1992 National League Championship Series

1992 National League Championship Series
	1992 National League Championship Series logo
Atlanta Braves 98 - 64 in the NL	4 - 3 Series Summary	Pittsburgh Pirates 96 - 66 in the NL

1992 MLB Postseason
LG	League Champ.	World Series
AL	TOR - OAK	TOR - ATL
NL	ATL - PIT

Introduction

Umpires

• John McSherry, Randy Marsh, Steve Rippley, Gary Darling, Gerry Davis, Ed Montague

Results

Game 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1
Braves	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	x	5	8	0
WP: John Smoltz (1-0), LP: Doug Drabek (0-1)
Home Runs: PIT - Jose Lind (1); ATL - Jeff Blauser (1)

• Attendance: 51,971

Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	7	0
Braves	0	4	0	0	4	0	5	0	x	13	14	0
WP: Steve Avery (1-0), LP: Danny Jackson (0-1)
Home Runs: ATL - Ron Gant (1)

• Attendance: 51,975

Game 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Braves	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0
Pirates	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	x	3	8	1
WP: Tim Wakefield (1-0), LP: Tom Glavine (0-1)
Home Runs: ATL - Sid Bream (1), Ron Gant (2); PIT - Don Slaught (1)

• Attendance: 56,610

Game 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Braves	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	6	11	1
Pirates	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	1
WP: John Smoltz (2-0), LP: Doug Drabek (0-2), SV: Jeff Reardon (1)
Home Runs: none

• Attendance: 57,164

Game 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
Pirates	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	x	7	13	0
WP: Bob Walk (1-0), LP: Steve Avery (1-1)
Home Runs: none

• Attendance: 52,929

Game 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pirates	0	8	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	13	13	1
Braves	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	9	1
WP: Tim Wakefield (2-0), LP: Tom Glavine (0-2)
Home Runs: PIT - Jay Bell (1), Barry Bonds (1), Lloyd McClendon (1); ATL - David Justice 2 (2)

• Attendance: 51,975

Game 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pirates	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	1
Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	0
WP: Jeff Reardon (1-0), LP: Doug Drabek (0-3)
Home Runs: none

• Attendance: 51,975

Further Reading

• Michael Clair: "The day Deion tried to play two ... sports", mlb.com, February 11, 2022. [1]
• Bob Nightengale: "Sid Bream, for the first time, plans to watch the classic 1992 NLCS game that made him a cult hero in Atlanta", USA Today, April 3, 2020. [2]
• Jeffrey A. Portnoy: "The Card in the Baseball Cap: 'Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win!'", in Baseball in the Peach State, The National Pastime, SABR, Volume 40 (2010), pp. 148-153.

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