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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-19 / in Starts: 13-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 54 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	36 (18-12-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 54 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	31 (16-9-5)

Most Driven In
A Rodgers	2
J Pagliaroni	1
J PagÃ¡n	1
D Clendenon	1
B Mazeroski	1
B Bailey	0

Most Driven In By
J PagÃ¡n	1
M Mota	1
R Clemente	1

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	25	7 (6)	Apr 19	PIT		CIN	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.58	-0.075	1.63	-0.13%	-1.85	P
2	26	11 (3)	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.58	-0.028	1.91	-0.06%	-0.24	P
3	27	15 (3)	Apr 29	PIT		NYM	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2.00	-0.125	6.55	-0.25%	-0.63	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	28	18 (2)	May 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	1.32	0.074	4.28	0.14%	0.47	P
5	29	23 (4)	May 10	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	9	1.25	-0.106	4.67	-0.24%	-0.93	P
6	30	27 (3)	May 14	PIT		LAD	L,1-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	.76	-0.019	2.00	-0.03%	-0.15	P
7	31	32 (4)	May 21	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9	.89	-0.066	2.18	-0.10%	-0.53	P
8	32	37 (4)	May 26	PIT	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.130	.261	9	.66	-0.051	1.52	-0.07%	-0.62	P
9	33	43 (5)	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.130	.130	.261	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	34	48 (4)	Jun 4	PIT		HOU	W,9-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.130	.130	.261	9						P
11	35	54 (5)	Jun 11	PIT		ATL	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.192	.346	9	1.28	0.218	3.75	0.39%	1.96	P
12	36	59 (4)	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.172	.207	.379	9	.69	-0.011	2.19	-0.02%	-0.11	P
13	37	64 (4)	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.161	.194	.355	9	1.28	-0.072	5.41	-0.18%	-0.73	P
14	38	69 (4)	Jun 27	PIT		HOU	W,8-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.171	.200	.371	9	.73	-0.049	2.84	-0.12%	1.10	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	39	74 (4)	Jul 2	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.162	.189	.351	9	.78	-0.038	3.29	-0.10%	-0.30	P
16	40	76 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-9	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.162	.189	.351	9						P
17	41	80 (3)	Jul 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.175	.325	9	1.17	-0.106	5.68	-0.31%	-1.21	P
18	42	85 (4)	Jul 10	PIT		NYM	W,9-4	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.214	.405	9	1.05	0.076	5.09	0.22%	0.57	P
19	43	89 (3)	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,7-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.222	.422	9	.58	0.010	4.65	0.05%	-0.08	P
20	44	94 (4)	Jul 22	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.222	.422	9						P
21	45	98 (3)	Jul 26	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.222	.422	9						P
22	46	103 (4)	Jul 31 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,5-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.196	.217	.413	9	.70	-0.017	4.62	-0.07%	-0.15	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	47	108 (4)	Aug 5	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.196	.217	.413	9						P
24	48	128 (19)	Aug 27	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.213	.234	.447	9	1.22	0.004	9.71	0.02%	0.06	P
25	49	133 (4)	Aug 31	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.224	.245	.469	9	1.52	0.067	17.17	0.45%	0.56	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	50	139 (5)	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		ATL	L,5-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.220	.240	.460	9	1.83	-0.046	17.33	-0.26%	-0.41	P
27	51	146 (6)	Sep 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	3-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.220	.240	.460	9						P
28	52	153 (6)	Sep 22	PIT	@	ATL	L,1-14	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.220	.240	.460	9						P
29	53	155 (1)	Sep 24	PIT	@	ATL	W,8-6	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.220	.240	.460	9						P
30	54	157 (1)	Sep 26	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.220	.240	.460	9						P
31	55	158	Sep 28 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-1	5-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.250	.481	9	.49	0.017	2.00	0.04%	0.15	P
32	56	160 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,4-5	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.250	.481	9						P
33	57	161	Oct 1 (2)	PIT		SFG	L,0-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.250	.481	9						P
34	58	162	Oct 2	PIT		SFG	L,3-7	11-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.250	.481	9						P
							15-19		54	52	3	12	1	0	0	6	0	0	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.250	.481		1.02	-0.343	4.55	-0.60%	-3.05

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