Steve Blass

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: April 18, 1942 in Canaan, CT us

High School: Housatonic Valley Regional HS (Falls Village, CT)

Debut: May 10, 1964 (Age 22-022d, 12,240th in major league history)
vs. MLN 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 17, 1974 (Age 31-364d)
vs. CHC 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 7 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Stephen Robert Blass

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

103

ERA

3.63

282

231

1597.1

896

WHIP

1.349

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Team Record in Appearances: 21-12 / in Starts: 21-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 0

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	91	12	Apr 26	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.39	4	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.021	1.47	0.03%	0.38	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
2	92	15	Apr 29	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	2	6.2	7	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.17	3.69	27	12	5	0	2	7	57			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.194	1.36	0.20%	0.92	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	93	19	May 3	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	6	2	2	7	4	1	0	1.84	4.84	33	8	9	1	1	5	54			0	1	0	25	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.42	-0.050	2.95	-0.06%	0.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
4	94	24	May 8	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.31	4.08	22	9	7	0	3	3	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.54	-0.172	1.04	-0.20%	-0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
5	95	29	May 15	PIT		STL	L,0-1	GS-6	L(1-1)	6	6.0	8	1	1	2	3	1	1	1.35	4.30	29	9	6	1	2	8	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.106	3.41	0.15%	1.23	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
6	96	33	May 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	4.1	8	7	6	1	1	0	0	2.90	4.06	21	6	5	0	0	8	21			0	1	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.82	-0.290	1.38	-0.29%	-4.41	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d5
7	97	37	May 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-5		4	4.1	6	5	2	1	1	1	0	3.06	4.25	21	7	6	1	1	6	37			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	1	.74	0.033	1.06	0.03%	-2.29	1b start a 1	5b -23 1 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	98	44	Jun 2(2)	PIT		ATL	L,5-10	GS-		8	5.2	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.07	3.92	24						51						23			0		0
9	99	49	Jun 7	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.52	3.41	33	8	9	0	6	5	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.268	.30	0.08%	3.32	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
10	100	53	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,7-4	GS-4		3	4.0	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.83	3.63	16	5	3	0	0	2	46			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.179	.42	-0.06%	-1.47	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
11	101	58	Jun 16(1)	PIT		HOU	W,3-1	GS-9	W(3-2)	4	8.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.61	3.61	29	9	7	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.279	.96	0.14%	1.62	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
12	102	63	Jun 20(1)	PIT		LAD	W,7-3	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	0	2.66	3.57	33	12	11	1	0	5	68			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.220	.51	0.21%	0.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	103	70	Jun 26(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	GS-9	W(5-2)	5	8.0	9	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.51	3.40	32	8	13	0	1	9	62			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.273	.98	0.17%	2.07	1b start a 1	9b 12- 0 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	104	75	Jul 3	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	W(6-2)	6	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	2	2.35	3.35	38	13	8	2	2	7	71			1	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.51	0.079	.85	0.08%	2.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
15	105	81	Jul 7(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-1		3	0.1	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.75	3.53	6	0	3	2	0	2	26			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.346	1.57	-0.26%	-4.04	1b start tie	1b 1-- 1 out d4
16	106	86	Jul 13	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.74	3.45	29	14	8	2	1	5	55			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.013	.30	0.00%	0.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	107	90	Jul 17(1)	PIT		NYM	W,8-2	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.67	3.30	35	9	12	0	5	8	67			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	1	.61	0.179	.06	0.01%	1.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	108	95	Jul 21	PIT	@	ATL	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-2)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.46	3.16	32	14	5	0	0	7	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.206	.10	0.02%	3.45	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
19	109	98	Jul 26(1)	PIT		STL	L,1-9	GS-5	L(8-3)	4	4.0	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	2.68	3.25	21	5	6	0	1	8	30			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.18	-0.243	.05	-0.01%	-2.51	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d4
20	110	103	Jul 30(1)	PIT		ATL	W,8-5	GS-8	W(9-3)	3	7.1	9	5	2	3	3	0	0	2.67	3.23	33	8	10	0	2	9	46			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.095	.01	0.00%	-2.60	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	111	111	Aug 5	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(9-4)	5	9.2	8	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.55	3.16	35	10	10	5	0	7	71			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	0.172	.04	0.00%	2.33	1b start tie	10b 1-- 2 out d1
22	112	116	Aug 10(1)	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-16	GS-	L(9-5)	4	0.1	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	2.74	3.18	8						24						7			0		0
23	113	118	Aug 11	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.77	3.18	9	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.08	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.26	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
24	114	121	Aug 15	PIT		SFG	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.59	3.04	30	13	7	0	0	4	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.445	.00	0.00%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	115	127	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,19-1	GS-8	W(11-5)	5	8.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.52	3.00	31	12	6	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.33	0.124	.00	0.00%	2.23	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a12
26	116	132	Aug 26	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-5)	4	9.0	9	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.38	2.94	36						72						34			0		0
27	117	137	Aug 31	PIT		ATL	W,8-0	GS-9	W(13-5)	4	8.2	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.26	2.89	31	10	9	0	6	5	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.51	0.214	.00	0.00%	3.23	1t start tie	9t end a 8
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	118	142	Sep 6	PIT		NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(14-5)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	0	2.20	2.91	33	8	11	0	1	4	79			1	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.502	.00	0.00%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	119	147	Sep 11(2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	GS-8	W(15-5)	4	7.0	9	4	4	2	9	0	0	2.31	2.82	33	9	4	0	1	9	50			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.051	.00	0.00%	-1.34	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
30	120	150	Sep 15	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-5)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	10	0	0	2.20	2.75	32	9	8	2	3	2	90			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.368	.00	0.00%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	121	154	Sep 20	PIT		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(17-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	1	2.10	2.68	30	10	8	0	1	2	90			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.194	.00	0.00%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	122	159	Sep 24	PIT		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-5)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.02	2.64	34	13	7	1	0	6	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.544	.00	0.00%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	123	162	Sep 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-6	L(18-6)	3	6.0	5	4	4	2	6	3	0	2.12	2.78	25	8	4	1	0	5	50			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-1.56	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
							21-12		W-L:18-6	3.8	220.1	191	64	52	57	132	13	4	2.12	2.78	885	1.25		4%	8%	165	60	0	---%	5	5	0	815	21	4	5	21	2	7	.86	2.902	.57	0.24%	20.82

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