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: 8-17 / in Starts: 8-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1992 Pitching Game Log

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1992 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	668	38	May 19	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-6		99	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	2	0	4.50	7.45	28	83	53	12	1	7	17	11	2	0	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.086	1.15	-0.07%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
2	669	42	May 24	CAL	@	BAL	L,4-6	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	6.78	4	15	9	5	0	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.042	.79	0.03%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
3	670	47	May 30	CAL		CLE	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	1.93	4.21	26	85	59	23	4	8	9	2	2	0	76			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.398	.53	0.13%	3.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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
4	671	53	Jun 6	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-7		6	6.1	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.21	4.11	24	92	58	17	5	9	12	6	2	0	56			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.056	.45	0.02%	0.81	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
5	672	58	Jun 11	CAL	@	CHW	W,4-0	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.71	3.62	21	80	55	26	4	5	11	6	1	0	67			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.346	.24	0.04%	2.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
6	673	63	Jun 16	CAL		TEX	W,4-1	GS-6	W(3-0)	4	6.0	2	1	1	2	7	1	0	1.67	3.62	23	98	64	25	7	7	7	0	1	0	69			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.212	.26	0.04%	1.89	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
7	674	69	Jun 23	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-5	GS-6	L(3-1)	6	5.1	6	5	5	3	2	1	0	2.63	3.98	23	78	46	22	0	7	11	5	1	0	35			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	-0.357	.39	-0.08%	-2.56	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 1 out d3
8	675	74	Jun 28	CAL	@	SEA	L,2-9	GS-1	L(3-2)	4	0.1	5	5	5	0	0	2	0	3.79	4.65	6	17	11	5	0	0	6	3	0	0	21			0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.459	.22	-0.06%	-4.77	1b start a 2	1b --- 1 out d3
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
9	676	79	Jul 4	CAL	@	TOR	L,6-8	GS-5		5	4.2	8	6	6	2	5	1	0	4.64	4.66	24	111	69	24	7	1	16	8	2	0	27			0	0	0	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.368	.04	-0.01%	-3.86	1b start a 4	5b --3 2 out tie
10	677	84	Jul 9	CAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	4.0	9	5	5	0	3	1	0	5.21	4.65	21	61	44	15	6	7	11	7	2	0	27			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.303	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
11	678	91	Jul 19	CAL		NYY	L,3-8	GS-5	L(3-4)	9	4.1	5	4	3	1	4	1	0	5.29	4.65	20	66	41	10	7	5	10	5	1	0	42			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.263	.02	0.00%	-1.84	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d3
12	679	96	Jul 24	CAL		DET	W,6-3	GS-6	W(4-4)	4	5.1	4	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.27	4.47	21	78	46	16	3	4	12	3	2	0	49			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.14	-0.052	.01	0.00%	-0.36	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out a1
13	680	101	Jul 29	CAL		SEA	L,0-8	GS-6	L(4-5)	4	5.0	9	5	4	3	1	0	0	5.43	4.45	25	92	55	19	3	10	11	7	0	0	29			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.169	.01	0.00%	-1.57	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d3
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
14	681	106	Aug 4(1)	CAL	@	KCR	W,5-1	GS-6	W(5-5)	5	6.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.08	4.33	21	79	46	12	2	7	10	2	1	0	64			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	.81	0.223	.00	0.00%	1.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
15	682	112	Aug 9	CAL		CHW	L,8-12	GS-5		4	4.1	8	5	5	1	0	0	0	5.40	4.28	22	75	51	15	3	9	12	7	2	0	26			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.413	.00	0.00%	-3.10	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out tie
16	683	117	Aug 14	CAL	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	6.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	1	5.10	4.29	24	73	53	21	3	11	9	0	3	0	59			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.009	.00	0.00%	1.11	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a1
17	684	122	Aug 20	CAL	@	BOS	W,2-0	GS-7	W(7-5)	5	6.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.71	4.16	22	65	39	14	2	7	12	4	3	0	68			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.356	.00	0.00%	3.05	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a2
18	685	127	Aug 25	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-9	GS-6	L(7-6)	4	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.85	4.37	24	95	62	29	2	10	11	1	3	0	36			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-1.57	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d4
19	686	132	Aug 31	CAL		CLE	L,3-4	GS-7	L(7-7)	5	7.0	7	4	2	3	2	0	0	4.69	4.30	29	99	57	14	2	9	15	8	0	0	50			2	1	0	25	0	0	1	2	1	0	.78	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-0.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
Sep/Oct				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
20	687	137	Sep 6	CAL		BAL	W,5-2	GS-6	W(8-7)	5	6.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	1	4.59	4.32	24	74	54	23	6	7	11	3	0	0	59			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.099	.00	0.00%	0.89	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
21	688	142	Sep 12	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS-6	L(8-8)	5	6.0	7	5	3	0	4	1	1	4.58	4.31	26	90	57	17	6	12	9	3	1	0	46			1	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	1	.73	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-2.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
22	689	147	Sep 18	CAL		MIN	L,1-4	GS-6	L(8-9)	5	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	2	4.58	4.26	27	94	64	26	2	8	13	6	3	0	50			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
23	690	152	Sep 24	CAL	@	MIL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(8-10)	5	5.1	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	4.68	4.16	25	75	48	10	1	9	14	8	1	0	34			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-2.33	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d4
24	691	157	Sep 29	CAL		KCR	L,0-2	CG	L(8-11)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.49	4.15	33	100	69	22	4	16	14	6	1	0	66			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.203	.00	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
25	692	162	Oct 4	CAL		TEX	L,5-9	GS-5	L(8-12)	4	4.2	12	6	6	0	3	1	0	4.74	4.16	25	71	47	9	4	6	16	7	2	0	19			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.364	.00	0.00%	-3.90	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d4
							8-17		W-L:8-12	4.8	133.0	150	76	70	29	70	17	5	4.74	4.16	568	1946	65%	22%	4%	0.65		26%	8%	0	47	0	---%	10	4	0	526	24	3	2	11	5	5	.90	-1.764	.15	0.03%	-13.09

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