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Steve Blass

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Apr 16 W, 2-0 at Mets Start 7.0 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 W (1-0) PIT Apr 21 W, 3-2 at Phillies Start 6.0 6 25 2 2 2 1 1 5 1.38 PIT Apr 26 L, 6-7 vs Reds Start 5.2 8 25 5 5 1 3 0 1 3.38 L (1-1) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT May 01 L, 8-9 vs Astros Start 6.0 8 28 7 7 2 3 0 4 5.11 PIT May 06 W, 8-1 at Reds Start 1 9.0 4 34 1 1 1 4 0 2 4.01 W (2-1) PIT May 12 W, 4-2 at Astros Start 8.0 7 30 2 1 1 0 0 4 3.46 W (3-1) PIT May 17 W, 12-0 vs Cardinals Start 2 1 9.0 11 37 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.84 W (4-1) PIT May 23 W, 6-2 at Cardinals Start 8.0 11 34 2 2 1 1 0 1 2.76 W (5-1) PIT May 28 W, 6-5 vs Phillies Start 8.1 9 37 5 5 0 5 0 3 3.09 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jun 03 W, 4-3 at Giants Start 8.1 7 33 3 3 2 2 0 5 3.11 W (6-1) PIT Jun 09 W, 5-1 at Dodgers Start 3 9.0 3 34 1 1 1 5 0 5 2.88 W (7-1) PIT Jun 16 W, 2-1 vs Padres Start 4 9.0 5 32 1 1 0 1 0 9 2.70 W (8-1) PIT Jun 23 W, 4-2 at Cubs Start 8.1 8 33 2 2 0 3 0 4 2.66 W (9-1) PIT Jun 28 L, 1-3 vs Expos Start 8.0 8 31 3 3 0 1 0 3 2.71 L (9-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Jul 03 W, 3-2 vs Cubs Start 8.0 6 33 2 2 1 1 0 4 2.68 PIT Jul 08 W, 5-3 at Braves Start 7.0 9 31 3 3 2 2 0 3 2.74 W (10-2) PIT Jul 13 L, 0-2 at Reds Start 5 8.0 8 30 2 2 1 0 0 2 2.71 L (10-3) PIT Jul 18 L, 2-4 vs Braves Start 5.1 7 28 3 2 0 2 2 3 2.74 L (10-4) PIT Jul 23 W, 3-2 vs Reds Start 8.2 9 37 2 1 0 1 0 4 2.64 W (11-4) PIT Jul 29 (1) L, 2-5 at Phillies Start 4.0 5 22 5 4 0 4 1 2 2.81 L (11-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Aug 03 W, 2-1 at Cardinals Start 9.0 8 35 1 1 0 3 0 1 2.71 W (12-5) PIT Aug 09 L, 0-2 vs Phillies Start 6 9.0 8 33 2 1 1 1 0 3 2.61 L (12-6) PIT Aug 13 (2) W, 7-5 vs Cardinals Start 8.2 12 38 5 5 0 2 1 7 2.74 W (13-6) PIT Aug 18 W, 4-2 at Padres Start 7 9.0 4 33 2 1 0 4 0 2 2.66 W (14-6) PIT Aug 25 (1) W, 3-2 vs Dodgers Start 11.0 6 47 2 2 1 8 1 4 2.60 PIT Aug 29 W, 5-3 vs Padres Start 7.2 8 36 3 2 0 4 0 3 2.59 W (15-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Sep 04 (1) W, 10-0 vs Phillies Start 8 2 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.48 W (16-6) PIT Sep 09 W, 8-3 at Expos Start 9 9.0 7 36 3 0 1 2 0 5 2.38 W (17-6) PIT Sep 16 L, 0-4 at Cardinals Start 6.0 9 30 4 3 0 2 2 5 2.44 L (17-7) PIT Sep 21 W, 6-2 at Mets Start 10 9.0 7 36 2 2 0 3 0 7 2.42 W (18-7) PIT Sep 26 W, 5-1 at Phillies Start 11 9.0 8 35 1 1 0 2 0 2 2.37 W (19-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record PIT Oct 01 L, 3-7 vs Mets Start 0.2 3 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 2.47 L (19-8) PIT Oct 03 W, 6-2 vs Cardinals Middle 2.0 1 10 1 1 0 3 0 1 2.49

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      19   8   2.47   32  32  11   0   0   2  247.2  226  1014   79   68  18   73   8  116   23-9   4.34 runs/start
Middle relief    0   0   4.50    1   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    10    1    1   0    3   0    1    1-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              458   45  128  184  14   3  12   43   2   3   38   4   2   47   9  .279  .402  .342  .744
vs RHB              466   32   99  129  12   0   6   27   3   5   38   4   2   70  23  .212  .277  .280  .557

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             6   5   3.10   16  15   4   0   0   2  116.0  114   491   44   40   6   38   4   57   10-6   4.73 runs/start
Road            13   3   1.95   17  17   7   0   0   0  133.2  113   533   36   29  12   38   4   60   14-3   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              7   2   2.80   10  10   2   0   0   1   74.0   68   303   25   23   3   21   3   39    8-2   4.70 runs/start
Night           12   6   2.36   23  22   9   0   0   1  175.2  159   721   55   46  15   55   5   78   16-7   4.18 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   1   3.38    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.2   16    72    7    7   3    4   1   11    2-1   3.67 runs/start
May              4   0   2.98    6   6   2   0   0   1   48.1   50   200   17   16   5   14   0   18    5-1   7.33 runs/start
June             4   1   2.11    5   5   2   0   0   0   42.2   31   163   10   10   3   12   0   26    4-1   3.20 runs/start
July             2   3   3.07    6   6   1   0   0   0   41.0   44   181   17   14   4   10   3   18    3-3   2.50 runs/start
August           4   1   1.99    6   6   2   0   0   0   54.1   46   222   15   12   2   22   2   20    5-1   3.50 runs/start
September        4   1   1.29    5   5   4   0   0   1   42.0   36   170   10    6   1   10   2   23    4-1   5.80 runs/start
October          0   1  13.50    2   1   0   0   0   0    2.2    4    16    4    4   0    4   0    1    1-1   3.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   0   5.14    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   15    58    9    8   3    3   0    8    1-1   6.00 runs/start
Braves           1   1   3.65    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.1   16    59    6    5   2    4   2    6    1-1   3.50 runs/start
Cardinals        4   1   2.53    6   5   1   0   0   1   42.2   52   184   13   12   1   12   3   19    5-1   5.40 runs/start
Cubs             1   0   2.20    2   2   0   0   0   0   16.1   14    66    4    4   1    4   0    8    2-0   3.50 runs/start
Dodgers          1   0   1.35    2   2   1   0   0   0   20.0    9    81    3    3   2   13   1    9    2-0   4.00 runs/start
Expos            1   1   1.59    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.0   15    67    6    3   1    3   0    8    1-1   4.50 runs/start
Giants           1   0   3.24    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.1    7    33    3    3   2    2   0    5    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Mets             2   1   2.70    3   3   1   0   0   0   16.2   12    64    5    5   0    4   0   12    2-1   3.67 runs/start
Padres           3   0   1.40    3   3   2   0   0   0   25.2   17   101    6    4   0    9   0   14    3-0   3.67 runs/start
Phillies         2   2   2.58    6   6   3   0   0   1   45.1   41   185   15   13   3   14   2   19    4-2   4.33 runs/start
Reds             2   2   2.59    4   4   2   0   0   0   31.1   29   126   10    9   3    8   0    9    2-2   4.25 runs/start

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