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: 18-12 / in Starts: 18-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	253	1	Apr 7	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(1-0)	99	10.0	6	1	1	3	8	0	0	0.90	2.04	38	13	8	1	0	6	81			0	2	0	34	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.84	0.649	2.26	0.48%	3.77	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
2	254	4	Apr 11	TEX		CLE	W,3-2	GS-9		3	9.0	5	2	1	3	8	0	0	0.95	2.00	35	10	9	3	0	5	76			3	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.66	0.030	2.36	0.03%	2.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	255	6	Apr 17(1)	TEX		BAL	L,0-5	CG	L(1-1)	5	9.0	10	5	3	4	5	1	0	1.61	2.77	42	16	7	1	0	10	52			2	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.078	.97	-0.07%	-0.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
4	256	12	Apr 22	TEX		MIN	L,1-4	GS-8	L(1-2)	4	7.2	8	4	4	3	6	3	0	2.27	3.78	32	8	7	0	2	8	50			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.092	1.62	-0.08%	-0.01	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out d3
5	257	16	Apr 27	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-2)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	1	1.81	3.43	36	12	9	2	2	7	78			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.387	1.14	0.28%	4.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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	258	20	May 3	TEX	@	DET	W,13-0	SHO	W(3-2)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	12	0	0	1.51	2.93	32	9	6	1	0	4	90			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.10	0.065	.13	0.05%	4.79	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a13
7	259	23	May 8	TEX		KCR	W,5-2	GS-9	W(4-2)	4	8.1	6	2	1	2	5	0	0	1.45	2.84	31	11	7	0	2	6	68			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.327	1.84	0.30%	1.41	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a3
8	260	28	May 13	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	L(4-3)	4	8.1	11	3	2	2	5	0	0	1.54	2.77	37	8	12	0	4	10	54			1	1	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.092	2.24	-0.08%	0.72	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out d1
9	261	33	May 20	TEX		TOR	L,3-4	CG	L(4-4)	6	9.0	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	1.82	2.94	34	16	6	1	1	5	60			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	3	1.45	-0.058	1.84	-0.04%	0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
10	262	36	May 25(1)	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-5)	4	7.2	7	3	3	1	5	1	0	1.97	2.99	30	12	5	1	1	7	57			0	1	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.003	1.13	0.00%	0.69	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out d1
11	263	41	May 30(1)	TEX		SEA	L,4-7	GS-7	L(4-6)	4	6.2	6	5	5	3	3	1	0	2.31	3.14	28	11	5	1	0	6	42			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.081	1.24	0.06%	0.81	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a2
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	264	46	Jun 4	TEX		MIL	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(4-7)	4	10.0	7	3	3	1	7	1	0	2.34	3.12	35	11	9	1	0	7	72			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.039	1.35	0.02%	2.12	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
13	265	50	Jun 8	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	1	2.24	3.15	34	12	7	0	0	4	79			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.221	.95	0.18%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	266	54	Jun 13	TEX	@	CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.07	3.04	30	14	5	1	0	4	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.486	.83	0.28%	4.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
15	267	59	Jun 18	TEX		SEA	L,1-6	GS-10	L(6-8)	4	9.1	10	4	3	1	5	0	0	2.13	2.97	40	14	10	1	0	9	58			0	1	0	37	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.93	-0.040	2.60	-0.03%	1.43	1t start tie	10t -2- 1 out d2
16	268	63	Jun 22	TEX	@	MIN	W,10-8	GS-4		3	3.1	4	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.34	2.94	15	3	4	3	0	4	38			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.244	1.28	-0.22%	-2.26	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d3
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	269	78	Jul 5	TEX		KCR	L,4-6	GS-5	L(6-9)	12	5.0	6	6	6	2	3	3	0	2.65	3.21	22	5	6	1	2	6	32			0	0	1	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.400	.75	-0.19%	-3.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
18	270	83	Jul 10	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(7-9)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	1	1	2.58	3.24	27	8	5	0	0	6	66			3	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.266	.80	0.11%	2.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
19	271	87	Jul 15(1)	TEX		CLE	W,8-3	CG	W(8-9)	4	9.0	6	3	3	4	5	1	1	2.61	3.32	35	8	11	1	0	6	64			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	1	0	.88	0.205	.48	0.07%	1.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	272	91	Jul 22	TEX	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	W(9-9)	6	9.0	4	1	1	1	14	0	0	2.52	3.14	32	7	6	0	0	4	88			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.322	.53	0.11%	3.29	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
21	273	95	Jul 26	TEX	@	TOR	W,14-0	SHO	W(10-9)	3	9.0	4	0	0	5	6	0	1	2.39	3.15	36	12	8	1	0	4	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.112	.17	0.05%	4.56	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a14
22	274	99	Jul 31	TEX		DET	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	8	2	2	2	6	2	0	2.37	3.24	35	12	7	1	0	8	67			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.281	1.06	0.13%	2.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
23	275	103	Aug 4	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-6	L(10-10)	3	5.2	9	5	4	4	4	0	0	2.49	3.25	29	6	6	0	0	9	33			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.266	2.33	-0.41%	-2.46	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d4
24	276	108	Aug 8(1)	TEX		OAK	W,5-2	CG	W(11-10)	3	9.0	5	2	1	1	10	1	0	2.42	3.21	33	12	6	0	0	4	80			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.308	1.78	0.34%	2.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	277	113	Aug 13	TEX		CHW	L,5-6	GS-5	L(11-11)	4	4.1	4	5	5	1	7	1	0	2.59	3.21	18	4	2	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.236	3.45	-0.49%	-2.13	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d3
26	278	122	Aug 22	TEX		MIL	W,8-7	GS-7		8	6.2	9	7	5	3	6	0	1	2.73	3.19	33	5	9	0	0	9	35			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.46	-0.360	3.81	-0.57%	-2.92	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out tie
27	279	128	Aug 27	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(12-11)	4	9.0	6	2	2	5	7	1	0	2.70	3.24	37	9	10	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	.84	0.190	1.54	0.21%	2.51	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
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
28	280	132	Sep 2	TEX		BOS	W,6-4	GS-5	W(13-11)	5	5.0	2	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.68	3.26	20	9	3	0	0	2	57			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.154	2.39	0.20%	1.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
29	281	136	Sep 6	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-7	GS-4	L(13-12)	3	3.2	6	5	5	3	3	1	1	2.83	3.34	21	5	3	1	1	6	29			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.422	.92	-0.17%	-3.77	1b start a 3	4b 123 2 out d1
30	282	153	Sep 22	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(14-12)	15	9.0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.72	3.27	28	8	12	4	2	0	93			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.46	0.276	.00	0.00%	4.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
							18-12		W-L:14-12	4.1	234.2	181	81	71	69	182	20	7	2.72	3.27	935	1.38		5%	3%	176	62		---%	16	10	1	843	22	2	1	20	5	14	1.08	2.114	1.46	0.54%	39.95

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