Steve Blass
Stephen Robert Blass
All-Star Player
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
Final Game: April 17, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 PIT NL 22 P 24 13 104.2 30 10 18 2 2 .933 2.41 1.17 .953 2.14 0.84
1966 PIT NL 24 P 34 25 155.2 24 6 15 3 1 .875 1.21 0.62 .950 1.96 0.74
1967 PIT NL 25 P 32 16 126.2 31 7 23 1 2 .968 2.13 0.94 .961 2.00 0.78
1968 PIT NL 26 P 33 31 220.1 49 22 27 0 1 1.000 2.00 1.48 .957 2.01 0.85 MVP-22
1968 PIT NL 26 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.40 MVP-22
1968 PIT NL 26 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80 MVP-22
1969 PIT NL 27 P 38 32 210.0 64 21 41 2 3 .969 2.66 1.63 .958 1.95 0.78
1970 PIT NL 28 P 31 31 196.2 49 21 26 2 1 .959 2.15 1.52 .951 1.85 0.71
1971 PIT NL 29 P 33 33 240.0 67 27 36 4 2 .940 2.36 1.91 .955 1.90 0.78
1972 PIT NL 30 P 33 32 249.2 63 15 46 2 6 .968 2.20 1.85 .949 1.78 0.73 AS,CYA-2,MVP-18
1973 PIT NL 31 P 23 18 88.2 26 8 18 0 1 1.000 2.64 1.13 .946 1.88 0.73
1974 PIT NL 32 P 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 1.00 .900 1.80 0.70
10 Seasons P 282 231 1597.1 404 137 251 16 19 .960 2.19 1.38 .954 1.93 0.77
1 Season LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.40
1 Season OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
10 Seasons TOT 283 231 1597.2 404 137 251 16 19 .960 2.19 1.37 .914 1.93 0.77

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 PIT NL 22 24 13 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 24 34 25 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PIT NL 25 32 16 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PIT NL 26 35 31 35 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
1969 PIT NL 27 44 32 44 44 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1970 PIT NL 28 32 31 32 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 PIT NL 29 34 33 34 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 PIT NL 30 35 32 35 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1973 PIT NL 31 24 18 24 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 PIT NL 32 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 295 231 295 295 282 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 PIT NL 22 478 76% 26% 20 95% 1 9 0 8 18 14 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1966 PIT NL 24 640 83% 29% 18 89% 0 6 0 6 16 13 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0
1967 PIT NL 25 504 79% 31% 24 96% 0 7 0 6 23 18 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1968 PIT NL 26 766 79% 31% 23 96% 0 16 0 14 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1969 PIT NL 27 872 73% 24% 39 92% 2 20 2 14 37 26 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 6 67%
1970 PIT NL 28 838 76% 29% 28 86% 0 20 1 17 27 18 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 67%
1971 PIT NL 29 1019 80% 25% 42 88% 1 28 0 22 38 26 4 4 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 7 86%
1972 PIT NL 30 1055 81% 28% 50 94% 0 15 7 6 46 27 8 2 0 1 1 0 6 4 5 1 6 100%
1973 PIT NL 31 474 74% 22% 18 89% 0 8 1 7 19 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1974 PIT NL 32 29 69% 24% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 6675 78% 27% 264 92% 4 130 11 100 247 173 26 16 0 7 9 7 17 8 12 5 32 88%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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