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: 11-9 / in Starts: 11-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	388	1	Apr 11	CLE		MIL	L,3-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	4	4	1	5	2	1	4.50	5.35	33	9	10	1	0	7	56			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.151	.70	-0.07%	-0.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	389	6	Apr 18	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-1)	6	9.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.12	2.95	31	11	8	1	0	4	87			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.323	.31	0.11%	3.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
3	390	11	Apr 26	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	10	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.42	2.95	37	14	7	0	0	10	55			0	2	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.041	.57	-0.02%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
May				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
4	391	16	May 6	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	W(3-1)	9	9.0	2	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.06	2.51	32	9	10	0	2	2	86			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.74	0.394	.67	0.21%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
5	392	21	May 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	4	1	1	5	9	0	0	1.84	2.46	35	10	7	0	0	4	79			2	0	1	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.388	1.25	0.22%	2.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	393	27	May 17(2)	CLE		TOR	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(5-1)	5	10.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.67	2.30	34	10	12	0	0	7	79			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.575	1.29	0.35%	3.50	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
7	394	32	May 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	8	0	0	1.86	2.19	35	6	12	2	2	7	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	.99	0.076	1.01	0.05%	1.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	395	37	May 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-10	GS-4	L(6-2)	4	3.2	9	6	6	1	3	1	0	2.57	2.36	21	5	5	2	0	7	21			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.508	1.09	-0.32%	-4.56	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d3
Jun				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
9	396	42	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	CG	L(6-3)	5	9.0	10	4	4	1	6	1	0	2.74	2.44	37	14	6	2	0	10	56			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.050	.82	0.02%	0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
10	397	46	Jun 6	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS-9	W(7-3)	3	8.2	10	3	2	3	6	0	1	2.67	2.46	40	7	13	3	0	10	57			1	0	0	35	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.21	0.140	.84	0.06%	0.83	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
11	398	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(7-4)	3	8.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	1	2.83	2.60	33	12	6	3	0	7	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.108	.36	-0.04%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
12	399	51	Aug 10	CLE		MIL	L,2-5	GS-9		60	9.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.75	2.52	35	10	12	0	0	9	65			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.181	1.14	0.14%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	400	56	Aug 14	CLE		KCR	L,1-4	GS-7	L(7-5)	3	7.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.82	2.66	29	10	8	2	0	7	49			3	2	0	26	0	0	0	2	1	1	.97	-0.062	.53	-0.02%	0.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	401	60	Aug 18	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(8-5)	3	6.2	9	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.82	2.66	28	5	9	0	0	9	49			2	1	0	25	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.49	-0.025	.58	-0.01%	0.56	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a1
15	402	64	Aug 22	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	9	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.73	2.65	27	6	4	0	2	9	57			0	2	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.340	.49	0.07%	2.15	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
16	403	68	Aug 27	CLE		SEA	W,12-2	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	7	0	1	2.65	2.61	29	8	5	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.117	.09	0.02%	2.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out a11
17	404	72	Aug 31	CLE		OAK	L,3-5	GS-9	L(9-6)	3	8.1	10	5	5	2	7	1	1	2.82	2.67	37	10	8	1	2	9	48			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.173	.76	-0.08%	-0.81	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
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
18	405	76	Sep 5(1)	CLE		CAL	W,4-2	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	6	4	0	0	2.77	2.73	40	18	7	1	2	5	65			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.298	.72	0.11%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	406	81	Sep 9	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-5	GS-7	W(11-6)	3	7.0	4	3	3	2	6	1	0	2.82	2.77	26	8	6	0	0	4	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.160	.22	0.05%	0.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
20	407	89	Sep 19	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GS-6	L(11-7)	9	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.88	2.84	25	9	6	2	0	7	47			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.146	.14	-0.01%	-0.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
							11-9		W-L:11-7	4.6	159.1	145	52	51	40	107	9	5	2.88	2.84	644	1.19		6%	3%	140	60		---%	9	10	1	593	23	1	1	14	3	7	.98	1.828	.70	0.85%	19.40

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