Steve Blass | Major Leaguer 1964-1974

Full Name: Stephen Robert Blass
Born: April 18,1942 in Canaan, Connecticut
Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Housatonic Valley Regional (Falls Village,CT)
College:

Brother-in-law of John Lamb

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Transactions: [Jan 1,1960] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Pirates. [Mar 27,1975] - Released by Pirates.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1960	Kingsport	App	18	Pit	Rk	4	1	2.57	7						42.0	29	15	12		25	64			6.21	---	5.36	13.71	1.29	--
	Dubuque	Midw	18	Pit	A	1	3	6.68	5						31.0	43	28	23		22	28			12.48	---	6.39	8.13	2.10	--
1961	Batavia	NYPL	19	Pit	A-	13	6	3.32	23						160.0	133	81	59		117	227			7.48	---	6.58	12.77	1.56	--
1962	Asheville	SAL	20	Pit	A	1	4	7.20	6						30.0	32	28	24		25	25			9.60	---	7.50	7.50	1.90	--
	Kinston	Caro	20	Pit	B	17	3	1.97	23						178.0	112	44	39		82	209			5.66	---	4.15	10.57	1.09	--
1963	Columbus	IL	21	Pit	AAA	11	8	4.44	24						152.0	147	83	75		85	141			8.70	---	5.03	8.35	1.53	--
1964	Columbus	IL	22	Pit	AAA	1	1	3.21	2						14.0	11	5	5		9	10			7.07	---	5.79	6.43	1.43	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	22	Pit	MLB	5	8	4.04	24	13	3	1	2	0	104.2	107	52	47	9	45	67	10	0	9.20	0.77	3.87	5.76	1.45	54%
1965	Columbus	IL	23	Pit	AAA	13	11	3.07	28						164.0	158	61	56		46	117			8.67	---	2.52	6.42	1.24	--
1966	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	11	7	3.87	34	25	1	0	1	0	155.2	173	80	67	12	46	76	9	0	10.00	0.69	2.66	4.39	1.41	52%
1967	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	6	8	3.55	32	16	2	0	2	0	126.2	126	65	50	12	47	72	3	0	8.95	0.85	3.34	5.12	1.37	69%
1968	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	18	6	2.12	33	31	12	7	3	0	220.1	191	64	52	13	57	132	7	0	7.80	0.53	2.33	5.39	1.13	57%
1969	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	16	10	4.46	38	32	9	0	4	2	210.0	207	119	104	21	86	147	5	2	8.87	0.90	3.69	6.30	1.40	63%
1970	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	10	12	3.52	31	31	6	1	0	0	196.2	187	92	77	14	73	120	2	1	8.56	0.64	3.34	5.49	1.32	58%
1971	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	15	8	2.85	33	33	12	5	0	0	240.0	226	81	76	16	68	136	4	0	8.48	0.60	2.55	5.10	1.23	52%
1972	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	19	8	2.49	33	32	11	2	0	0	249.2	227	80	69	18	84	117	6	1	8.18	0.65	3.03	4.22	1.25	45%
1973	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	3	9	9.85	23	18	1	0	1	0	88.2	109	98	97	11	84	27	9	0	11.06	1.12	8.53	2.74	2.18	52%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.0	5	8	5	2	7	2	1	0	9.00	3.60	12.60	3.60	2.40	--

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)						103	76	3.63	282	231	57	16	14	2	1,597.1	1558	739	644	128	597	896	56	4	8.78	0.72	3.36	5.05	1.35	55%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						61	37	3.42	118						771.0	665	345	293		411	821			7.76	---	4.80	9.58	1.40	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1964	Pittsburgh	NL	22	Pit	MLB	p	9	24	30	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	0	0	2	0	1	.067	.125	.067	192	55%
1966	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	p	9	34	52	3	12	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	15	0	0	2	0	0	.231	.231	.250	481	44%
1967	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	p	9	32	39	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	12	0	0	2	0	0	.128	.150	.128	278	50%
1968	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	p	9	35	80	7	11	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	30	0	0	4	2	0	.138	.155	.150	305	56%
1969	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	p	9	44	84	12	21	0	2	1	9	0	0	1	16	0	0	2	0	2	.250	.259	.333	592	70%
1970	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	p	9	32	70	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	0	0	3	1	2	.114	.137	.129	266	54%
1971	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	p	9	34	83	5	10	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	15	0	0	8	0	0	.120	.131	.145	276	68%
1972	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	p	9	35	82	8	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	22	0	0	12	0	1	.183	.202	.207	409	62%
1973	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	p	9	24	24	2	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	.417	.417	.500	917	48%
1974	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	p	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)								295	546	42	94	7	3	1	37	0	0	11	140	0	0	40	3	6	.172	.188	.201	389	58%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1971	Pittsburgh	NL	29		Ch	0	1	11.57	2		0			0	7.0	14		9		2	11			18.00	---	2.57	14.14	2.29	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	29		Ws	2	0	1.00	2		2			0	18.0	7		2		4	13			3.50	---	2.00	6.50	0.61	--
1972	Pittsburgh	NL	30		Ch	1	0	1.72	2		0			0	15.2	12		3		6	5			6.90	---	3.45	2.87	1.15	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						3	1	3.10	6		2			0	40.2	33		14		12	29			7.30	---	2.66	6.42	1.11	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1971	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	Ch	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	Ws	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1972	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	Ch	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						6	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1964	Pittsburgh	NL	22	Pit	MLB	P	24		104.2	10	18	2	30	2	-	-	-	.933	2.41

1966	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	P	34		155.2	6	15	3	24	1	-	-	-	.875	1.21

1967	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	P	32		126.2	7	23	1	31	2	-	-	-	.968	2.13

1968	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	P	33		220.1	22	27	0	49	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.00
1968	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

1969	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	P	38		210	21	41	2	64	3	-	-	-	.969	2.66

1970	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	P	31		196.2	21	26	2	49	1	-	-	-	.959	2.15

1971	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	P	33		240	27	36	4	67	2	-	-	-	.940	2.36

1972	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	P	33		249.2	15	46	2	63	6	-	-	-	.968	2.20

1973	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	P	23		88.2	8	18	0	26	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.64

1974	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	P	1		5	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80

Awards

[1968] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #22) [1972] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #18), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1980] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 0.52%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 all-star game during his career (1972)....Member of the World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971.

Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
1986-2008	Pittsburgh Pirates [MLB]	Broadcaster