Bert Blyleven
Rik Aalbert Blyleven
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands
High School: Santiago (Garden Grove, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1970
Final Game: October 4, 1992
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 MIN AL 19 P 27 25 164.0 22 5 16 1 1 .955 1.15 0.78 .950 1.86 0.67
1971 MIN AL 20 P 38 38 278.1 59 19 38 2 0 .966 1.84 1.50 .958 1.98 0.77
1972 MIN AL 21 P 39 38 287.1 66 18 45 3 4 .955 1.97 1.62 .950 1.86 0.75
1973 MIN AL 22 P 40 40 325.0 56 21 34 1 0 .982 1.52 1.38 .950 1.86 0.86 AS,CYA-7,MVP-26
1974 MIN AL 23 P 37 37 281.0 56 19 34 3 2 .946 1.70 1.43 .946 1.81 0.83
1975 MIN AL 24 P 35 35 275.2 70 16 48 6 5 .914 2.09 1.83 .941 1.87 0.85
1976 TOT AL 25 P 36 36 297.2 66 22 44 0 4 1.000 2.00 1.83 .948 1.87 0.85
1976 MIN AL 25 P 12 12 95.1 18 5 13 0 1 1.000 1.70 1.50 .950 1.87 0.85
1976 TEX AL 25 P 24 24 202.1 48 17 31 0 3 1.000 2.14 2.00 .948 1.87 0.85
1977 TEX AL 26 P 30 30 234.2 46 10 35 1 4 .978 1.73 1.50 .946 1.95 0.84
1978 PIT NL 27 P 34 34 243.2 53 11 41 1 4 .981 1.92 1.53 .949 1.91 0.72
1979 PIT NL 28 P 37 37 237.1 34 14 20 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.92 .947 1.80 0.66
1980 PIT NL 29 P 34 32 216.2 42 10 30 2 2 .952 1.66 1.18 .952 1.91 0.69
1981 CLE AL 30 P 20 20 159.1 26 9 16 1 2 .962 1.41 1.25 .962 1.98 0.81
1982 CLE AL 31 P 4 4 20.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.77 1.00 .950 1.81 0.72
1983 CLE AL 32 P 24 24 156.1 34 7 26 1 3 .971 1.90 1.38 .959 1.80 0.73
1984 CLE AL 33 P 33 32 245.0 53 21 30 2 2 .962 1.87 1.55 .958 1.79 0.70 CYA-3
1985 TOT AL 34 P 37 37 293.2 49 17 32 0 2 1.000 1.50 1.32 .951 1.86 0.70 AS,CYA-3
1985 CLE AL 34 P 23 23 179.2 30 11 19 0 0 1.000 1.50 1.30 .950 1.86 0.70
1985 MIN AL 34 P 14 14 114.0 19 6 13 0 2 1.000 1.50 1.36 .953 1.86 0.70
1986 MIN AL 35 P 36 36 271.2 46 15 31 0 0 1.000 1.52 1.28 .954 1.83 0.68
1987 MIN AL 36 P 37 37 267.0 64 17 43 4 3 .938 2.02 1.62 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 MIN AL 37 P 33 33 207.1 35 12 22 1 3 .971 1.48 1.03 .960 1.78 0.67
1989 CAL AL 38 P 33 33 241.0 52 14 38 0 6 1.000 1.94 1.58 .958 1.87 0.66 CYA-4,MVP-13
1990 CAL AL 39 P 23 23 134.0 28 3 24 1 0 .964 1.81 1.17 .954 1.78 0.59
1992 CAL AL 41 P 25 24 133.0 18 5 13 0 1 1.000 1.22 0.72 .950 1.72 0.56
22 Seasons P 692 685 4970.0 979 287 662 30 48 .969 1.72 1.37 .952 1.86 0.73
22 Seasons TOT 692 685 4970.0 979 287 662 30 48 .969 1.72 1.37 .921 1.86 0.73
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 MIN AL 19 27 25 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MIN AL 20 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 MIN AL 21 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIN AL 22 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIN AL 23 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIN AL 24 35 0 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX AL 25 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIN AL 25 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 26 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 27 37 34 37 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1979 PIT NL 28 38 37 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 PIT NL 29 37 32 37 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1981 CLE AL 30 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CLE AL 31 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CLE AL 32 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CLE AL 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CLE AL 34 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIN AL 34 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 MIN AL 35 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIN AL 36 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 MIN AL 37 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CAL AL 38 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CAL AL 39 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CAL AL 41 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Seasons 699 204 218 692 692 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1970 MIN AL 19 696 74% 24% 17 82% 1 5 0 2 16 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1971 MIN AL 20 1162 75% 25% 46 96% 0 19 2 11 43 35 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1972 MIN AL 21 1200 74% 24% 46 96% 0 16 1 13 45 35 5 3 0 0 3 0 4 3 3 1 5 100%
1973 MIN AL 22 1364 76% 23% 38 97% 0 20 1 17 37 30 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1974 MIN AL 23 1198 72% 26% 34 100% 0 19 0 16 35 27 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1975 MIN AL 24 1157 72% 25% 49 92% 2 16 0 13 47 40 5 6 0 4 2 1 5 4 5 0 8 75%
1976 TEX AL 25 852 77% 32% 35 91% 1 17 0 15 31 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 5 60%
1976 MIN AL 25 429 73% 21% 12 100% 0 5 1 4 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1977 TEX AL 26 973 73% 28% 39 92% 0 10 2 7 36 26 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 3 1 5 100%
1978 PIT NL 27 1053 76% 25% 47 89% 1 11 0 10 42 32 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 9 100%
1979 PIT NL 28 1067 75% 23% 23 78% 0 14 1 10 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1980 PIT NL 29 939 76% 27% 34 91% 0 10 0 6 32 27 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1981 CLE AL 30 671 77% 28% 20 95% 0 9 1 6 17 13 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 100%
1982 CLE AL 31 93 68% 26% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CLE AL 32 688 74% 28% 32 81% 0 6 1 4 27 17 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 100%
1984 CLE AL 33 1030 76% 25% 30 100% 0 18 0 17 30 25 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1985 CLE AL 34 771 76% 23% 18 100% 0 12 1 8 17 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 MIN AL 34 486 78% 23% 12 100% 0 6 0 5 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 100%
1986 MIN AL 35 1165 76% 27% 27 100% 0 15 0 14 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1987 MIN AL 36 1180 74% 30% 48 92% 1 17 3 14 43 34 4 4 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 4 50%
1988 MIN AL 37 937 77% 29% 26 85% 1 12 1 10 22 15 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 5 40%
1989 CAL AL 38 994 82% 35% 39 95% 2 14 0 14 37 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 5 0 10 90%
1990 CAL AL 39 597 83% 34% 24 92% 0 3 0 3 23 21 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1992 CAL AL 41 585 82% 30% 14 100% 0 5 1 3 13 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
22 Seasons 21287 76% 27% 712 93% 9 281 16 224 671 522 56 30 1 13 16 8 47 36 42 5 92 87%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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