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, 10,607th in MLB 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

94.4

W

287

L

250

ERA

3.31

G

692

GS

685

SV

IP

4970.0

SO

3701

WHIP

1.198

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1969	18	MIN-min	WRk,A,Rk	14	2	.875	1.79	25	23		10	2	1	141.0	110	36	28	2	48	0	121	4	1	2				1.121	7.0	0.1	3.1	7.7	2.52	TWI,ORL,TWN FLIN,FLOR,GULF
1970	19	MIN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.50	8	7		2	1	0	54.0	48	18	15	1	12	0	63	0	2	1				1.111	8.0	0.2	2.0	10.5	5.25	EVN AA
1970	19	MIN	AL	10	9	.526	3.18	27	25	1	5	1	0	164.0	143	66	58	17	47	6	135	2	3	2	675	119	3.24	1.159	7.8	0.9	2.6	7.4	2.87
1971	20	MIN	AL	16	15	.516	2.81	38	38	0	17	5	0	278.1	267	95	87	21	59	1	224	5	1	5	1126	126	2.51	1.171	8.6	0.7	1.9	7.2	3.80
1972	21	MIN	AL	17	17	.500	2.73	39	38	1	11	3	0	287.1	247	93	87	22	69	7	228	10	1	7	1158	119	2.63	1.100	7.7	0.7	2.2	7.1	3.30
1973	22	MIN	AL	20	17	.541	2.52	40	40	0	25	9	0	325.0	296	109	91	16	67	4	258	9	2	7	1321	156	*2.32*	1.117	8.2	0.4	1.9	7.1	3.85	AS,CYA-7,MVP-26
1974	23	MIN	AL	17	17	.500	2.66	37	37	0	19	3	0	281.0	244	99	83	14	77	3	249	9	0	3	1149	142	*2.37*	1.142	7.8	0.4	2.5	8.0	3.23
1975	24	MIN	AL	15	10	.600	3.00	35	35	0	20	3	0	275.2	219	104	92	24	84	2	233	4	0	7	1104	129	2.99	1.099	7.1	0.8	2.7	7.6	2.77
1976	25	TOT	AL	13	16	.448	2.87	36	36	0	18	6	0	297.2	283	106	95	14	81	6	219	12	2	7	1225	125	2.71	1.223	8.6	0.4	2.4	6.6	2.70
1976	25	MIN	AL	4	5	.444	3.12	12	12	0	4	0	0	95.1	101	39	33	3	35	5	75	4	2	0	406	116	2.70	1.427	9.5	0.3	3.3	7.1	2.14
1976	25	TEX	AL	9	11	.450	2.76	24	24	0	14	6	0	202.1	182	67	62	11	46	1	144	8	0	7	819	131	2.72	1.127	8.1	0.5	2.0	6.4	3.13
1977	26	TEX	AL	14	12	.538	2.72	30	30	0	15	5	0	234.2	181	81	71	20	69	1	182	7	0	8	935	151	3.27	1.065	6.9	0.8	2.6	7.0	2.64
1978	27	PIT	NL	14	10	.583	3.03	34	34	0	11	4	0	243.2	217	94	82	17	66	5	182	6	2	6	1011	123	2.88	1.161	8.0	0.6	2.4	6.7	2.76
1979	28	PIT	NL	12	5	.706	3.60	37	37	0	4	0	0	237.1	238	102	95	21	92	8	172	6	0	9	1018	108	3.67	1.390	9.0	0.8	3.5	6.5	1.87
1980	29	PIT	NL	8	13	.381	3.82	34	32	1	5	2	0	216.2	219	102	92	20	59	5	168	0	1	2	907	97	3.22	1.283	9.1	0.8	2.5	7.0	2.85
1981	30	CLE	AL	11	7	.611	2.88	20	20	0	9	1	0	159.1	145	52	51	9	40	1	107	5	1	3	644	127	2.84	1.161	8.2	0.5	2.3	6.0	2.68
1982	31	CLE	AL	2	2	.500	4.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.1	16	14	11	2	11	0	19	0	0	0	89	86	3.75	1.328	7.1	0.9	4.9	8.4	1.73
1983	32	CLE	AL	7	10	.412	3.91	24	24	0	5	0	0	156.1	160	74	68	8	44	4	123	10	1	5	660	110	2.88	1.305	9.2	0.5	2.5	7.1	2.80
1984	33	CLE	AL	19	7	.731	2.87	33	32	0	12	4	0	245.0	204	86	78	19	74	4	170	6	0	6	1004	144	3.37	1.135	7.5	0.7	2.7	6.2	2.30	CYA-3
1985	34	TOT	AL	17	16	.515	3.16	37	37	0	24	5	0	*293.2*	264	121	103	23	75	1	206	9	1	4	*1203*	134	3.16	1.154	8.1	0.7	2.3	6.3	2.75	AS,CYA-3
1985	34	CLE	AL	9	11	.450	3.26	23	23	0	15	4	0	179.2	163	76	65	14	49	1	129	7	1	1	743	128	3.20	1.180	8.2	0.7	2.5	6.5	2.63
1985	34	MIN	AL	8	5	.615	3.00	14	14	0	9	1	0	114.0	101	45	38	9	26	0	77	2	0	3	460	146	3.10	1.114	8.0	0.7	2.1	6.1	2.96
1986	35	MIN	AL	17	14	.548	4.01	36	36	0	16	3	0	271.2	262	134	121	50	58	4	215	10	0	4	1126	107	4.33	1.178	8.7	1.7	1.9	7.1	3.71
1987	36	MIN	AL	15	12	.556	4.01	37	37	0	8	1	0	267.0	249	132	119	46	101	4	196	9	0	13	1122	115	4.88	1.311	8.4	1.6	3.4	6.6	1.94
1988	37	MIN	AL	10	17	.370	5.43	33	33	0	7	0	0	207.1	240	128	*125*	21	51	1	145	16	3	5	895	75	3.66	1.404	10.4	0.9	2.2	6.3	2.84
1989	38	CAL	AL	17	5	.773	2.73	33	33	0	8	5	0	241.0	225	76	73	14	44	2	131	8	0	2	973	140	3.08	1.116	8.4	0.5	1.6	4.9	2.98	CYA-4,MVP-13
1990	39	CAL	AL	8	7	.533	5.24	23	23	0	2	0	0	134.0	163	85	78	15	25	0	69	7	0	6	578	73	3.95	1.403	10.9	1.0	1.7	4.6	2.76
1991			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Injured)
1992	41	CAL-min	AA,AAA	4	3	.571	3.63	7	7	0	0	0	0	44.2	43	18	18	4	6	0	30	1	0	0	177			1.097	8.7	0.8	1.2	6.0	5.00	MDL,EDM TL,PCL
1992	41	CAL	AL	8	12	.400	4.74	25	24	0	1	0	0	133.0	150	76	70	17	29	2	70	5	1	3	568	84	4.16	1.346	10.2	1.2	2.0	4.7	2.41
22 Yrs				287	250	.534	3.31	692	685	3	242	60	0	4970.0	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	71	3701	155	19	114	20491	118	3.19	1.198	8.4	0.8	2.4	6.7	2.80
162 Game Avg.				14	12	.534	3.31	34	34	0	12	3	0	245	229	100	90	21	65	4	183	8	1	6	1012	118	3.19	1.198	8.4	0.8	2.4	6.7	2.80
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
MIN (11 yrs)				149	138	.519	3.28	348	345	2	141	29	0	2566.2	2369	1044	934	243	674	37	2035	80	12	56	10542	119	3.15	1.186	8.3	0.9	2.4	7.1	3.02
CLE (5 yrs)				48	37	.565	3.23	104	103	0	41	9	0	760.2	688	302	273	52	218	10	548	28	3	15	3140	126	3.13	1.191	8.1	0.6	2.6	6.5	2.51
PIT (3 yrs)				34	28	.548	3.47	105	103	1	20	6	0	697.2	674	298	269	58	217	18	522	12	3	17	2936	109	3.26	1.277	8.7	0.7	2.8	6.7	2.41
CAL (3 yrs)				33	24	.579	3.92	81	80	0	11	5	0	508.0	538	237	221	46	98	4	270	20	1	11	2119	98	3.59	1.252	9.5	0.8	1.7	4.8	2.76
TEX (2 yrs)				23	23	.500	2.74	54	54	0	29	11	0	437.0	363	148	133	31	115	2	326	15	0	15	1754	142	3.01	1.094	7.5	0.6	2.4	6.7	2.83

AL (19 yrs)				253	222	.533	3.29	587	582	2	222	54	0	4272.1	3958	1731	1561	372	1105	53	3179	143	16	97	17555	119	3.18	1.185	8.3	0.8	2.3	6.7	2.88
NL (3 yrs)				34	28	.548	3.47	105	103	1	20	6	0	697.2	674	298	269	58	217	18	522	12	3	17	2936	109	3.26	1.277	8.7	0.7	2.8	6.7	2.41

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