Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Pirates sun sake komawa cikin mediocrity a cikin 1980s kuma sun koma wasan bayan kakar wasa a farkon 1990s a bayan 'yan wasan matasa kamar Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, da Doug Drabek. Pirates sun lashe taken rukuni uku a jere daga 1990 zuwa 1992 amma sun yi rashin nasara a Wasannin Gasar Zakarun Kasa a kowane lokaci, musamman ma sun zo ne a cikin wani daga ci gaba zuwa Wasannin Duniya a 1992.
Shekarar 1992. Yawancin 'yan wasan da suka fi dacewa da tawagar, ciki har da Bonds da Drabek, sun bar matsayin' yan wasa kyauta bayan wannan kakar.