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: 11-13 / in Starts: 11-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	412	2	Apr 6	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	6	3	3	5	4	0	0	6.23	4.37	23	5	3	0	0	6	38			3	1	0	17	1	1	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.181	.94	-0.15%	-1.82	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d3
2	413	6	Apr 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.97	4.61	29	6	9	1	0	7	56			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.112	1.50	0.09%	1.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	414	10	Apr 17	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-4	L(0-3)	4	4.0	8	6	6	3	3	0	0	6.46	4.32	21	6	1	1	0	8	22			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.351	1.30	-0.36%	-4.03	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d5
4	415	14	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(1-3)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	11	0	1	4.44	3.08	30	11	4	0	1	2	89			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.315	.74	0.20%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	416	18	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	GS-8		4	7.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.98	3.20	27	6	9	4	1	6	62			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	0.350	1.25	0.23%	2.64	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
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
6	417	22	May 3	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-1	GS-8	W(2-3)	5	8.0	4	1	1	2	10	0	0	3.40	2.76	30	11	3	1	0	4	78			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.452	1.54	0.31%	3.14	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
7	418	27	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-6	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	7.0	6	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.09	2.76	31	10	5	2	0	6	63			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.263	.82	0.19%	2.66	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a10
8	419	32	May 14	CLE		TOR	L,1-8	GS-4	L(3-4)	5	3.2	9	6	6	1	4	0	0	3.93	2.66	21	5	2	0	0	9	22			1	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.260	1.65	-0.26%	-3.28	1t start tie	4t --3 2 out d5
9	420	37	May 21	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-3	GS-7	W(4-4)	6	6.1	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.81	2.53	23	8	6	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.135	.82	0.07%	1.21	1b start a 3	7b --- 1 out a7
10	421	42	May 27	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	11	4	4	0	3	0	1	4.02	2.50	30	10	5	1	0	11	37			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.49	-0.142	1.38	-0.08%	-0.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
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
11	422	47	Jun 1	CLE		SEA	W,5-2	GS-8		4	7.1	7	2	2	0	9	0	0	3.86	2.27	29	7	6	2	0	7	65			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.052	.99	0.02%	1.24	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out tie
12	423	52	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-8		5	8.0	6	1	0	3	9	0	1	3.46	2.24	32	9	4	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.231	.56	0.09%	2.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
13	424	56	Jun 12(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(4-5)	4	8.0	8	4	4	2	6	0	0	3.56	2.22	33	9	8	1	0	8	54			1	0	0	31	1	1	1	1	0	0	.57	-0.124	.38	-0.05%	-0.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
14	425	61	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	GS-3	L(4-6)	3	2.2	8	7	7	2	2	1	0	4.16	2.41	16	2	2	1	0	8	14			0	0	0	14	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	-0.351	.57	-0.10%	-5.54	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d7
15	426	66	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	10	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.87	2.39	37	11	8	3	0	8	67			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.46	0.499	.48	0.10%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
16	427	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(5-7)	4	8.0	7	4	4	2	6	2	1	3.92	2.63	34	12	6	1	0	7	56			0	1	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	.76	-0.303	.30	-0.07%	-0.27	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
17	428	76	Jul 2	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	GS-9	L(5-8)	5	8.1	10	6	5	2	6	1	0	4.03	2.70	37	8	12	1	0	9	45			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.148	.15	-0.02%	-2.26	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out d5
18	429	79	Jul 8	CLE	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	W(6-8)	5	9.0	5	4	0	1	4	0	0	3.73	2.67	35	13	12	2	0	5	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	2	.14	0.079	.02	0.01%	0.66	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a6
19	430	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-8	L(6-9)	4	7.2	7	5	5	2	7	0	1	3.86	2.63	30	9	4	0	0	7	50			1	2	0	26	1	2	1	1	1	0	.88	-0.075	.03	0.00%	-0.19	1b start tie	8b --3 2 out d3
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
20	431	103	Aug 2(1)	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	GS-6	W(7-9)	19	6.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.69	2.62	23	6	7	0	2	4	66			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.342	.00	0.00%	3.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
21	432	109	Aug 7(1)	CLE		TEX	L,3-4	GS-4		4	4.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	3.77	2.62	19	8	2	1	0	6	40			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.91	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
22	433	134	Aug 31	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-5	GS-5		23	5.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	1	3.83	2.71	20	7	3	0	0	5	47			0	1	0	16	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.10	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.52	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
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
23	434	138	Sep 5	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.80	2.80	23	8	6	0	0	4	57			0	0	1	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	.90	0.050	.00	0.00%	1.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
24	435	144	Sep 12	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	GS-5	L(7-10)	6	4.2	9	4	4	2	1	0	3	3.91	2.88	27	9	3	0	0	9	29			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.26	-0.265	.00	0.00%	-2.33	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d3
							11-13		W-L:7-10	4.5	156.1	160	74	68	44	123	8	10	3.91	2.88	660	1.51		7%	1%	157	53		---%	13	6	1	599	28	6	4	17	5	6	.96	0.513	.64	0.22%	5.76

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