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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 11	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	6 (1)	Apr 17 (1)	TEX		BAL	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
4	12 (5)	Apr 22	TEX		MIN	L,1-4	GS	32	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	16 (3)	Apr 27	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	20 (3)	May 3	TEX	@	DET	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	23 (2)	May 8	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	GS	31	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	28 (4)	May 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	0	2	0	2	1	P
9	33 (4)	May 20	TEX		TOR	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
10	36 (2)	May 25 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	30	7.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
11	41 (4)	May 30 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,4-7	GS	28	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	46 (4)	Jun 4	TEX		MIL	L,2-3	CG	35	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
13	50 (3)	Jun 8	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	54 (3)	Jun 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
15	59 (4)	Jun 18	TEX		SEA	L,1-6	GS	40	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
16	63 (3)	Jun 22	TEX	@	MIN	W,10-8	GS	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	78 (14)	Jul 5	TEX		KCR	L,4-6	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
18	83 (4)	Jul 10	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
19	87 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	TEX		CLE	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	91 (3)	Jul 22	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	95 (3)	Jul 26	TEX	@	TOR	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	99 (3)	Jul 31	TEX		DET	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	103 (3)	Aug 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	29	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	108 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
25	113 (4)	Aug 13	TEX		CHW	L,5-6	GS	18	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	122 (8)	Aug 22	TEX		MIL	W,8-7	GS	33	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	128 (5)	Aug 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	132 (3)	Sep 2	TEX		BOS	W,6-4	GS	20	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
29	136 (3)	Sep 6	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-7	GS	21	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	153 (16)	Sep 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							30gm		234.2	10	35	1	46	4