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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
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 Pitching

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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 GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP 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 0 0 0 7.0 14 10 9 4 2 0 11 0 0 0 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 0 2 0 0 18.0 7 2 2 1 4 0 13 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 15.2 12 3 3 2 6 0 5 0 0 0 65 1.149 6.9 1.1 3.4 2.9 0.83
2 Seasons (3 Series) 3 1 .750 3.10 6 6 0 2 0 0 40.2 33 15 14 7 12 0 29 0 0 0 167 1.107 7.3 1.5 2.7 6.4 2.42
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 4.76 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.2 26 13 12 6 8 0 16 0 0 0 103 1.500 10.3 2.4 3.2 6.4 2.00
1 WS 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 7 2 2 1 4 0 13 0 0 0 64 0.611 3.5 0.5 2.0 6.5 3.25
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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

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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 PIT NL 22 P 24 13 104.2 30 10 18 2 2 .933 0.0 0.0 2.41 1.17 .953 2.14 0.84
1966 PIT NL 24 P 34 25 155.2 24 6 15 3 1 .875 0.0 0.0 1.21 0.62 .950 1.96 0.74
1967 PIT NL 25 P 32 16 126.2 31 7 23 1 2 .968 0.0 0.0 2.13 0.94 .958 2.00 0.78
1968 PIT NL 26 P 33 31 220.1 49 22 27 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 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 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.66 1.63 .958 1.95 0.78
1970 PIT NL 28 P 31 31 196.2 49 21 26 2 1 .959 0.0 0.0 2.15 1.52 .951 1.85 0.71
1971 PIT NL 29 P 33 33 240.0 67 27 36 4 2 .940 0.0 0.0 2.36 1.91 .955 1.90 0.78
1972 PIT NL 30 P 33 32 249.2 63 15 46 2 6 .968 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.80 1.00 .900 1.80 0.70
10 Seasons P 282 231 1597.1 404 137 251 16 19 .960 0.0 0.0 2.19 1.38 .953 1.93 0.77
1 Season LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 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 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
10 Seasons TOT 283 231 1597.2 404 137 251 16 19 .960 0.0 0.0 2.19 1.37 .914 1.93 0.77

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1972 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1968-NL-22-1%
1972-NL-18-3%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-NL--2--28%
0.29 Career Shares (127th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1968 NL--2.124--5th
1972 NL--2.487--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 InkPitching - 4 (458), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 27 (868), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (392), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (589), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Eric Show (965)
  2. Pete Vuckovich (965)
  3. Tex Carleton (964)
  4. Hank Borowy (960)
  5. Johnny Morrison (958)
  6. George Pipgras (954)
  7. Joey Jay (954)
  8. Jim O'Toole (953)
  9. Bob Walk (950)
  10. Bill Walker (948)
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  1. Eddie Stack (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dennis Leonard (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Vern Ruhle (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pat Malone (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Bunning (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Goltz (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dave Goltz (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pat Malone (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Denny (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Dave Stewart (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  1. John Denny (988)
  2. Johnny Morrison (987)
  3. Dutch Leonard (986)
  4. George Pipgras (986)
  5. Matt Morris (985)
  6. Nick Altrock (982)
  7. Bill Hallahan (982)
  8. Phil Douglas (981)
  9. Doug Drabek (981)
  10. Ken Holtzman (981)
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  1. Roy Oswalt (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Howie Pollet (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. 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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