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: 20-14 / in Starts: 20-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	283	2	Apr 8	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS-8		99	7.0	6	2	2	0	6	0	0	2.57	0.87	28	8	14	6	4	0	63			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.335	1.99	0.34%	2.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
2	284	6	Apr 13	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	8	6	6	2	6	0	0	5.54	1.20	28	7	5	1	0	8	36			2	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.358	.77	-0.33%	-3.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
3	285	11	Apr 22	PIT		STL	W,8-7	GS-7		8	7.0	6	6	2	2	4	2	1	4.50	3.04	31	9	9	0	2	6	51			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.471	1.59	-0.33%	-2.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
4	286	16	Apr 26	PIT	@	NYM	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(1-1)	3	11.0	6	0	0	4	8	0	0	2.90	2.75	42	17	7	1	0	6	89			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.932	3.36	0.98%	4.72	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
5	287	19	Apr 30	PIT		SFG	L,3-7	GS-6	L(1-2)	3	5.1	8	5	5	1	1	1	1	3.72	3.19	25	7	8	2	1	7	32			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.292	1.59	-0.28%	-2.44	1t start tie	6t --- 1 out d3
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
6	288	23	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,2-7	GS-2	L(1-3)	4	1.0	7	6	6	0	0	1	0	5.06	3.52	10	0	3	0	0	7	15			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.402	.98	-0.32%	-5.15	1t start tie	2t -2- 0 out d4
7	289	27	May 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	12	0	0	4.27	2.95	35	6	9	0	2	6	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.206	1.13	0.17%	2.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	290	32	May 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	L(2-4)	4	8.1	12	7	7	2	9	1	0	4.77	2.91	39	11	6	0	2	11	38			2	0	0	37	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.675	1.94	-0.51%	-3.66	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out d1
9	291	36	May 20	PIT	@	MON	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	8	0	0	4.10	2.76	32	10	8	1	2	3	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.183	.74	0.17%	3.94	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
10	292	41	May 25	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.95	2.61	28	7	8	1	1	6	62			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.148	1.91	0.15%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
11	293	46	May 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	5.0	5	6	5	4	4	1	1	4.28	2.88	25	5	6	0	2	5	35			5	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	1	.47	-0.312	.67	-0.27%	-3.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
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
12	294	50	Jun 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS-7	W(4-5)	4	6.0	3	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.08	2.81	22	8	5	3	0	2	65			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.078	.78	0.04%	0.86	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out a4
13	295	54	Jun 10	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GS-7		5	6.1	9	4	4	2	5	2	0	4.19	3.04	31	9	6	1	1	9	42			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	-0.283	1.25	-0.14%	-1.22	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
14	296	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	ATL	W,9-4	GS-6	W(5-5)	5	5.2	6	4	3	4	7	1	0	4.23	3.13	27	7	3	0	2	6	46			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.012	.51	0.01%	-1.44	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a3
15	297	63	Jun 20	PIT		CHC	W,6-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	9	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.94	2.95	35	12	16	7	2	0	72			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	1	1	.54	0.299	.82	0.27%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	298	67	Jun 25	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-5)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.63	2.88	34	10	12	0	1	5	80			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.390	1.43	0.34%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
17	299	72	Jun 29	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS-7		3	6.2	5	2	1	0	3	0	0	3.50	2.81	25	4	13	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.172	1.11	0.13%	0.97	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a1
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
18	300	76	Jul 4(1)	PIT		MON	W,3-1	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.35	2.90	28	15	8	1	1	5	68			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	.97	0.343	1.26	0.27%	2.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
19	301	81	Jul 9	PIT	@	STL	W,6-1	GS-6	W(9-5)	4	6.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.26	2.98	23	10	6	2	1	4	61			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.136	1.04	0.10%	1.65	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
20	302	84	Jul 15	PIT		SFG	L,5-6	GS-6		5	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	2	1	3.41	3.16	25	5	6	1	0	7	39			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.309	1.63	-0.25%	-2.00	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out tie
21	303	90	Jul 20	PIT		LAD	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.2	7	5	3	2	5	1	0	3.46	3.20	26	6	6	0	2	7	42			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.239	1.43	-0.25%	-2.29	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out a1
22	304	100	Jul 31	PIT	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	L(9-6)	10	8.1	9	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.45	3.15	36	12	6	0	1	9	56			1	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.14	-0.402	3.48	-0.39%	-0.56	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
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
23	305	105	Aug 6(1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-7)	5	7.0	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.47	3.14	32	5	12	2	1	9	47			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.014	1.92	0.02%	0.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	306	110	Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-8)	3	7.0	5	3	3	0	7	0	1	3.48	3.05	27	10	4	1	1	5	62			1	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.088	.86	-0.05%	0.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
25	307	115	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.2	3	2	0	4	6	0	0	3.35	3.03	29	8	8	3	1	3	66			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.09	0.133	.31	0.02%	0.97	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a1
26	308	120	Aug 19	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	GS-9	W(10-8)	3	8.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.30	2.99	30	14	8	0	0	6	64			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.240	.77	0.14%	1.41	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a3
27	309	125	Aug 24	PIT	@	ATL	W,5-1	GS-9	W(11-8)	4	8.1	7	1	1	3	6	1	0	3.20	3.03	36	6	14	1	0	7	68			1	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	1	.98	0.381	2.15	0.50%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a4
28	310	130	Aug 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.06	2.95	31	5	12	1	3	4	85			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.365	1.34	0.48%	4.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
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
29	311	134	Sep 3	PIT		ATL	W,6-3	GS-8		4	7.0	7	3	3	3	8	0	1	3.08	2.92	33	4	10	0	1	7	56			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.185	3.72	-0.31%	0.36	1t start tie	8t --3 0 out a1
30	312	140	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(12-9)	4	8.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.09	2.89	34	11	7	2	0	9	55			1	0	0	32	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.18	-0.094	4.80	-0.23%	0.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	313	145	Sep 13	PIT		STL	W,7-1	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.01	2.86	33	14	4	0	0	5	77			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.276	2.07	0.43%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
32	314	149	Sep 17	PIT		MON	W,5-3	GS-8	W(14-9)	3	7.0	4	2	1	2	4	1	0	2.96	2.90	25	12	3	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.206	2.94	0.46%	1.67	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a3
33	315	153	Sep 23	PIT	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	L(14-10)	5	8.1	10	3	3	2	8	1	0	2.97	2.90	36	8	8	0	1	10	57			0	1	0	33	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.30	-0.177	7.32	-0.60%	0.47	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out d1
34	316	158	Sep 29(1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	6	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.03	2.88	30	6	9	0	5	6	51			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
							20-14		W-L:14-10	4.1	243.2	217	94	82	66	182	17	6	3.03	2.88	1011	1.07		7%	7%	199	58		---%	28	5	0	923	38	6	5	16	2	14	1.05	0.334	1.86	0.75%	15.08

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