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: 6-17 / in Starts: 6-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 1

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	259	1	Apr 6	PIT		STL	W,7-5	GS-5		99	5.0	5	5	5	4	1	0	1	9.00	5.17	22	5	6	2	1	5	34			0	1	1	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.299	1.16	-0.28%	-2.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
2	260	7	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-9		10	8.0	5	3	3	5	2	0	0	5.54	4.41	34	8	14	3	3	5	57			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.001	2.26	0.00%	-0.29	1b start a 3	9b 12- 0 out tie
3	261	11	Apr 22(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-11	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	3.0	4	5	5	3	0	1	2	7.31	5.82	18	5	6	2	0	2	28			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	.63	-0.316	1.56	-0.47%	-3.90	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d5
4	262	14	Apr 29(1)	PIT		LAD	L,8-9	GS-5		6	4.1	9	6	6	2	1	1	0	8.41	5.96	23	5	6	0	2	9	20			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.43	-0.380	2.36	-0.38%	-3.09	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d2
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
5	263	19	May 4	PIT	@	SDP	W,12-6	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	7	6	6	6	4	1	1	7.67	5.80	42	19	5	1	0	7	47			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	1	1	.80	0.183	1.27	0.17%	-2.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
6	264	24	May 9	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-8	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.0	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	7.83	5.78	19	4	8	3	0	3	36			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.199	2.45	-0.21%	-1.20	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out a1
7	265	29	May 15	PIT		MON	W,9-8	GS-6		5	5.1	7	6	6	4	1	0	0	8.15	5.59	27	7	8	1	1	7	27			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.449	1.24	-0.34%	-2.93	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d2
8	266	34	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-8	W(2-2)	5	8.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	7.52	5.37	33	5	15	2	2	6	55			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.074	1.33	0.06%	-0.24	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
9	267	38	May 27	PIT		HOU	L,2-6	GS-3	L(2-3)	5	2.2	5	4	4	3	1	1	0	7.84	5.63	14	4	1	0	0	5	30			0	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.277	.98	-0.19%	-2.98	1t start tie	3t --3 2 out d4
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
10	268	43	Jun 1	PIT		CIN	W,9-6	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	6.0	8	5	5	5	3	0	2	7.81	5.57	31	7	6	1	1	8	34			0	1	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.216	1.19	-0.17%	-2.11	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a4
11	269	48	Jun 6	PIT		SFG	L,7-9	GS-2		4	1.2	5	4	4	3	0	1	0	8.21	5.86	13	3	2	0	0	5	26			1	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.346	1.30	-0.25%	-3.31	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d3
12	270	52	Jun 11	PIT	@	ATL	L,7-9	GS-4	L(3-4)	4	3.1	8	5	5	2	1	1	0	8.50	5.96	18	4	3	0	0	8	23			0	0	1	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.215	.83	-0.13%	-2.69	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d4
13	271	54	Jun 13	PIT	@	ATL	L,3-18	5-6		1	1.1	5	7	7	6	0	0	0	9.34	6.18	15	3	1	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.025	.07	-0.01%	-7.19	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 1-3 1 out d12
14	272	62	Jun 20	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	6-7		6	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	9.05	6.05	8	1	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.022	.16	0.01%	0.90	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
15	273	64	Jun 22	PIT		NYM	L,4-5	GS-2	L(3-5)	1	1.2	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	9.51	6.22	14	1	3	0	2	7	20			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.354	.62	-0.11%	-4.31	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d5
16	274	69	Jun 26	PIT	@	MON	L,3-10	3-6		3	3.1	5	3	3	4	1	1	0	9.44	6.38	17	4	3	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.057	.27	-0.02%	-0.66	3b 12- 0 out d4	6b 123 1 out d3
17	275	70	Jun 27	PIT		STL	L,4-15	6-GF		0	4.0	6	5	5	4	3	0	0	9.54	6.25	20	4	3	0	1	6		0	0	0	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.01	0.00%	-3.19	6t --- 0 out d8	9t end d11
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
18	276	77	Jul 3(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-3	L(3-6)	5	2.2	1	6	6	6	1	0	0	9.92	6.34	15	2	5	0	0	1	27			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.210	.86	-0.09%	-2.36	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d3
19	277	88	Jul 15	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-12	7-7		11	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	1	1	10.27	6.63	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.023	.05	-0.01%	-2.98	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 12- 0 out d6
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
20	278	103	Aug 1(1)	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-3	GS-2	L(3-7)	16	1.2	0	3	3	5	0	0	1	10.40	6.77	11	2	3	0	1	0	38			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.251	2.34	-0.27%	-2.83	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
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
21	279	141	Sep 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-5	L(3-8)	40	5.0	2	2	1	5	1	1	1	9.88	6.87	23	6	9	1	0	1	53			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.15	-0.007	6.04	-0.02%	0.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
22	280	146	Sep 16	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	3	5	0	0	2	9.51	6.82	27	8	8	0	3	4	47			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	2	1	0	1.29	-0.087	8.41	-0.34%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
23	281	151	Sep 21	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-10	GS-1	L(3-9)	4	0.2	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	9.85	6.82	7	0	2	0	1	4	27			0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.327	14.57	-2.20%	-3.85	1b start tie	1b -2- 2 out d4
							6-17		W-L:3-9	3.8	88.2	109	98	97	84	27	11	12	9.85	6.82	455	0.88		8%	8%	104	35	2	0%	3	6	2	348	23	1	4	5	8	2	.92	-3.760	2.09	-5.25%	-53.93

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