Blake Stein
[edit] Biography
Born on August 3, 1973 in McComb, Mississippi, Blake Stein (William Blake Stein) played for the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 5 year career. Stein broke into the bigs on May 10, 1998 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 6.37 ERA in 117.1 innings pitched in 1998, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Blake Stein's best season was 2001, when he posted a 4.74 ERA and struck out 113 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1998
| OAK
| A
| 24
| 20
| 5
| 9
| 6.37
| 89
| 92
| 83
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 117.1
| 117
| 22
| 71
| 3
| 15
| 5
|
| 1999
| OAK
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 16.88
| 4
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.2
| 6
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1999
| KC
| A
| 12
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 4.09
| 43
| 33
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 70.1
| 59
| 10
| 41
| 1
| 2
| 7
|
| 1999
| TOT
| A
| 13
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 4.56
| 47
| 38
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 73
| 65
| 11
| 47
| 1
| 3
| 7
|
| 2000
| KC
| A
| 17
| 17
| 8
| 5
| 4.68
| 78
| 57
| 56
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 107.2
| 98
| 19
| 57
| 1
| 7
| 3
|
| 2001
| KC
| A
| 36
| 15
| 7
| 8
| 4.74
| 113
| 73
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 131
| 112
| 20
| 79
| 2
| 10
| 3
|
| 2002
| KC
| A
| 27
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 7.91
| 42
| 41
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 46.2
| 59
| 6
| 27
| 1
| 1
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 117
| 66
| 21
| 28
| 5.41
| 369
| 301
| 286
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 475.2
| 451
| 78
| 281
| 8
| 36
| 21
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1998
| OAK
| A
| P
| 24
| 20
| 117.1
| 0
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 5
| 2
| .938
|
| 1999
| OAK
| A
| P
| 1
| 1
| 2.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1999
| KC
| A
| P
| 12
| 11
| 70.1
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1999
| TOT
| A
| P
| 13
| 12
| 73
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| KC
| A
| P
| 17
| 17
| 107.2
| 8
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 6
| 0
| .941
|
| 2001
| KC
| A
| P
| 36
| 15
| 131
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 6
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| KC
| A
| P
| 27
| 2
| 46.2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 117
| 66
| 475.2
| 18
| 36
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 44
| 20
| 4
| .964
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1998
| OAK
| A
| 24
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| OAK
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| KC
| A
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| TOT
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| KC
| A
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| KC
| A
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| KC
| A
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 117
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed June 13, 1994).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Eric Ludwick and T.J. Mathews to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Mark McGwire (July 31, 1997).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics with Jeff D'Amico and Brad Rigby to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Kevin Appier (July 31, 1999).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (September 9, 2002).
- Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (December 17, 2002).
- Released by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (March 22, 2003).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 18, 2003).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (May 20, 2003).
- Signed by Montreal Expos (June 2, 2003).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2003).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 7, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2004).
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