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: 23-14 / in Starts: 23-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	542	1	Apr 7	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	GS-8		99	8.0	4	4	4	3	6	1	0	4.50	4.12	31	11	11	3	0	0	61			3	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.002	1.45	0.00%	0.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	543	6	Apr 12	MIN	@	SEA	W,8-5	GS-6	W(1-0)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	2	0	4.50	5.59	25	8	6	1	1	7	46			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.123	2.01	0.14%	0.47	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a3
3	544	10	Apr 17	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(1-1)	4	8.0	8	2	2	3	4	1	1	3.68	5.37	34	9	16	9	0	1	59			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.141	2.37	0.19%	2.27	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
4	545	15	Apr 22	MIN		SEA	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.86	5.19	28	13	8	2	0	3	46			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.033	3.02	-0.04%	0.55	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a2
5	546	19	Apr 26	MIN		CAL	W,10-5	GS-6		3	6.0	8	4	4	1	7	3	0	4.24	5.61	26	10	5	3	0	3	46			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.11	-0.083	2.56	-0.12%	-0.60	1t start tie	6t 3 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	547	22	May 1	MIN		NYY	W,7-4	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.0	8	4	4	2	10	2	0	4.29	5.37	32	7	11	4	0	2	58			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	.60	0.149	1.06	0.16%	0.54	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a3
7	548	26	May 6	MIN		BAL	L,0-6	GS-9	L(2-2)	4	8.1	7	6	6	1	1	1	0	4.65	5.24	33	19	11	3	0	1	45			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.215	.79	-0.22%	-1.15	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out d5
8	549	31	May 11	MIN	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	8	4	3	1	5	3	0	4.40	5.42	37	11	12	4	0	8	61			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	2	.42	0.113	.66	0.11%	0.80	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
9	550	36	May 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	GS-9	L(3-3)	4	8.1	5	5	5	2	6	1	0	4.52	5.21	31	13	9	4	0	1	57			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	.57	0.097	.79	0.08%	0.63	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out d3
10	551	40	May 21	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	5.0	11	5	5	1	1	4	0	4.83	5.77	26	7	6	1	0	11	25			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.190	.98	-0.16%	-2.25	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
11	552	44	May 26	MIN		MIL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.63	5.56	26	6	6	0	1	4	67			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.267	1.31	0.20%	1.97	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
12	553	48	May 31(1)	MIN	@	DET	W,9-5	GS-7		4	6.0	6	4	4	4	5	1	2	4.73	5.61	29	7	5	2	1	6	45			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.073	1.66	-0.06%	0.16	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a2
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	554	53	Jun 5	MIN		TEX	L,9-15	GS-3	L(4-5)	4	3.0	6	5	5	1	1	2	0	5.08	5.83	16	5	3	0	0	6	27			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.285	1.17	-0.32%	-3.30	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
14	555	58	Jun 10	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	5	3	2	3	9	1	0	4.84	5.62	31	10	8	3	0	1	68			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.030	2.03	0.05%	1.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
15	556	63	Jun 15	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.43	5.33	30	12	7	1	0	3	83			0	2	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.321	1.47	0.48%	5.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
16	557	67	Jun 20	MIN		CHW	L,5-10	GS-7	L(5-6)	4	6.2	7	8	3	4	3	1	1	4.41	5.38	32	12	5	0	1	7	37			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	2	.89	-0.088	2.38	-0.14%	-2.57	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d6
17	558	71	Jun 25	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	GS-6	W(6-6)	4	6.0	8	3	3	5	4	1	0	4.41	5.42	28	6	12	6	0	1	43			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.074	2.82	0.12%	0.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
18	559	77	Jun 30	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS-9	W(7-6)	4	8.2	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	4.11	5.26	36	14	18	4	0	0	71			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.03	0.405	3.39	0.80%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
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	560	82	Jul 5	MIN		BAL	W,4-3	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	9	3	3	4	7	1	0	4.04	5.19	37	14	12	8	0	0	60			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.39	0.341	3.68	0.54%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
20	561	87	Jul 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,12-13	GS-5		4	5.0	5	8	8	4	2	3	0	4.40	5.44	24	7	6	0	0	5	23			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.543	2.79	-0.95%	-5.33	1b start a 4	5b 3 out tie
21	562	90	Jul 16	MIN		TOR	L,2-5	GS-8	L(8-7)	5	7.2	10	5	5	6	5	1	1	4.48	5.47	37	14	10	7	0	1	38			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	3	0	0	.92	-0.147	2.75	-0.27%	-0.94	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d3
22	563	95	Jul 21	MIN		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	8	0	0	4.28	5.29	35	11	12	5	0	0	73			1	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.619	3.78	1.14%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
23	564	100	Jul 26	MIN	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(9-8)	4	8.0	9	4	3	3	12	0	0	4.24	5.09	36	8	4	0	0	9	59			3	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.071	4.55	-0.14%	0.49	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
24	565	104	Jul 31	MIN	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS-8	W(10-8)	4	7.1	7	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.21	5.03	28	16	5	4	0	1	56			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.011	5.11	-0.03%	0.40	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a1
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	566	109	Aug 5	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(10-9)	4	5.0	7	6	6	2	5	1	0	4.40	5.02	24	8	8	4	1	1	32			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	1	0	.84	-0.199	3.79	-0.54%	-3.33	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
26	567	113	Aug 9	MIN		OAK	W,7-5	GS-7	W(11-9)	3	6.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	1	4.40	4.93	27	5	15	6	0	0	50			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.056	5.94	0.17%	-0.23	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a3
27	568	117	Aug 14	MIN		SEA	W,6-3	GS-8	W(12-9)	4	8.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	1	4.31	4.91	32	15	6	4	1	1	65			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.314	5.49	0.83%	2.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
28	569	122	Aug 19	MIN	@	DET	L,1-7	GS-5	L(12-10)	4	4.1	9	7	7	2	2	2	0	4.54	5.01	23	7	10	5	0	2	17			1	0	0	21	3	0	1	1	0	0	.56	-0.322	1.95	-0.67%	-4.91	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d6
29	570	127	Aug 24	MIN		DET	W,5-4	GS-8		4	8.0	7	4	4	6	8	1	0	4.54	4.99	37	5	17	7	0	1	54			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.022	6.74	0.06%	0.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
30	571	131	Aug 29	MIN	@	MIL	W,12-3	GS-8	W(13-10)	4	8.0	8	2	1	3	4	0	0	4.41	4.92	32	10	7	0	1	8	61			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	.92	0.074	4.08	0.20%	2.54	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a10
Sep/Oct				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
31	572	135	Sep 3	MIN		BOS	W,2-1	GS-9		4	9.0	6	1	1	4	11	0	0	4.27	4.79	37	10	12	4	0	0	78			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.52	0.304	7.38	0.89%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
32	573	140	Sep 8	MIN		CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(13-11)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.26	4.78	37	11	11	2	0	8	56			1	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.041	5.06	-0.11%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
33	574	144	Sep 13	MIN	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	2	0	4.23	4.85	26	12	2	0	0	6	52			3	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.166	4.71	0.39%	1.30	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
34	575	148	Sep 18	MIN		CLE	W,9-4	GS-8	W(14-11)	4	8.0	5	4	3	3	9	2	1	4.20	4.87	31	8	8	3	1	2	64			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.169	2.70	0.45%	0.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
35	576	152	Sep 23	MIN		TEX	W,4-2	GS-7		4	6.2	4	2	2	5	5	2	0	4.16	4.94	29	11	6	2	0	2	58			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.055	2.44	0.08%	1.15	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out tie
36	577	156	Sep 27	MIN		KCR	W,8-1	CG	W(15-11)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	0	4.05	4.88	32	11	10	3	1	1	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.189	.81	0.24%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
37	578	161	Oct 3	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-7	L(15-12)	5	7.0	4	4	2	3	4	1	0	4.01	4.88	27	7	13	3	0	0	58			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	1	.82	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.07	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
							23-14		W-L:15-12	4.0	267.0	249	132	119	101	196	46	9	4.01	4.88	1122	1.11		17%	1%	113	53		---%	33	9	0	1002	45	1	4	31	6	12	.98	1.615	2.95	3.55%	18.87

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