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: 11-12 / in Starts: 11-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	645	1	Apr 9	CAL		SEA	L,4-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	7	5	5	0	2	1	0	9.00	4.61	21	70	45	18	3	8	11	4	0	0	35			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.382	1.63	-0.34%	-2.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
2	646	6	Apr 14	CAL		MIN	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	6.55	4.63	23	71	47	11	3	12	10	3	2	0	49			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.011	1.30	-0.01%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
3	647	11	Apr 21	CAL	@	MIN	L,0-8	GS-4	L(0-2)	6	4.0	9	7	7	0	1	2	1	9.00	5.94	21	66	45	16	1	9	10	6	1	0	17			2	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.350	.54	-0.28%	-4.95	1b start tie	4b 3 out d7
4	648	16	Apr 27	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-5		5	4.0	9	4	4	0	4	1	0	9.00	5.54	20	69	44	17	4	7	9	6	0	0	32			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.274	.64	-0.18%	-3.05	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
5	649	21	May 2	CAL	@	BAL	W,3-0	GS-6	W(1-2)	4	6.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	1	6.84	4.49	24	84	58	14	17	6	8	4	2	0	69			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.358	1.26	0.22%	2.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
6	650	26	May 7	CAL		BAL	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.2	6	4	0	0	3	0	1	5.40	4.04	26	68	48	10	5	9	13	3	3	0	57			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	2	0	1	.63	0.089	.38	0.03%	0.86	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
7	651	31	May 12	CAL		BOS	L,1-7	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	6.1	9	3	3	1	5	0	0	5.21	3.65	27	92	61	22	6	7	14	6	1	0	47			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.074	.37	-0.02%	-0.60	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d3
8	652	35	May 17	CAL	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	5.11	3.81	26	99	61	22	9	7	11	3	2	0	52			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.026	.43	-0.01%	-0.13	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
9	653	39	May 21	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-6	W(2-3)	3	5.2	7	3	2	1	4	0	0	4.89	3.59	26					10	11	2	0	0	48			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.023	.42	-0.01%	-0.44	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out a1
10	654	44	May 26	CAL		MIL	W,10-3	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	5	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.60	3.39	33	110	67	20	4	12	16	3	6	0	68			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	0	.43	0.057	.21	0.02%	1.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	655	49	Jun 1	CAL	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS-6	W(4-3)	5	5.2	7	2	2	1	2	1	2	4.48	3.62	25	77	46	14	8	8	12	5	1	0	48			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.076	.56	0.02%	0.47	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out a2
12	656	54	Jun 6	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-2	GS-9	W(5-3)	4	8.2	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.19	3.47	35	116	73	15	6	16	12	4	1	0	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	.56	0.233	.31	0.08%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a4
13	657	59	Jun 11	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.95	3.41	34	99	65	17	7	15	12	6	0	0	64			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.36	0.336	.67	0.10%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
14	658	63	Jun 16	CAL	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-5	L(6-4)	4	5.0	8	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.24	3.53	22	75	46	12	4	6	14	4	3	0	31			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	1	2	0	.69	-0.245	.34	-0.07%	-2.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
15	659	68	Jun 21	CAL		DET	W,6-4	GS-7	W(7-4)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.12	3.49	25	83	54	19	4	18	5	1	1	0	59			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.47	0.148	.28	0.05%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
16	660	73	Jun 26	CAL		CHW	L,9-11	GS-6		4	5.2	12	7	7	1	6	2	0	4.52	3.62	30	96	66	15	10	5	18	7	2	0	22			1	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.319	.80	-0.16%	-4.29	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	661	79	Jul 3	CAL	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS-5	L(7-5)	6	4.2	7	5	5	1	3	0	1	4.74	3.58	23	64	37	10	5	7	11	3	1	0	32			0	0	0	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.268	.33	-0.05%	-1.88	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
18	662	84	Jul 8	CAL	@	MIL	L,7-20	GS-4		4	3.1	6	6	6	1	2	1	0	5.10	3.67	17	60	40	9	4	1	13	8	1	0	25			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.151	.24	-0.03%	-3.25	1b start a 2	4b 1-3 1 out a3
19	663	88	Jul 14	CAL		TOR	W,8-7	GS-5		5	5.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.95	3.66	21	70	46	12	7	7	13	4	1	0	50			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.165	.19	0.02%	1.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
20	664	93	Jul 20	CAL		CLE	W,9-4	GS-5	W(8-5)	5	5.0	10	4	3	1	1	0	0	4.97	3.63	25					9	14	9	2	0	33			0	0	1	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.116	.12	-0.01%	-1.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
21	665	98	Jul 25	CAL	@	OAK	L,3-13	GS-4	L(8-6)	4	3.2	8	7	6	2	2	3	1	5.27	3.97	23	79	44	12	2	5	13	9	1	0	19			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	1	.48	-0.409	.04	-0.02%	-5.38	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d5
22	666	103	Jul 30	CAL	@	MIN	L,3-7	GS-7	L(8-7)	4	6.2	8	6	6	2	2	1	0	5.41	4.03	29	83	51	15	3	14	11	6	1	0	34			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	.89	-0.071	.04	0.00%	-0.92	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	667	113	Aug 10	CAL		BAL	W,2-1	GS-6		10	6.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.24	3.95	22	78	52	14	9	11	7	1	2	0	62			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.182	.01	0.00%	1.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
							11-12		W-L:8-7	4.3	134.0	163	85	78	25	69	15	7	5.24	3.95	578	1709	64%	18%	7%	0.78		22%	7%	0	44		---%	4	9	1	538	33	4	0	10	6	6	.90	-1.075	.48	-0.63%	-18.16

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