#59 Steve Blass, Starting Pitcher, 26 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubbies Thursday, 10/19/1968 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Steve Blass
4/18/1942 26 USA,CT, 6"0 165
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Suffers Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1968 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 33 Days (549 total Days) 85 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 0 Days (860 total Days) 4 Year(s) Last Option Year
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 5 | 6 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
Talent | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 51 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 3 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .974 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.24 | 19.1 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.24 | 19.0 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 13 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 1 | 0 | 1.$ | 6 | 1 | 20.9 | 15.8 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 9.07 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 36 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .417 | .500 | .583 | 1.083 |
vs. RHB | 48 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .396 | .407 | .521 | .928 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 5.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Road | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.30 | 14.1 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 10 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.69 | 13.0 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 10 |
May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 4.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1964 | 34 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4.34 | 261.1 | 263 | 135 | 126 | 36 | 98 | 150 | 15 | 1 | 1.38 | .285 | CHN |
1965 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10.80 | 30.0 | 41 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | .305 | CHN |
1966 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4.60 | 47.0 | 41 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1.23 | .217 | CHN |
1967 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5.27 | 140.0 | 170 | 96 | 82 | 26 | 40 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 1.50 | .304 | CHN |
1968 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.24 | 19.1 | 34 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2.28 | .471 | CHN |
Total | 96 | 63 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 5.24 | 497.2 | 549 | 323 | 290 | 82 | 184 | 267 | 23 | 2 | 1.47 | .294 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1965, AAA | 20 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3.76 | 153.0 | 129 | 68 | 64 | 13 | 60 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 1.24 | .263 |
1966, AA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.12 | 17.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 | .192 |
1966, AAA | 19 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3.26 | 143.2 | 139 | 59 | 52 | 11 | 63 | 123 | 3 | 1 | 1.41 | .308 |
1968, AAA | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3.47 | 96.0 | 90 | 40 | 37 | 11 | 43 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 1.39 | .289 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1964 | 34 | 87 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .143 | .149 | .292 | CHN |
1965 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | CHN |
1966 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | CHN |
1967 | 31 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .205 | .214 | .419 | CHN |
1968 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CHN |
Total | 96 | 158 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | .127 | .158 | .158 | .316 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 19.1 | 2.33 | | | | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1964... Earned first career win on 4/5/1964... Had first career hit on 4/11/1964, off Tommie Sisk (CIN)... Injured on 8/5/1964 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
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