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: 23-15 / in Starts: 19-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 3

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	124	1	Apr 8	PIT	@	STL	W,6-2	GS-7		99	7.0	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.57	3.37	27	10	8	0	0	7	53			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.37	0.117	2.19	0.11%	1.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
2	125	6	Apr 13	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.0	3	5	3	3	5	1	0	3.75	4.01	21	6	4	0	2	3	47			0	0	0	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.226	1.66	-0.26%	-1.74	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d2
3	126	11	Apr 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-6	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	7.2	6	6	6	6	5	1	0	5.03	4.49	34	11	6	0	2	6	42			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.054	1.57	0.06%	-2.54	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a1
4	127	16	Apr 25	PIT		MON	W,8-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	6.1	9	2	2	5	4	0	1	4.50	4.39	32	8	5	0	0	9	46			0	1	0	26	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.25	-0.033	2.57	-0.04%	-0.39	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a5
5	128	21	Apr 30(2)	PIT		STL	L,1-8	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	3.2	5	6	6	3	1	1	0	5.76	4.83	18	6	3	1	0	5	25			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.238	1.70	-0.29%	-2.69	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d4
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
6	129	26	May 6	PIT		SDP	L,2-4	GS-1	L(2-2)	5	0.2	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.82	4.88	7	2	0	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.345	2.10	-0.37%	-3.89	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d4
7	130	28	May 9	PIT		LAD	L,3-13	7-GF		2	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.21	4.61	11	4	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.33	7t --- 0 out d13	9t end d13
8	131	33	May 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-7		6	6.2	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	5.40	4.21	28	10	6	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.132	1.29	0.12%	1.55	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
9	132	38	May 22	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	3	1	1	4	9	1	0	4.59	4.04	31	10	5	2	0	3	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	.89	0.309	1.29	0.27%	2.92	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
10	133	43	May 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-5		5	4.1	8	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.89	4.38	19	4	4	1	1	8	32			0	0	1	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.287	1.32	-0.25%	-2.28	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out tie
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
11	134	48	Jun 1	PIT		HOU	W,14-7	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	11	7	7	5	3	1	0	5.20	4.47	42	19	5	0	2	10	35			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.029	.99	0.02%	-3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
12	135	52	Jun 7	PIT	@	ATL	W,10-2	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.79	4.18	36	10	11	0	1	6	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.155	.51	0.06%	2.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
13	136	56	Jun 11	PIT	@	HOU	W,13-8	GS-5	W(6-2)	3	5.0	8	6	5	1	4	0	1	5.07	4.04	25	4	7	1	0	8	32			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	2	1	1.09	-0.488	.60	-0.16%	-3.78	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
14	137	60	Jun 15	PIT		ATL	L,4-6	GS-2	L(6-3)	3	1.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.35	4.02	8	0	2	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.300	.77	-0.12%	-3.52	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d3
15	138	61	Jun 16	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.33	3.99	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.84	0.194	7.24	0.12%	0.56	9t -23 2 out a1	9t end a 1
16	139	63	Jun 17(2)	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	W(7-3)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	3.98	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	0.187	4.96	0.16%	0.63	9t -2- 1 out tie	9t end tie
17	140	68	Jun 22(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-4)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	7	1	0	5.11	3.86	29	14	2	0	2	5	64			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.068	1.90	-0.05%	0.55	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
18	141	73	Jun 27	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS-9	W(8-4)	4	8.1	3	1	1	5	5	0	0	4.75	3.80	34	9	12	1	5	3	73			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.328	.81	0.14%	2.29	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a2
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
19	142	77	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	GS-4	L(8-5)	3	3.2	7	6	6	1	2	0	1	5.13	3.77	20	5	6	1	4	5	24			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.282	.55	-0.08%	-2.63	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out tie
20	143	82	Jul 8	PIT		MON	W,8-1	CG	W(9-5)	6	9.0	3	1	1	4	6	0	0	4.78	3.66	33	13	7	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.180	.06	0.02%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
21	144	87	Jul 12	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-6	L(9-6)	3	5.2	9	6	4	3	3	0	0	4.86	3.63	29	6	9	1	1	8	31			0	0	0	23	0	2	0	0	2	0	.69	-0.208	.23	-0.04%	-2.02	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d3
22	145	92	Jul 16	PIT	@	MON	W,8-7	GS-5		3	4.0	6	5	4	2	3	3	0	5.00	3.93	20	3	6	0	0	6	33			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.430	.17	-0.05%	-4.10	1b start tie	5b --3 0 out d3
23	146	97	Jul 25	PIT		SDP	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-7)	8	7.0	6	3	1	2	8	0	0	4.79	3.77	28	12	0	0	0	6	63			1	1	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.04	-0.088	.21	-0.01%	0.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
24	147	102	Jul 30	PIT		LAD	W,4-2	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	9	0	0	4.60	3.64	38	10	8	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.257	.33	0.04%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
25	148	107	Aug 5	PIT	@	LAD	W,11-3	CG	W(11-7)	5	9.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.50	3.61	34	13	8	2	2	7	65			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.121	.13	0.01%	0.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
26	149	112	Aug 10(2)	PIT	@	SDP	W,8-6	GS-7	W(12-7)	4	6.2	8	5	5	3	5	1	0	4.60	3.64	32	6	10	1	1	8	40			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	2	.70	0.144	.06	0.01%	-2.29	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out a3
27	150	117	Aug 17	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-8	W(13-7)	6	7.1	8	5	5	2	4	4	1	4.67	3.93	31	7	10	1	2	7	44			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.003	.07	0.00%	-1.70	1b start a 5	8b 1-- 1 out a2
28	151	122	Aug 22(2)	PIT		CIN	W,5-3	GS-8		4	7.0	6	3	3	3	7	0	1	4.64	3.85	30	8	5	0	3	6	57			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.143	.31	-0.02%	0.29	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a1
29	152	127	Aug 28	PIT		ATL	L,2-8	GS-7	L(13-8)	5	6.0	8	7	4	1	4	1	0	4.69	3.85	29	10	6	0	5	8	37			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	2	.64	-0.264	.21	-0.05%	-3.15	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out d3
30	153	130	Aug 31	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.66	3.83	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.079	.13	0.01%	0.44	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
Sep/Oct				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
31	154	133	Sep 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	W(14-8)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	7	2	0	4.53	3.87	33	5	15	0	7	4	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.210	.07	0.02%	2.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
32	155	138	Sep 10(1)	PIT		STL	L,2-11	GS-4	L(14-9)	4	3.2	7	5	5	1	3	0	0	4.68	3.82	19	5	3	0	1	7	29			1	0	0	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.253	.55	-0.07%	-2.56	1t start tie	4t --3 2 out d4
33	156	139	Sep 10(2)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	7-8		-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.63	3.79	6	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.053	.13	0.01%	0.89	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
34	157	144	Sep 14	PIT		NYM	W,5-3	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	11	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.55	3.75	40	14	9	0	2	9	53			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.60	0.177	.02	0.00%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	158	149	Sep 18	PIT	@	STL	L,7-8	GS-4		3	4.0	4	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.60	3.79	18	4	4	1	1	3	43			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-1.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
36	159	154	Sep 21(2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-6	GS-6	L(15-10)	2	5.1	9	6	2	3	6	0	0	4.57	3.75	28	6	4	1	0	9	37			0	0	1	25	1	2	1	1	0	2	.63	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-2.75	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d3
37	160	159	Sep 27	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	GS-7	W(16-10)	5	6.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	1	4.48	3.73	27	9	5	0	1	3	63			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.70	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
38	161	161	Oct 1	PIT		MON	W,5-4	6-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.46	3.72	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.077	.00	0.00%	1.05	6t -2- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
							23-15		W-L:16-10,Sv:2	3.8	210.0	207	119	104	86	147	21	6	4.46	3.72	907	1.29		3%	10%	198	49	4	0%	4	4	2	801	33	13	3	19	5	13	.98	-1.167	.71	-0.69%	-20.23

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