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Steve Blass
Stephen Robert Blass

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.

MLB Debut May 10, 1964
Final Game April 17, 1974
Born April 18, 1942 in Canaan, CT (age 82)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1964 22 CHA AL   4   6  .400  21   9   0   7   0   0   70.0   86   329   42   39   4   36   3   1   61   7  0  5.01  
 1965           [Did not play]
 1966 24 PIN NL   5  12  .294  25  23   0   0   0   0  121.2  179   582  110   98  14   42   4   3   56  11  0  7.25  
 1967 25 PIN NL   5   4  .556  26  16   1   4   0   1  121.2  127   504   53   47  12   24   2   4   65   4  0  3.48  
 1968 26 PIN NL  10  14  .417  32  31   8   0   0   5  236.1  211   967   85   77   9   63   6   9  132   7  1  2.93  
 1969 27 PIN NL  16  11  .593  33  32   6   0   0   0  240.1  222  1019  113  107  18   87   1   4  162   8  2  4.01  
 1970 28 PIN NL  10  12  .455  32  32   3   0   0   1  214.0  214   921   93   79  16   73   2   6  141   5  2  3.32  
 1971 29 PIN NL  14  13  .519  36  35   9   1   0   2  254.0  245  1066  115   95  18   67   0   7  150   5  0  3.37  
 1972 30 PIN NL  22   5  .815  38  38   7   0   0   5  277.2  251  1132   93   89  22   84   4   5  131   6  1  2.88  CY-5
 1973 31 PIN NL   0   0  .000   3   0   0   1   0   0    8.0   14    51   15   10   1   16   0   0    8   3  0 11.25  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
  9 Seasons      86  77  .528 246 216  34  13   0  14 1543.2 1549  6571  719  641 114  492  22  39  906  56  6  3.74
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With PIN      82  71  .536 225 207  34   6   0  14 1473.2 1463  6242  677  602 110  456  19  38  845  49  6  3.68
   With CHA       4   6  .400  21   9   0   7   0   0   70.0   86   329   42   39   4   36   3   1   61   7  0  5.01
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     103  76  .575 282 231  57  14   2  16 1598.1 1558  6780  739  644 128  597  49  38  896  56  4  3.63
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1964 22 CHA AL  45   44   5.7   1  5.00   17   0   0  .000   2    4    2  .500    1    2  .333   19   
 1965           [Did not play]
 1966 24 PIN NL  48  108   7.8   0  5.09   41   8   0  .195   3    6    2  .333    7    4  .636  138   
 1967 25 PIN NL  38   53   4.0   0  3.94   32   1   0  .031   0    4    4 1.000   10    4  .714  -49   
 1968 26 PIN NL  40   78   3.0   0  2.81   69  10   0  .145   0   17   16  .941    8    7  .533   -5   
 1969 27 PIN NL  37  107   4.0   0  4.06   82  18   0  .220   1    5    4  .800   19    2  .905  -89   
 1970 28 PIN NL  36  100   4.2   0  3.41   62   3   0  .048   2    6    4  .667    6    0 1.000  -17   
 1971 29 PIN NL  47  103   3.6   0  3.89   81   3   0  .037   5   10    5  .500   10    1  .909   -8   
 1972 30 PIN NL  50  106   3.5   0  5.03   90  21   0  .233   1    8    4  .500   13    9  .591  -22   
 1973 31 PIN NL  58   13  16.5   0          0   0   0  .000   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  150   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
  9 Seasons          717   4.2   1        474  64   0  .135  14   61   41  .672   74   29  .718  -13   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 17.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1972 NLCS  PIN SFN   L    2  3.86   1-1   0  2  14.0   9   6   5   8
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1964  CHA   96-67   Jon Fellows
 1966  PIN   78-84   Dennis Van Langen
 1967  PIN   86-76   Dennis Van Langen
 1968  PIN   80-82   Dave Jackson
 1969  PIN   75-87   Dave Jackson
 1970  PIN   74-88   Dave Jackson
 1971  PIN   78-84   Dave Jackson
 1972  PIN   95-67   Dave Jackson, Darren Dawson
 1973  PIN   83-79   Darren Dawson

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