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: 24-9 / in Starts: 23-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	226	2	Apr 16	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	0.97	22	10	5	1	0	2	78			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.468	1.61	0.43%	2.93	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
2	227	6	Apr 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	2	0	1.38	3.32	25	8	4	1	0	6	55			0	0	1	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	.78	0.033	1.36	0.04%	0.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	228	9	Apr 26	PIT		CIN	L,6-7	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	5.2	8	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.38	4.11	25	5	8	2	3	8	31			0	0	1	21	1	1	0	2	1	0	.80	-0.196	1.25	-0.18%	-3.01	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d5
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
4	229	14	May 1	PIT		HOU	L,8-9	GS-6		4	6.0	8	7	7	3	4	2	0	5.11	4.79	28	7	6	1	2	8	29			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	0	2	1.15	-0.512	1.05	-0.28%	-4.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
5	230	17	May 6	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	2	1	0	4.01	4.78	34	13	11	0	3	4	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.125	.27	0.06%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
6	231	21	May 12	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	8.0	7	2	1	0	4	1	0	3.46	4.44	30	14	5	0	0	7	66			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.89	0.153	.83	0.09%	1.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
7	232	26	May 17	PIT		STL	W,12-0	SHO	W(4-1)	4	9.0	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.84	3.98	37	8	13	2	3	11	68			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.181	.57	0.14%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
8	233	31	May 23	PIT	@	STL	W,6-2	GS-8	W(5-1)	5	8.0	11	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.76	4.00	34	14	7	2	2	11	52			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.87	0.081	1.28	0.07%	1.42	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
9	234	36	May 28	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-9		4	8.1	9	5	5	5	3	0	0	3.09	3.94	37	13	7	0	2	9	43			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.029	2.84	-0.03%	-0.30	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a1
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	235	41	Jun 3	PIT	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-9	W(6-1)	5	8.1	7	3	3	2	5	2	1	3.11	4.10	33	10	8	2	0	7	60			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	-0.240	2.42	-0.23%	-0.16	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a1
11	236	47	Jun 9	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	W(7-1)	5	9.0	3	1	1	5	5	1	0	2.88	4.13	34	8	13	4	1	3	77			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.172	1.16	0.22%	2.81	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a4
12	237	53	Jun 16	PIT		SDP	W,2-1	CG	W(8-1)	6	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	0	2.70	3.80	32	9	8	2	0	5	81			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.498	2.80	0.72%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	238	58	Jun 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-9	W(9-1)	6	8.1	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.66	3.70	33	14	11	6	2	1	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.50	0.256	4.88	0.50%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a2
14	239	63	Jun 28	PIT		MON	L,1-3	GS-8	L(9-2)	4	8.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.71	3.58	31	9	10	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	2	0	0	.55	-0.107	1.44	-0.17%	0.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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
15	240	68	Jul 3	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.68	3.56	33	7	19	6	1	2	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	.95	0.089	3.06	0.17%	1.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
16	241	74	Jul 8	PIT	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(10-2)	4	7.0	9	3	3	2	3	2	0	2.74	3.71	31	8	9	2	0	9	48			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.126	4.30	0.21%	0.30	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
17	242	78	Jul 13	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(10-3)	4	8.0	8	2	2	0	2	1	1	2.71	3.72	30	12	8	0	3	7	60			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	2	1	0	.79	0.085	2.09	0.14%	1.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
18	243	84	Jul 18	PIT		ATL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(10-4)	4	5.1	7	3	2	4	3	0	0	2.74	3.71	28	7	7	3	0	7	43			0	0	0	24	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.47	-0.229	3.45	-0.32%	-1.29	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
19	244	88	Jul 23	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	GS-9	W(11-4)	4	8.2	9	2	1	1	4	0	1	2.64	3.62	37	10	12	0	4	9	63			0	0	1	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.139	3.50	0.21%	1.61	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
20	245	92	Jul 29(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS-4	L(11-5)	5	4.0	5	5	4	5	2	0	0	2.81	3.66	22	6	4	0	0	5	31			2	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.320	2.13	-0.37%	-3.24	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
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
21	246	98	Aug 3	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	GS-9	W(12-5)	4	9.0	8	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.71	3.63	35	8	15	1	7	8	65			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	0.476	3.26	0.63%	2.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
22	247	104	Aug 9	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	CG	L(12-6)	5	9.0	8	2	1	1	3	1	0	2.61	3.63	33	10	11	0	3	8	67			0	1	1	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.049	.57	0.03%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
23	248	108	Aug 13(2)	PIT		STL	W,7-5	GS-9	W(13-6)	3	8.2	12	5	5	3	7	0	0	2.74	3.54	38	7	9	0	1	12	44			0	0	0	34	0	1	1	3	0	0	.94	-0.097	.99	-0.06%	-0.59	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
24	249	112	Aug 18	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	W(14-6)	4	9.0	4	2	1	4	2	0	0	2.66	3.53	33	13	11	5	0	3	71			0	1	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.271	.88	0.14%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
25	250	117	Aug 25(1)	PIT		LAD	W,3-2	GS-11		6	11.0	6	2	2	9	4	1	1	2.60	3.64	47	13	14	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.51	0.393	.40	0.06%	2.65	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
26	251	122	Aug 29	PIT		SDP	W,5-3	GS-8	W(15-6)	3	7.2	8	3	2	4	3	0	0	2.59	3.62	36	10	11	1	0	8	52			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.096	.43	0.02%	-0.07	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a2
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
27	252	127	Sep 4(1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-0	SHO	W(16-6)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.48	3.55	33	11	12	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.280	.03	0.01%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
28	253	133	Sep 9	PIT	@	MON	W,8-3	CG	W(17-6)	4	9.0	7	3	0	2	5	1	0	2.38	3.54	36	14	8	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.168	.00	0.00%	0.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
29	254	139	Sep 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(17-7)	6	6.0	9	4	3	4	5	0	0	2.44	3.52	30	6	6	1	1	9	41			0	0	1	26	2	0	2	1	0	0	.95	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-1.44	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
30	255	144	Sep 21	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	W(18-7)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.42	3.46	36	13	6	0	1	7	69			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.188	.00	0.00%	1.77	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
31	256	148	Sep 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(19-7)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.37	3.43	35	10	13	1	3	8	67			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.320	.00	0.00%	2.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	257	153	Oct 1	PIT		NYM	L,3-7	GS-1	L(19-8)	4	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.47	3.44	6	1	1	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-2.78	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d3
33	258	154	Oct 3	PIT		STL	W,6-2	6-7		1	2.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.49	3.46	10	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.15	6t --- 0 out a6	7t 3 out a5
							24-9		W-L:19-8	4.3	249.2	227	80	69	84	117	18	4	2.49	3.46	1024	1.06		8%	7%	214	58	0	---%	5	8	6	924	26	3	8	32	2	11	.99	2.483	1.52	2.22%	26.05

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