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: 14-19 / in Starts: 14-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	579	3	Apr 8	MIN		TOR	W,6-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.00	4.44	23	81	53	18	3	8	11	3	1	0	54			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.088	1.22	0.06%	0.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
2	580	7	Apr 13	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.77	4.54	26	90	51	14	5	9	12	3	3	0	60			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.245	1.25	0.19%	1.49	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
3	581	11	Apr 18	MIN		NYY	L,5-18	GS-3	L(1-1)	4	3.0	7	5	5	3	6	1	0	5.06	4.83	19	79	51	15	8	5	5	3	0	0	28			2	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.334	.96	-0.22%	-3.50	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
4	582	14	Apr 22	MIN		CLE	L,6-11	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	4.2	9	7	7	0	5	1	4	6.97	5.09	27	75	55	15	8	7	10	6	0	1	23			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.406	.45	-0.21%	-5.28	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d6
5	583	18	Apr 27	MIN		BAL	W,7-6	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	4	4	8	1	0	6.75	4.91	26	116	69	16	12	7	6	3	0	1	48			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.057	.86	-0.03%	-1.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	584	23	May 2	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-3)	4	8.0	6	4	4	1	4	0	0	6.23	4.27	31	105	64	14	11	11	15	4	4	0	57			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.097	.59	-0.05%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	585	27	May 7	MIN		BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	0	1	5.36	3.96	36	114	73	22	6	9	17	9	3	0	68			0	1	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.249	.68	0.09%	2.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	586	31	May 11	MIN		MIL	W,2-1	GS-7		3	6.1	7	1	1	0	2	0	1	4.86	3.79	26	100	70	19	2	9	14	2	2	0	57			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.098	.55	0.03%	1.58	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
9	587	35	May 17	MIN		KCR	W,6-5	GS-7		5	7.0	5	4	4	4	4	2	0	4.89	4.19	27	99	56	16	12	7	12	1	4	0	51			3	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.164	.58	-0.06%	-0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
10	588	38	May 21	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(2-4)	3	8.0	8	3	3	5	5	1	0	4.71	4.29	36	124	69	25	4	9	17	6	6	0	54			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.024	.39	-0.01%	0.99	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
11	589	43	May 25	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-4)	3	7.2	10	2	2	0	6	1	0	4.46	4.15	31	98	68	18	9	14	11	1	4	0	57			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.255	1.12	0.14%	1.51	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a2
12	590	47	May 30	MIN		TEX	L,1-6	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	4.1	7	5	5	3	5	0	0	4.79	4.05	22	84	43	15	5	8	6	3	1	0	31			2	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.242	.95	-0.14%	-3.42	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	591	51	Jun 4	MIN		OAK	L,4-6	GS-8	L(3-6)	4	7.0	11	5	5	2	9	1	0	4.93	3.96	34	111	79	20	14	12	10	7	1	1	42			2	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.134	1.93	-0.11%	-1.51	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d4
14	592	56	Jun 9	MIN	@	SEA	W,7-5	GS-8	W(4-6)	4	7.1	7	5	5	1	5	1	0	5.03	3.93	29	94	57	18	5	6	16	5	2	1	48			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.159	1.07	-0.11%	-1.62	1b start a 2	8b -2- 1 out a1
15	593	61	Jun 14	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	GS-7	W(5-6)	4	6.1	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.79	3.75	26	79	59	16	4	9	12	8	1	0	60			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.264	1.22	0.18%	1.97	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
16	594	65	Jun 19	MIN		SEA	W,3-1	GS-7	W(6-6)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	1	4.56	3.58	25	81	58	18	6	7	10	7	0	0	70			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.251	2.31	0.25%	2.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	595	69	Jun 24	MIN	@	OAK	W,11-5	GS-4		4	4.0	9	5	5	0	4	0	1	4.80	3.51	21	66	46	7	12	8	8	4	1	0	28			2	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.246	2.28	-0.38%	-3.10	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
18	596	74	Jun 28	MIN	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	8	2	1	1	7	0	0	4.51	3.36	36	123	89	24	8	11	17	10	1	0	71			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.213	1.53	0.23%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
19	597	78	Jul 3	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-6		4	5.2	7	2	2	1	1	0	1	4.45	3.36	23	74	49	13	4	9	11	2	0	0	47			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.60	-0.006	2.87	-0.01%	0.19	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out a1
20	598	83	Jul 8	MIN		MIL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(7-7)	4	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.49	3.29	27	90	61	14	9	10	12	5	3	0	48			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	.93	-0.102	1.95	-0.13%	-0.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
21	599	86	Jul 14(1)	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-4	L(7-8)	5	4.0	8	7	6	0	1	4	0	4.76	3.65	21	50	36	10	5	5	15	3	1	0	21			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	2	.61	-0.404	.98	-0.39%	-5.10	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d6
22	600	91	Jul 18	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-6	L(7-9)	3	5.2	10	6	5	1	0	1	0	4.89	3.73	28	104	71	17	5	11	15	7	1	1	26			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	1	1	1.11	-0.395	2.63	-0.56%	-2.27	1b start a 1	6b -2- 2 out d2
23	601	95	Jul 23	MIN		BAL	L,8-11	GS-2	L(7-10)	4	1.2	4	7	7	4	3	1	0	5.27	3.85	12	46	25	8	5	1	4	3	0	0	18			0	1	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.454	2.14	-0.50%	-4.44	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d2
24	602	100	Jul 29	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-7	GS-7	L(7-11)	5	6.1	7	7	7	1	3	2	1	5.47	3.98	28	99	59	14	6	8	13	2	1	2	33			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.63	-0.166	1.11	-0.18%	-3.19	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
25	603	118	Aug 16	MIN	@	DET	W,4-1	GS-6	W(8-11)	17	6.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.26	3.88	20	65	44	11	9	9	7	1	3	0	68			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.283	.78	0.16%	2.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
26	604	123	Aug 21	MIN		TEX	W,12-2	GS-6	W(9-11)	4	6.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	5.18	3.83	26	112	71	19	11	8	10	5	0	0	56			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.094	.38	0.05%	0.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
27	605	128	Aug 27	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(9-12)	5	8.0	7	4	4	2	6	1	1	5.14	3.84	32	107	69	18	10	10	12	4	0	1	56			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	0	.60	-0.136	.60	-0.08%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
28	606	133	Sep 1	MIN		KCR	L,2-5	GS-7	L(9-13)	4	7.0	8	5	5	0	3	1	0	5.19	3.84	29	101	68	13	9	11	14	6	4	1	44			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.205	.30	-0.05%	-1.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
29	607	138	Sep 6	MIN		SEA	L,3-8	GS-5	L(9-14)	4	4.2	11	6	6	2	3	0	0	5.36	3.81	25	73	51	17	7	6	14	5	1	0	19			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.370	.19	-0.04%	-3.74	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d4
30	608	142	Sep 11	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(9-15)	4	8.0	5	3	3	0	5	0	1	5.28	3.73	29	112	78	16	11	9	14	5	3	0	65			1	1	0	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.203	.08	-0.01%	0.91	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	609	147	Sep 16	MIN		CHW	W,5-4	GS-6	W(10-15)	4	6.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	5.30	3.71	28	83	52	14	6	13	11	5	2	0	38			2	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.110	.01	0.00%	-1.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
32	610	152	Sep 21	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS-5	L(10-16)	4	4.2	9	6	6	2	5	0	1	5.45	3.68	26	95	58	14	14	5	13	9	2	0	25			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.390	.00	0.00%	-3.94	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
33	611	158	Sep 28	MIN		OAK	L,2-5	CG	L(10-17)	6	9.0	8	5	5	2	6	0	3	5.43	3.66	40	136	87	23	12	12	17	4	3	0	55			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-0.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
							14-19		W-L:10-17	4.0	207.1	240	128	125	51	145	21	16	5.43	3.66	895	3066	65%	17%	8%	0.72		22%	9%	9	46		---%	28	8	0	816	39	6	1	17	6	4	.96	-2.939	.98	-1.88%	-25.55

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