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: 20-16 / in Starts: 20-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	506	4	Apr 11	MIN		SEA	W,5-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.2	8	1	1	3	4	0	0	1.17	2.90	32	14	11	5	0	0	60			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.226	1.31	0.23%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a4
2	507	9	Apr 16	MIN		OAK	W,7-5	GS-9		4	8.1	8	5	5	7	8	2	1	3.38	4.96	39	10	10	5	0	3	48			0	2	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.33	-0.323	1.63	-0.24%	-1.23	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
3	508	13	Apr 20	MIN	@	CAL	L,5-8	GS-8		3	7.1	6	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.47	4.57	30	7	9	2	0	6	58			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.104	1.38	0.08%	0.82	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a1
4	509	17	Apr 25	MIN		CAL	W,7-4	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	8	4	4	0	4	1	0	3.62	4.22	34	15	14	4	0	1	59			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.101	1.28	0.08%	0.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	510	21	Apr 30	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-1)	4	8.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	1	3.57	4.18	34	9	10	1	0	6	58			2	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.016	1.11	-0.01%	1.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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	511	25	May 4	MIN	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-8	L(2-2)	3	7.1	6	4	4	1	6	3	0	3.78	4.60	29	5	14	3	0	3	55			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.134	.44	-0.08%	-0.56	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d3
7	512	28	May 9	MIN		DET	W,8-7	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	6.0	9	7	7	1	4	1	1	4.53	4.60	29	4	11	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.429	1.11	-0.25%	-3.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
8	513	32	May 13	MIN		NYY	L,4-6	GS-9	L(3-3)	3	8.0	11	6	5	0	2	3	0	4.67	4.93	36	11	21	8	0	2	40			3	0	1	36	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.09	-0.331	1.08	-0.20%	-1.21	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d1
9	514	37	May 18	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	4	3	3	0	7	2	0	4.46	4.82	31	9	15	1	0	0	74			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.380	.50	0.12%	1.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
10	515	41	May 23	MIN		MIL	W,8-7	GS-7		4	6.1	12	5	5	1	7	3	0	4.68	5.02	33	10	13	5	0	2	35			1	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.38	-0.104	.66	-0.03%	-1.89	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
11	516	46	May 28	MIN		TOR	L,8-14	GS-8	L(4-4)	4	7.0	9	8	7	2	9	2	0	5.04	5.00	32	11	8	1	0	2	36			3	0	0	29	0	2	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.765	.86	-0.36%	-3.73	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 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
12	517	50	Jun 2	MIN	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(4-5)	4	8.0	7	3	3	2	7	1	0	4.89	4.86	32	12	10	4	0	1	61			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.082	.26	-0.03%	1.26	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
13	518	55	Jun 7	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.54	4.60	34	12	15	7	0	1	73			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.411	.53	0.12%	3.70	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
14	519	60	Jun 13	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-11	GS-4	L(5-6)	5	3.2	8	8	6	0	2	1	1	4.90	4.65	22	6	5	2	0	8	19			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	2	.64	-0.318	.25	-0.07%	-6.08	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d8
15	520	64	Jun 18	MIN		CHW	W,10-9	GS-7		4	7.0	10	6	5	2	2	2	1	5.00	4.81	34	10	11	1	0	8	35			4	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.358	.58	-0.11%	-2.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
16	521	69	Jun 23	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-11	GS-2	L(5-7)	4	1.2	7	8	8	2	0	3	0	5.56	5.18	14	1	5	0	0	6	7			1	0	0	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	.80	-0.381	.31	-0.09%	-7.04	1b start tie	2b --- 2 out d8
17	522	73	Jun 28	MIN		KCR	W,7-2	GS-6	W(6-7)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	1	5.43	5.16	26	8	5	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.032	.41	0.01%	1.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
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
18	523	78	Jul 3	MIN		BAL	W,11-7	GS-8	W(7-7)	4	7.2	11	2	2	2	8	0	0	5.24	4.94	35	12	4	0	0	9	55			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.242	.51	0.06%	1.67	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a7
19	524	83	Jul 8	MIN		DET	L,1-5	GS-8	L(7-8)	4	7.2	11	5	5	1	5	3	0	5.28	5.05	32	12	11	4	0	3	41			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	1	0	.57	-0.174	.25	-0.05%	-1.27	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d4
20	525	88	Jul 13	MIN		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-8)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	1	4.95	4.84	31	9	12	1	0	0	88			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.323	.09	0.03%	4.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	526	90	Jul 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,7-3	GS-8	W(9-8)	4	7.0	4	3	1	0	3	0	1	4.78	4.72	29	6	15	2	0	4	64			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.00	0.096	.12	0.01%	1.06	1b start a 3	8b -23 0 out a3
22	527	94	Jul 22	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(9-9)	3	8.0	4	3	3	3	5	2	1	4.71	4.80	30	9	9	2	0	3	64			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.002	.16	0.00%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
23	528	98	Jul 27	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(9-10)	4	8.0	5	4	4	4	4	1	1	4.70	4.82	31	13	4	0	0	5	56			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	0	.85	-0.131	.18	-0.02%	0.09	1b start tie	8b 3 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
24	529	102	Aug 1	MIN		OAK	W,10-1	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	15	1	0	4.51	4.64	31	10	4	1	0	1	93			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.58	0.272	.07	0.02%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
25	530	107	Aug 6	MIN		CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(11-10)	4	9.0	5	2	2	0	7	2	0	4.39	4.61	31	14	8	3	0	2	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.202	.12	0.02%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	531	112	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-10)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.18	4.50	31	10	11	0	0	2	85			0	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.716	.05	0.02%	4.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
27	532	117	Aug 16	MIN	@	SEA	L,6-7	GS-7		4	6.2	8	5	2	1	5	1	0	4.13	4.47	29	8	7	0	2	8	48			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.026	.04	0.00%	-1.75	1b start a 1	7b --3 2 out a1
28	533	122	Aug 22	MIN		TOR	W,4-3	GS-7	W(13-10)	5	7.0	7	2	1	0	6	0	0	4.04	4.35	27	11	9	4	0	1	63			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	.97	0.256	.00	0.00%	1.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
29	534	127	Aug 28	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	W(14-10)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.95	4.32	37	9	17	5	0	1	69			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.256	.00	0.00%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				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
30	535	132	Sep 2	MIN		MIL	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-10)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.79	4.20	31	10	12	2	0	0	84			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.450	.00	0.00%	4.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
31	536	137	Sep 8	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(15-11)	5	8.0	10	5	3	2	7	1	0	3.78	4.18	37	10	16	8	0	2	51			1	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	1	1	.65	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
32	537	141	Sep 13	MIN		TEX	L,1-14	GS-6	L(15-12)	4	5.1	9	9	9	3	4	5	0	4.03	4.42	28	4	12	6	0	5	15			0	0	0	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	.50	-0.329	.00	0.00%	-5.83	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d7
33	538	146	Sep 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS-7	L(15-13)	5	7.0	9	4	4	4	6	1	0	4.07	4.43	33	5	9	1	0	9	45			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
34	539	151	Sep 24	MIN		KCR	L,1-2	CG	L(15-14)	4	9.0	9	2	2	0	14	1	0	3.99	4.31	36	13	8	3	0	1	75			1	0	1	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.088	.00	0.00%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
35	540	156	Sep 29	MIN		CLE	W,6-5	GS-8	W(16-14)	4	8.0	7	5	5	1	9	3	0	4.04	4.35	30	6	7	1	0	7	56			0	1	1	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.290	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
36	541	161	Oct 4	MIN		CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(17-14)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	4	1	0	4.01	4.33	36	14	8	1	0	9	60			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.177	.00	0.00%	1.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							20-16		W-L:17-14	4.0	271.2	262	134	121	58	215	50	10	4.01	4.33	1126	0.92		13%	0%	134	55		---%	26	7	4	1049	42	8	4	19	4	15	.94	-0.031	.44	-0.73%	7.36

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