4/8/2023 0 Comments Miami phsntom puckoff date![]() But if you’re thinking that lack of depth meant the Pirates couldn’t score runs…well, think again.īonds-at a time when it’s generally believe he wasn’t using performance-enhancing drugs-put up a dazzling season. Andy Van Slyke was the primary support to Bonds, and Van Slyke ripped 45 doubles, en route to a stat line of. It all added up to a staff with the second-best ERA in the National League. Stan Belinda handled closing duties, with help from Roger Mason and Bob Patterson. The bullpen didn’t have a lockdown arm, but it was still respectable. And Leyland discovered a 25-year-old knuckleballer named Tim Wakefield, who made 13 starts and posted a dazzling 2.15 ERA. ![]() Another veteran, Danny Jackson was added and his 15 starts produced a 3.36 ERA. Bob Walk mixed in 19 starts with some relief work and finished with a 3.20 ERA. Zane Smith was limited to 22 starts, but the lefty’s ERA was 3.06. Then Leyland went to work and squeezing the most from the rest of the staff. Those two were the steady horses of the staff. Randy Tomlin stepped up with 14 wins and a 3.41 ERA. Drabek, the rotation ace, won 15 games and posted a 2.77 ERA. ![]() Pittsburgh, led by manager Jim Leyland, dug in and made the best of it. It usually doesn’t happen in spring training to a two-time defending division champ. It’s the kind of trade you see often at the July deadline when a team is out of contention. John Smiley, a 20-game winner in 1991, was traded to Minnesota for prospects. Management read the writing on the wall and looked to start the rebuilding process early. Barry Bonds and Doug Drabek were each on the final year of the contracts. The Pirates had lost rightfielder Bobby Bonilla to free agency. The lingering legacy of this team is an epic heartbreak at the end, but their road back to the National League Championship Series was anything but easy. They overachieved and worked through considerable adversity to get it done. The 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates won a third consecutive division title. ![]()
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