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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-16 / in Starts: 16-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 76 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	60 (28-24-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 76 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	47 (24-15-7)

Most Driven In
F Patek	1
J May	1
M SanguillÃ©n	0

Most Driven In By
R Clemente	1
A Oliver	1
M Alou	1

1970 Batting Game Log

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1970 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	170	1	Apr 7	PIT		NYM	L,3-5	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.07	-0.011	1.70	-0.01%	-0.13	P
2	171	5 (3)	Apr 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.44	-0.143	2.39	-0.14%	-0.77	P
3	172	8 (2)	Apr 17	PIT		STL	L,2-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
4	173	12 (3)	Apr 22	PIT		HOU	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.100	.091	.100	.191	9	.93	0.023	1.51	0.02%	-1.05	P
5	174	17 (4)	Apr 27	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.077	.083	.160	9	1.17	-0.059	2.36	-0.07%	-0.39	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	175	22 (4)	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.071	.077	.148	9	1.76	-0.046	2.47	-0.04%	-0.45	P
7	176	27 (4)	May 8	PIT	@	HOU	L,5-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.063	.067	.129	9	.67	-0.033	.87	-0.03%	-0.26	P
8	177	31 (3)	May 12	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.056	.059	.114	9	.82	-0.041	1.16	-0.04%	-0.33	P
9	178	35 (3)	May 16	PIT		MON	W,4-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.053	.056	.108	9	1.75	-0.044	2.35	-0.04%	-0.43	P
10	179	36	May 17	PIT		MON	L,7-8	3-4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.056	.053	.056	.108	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
11	180	40 (3)	May 21	PIT	@	MON	L,6-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.048	.050	.098	9	1.46	-0.075	2.08	-0.06%	-0.67	P
12	181	44 (3)	May 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.045	.043	.045	.089	9	.98	-0.051	1.77	-0.06%	-0.44	P
13	182	48 (3)	May 30	PIT		SFG	L,11-13	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.043	.042	.043	.085	9	1.95	-0.049	2.60	-0.04%	-0.76	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	183	52 (3)	Jun 4	PIT		LAD	L,0-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.040	.038	.040	.078	9	1.34	-0.067	1.70	-0.05%	-0.59	P
15	184	56 (3)	Jun 9	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.103	.143	.246	9	.64	0.110	.97	0.10%	1.10	P
16	185	60 (3)	Jun 13	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.091	.125	.216	9	.42	-0.044	.61	-0.04%	-0.83	P
17	186	66 (5)	Jun 20	PIT		MON	W,4-2	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.081	.111	.192	9	.89	-0.093	1.25	-0.08%	-1.07	P
18	187	71 (4)	Jun 24	PIT		STL	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.103	.132	.234	9	.93	0.019	1.82	0.02%	0.22	P
19	188	76 (4)	Jun 29	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.095	.122	.217	9	.93	-0.071	3.28	-0.15%	-0.45	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	189	80 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.087	.111	.198	9	1.35	-0.144	4.23	-0.27%	-1.79	P
21	190	85 (4)	Jul 8	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.082	.104	.186	9	1.16	-0.094	3.15	-0.15%	-0.57	P
22	191	89 (3)	Jul 12	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.082	.104	.186	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	192	118 (28)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT		SDP	W,2-1	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.080	.102	.182	9	.47	-0.012	1.67	-0.03%	-0.10	P
24	193	123 (4)	Aug 18	PIT		SFG	W,6-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.075	.096	.172	9	1.66	-0.123	5.98	-0.27%	-1.55	P
25	194	127 (3)	Aug 23	PIT	@	LAD	W,11-0	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.121	.125	.246	9	.35	0.007	1.31	0.02%	1.41	P
26	195	131 (3)	Aug 29	PIT	@	SFG	L,9-10	GS-8	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.133	.159	.150	.309	9	.37	0.036	1.49	0.09%	-1.13	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	196	136 (4)	Sep 4 susp	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.156	.148	.304	9	.91	-0.025	3.99	-0.07%	-0.30	P
28	197	141 (4)	Sep 8	PIT		CHC	L,3-10	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.131	.156	.148	.304	9						P
29	198	145 (3)	Sep 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.149	.141	.290	9	1.17	-0.093	7.95	-0.38%	-0.91	P
30	199	149 (3)	Sep 18	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.145	.136	.281	9	.86	-0.063	8.07	-0.36%	-0.67	P
31	200	158 (8)	Sep 26	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.139	.130	.269	9	1.46	-0.110	6.55	-0.30%	-1.10	P
32	201	162 (3)	Oct 1	PIT	@	STL	W,9-5	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.137	.129	.266	9	1.33	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
							16-16		76	70	3	8	1	0	0	2	2	0	15	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	.114	.137	.129	.266		1.00	-1.344	2.73	-2.40%	-14.45

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