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Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven
Full name: Rik Aalbert Blyleven
Born: April 6, 1951, Zeist, Netherlands
First Game: June 5, 1970; Final Game: October 4, 1992
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 200
TSN AL Rookie Pitcher of the Year (1970)
TSN AL Comeback Player of the Year (1989)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1970 MIN A Daily Splits   27    50    2    7   0   0   0    1    1   0   25   0   7   0   0   3   0    0   0  .140  .157  .140   0.0 1970 MIN A
1971 MIN A Daily Splits   38    91    3   12   1   0   0    2    1   0   37   1   7   0   0   3   0    0   0  .132  .151  .143   0.0 1971 MIN A
1972 MIN A Daily Splits   39    94    9   15   2   0   0    6    2   0   36   0  11   0   0   2   1    0   0  .160  .177  .181   0.0 1972 MIN A
1973 MIN A                40     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1973 MIN A
1974 MIN A                37     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1974 MIN A
1975 MIN A                35     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1975 MIN A
1976 MIN A                12     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1976 MIN A
1976 TEX A                24     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1976 TEX A
1976 TOT A                36     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1976 TOT A
1977 TEX A                30     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1977 TEX A
1978 PIT N Daily Splits   37    85    4   11   2   0   0   11    1   0   35   0   7   0   0   4   0    0   0  .129  .140  .153   0.0 1978 PIT N
1979 PIT N Daily Splits   38    70    1    9   1   0   0    3    0   0   33   0  15   0   0   1   2    0   0  .129  .129  .143   0.0 1979 PIT N
1980 PIT N Daily Splits   37    61    0    5   1   0   0    2    0   0   27   1   9   0   0   1   1    0   0  .082  .097  .098   0.0 1980 PIT N
1981 CLE A                20     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1981 CLE A
1982 CLE A                 4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1982 CLE A
1983 CLE A                24     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1983 CLE A
1984 CLE A                33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1984 CLE A
1985 CLE A                23     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1985 CLE A
1985 MIN A                14     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1985 MIN A
1985 TOT A                37     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1985 TOT A
1986 MIN A                36     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1986 MIN A
1987 MIN A                37     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1987 MIN A
1988 MIN A                33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1988 MIN A
1989 CAL A                33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1989 CAL A
1990 CAL A                23     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1990 CAL A
1992 CAL A                25     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1992 CAL A
Total NL                 112   216    5   25   4   0   0   16    1   0   95   1  31   0   0   6   3    0   0  .116  .124  .134   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 587   235   14   34   3   0   0    9    4   0   98   1  25   0   0   8   1    0   0  .145  .162  .157   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  699   451   19   59   7   0   0   25    5   0  193   2  56   0   0  14   4    0   0  .131  .144  .146   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1970 MIN A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1970 MIN A
1979 PIT N Daily Splits    1     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1979 PIT N
1987 MIN A                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1987 MIN A
Total NL                   1     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 Total NL        
Total AL                   3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total AL        
Total            Splits    4     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1979 PIT N Daily Splits    2     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1979 PIT N
1987 MIN A Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1987 MIN A
Total            Splits    4     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   2   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1973 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1973 AL   
1985 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1985 AL   
Total                      2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1970 MIN A Daily Splits   27  25   5   1   1   0  164    143   675  17   66   58   47   6  135   8   2   2   2   3  23   3   5  11  10   9   3.18   0.9 1970 MIN A
1971 MIN A Daily Splits   38  38  17   5   0   0  278.1  267  1126  21   95   87   59   1  224  12   3   5   5   1  39   5  25  12  16  15   2.81   2.3 1971 MIN A
1972 MIN A Daily Splits   39  38  11   3   1   0  287.1  247  1158  22   93   87   69   7  228  14   6   7  10   1  37   6  21  10  17  17   2.73   2.4 1972 MIN A
1973 MIN A Daily Splits   40  40  25   9   0   0  325    296  1321  16  109   91   67   4  258  11  13   7   9   2  42  11  15   9  20  17   2.52   5.3 1973 MIN A
1974 MIN A Daily Splits   37  37  19   3   0   0  281    244  1149  14   99   83   77   3  249  13   5   3   9   0  34   7  22  23  17  17   2.66   3.7 1974 MIN A
1975 MIN A Daily Splits   35  35  20   3   0   0  275.2  219  1104  24  104   92   84   2  233  10   8   7   4   0  30   6  17  15  15  10   3.00   2.3 1975 MIN A
1976 MIN A Daily Splits   12  12   4   0   0   0   95.1  101   406   3   39   33   35   5   75   7   3   0   4   2  14   5  11   3   4   5   3.12   0.4 1976 MIN A
1976 TEX A Daily Splits   24  24  14   6   0   0  202.1  182   819  11   67   62   46   1  144  11   3   7   8   0  19   5  24  10   9  11   2.76   2.1 1976 TEX A
1976 TOT A                36  36  18   6   0   0  297.2  283  1225  14  106   95   81   6  219  18   6   7  12   2  33  10  35  13  13  16   2.87   2.5 1976 TOT A
1977 TEX A Daily Splits   30  30  15   5   0   0  234.2  181   935  20   81   71   69   1  182  10   5   8   7   0  22   2  20  16  14  12   2.72   3.7 1977 TEX A
1978 PIT N Daily Splits   34  34  11   4   0   0  243.2  217  1011  17   94   82   66   5  182  13   2   6   6   2  38   6  16  16  14  10   3.03   1.5 1978 PIT N
1979 PIT N Daily Splits   37  37   4   0   0   0  237.1  238  1018  21  102   95   92   8  172  14   9   9   6   0  39   7  18   8  12   5   3.60   0.2 1979 PIT N
1980 PIT N Daily Splits   34  32   5   2   1   0  216.2  219   907  20  102   92   59   5  168  10   2   2   0   1  39   5  12   8   8  13   3.82  -0.8 1980 PIT N
1981 CLE A Daily Splits   20  20   9   1   0   0  159.1  145   644   9   52   51   40   1  107   3   3   3   5   1  23   1  14   8  11   7   2.88   1.6 1981 CLE A
1982 CLE A Daily Splits    4   4   0   0   0   0   20.1   16    89   2   14   11   11   0   19   0   2   0   0   0   6   0   0   2   2   2   4.87  -0.4 1982 CLE A
1983 CLE A Daily Splits   24  24   5   0   0   0  156.1  160   660   8   74   68   44   4  123   2   5   5  10   1  28   6  17   6   7  10   3.91   0.7 1983 CLE A
1984 CLE A Daily Splits   33  32  12   4   0   0  245    204  1004  19   86   78   74   4  170   6   8   6   6   0  21   9  18  10  19   7   2.87   3.3 1984 CLE A
1985 CLE A Daily Splits   23  23  15   4   0   0  179.2  163   743  14   76   65   49   1  129   4   4   1   7   1  29   5  11   8   9  11   3.26   1.6 1985 CLE A
1985 MIN A Daily Splits   14  14   9   1   0   0  114    101   460   9   45   38   26   0   77   1   4   3   2   0  16   1  10   7   8   5   3.00   1.7 1985 MIN A
1985 TOT A                37  37  24   5   0   0  293.2  264  1203  23  121  103   75   1  206   5   8   4   9   1  45   6  21  15  17  16   3.16   3.3 1985 TOT A
1986 MIN A Daily Splits   36  36  16   3   0   0  271.2  262  1126  50  134  121   58   4  215   5   4   4  10   0  42   8  19  15  17  14   4.01   0.8 1986 MIN A
1987 MIN A Daily Splits   37  37   8   1   0   0  267    249  1122  46  132  119  101   4  196   4   6  13   9   0  45   1  31  13  15  12   4.01   1.5 1987 MIN A
1988 MIN A Daily Splits   33  33   7   0   0   0  207.1  240   895  21  128  125   51   1  145   6   6   5  16   3  39   6  17   5  10  17   5.43  -3.1 1988 MIN A
1989 CAL A Daily Splits   33  33   8   5   0   0  241    225   973  14   76   73   44   2  131   7   7   2   8   0  30   4  25   8  17   5   2.73   2.8 1989 CAL A
1990 CAL A Daily Splits   23  23   2   0   0   0  134    163   578  15   85   78   25   0   69   2   6   6   7   0  33   4  10   7   8   7   5.24  -1.9 1990 CAL A
1992 CAL A Daily Splits   25  24   1   0   0   0  133    150   568  17   76   70   29   2   70   3   5   3   5   1  24   3  11   6   8  12   4.74  -1.5 1992 CAL A
Total NL                 105 103  20   6   1   0  697.2  674  2936  58  298  269  217  18  522  37  13  17  12   3 116  18  46  32  34  28   3.47   0.9 Total NL        
Total AL                 587 582 222  54   2   0 4272.1 3958 17555 372 1731 1561 1105  53 3179 139 108  97 143  16 596  98 343 204 253 222   3.29  30.2 Total AL        
Total            Splits  692 685 242  60   3   0 4970   4632 20491 430 2029 1830 1322  71 3701 176 121 114 155  19 712 116 389 236 287 250   3.31  31.1 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1970 MIN A Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      2     9   0    1    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0.00 1970 MIN A
1979 PIT N Daily Splits    1   1   1   0   0   0    9      8    35   1    1    1    0   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   1.00 1979 PIT N
1987 MIN A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   12    56   3    6    6    3   0    9   1   0   0   2   0   1   0   2   1   2   0   4.05 1987 MIN A
Total NL                   1   1   1   0   0   0    9      8    35   1    1    1    0   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   1.00 Total NL        
Total AL                   3   2   0   0   0   0   15.1   14    65   3    7    6    3   0   11   1   1   0   2   0   2   0   2   2   2   0   3.52 Total AL        
Total            Splits    4   3   1   0   0   0   24.1   22   100   4    8    7    3   0   20   1   1   0   2   0   3   0   2   2   3   0   2.59 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1979 PIT N Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   1   0   10      8    40   1    2    2    3   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   2   1   0   1.80 1979 PIT N
1987 MIN A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   13     13    53   0    5    4    2   1   12   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   2.77 1987 MIN A
Total            Splits    4   3   0   0   1   0   23     21    93   1    7    6    5   1   16   1   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   3   2   1   2.35 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1973 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      2     6   0    2    2    2   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  18.00 1973 AL   
1985 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      3    10   0    2    2    1   0    1   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   9.00 1985 AL   
Total            Splits    2   0   0   0   0   0    3      5    16   0    4    4    3   0    1   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   1  12.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1970 MIN A Daily   P   27   25    5   164       5   16    1    1   0    1    8    6    1  .955
1971 MIN A Daily   P   38   38   17   278.1    19   38    2    0   0    3   12   13    3  .966
1972 MIN A Daily   P   39   38   11   287.1    18   45    3    4   0    2    9   18    0  .955
1973 MIN A Daily   P   40   40   25   325      21   34    1    0   0    3   11   18    1  .982
1974 MIN A Daily   P   37   37   19   281      19   34    3    2   0    3   17   26    2  .946
1975 MIN A Daily   P   35   35   18   275.2    16   48    6    5   0    2   18   25    0  .914
1976 MIN A Daily   P   12   12    4    95.1     5   13    0    1   0    2    6   14    0 1.000
1976 TEX A Daily   P   24   24   14   202.1    17   31    0    3   0    2    5   20    0 1.000
1976 TOT A         P   36   36   18   297.2    22   44    0    4   0    4   11   34    0 1.000
1977 TEX A Daily   P   30   30   15   234.2    10   35    1    4   0    2   10   16    1  .978
1978 PIT N Daily   P   34   34   11   243.2    11   41    1    4   0    2    5   28    0  .981
1979 PIT N Daily   P   37   37    4   237.1    14   20    0    0   0    1   11   28    3 1.000
1980 PIT N Daily   P   34   32    5   216.2    10   30    2    2   0    1    8   17    2  .952
1981 CLE A Daily   P   20   20    9   159.1     9   16    1    2   0    2   10    9    1  .962
1982 CLE A Daily   P    4    4    0    20.1     2    2    0    0   0    0    1    3    0 1.000
1983 CLE A Daily   P   24   24    5   156.1     7   26    1    3   0    3    6   13    1  .971
1984 CLE A Daily   P   33   32   12   245      21   30    2    2   0    1    3   17    0  .962
1985 CLE A Daily   P   23   23   15   179.2    11   19    0    0   0    1    8   20    1 1.000
1985 MIN A Daily   P   14   14    9   114       6   13    0    2   0    1    6   14    0 1.000
1985 TOT A         P   37   37   24   293.2    17   32    0    2   0    2   14   34    1 1.000
1986 MIN A Daily   P   36   36   16   271.2    15   31    0    0   0    2    7   26    4 1.000
1987 MIN A Daily   P   37   37    8   267      17   43    4    3   0    2    9   33    0  .938
1988 MIN A Daily   P   33   33    7   207.1    12   22    1    3   0    1    8   28    0  .971
1989 CAL A Daily   P   33   33    8   241      14   38    0    6   0    1    5   18    0 1.000
1990 CAL A Daily   P   23   23    2   134       3   24    1    0   0    0    9    4    1  .964
1992 CAL A Daily   P   25   24    1   133       5   13    0    1   0    0    4   10    0 1.000
Total              P  692  685  240  4970     287  662   30   48   0   38  196  424   21  .969
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1970 MIN A Daily   P    1    0    0     2       1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1979 PIT N Daily   P    1    1    1     9       1    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1987 MIN A Daily   P    2    2    0    13.1     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    3    0 1.000
Total              P    4    3    1    24.1     2    2    0    0   0    0    0    3    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1979 PIT N Daily   P    2    1    0    10       0    1    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1987 MIN A Daily   P    2    2    0    13       0    1    0    0   0    0    1    2    0 1.000
Total              P    4    3    0    23       0    2    0    1   0    0    1    2    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1973 AL    Daily   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1985 AL    Daily   P    1    0    0     2       1    2    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              P    2    0    0     3       1    2    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
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