Steve Blass

Pittsburgh · #28 · P
$18,000 (1 yr)
HT/WT6'0", 165 lbs
BIRTHDATE4/18/1942 (28)
BAT/THRR/R
BIRTHPLACENorth Canaan, Connecticut
STATUS ● Active

1970 Season Stats

W-L

7-6

Tied-39th

ERA

4.53

K

70

52nd

WHIP

1.51

Stats

Career Pitching — MLB

Season Team GPGS WL W% WAR ERAWHIP IP KBB K/BB HR ER SVHLD BLSV
1964 PIT 24 13 5 8 0.385 0.6 4.04 1.45 104.2 67 45 1.5 107 52 47 0 0 0
1966 PIT 34 25 11 7 0.611 1.5 3.87 1.41 155.2 76 46 1.7 173 80 67 0 0 0
1967 PIT 32 16 6 8 0.429 0.3 3.55 1.37 126.2 72 47 1.5 126 65 50 0 0 0
1968 PIT 33 31 18 6 0.750 2.6 2.12 1.13 220.1 132 57 2.3 191 64 52 0 0 0
1969 PIT 38 32 16 10 0.615 1.3 4.46 1.40 210.0 147 86 1.7 207 119 104 2 0 0
1970 PIT 17 17 7 6 0.538 2.1 4.53 1.51 111.1 70 52 1.3 116 61 56 0 0 0
Total 178 134 63 45 0.583 8.5 3.64 1.35 928.2 564 333 1.7 920 441 376 2 0 0

Opponent Batting

Season Team P TBF P-TBF OBA OOBP OSLG OOPS 2B 3B HR TB SH SF IBB
1964 PIT 1,687 458 3.683 0.263 0.336 0.329 0.665 0 0 9 134 5 3 5
1966 PIT 2,409 662 3.639 0.282 0.332 0.341 0.673 0 0 12 209 8 4 1
1967 PIT 1,979 541 3.658 0.260 0.326 0.334 0.660 0 0 12 162 6 3 7
1968 PIT 3,235 885 3.655 0.233 0.284 0.281 0.565 0 0 13 230 11 6 5
1969 PIT 3,367 907 3.712 0.255 0.329 0.333 0.662 0 0 21 270 10 6 3
1970 PIT 2,147 487 4.409 0.274 0.356 0.388 0.744 31 1 5 164 6 3 2
Career 14,824 3940 3.762 0.258 0.323 0.328 0.651 31 1 72 1169 46 25 23

Expanded Pitching

Season Team P/S P/I K/9 QS CG SHO GB% GB FB G/F IR IRS WP BK SB CS RSUP
1964 PIT 129.8 16.1 5.8 8 3 1 49.0 117 122 1.0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
1966 PIT 96.4 15.5 4.4 12 1 0 53.2 198 174 1.1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0.0
1967 PIT 123.7 15.6 5.1 8 2 0 58.4 171 122 1.4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0
1968 PIT 104.4 14.7 5.4 22 12 7 54.9 279 229 1.2 0 0 7 0 0 0 0.0
1969 PIT 105.2 16.0 6.3 15 9 0 50.9 236 228 1.0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0.0
1970 PIT 126.3 19.3 5.7 11 1 0 56.8 138 105 1.3 0 0 5 0 5 3 4.4
Career 110.6 16.0 5.5 76 28 8 53.8 1139 980 1.2 0 0 39 2 5 3 0.6

Glossary

2B: Doubles
3B: Triples
BB: Walks
BK: Balks
BLSV: Blown Saves
CG: Complete Games
CS: Caught Stealing
ER: Earned Runs
ERA: Earned Run Average
FB: Fly Balls
G/F: Ground To Fly Ball Ratio
GB: Ground Balls
GB%: Ground Ball Percentage
GP: Games Played
GS: Games Started
H: Hits
HLD: Holds
HR: Home Runs
IBB: Intentional Walks
IP: Innings Pitched
IR: Inherited Runners
IRS: Inherited Runners Scored
K: Strikeouts
K/9: Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
K/BB: Strikeout To Walk Ratio
L: Losses
OBA: Opponent Batting Average
OOBP: Opponent's On-Base Pct
OOPS: Opponent's OBP + SLG Pct
OSLUG: Opponent's Slugging Pct
P: Pitches
P-TBF: Pitches Per Batter Faced
P/I: Pitches Per Inning
P/S: Pitches Per Start
QS: Quality Starts
R: Runs
RSUP: Run Support
SB: Stolen Bases
SF: Sacrifice Flies
SH: Sacrifice Bunts
SHO: Shutouts
SV: Saves
TB: Total Bases
TBF: Batters Faced
W: Wins
W%: Win Percentage
WAR: Wins Above Replacement
WHIP: Walks Plus Hits Per Inning Pitched
WP: Wild Pitches