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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-15 / in Starts: 20-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	54 (24-18-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (27-19-9)

Most Driven In
B Robinson	2
D Berra	2
S Brye	2
E Ott	1
P Garner	1
J Milner	1
M SanguillÃ©n	1
K Macha	1

Most Driven In By
B Robinson	1
S Brye	1
J Milner	0
Self	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	107	2 (1)	Apr 8	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.87	0.100	1.47	0.10%	1.31	P
2	108	6 (3)	Apr 13	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.68	-0.036	1.03	-0.03%	-0.42	P
3	109	11 (4)	Apr 22	PIT		STL	W,8-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.69	0.017	.80	0.01%	0.16	P
4	110	16 (4)	Apr 26	PIT	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.07	-0.104	1.88	-0.11%	-0.58	P
5	111	19 (2)	Apr 30	PIT		SFG	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	1.34	0.020	2.12	0.02%	0.03	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	112	23 (3)	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,2-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9						P
7	113	27 (3)	May 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	9	.53	-0.055	.72	-0.05%	-1.14	P
8	114	32 (4)	May 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	9	.98	-0.095	1.24	-0.07%	-0.90	P
9	115	36 (3)	May 20	PIT	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.125	.087	.212	9	.14	0.018	.21	0.02%	0.47	P
10	116	41 (4)	May 25	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.120	.083	.203	9	1.31	0.044	2.14	0.04%	0.50	P
11	117	46 (4)	May 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.111	.077	.188	9	.47	-0.024	.67	-0.02%	-0.45	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	118	50 (3)	Jun 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.100	.069	.169	9	.64	-0.063	.60	-0.04%	-0.95	P
13	119	54 (3)	Jun 10	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.097	.067	.163	9	.88	-0.035	.73	-0.02%	-0.34	P
14	120	59 (4)	Jun 16	PIT	@	ATL	W,9-4	GS-6	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.147	.121	.268	9	.61	0.096	.61	0.06%	1.31	P
15	121	63 (3)	Jun 20	PIT		CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.158	.135	.293	9	.35	-0.005	.53	0.00%	-0.65	P
16	122	67 (3)	Jun 25	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.146	.125	.271	9	.38	-0.028	.55	-0.02%	-0.43	P
17	123	72 (4)	Jun 29	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.140	.119	.259	9	1.73	-0.091	2.14	-0.07%	-0.78	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	124	76 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		MON	W,3-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.156	.159	.315	9	1.88	0.274	2.43	0.21%	2.41	P
19	125	81 (4)	Jul 9	PIT	@	STL	W,6-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.149	.152	.301	9	2.36	-0.124	2.85	-0.09%	-0.90	P
20	126	84 (2)	Jul 15	PIT		SFG	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.163	.167	.330	9	.77	0.007	1.05	0.01%	0.18	P
21	127	90 (5)	Jul 20	PIT		LAD	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.157	.160	.317	9	.45	-0.022	.78	-0.02%	-0.25	P
22	128	100 (9)	Jul 31	PIT	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.151	.154	.305	9	.82	-0.046	1.33	-0.05%	-0.47	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	129	105 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.148	.151	.299	9	1.30	-0.046	2.29	-0.05%	-0.34	P
24	130	110 (4)	Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.143	.145	.288	9	1.03	-0.050	.96	-0.03%	-0.36	P
25	131	115 (4)	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.136	.138	.274	9	.93	-0.068	.27	-0.01%	-1.32	P
26	132	120 (4)	Aug 19	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.129	.131	.260	9	.63	-0.048	.61	-0.03%	-0.61	P
27	133	124 (3)	Aug 23	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	11-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.129	.131	.260	9						PR
28	134	125	Aug 24	PIT	@	ATL	W,5-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.138	.156	.295	9	1.22	0.041	2.69	0.05%	1.71	P
29	135	130 (4)	Aug 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.130	.147	.277	9	.46	-0.064	1.00	-0.08%	-0.22	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	136	134 (3)	Sep 3	PIT		ATL	W,6-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.139	.155	.294	9	.73	-0.029	2.03	-0.05%	-0.20	P
31	137	140 (5)	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.137	.149	.164	.313	9	1.48	0.071	6.01	0.17%	0.69	P
32	138	142 (1)	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYM	L,9-11	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.149	.164	.313	7						PR
33	139	145 (2)	Sep 13	PIT		STL	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.154	.169	.323	9	.50	0.002	1.31	0.00%	0.40	P
34	140	149 (3)	Sep 17	PIT		MON	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.148	.163	.311	9	.50	-0.040	1.84	-0.09%	-0.75	P
35	141	153 (3)	Sep 23	PIT	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.143	.157	.299	9	.86	-0.063	4.87	-0.21%	-0.44	P
36	142	158 (4)	Sep 29 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.140	.153	.292	9	.61	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
37	143	161 (2)	Oct 1	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	5-6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.140	.153	.292	2		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
							22-15		93	85	4	11	2	0	0	11	1	0	35	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	.129	.140	.153	.292		.83	-0.476	1.47	-0.44%	-3.55

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