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Blake Stein

William Blake Stein

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 3, 1973 in McComb, MS
High School: Covington HS (Covington, LA)
School: Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1998
Teams (by GP): Royals/Athletics 1998-2002

Final Game: September 8, 2002
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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
1998 24 OAK AL 5 9 .357 6.37 24 20 0 1 1 0 117.1 117 92 83 22 71 3 89 5 0 15 538 71 1.602 9.0 1.7 5.4 6.8 1.25
1999 25 TOT AL 1 2 .333 4.56 13 12 0 0 0 0 73.0 65 38 37 11 47 1 47 7 0 3 327 110 1.534 8.0 1.4 5.8 5.8 1.00
1999 25 OAK AL 0 0 16.88 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 5 5 1 6 0 4 0 0 1 19 31 4.500 20.3 3.4 20.3 13.5 0.67
1999 25 KCR AL 1 2 .333 4.09 12 11 0 0 0 0 70.1 59 33 32 10 41 1 43 7 0 2 308 122 1.422 7.5 1.3 5.2 5.5 1.05
2000 26 KCR AL 8 5 .615 4.68 17 17 0 1 0 0 107.2 98 57 56 19 57 1 78 3 0 7 464 109 1.440 8.2 1.6 4.8 6.5 1.37
2001 27 KCR AL 7 8 .467 4.74 36 15 5 0 0 1 131.0 112 73 69 20 79 2 113 3 0 10 568 101 1.458 7.7 1.4 5.4 7.8 1.43
2002 28 KCR AL 0 4 .000 7.91 27 2 7 0 0 1 46.2 59 41 41 6 27 1 42 3 0 1 227 63 1.843 11.4 1.2 5.2 8.1 1.56
5 Yrs 21 28 .429 5.41 117 66 12 2 1 2 475.2 451 301 286 78 281 8 369 21 0 36 2124 90 1.539 8.5 1.5 5.3 7.0 1.31
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .429 5.41 43 25 4 1 0 1 177 168 112 106 29 104 3 137 8 0 13 789 90 1.539 8.5 1.5 5.3 7.0 1.31
KCR (4 yrs) 16 19 .457 5.01 92 45 12 1 0 2 355.2 328 204 198 55 204 5 276 16 0 20 1567 99 1.496 8.3 1.4 5.2 7.0 1.35
OAK (2 yrs) 5 9 .357 6.60 25 21 0 1 1 0 120.0 123 97 88 23 77 3 93 5 0 16 557 69 1.667 9.2 1.7 5.8 7.0 1.21

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
1998 24 OAK AL 117.1 24 20 92 7.06 5.11 -0.40 0.15 96.3 5.45 -21 -1.9 .6 -0.1 -0.9 -6 .422 .488 $170,000
1999 25 OAK AL 2.2 1 1 5 16.88 5.25 -0.31 0.21 104.0 6.00 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .269 .499 $
1999 25 KCR AL 70.1 12 11 33 4.22 5.10 0.20 0.17 103.1 5.24 8 0.8 .4 -0.1 1.4 17 .566 .505 $207,500
2000 26 KCR AL 107.2 17 17 57 4.76 5.32 0.25 0.21 101.9 5.37 6 0.6 -0.1 1.5 22 .536 .504 $225,000
2001 27 KCR AL 131.0 36 15 73 5.02 5.11 0.27 -0.05 107.3 5.14 1 0.1 .8 -0.2 1.2 18 .503 .501 $275,000
2002 28 KCR AL 46.2 27 2 41 7.91 5.04 -0.13 -0.27 111.6 5.46 -13 -1.2 .8 0.0 -0.8 -7 .455 .492 $1,350,000
5 Seasons 475.2 117 66 301 5.70 5.15 0.05 0.07 103.2 5.32 -21 -1.8 .8 -0.3 2.2 42 .484 .498 $2,227,500
KCR (4 yrs) 355.2 92 45 204 5.16 5.16 0.20 0.04 105.4 5.27 3 0.3 .8 -0.3 3.3 51 .503 .500 $2,057,500
OAK (2 yrs) 120.0 25 21 97 7.28 5.11 -0.39 0.15 96.5 5.46 -24 -2.1 .6 -0.1 -1.1 -9 .415 .493 $170,000

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
1998 24 OAK AL 24 538 459 92 117 28 2 22 10 5 71 89 .255 .359 .468 .828 .271 215 9 5 1 2 3 12
1999 25 TOT AL 13 327 270 38 65 12 1 11 5 1 47 47 .241 .366 .415 .781 .254 112 8 7 2 1 1 1
1999 25 KCR AL 12 308 257 33 59 10 1 10 4 1 41 43 .230 .350 .393 .743 .239 101 8 7 2 1 1 1
1999 25 OAK AL 1 19 13 5 6 2 0 1 1 0 6 4 .462 .632 .846 1.478 .625 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 26 KCR AL 17 464 397 57 98 13 0 19 9 6 57 78 .247 .343 .423 .766 .260 168 11 3 3 4 1 2
2001 27 KCR AL 36 568 481 73 112 16 1 20 14 6 79 113 .233 .342 .395 .737 .261 190 12 3 1 4 2 3
2002 28 KCR AL 27 227 193 41 59 10 4 6 6 2 27 42 .306 .394 .492 .886 .358 95 3 3 1 3 1 3
5 Yrs 117 2124 1800 301 451 79 8 78 44 20 281 369 .251 .356 .433 .789 .273 780 43 21 8 14 8 21
162 Game Avg. 43 789 669 112 168 29 3 29 16 7 104 137 .251 .356 .433 .789 .273 290 16 8 3 5 3 8
MLB Averages .267 .338 .427 .765 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1998 24 OAK AL -25.5 -2.3 569 -2.5 8.3 -10.8 .94 -1.5 -1.2 -24.9 -2.3 0.94 -18.5 0 1 3
1999 25 TOT AL 4.5 0.5 336 0.9 6.6 -5.7 1.02 -0.0 0.9 4.1 0.4 1.02 -0.3 0 0 1
1999 25 OAK AL -3.5 -0.3 21 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 1.21 -0.3 -0.0 -4.0 -0.3 1.21 -3.6 0 0 0
1999 25 KCR AL 8.0 0.8 315 1.3 6.3 -4.9 1.01 0.3 1.0 8.1 0.8 1.01 3.4 0 0 1
2000 26 KCR AL 6.4 0.6 486 0.8 8.0 -7.1 .90 0.6 0.3 4.8 0.4 0.90 6.6 0 0 0
2001 27 KCR AL 2.6 0.2 596 -0.7 8.3 -9.0 .81 0.3 -1.2 0.8 0.1 0.81 4.1 5 3 13
2002 28 KCR AL -12.2 -1.2 233 -1.5 2.6 -4.1 .77 -0.8 -1.2 -10.9 -1.0 0.77 -9.2 5 3 16
5 Yrs -24.3 -2.1 2220 -3.0 33.8 -36.8 .89 -1.3 -2.0 -26.0 -2.3 0.89 -17.2 10 7 33

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1998 24 OAK AL 24 20 5 8 7 0 1 7 13 .350 2 4 1 1 8 40% 43.3 81 7 20 9 0 10 5.2 5.4 5.5 98 2 7 7 4 130
1999 25 TOT AL 13 12 1 2 9 0 0 5 7 .417 2 2 0 0 7 58% 49.5 76 24 9 2 0 5 4.6 3.6 5.8 107 1 5 2 4 135
1999 25 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 24.0 24 24 3 0 0 1 9.9 15.0 2.7 87 0 1 0 0 87
1999 25 KCR AL 12 11 1 2 8 0 0 5 6 .455 2 2 0 0 7 64% 51.8 76 25 6 2 0 4 4.1 3.1 6.1 108 1 4 2 4 135
2000 26 KCR AL 17 17 8 5 4 2 0 8 9 .471 2 1 1 0 8 47% 50.0 76 14 9 0 0 6 6.1 6.5 6.3 108 1 2 11 3 128
2001 27 KCR AL 36 15 6 6 3 2 0 9 6 .600 1 0 0 0 5 33% 48.6 71 8 15 8 3 9 4.8 5.1 5.0 89 3 7 4 1 124
2002 28 KCR AL 27 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38.0 41 35 9 6 0 1 4.5 2.0 4.7 78 1 1 0 0 82
5 Yrs 117 66 20 22 24 4 1 29 37 .439 7 8 2 1 28 42% 47 81 7 62 25 3 31 5.2 5.2 5.6 100 8 22 24 12 135
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.9 5.9 96

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
1998 24 OAK AL 24 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 .941 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 6.3 43
1999 25 TOT AL 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1.024 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 62
1999 25 KCR AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 1.012 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0 62
2001 27 KCR AL 36 21 5 1 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 12 9 75% 5 .809 5 3 13 5 2 14 9 12 20 1 20 1 8.0 44
2002 28 KCR AL 27 25 7 0 3 2 1 1 50% 3 1 8 2 25% 7 .767 5 3 16 7 3 15 3 22 12 2 13 2 4.5 29
4 Yrs 99 51 12 1 6 4 2 2 50% 6 2 24 13 54% .885 10 7 33 12 6 33 14 37 36 3 37 3 6.2 37

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%
1998 24 OAK AL 538 50% 4.1% 16.5% 13.2% 9.7% 44% 0.48 0.56 65% 18% 10.8% 18% 105 9 9%
1999 25 TOT AL 327 50% 3.4% 14.4% 14.4% 7.3% 37% 0.49 0.60 65% 20% 9.1% 18% 69 8 12%
1999 25 OAK AL 19 63% 5.3% 21.1% 31.6% 15.8% 50% 0.80 1.00 42% 33% 20.0% 0% 4 0 0%
1999 25 KCR AL 308 49% 3.3% 14.0% 13.3% 6.8% 36% 0.48 0.59 67% 20% 8.6% 19% 65 8 12%
2000 26 KCR AL 464 53% 4.1% 16.8% 12.3% 6.9% 33% 0.63 0.81 66% 21% 12.3% 16% 95 11 12%
2001 27 KCR AL 568 47% 3.5% 19.9% 13.9% 6.5% 33% 0.56 0.69 62% 22% 11.1% 20% 110 12 11%
2002 28 KCR AL 227 52% 2.6% 18.5% 11.9% 8.8% 34% 0.35 0.39 65% 30% 6.6% 16% 55 3 5%
5 Yrs 2124 50% 3.7% 17.4% 13.2% 7.8% 37% 0.52 0.63 64% 21% 10.4% 18% 434 43 10%
MLB Averages 47% 2.9% 16.8% 9.0% 8.0% 34% 0.76 1.07 70% 23% 8.3% 14% 11%

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
1998 24 OAK AL 541 2125 3.93 1239 58% 22% 15% 32% 30% 78% 1% 45% 80% 51% 8% 45 23 20% 106 52 6 27% 13 19 -3 0 0
1999 25 TOT AL 327 1340 4.10 787 59% 24% 12% 35% 29% 76% 1% 45% 84% 54% 7% 24 15 21% 69 32 4 21% 3 8 0 0 0
1999 25 OAK AL 19 87 4.58 45 52% 24% 22% 33% 20% 76% 0% 39% 71% 32% 11% 2 1 5% 1 1 1 25% 0 1 0 0 0
1999 25 KCR AL 308 1253 4.07 742 59% 24% 12% 35% 29% 76% 1% 45% 84% 55% 7% 22 14 22% 68 31 3 21% 3 7 0 0 0
2000 26 KCR AL 468 1843 3.94 1086 59% 28% 13% 29% 30% 72% 0% 42% 82% 54% 7% 32 19 21% 98 52 4 32% 18 13 -4 0 0
2001 27 KCR AL 569 2268 3.99 1345 59% 27% 16% 30% 28% 73% 0% 44% 79% 54% 7% 41 22 20% 115 64 6 25% 23 17 -1 0 0
2002 28 KCR AL 228 891 3.91 547 61% 24% 17% 31% 28% 76% 1% 47% 77% 55% 8% 18 9 26% 59 37 3 24% 8 8 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 2133 8467 3.97 5004 59% 25% 15% 31% 29% 75% 1% 44% 81% 53% 8% 160 88 21% 447 237 23 26% 65 65 -9 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 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
1998 24 OAK AL 538 117 17 2 22 2 16 12 10 5 17 38 22 7 58% 12 15 1 198 10 5 67% 9 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 18 0
1999 25 TOT AL 327 65 3 2 11 0 8 5 6 6 5 21 8 3 38% 1 3 0 133 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1999 25 OAK AL 19 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 50% 0 1 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1999 25 KCR AL 308 59 3 2 10 0 8 4 6 6 4 17 6 2 35% 1 2 0 123 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2000 26 KCR AL 464 98 8 1 19 0 4 11 8 12 7 19 13 3 68% 2 7 0 176 9 6 60% 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2001 27 KCR AL 568 112 9 2 20 3 16 7 13 11 9 24 13 5 54% 3 10 0 214 14 6 70% 13 4 1 2 0 0 3 2 20 0
2002 28 KCR AL 227 59 6 1 6 0 9 3 3 5 1 16 9 2 56% 3 1 0 96 6 2 75% 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
5 Yrs 2124 451 43 8 78 5 53 38 40 39 39 118 65 20 55% 21 36 1 817 44 20 69% 40 16 4 4 0 0 7 4 68 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1998 24 5 9 .357 6.37 24 20 0 1 1 0 117.1 117 92 83 22 71 3 89 5 0 15 538 71 1.602 9.0 1.7 5.4 6.8 1.25 71
1999 25 6 11 .353 5.67 37 32 0 1 1 0 190.1 182 130 120 33 118 4 136 12 0 18 865 83 1.576 8.6 1.6 5.6 6.4 1.15 83
2000 26 14 16 .467 5.32 54 49 0 2 1 0 298.0 280 187 176 52 175 5 214 15 0 25 1329 91 1.527 8.5 1.6 5.3 6.5 1.22 91
2001 27 21 24 .467 5.14 90 64 5 2 1 1 429.0 392 260 245 72 254 7 327 18 0 35 1897 94 1.506 8.2 1.5 5.3 6.9 1.29 94
2002 28 21 28 .429 5.41 117 66 12 2 1 2 475.2 451 301 286 78 281 8 369 21 0 36 2124 90 1.539 8.5 1.5 5.3 7.0 1.31 90

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
1998 24 3 9 .250 6.21 116.0 115 89 80 22 70 88 5 1.595 8.9 5.4 6.8 1.26 1.7 24
1999 25 3 4 .429 4.13 72.0 61 37 33 10 44 46 7 1.458 7.6 5.5 5.8 1.05 1.3 13
2000 26 5 6 .455 4.08 106.0 91 53 48 18 53 77 3 1.358 7.7 4.5 6.5 1.45 1.5 17
2001 27 6 8 .429 4.36 128.0 106 69 62 19 75 110 3 1.414 7.5 5.3 7.7 1.47 1.3 36
2002 28 1 4 .200 6.75 48.0 55 40 36 6 25 43 3 1.667 10.3 4.7 8.1 1.72 1.1 27
5 Yrs 18 31 .367 4.96 470.0 428 288 259 75 267 364 21 1.479 8.2 7.0 1.36 1.4 117

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2001 AL  79 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1998 AL  15 (2nd)
2001 AL  10 (7th)

                           

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