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Bert Blyleven

Game Log for 1971
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Apr 07 W, 4-0 vs Brewers Start 1 1 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 2 0 6 0.00 W (1-0) MIN Apr 12 W, 2-0 at Royals Start 2 2 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.00 W (2-0) MIN Apr 17 L, 3-4 vs Angels Start 7.0 6 27 4 4 3 1 0 3 1.44 L (2-1) MIN Apr 23 L, 3-7 at Yankees Start 6.0 10 31 6 5 2 3 0 5 2.61 L (2-2) MIN Apr 27 L, 0-2 at Senators Start 7.0 5 25 2 2 0 1 0 9 2.61 L (2-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN May 02 (1) L, 0-1 at Red Sox Start 3 8.0 6 33 1 0 0 2 0 5 2.15 L (2-4) MIN May 07 L, 5-6 vs Senators Start 8.2 10 34 5 5 1 2 0 3 2.63 MIN May 12 W, 1-0 vs Red Sox Start 4 3 9.0 7 33 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.26 W (3-4) MIN May 17 W, 3-2 at Angels Start 8.0 7 33 2 0 0 1 0 12 2.01 W (4-4) MIN May 21 W, 10-1 at A's Start 5 9.0 4 31 1 1 1 0 0 7 1.90 W (5-4) MIN May 26 W, 4-1 at Brewers Start 6 9.0 8 36 1 1 0 2 0 12 1.81 W (6-4) MIN May 30 L, 5-6 vs Orioles Start 7.0 8 29 3 3 1 2 0 3 1.96 L (6-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jun 04 L, 2-4 vs Indians Start 7 6.0 6 25 4 4 0 1 0 6 2.19 L (6-6) MIN Jun 08 L, 2-8 at Orioles Start 1.2 5 10 5 5 1 1 0 0 2.59 L (6-7) MIN Jun 11 L, 1-4 at Tigers Start 6.0 5 24 4 4 2 1 0 8 2.77 L (6-8) MIN Jun 15 W, 5-3 at Indians Start 7.2 6 29 3 3 1 2 0 2 2.82 W (7-8) MIN Jun 19 W, 2-1 vs White Sox Start 8.0 5 30 1 0 0 2 0 7 2.64 MIN Jun 23 L, 3-8 vs A's Start 7.0 7 28 2 2 1 2 0 8 2.64 L (7-9) MIN Jun 28 L, 4-6 at A's Start 6.0 8 28 5 5 0 1 0 6 2.85 L (7-10) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jul 02 L, 0-5 at Brewers Start 4.0 3 18 4 4 0 4 0 4 3.02 L (7-11) MIN Jul 06 L, 5-7 vs Angels Start 3.2 7 19 3 3 0 1 0 2 3.13 MIN Jul 16 L, 4-9 at Red Sox Start 3.0 9 17 5 5 1 0 0 2 3.37 L (7-12) MIN Jul 20 L, 5-6 at Yankees Start 8.0 11 34 3 3 0 0 0 9 3.37 MIN Jul 25 W, 6-2 vs Red Sox Start 3.0 2 14 0 0 0 2 0 2 3.30 MIN Jul 31 W, 5-4 vs Yankees Start 8 9.0 8 35 4 4 1 1 0 8 3.34 W (8-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Aug 04 (1) L, 1-2 at Royals Start 7.0 7 30 2 2 0 2 1 6 3.31 L (8-13) MIN Aug 08 W, 2-1 at Angels Start 9 9.0 6 31 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.20 W (9-13) MIN Aug 13 W, 4-3 vs Tigers Start 10 9.0 11 39 3 2 1 3 0 6 3.14 W (10-13) MIN Aug 17 L, 2-3 vs Indians Start 11 9.0 9 36 3 3 1 1 0 6 3.14 L (10-14) MIN Aug 22 L, 3-6 at Orioles Start 5.1 10 26 3 3 2 1 0 3 3.19 L (10-15) MIN Aug 27 W, 8-4 at Indians Start 12 9.0 9 38 4 4 0 3 0 9 3.22 W (11-15) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Sep 01 L, 0-2 vs White Sox Start 10.0 5 36 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.08 MIN Sep 05 W, 7-3 vs A's Start 13 9.0 11 40 3 2 0 3 0 11 3.04 W (12-15) MIN Sep 10 L, 4-5 at A's Start 5.1 5 24 3 2 1 3 0 4 3.05 MIN Sep 15 W, 1-0 at Brewers Start 14 4 9.0 6 33 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.94 W (13-15) MIN Sep 19 (1) W, 6-3 vs Royals Start 15 9.0 8 35 3 3 1 1 0 6 2.94 W (14-15) MIN Sep 25 (1) W, 7-2 at Royals Start 16 9.0 10 36 2 2 0 1 0 3 2.91 W (15-15) MIN Sep 29 W, 1-0 vs Angels Start 17 5 9.0 10 36 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.81 W (16-15)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      16  15   2.81   38  38  17   0   0   5  278.1  267  1126   95   87  21   58   1  224   18-20  3.42 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              505   47  125  178  15   4  10   46   7   6   34   0   2  112  10  .248  .352  .297  .649
vs RHB              542   44  142  201  24   1  11   41   6   6   24   1   3  112  15  .262  .371  .298  .669

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   5   2.38   17  17   9   0   0   3  132.1  124   528   38   35  10   27   0  101    9-8   3.59 runs/start
Road             9  10   3.21   21  21   8   0   0   2  146.0  143   598   57   52  11   31   1  123    9-12  3.29 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              7   3   1.78   12  12   8   0   0   2   96.0   84   378   22   19   6   19   0   66    9-3   4.00 runs/start
Night            9  12   3.36   26  26   9   0   0   3  182.1  183   748   73   68  15   39   1  158    9-17  3.15 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   3   2.61    5   5   2   0   0   2   38.0   28   146   12   11   5    9   0   26    2-3   2.40 runs/start
May              4   2   1.53    7   7   4   0   0   1   58.2   50   229   13   10   3    9   0   53    4-3   4.00 runs/start
June             1   5   4.89    7   7   1   0   0   0   42.1   42   174   24   23   5   10   0   37    2-5   2.71 runs/start
July             1   2   5.58    6   6   1   0   0   0   30.2   40   137   19   19   2    8   0   27    2-4   4.17 runs/start
August           3   3   2.79    6   6   4   0   0   0   48.1   52   200   16   15   4   10   1   35    3-3   3.33 runs/start
September        5   0   1.34    7   7   5   0   0   2   60.1   55   240   11    9   2   12   0   46    5-2   3.71 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           3   1   1.96    5   5   2   0   0   1   36.2   36   146   10    8   3    5   0   29    3-2   2.80 runs/start
A's              2   2   2.97    5   5   2   0   0   0   36.1   35   151   14   12   3    9   0   36    2-3   5.60 runs/start
Brewers          3   1   1.45    4   4   3   0   0   2   31.0   21   119    5    5   0    9   0   31    3-1   2.25 runs/start
Indians          2   2   3.98    4   4   3   0   0   0   31.2   30   128   14   14   2    7   0   23    2-2   4.25 runs/start
Orioles          0   3   7.07    3   3   0   0   0   0   14.0   23    65   11   11   4    4   0    6    0-3   3.33 runs/start
Red Sox          1   2   1.96    4   4   2   0   0   1   23.0   24    97    6    5   1    4   0   20    2-2   2.75 runs/start
Royals           3   1   1.85    4   4   3   0   0   1   34.0   28   132    7    7   1    6   1   18    3-1   4.00 runs/start
Senators         0   1   4.02    2   2   0   0   0   0   15.2   15    59    7    7   1    3   0   12    0-2   2.50 runs/start
Tigers           1   1   3.60    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0   16    63    7    6   3    4   0   14    1-1   2.50 runs/start
White Sox        0   0   0.00    2   2   0   0   0   0   18.0   10    66    1    0   0    3   0   13    1-1   1.00 runs/start
Yankees          1   1   4.70    3   3   1   0   0   0   23.0   29   100   13   12   3    4   0   22    1-2   4.33 runs/start

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