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: 19-20 / in Starts: 19-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	66	1	Apr 15	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-6		99	6.0	5	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.00	4.73	22	6	9	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.11	-0.091	1.71	-0.08%	0.21	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
2	67	4	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	3	5.2	9	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.86	3.51	27	7	3	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.064	1.57	-0.06%	-1.00	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a1
3	68	5	Apr 23	MIN		OAK	W,8-4	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	3	4	4	1	3	1	1	3.92	3.66	31	7	16	0	0	3	67			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	1	0	.38	0.101	.64	0.10%	-0.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
4	69	8	Apr 28	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.03	3.21	35	13	8	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	2	0	0	.92	0.191	1.48	0.18%	2.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
5	70	12	May 3	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-0	SHO	W(4-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.33	2.58	32	6	11	1	0	4	88			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.309	1.35	0.33%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
6	71	16	May 8	MIN		NYY	L,3-5	GS-7	L(4-1)	4	7.0	7	4	3	0	4	1	0	2.56	2.66	28	7	10	3	0	7	53			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.235	1.42	-0.29%	-1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
7	72	19	May 12 susp	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	22-GF(22)	L(4-2)	3	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.70	2.72	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.00	-0.333	6.45	-0.43%	-0.60	22t --- 0 out tie	22t end d 1
8	73	20	May 13	MIN		MIL	W,5-4	GS-9		0	9.0	7	3	3	1	8	1	0	2.75	2.67	34	12	6	3	0	7	68			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.136	3.32	0.17%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	74	24	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-1	GS-6	W(5-2)	3	6.0	7	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.63	2.45	28	3	7	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.186	3.75	0.31%	1.39	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a2
10	75	27	May 21(1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-3)	3	7.0	6	3	3	1	10	1	0	2.75	2.38	28	6	6	0	1	5	62			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.249	2.80	-0.36%	-0.40	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
11	76	31	May 26	MIN		TEX	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	7	0	1	2.43	2.36	36	7	13	2	0	5	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	.71	0.214	1.50	0.27%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
12	77	35	May 31	MIN		KCR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(7-3)	4	7.0	9	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.44	2.30	31	6	10	2	0	9	54			2	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.062	1.92	0.08%	0.84	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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	78	39	Jun 4	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-7	L(7-4)	3	7.0	2	2	2	1	6	1	1	2.45	2.39	26	8	8	1	0	2	70			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.009	1.97	0.01%	0.79	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
14	79	43	Jun 9	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-4	L(7-5)	4	4.0	7	5	5	1	3	3	1	2.82	2.80	21	5	4	0	2	7	30			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.264	1.44	-0.25%	-3.39	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
15	80	46	Jun 12	MIN		DET	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-6)	2	7.0	5	2	2	2	4	2	0	2.81	3.00	27	8	8	3	1	5	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.047	1.19	0.04%	0.84	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
16	81	50	Jun 17	MIN		BAL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	6.1	8	4	4	1	5	0	0	2.97	2.90	29	10	6	0	0	7	45			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.129	1.11	-0.10%	-1.60	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d4
17	82	54	Jun 21	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	L(7-8)	3	7.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.95	2.92	29	11	3	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.22	0.068	1.50	0.05%	0.84	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
18	83	57	Jun 25(1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	GS-9	W(8-8)	3	8.0	9	3	3	1	6	0	1	2.98	2.83	33	7	9	0	0	9	57			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.126	.75	0.12%	1.29	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out a5
19	84	62	Jun 29(1)	MIN		KCR	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	3	6.2	6	4	3	1	3	0	0	3.03	2.79	27	10	7	1	0	6	50			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.293	1.65	-0.23%	-1.35	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 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	85	68	Jul 3	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS-6	L(8-10)	3	6.0	5	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.10	2.89	22	6	11	4	2	4	49			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.137	.68	-0.09%	-0.54	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
21	86	72	Jul 8	MIN		NYY	L,0-1	GS-10		4	10.0	7	0	0	6	10	0	0	2.88	2.84	41	18	5	2	0	2	82			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.16	0.732	2.18	0.44%	4.06	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
22	87	76	Jul 12	MIN		MIL	W,7-1	CG	W(9-10)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.78	2.79	35	11	12	3	0	5	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.273	.44	0.12%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
23	88	80	Jul 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	GS-8	L(9-11)	3	8.0	11	6	5	2	7	2	1	2.91	2.90	37	8	12	8	1	7	43			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.288	.90	-0.17%	-2.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
24	89	84	Jul 21	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(9-12)	4	7.0	3	2	1	1	3	0	0	2.85	2.86	25	7	11	0	0	3	67			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.040	.52	-0.01%	0.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
25	90	88	Jul 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-7	L(9-13)	5	7.0	7	3	2	0	5	0	0	2.84	2.79	27	7	8	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.160	.84	-0.13%	-0.43	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
26	91	92	Jul 31	MIN		CHW	L,1-8	GS-5	L(9-14)	3	4.1	5	6	6	3	3	2	0	3.07	2.94	21	4	6	1	1	5	29			1	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	.58	-0.311	.58	-0.19%	-4.18	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d6
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
27	92	96	Aug 4	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	GS-7	W(10-14)	3	6.1	6	3	3	2	10	0	0	3.11	2.85	27	6	3	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.090	.84	-0.05%	-0.97	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
28	93	101	Aug 8	MIN		TEX	W,6-5	GS-9		3	9.0	11	5	5	4	6	1	0	3.19	2.89	42	9	12	1	0	11	47			2	0	0	38	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.75	-0.302	1.58	-0.16%	-1.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
29	94	111	Aug 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(10-15)	10	6.2	6	2	2	3	10	0	1	3.18	2.84	30	5	6	0	0	5	61			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.055	.55	-0.03%	0.40	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
30	95	116	Aug 26	MIN		DET	L,3-5	GS-9		6	8.2	10	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.17	2.81	38	8	12	2	0	10	54			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	-0.017	.59	0.00%	0.46	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out tie
31	96	121	Aug 30	MIN		BAL	W,7-1	CG	W(11-15)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	9	1	0	3.09	2.80	32	6	8	0	0	7	76			0	3	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.406	.04	0.01%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Sep/Oct				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	97	125	Sep 4(1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(12-15)	4	9.0	6	1	1	6	7	1	0	3.00	2.86	38	10	9	0	0	6	72			1	0	0	32	2	0	3	1	0	0	1.49	0.493	.07	0.01%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
33	98	130	Sep 8(1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	GS-6	L(12-16)	3	6.0	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.04	2.87	26	10	6	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	1	0	.62	-0.190	.07	-0.01%	-0.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
34	99	135	Sep 11(2)	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	CG	W(13-16)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	1	3.00	2.80	34	10	6	1	0	6	76			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.52	0.213	.07	0.01%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	100	139	Sep 16	MIN		KCR	W,11-1	CG	W(14-16)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	1	2.93	2.83	35	11	10	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.226	.00	0.00%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
36	101	143	Sep 22	MIN		CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-16)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.83	2.76	29	10	6	0	0	5	85			0	2	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.615	.00	0.00%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
37	102	146	Sep 27(1)	MIN	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(15-17)	4	10.1	7	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.76	2.70	39	6	15	4	0	7	82			2	1	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.300	.00	0.00%	2.64	1b start tie	11b 1-- 1 out d1
38	103	151	Oct 1	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(16-17)	3	7.1	8	2	1	1	7	0	0	2.72	2.65	30	5	9	1	0	8	62			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.59	0.114	.00	0.00%	0.50	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
39	104	154	Oct 4	MIN		CHW	W,14-2	GS-6	W(17-17)	2	6.0	3	2	2	0	10	1	1	2.73	2.63	21	4	3	0	0	3	68			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.148	.00	0.00%	0.43	1t start tie	6t 3 out a9
							19-20		W-L:17-17	3.4	287.1	247	93	87	69	228	22	10	2.73	2.63	1159	0.96		7%	1%	234	61	0	---%	18	9	0	1059	37	6	7	21	6	8	1.06	1.721	1.09	-0.38%	20.41

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