January 15th, 2019 by WCBC Radio
After 60 years with the organization, Pittsburgh Pirates World Series champion Steve Blass is calling it a career in the broadcast booth after the 2019 season. Blass made the announcement on Tuesday morning. Blass called it a “semi-retirement” as he will continue with the team, albeit with a scaled back schedule. The 76-year-old has been with the Pirates since he signed his first big league deal in June of 1960. Blass held a 103-76 record including 57 complete games and 16 shutouts in his career (282 games.) Blass is seventh on the Pirates all-time list for strikeouts with 896. Two of the complete games came in the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles, including a complete game in Game 7. He is the last National League pitcher to accomplish that feat.