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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	PIT		MON	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	10 (4)	Apr 17	PIT		PHI	L,2-13	GS	19	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	13 (2)	Apr 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	30	5.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	16 (2)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	27	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	19 (2)	May 1	PIT		ATL	L,2-5	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
7	22 (2)	May 5	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	27 (4)	May 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	31 (3)	May 16	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
10	36 (4)	May 21	PIT	@	MON	W,4-2	GS	31	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	40 (3)	May 26	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-10	GS	15	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	45 (4)	May 31	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	50 (4)	Jun 5	PIT		LAD	W,3-1	GS	34	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	54 (3)	Jun 10	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	GS	25	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
15	58 (3)	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-2	GS	31	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	63 (4)	Jun 22	PIT		CHC	W,7-2	GS	29	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	68 (4)	Jun 26	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	72 (3)	Jun 30	PIT		MON	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	75 (2)	Jul 4	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	80 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	83 (2)	Jul 12	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	28	6.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	87 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,9-5	GS	20	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	93 (5)	Jul 23 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	99 (5)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	MON	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	103 (3)	Jul 31	PIT		NYM	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	109 (5)	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,12-8	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	114 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	119 (4)	Aug 15	PIT		SDP	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	124 (4)	Aug 20	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	128 (3)	Aug 25	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
31	132 (3)	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	137 (4)	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	142 (4)	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
34	146 (3)	Sep 15	PIT		NYM	W,5-4	GS	30	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
35	150 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-6	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
36	156 (5)	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		MON	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	162 (5)	Sep 29	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GS	24	5.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
							37gm		237.1	14	20	0	34	0