Steve Blass

Positions: Starting Pitcher and Leftfielder

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)

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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Career

WAR

7.5

103

ERA

3.63

282

231

1597.1

896

WHIP

1.349

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1960	18		2 Teams	2 Lgs	D--D	PIT	5	4	.556	4.32	5.30	12	10		4	1		73.0	72	43	35	6	47		92	2	0	6		1.630	8.9	0.7	5.8	11.3	1.96
1960	18	-0.9	Kingsport	APPY	D-	PIT	4	1	.800	2.57	3.21	7	5		3	1		42.0	29	15	12	1	25		64	1	0	5		1.286	6.2	0.2	5.4	13.7	2.56
1960	18	-2.0	Dubuque	MIDW	D	PIT	1	3	.250	6.68	8.13	5	5		1	0		31.0	43	28	23	5	22		28	1	0	1		2.097	12.5	1.5	6.4	8.1	1.27
1961	19	-1.3	Batavia	NYPL	D	PIT	13	6	.684	3.32	4.56	23	21		10	3		160.0	133	81	59	11	117		227	4	0	4		1.563	7.5	0.6	6.6	12.8	1.94
1962	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	B-A	PIT	18	7	.720	2.73	3.12	29	28		16	8		208.0	144	72	63	4	107	11	234	4	1	8		1.207	6.2	0.2	4.6	10.1	2.19
1962	20	-3.0	Asheville	SALL	A	PIT	1	4	.200	7.20	8.40	6	5		1	0		30.0	32	28	24	1	25	3	25	2	1	3		1.900	9.6	0.3	7.5	7.5	1.00
1962	20	-1.4	Kinston	CARL	B	PIT	17	3	.850	1.97	2.22	23	23		15	8		178.0	112	44	39	3	82	8	209	2	0	5		1.090	5.7	0.2	4.1	10.6	2.55
1963	21	-4.7	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	11	8	.579	4.44	4.91	24	24		8	1		152.0	147	83	75	17	85	2	141	1	0	8		1.526	8.7	1.0	5.0	8.3	1.66
1964	22	-3.7	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	1	1	.500	3.21	3.21	2	2		1	0		14.0	11	5	5	2	9	0	10	0	0	0		1.429	7.1	1.3	5.8	6.4	1.11
1964	22	-6.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	5	8	.385	4.04	4.47	24	13	2	3	1	0	104.2	107	52	47	9	45	5	67	1	0	10	458	1.452	9.2	0.8	3.9	5.8	1.49
1965	23	-2.7	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	13	11	.542	3.07	3.35	28	25		7	4		164.0	158	61	56	12	46	1	117	1	0	7		1.244	8.7	0.7	2.5	6.4	2.54
1966	24	-3.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	7	.611	3.87	4.63	34	25	1	1	0	0	155.2	173	80	67	12	46	1	76	2	0	9	662	1.407	10.0	0.7	2.7	4.4	1.65
1967	25	-2.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	6	8	.429	3.55	4.62	32	16	2	2	0	0	126.2	126	65	50	12	47	7	72	2	0	3	541	1.366	9.0	0.9	3.3	5.1	1.53
1967	25	3.9	Pirates	FLIL	WRk	PIT	2	2	.500	3.68	4.09	6	4		1	0		22.0	15	10	9	3	11	0	21	1	0	2		1.182	6.1	1.2	4.5	8.6	1.91
1968	26	-1.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	18	6	.750	2.12	2.61	33	31	3	12	7	0	220.1	191	64	52	13	57	5	132	4	0	7	885	1.126	7.8	0.5	2.3	5.4	2.32
1969	27	0.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	16	10	.615	4.46	5.10	38	32	4	9	0	2	210.0	207	119	104	21	86	3	147	6	2	5	907	1.395	8.9	0.9	3.7	6.3	1.71
1970	28	0.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	10	12	.455	3.52	4.21	31	31	0	6	1	0	196.2	187	92	77	14	73	8	120	5	1	2	824	1.322	8.6	0.6	3.3	5.5	1.64
1971	29	1.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	15	8	.652	2.85	3.04	33	33	0	12	5	0	240.0	226	81	76	16	68	8	136	2	0	4	996	1.225	8.5	0.6	2.6	5.1	2.00
1972	30	2.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	19	8	.704	2.49	2.88	33	32	0	11	2	0	249.2	227	80	69	18	84	8	117	4	1	6	1024	1.246	8.2	0.6	3.0	4.2	1.39
1973	31	3.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	9	.250	9.85	9.95	23	18	1	1	0	0	88.2	109	98	97	11	84	4	27	12	0	9	455	2.177	11.1	1.1	8.5	2.7	0.32
1974	32	6.7	Charleston	IL	AAA	PIT	2	8	.200	9.74	11.51	17	17		1	0	0	61.0	60	78	66	9	103	1	26	16	0	12		2.672	8.9	1.3	15.2	3.8	0.25
1974	32	4.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	0		9.00	14.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	5	8	5	2	7	0	2	0	0	1	28	2.400	9.0	3.6	12.6	3.6	0.29
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		103	76	.575	3.63	4.16	282	231	14	57	16	2	1597.1	1558	739	644	128	597	49	896	38	4	56	6780	1.349	8.8	0.7	3.4	5.0	1.50
Minors (7 seasons)					Minors		63	45	.583	3.88	4.58	135	127		47	17	0	832.0	725	423	359	61	514	15	847	28	1	45		1.489	7.8	0.7	5.6	9.2	1.65
Other (1 season)					Other		2	2	.500	3.68	4.09	6	4		1	0		22.0	15	10	9	3	11	0	21	1	0	2		1.182	6.1	1.2	4.5	8.6	1.91
All Levels (15 Seasons)							168	123	.577	3.72	4.30	423	362	14	105	33	2	2451.1	2298	1172	1012	192	1122	64	1764	67	5	103	6780	1.395	8.4	0.7	4.1	6.5	1.57

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		27	28	.491	4.65	5.23	71	68		17	5	0	391.0	376	227	202	40	243	4	294	18	0	27		1.583	8.7	0.9	5.6	6.8	1.21
A (1 season)					Minors		1	4	.200	7.20	8.40	6	5		1	0		30.0	32	28	24	1	25	3	25	2	1	3		1.900	9.6	0.3	7.5	7.5	1.00
B (1 season)					Minors		17	3	.850	1.97	2.22	23	23		15	8		178.0	112	44	39	3	82	8	209	2	0	5		1.090	5.7	0.2	4.1	10.6	2.55
D- (1 season)					Minors		4	1	.800	2.57	3.21	7	5		3	1		42.0	29	15	12	1	25		64	1	0	5		1.286	6.2	0.2	5.4	13.7	2.56
D (2 seasons)					Minors		14	9	.609	3.86	5.14	28	26		11	3		191.0	176	109	82	16	139		255	5	0	5		1.649	8.3	0.8	6.5	12.0	1.83