Pirates Pitcher Steve Blass has personally hand-signed this MLB Baseball and inscribed it 1971 WS Champs-Blass made his MLB debut in 1968 but joined the Pirates permantley in 1966. Blass won 18 games with a 2.12 ERA with seven shutouts and both career highs in 1968. From 1969-1972 he won 60 games and in 1972 he had a career high 19 victories which led him to be a National League All- Star. Blass contributed to the 1971 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles he pitched two complete games in which he only allowed seven hits and two r in 18 innings and he was also the winning pitcher in the deciding game 7. Blass finished second to the World Series MVP voting. This Steve Blass autograph is guaranteed authentic and an accompanying tamper-evident Steiner Hologram. The Steiner Seal Means Its Real.