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: 2-2 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	408	5	Apr 15	CLE		MIL	W,8-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	2	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.29	1.15	24	8	6	0	2	2	75			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.194	.68	0.18%	2.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
2	409	9	Apr 20	CLE	@	TEX	W,9-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	5	3	3	5	7	0	0	2.57	2.00	30	7	6	3	0	5	57			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.170	.66	0.14%	0.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
3	410	14	Apr 25	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-6	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	5.0	6	6	3	2	5	2	0	3.32	3.35	25	6	6	1	0	6	40			3	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	1	2	.99	-0.414	1.12	-0.28%	-3.50	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
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	411	19	May 1	CLE		OAK	L,2-8	GS-2	L(2-2)	5	1.1	3	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.87	3.75	10	3	1	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.291	1.31	-0.17%	-3.57	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d3
							2-2		W-L:2-2	4.3	20.1	16	14	11	11	19	2	0	4.87	3.75	89	1.26		9%	5%	16	50		---%	3	1	0	76	6	0	0	0	2	2	.71	-0.341	.87	-0.14%	-4.29

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