Bert Blyleven

Rik Aalbert Blyleven
Born: April 6, 1951
Zeist, Utrecht Netherlands
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 200
Career: 1970-1992
Draft: Round 3 (1969 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
School: Santiago HS (Garden Grove, CA)
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011.
Minor League Statistics

Bert Blyleven compiled a career record of 287 wins and 250 losses in his 699-game career with the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians and California Angels. He began playing during the 1970 season and last took the field during the 1992 campaign. Blyleven was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Minnesota Twins

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	10	9	.526	3.18	27	25	1	5	1	164.0	143	66	58	17	47	6	135	2	3	2	675
1971	AL	Minnesota Twins	16	15	.516	2.81	38	38	0	17	5	278.3	267	95	87	21	59	1	224	5	1	5	1126
1972	AL	Minnesota Twins	17	17	.500	2.73	39	38	1	11	3	287.3	247	93	87	22	69	7	228	10	1	7	1158
1973	AL	Minnesota Twins	20	17	.541	2.52	40	40	0	25	9	325.0	296	109	91	16	67	4	258	9	2	7	1321
1974	AL	Minnesota Twins	17	17	.500	2.66	37	37	0	19	3	281.0	244	99	83	14	77	3	249	9	0	3	1149
1975	AL	Minnesota Twins	15	10	.600	3.00	35	35	0	20	3	275.7	219	104	92	24	84	2	233	4	0	7	1104
1976	AL	Minnesota Twins	4	5	.444	3.12	12	12	0	4	0	95.3	101	39	33	3	35	5	75	4	2	0	406
1976	AL	Texas Rangers	9	11	.450	2.76	24	24	0	14	6	202.3	182	67	62	11	46	1	144	8	0	7	819
1977	AL	Texas Rangers	14	12	.538	2.72	30	30	0	15	5	234.7	181	81	71	20	69	1	182	7	0	8	935
1978	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	14	10	.583	3.03	34	34	0	11	4	243.7	217	94	82	17	66	5	182	6	2	6	1011
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	12	5	.706	3.60	37	37	0	4	0	237.3	238	102	95	21	92	8	172	6	0	9	1018
1980	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	13	.381	3.82	34	32	1	5	2	216.7	219	102	92	20	59	5	168	0	1	2	907
1981	AL	Cleveland Indians	11	7	.611	2.88	20	20	0	9	1	159.3	145	52	51	9	40	1	107	5	1	3	644
1982	AL	Cleveland Indians	2	2	.500	4.87	4	4	0	0	0	20.3	16	14	11	2	11	0	19	0	0	0	89
1983	AL	Cleveland Indians	7	10	.412	3.91	24	24	0	5	0	156.3	160	74	68	8	44	4	123	10	1	5	660
1984	AL	Cleveland Indians	19	7	.731	2.87	33	32	0	12	4	245.0	204	86	78	19	74	4	170	6	0	6	1004
1985	AL	Cleveland Indians	9	11	.450	3.26	23	23	0	15	4	179.7	163	76	65	14	49	1	129	7	1	1	743
1985	AL	Minnesota Twins	8	5	.615	3.00	14	14	0	9	1	114.0	101	45	38	9	26	0	77	2	0	3	460
1986	AL	Minnesota Twins	17	14	.548	4.01	36	36	0	16	3	271.7	262	134	121	50	58	4	215	10	0	4	1126
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	15	12	.556	4.01	37	37	0	8	1	267.0	249	132	119	46	101	4	196	9	0	13	1122
1988	AL	Minnesota Twins	10	17	.370	5.43	33	33	0	7	0	207.3	240	128	125	21	51	1	145	16	3	5	895
1989	AL	California Angels	17	5	.773	2.73	33	33	0	8	5	241.0	225	76	73	14	44	2	131	8	0	2	973
1990	AL	California Angels	8	7	.533	5.24	23	23	0	2	0	134.0	163	85	78	15	25	0	69	7	0	6	578
1992	AL	California Angels	8	12	.400	4.74	25	24	0	1	0	133.0	150	76	70	17	29	2	70	5	1	3	568
Totals			287	250	.534	3.31	692	685	3	242	60	4970.0	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	71	3701	155	19	114	20491

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	27	58	50	2	7	0	1	1	25	.140	.157	.140	.297	7	0	0	7
1971	AL	Minnesota Twins	38	100	91	3	12	1	2	1	37	.132	.151	.143	.293	13	0	1	7
1972	AL	Minnesota Twins	39	107	94	9	15	2	6	2	36	.160	.177	.181	.358	17	1	0	11
1973	AL	Minnesota Twins	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1974	AL	Minnesota Twins	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1975	AL	Minnesota Twins	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1976	AL	Minnesota Twins	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1976	AL	Texas Rangers	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1977	AL	Texas Rangers	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1978	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	37	93	85	4	11	2	11	1	35	.129	.140	.153	.292	13	0	0	7
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	38	85	70	1	9	1	3	0	33	.129	.129	.143	.271	10	2	0	15
1980	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	37	71	61	0	5	1	2	0	27	.082	.097	.098	.195	6	1	1	9
1981	AL	Cleveland Indians	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1982	AL	Cleveland Indians	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1983	AL	Cleveland Indians	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1984	AL	Cleveland Indians	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1985	AL	Cleveland Indians	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1985	AL	Minnesota Twins	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1986	AL	Minnesota Twins	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1988	AL	Minnesota Twins	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1989	AL	California Angels	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1990	AL	California Angels	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
1992	AL	California Angels	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals			699	514	451	19	59	7	25	5	193	.131	.144	.146	.290	66	4	2	56

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	27	25	164.0	5	16	1	1	.955	1.152	.778
1971	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	38	38	278.0	19	38	2	0	.966	1.845	1.500
1972	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	39	38	287.0	18	45	3	4	.955	1.976	1.615
1973	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	40	40	325.0	21	34	1	0	.982	1.523	1.375
1974	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	37	37	281.0	19	34	3	2	.946	1.698	1.432
1975	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	35	35	275.7	16	48	6	5	.914	2.089	1.829
1976	AL	Texas Rangers	P	24	24	202.3	17	31	0	3	1.000	2.135	2.000
1976	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	12	12	95.3	5	13	0	1	1.000	1.699	1.500
1977	AL	Texas Rangers	P	30	30	234.7	10	35	1	4	.978	1.726	1.500
1978	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	34	34	243.7	11	41	1	4	.981	1.921	1.529
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	37	37	237.3	14	20	0	0	1.000	1.289	.919
1980	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	34	32	216.7	10	30	2	2	.952	1.662	1.176
1981	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	20	20	159.3	9	16	1	2	.962	1.412	1.250
1982	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	4	4	20.3	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.770	1.000
1983	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	24	24	156.3	7	26	1	3	.971	1.900	1.375
1984	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	33	32	245.0	21	30	2	2	.962	1.873	1.545
1985	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	23	23	179.7	11	19	0	0	1.000	1.503	1.304
1985	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	14	14	114.0	6	13	0	2	1.000	1.500	1.357
1986	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	36	36	271.7	15	31	0	0	1.000	1.524	1.278
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	37	37	267.0	17	43	4	3	.938	2.022	1.622
1988	AL	Minnesota Twins	P	33	33	207.3	12	22	1	3	.971	1.476	1.030
1989	AL	California Angels	P	33	33	241.0	14	38	0	6	1.000	1.942	1.576
1990	AL	California Angels	P	23	23	134.0	3	24	1	0	.964	1.813	1.174
1992	AL	California Angels	P	25	24	133.0	5	13	0	1	1.000	1.218	.720
Totals				692	685	4969.3	287	662	30	48	.969	1.719	1.371

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	9
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NLCS	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	9.0	8	1	1	1	0	0	9	0	35
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	WS	1	0	1.000	1.80	2	1	1	0	10.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	4	0	40
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	2	0	1.000	4.05	2	2	0	0	13.3	12	6	6	3	3	0	9	2	56
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	WS	1	1	.500	2.77	2	2	0	0	13.0	13	5	4	0	2	1	12	0	53
Totals				5	1	.833	2.47	8	6	1	1	47.3	43	15	13	5	8	1	36	2	193

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NLCS	1	4	3	1	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	1
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	WS	2	4	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	WS	2	2	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
Totals				8	10	7	1	1	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	3

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1970	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	P	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NLCS	P	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	1.000	2.000	2.000
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	WS	P	2	1	10.0	0	1	1	1.000	.900	.500
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	ALCS	P	2	2	13.3	0	1	0	1.000	.675	.500
1987	AL	Minnesota Twins	WS	P	2	2	13.0	0	1	0	1.000	.692	.500
Totals					8	6	47.3	2	4	1	1.000	1.141	.750

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