Harris (3-8) || Avery (11-11) || Myers (37) || 38,866 || 91-62|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 154 || September 26 || @ Padres || 2–1 (10) || Stanton (5-4) || Rodriguez (6-3) || || 24,574 || 92-62|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 155 || September 27 || @ Padres || 2–1 (10) || Reardon (3-0) || Myers (2-5) || || 16,884 || 93-62|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 156 || September 29 || Giants || 6–0 || Leibrandt (14-7) || Black (10-12) || || 40,860 || 94-62|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 157 || September 30 || Giants || 0–1 || Brantley (7-7) || Glavine (20-8) || Beck (16) || 38,096 || 94-63|-|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 158 || October 1 || Giants || 6–5 (10) || Freeman (7-5) || Jackson (6-6) || || 37,359 || 95-63|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 159 || October 2 || Padres || 4–1 || Nied (3-0) || Benes (13-14) || || -- || 96-63|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 160 || October 2 || Padres || 7–2 || P. Smith (7-0) || Deshaies (4-7) || || 41,075 || 97-63|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 161 || October 3 || Padres || 1–0 (6) || Leibrandt (15-7) || Maddux (2-2) || Reynoso (1) || 26,393 || 98-63|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 162 || October 4 || Padres || 3–4 (12) || Myers (3-6) || Borbón (0-1) || || 31,791 || 98-64|-

|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 1 || October 6 || Pirates || 5–1 || Smoltz (1-0) || Drabek (0-1) || || 51,971 || 1-0|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 2 || October 7 || Pirates || 13–5 || Avery (1-0) || Jackson (0-1) || || 51,975 || 2-0|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 3 || October 9 || @ Pirates || 2–3 || Wakefield (1-0) || Glavine (0-1) || || 56,610 || 2-1|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 4 || October 10 || @ Pirates || 6–4 || Smoltz (2-0) || Drabek (0-2) || Reardon (1) || 57,164 || 3-1|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 5 || October 11 || @ Pirates || 1–7 || Walk (1-0) || Avery (1-1) || || 52,929 || 3-2|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 6 || October 13 || Pirates || 4–13 || Wakefield (2-0) || Glavine (0-2) || || 51,975 || 3-3|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 7 || October 14 || Pirates || 3–2 || Reardon (1-0) || Drabek (0-3) || || 51,975 || 4-3 |-|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 1 || October 17 || Blue Jays || 3–1 || Glavine (1-2) || Morris (0-2) || || 51,763 || 1-0|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 2 || October 18 || Blue Jays || 4–5 || Ward (2-0) || Reardon (1-1) || Henke (4) || 51,763 || 1-1|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 3 || October 20 || @ Blue Jays || 2–3 || Ward (3-0) || Avery (1-2) || || 51,813 || 1-2|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 4 || October 21 || @ Blue Jays || 1–2 || Key (1-0) || Glavine (1-3) || Henke (5) || 52,090 || 1-3|- bgcolor="#bbbfffbbb;"| 5 || October 22 || @ Blue Jays || 7–2 || Smoltz (3-0) || Morris (0-3) || Stanton (1) || 52,268 || 2-3|- bgcolor="#fffbbbbbb;"| 6 || October 24 || Blue Jays || 3–4 (11) || Key (2-0) || Leibrandt (0-1) || Timlin (1) || 51,763 || 2-4|-

Player stats

Batting

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	95	302	72	.238	3	27
1B	125	372	97	.261	10	61
2B	155	427	97	.227	6	26
3B	160	640	199	.311	21	105
SS	144	285	60	.211	0	14
LF	153	544	141	.259	17	80
CF	120	456	134	.294	2	22
RF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
123	343	90	.262	14	46
101	307	70	.228	10	43
97	303	92	.304	8	28
102	238	57	.239	14	41
84	158	39	.247	6	33
61	126	28	.222	0	5
26	23	8	.348	2	7
12	19	4	.211	0	1
18	19	5	.263	1	1
9	16	4	.250	0	1
9	16	6	.375	0	2
13	14	0	.000	0	1
11	14	1	.071	0	1
12	10	3	.300	2	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	246.2	15	12	2.85	215
35	233.2	11	11	3.20	129
33	225.0	20	8	2.76	129
32	193.0	15	7	3.36	104
19	80.2	2	4	2.57	62
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
	6	23.0	3	0	1.17	19
	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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
41	1	6	15	4.07	34
65	5	4	8	4.10	44
58	7	5	3	3.22	41
53	3	2	6	3.42	49
32	1	2	4	2.55	17
28	3	1	1	5.13	19
14	1	0	0	7.02	15
14	3	0	3	1.15	7
10	0	0	0	5.87	7
8	0	1	0	4.70	11
2	0	1	0	6.75	1

Postseason

National League Championship Series

See main article: 1992 National League Championship Series.

Game 1

October 6: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

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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 (4), Patterson (1), Neagle (1), Cox (1) ATL – Smoltz (8), Stanton (1)
Attendance: 51,971 Time: 3:20

Game 2

October 7: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

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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 (1), Mason (1/3), Walk (2), Tomlin (1), Neagle (2/3), Patterson (1/3), Belinda (1) ATL – Avery (6), 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

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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 (6), Stanton (2/3), Wohlers (1) PIT – Wakefield (9)
Attendance: 56,610 Time: 2:37

Game 4

October 10: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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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 (6), Stanton (1), Reardon (1) PIT – Drabek (4), Tomlin (1), Cox (1/3), Mason (3)
Attendance: 57,164 Time: 3:10

Game 5

October 11: Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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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 (3), Leibrandt (1), Freeman (1), Mercker (1) PIT – Walk (9)
Attendance: 52,929 Time: 2:52

Game 6

October 13: Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta

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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

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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 (1), Reardon (1)
Attendance: 51,975 Time: 3:22

World Series

See main article: 1992 World Series.

Game 1

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/st.clra01.shtml Randy St. Claire Statistics and History
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rossyri01.shtml Rico Rossy Statistics and History
https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nixonot01.shtml Otis Nixon Statistics
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lyonsst01.shtml Steve Lyons Statistics
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simonra01.shtml Randall Simon Statistics
https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisma01.shtml Mark Davis Statistics and History
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reardje01.shtml Jeff Reardon Statistics
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997