How Steve Blass's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Steve Blass posted a career Range Factor of 1.37, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1971, posting 1.91, well below the league average of 3.27 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at .618, well below the league average of 3.22 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.85 in 1972 to 1.13 in 1973 and 1.0 in 1974. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .618 to 1.91 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Steve Blass Lifetime Range Factor

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Steve Blass
Range Factor
Career1.371
Season Avg.1.371
162 Game Avg.1.371
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Steve Blass Range Factor Per Season

Steve Blass's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Steve Blass Range Factor per season line chart

Steve Blass Range Factor by Team

Steve Blass's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Steve Blass career Range Factor by team bar chart

Steve Blass Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Blass's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Steve Blass Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Blass Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Blass's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Steve Blass Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Blass Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Blass's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Steve Blass Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table