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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-14 / in Starts: 23-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	69 (41-21-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (25-17-9)

Most Driven In
R Stennett	2
E Ott	1
O Moreno	0

Most Driven In By
O Moreno	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	144	1	Apr 6	PIT		MON	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.68	0.011	1.08	0.01%	0.16	P
2	145	5 (3)	Apr 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.57	-0.120	2.05	-0.09%	-0.89	P
3	146	10 (4)	Apr 17	PIT		PHI	L,2-13	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.47	-0.062	2.15	-0.05%	-0.58	P
4	147	13 (2)	Apr 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	.59	-0.002	.54	0.00%	0.07	P
5	148	16 (2)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	9	1.16	-0.058	.90	-0.03%	-0.45	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	149	19 (2)	May 1	PIT		ATL	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	9	1.24	-0.101	.88	-0.04%	-0.78	P
7	150	22 (2)	May 5	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.214	.357	9	1.03	-0.026	.75	-0.01%	-0.23	P
8	151	27 (4)	May 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.200	.333	9	1.65	-0.069	.82	-0.02%	-0.63	P
9	152	28	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.133	.200	.333	9						PR
10	153	31 (2)	May 16	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.167	.278	9	.69	-0.054	.34	-0.02%	-0.49	P
11	154	36 (4)	May 21	PIT	@	MON	W,4-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.136	.136	.182	.318	9	1.33	0.024	1.47	0.02%	-0.32	P
12	155	40 (3)	May 26	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-10	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.217	.391	9	2.12	0.066	1.57	0.03%	0.65	P
13	156	45 (4)	May 31	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.240	.440	9	1.60	0.067	1.67	0.04%	0.68	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	157	50 (4)	Jun 5	PIT		LAD	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.179	.214	.393	9	1.25	-0.094	1.38	-0.06%	-1.10	P
15	158	54 (3)	Jun 10	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.200	.367	9	1.35	-0.072	1.87	-0.06%	-0.73	P
16	159	58 (3)	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.212	.394	9	.56	-0.020	.49	-0.01%	-0.19	P
17	160	63 (4)	Jun 22	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.206	.382	9	.44	-0.020	.69	-0.02%	-0.56	P
18	161	68 (4)	Jun 26	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.162	.189	.351	9	.87	-0.064	1.05	-0.05%	-0.64	P
19	162	72 (3)	Jun 30	PIT		MON	L,3-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.184	.342	9	.87	-0.030	1.65	-0.03%	-0.41	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	163	75 (2)	Jul 4	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.175	.200	.375	9	.40	-0.016	.58	-0.01%	-0.14	P
21	164	80 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.171	.195	.366	9	1.05	-0.039	.88	-0.02%	-0.42	P
22	165	83 (2)	Jul 12	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.163	.186	.349	9	1.09	-0.053	1.46	-0.04%	-0.35	P
23	166	87 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,9-5	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.163	.186	.349	9	1.29	-0.032	2.26	-0.03%	-0.32	P
24	167	93 (5)	Jul 23 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,7-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.178	.333	9	.85	-0.074	2.20	-0.12%	-1.37	P
25	168	99 (5)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	MON	W,9-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.140	.160	.300	9	.18	-0.023	.62	-0.05%	-1.43	P
26	169	103 (3)	Jul 31	PIT		NYM	L,1-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.137	.157	.294	9	1.80	-0.058	5.26	-0.10%	-0.47	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	170	109 (5)	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,12-8	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.135	.135	.154	.288	9	1.60	0.054	5.47	0.11%	0.30	P
28	171	114 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.151	.170	.321	9	1.15	0.005	4.55	0.01%	0.06	P
29	172	119 (4)	Aug 15	PIT		SDP	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.161	.179	.339	9	.60	0.006	2.07	0.01%	0.48	P
30	173	124 (4)	Aug 20	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.175	.333	9	1.82	-0.066	6.76	-0.15%	-0.60	P
31	174	128 (3)	Aug 25	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.153	.169	.322	9	.58	-0.028	2.31	-0.07%	-0.23	P
32	175	132 (3)	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.164	.311	9	1.91	-0.075	7.26	-0.17%	-0.53	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	176	137 (4)	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.145	.161	.306	9	.72	-0.018	2.22	-0.03%	-0.16	P
34	177	142 (4)	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.159	.302	9	1.34	-0.032	5.34	-0.08%	-0.27	P
35	178	146 (3)	Sep 15	PIT		NYM	W,5-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.141	.156	.297	9	1.48	-0.053	6.94	-0.15%	-0.43	P
36	179	150 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.136	.136	.152	.288	9	2.45	-0.212	9.76	-0.51%	-1.98	P
37	180	156 (5)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		MON	W,5-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.132	.147	.279	9	1.54	-0.071	23.16	-0.64%	-0.63	P
38	181	162 (5)	Sep 29	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.129	.143	.271	9	.55	-0.031	3.08	-0.10%	-0.74	P
							24-14		85	70	1	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	33	0	15	0	1	2	0	0	.129	.129	.143	.271		1.08	-1.440	2.78	-2.54%	-15.64

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