Steve Blateric

Stephen Lawrence Blateric

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 20, 1944 in Denver, CO
High School: Lincoln HS (Denver, CO)
School: University of Denver (Denver, CO)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1971
Teams (by GP): Reds/Angels/Yankees 1971-1975

Final Game: April 21, 1975
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Standard Pitching

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
1966	22	BOS-min	Rk	6	6	.500	3.65	18	11					79.0	72	47	32	4	22								1.190	8.2	0.5	2.5			CVN · APPY
1967	23	CIN-BOS-min	A-,A	10	5	.667	2.95	22	14					116.0	93	48	38	4	29		5						1.052	7.2	0.3	2.2	0.4	0.17	SXF,WLO,WSM · NORL,MIDW,CARL
1968	24	CIN-min	AA,A	13	2	.867	1.75	37	14					149.0	112	32	29	5	29		58						0.946	6.8	0.3	1.8	3.5	2.00	AVL,TAM · SOUL,FLOR
1969	25	CIN-min	AA	7	4	.636	2.84	19	15				2	114.0	109	41	36	12	26		64						1.184	8.6	0.9	2.1	5.1	2.46	AVL · SOUL
1970	26	CIN-min	AA,AAA	6	11	.353	2.72	40	11		0	0	0	116.0	94	43	35	6	41	0	5	0	0	1			1.164	7.3	0.5	3.2	0.4	0.12	AVL,INA · SOUL,AA
1971	27	CIN-min	AA	14	10	.583	1.46	48	2		2	0	15	111.0	68	19	18	6	40	11	121	3	1	2			0.973	5.5	0.5	3.2	9.8	3.03	TRV · EL
1971	27	CIN	NL	0	0		13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	14	28	1.875	16.9	6.8	0.0	13.5
1972	28	CIN-min	AAA,A	8	10	.444	1.44	66	2		1	1	14	131.0	94	38	21	4	43	10	134	9	0	5			1.046	6.5	0.3	3.0	9.2	3.12	INA,TAM · AA,FLOR
1972	28	NYY	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0

1973	29	CIN-min	AAA	9	5	.643	2.97	45	0					115.0	114	49	38	5	32								1.270	8.9	0.4	2.5			INA · AA
1974	30	CHW-CLE-ANA-min	AAA	10	8	.556	2.93	55	0		0	0	13	83.0	67	33	27	7	30	11	59	2	0	6			1.169	7.3	0.8	3.3	6.4	1.97	IWA,OKC,SLC · AA,PCL
1975	31	ANA-min	AAA	3	5	.375	5.27	29	5		2	0	5	70.0	79	46	41	6	26	3	41	1	0	5			1.500	10.2	0.8	3.3	5.3	1.58	SLC · PCL
1975	31	CAL	AL	0	0		6.23	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	9	5	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	24	62	2.308	18.7	0.0	2.1	10.4	5.00
1976	32	CHW-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.38	22	0		0	0	2	39.0	47	25	19	3	9	6	24	2	0	4			1.436	10.8	0.7	2.1	5.5	2.67	IWA · AA
1977	33	WSN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.56	38	4		0	0	3	71.0	81	43	36	5	30	3	53	3	1	3			1.563	10.3	0.6	3.8	6.7	1.77	DEN · AA
1980	36	RWD	A	2	0	1.000	4.15	13	1		0	0	0	26.0	26	17	12	2	7	0	23	0	1	0			1.269	9.0	0.7	2.4	8.0	3.29	RWD · CALL
3 Yrs				0	0		5.73	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	16	9	7	2	1	0	13	1	0	1	52	64	1.545	13.1	1.6	0.8	10.6	13.00
162 Game Avg.				0	0		5.73	68	0	27	0	0	0	150	218	122	95	27	14	0	177	14	0	14	707	64	1.545	13.1	1.6	0.8	10.6	13.00

CAL (1 yr)				0	0		6.23	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	9	5	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	24	62	2.308	18.7	0.0	2.1	10.4	5.00
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	14	28	1.875	16.9	6.8	0.0	13.5
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0

AL (2 yrs)				0	0		3.24	3	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	11	5	3	0	1	0	9	0	0	1	38	112	1.440	11.9	0.0	1.1	9.7	9.00
NL (1 yr)				0	0		13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	4	4	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	14	28	1.875	16.9	6.8	0.0	13.5

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1971	27	CIN	NL	2.2	2	0	4	13.50	3.87	0.32	-0.17	91.4	3.09	-3	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-3	.347	.498	$
1972	28	NYY	AL	4.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.26	-0.02	-0.14	92.0	2.88	1	0.2	.8	-0.0	0.2	2	.685	.501	$6,600

1975	31	CAL	AL	4.1	2	0	5	10.38	4.49	-0.42	-0.37	98.0	4.45	-3	-0.3	1.8	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.365	.498	$
3 Seasons				11.0	5	0	9	7.36	3.89	-0.09	-0.24	94.2	3.55	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-4	.422	.499	$6,600

CAL (1 yr)				4.1	2	0	5	10.38	4.49	-0.42	-0.37	98.0	4.45	-3	-0.3	1.8	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.365	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				2.2	2	0	4	13.50	3.87	0.32	-0.17	91.4	3.09	-3	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-3	.347	.498	$
NYY (1 yr)				4.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.26	-0.02	-0.14	92.0	2.88	1	0.2	.8	-0.0	0.2	2	.685	.501	$6,600

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1971	27	CIN	NL	2	14	13	4	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	.385	.429	1.077	1.505	.429	14	0	1	0	0	0	0
1972	28	NYY	AL	1	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	.200	2	1	0	0	0	0	1

1975	31	CAL	AL	2	24	21	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.429	.435	.524	.959	.529	11	1	0	1	1	0	2
3 Yrs				5	52	48	9	16	3	1	2	0	0	1	13	.333	.353	.563	.915	.412	27	2	1	1	1	0	3
162 Game Avg.				68	707	653	122	218	41	14	27	0	0	14	177	.333	.353	.563	.915	.412	367	27	14	14	14	0	41
MLB Averages																.253	.321	.368	.689	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1971	27	CIN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	14	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.25	-0.3	-0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.25	-3.9	0	0	2
1972	28	NYY	AL	1.5	0.2	15	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.68	0.2	0.1	1.5	0.2	0.68	1.4	0	1	0

1975	31	CAL	AL	-2.0	-0.2	25	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.74	-0.2	-0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.74	-2.9	1	1	0
3 Yrs				-3.2	-0.3	54	-0.2	0.5	-0.8	.60	-0.3	-0.1	-6.6	-0.6	0.60	-5.4	1	2	2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	27	CIN	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	.254	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	4.0
1972	28	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	.679	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	12.0

1975	31	CAL	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	3	.739	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	6.5
3 Yrs				5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%		.592	1	2	2	0	1	4	2	3	4	1	4	0	6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	27	CIN	NL	14	50%	14.3%	28.6%	0.0%	28.6%	80%	1.00	50%	2	0	0%
1972	28	NYY	AL	14	64%	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	3.00	71%	2	1	50%

1975	31	CAL	AL	24	83%	0.0%	20.8%	4.2%	8.3%	22%	1.67	71%	9	1	11%
3 Yrs				52	69%	3.9%	25.0%	1.9%	11.5%	38%	1.86	65%	13	2	15%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.8%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.10	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1971	27	CIN	NL	14	5			2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	28	NYY	AL	14	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1975	31	CAL	AL	24	9			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	60%	2	1	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				52	16			2	0	2	2	0	2	0	6	3	2	50%	3	1	1	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1971	27	13.50	2	1	2.2	5	4	4	2	0	4	1	0	14	28	1.875	16.9	6.8	0.0	13.5		28
1972	28	5.40	3	2	6.2	7	4	4	2	0	8	1	0	28	65	1.050	9.5	2.7	0.0	10.8		65
1973	29	5.40	3	2	6.2	7	4	4	2	0	8	1	0	28	65	1.050	9.5	2.7	0.0	10.8		65
1974	30	5.40	3	2	6.2	7	4	4	2	0	8	1	0	28	65	1.050	9.5	2.7	0.0	10.8		65
1975	31	5.73	5	2	11.0	16	9	7	2	1	13	1	1	52	64	1.545	13.1	1.6	0.8	10.6	13.00	64

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1971	27	0	0	11.25	4.0	0	6	5	0	0	6	1	0.000	0.0	0.0	13.5		0.0	2
1972	28	0	0	0.00	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	1

1975	31	0	0	9.00	4.0	10	4	4	0	1	5	0	2.750	22.5	2.3	11.3	5.00	0.0	2
3 Yrs		0	0	6.23	13.0	10	10	9	0	1	16	1	0.846	6.9		11.1	16.00	0.0	5

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