Steve Blass

Stephen Robert Blass

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
About biographical information

Standard Pitching

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- Postseason
- 1964
- 1970
- 1966
- 1971
- 1967
- 1972
- 1968
- 1973
- 1969
- 1974
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1964
- 1970
- 1966
- 1971
- 1967
- 1972
- 1968
- 1973
- 1969
- 1974
HR Log
vs. Batter
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1964	22	PIT	NL	5	8	.385	4.04	24	13	2	3	1	0	104.2	107	52	47	9	45	5	67	1	0	10	458	87	1.452	9.2	0.8	3.9	5.8	1.49

1966	24	PIT	NL	11	7	.611	3.87	34	25	1	1	0	0	155.2	173	80	67	12	46	1	76	2	0	9	662	92	1.407	10.0	0.7	2.7	4.4	1.65
1967	25	PIT	NL	6	8	.429	3.55	32	16	2	2	0	0	126.2	126	65	50	12	47	7	72	2	0	3	541	94	1.366	9.0	0.9	3.3	5.1	1.53
1968	26	PIT	NL	18	6	.750	2.12	33	31	3	12	7	0	220.1	191	64	52	13	57	5	132	4	0	7	885	136	1.126	7.8	0.5	2.3	5.4	2.32	MVP-22
1969	27	PIT	NL	16	10	.615	4.46	38	32	4	9	0	2	210.0	207	119	104	21	86	3	147	6	2	5	907	78	1.395	8.9	0.9	3.7	6.3	1.71
1970	28	PIT	NL	10	12	.455	3.52	31	31	0	6	1	0	196.2	187	92	77	14	73	8	120	5	1	2	824	110	1.322	8.6	0.6	3.3	5.5	1.64
1971	29	PIT	NL	15	8	.652	2.85	33	33	0	12	5	0	240.0	226	81	76	16	68	8	136	2	0	4	996	122	1.225	8.5	0.6	2.6	5.1	2.00
1972	30	PIT	NL	19	8	.704	2.49	33	32	0	11	2	0	249.2	227	80	69	18	84	8	117	4	1	6	1024	135	1.246	8.2	0.6	3.0	4.2	1.39	AS,CYA-2,MVP-18
1973	31	PIT	NL	3	9	.250	9.85	23	18	1	1	0	0	88.2	109	98	97	11	84	4	27	12	0	9	455	36	2.177	11.1	1.1	8.5	2.7	0.32
1974	32	PIT	NL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	5	8	5	2	7	0	2	0	0	1	28	38	2.400	9.0	3.6	12.6	3.6	0.29
10 Seasons				103	76	.575	3.63	282	231	14	57	16	2	1597.1	1558	739	644	128	597	49	896	38	4	56	6780	95	1.349	8.8	0.7	3.4	5.0	1.50
162 Game Avg.				14	10	.575	3.63	37	31	2	8	2	0	212	207	98	85	17	79	6	119	5	1	7	899	95	1.349	8.8	0.7	3.4	5.0	1.50

Postseason Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1971	29	PIT	NL	NLCS	W	SFG	0	1	.000	11.57	2	2	0	7.0	14	10	9	4	2	11	38	2.286	18.0	5.1	2.6	14.1	5.50
1971	29	PIT	NL	WS	W	BAL	2	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	2	18.0	7	2	2	1	4	13	64	0.611	3.5	0.5	2.0	6.5	3.25
1972	30	PIT	NL	NLCS	L	CIN	1	0	1.000	1.72	2	2	0	15.2	12	3	3	2	6	5	65	1.149	6.9	1.1	3.4	2.9	0.83
2 Seasons (3 Series)							3	1	.750	3.10	6	6	2	40.2	33	15	14	7	12	29	167	1.107	7.3	1.5	2.7	6.4	2.42
2 NLCS							1	1	.500	4.76	4	4	0	22.2	26	13	12	6	8	16	103	1.500	10.3	2.4	3.2	6.4	2.00
1 WS							2	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	2	18.0	7	2	2	1	4	13	64	0.611	3.5	0.5	2.0	6.5	3.25

Standard Batting

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- Postseason
- 1964
- 1970
- 1966
- 1971
- 1967
- 1972
- 1968
- 1973
- 1969
- 1974
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1964
- 1970
- 1966
- 1971
- 1967
- 1972
- 1968
- 1973
- 1969
- 1974
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GDP	SH
1971	29	PIT	NL	NLCS	SFG	W	2	2	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1971	29	PIT	NL	WS	BAL	W	2	7	7	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1972	30	PIT	NL	NLCS	CIN	L	2	6	6	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							6	15	14	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1
2 NLCS							4	8	7	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1
1 WS							2	7	7	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0

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 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)
Earned Run Average s c a p y 1968 NL 2.12 (5th) 1972 NL 2.49 (6th)	Wins s c a p y 1968 NL 18 (7th) 1972 NL 19 (5th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1966 NL .611 (8th) 1968 NL .750 (1st) 1971 NL .652 (7th) 1972 NL .704 (4th) Career .575 (199th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1968 NL 7 (3rd) 1971 NL 5 (1st)
Home Runs s c a p y 1972 NL 18 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1972 NL 84 (9th)	Hits s c a p y 1972 NL 227 (7th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1970 NL .641 (9th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1969 NL 104 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1964 NL 10 (8th) 1966 NL 9 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1973 NL 12 (1st)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1968 NL 136 (6th) 1972 NL 135 (8th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1972 NL 12 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink Pitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40

Gray Ink Pitching - 30 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 33 (398), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers View Player Links in Pop-up Compare Stats to Similars Eric Show (965) Pete Vuckovich (965) Tex Carleton (964) Hank Borowy (960) Johnny Morrison (958) George Pipgras (954) Joey Jay (954) Jim O'Toole (953) Bob Walk (950) Bill Walker (948)		Most Similar by Ages View Player Links in Pop-up Hold mouse over #'s to see names Eddie Stack (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Dennis Leonard (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Vern Ruhle (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Pat Malone (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Jim Bunning (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Dave Goltz (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Dave Goltz (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Pat Malone (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C John Denny (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Dave Stewart (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C * - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters View Player Links in Pop-up Compare Stats to Similars John Denny (988) Johnny Morrison (987) Dutch Leonard (986) George Pipgras (986) Matt Morris (985) Nick Altrock (982) Bill Hallahan (982) Phil Douglas (981) Doug Drabek (981) Ken Holtzman (981)		Most Similar by Ages View Player Links in Pop-up Hold mouse over #'s to see names Roy Oswalt (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Howie Pollet (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C Dutch Leonard (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C * - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1960 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

March 27, 1975: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Uniforms

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Black Ink	Pitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 30 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 33 (398), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50