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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 6	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	6 (2)	Apr 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
3	9 (2)	Apr 16	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	12 (2)	Apr 21	CLE		KCR	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
5	15 (2)	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	20 (4)	May 1	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	24 (3)	May 6	CLE		DET	L,5-6	GS	34	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	28 (3)	May 12	CLE		TOR	W,8-4	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	33 (4)	May 17	CLE		BOS	L,10-11	GS	22	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	55 (21)	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		SEA	W,3-1		9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	58 (2)	Jun 13	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	63 (4)	Jun 19	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS	29	7.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
13	68 (4)	Jun 24	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	P
14	73 (4)	Jun 29	CLE		TEX	W,13-12	GS	25	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	78 (4)	Jul 3	CLE		KCR	W,15-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
16	83 (4)	Jul 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	85 (1)	Jul 13	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
18	91 (5)	Jul 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS	31	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	96 (4)	Jul 23	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
20	100 (3)	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS	26	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	105 (4)	Aug 2	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	111 (5)	Aug 7	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	GS	32	7.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	117 (5)	Aug 12	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	124 (6)	Aug 17	CLE		MIL	W,5-3	GS	27	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	128 (3)	Aug 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
26	133 (4)	Aug 27	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	138 (4)	Sep 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
28	143 (4)	Sep 7	CLE		OAK	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	147 (3)	Sep 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	152 (4)	Sep 17	CLE	@	SEA	L,2-3	GS	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	156 (3)	Sep 22	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
32	159 (2)	Sep 26	CLE		SEA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
33	163 (3)	Sep 30	CLE		MIN	W,7-4	GS	32	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
							33gm		245.0	21	30	2	53	2