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: 14-13 / in Starts: 13-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 1

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	1	47	Jun 5	MIN	@	WSA	W,2-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	0	1.29	2.92	27	9	6	0	1	4	69			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.349	2.82	0.47%	2.09	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
2	2	51	Jun 10	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	0	1.93	3.71	27	3	13	5	0	6	56			0	2	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.007	1.88	0.01%	1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
3	3	54	Jun 14	MIN		BOS	W,10-2	GS-5	W(2-1)	3	5.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.37	3.01	23	4	9	6	0	1	52			0	0	0	21	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	0.010	2.76	0.01%	0.39	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
4	4	58	Jun 19	MIN	@	KCR	L,1-5	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.1	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.86	3.02	22	7	4	1	0	7	29			0	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.192	1.87	-0.25%	-2.35	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d4
5	5	62	Jun 23	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-7		3	6.0	8	2	1	1	7	1	0	3.38	3.01	26	6	4	1	0	8	56			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.053	2.67	0.07%	0.79	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out a1
6	6	66	Jun 27	MIN	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	2	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.82	2.92	30	7	13	3	1	1	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.200	.90	0.29%	3.22	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
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
7	7	71	Jul 1	MIN		KCR	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	5	1	0	1	9	0	0	2.38	2.55	26	3	8	1	0	5	73			0	2	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.246	2.97	0.35%	2.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
8	8	79	Jul 9	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-6		7	6.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.45	2.42	24	6	6	1	0	6	56			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.042	3.57	0.09%	0.67	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	9	86	Jul 19	MIN		CLE	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-3)	9	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.67	2.66	25	7	8	2	0	7	47			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.089	1.84	-0.10%	-0.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
10	10	90	Jul 23	MIN		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	8	1	1	2.44	2.79	36	9	11	2	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.48	0.521	3.13	0.66%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	11	94	Jul 27	MIN		BAL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(5-3)	3	6.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.49	2.85	25	5	9	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.108	1.64	0.15%	0.26	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a3
12	12	98	Jul 31	MIN	@	DET	L,9-10	GS-7		3	6.0	3	5	5	5	1	1	0	2.87	3.16	26	8	9	0	1	3	42			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.217	1.50	-0.24%	-1.17	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
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
13	13	103	Aug 4	MIN		MIL	W,5-2	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	12	0	0	2.78	2.87	35	8	7	1	0	7	76			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.235	1.56	0.25%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	14	108	Aug 9(1)	MIN		OAK	L,0-3	GS-3	L(6-4)	4	3.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.99	2.79	14	5	1	0	0	5	40			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.177	1.05	-0.16%	-1.56	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
15	15	111	Aug 11	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	11-GF(11)	L(6-5)	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.08	2.79	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.375	4.72	-0.47%	-1.19	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
16	16	116	Aug 15(2)	MIN	@	BOS	L,7-11	GS-1		3	0.1	3	3	3	1	1	2	0	3.36	3.09	5	0	0	0	0	3	33			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.271	2.38	-0.52%	-3.18	1b start tie	1b -2- 1 out d3
17	17	117	Aug 16	MIN	@	BOS	W,9-6	2-7	W(7-5)	0	5.2	5	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.44	3.31	25	10	6	3	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.45	0.093	4.67	0.18%	0.42	2b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out a1
18	18	121	Aug 21	MIN		WSA	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.51	3.19	27	6	5	1	0	7	51			0	0	0	24	1	2	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.069	2.52	-0.11%	-0.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
19	19	125	Aug 26	MIN		BOS	W,7-0	SHO	W(8-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.22	3.03	32	9	12	4	0	2	86			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.284	1.58	0.52%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
20	20	130	Aug 30	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-6	L(8-6)	3	6.0	5	5	5	3	4	2	1	3.44	3.27	25	9	4	1	1	4	43			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.46	-0.376	4.11	-0.64%	-2.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Sept				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
21	21	134	Sep 4	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-0	GS-6	W(9-6)	4	5.1	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.29	3.22	22	7	5	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.087	5.05	0.31%	1.17	1b start a 3	6b 123 1 out a3
22	22	139	Sep 8	MIN		MIL	L,2-3	GS-9		3	8.1	7	2	2	4	8	0	0	3.22	3.16	32	8	5	0	0	7	65			0	2	1	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.355	1.70	0.30%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
23	23	144	Sep 12	MIN		CHW	L,3-5	GS-7	L(9-7)	3	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.25	3.30	30	9	9	1	2	6	55			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.044	.11	0.00%	0.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
24	24	148	Sep 16	MIN		CAL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-8)	3	6.2	8	5	2	2	10	1	0	3.23	3.27	32	6	6	1	0	8	52			2	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.00	-0.167	.19	-0.02%	-2.13	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d4
25	25	152	Sep 20	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.10	3.20	29	12	9	0	3	3	80			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.67	0.177	.07	0.01%	3.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
26	26	157	Sep 26	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	GS-2	L(10-9)	5	2.0	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.29	3.23	13	2	4	0	0	5	28			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.281	.00	0.00%	-3.08	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
27	27	161	Sep 30	MIN		KCR	W,6-4	GS-8		3	8.0	5	4	1	4	3	0	0	3.18	3.24	34	11	11	2	0	5	61			0	1	0	29	2	1	1	0	1	2	1.02	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-0.17	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
							14-13		W-L:10-9	3.5	164.0	143	66	58	47	135	17	2	3.18	3.24	675	0.96		10%	2%	130	57	2	0%	6	8	2	616	23	3	6	5	2	11	.98	0.318	1.97	1.17%	11.28

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