Steve Blass
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Stephen Robert Blass (born April 18, 1942) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher and a former broadcast announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Playing career
Blass was born in Canaan, Connecticut. He made his major league debut in 1964 at the age of 22, signing with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960. He played in 1968, winning the NL Player of the Month award for September, recording a 5.65 ERA, and 46 SO. He won 16 games with a career-best 147 strikeouts in 1969. He won 60 games from 1969 to 1972, with a record-breaking 19 victories in 1972. He was a member of the National League in the 1972 All-Star Game and finished second behind Steve Carlton for the National League Cy Young Award.
Blass pitched two complete game victories over the Baltimore Orioles in 1971, allowing only seven hits and two runs in 18 innings, and was the winning pitcher in the 7th and deciding game. In the voting for World Series MVP, he came in second, behind teammate Roberto Clemente.
In 1,596 innings pitched, including 16 shutouts and 57 complete games, the Blass posted a 103-76 record with 896 strikeouts and a 3.63 ERA in a ten-season major league appearance.
Blass is best known for his sudden and inexplicable loss of control after the 1972 season, in addition to his Series appearance. In the 1973-19 season, his ERA soared to 9.85, when he walked 84 batters in 88+2/3 innings and struck out only 27 batters. He retired from baseball in March 1975 after spending the majority of 1974 in the minor leagues. In an essay in The New Yorker two months later, writer Roger Angell chronicled Blass' exploits.
A condition known as "Steve Blass disease" has figured in baseball jargon. Talented players who inexplicably and permanently lose their ability to throw a baseball correctly are subjected to the "diagnosis." In baseball terms, "Steve Blass disease" is sometimes referred to as "Steve Sax syndrome."
Rick Ankiel, Mark Wohlers, Dontrelle Willis, Ricky Romero, and Daniel Bard are among the many notable victims of "Steve Blass disease."
Blass said in a year ago that he was content with how his career turned out, boasting that he had ten good years with the Pirates, gained 100 games, and appeared in a World Series. He did mention that Roberto Clemente, a teammate and close friend, died in the offseason before he lost control – and that the resulting sadness over losing someone so close – did not play a role in him losing control.
Post-playing career
Blass worked for Jostens, a Pittsburgh-area salesman for a company that makes school class rings. He joined the Pirates' television and radio broadcast team in 1983 as a part-time color commentator, rising to a full-time post in 1986. He revealed that he would only play home games from now on to spend more time with his family during the 2005 season. After 60 years with the company as both a player and broadcaster, Blasss retired from broadcasting in 2019.
In 1997, he was inducted into the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.
A Pirate For Life, Blass' autobiography (Triumph Books), was published on May 1, 2012. His memoirs, co-written with Erik Sherman, chronicle Steve Blass disease and his time as a Pirate color commentator.
Blass was introduced as the inaugural member of the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall Of Fame on August 7, 2022.