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).
View Bert Blyleven Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
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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 | 612 | 3 | Apr 6 | CAL | CHW | L,2-3 | GS-5 | 99 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 | 23 | 91 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | -0.006 | 0.36 | 1t start tie | 5t 3 out tie | ||||
| 2 | 613 | 8 | Apr 11 | CAL | OAK | W,7-1 | CG | W(1-0) | 4 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 33 | 98 | 63 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .47 | 0.296 | 3.25 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a6 | |||
| 3 | 614 | 13 | Apr 16 | CAL | @ | SEA | W,10-0 | SHO | W(2-0) | 4 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 30 | 90 | 58 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .56 | 0.261 | 4.47 | 1b start a 1 | 9b 3 out a10 | ||
| 4 | 615 | 17 | Apr 22 | CAL | @ | OAK | L,3-4 | CG(8) | L(2-1) | 5 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.03 | 33 | 105 | 67 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.18 | -0.169 | -0.26 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d1 | ||
| 5 | 616 | 22 | Apr 27 | CAL | DET | W,10-3 | GS-7 | W(3-1) | 4 | 6.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.41 | 26 | 85 | 61 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .74 | -0.035 | -0.58 | 1t start tie | 7t 12- 1 out a5 | |||
| 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 | 617 | 27 | May 3 | CAL | @ | BAL | W,2-0 | GS-7 | 5 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.03 | 27 | 101 | 59 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 0.429 | 3.24 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out tie | |||
| 7 | 618 | 32 | May 9 | CAL | @ | DET | W,5-1 | GS-7 | W(4-1) | 5 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 27 | 94 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .88 | 0.184 | 2.30 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out a4 | ||
| 8 | 619 | 37 | May 15 | CAL | NYY | W,4-3 | GS-7 | 5 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.01 | 28 | 106 | 65 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.19 | 0.154 | 1.30 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | ||||
| 9 | 620 | 42 | May 20 | CAL | MIL | L,3-5 | GS-8 | L(4-2) | 4 | 7.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 | 32 | 107 | 68 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.48 | -0.002 | 0.93 | 1t start tie | 8t 1-- 0 out tie | |||
| 10 | 621 | 48 | May 29 | CAL | @ | MIL | W,12-3 | GS-7 | W(5-2) | 8 | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.36 | 31 | 110 | 78 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .63 | -0.080 | 0.34 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out a8 | ||
| 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 | ||||||
| 11 | 622 | 53 | Jun 4 | CAL | KCR | W,5-1 | GS-9 | W(6-2) | 5 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.24 | 32 | 96 | 66 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .75 | 0.353 | 2.40 | 1t start tie | 9t 1-- 0 out a4 | |||
| 12 | 623 | 58 | Jun 10 | CAL | @ | KCR | L,4-5 | GS-6 | 5 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.40 | 27 | 79 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .90 | -0.150 | -1.11 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d4 | |||
| 13 | 624 | 63 | Jun 16 | CAL | @ | DET | W,9-4 | GS-8 | W(7-2) | 5 | 7.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.49 | 33 | 114 | 74 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.01 | 0.162 | 0.47 | 1b start tie | 8b -2- 2 out a2 | ||
| 14 | 625 | 68 | Jun 21 | CAL | TOR | L,1-6 | GS-9 | 4 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.36 | 30 | 93 | 66 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .87 | 0.307 | 3.25 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d1 | ||||
| 15 | 626 | 73 | Jun 27 | CAL | @ | CLE | W,2-1 | GS-7 | 5 | 6.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.30 | 29 | 108 | 73 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.24 | 0.256 | 1.98 | 1b start tie | 7b 12- 2 out tie | |||
| 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 | ||||||
| 16 | 627 | 78 | Jul 2 | CAL | @ | MIN | L,1-2 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 27 | 83 | 56 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | 0.506 | 3.61 | 1b start a 1 | 7b 3 out a1 | |||
| 17 | 628 | 83 | Jul 7 | CAL | MIN | W,5-2 | CG | W(8-2) | 4 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.15 | 34 | 111 | 79 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .90 | 0.303 | 2.25 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a3 | |||
| 18 | 629 | 86 | Jul 13 | CAL | @ | BAL | W,13-5 | GS-6 | W(9-2) | 5 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.39 | 29 | 92 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.05 | -0.187 | -2.22 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out a2 | ||
| 19 | 630 | 92 | Jul 18 | CAL | @ | TOR | W,1-0 | SHO | W(10-2) | 4 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2.24 | 32 | 95 | 66 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | 0.779 | 4.12 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a1 | ||
| 20 | 631 | 96 | Jul 23 | CAL | DET | W,5-4 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.32 | 29 | 106 | 68 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | -0.023 | 0.30 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | ||||
| 21 | 632 | 101 | Jul 28 | CAL | CHW | W,6-5 | GS-7 | 4 | 6.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 27 | 90 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.02 | -0.098 | -0.91 | 1t start tie | 7t 1-- 2 out a1 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 22 | 633 | 106 | Aug 2 | CAL | @ | SEA | W,7-0 | SHO | W(11-2) | 4 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2.31 | 35 | 112 | 69 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .67 | 0.325 | 4.47 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a7 | ||
| 23 | 634 | 111 | Aug 8 | CAL | SEA | L,4-6 | GS-9 | 5 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.35 | 38 | 134 | 80 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.64 | 0.139 | 0.25 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out tie | ||||
| 24 | 635 | 116 | Aug 13 | CAL | OAK | W,4-3 | GS-7 | W(12-2) | 4 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.36 | 28 | 96 | 70 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.24 | 0.127 | 0.30 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a1 | |||
| 25 | 636 | 121 | Aug 19 | CAL | CLE | W,7-4 | GS-8 | W(13-2) | 5 | 7.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.46 | 28 | 93 | 62 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .77 | 0.106 | -0.10 | 1t start tie | 8t 12- 1 out a3 | |||
| 26 | 637 | 126 | Aug 24 | CAL | @ | KCR | W,5-0 | SHO | W(14-2) | 4 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 31 | 109 | 73 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .57 | 0.327 | 4.34 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a5 | ||
| 27 | 638 | 130 | Aug 29(1) | CAL | @ | BOS | L,4-8 | GS-3 | L(14-3) | 4 | 3.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | 17 | 71 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .83 | -0.428 | -5.45 | 1b start tie | 3b 3 out d4 | ||
| 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 | ||||||
| 28 | 639 | 136 | Sep 3 | CAL | @ | NYY | L,2-5 | GS-6 | L(14-4) | 4 | 5.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.74 | 25 | 98 | 59 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.62 | -0.182 | -0.51 | 1b start tie | 6b -23 1 out tie | ||
| 29 | 640 | 141 | Sep 8 | CAL | BOS | W,2-1 | GS-6 | W(15-4) | 4 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 25 | 81 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 0.222 | 1.83 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out a1 | |||
| 30 | 641 | 145 | Sep 13 | CAL | NYY | W,4-3 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.74 | 27 | 88 | 64 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .84 | -0.045 | 0.30 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d2 | ||||
| 31 | 642 | 150 | Sep 18 | CAL | @ | MIN | W,6-3 | GS-8 | W(16-4) | 4 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2.68 | 32 | 120 | 82 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .58 | 0.191 | 3.13 | 1b start a 3 | 8b 3 out a5 | ||
| 32 | 643 | 155 | Sep 23(2) | CAL | @ | CLE | L,2-6 | GS-7 | L(16-5) | 4 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.83 | 33 | 100 | 67 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .81 | -0.188 | -2.59 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d5 | ||
| 33 | 644 | 159 | Sep 28 | CAL | KCR | W,2-0 | SHO | W(17-5) | 4 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2.73 | 35 | 129 | 86 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 0.641 | 4.25 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a2 | |||
| CAL | 241.0 | 225 | 76 | 73 | 44 | 131 | 14 | 8 | 2.73 | 973 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 11 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.82 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10, 10, 12 and 13 runs |
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