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Career Summary

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
10	1597.3	103	76	2	896	3.63	6.3

Birth Date	4-18-1942
Height	6' 0"
Weight	165 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1964	PIT	22	24	13	104.7	79.0	25.7	5	8	0	0	9	1	458	107	52	47	9	155	45	40	1	67	4.04	3.91	4.09	8.3	1.0
1966	PIT	24	34	25	155.7	142.3	11.3	11	7	0	1	12	2	655	173	80	67	12	251	46	45	2	76	3.87	3.62	4.54	8.7	0.7
1967	PIT	25	32	16	126.7	82.7	31.0	6	8	0	0	7	0	490	126	65	50	12	178	47	40	2	72	3.55	3.91	4.86	-3.9	-0.2
1968	PIT	26	33	31	220.3	193.3	3.0	18	6	0	0	20	1	784	191	64	52	13	234	57	52	4	132	2.12	2.94	3.89	-3.4	-0.6
1969	PIT	27	38	32	210.0	202.0	8.0	16	10	2	0	15	4	907	207	119	104	21	329	86	83	6	147	4.46	3.87	4.54	12.4	1.7
1970	PIT	28	31	31	196.7	196.7	0.0	10	12	0	0	18	2	824	187	92	77	14	272	73	65	5	120	3.52	3.74	4.35	14.7	1.4
1971	PIT	29	33	33	240.0	240.0	0.0	15	8	0	0	22	3	996	226	81	76	16	298	68	60	2	136	2.85	3.15	3.40	28.3	3.1
1972	PIT	30	33	32	249.7	247.7	2.0	19	8	0	0	25	1	1024	227	80	69	18	313	84	76	4	117	2.49	3.58	4.00	9.9	1.5
1973	PIT	31	23	18	88.7	78.0	10.7	3	9	0	0	2	2	455	109	98	97	11	167	84	80	12	27	9.85	6.80	7.81	-19.9	-2.0
1974	PIT	32	1	0	5.0	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	5	8	5	2	13	7	7	0	2	9.00	11.19	14.23	-2.6	-0.3
Career			282	231	1597.3	1461.7	96.7	103	76	2	1	130	16	6621	1558	739	644	128	2210	597	548	38	896	3.63	3.74	4.39	52.6	6.3

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1964	PIT	MLB	24	13	104.7	4.09	100	.268	.275	.331	.422	.281	.292	101	9.2	1.0	8.3	1.0
1966	PIT	MLB	34	25	155.7	4.54	91	.270	.268	.322	.402	.273	.307	102	7.1	0.8	8.7	0.7
1967	PIT	MLB	32	16	126.7	4.86	74	.282	.263	.323	.392	.280	.283	100	-4.0	-0.5	-3.9	-0.2
1968	PIT	MLB	33	31	220.3	3.89	75	.237	.260	.314	.371	.274	.255	91	-3.5	-0.4	-3.4	-0.6
1969	PIT	MLB	38	32	210.0	4.54	88	.278	.261	.327	.389	.270	.287	99	4.3	0.5	12.4	1.7
1970	PIT	MLB	31	31	196.7	4.35	102	.247	.270	.346	.420	.278	.283	98	16.7	1.8	14.7	1.4
1971	PIT	MLB	33	33	240.0	3.40	112	.244	.266	.327	.386	.270	.271	98	29.6	3.4	28.3	3.1
1972	PIT	MLB	33	32	249.7	4.00	93	.249	.264	.328	.388	.278	.261	96	6.9	0.8	9.9	1.5
1973	PIT	MLB	23	18	88.7	7.81	13	.340	.270	.339	.394	.271	.305	101	-23.7	-2.6	-19.9	-2.0
1974	PIT	MLB	1	0	5.0	14.23	-99	.371	.272	.342	.411	.274	.176	115	-2.8	-0.3	-2.6	-0.3
Career		MLB		231	1597.3	4.39	87	.263	.266	.328	.394	.275	.279	98	39.7	4.5	52.6	6.3

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1964	PIT	MLB	5	8	0	24	13	104.7	107	45	67	9	50%	.292	9.2	3.9	0.8	5.8	1.45	4.04	8.3	1.0
1966	PIT	MLB	11	7	0	34	25	155.7	173	46	76	12	55%	.307	10.0	2.7	0.7	4.4	1.41	3.87	8.7	0.7
1967	PIT	MLB	6	8	0	32	16	126.7	126	47	72	12	61%	.283	9.0	3.3	0.9	5.1	1.37	3.55	-3.9	-0.2
1968	PIT	MLB	18	6	0	33	31	220.3	191	57	132	13	56%	.255	7.8	2.3	0.5	5.4	1.13	2.12	-3.4	-0.6
1969	PIT	MLB	16	10	2	38	32	210.0	207	86	147	21	57%	.287	8.9	3.7	0.9	6.3	1.40	4.46	12.4	1.7
1970	PIT	MLB	10	12	0	31	31	196.7	187	73	120	14	56%	.283	8.6	3.3	0.6	5.5	1.32	3.52	14.7	1.4
1971	PIT	MLB	15	8	0	33	33	240.0	226	68	136	16	47%	.271	8.5	2.5	0.6	5.1	1.23	2.85	28.3	3.1
1972	PIT	MLB	19	8	0	33	32	249.7	227	84	117	18	51%	.261	8.2	3.0	0.6	4.2	1.25	2.49	9.9	1.5
1973	PIT	MLB	3	9	0	23	18	88.7	109	84	27	11	47%	.305	11.1	8.5	1.1	2.7	2.18	9.85	-19.9	-2.0
1974	PIT	MLB	0	0	0	1	0	5.0	5	7	2	2	41%	.176	9.0	12.6	3.6	3.6	2.40	9.00	-2.6	-0.3

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1970-07-13	1970-08-14		32	28	Right	Forearm	Contusion	Batted Ball But Some Reports As Fracture	-	-

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Title	Author	Date
Baseball ProGUESTus: Where the Crazy Closer Comes From	Matthew Callan	2013-04-09
Baseball ProGUESTus: Roger Angell and The Benefits of Writing About Baseball	Tim Britton	2013-03-19
BP Unfiltered: Arguably the Worst Bunt Call Ever Called	Sam Miller	2013-01-22
Overthinking It: Handicapping the Injury-Prone Pitchers of 2013	Ben Lindbergh	2012-12-27
On the Beat: The Difference-Makers	John Perrotto	2012-08-23
The Lineup Card: 10 Most Disappointing Career-Ending Injuries	Baseball Prospectus	2012-05-09
Pebble Hunting: Let's Play "Pick an Old or Injury-Prone Pitcher"	Sam Miller	2012-03-26
The BP Wayback Machine: Improvement Ratio	Rany Jazayerli	2012-03-16
Overthinking It: The Once and Future Starters	Ben Lindbergh	2012-03-12
Transaction Analysis: Jered Weaver's $85 Million Welcome Mat	Ben Lindbergh	2011-08-23
Divide and Conquer, NL West: We Did Everything We Needed to Do, and Then We Didn't	Geoff Young	2011-05-17
Changing Speeds: Baseball on the Ones	Ken Funck	2011-03-22
Baseball ProGUESTus: The Impact of World Series Starts (or How Much Was Jack Morris Really Worth?)	Sean Smith	2011-03-04
Prospectus Q&A: Daniel Bard	David Laurila	2010-10-12
Another Look: Hall of Fame Pitchers Becoming an Extinct Species	Bob Hertzel	2010-09-21
Future Shock Blog: Minor League Update: Games of May 10	Kevin Goldstein	2010-05-11
Future Shock: 2008 Draft Review: NL	Kevin Goldstein	2009-05-29
Future Shock: Minor League Notebook	Kevin Goldstein	2009-04-24
Team Health Reports: Baltimore Orioles	Will Carroll	2009-02-16
Future Shock: Red Sox Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2009-01-28
Future Shock: AL Great Leaps Forward	Kevin Goldstein	2008-09-09
UTK Wrap: Perception and Reality	Will Carroll	2008-03-07
Prospectus Matchups: Blowing Hot and Cold	Jim Baker	2007-09-14
Prospectus Toolbox: Value Over Replacement Player	Derek Jacques	2007-05-15
Future Shock: Two Debuts	Kevin Goldstein	2007-05-11
Under The Knife: In My Backyard	Will Carroll	2006-05-05
Call it a Comeback: Best Rebound Seasons, Part 2	Ben Murphy	2005-11-07
From The Mailbag: No Power, FRAA, AgeGate, and Ballooning ERAs	Baseball Prospectus	2005-09-26
Prospectus Today: The Races Get Hotter	Joe Sheehan	2005-09-17
Prospectus Matchups: The Rivalry Cometh	Jim Baker	2005-09-09
Prospectus Matchups: Dodging Checkmate	Jim Baker	2004-10-15
Teams: A Critical Guide: Rare Dick Weik Mention Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-09-22
Under The Knife: Torn Texan	Will Carroll	2004-07-07
Prospectus Feature: Touring the Minors: Organizational Overview: Los Angeles Dodgers	Keith Scherer	2002-08-23
Transaction Analysis: June 6-8, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-06-10
Doctoring The Numbers: Doctoring the Numbers: Improvement Ratio	Rany Jazayerli	2002-03-06

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2011-12-02 14:00:00	Your additional "what is the AFL good for" reason reminds me that I was sort of hoping the Twins would send Alex Wimmers there. Acknowledging that his case is pretty idiosyncratic, what would you do if you were in charge of a low-ish ceiling starter that was nevertheless expected to move quickly, but got all Steve Blass'd, then kind of recovered and finished strong? AFL? Pat on the back and tell him to come to camp in good shape next spring? (Minneapolitan from Nashville)	Wimmers finished the year well, so I wouldn't have messed with it. The AFL is such an offensive environment, that I'd rather take it cautious knowing he heads into the offseason with something positive. (Kevin Goldstein)
2011-08-04 13:00:00	Falling off a cliff batters: Carlos Baerga? Falling off a cliff pitchers: Steve Blass? (dianagramr from NYC)	Baerga went from great to replacement level seemingly overnight, but he wasn't worst-player-in-the-league awful. Blass... well, if they name a syndrome after you, don't you get a pass? (Jay Jaffe)
2009-06-08 14:00:00	Is Big Papi done? Can you think of another player or two that has absolutely fallen off a cliff like he has? Steve Blass? (PeterSchwech from Boston)	Tim Wallach after 1989, IIRC, although he had a bounceback. I know there are others, but I'm blanking. This chat may end abruptly, as I think there's a rugby match going on in the apartment above me. (Joe Sheehan)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	Jay: Same thing as my previous. G5 isn't G1. Torre had given Soriano all kinds of rope. Soriano had the hitter's equivalent of Steve Blass disease in that postseason. He looked like he had never hit before and might never hit again. Word at the time was that the Rangers weren't insistent on Soriano being in the A-Rod trade and the Yankees were the ones who wanted him gone, just based on their disenchantment with him after that October. (Steven Goldman)