Bert Blyleven
Bert Blyleven
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Bert Blyleven
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record 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 BFW Year Team Team
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 Team Team
League Championship Series Batting Record League 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 Record World 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 Record All-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 Record 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 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 Record League 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 Record World 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 Record All-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 Record Fielding 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 Record League 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 Record World 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 Record All-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
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions Transactions
Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969 ).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Danny Thompson to Texas Rangers in exchange for Bill
Singer , Roy Smalley , Mike Cubbage , Jim Gideon and $250000 (June 1, 1976 ).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Pittsburgh Pirates as part of 4-team trade in which Texas
Rangers sent Adrian Devine , Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller to Atlanta Braves ; Atlanta
Braves sent Willie Montanez to New York Mets ; Texas Rangers sent Tom Grieve to New
York Mets ; New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to Texas Rangers ; New York Mets sent John
Milner to Pittsburgh Pirates ; Pittsburgh Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to
Texas Rangers (March 15, 1978 ) ; and Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson to New York
Mets (March 15, 1978 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Manny Sanguillen to Cleveland Indians in exchange
for Gary Alexander , Victor Cruz , Rafael Vasquez and Bob Owchinko (December 9, 1980 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Curt Wardle , Jay
Bell , Jim Weaver and a player to be named later (August 1, 1985 ); Cleveland Indians
received Rich Yett (September 17, 1985 ).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Kevin Trudeau to California Angels in exchange for
Mike Cook , Rob Wassenaar and Paul Sorrento (November 3, 1988 ).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1991 ).
Signed by California Angels (January 22, 1992 ).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1992 ).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (January 7, 1993 ).
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