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: 19-18 / in Starts: 19-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 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	145	1	Apr 5	MIN	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS-9		99	9.0	9	4	3	3	6	0	0	3.00	2.24	37	12	8	2	1	8	58			2	0	1	33	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.52	0.054	2.27	0.05%	0.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
2	146	3	Apr 9	MIN		CHW	W,3-1	GS-9	W(1-0)	3	8.0	9	1	1	0	10	0	0	2.12	1.23	34	9	6	2	0	9	70			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.185	2.05	0.17%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
3	147	7	Apr 14	MIN		KCR	W,8-0	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.1	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.48	1.30	27	11	7	0	3	5	70			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.251	1.13	0.26%	3.54	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a8
4	148	13	Apr 20	MIN	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	L(2-1)	5	8.2	7	1	0	1	13	0	0	1.09	0.94	35	10	5	0	3	6	80			0	1	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.59	0.146	2.94	0.16%	2.78	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out d1
5	149	17	Apr 26	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	CG	L(2-2)	5	9.0	10	4	4	2	5	0	0	1.71	1.20	38	14	7	1	0	10	54			1	2	0	35	3	2	1	0	0	1	.75	0.008	1.10	0.01%	0.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
6	150	21	Apr 30	MIN		CLE	L,3-8	GS-5	L(2-3)	3	4.2	7	6	4	2	2	0	0	2.31	1.38	24	9	4	3	0	7	30			3	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	1	.95	-0.195	1.24	-0.15%	-2.21	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d4
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
7	151	23	May 4	MIN		DET	W,10-0	SHO	W(3-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.94	1.46	31	13	6	0	1	4	83			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.99	0.407	1.07	0.27%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
8	152	26	May 10	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(3-4)	5	8.0	6	4	3	3	3	1	0	2.12	1.86	31	12	7	3	1	6	56			1	2	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	2	.59	-0.136	1.04	-0.14%	-0.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
9	153	30	May 15	MIN	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(3-5)	4	8.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.01	1.84	28	13	4	0	0	5	72			2	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.224	1.29	0.22%	2.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	154	33	May 19(1)	MIN		CAL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(3-6)	3	7.1	7	4	4	3	8	0	1	2.28	1.86	32	8	5	0	1	7	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.055	2.22	0.05%	1.25	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a1
11	155	38	May 24	MIN		TEX	W,9-0	SHO	W(4-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	11	0	0	2.05	1.68	32	10	8	1	1	3	88			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.47	0.214	.55	0.15%	4.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
12	156	42	May 28	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS-5	L(4-7)	3	4.2	7	8	8	0	4	1	1	2.72	1.81	23	6	5	1	0	7	22			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	2	0	.97	-0.317	.94	-0.18%	-4.03	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out d5
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	157	45	Jun 1	MIN		NYY	L,5-6	GS-2		3	1.1	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.97	1.87	11	1	2	0	0	5	31			2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.262	1.42	-0.16%	-2.94	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d3
14	158	50	Jun 7	MIN	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(5-7)	5	9.0	8	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.88	1.88	37	8	11	1	0	8	67			1	1	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.532	.97	0.21%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	159	54	Jun 11	MIN		BAL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(5-8)	3	7.0	8	4	2	4	9	1	2	2.86	2.04	36	8	5	0	0	8	54			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.66	-0.172	.48	-0.08%	-2.02	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d3
16	160	57	Jun 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS-6	L(5-9)	3	5.2	10	5	5	1	3	2	0	3.11	2.27	28	3	11	0	0	10	31			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.244	.50	-0.11%	-2.63	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d4
17	161	68	Jun 24	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-4	GS-7	W(6-9)	8	6.0	8	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.18	2.42	26	8	3	0	1	8	49			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.007	.44	0.00%	-0.34	1b start a 1	7b --- 0 out a2
18	162	73	Jun 29	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	L(6-10)	4	7.1	10	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.28	2.47	32	6	7	1	0	10	47			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	-0.230	1.03	-0.09%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out tie
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
19	163	79	Jul 4	MIN		TEX	W,3-1	CG	W(7-10)	4	9.0	1	1	1	4	6	1	1	3.13	2.59	32	11	9	3	0	1	83			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.313	.32	0.07%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
20	164	85	Jul 8	MIN		DET	W,6-2	CG	W(8-10)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.06	2.53	34	8	12	4	3	7	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.230	.25	0.05%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	165	90	Jul 13	MIN		CLE	W,2-1	GS-9		4	9.0	6	1	1	5	7	0	0	2.94	2.54	35	12	5	0	0	6	73			1	2	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.413	.60	0.14%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
22	166	94	Jul 17	MIN		MIL	W,10-5	GS-8	W(9-10)	3	7.1	8	4	4	2	8	1	0	3.03	2.56	32	9	5	1	0	8	52			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.27	0.178	.14	0.05%	-0.58	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a7
23	167	98	Jul 21	MIN	@	DET	W,10-7	GS-5	W(10-10)	3	5.0	8	6	3	1	5	1	0	3.10	2.60	26	5	7	1	0	8	37			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	1	1	.90	-0.059	.53	-0.02%	-3.67	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a3
24	168	100	Jul 26	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	GS-6	L(10-11)	4	5.2	10	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.21	2.60	27	6	6	0	2	10	34			0	2	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.119	1.04	0.06%	0.85	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out a2
25	169	105	Jul 31	MIN		KCR	L,2-3	CG	L(10-12)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	9	1	0	3.20	2.60	35	11	7	1	2	6	68			2	1	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.068	.55	-0.02%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
26	170	110	Aug 5(1)	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	L(10-13)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	9	1	0	3.14	2.64	36	8	10	1	1	5	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.132	.35	0.03%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
27	171	117	Aug 10	MIN		BAL	W,5-1	CG	W(11-13)	4	9.0	5	1	0	1	8	0	1	3.00	2.58	35	9	11	1	0	5	82			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.09	0.290	.15	0.02%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
28	172	120	Aug 15	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	L(11-14)	4	7.1	5	4	4	4	4	0	1	3.07	2.62	32	9	9	2	0	5	52			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.136	.22	-0.02%	-0.73	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out d1
29	173	125	Aug 20	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(11-15)	4	8.0	9	2	1	3	10	0	1	3.00	2.58	36	8	5	0	0	9	65			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.091	.29	0.02%	1.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
30	174	129	Aug 25	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	W(12-15)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.92	2.58	30	11	9	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.191	.05	0.01%	2.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
31	175	133	Aug 30	MIN		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(13-15)	4	9.0	4	2	0	2	14	0	0	2.80	2.49	35	14	4	2	1	1	87			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.57	0.431	.06	0.01%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Sept				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	176	141	Sep 8	MIN	@	KCR	W,8-4	GS-7	W(14-15)	8	6.0	9	4	4	3	5	0	0	2.88	2.49	27	8	5	0	2	6	40			2	2	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.168	.03	0.00%	-1.46	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 0 out a4
33	177	145	Sep 12	MIN		OAK	L,1-2	CG	L(14-16)	3	9.0	6	2	1	1	10	0	1	2.82	2.43	35	8	9	0	0	6	78			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.25	0.155	.16	0.01%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
34	178	150	Sep 16	MIN		KCR	W,7-2	CG	W(15-16)	3	9.0	6	2	1	4	5	0	0	2.75	2.45	35	12	8	1	1	6	70			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	1	.56	0.253	.02	0.00%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
35	179	154	Sep 21	MIN		CAL	W,8-1	CG	W(16-16)	4	9.0	4	1	1	4	12	0	0	2.69	2.41	34	5	9	2	0	4	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.171	.03	0.01%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
36	180	157	Sep 25	MIN	@	OAK	W,1-0	SHO	W(17-16)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.61	2.39	30	13	7	2	0	4	83			3	2	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.77	0.765	.02	0.00%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
37	181	161	Sep 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,0-4	GS-5	L(17-17)	3	4.2	5	3	3	3	7	0	0	2.66	2.37	21	3	3	0	0	5	46			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d3
							19-18		W-L:17-17	3.9	281.0	244	99	83	77	249	14	9	2.66	2.37	1149	1.32		6%	4%	232	61		---%	26	17	2	1045	34	7	3	22	5	18	1.04	3.688	.74	1.05%	35.42

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