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Steve
Blass		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: April 18, 1942 in Usa, CT, CANAAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1967   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 22 WOR AL   8 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 8
1965 23 KCR AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1966 24 NYG NL   9 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7
1967 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6
1968 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
1969 27 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5
1970 28 NYG NL   8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5
1971 29 NYG NL   8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5
1972 30 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4
1973 31 NYG NL $ 300,000 9 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 22 WOR AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1965 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1966 24 NYG NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1967 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1968 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1969 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1970 28 NYG NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1971 29 NYG NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1972 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1973 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1964 22 AAA   3 8 .273 16 16 1 0 0 110.0 122 51 9 44 73 4.17 .280 .346 .404 .750  
    AA   4 5 .444 12 12 0 0 0 85.0 97 33 10 19 87 3.49 .284 .321 .404 .725  
1965 23 AAA   12 7 .632 22 22 1 0 0 147.0 156 54 11 51 131 3.31 .265 .324 .369 .693  
1966 24 AAA   14 5 .737 35 24 2 1 3 180.7 147 55 7 65 160 2.74 .221 .291 .298 .589  
1967 25 NYG NL 3 2 .600 17 6 1 0 0 58.3 67 31 6 29 31 4.78 .290 .370 .442 .812 1.4
    AAA   5 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 45.0 38 9 2 14 47 1.80 .228 .287 .299 .587  
1968 26 NYG NL 3 4 .429 21 7 1 0 0 59.3 57 32 9 26 38 4.85 .257 .336 .437 .773 0.7
1969 27 NYG NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 3.00 .273 .273 .727 1.000 0.2
    AAA   4 5 .444 27 15 1 0 2 114.7 114 52 15 43 81 4.08 .259 .324 .415 .739  
1970 28 AAA   11 12 .478 28 28 2 2 0 188.3 195 88 29 65 162 4.21 .269 .329 .436 .765  
1971 29 AAA   8 13 .381 28 28 5 1 0 192.7 193 72 19 75 154 3.36 .256 .323 .383 .706  
1972 30 NYG NL 1 12 .077 13 13 2 0 0 79.0 111 79 15 47 47 9.00 .331 .413 .546 .959 0.0
1973 31 AAA   0 2 .000 7 2 0 0 0 16.0 19 13 2 13 13 7.31 .279 .395 .397 .792  
1974 32 AA   6 8 .429 20 20 1 0 0 120.3 137 71 12 41 90 5.31 .286 .342 .411 .754  
4 Years Sim 7 19 .269 53 26 4 0 0 199.7 238 143 31 102 117 6.45 .298 .377 .488 .866 2.3
8 Years AAA 57 52 .523 169 141 12 4 5 994.3 984 394 94 370 821 3.57 .256 .321 .379 .700  
2 Years AA 10 13 .435 32 32 1 0 0 205.3 234 104 22 60 177 4.56 .285 .334 .408 .742  
10 Years Minors 67 65 .508 201 173 13 4 5 1199.6 1218 498 116 430 998 3.74 .261 .323 .384 .707  
Season Average 1 4 .200 13 6 1 0 0 49.9 59 35 7 25 29 6.45 .298 .377 .488 .866  
Career Highs 3 12 .600 21 13 2 0 0 79.0 111 79 15 47 47 9.00 .331 .413 .727 1.000  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   140 85 17 59 79   .287 .364 .468 .833
vs LH   98 58 14 43 38   .314 .397 .519 .916
Home 3 10 .231 29 12 0 0 0 90.7 107 67 15 51 52 6.65 .297 .384 .503 .887
Away 4 9 .308 24 14 4 0 0 109.0 131 76 16 51 65 6.28 .298 .371 .476 .848
Mar/Apr 0 7 .000 13 5 1 0 0 36.7 54 47 13 18 24 11.54 .333 .400 .673 1.073
May 1 5 .167 14 6 2 0 0 53.7 73 38 3 23 21 6.37 .332 .395 .436 .831
June 2 2 .500 11 3 0 0 0 26.3 25 18 4 21 19 6.15 .255 .387 .449 .836
July 1 3 .250 5 5 0 0 0 32.3 32 18 5 16 20 5.01 .271 .358 .449 .807
August 2 1 .667 7 4 0 0 0 33.3 34 14 4 18 21 3.78 .262 .351 .431 .782
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 3 3 1 0 0 17.3 20 8 2 6 12 4.16 .282 .338 .451 .788
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1967 25 NYG NL 17 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .214 .357 0.2 0.0
1968 26 NYG NL 21 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0
2 Years Sim 38 30 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .133 .133 .167 .300 0.0 0.0
162 Game Average 127 8 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 .133 .133 .167 .300 0.0  
Career Highs 21 16 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .214 .357 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   18 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .222 .389 0.3
vs LH   12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
Home 20 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .273 .455 0.4
Away 18 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .105 .105 .105 .211 -0.6
RISP   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
June 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 5 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2
August 6 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.0
Sep/Oct 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1967 25 NYG NL P 17 6 58.3 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.01    
1968 26 NYG NL P 21 7 59.3 3 10 1 0 .929 1.97    
1969 27 NYG NL P 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1972 30 NYG NL P 13 13 79.0 2 13 2 2 .882 1.71    
Career Totals   53 26 199.7 8 34 3 3 .933 1.89    
Career Highs   21 13 79.0 3 13 2 2 1.000 3.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1967 25 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 2 4 0.00 .154 .267 .154 .421
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 2 4 0.00 .154 .267 .154 .421
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1967 25 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Worcester in 1964
Injured on 6/4/1965 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/25/1965 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Kansas City to New York (N) on 2/1/1966 (Going to NYG: P Steve Blass, P Jim Merritt, LF Mickey Stanley. Going to KCR: CF Jimmy Wynn, C Orlando Mcfarlane)
Had first career hit on 5/3/1967, off Pat Jarvis (CLE)
Earned first career win on 5/3/1967
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1967
Injured on 9/11/1968 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 6/15/1972 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Injured on 6/12/1974 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Released by New York (N) on 7/31/1974
 
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