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: 14-20 / in Starts: 14-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 1

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	354	1	Apr 10	PIT	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.80	3.75	18	7	4	1	1	2	58			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.109	1.20	0.10%	1.33	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
2	355	5	Apr 14	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	2	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.25	3.92	25	10	6	0	2	2	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.195	1.52	0.22%	1.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
3	356	8	Apr 19	PIT		STL	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	2	12	1	0	1.89	3.23	29	5	6	0	0	4	75			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.26	0.307	2.50	0.37%	2.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
4	357	12	Apr 23	PIT	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	7.0	6	3	3	0	7	2	0	2.42	3.56	25	7	5	0	1	6	60			0	1	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.085	1.40	-0.11%	0.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	358	15	Apr 29	PIT		MON	W,5-4	GS-6		5	5.2	6	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.13	4.08	25	7	10	3	3	2	39			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.236	2.58	-0.32%	-1.65	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out tie
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	359	26	May 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(0-3)	13	8.0	6	5	3	0	6	1	0	3.18	3.84	31	7	12	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	1	.47	-0.111	1.05	-0.15%	-1.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
7	360	30	May 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-4)	3	7.0	8	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.28	3.72	32	8	7	0	3	8	50			1	0	1	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	.60	-0.149	1.32	-0.20%	0.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
8	361	34	May 22	PIT		SDP	L,4-6	GS-6		4	5.2	7	2	2	0	8	0	0	3.27	3.31	24	6	3	0	0	7	55			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.089	1.52	0.12%	0.35	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
9	362	36	May 24	PIT		SFG	L,9-10	8-9	BS(1)	1	2.0	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	3.48	3.30	13	3	3	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.03	-0.542	4.48	-0.72%	-2.08	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out d2
10	363	38	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS-8		1	7.1	8	5	5	5	5	1	0	3.79	3.53	35	14	3	0	0	8	42			1	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.081	3.62	-0.14%	-1.74	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 1 out a1
11	364	43	May 31	PIT		NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-4)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.31	3.30	33	14	5	1	1	7	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.493	2.23	0.72%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	365	48	Jun 6	PIT	@	NYM	L,4-9	GS-2	L(1-5)	5	1.1	5	8	8	3	0	0	0	4.25	3.42	12	3	1	0	0	5	9			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.475	4.27	-0.73%	-6.25	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 1 out d5
13	366	49	Jun 7	PIT	@	NYM	L,5-6	11-GF(11)	BS(2)	0	0.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.25	3.46	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.76	-0.687	14.41	-1.03%	-2.65	11b 12- 1 out a1	11b end d 1
14	367	53	Jun 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(1-6)	3	7.0	6	3	2	5	6	1	0	4.10	3.60	32	8	7	2	0	6	56			1	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.10	-0.079	2.50	-0.11%	0.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
15	368	58	Jun 16	PIT		CIN	W,5-3	GS-8	W(2-6)	4	7.1	9	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.07	3.42	32	16	5	1	0	4	53			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.087	2.15	0.12%	0.82	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
16	369	64	Jun 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS-6	L(2-7)	4	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.09	3.49	23	7	6	0	0	6	50			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.122	1.79	-0.16%	-0.53	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
17	370	69	Jun 27	PIT	@	MON	W,6-4	GS-5		5	4.2	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.27	3.56	22	2	8	0	3	8	34			2	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.270	2.56	-0.43%	-2.06	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d2
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	371	73	Jul 1	PIT		STL	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	11	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.11	3.43	34	10	7	0	0	11	56			1	0	0	32	5	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.220	3.22	0.29%	1.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
19	372	79	Jul 6	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GS-10		4	10.0	9	4	4	1	12	2	0	4.07	3.41	40	6	12	0	2	9	69			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.038	3.29	0.06%	0.61	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
20	373	81	Jul 11	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-7)	4	7.1	8	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.97	3.46	31	8	9	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.158	2.44	0.23%	1.01	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
21	374	86	Jul 16	PIT		SFG	W,3-1	GS-7	W(4-7)	4	7.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.83	3.42	29	11	8	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.304	3.19	0.49%	2.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
22	375	91	Jul 20(2)	PIT		LAD	W,8-7	GS-7		3	6.0	3	5	4	2	7	2	0	3.92	3.52	24	8	4	3	1	3	53			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.60	-0.079	1.66	-0.13%	-1.85	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a2
23	376	94	Jul 24	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	11	1	0	3.74	3.43	33	10	5	0	0	6	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.173	.80	0.31%	2.79	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
24	377	99	Jul 29	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-10	GS-6	L(5-8)	4	6.0	11	7	7	1	3	1	0	4.01	3.47	28	11	2	0	0	11	24			1	2	0	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.324	1.12	-0.54%	-4.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
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
25	378	106	Aug 6(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS-6	W(6-8)	7	6.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.44	22	10	4	1	0	5	63			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.347	3.82	0.61%	2.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
26	379	116	Aug 16	PIT		MON	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-8)	9	9.0	2	0	0	1	12	0	0	3.65	3.27	30	7	8	1	1	2	94			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.253	2.19	0.91%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	380	121	Aug 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,5-12	GS-3	L(7-9)	4	3.0	9	6	6	1	4	0	0	3.90	3.23	18	4	0	0	0	9	20			1	0	0	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.507	4.25	-1.13%	-4.76	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d4
28	381	126	Aug 26	PIT		ATL	L,2-4	GS-8		4	8.0	9	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.83	3.29	33	10	12	0	1	9	56			2	1	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.94	0.211	3.63	0.49%	1.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
29	382	131	Aug 31	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	GS-6	L(7-10)	4	6.0	9	5	3	2	5	1	0	3.85	3.32	30	9	5	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.28	-0.348	5.06	-0.82%	-2.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
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
30	383	136	Sep 6	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-11)	5	7.0	5	3	3	1	8	1	0	3.85	3.30	26	8	4	0	0	5	62			1	0	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.136	3.47	-0.29%	0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
31	384	141	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	W(8-11)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.72	3.22	31	7	11	0	2	5	79			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.56	0.679	2.90	0.76%	3.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
32	385	146	Sep 17	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	9	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.77	3.20	31	10	7	1	1	9	44			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.16	-0.164	1.67	-0.14%	-0.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
33	386	151	Sep 23	PIT		MON	L,1-7	GS-6	L(8-12)	5	5.1	7	6	3	3	3	0	0	3.80	3.21	25	5	7	1	2	7	36			3	0	0	22	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.19	-0.153	1.31	-0.10%	-2.10	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d4
34	387	156	Sep 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-6	L(8-13)	4	6.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.82	3.22	28	8	8	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							14-20		W-L:8-13,BSv:2	3.9	216.2	219	102	92	59	168	20	0	3.82	3.22	907	1.30		4%	5%	210	54	2	100%	17	8	2	836	39	5	5	12	2	8	1.02	-1.001	2.44	-1.45%	-3.76

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