Steve Blass

Stephen Robert Blass

All-Star Player

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 18, 1942 in Canaan, CT
High School: Housatonic (Housatonic, CT)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1964
Team: Pirates 1964-1974
Final Game: April 17, 1974
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1964 22 PIT NL 24 34 30 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .067 .125 .067 .192 -44 2 1 0 2 0 0 1
1966 24 PIT NL 34 54 52 3 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 .231 .231 .250 .481 34 13 0 0 2 0 0 1
1967 25 PIT NL 32 42 39 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 12 .128 .150 .128 .278 -19 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1968 26 PIT NL 35 88 80 7 11 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 30 .138 .155 .150 .305 -7 12 0 0 4 2 0 1/7 MVP-22
1969 27 PIT NL 44 87 84 12 21 0 2 1 9 0 0 1 16 .250 .259 .333 .592 67 28 2 0 2 0 0 1
1970 28 PIT NL 32 76 70 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .114 .137 .129 .266 -27 9 2 0 3 1 0 1
1971 29 PIT NL 34 92 83 5 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 .120 .131 .145 .276 -22 12 0 0 8 0 0 1
1972 30 PIT NL 35 96 82 8 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .183 .202 .207 .410 18 17 1 0 12 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-18
1973 31 PIT NL 24 29 24 2 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .417 .417 .500 .917 156 12 0 0 5 0 0 1
1974 32 PIT NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 295 600 546 42 94 7 3 1 37 0 0 11 140 .172 .188 .201 .389 11 110 6 0 40 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 329 300 23 52 4 2 1 20 0 0 6 77 .172 .188 .201 .389 11 60 3 0 22 2 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1964 22 PIT NL 34 31 0 0.0 94 .118 .067 .263 .125 .321 .067 .391 .192 .712 -44 .000 -5.8 -0.6 .138 .067 .000
1966 24 PIT NL 54 42 3 1.9 96 .324 .231 .265 .231 .323 .250 .399 .481 .722 34 .192 -4.7 -0.5 .325 .019 .019
1967 25 PIT NL 42 36 1 0.8 90 .185 .128 .258 .150 .320 .128 .379 .278 .699 -19 .045 -6.1 -0.7 .176 .026 .000
1968 26 PIT NL 88 75 2 0.7 80 .212 .138 .250 .155 .308 .150 .352 .305 .660 -7 .050 -10.4 -1.2 .203 .038 .013
1969 27 PIT NL 87 67 7 2.8 93 .299 .250 .257 .259 .327 .333 .381 .592 .708 67 .325 -4.5 -0.5 .446 .095 .083 .0
1970 28 PIT NL 76 68 1 0.4 101 .143 .114 .263 .137 .336 .129 .402 .266 .738 -27 .011 -12.6 -1.3 .172 .043 .014
1971 29 PIT NL 92 81 2 0.7 94 .147 .120 .262 .131 .328 .145 .384 .276 .712 -22 .035 -13.9 -1.5 .178 .036 .024
1972 30 PIT NL 96 80 4 1.4 91 .250 .183 .255 .202 .323 .207 .377 .410 .701 18 .117 -9.0 -1.0 .279 .049 .024
1973 31 PIT NL 29 19 5 7.1 95 .455 .417 .260 .417 .329 .500 .387 .917 .716 156 .716 1.7 0.2 .857 .083 .083
1974 32 PIT NL 2 2 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .258 .000 .330 .000 .374 .000 .704 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
10 Seasons 600 501 25 1.4 92 .228 .172 .259 .188 .324 .201 .382 .389 .705 11 .115 -65.8 -7.0 .264 .049 .029 .0
162 Game Avg. 329 275 14 1.4 92 .228 .172 .259 .188 .324 .201 .382 .389 .705 11 .115 -65.8 -7.0 .264 .049 .029

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 29 PIT NL NLCS SFG W 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1971 29 PIT NL WS BAL W 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 30 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 6 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 1 0 0
1 WS 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 22 PIT NL 34 0.0% 38.2% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 6.50 2.3 30.0 2.40 50%
1966 24 PIT NL 54 0.0% 27.8% 0.0% 1.9% 8% 3.5 8.7 1.08 69%
1967 25 PIT NL 42 0.0% 28.6% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 12.00 3.3 7.8 1.22 64%
1968 26 PIT NL 88 0.0% 34.1% 2.3% 1.1% 9% 15.00 2.7 10.0 2.08 59%
1969 27 PIT NL 87 1.2% 18.4% 1.2% 3.5% 14% 16.00 5.3 84.0 9.3 3.33 77%
1970 28 PIT NL 76 0.0% 19.7% 2.6% 1.3% 13% 7.50 4.7 35.0 2.25 74%
1971 29 PIT NL 92 0.0% 16.3% 1.1% 1.1% 10% 15.00 5.5 41.5 2.47 74%
1972 30 PIT NL 96 0.0% 22.9% 2.1% 2.1% 13% 11.00 3.7 27.3 1.85 63%
1973 31 PIT NL 29 0.0% 6.9% 0.0% 6.9% 20% 12.0 24.0 1.67 76%
1974 32 PIT NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
10 Seasons 600 0.2% 23.3% 1.8% 1.8% 12% 12.73 3.9 546.0 14.8 2.04 68%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 22 PIT NL 1 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 PIT NL 0 0 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1967 25 PIT NL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 26 PIT NL 0 0 54% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 57% 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 3
1969 27 PIT NL 1 0 52% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 55% 8 5 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
1970 28 PIT NL 1 0 30% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1971 29 PIT NL 0 0 46% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29% 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 30 PIT NL 3 0 47% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 6 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1973 31 PIT NL 0 0 20% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 32 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 6 0 39% 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 38% 31 23 8 3 2 1 11 2 8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1964 22 PIT NL 34 29% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 8 1 13% 20 1 5% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1966 24 PIT NL 51 27% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 9 1 11% 32 3 9% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 3
1967 25 PIT NL 37 19% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 9 0 0% 21 3 14% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 5
1968 26 PIT NL 74 24% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 10 0 0% 14 3 21% 49 8 16% 6 4 67% 5 1 20% 14
1969 27 PIT NL 87 32% 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 67% 22 2 9% 21 2 10% 66 8 12% 4 3 75% 7 1 14% 0
1970 28 PIT NL 76 36% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 11 2 18% 12 3 25% 60 3 5% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 0
1971 29 PIT NL 92 29% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 15 0 0% 16 5 31% 53 2 4% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1972 30 PIT NL 96 27% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 12 92% 23 1 4% 27 6 22% 68 4 6% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 0
1973 31 PIT NL 29 38% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 6 0 0% 4 3 75% 13 1 8% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1974 32 PIT NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 578 29% 94 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0 1 0 1 0 46 40 87% 103 6 6% 121 24 20% 383 33 9% 23 10 43% 34 11 32% 22
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 22 24 34 30 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .067 .125 .067 .192 -44 2 1 0 2 0 0
1965 23 24 34 30 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .067 .125 .067 .192 -44 2 1 0 2 0 0
1966 24 58 88 82 3 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 28 .171 .190 .183 .373 5 15 1 0 4 0 0
1967 25 90 130 121 5 19 1 0 0 12 0 0 3 40 .157 .177 .165 .343 -3 20 1 0 6 0 0
1968 26 125 218 201 12 30 2 0 0 20 0 0 5 70 .149 .168 .159 .327 -4 32 1 0 10 2 0
1969 27 169 305 285 24 51 2 2 1 29 0 0 6 86 .179 .195 .211 .405 17 60 3 0 12 2 0
1970 28 201 381 355 27 59 3 2 1 31 0 0 8 101 .166 .183 .194 .377 8 69 5 0 15 3 0
1971 29 235 473 438 32 69 3 3 1 33 0 0 9 116 .158 .173 .185 .358 2 81 5 0 23 3 0
1972 30 270 569 520 40 84 5 3 1 36 0 0 11 138 .162 .178 .188 .366 4 98 6 0 35 3 0
1973 31 294 598 544 42 94 7 3 1 37 0 0 11 140 .173 .188 .202 .390 11 110 6 0 40 3 0
1974 32 295 600 546 42 94 7 3 1 37 0 0 11 140 .172 .188 .201 .389 11 110 6 0 40 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 22 24 32 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 24
1966 24 34 52 52 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 34
1967 25 32 41 40 2 6 0 0 0 6 0 1 12 .150 .171 .150 .321 1 32
1968 26 35 88 83 9 14 1 0 0 10 0 3 30 .169 .193 .181 .374 3 35
1969 27 44 85 84 12 21 0 2 1 9 0 1 16 .250 .259 .333 .592 7 44
1970 28 32 72 69 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 15 .101 .125 .116 .241 1 32
1971 29 34 85 84 5 11 0 1 0 2 0 1 15 .131 .141 .155 .296 2 34
1972 30 37 92 89 11 19 3 0 0 4 0 3 23 .213 .239 .247 .486 5 35
1973 31 24 24 24 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 24
1974 32 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
10 Seasons 297 573 557 46 78 5 3 1 40 0 13 141 .140 .159 .165 .324 27 295
162 Game Avg. 162 313 304 25 43 3 2 1 22 0 7 77 .140 .159 .165 .324 15 295

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1972 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1968 NL (22, 1%)
1972 NL (18, 3%)
0.04 Career Shares (1157th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 NL (2, 28%)
0.29 Career Shares (130th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1972 NL  12 (6th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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