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: 17-19 / in Starts: 17-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	217	1	Apr 9	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	GS-9		99	9.0	6	1	1	0	8	1	0	1.00	2.30	30	9	7	2	0	6	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.487	1.66	0.47%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
2	218	4	Apr 13	MIN		CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	3	7.2	7	4	1	3	5	0	0	1.08	2.39	33	12	6	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	-0.145	1.77	-0.13%	-0.65	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d3
3	219	8	Apr 18	MIN	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-9	W(1-1)	4	8.1	10	4	4	1	4	0	1	2.16	2.39	36	12	18	9	0	0	50			1	0	0	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.278	1.19	-0.18%	-0.68	1b start a 1	9b -2- 1 out a1
4	220	11	Apr 24	MIN		BAL	W,2-1	GS-9		5	8.2	7	1	1	8	5	0	0	1.87	2.87	39	8	11	1	0	7	63			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.67	0.417	1.84	0.28%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
5	221	14	Apr 28	MIN		CLE	L,0-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	4.2	11	9	9	2	3	1	0	3.76	3.18	27	3	8	3	0	11	7			0	0	0	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	.64	-0.316	.78	-0.23%	-5.29	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d7
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	222	17	May 5	MIN	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	W(2-2)	6	9.0	12	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.42	3.14	42	11	8	4	1	12	56			1	0	0	37	1	1	0	2	0	0	.63	0.086	.75	0.06%	2.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
7	223	21	May 10	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS-8		4	8.0	10	3	3	2	9	1	1	3.42	3.14	34	5	7	2	0	10	57			2	3	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.64	0.200	2.62	0.19%	0.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
8	224	25	May 15(1)	MIN	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	12	0	0	3.22	2.74	35	7	7	0	0	8	74			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.196	1.24	0.15%	1.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	225	30	May 19	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-3)	3	6.2	8	4	3	4	3	0	0	3.30	2.82	30	8	7	1	0	8	43			3	0	0	25	0	1	3	1	1	0	.75	-0.161	1.32	-0.17%	-1.08	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d3
10	226	34	May 23	MIN		KCR	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-3)	3	7.1	8	1	1	2	6	0	1	3.10	2.76	30	6	7	2	0	8	62			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.51	0.121	2.92	0.14%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a2
11	227	38	May 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(4-4)	3	8.0	8	5	3	4	5	0	0	3.13	2.77	35	5	13	2	0	8	51			5	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.05	-0.374	1.53	-0.33%	-1.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	228	42	May 31	MIN		CAL	L,2-3	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	9	0	1	3.12	2.70	35	9	7	1	1	6	69			1	2	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.90	0.042	1.30	0.04%	1.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to Texas Rangers
13	229	46	Jun 5	TEX		DET	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(4-6)	4	11.0	10	3	2	3	10	0	0	2.96	2.59	45	14	8	1	0	10	74			1	0	0	42	0	0	0	3	0	2	1.83	0.082	3.63	0.10%	1.97	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
14	230	51	Jun 11	TEX	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-8	L(4-7)	5	7.2	11	7	7	0	3	3	0	3.32	2.88	33	9	10	0	1	11	32			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.612	1.96	-0.72%	-3.58	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out d2
15	231	55	Jun 16	TEX		CLE	L,4-9	GS-8	L(4-8)	4	7.2	8	7	7	2	7	1	0	3.62	2.90	33	7	9	2	0	8	40			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	1	0	.69	-0.207	1.37	-0.25%	-1.80	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d3
16	232	60	Jun 21	TEX	@	OAK	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(5-8)	4	10.0	1	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.35	2.85	36	10	13	1	0	1	94			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.800	2.70	0.89%	4.21	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
17	233	66	Jun 26	TEX		CHW	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(6-8)	4	10.0	10	0	0	2	5	0	1	3.11	2.83	40	16	6	0	0	10	75			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.69	0.780	4.12	1.15%	4.52	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
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	234	71	Jul 2	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(6-9)	5	8.0	10	1	1	0	7	0	1	3.01	2.75	34	7	9	0	0	10	65			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.210	2.05	0.28%	2.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
19	235	77	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(6-10)	4	9.0	8	2	1	1	2	0	2	2.89	2.77	35	14	8	2	0	8	66			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	4	1	2	1.40	0.085	2.99	0.11%	2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
20	236	81	Jul 11(1)	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(6-11)	3	6.2	9	6	6	2	7	1	0	3.10	2.80	31	8	5	1	0	9	37			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	-0.404	2.13	-0.35%	-1.42	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d1
21	237	85	Jul 16	TEX		NYY	L,0-3	CG	L(6-12)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.10	2.77	38	21	6	2	0	2	62			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.008	.80	-0.01%	1.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
22	238	90	Jul 21	TEX		BAL	L,4-6	GS-11		4	10.1	8	4	4	3	8	1	0	3.12	2.80	43	13	11	2	0	8	66			2	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.61	0.005	1.11	0.00%	0.11	1t start tie	11t 12- 1 out tie
23	239	95	Jul 26	TEX	@	MIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-12)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.97	2.71	28	15	1	0	0	2	91			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.539	.34	0.11%	4.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
24	240	100	Jul 31	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	W(8-12)	4	9.0	10	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.93	2.71	38	15	7	0	2	9	60			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.330	.20	0.04%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
25	241	104	Aug 5	TEX		CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-12)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.81	2.67	31	16	5	1	0	6	79			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.711	.14	0.05%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	242	109	Aug 10(1)	TEX	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-7		4	7.0	10	4	3	3	4	1	1	2.84	2.75	34	10	6	1	0	10	44			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.004	.12	0.00%	-0.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
27	243	115	Aug 15(1)	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-8	L(9-13)	4	7.1	11	6	5	1	4	0	0	2.95	2.72	33	11	8	0	0	9	37			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	1	.60	-0.229	.06	-0.01%	-3.37	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d4
28	244	121	Aug 20	TEX		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-13)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.83	2.68	32	11	8	3	0	3	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.429	.01	0.00%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
29	245	126	Aug 25	TEX		MIL	L,1-5	GS-9	L(10-14)	4	8.1	8	5	5	2	5	1	1	2.92	2.72	36	11	10	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.45	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out d2
30	246	130	Aug 30	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-11	GS-3	L(10-15)	4	2.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	1	3.08	2.74	14	5	0	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.300	.00	0.00%	-3.02	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 1 out d3
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
31	247	135	Sep 5	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	W(11-15)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.00	2.73	33	13	10	0	3	2	77			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.447	.00	0.00%	3.07	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
32	248	140	Sep 10	TEX		OAK	W,5-4	GS-10		4	9.1	9	4	4	4	5	3	0	3.03	2.88	39	14	8	1	0	8	55			5	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.67	-0.203	.00	0.00%	0.28	1t start tie	10t --- 1 out d2
33	249	145	Sep 15	TEX	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(12-15)	4	9.0	11	3	3	1	7	0	0	3.03	2.83	38	10	9	1	0	11	59			1	1	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.425	.00	0.00%	1.03	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
34	250	151	Sep 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(12-16)	4	8.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.98	2.80	32	11	5	0	0	7	69			2	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.165	.00	0.00%	2.30	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
35	251	156	Sep 25	TEX		KCR	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-16)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	11	0	1	2.89	2.75	32	13	2	0	0	3	88			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.73	0.707	.00	0.00%	4.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
36	252	161	Oct 2	TEX		CHW	W,5-4	GS-8		6	7.2	8	3	2	1	7	0	0	2.87	2.71	31	11	4	0	0	8	59			2	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.087	.00	0.00%	0.31	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a1
							17-19		W-L:13-16	4.0	297.2	283	106	95	81	219	14	12	2.87	2.71	1225	1.39		7%	1%	259	60		---%	34	11	0	1108	33	10	6	35	6	11	1.20	4.129	1.23	1.68%	30.54

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