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Blas Minor

Blas Minor

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 20, 1966 in Merced, CA
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1992
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Mets/Mariners/Astros 1992-1997

Final Game: July 14, 1997
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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
1992 26 PIT NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 94 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1993 27 PIT NL 8 6 .571 4.10 65 0 18 0 0 2 94.1 94 43 43 8 26 3 84 4 0 5 398 98 1.272 9.0 0.8 2.5 8.0 3.23
1994 28 PIT NL 0 1 .000 8.05 17 0 2 0 0 1 19.0 27 17 17 4 9 2 17 1 0 0 90 54 1.895 12.8 1.9 4.3 8.1 1.89
1995 29 NYM NL 4 2 .667 3.66 35 0 10 0 0 1 46.2 44 21 19 6 13 1 43 1 0 3 192 111 1.221 8.5 1.2 2.5 8.3 3.31
1996 30 TOT MLB 0 1 .000 4.24 28 0 10 0 0 0 51.0 50 25 24 10 17 2 34 0 0 3 213 107 1.314 8.8 1.8 3.0 6.0 2.00
1996 30 NYM NL 0 0 3.51 17 0 4 0 0 0 25.2 23 11 10 4 6 2 20 0 0 1 104 116 1.130 8.1 1.4 2.1 7.0 3.33
1996 30 SEA AL 0 1 .000 4.97 11 0 6 0 0 0 25.1 27 14 14 6 11 0 14 0 0 2 109 101 1.500 9.6 2.1 3.9 5.0 1.27
1997 31 HOU NL 1 0 1.000 4.50 11 0 5 0 0 1 12.0 13 7 6 1 5 0 6 1 0 4 55 92 1.500 9.8 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.20
6 Yrs 13 10 .565 4.40 157 0 45 0 0 5 225.0 231 115 110 29 70 8 184 7 0 16 957 95 1.338 9.2 1.2 2.8 7.4 2.63
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .565 4.40 68 0 19 0 0 2 97 100 50 48 13 30 3 80 3 0 7 414 95 1.338 9.2 1.2 2.8 7.4 2.63
PIT (3 yrs) 8 7 .533 4.76 83 0 20 0 0 3 115.1 124 62 61 12 35 5 101 5 0 6 497 86 1.379 9.7 0.9 2.7 7.9 2.89
NYM (2 yrs) 4 2 .667 3.61 52 0 14 0 0 1 72.1 67 32 29 10 19 3 63 1 0 4 296 112 1.189 8.3 1.2 2.4 7.8 3.32
SEA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.97 11 0 6 0 0 0 25.1 27 14 14 6 11 0 14 0 0 2 109 101 1.500 9.6 2.1 3.9 5.0 1.27
HOU (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.50 11 0 5 0 0 1 12.0 13 7 6 1 5 0 6 1 0 4 55 92 1.500 9.8 0.8 3.8 4.5 1.20
NL (6 yrs) 13 9 .591 4.33 146 0 39 0 0 5 199.2 204 101 96 23 59 8 170 7 0 14 848 94 1.317 9.2 1.0 2.7 7.7 2.88
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.97 11 0 6 0 0 0 25.1 27 14 14 6 11 0 14 0 0 2 109 101 1.500 9.6 2.1 3.9 5.0 1.27

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 Awards
1992 26 PIT NL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 3.52 0.00 -0.27 106.0 3.43 -1 -0.1 .1 0.1 -0.1 -1 .372 .499 $
1993 27 PIT NL 94.1 65 0 43 4.10 4.53 -0.08 -0.35 98.0 4.18 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.2 0.5 10 .499 .500 $112,000
1994 28 PIT NL 19.0 17 0 17 8.05 4.97 0.22 -0.38 98.7 4.31 -8 -0.8 1.3 -0.1 -0.8 -7 .454 .495 $145,000
1995 29 NYM NL 46.2 35 0 21 4.05 4.59 -0.14 -0.34 100.8 4.42 2 0.2 .7 -0.1 0.4 6 .504 .501 $145,000
1996 30 NYM NL 25.2 17 0 11 3.86 4.79 0.46 -0.36 93.5 3.72 -0 -0.0 .6 -0.0 0.1 2 .499 .500 $198,000
1996 30 SEA AL 25.1 11 0 14 4.97 5.12 0.32 -0.38 100.0 4.42 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.0 0.0 2 .484 .499 $
1997 31 HOU NL 12.0 11 0 7 5.25 4.62 0.46 -0.35 95.4 3.64 -2 -0.2 1.7 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .480 .499 $
6 Seasons 225.0 157 0 115 4.60 4.67 0.07 -0.35 98.3 4.18 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.5 -0.1 11 .492 .499 $600,000
PIT (3 yrs) 115.1 83 0 62 4.84 4.58 -0.03 -0.35 98.3 4.19 -10 -1.0 1.1 -0.2 -0.4 2 .488 .498 $257,000
NYM (2 yrs) 72.1 52 0 32 3.98 4.66 0.07 -0.35 98.2 4.17 1 0.1 .7 -0.2 0.5 8 .503 .500 $343,000
SEA (1 yr) 25.1 11 0 14 4.97 5.12 0.32 -0.38 100.0 4.42 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.0 0.0 2 .484 .499 $
HOU (1 yr) 12.0 11 0 7 5.25 4.62 0.46 -0.35 95.4 3.64 -2 -0.2 1.7 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .480 .499 $

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
1992 26 PIT NL 1 9 9 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 .333 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
1993 27 PIT NL 65 398 358 43 94 12 4 8 5 4 26 84 .263 .316 .385 .702 .319 138 6 4 6 4 3 3
1994 28 PIT NL 17 90 77 17 27 10 0 4 1 0 9 17 .351 .420 .636 1.057 .404 49 3 1 2 1 2 0
1995 29 NYM NL 35 192 174 21 44 12 0 6 3 3 13 43 .253 .309 .425 .734 .304 74 2 1 4 0 1 1
1996 30 SEA AL 11 109 98 14 27 3 0 6 0 1 11 14 .276 .349 .490 .838 .269 48 3 0 0 0 0 0
1996 30 NYM NL 17 104 97 11 23 1 1 4 0 0 6 20 .237 .279 .392 .671 .257 38 3 0 0 1 2 3
1996 30 TOT MLB 28 213 195 25 50 4 1 10 0 1 17 34 .256 .315 .441 .756 .263 86 6 0 0 1 2 3
1997 31 HOU NL 11 55 47 7 13 2 0 1 0 0 5 6 .277 .352 .383 .735 .293 18 2 1 1 1 0 2
6 Yrs 157 957 860 115 231 41 6 29 9 8 70 184 .269 .326 .431 .758 .309 371 20 7 13 7 8 9
162 Game Avg. 68 414 372 50 100 18 3 13 4 3 30 80 .269 .326 .431 .758 .309 161 9 3 6 3 3 4
MLB Averages .266 .335 .411 .746 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1992 26 PIT NL -0.5 -0.1 10 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .06 -0.1 -0.2 -1.1 -0.1 0.06 -1.8 0 0 1
1993 27 PIT NL 1.8 0.2 415 1.0 6.8 -5.9 .95 0.3 0.8 4.6 0.5 0.95 3.4 18 20 27
1994 28 PIT NL -6.8 -0.7 93 -0.5 1.8 -2.3 1.18 -0.6 0.1 -10.2 -1.0 1.18 -6.3 5 5 7
1995 29 NYM NL 2.3 0.2 200 1.1 3.6 -2.5 .94 0.1 1.1 5.7 0.6 0.94 3.2 7 4 24
1996 30 TOT MLB 2.4 0.2 218 0.4 2.0 -1.6 .43 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.43 3.7 4 4 19
1996 30 NYM NL 1.8 0.2 106 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 .39 0.2 -0.7 -0.9 -0.1 0.39 1.9 3 0 14
1996 30 SEA AL 0.6 0.1 112 0.5 1.3 -0.7 .46 0.0 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.46 1.8 1 4 5
1997 31 HOU NL -0.7 -0.1 59 0.1 1.0 -0.9 1.01 -0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 1.01 -0.3 6 0 5
6 Yrs -1.4 -0.1 995 2.0 15.2 -13.2 .85 -0.2 2.5 -0.5 0.0 0.85 2.1 40 33 83

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1992 26 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .064 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 33
1993 27 PIT NL 65 65 18 8 6 3 2 1 67% 10 7 37 15 41% 7 .955 18 20 27 12 15 38 24 41 31 18 35 13 4.4 22
1994 28 PIT NL 17 17 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 14 7 50% 6 1.183 5 5 7 4 3 10 6 11 6 6 6 2 3.4 19
1995 29 NYM NL 35 35 10 4 2 1 1 0 100% 3 2 9 3 33% 7 .938 7 4 24 6 6 23 7 28 14 9 14 2 4.0 20
1996 30 TOT MLB 28 28 10 0 1 1 0 1 0% 3 1 23 10 43% .426 4 4 19 7 1 20 12 16 21 4 22 5 5.5 28
1996 30 NYM NL 17 17 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 13 7 54% 7 .389 3 0 14 4 0 13 8 9 12 4 12 3 4.5 21
1996 30 SEA AL 11 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 3 30% 8 .461 1 4 5 3 1 7 4 7 9 0 10 2 6.9 38
1997 31 HOU NL 11 11 5 1 0 3 1 2 33% 6 2 10 3 30% 7 1.008 6 0 5 6 0 5 6 5 4 4 6 2 3.3 17
6 Yrs 157 157 45 13 10 9 5 4 56% 25 14 93 38 41% .850 40 33 83 35 25 97 55 102 77 41 84 24 4.3 22

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1992 26 PIT NL 9 78% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 22.2% 67% 1.00 2.00 100% 22% 0.0% 25% 1 1 100%
1993 27 PIT NL 398 60% 2.0% 21.1% 6.5% 6.0% 26% 0.92 1.35 68% 19% 6.5% 13% 64 6 9%
1994 28 PIT NL 90 63% 4.4% 18.9% 10.0% 15.6% 52% 1.00 1.44 63% 19% 14.3% 7% 16 3 19%
1995 29 NYM NL 192 61% 3.1% 22.4% 6.8% 9.4% 41% 0.87 1.14 65% 26% 10.9% 20% 32 2 6%
1996 30 TOT MLB 213 57% 4.7% 16.0% 8.0% 7.0% 30% 0.72 0.97 71% 24% 12.2% 13% 47 6 13%
1996 30 NYM NL 104 62% 3.9% 19.2% 5.8% 5.8% 26% 0.68 1.04 71% 29% 10.0% 15% 22 3 14%
1996 30 SEA AL 109 52% 5.5% 12.8% 10.1% 8.3% 33% 0.77 0.91 72% 19% 14.3% 11% 25 3 12%
1997 31 HOU NL 55 67% 1.8% 10.9% 9.1% 5.5% 23% 0.82 0.88 75% 23% 5.6% 18% 10 2 20%
6 Yrs 957 61% 3.0% 19.2% 7.3% 7.9% 33% 0.86 1.18 68% 22% 9.4% 14% 170 20 12%
MLB Averages 43% 2.5% 15.9% 8.9% 7.4% 32% 0.82 1.09 71% 21% 7.5% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1992 26 PIT NL 9 33 3.67 21 64% 14% 19% 24% 43% 86% 0% 55% 78% 44% 0% 0 0 11% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 27 PIT NL 385 1372 3.56 875 64% 22% 20% 25% 32% 77% 2% 49% 74% 54% 5% 21 10 22% 85 50 6 19% 15 8 13 0 3
1994 28 PIT NL 87 311 3.57 180 58% 19% 19% 28% 33% 80% 6% 46% 76% 48% 7% 6 2 10% 9 5 0 0% 3 2 3 0 1
1995 29 NYM NL 186 689 3.70 448 65% 24% 18% 29% 29% 76% 2% 49% 76% 63% 4% 7 4 20% 38 21 1 17% 9 2 6 0 0
1996 30 TOT MLB 203 735 3.62 449 61% 21% 17% 28% 35% 79% 0% 48% 79% 60% 5% 10 6 18% 36 15 0 10% 4 3 10 0 0
1996 30 NYM NL 93 320 3.44 211 66% 18% 17% 30% 34% 82% 1% 54% 79% 68% 3% 3 2 17% 16 9 0 13% 3 0 11 0 0
1996 30 SEA AL 110 415 3.77 238 57% 23% 16% 25% 35% 77% 0% 44% 79% 53% 6% 7 4 18% 20 6 0 7% 1 3 -1 0 0
1997 31 HOU NL 48 166 3.46 100 60% 19% 15% 27% 38% 80% 0% 48% 80% 40% 2% 1 0 8% 4 1 0 20% 1 1 7 0 1
6 Yrs 918 3306 3.60 2073 63% 22% 19% 27% 32% 78% 2% 49% 76% 56% 5% 45 22 19% 173 92 7 15% 32 16 39 0 5
MLB Averages 3.68 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

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
1992 26 PIT NL 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 27 PIT NL 398 94 5 1 8 0 4 3 5 2 6 17 11 4 65% 3 5 3 155 5 4 56% 5 2 0 1 0 1 3 3 15 0
1994 28 PIT NL 90 27 0 0 4 1 3 3 1 0 4 8 4 1 50% 0 0 1 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1995 29 NYM NL 192 44 4 0 6 0 3 5 1 4 2 9 5 1 56% 1 3 1 69 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1996 30 TOT MLB 213 50 2 1 10 1 6 5 5 7 3 8 6 2 75% 3 3 0 79 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1996 30 NYM NL 104 23 0 0 4 1 3 3 1 3 1 5 4 2 80% 3 1 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 30 SEA AL 109 27 2 1 6 0 3 2 4 4 2 3 2 0 67% 0 2 0 43 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 31 HOU NL 55 13 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 3 1 60% 2 4 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 Yrs 957 231 16 2 29 2 17 17 12 14 15 47 30 9 64% 9 16 5 362 9 8 53% 8 6 1 1 0 1 4 3 38 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1992 26 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 94 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 94
1993 27 8 6 .571 4.11 66 0 18 0 0 2 96.1 97 45 44 8 26 3 84 4 0 6 407 98 1.277 9.1 0.7 2.4 7.8 3.23 98
1994 28 8 7 .533 4.76 83 0 20 0 0 3 115.1 124 62 61 12 35 5 101 5 0 6 497 86 1.379 9.7 0.9 2.7 7.9 2.89 86
1995 29 12 9 .571 4.44 118 0 30 0 0 4 162.0 168 83 80 18 48 6 144 6 0 9 689 92 1.333 9.3 1.0 2.7 8.0 3.00 92
1996 30 12 10 .545 4.39 146 0 40 0 0 4 213.0 218 108 104 28 65 8 178 6 0 12 902 95 1.329 9.2 1.2 2.7 7.5 2.74 95
1997 31 13 10 .565 4.40 157 0 45 0 0 5 225.0 231 115 110 29 70 8 184 7 0 16 957 95 1.338 9.2 1.2 2.8 7.4 2.63 95

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1992 26 0 0 3.00 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1993 27 5 5 .500 4.11 92.0 93 47 42 8 26 82 4 1.293 9.1 2.5 8.0 3.15 0.8 65
1994 28 0 2 .000 7.62 26.0 37 24 22 5 12 23 1 1.885 12.8 4.2 8.0 1.92 1.7 17
1995 29 3 2 .600 3.71 51.0 49 23 21 7 14 47 1 1.235 8.6 2.5 8.3 3.36 1.2 35
1996 30 3 2 .600 3.96 50.0 48 24 22 10 16 33 0 1.280 8.6 2.9 5.9 2.06 1.8 28
1997 31 0 1 .000 4.50 12.0 13 7 6 1 5 6 1 1.500 9.8 3.8 4.5 1.20 0.8 11
6 Yrs 11 12 .478 4.38 234.0 240 126 114 31 73 191 7 1.338 9.2 7.3 2.62 1.2 157

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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