Bert Blyleven

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands nl

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Santiago HS (Garden Grove, CA).

High School: Santiago HS (Garden Grove, CA)

Debut: June 5, 1970 (Age 19-060d, 12,999th in major league history)
vs. WSA 7.0 IP, 5 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: October 4, 1992 (Age 41-181d)
vs. TEX 4.2 IP, 12 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 6 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2011. (Voted by BBWAA on 463/581 ballots)
View Bert Blyleven's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Dick Moss • Previously: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Rik Aalbert Blyleven

Nicknames: Frying Dutchman

Pronunciation: \BLYE-lev-en\

Twitter: @BertBlyleven28

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

94.5

287

250

ERA

3.31

692

685

4970.0

3701

WHIP

1.198

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-20 / in Starts: 18-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	28	2	Apr 7	MIN		MIL	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	1	0.00	2.12	32	9	10	4	0	4	83			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.341	1.17	0.30%	4.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	29	6	Apr 12	MIN	@	KCR	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.28	31	12	11	1	0	3	82			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.587	2.33	0.62%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	30	11	Apr 17	MIN		CAL	L,3-4	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	6	4	4	1	3	3	0	1.44	3.77	27	11	6	0	2	6	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.180	1.01	-0.16%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
4	31	15	Apr 23	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	5	6.0	10	6	5	3	5	2	0	2.61	4.32	31	14	4	2	0	5	32			0	1	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.353	1.06	-0.24%	-3.46	1b start a 1	7b --3 0 out d3
5	32	19	Apr 27	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-3)	3	7.0	5	2	2	1	9	0	0	2.61	3.58	25	6	5	2	0	4	67			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.020	1.25	0.02%	0.82	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	33	23	May 2(1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(2-4)	4	8.0	6	1	0	2	5	0	0	2.15	3.30	33	11	14	5	0	1	71			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.220	.93	0.15%	2.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	34	28	May 7	MIN		WSA	L,5-6	GS-9		4	8.2	10	5	5	2	3	1	0	2.63	3.40	34	13	7	0	2	9	45			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	4	0	0	.76	-0.163	.92	-0.12%	-1.09	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out tie
8	35	32	May 12	MIN		BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-4)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	11	0	0	2.26	2.92	33	9	12	3	0	1	84			2	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.702	1.87	0.51%	4.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	36	36	May 17	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(4-4)	4	8.0	7	2	0	1	12	0	0	2.01	2.58	33	8	5	0	1	7	75			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.55	-0.203	2.32	-0.18%	-0.14	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a1
10	37	40	May 21	MIN	@	OAK	W,10-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	7	1	0	1.90	2.55	31	5	15	4	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.205	.69	0.24%	2.81	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
11	38	44	May 26	MIN	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	12	0	1	1.81	2.37	36	8	5	1	0	8	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.292	1.38	0.22%	2.81	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
12	39	48	May 30	MIN		BAL	L,5-6	GS-7	L(6-5)	3	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	1.96	2.51	29	4	13	1	3	7	50			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.089	1.00	-0.06%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	40	52	Jun 4	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	CG(6)	L(6-6)	4	6.0	6	4	4	1	6	0	1	2.19	2.45	25	8	3	0	2	6	49			0	1	1	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.180	.77	-0.12%	-1.33	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
14	41	55	Jun 8	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS-2	L(6-7)	3	1.2	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	2.59	2.60	10	2	2	0	0	5	24			0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.336	.81	-0.16%	-4.23	1b start tie	2b --- 2 out d5
15	42	58	Jun 11	MIN	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-8)	2	6.0	5	4	4	1	8	2	0	2.77	2.71	24	6	4	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.225	.35	-0.08%	-1.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
16	43	62	Jun 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-8	W(7-8)	3	7.2	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.82	2.82	29	6	13	2	1	6	55			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.276	.56	0.09%	1.35	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a3
17	44	66	Jun 19	MIN		CHW	W,2-1	GS-8		3	8.0	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	2.64	2.74	30	9	7	3	0	5	75			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	.97	0.259	.73	0.12%	2.56	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	45	70	Jun 23	MIN		OAK	L,3-8	GS-8	L(7-9)	3	7.0	7	2	2	2	8	1	0	2.64	2.74	28	6	5	1	0	7	61			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.174	1.10	0.11%	1.75	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d1
19	46	75	Jun 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS-6	L(7-10)	4	6.0	8	5	5	1	6	0	2	2.85	2.71	28	6	5	0	0	8	41			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.338	.38	-0.11%	-2.46	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	47	78	Jul 2	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-5	GS-4	L(7-11)	3	4.0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	3.02	2.73	18	5	2	0	0	3	40			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.212	.31	-0.05%	-2.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
21	48	82	Jul 6	MIN		CAL	L,5-7	GS-4		3	3.2	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.13	2.72	19	2	7	1	0	7	36			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.212	.31	-0.03%	-1.78	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out tie
22	49	89	Jul 16	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS-4	L(7-12)	9	3.0	9	5	5	0	2	1	0	3.37	2.77	17	2	6	4	0	7	23			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	1	0	.81	-0.297	.08	-0.02%	-4.22	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d5
23	50	93	Jul 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-9		3	8.0	11	3	3	0	9	0	0	3.37	2.64	34	12	5	0	2	8	57			0	0	1	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.095	.04	0.00%	0.89	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a3
24	51	98	Jul 25	MIN		BOS	W,6-2	GS-4		4	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.30	2.65	14	4	4	0	0	2	55			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.026	.01	0.00%	0.00	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out a1
25	52	103	Jul 31	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(8-12)	5	9.0	8	4	4	1	8	1	0	3.34	2.64	35	14	7	2	0	5	62			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.279	.02	0.00%	0.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	53	107	Aug 4(1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS-7	L(8-13)	3	7.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.31	2.62	30	7	8	0	0	6	58			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	.94	0.050	.01	0.00%	0.96	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
27	54	112	Aug 8	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(9-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.20	2.55	31	11	9	0	1	6	76			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.507	.00	0.00%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
28	55	116	Aug 13	MIN		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(10-13)	4	9.0	11	3	2	3	6	1	0	3.14	2.60	39	12	7	1	3	11	58			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.126	.00	0.00%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
29	56	120	Aug 17	MIN		CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(10-14)	3	9.0	9	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.14	2.61	36	14	6	1	1	9	62			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.060	.00	0.00%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	57	124	Aug 22	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS-6	L(10-15)	4	5.1	10	3	3	1	3	2	0	3.19	2.72	26	7	5	0	0	10	38			0	1	1	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out d2
31	58	128	Aug 27	MIN	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	W(11-15)	4	9.0	9	4	4	3	9	0	0	3.22	2.67	38	8	10	1	3	8	59			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	59	132	Sep 1	MIN		CHW	L,0-2	GS-10		4	10.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.08	2.62	36	11	13	0	0	5	87			1	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.774	.00	0.00%	4.45	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
33	60	136	Sep 5	MIN		OAK	W,7-3	CG	W(12-15)	3	9.0	11	3	2	3	11	0	0	3.04	2.56	40	9	6	1	0	11	63			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.149	.00	0.00%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
34	61	141	Sep 10	MIN	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.1	5	3	2	3	4	1	0	3.05	2.61	24	6	6	0	0	5	49			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.02	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-0.92	1b start a 4	6b 1-- 1 out a1
35	62	146	Sep 15	MIN	@	MIL	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-15)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.94	2.55	33	7	10	0	0	6	83			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.682	.00	0.00%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
36	63	150	Sep 19(1)	MIN		KCR	W,6-3	CG	W(14-15)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	0	2.94	2.56	35	15	7	2	0	6	64			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	.52	0.158	.00	0.00%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
37	64	154	Sep 25(1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	W(15-15)	5	9.0	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.91	2.54	36	7	15	1	0	10	61			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.136	.00	0.00%	1.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
38	65	159	Sep 29	MIN		CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(16-15)	3	9.0	10	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.81	2.51	36	5	12	0	0	10	72			2	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	0.706	.00	0.00%	4.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							18-20		W-L:16-15	3.7	278.1	267	95	87	59	224	21	5	2.81	2.51	1126	1.07		7%	3%	236	59		---%	13	12	3	1047	39	5	1	25	3	11	1.01	3.384	.56	1.08%	24.53

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