Rik Aalbert Blyleven (twitter: @BertBlyleven28)
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.
Born: April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands
High School: Santiago HS (Garden Grove, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft.
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Debut: June 5, 1970 (Age 19)
vs. WSA 7.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W
Teams (by GP): Twins/Pirates/Indians/Angels/Rangers 1970-1992
Agents: Dick Moss, previously: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: October 4, 1992 (Age 41)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2011 (463/581 ballots).
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 436 | 3 | Apr 6 | CLE | @ | KCR | W,2-0 | GS-7 | W(1-0) | 99 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.22 | 0.498 | 3.46 | 1b start a 1 | 7b 3 out a1 | ||||||
| 2 | 437 | 6 | Apr 11 | CLE | @ | CHW | L,1-6 | GS-7 | L(1-1) | 4 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .78 | 0.015 | 0.63 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d2 | ||||||
| 3 | 438 | 9 | Apr 16 | CLE | BAL | W,4-3 | GS-7 | W(2-1) | 4 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.10 | -0.010 | 0.53 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | |||||||
| 4 | 439 | 12 | Apr 21 | CLE | KCR | W,3-2 | GS-8 | W(3-1) | 4 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.48 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | 0.297 | 2.04 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out tie | |||||||
| 5 | 440 | 15 | Apr 26 | CLE | CHW | W,5-4 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.27 | -0.078 | -0.47 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d1 | ||||||||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 6 | 441 | 20 | May 1 | CLE | @ | BAL | L,0-3 | GS-7 | L(3-2) | 4 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.14 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .68 | -0.085 | 0.36 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| 7 | 442 | 24 | May 6 | CLE | DET | L,5-6 | GS-8 | 4 | 7.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.05 | 0.266 | 2.12 | 1t start tie | 8t 12- 1 out a4 | ||||||||
| 8 | 443 | 28 | May 12 | CLE | TOR | W,8-4 | GS-7 | W(4-2) | 5 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.98 | 32 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.37 | 0.013 | 0.53 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | |||||||
| 9 | 444 | 33 | May 17 | CLE | BOS | L,10-11 | GS-5 | 4 | 4.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .92 | -0.226 | -3.33 | 1t start tie | 5t 1-3 0 out d4 | ||||||||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 10 | 445 | 55 | Jun 10(1) | CLE | SEA | W,3-1 | 7-9 | H(1) | 23 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.30 | 0.185 | 1.28 | 7t --- 0 out a2 | 9t 1-- 2 out a2 | ||||||
| 11 | 446 | 58 | Jun 13 | CLE | @ | OAK | L,1-3 | GS-8 | L(4-3) | 2 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.30 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.17 | -0.012 | 0.81 | 1b start tie | 8b 1-- 0 out d1 | ||||||
| 12 | 447 | 63 | Jun 19 | CLE | @ | MIN | W,7-4 | GS-8 | W(5-3) | 5 | 7.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.45 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .44 | 0.095 | 0.19 | 1b start a 3 | 8b 12- 1 out a4 | ||||||
| 13 | 448 | 68 | Jun 24 | CLE | @ | SEA | W,5-0 | SHO | W(6-3) | 4 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.09 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .72 | 0.381 | 4.36 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a5 | ||||||
| 14 | 449 | 73 | Jun 29 | CLE | TEX | W,13-12 | GS-5 | 4 | 4.1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.44 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.25 | -0.401 | -3.39 | 1t start tie | 5t 12- 1 out d3 | ||||||||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 15 | 450 | 78 | Jul 3 | CLE | KCR | W,15-3 | CG | W(7-3) | 3 | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3.31 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .21 | 0.101 | 1.54 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a12 | |||||||
| 16 | 451 | 83 | Jul 8 | CLE | @ | CHW | L,8-9 | GS-7 | 4 | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.54 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .95 | -0.224 | -1.89 | 1b start tie | 7b --- 0 out a1 | |||||||
| 17 | 452 | 85 | Jul 13 | CLE | @ | TEX | W,5-0 | SHO | W(8-3) | 4 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.16 | 0.477 | 4.58 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a5 | ||||||
| 18 | 453 | 91 | Jul 18 | CLE | @ | KCR | W,2-1 | GS-8 | W(9-3) | 4 | 7.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3.15 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.61 | 0.186 | 1.77 | 1b start tie | 8b 1-3 1 out a1 | ||||||
| 19 | 454 | 96 | Jul 23 | CLE | DET | L,1-4 | CG | L(9-4) | 4 | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.20 | 35 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .41 | -0.151 | 0.54 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d4 | |||||||
| 20 | 455 | 100 | Jul 28 | CLE | @ | BAL | W,6-3 | GS-6 | W(10-4) | 4 | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.15 | 0.039 | -0.61 | 1b start tie | 6b 1-3 2 out a2 | ||||||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 21 | 456 | 105 | Aug 2 | CLE | @ | DET | L,1-2 | GS-7 | L(10-5) | 4 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.26 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | -0.060 | -0.05 | 1b start tie | 7b 12- 0 out d1 | ||||||
| 22 | 457 | 111 | Aug 7 | CLE | BAL | W,5-4 | GS-8 | W(11-5) | 4 | 7.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3.34 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | -0.045 | -0.15 | 1t start tie | 8t 1-3 1 out a2 | |||||||
| 23 | 458 | 117 | Aug 12 | CLE | NYY | W,6-0 | SHO | W(12-5) | 4 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.15 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .54 | 0.365 | 4.54 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a6 | |||||||
| 24 | 459 | 124 | Aug 17 | CLE | MIL | W,5-3 | GS-7 | W(13-5) | 4 | 6.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.19 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .91 | 0.008 | 0.00 | 1t start tie | 7t 1-- 1 out a1 | |||||||
| 25 | 460 | 128 | Aug 22 | CLE | @ | TOR | W,13-3 | CG | W(14-5) | 4 | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 | 39 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .18 | 0.043 | 1.63 | 1b start a 7 | 9b 3 out a10 | ||||||
| 26 | 461 | 133 | Aug 27 | CLE | @ | MIL | W,7-1 | CG | W(15-5) | 4 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.08 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .69 | 0.246 | 3.27 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a6 | ||||||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 27 | 462 | 138 | Sep 1 | CLE | BOS | L,1-4 | CG | L(15-6) | 4 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.12 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .90 | -0.172 | 0.54 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d3 | |||||||
| 28 | 463 | 143 | Sep 7 | CLE | OAK | W,13-2 | CG | W(16-6) | 5 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.98 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .38 | 0.214 | 2.54 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a11 | |||||||
| 29 | 464 | 147 | Sep 12 | CLE | @ | CAL | W,7-1 | CG | W(17-6) | 4 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2.90 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .57 | 0.288 | 3.41 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a6 | ||||||
| 30 | 465 | 152 | Sep 17 | CLE | @ | SEA | L,2-3 | GS-9 | 4 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2.86 | 39 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.17 | 0.265 | 2.36 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out tie | |||||||
| 31 | 466 | 156 | Sep 22 | CLE | @ | MIN | L,1-4 | CG(8) | L(17-7) | 4 | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.92 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .87 | -0.004 | 0.12 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| 32 | 467 | 159 | Sep 26 | CLE | SEA | W,1-0 | SHO | W(18-7) | 3 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.81 | 35 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.69 | 0.745 | 4.54 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a1 | |||||||
| 33 | 468 | 163 | Sep 30 | CLE | MIN | W,7-4 | GS-8 | W(19-7) | 3 | 7.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.87 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .91 | 0.108 | -0.40 | 1t start tie | 8t 12- 2 out a3 | |||||||
| CLE | 245.0 | 204 | 86 | 78 | 74 | 170 | 19 | 6 | 2.87 | 1004 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 23 and 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.35 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10, 13, 13, 13 and 15 runs |
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