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Bert Blyleven

Game Log for 1972
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 15 L, 3-4 at A's Start 6.0 5 22 2 2 1 0 1 1 3.00 MIN Apr 19 W, 12-3 at Angels Start 5.2 9 27 3 3 0 3 0 5 3.86 W (1-0) MIN Apr 23 W, 8-4 vs A's Start 1 9.0 3 31 4 4 1 1 0 3 3.92 W (2-0) MIN Apr 28 W, 4-1 at Yankees Start 2 9.0 8 35 1 1 0 2 0 4 3.03 W (3-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN May 03 W, 7-0 at Brewers Start 3 1 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.33 W (4-0) MIN May 08 L, 3-5 vs Yankees Start 7.0 7 28 4 3 1 0 0 4 2.56 L (4-1) MIN May 12 L, 3-4 vs Brewers Finish 1.0 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 2.70 L (4-2) MIN May 13 W, 5-4 vs Brewers Start 9.0 7 34 3 3 1 1 0 8 2.75 MIN May 17 W, 8-1 at White Sox Start 6.0 7 28 1 1 0 2 0 9 2.63 W (5-2) MIN May 21 (1) L, 2-5 at Rangers Start 7.0 6 28 3 3 1 1 0 10 2.75 L (5-3) MIN May 26 W, 7-0 vs Rangers Start 4 2 9.0 5 36 0 0 0 2 1 7 2.43 W (6-3) MIN May 31 W, 3-2 vs Royals Start 7.0 9 31 2 2 0 1 0 4 2.44 W (7-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jun 04 L, 0-3 at Tigers Start 7.0 2 26 2 2 1 1 0 6 2.45 L (7-4) MIN Jun 09 L, 1-7 at Indians Start 4.0 7 21 5 5 3 1 0 3 2.82 L (7-5) MIN Jun 12 L, 1-2 vs Tigers Start 7.0 5 27 2 2 2 2 0 4 2.81 L (7-6) MIN Jun 17 L, 1-4 vs Orioles Start 6.1 8 29 4 4 0 1 0 5 2.97 L (7-7) MIN Jun 21 L, 2-4 vs Indians Start 7.0 6 29 2 2 1 2 0 7 2.95 L (7-8) MIN Jun 25 (1) W, 5-3 at Royals Start 8.0 9 33 3 3 0 1 0 6 2.98 W (8-8) MIN Jun 29 (1) L, 3-5 vs Royals Start 6.2 6 27 4 3 0 1 0 3 3.03 L (8-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Jul 03 L, 2-8 at Red Sox Start 6.0 5 22 3 3 1 1 0 0 3.10 L (8-10) MIN Jul 08 L, 0-1 vs Yankees Start 10.0 7 41 0 0 0 6 0 10 2.88 MIN Jul 12 W, 7-1 vs Brewers Start 5 9.0 5 35 1 1 0 2 0 5 2.78 W (9-10) MIN Jul 16 L, 1-6 vs Red Sox Start 8.0 11 37 6 5 2 2 0 7 2.91 L (9-11) MIN Jul 21 L, 0-2 at Brewers Start 7.0 3 25 2 1 0 1 0 3 2.85 L (9-12) MIN Jul 27 L, 3-4 at A's Start 7.0 7 27 3 2 0 0 0 5 2.84 L (9-13) MIN Jul 31 L, 1-8 vs White Sox Start 4.1 5 21 6 6 2 2 1 3 3.07 L (9-14) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Aug 04 W, 5-4 vs A's Start 6.1 6 27 3 3 0 2 0 10 3.11 W (10-14) MIN Aug 08 W, 6-5 vs Rangers Start 9.0 11 42 5 5 1 4 0 6 3.19 MIN Aug 19 L, 1-2 at Orioles Start 6.2 6 30 2 2 0 3 0 10 3.18 L (10-15) MIN Aug 26 L, 3-5 vs Tigers Start 8.2 10 38 3 3 0 3 0 5 3.17 MIN Aug 30 W, 7-1 vs Orioles Start 6 9.0 7 32 1 1 1 2 0 9 3.09 W (11-15) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Sep 04 (1) W, 2-1 at White Sox Start 7 9.0 6 38 1 1 1 3 3 7 3.00 W (12-15) MIN Sep 08 (1) L, 0-5 at Royals Start 6.0 8 26 3 3 0 2 0 0 3.04 L (12-16) MIN Sep 11 (2) W, 3-2 vs A's Start 8 9.0 6 34 2 2 0 1 0 10 3.00 W (13-16) MIN Sep 16 W, 11-1 vs Royals Start 9 9.0 6 35 1 1 1 2 0 5 2.93 W (14-16) MIN Sep 22 W, 1-0 vs Angels Start 10 3 9.0 5 29 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.83 W (15-16) MIN Sep 27 (1) L, 0-1 at A's Start 11 10.0 7 39 1 1 0 2 0 9 2.76 L (15-17) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record MIN Oct 01 W, 3-2 at Angels Start 7.1 8 30 2 1 0 1 0 7 2.72 W (16-17) MIN Oct 04 W, 14-2 vs White Sox Start 6.0 3 21 2 2 1 0 0 10 2.73 W (17-17)

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      17  16   2.71   38  38  11   0   0   3  286.0  245  1153   92   86  22   62   6  228   19-19  3.82 runs/start
As closer        0   1   9.00    1   0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2     6    1    1   0    0   1    0    0-1 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              480   32   99  141  13   1   9   29   7   4   36   4   4  130   7  .206  .294  .271  .565
vs RHB              579   58  148  221  24   5  13   57  11   5   26   3   6   98  14  .256  .382  .297  .678

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   8   2.87   22  21   7   1   0   2  166.1  140   670   56   53  14   37   3  133   12-10  4.38 runs/start
Road             7   9   2.54   17  17   4   0   0   1  120.2  107   489   37   34   8   25   4   95    7-10  3.12 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   5   3.06   16  16   3   0   0   0  120.2  103   492   43   41  12   27   5  102    8-8   4.19 runs/start
Night           10  12   2.49   23  22   8   1   0   3  166.1  144   667   50   46  10   35   2  126   11-12  3.55 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   0   3.03    4   4   2   0   0   0   29.2   25   115   10   10   2    6   1   13    3-1   6.75 runs/start
May              4   3   2.13    8   7   2   1   0   2   55.0   47   223   14   13   3    8   2   52    5-3   5.00 runs/start
June             1   6   4.11    7   7   0   0   0   0   46.0   43   192   22   21   7    9   0   34    1-6   1.86 runs/start
July             1   5   3.16    7   7   1   0   0   0   51.1   43   208   21   18   5   14   1   33    1-6   2.00 runs/start
August           2   1   3.18    5   5   1   0   0   0   39.2   40   169   14   14   2   14   0   40    3-2   4.40 runs/start
September        4   2   1.38    6   6   5   0   0   1   52.0   38   201    8    8   2   10   3   39    4-2   2.83 runs/start
October          2   0   2.02    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   11    51    4    3   1    1   0   17    2-0   8.50 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   0   1.64    3   3   1   0   0   1   22.0   22    86    5    4   0    4   0   20    3-0   5.33 runs/start
A's              3   2   2.66    6   6   3   0   0   0   47.1   34   180   15   14   2    6   1   38    3-3   3.67 runs/start
Brewers          2   2   1.54    5   4   2   1   0   1   35.0   21   132    7    6   1    5   1   26    3-2   4.75 runs/start
Indians          0   2   5.73    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0   13    50    7    7   4    3   0   10    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Orioles          1   2   2.86    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.0   21    91    7    7   1    6   0   24    1-2   3.00 runs/start
Rangers          1   1   2.88    3   3   1   0   0   1   25.0   22   106    8    8   2    7   1   23    2-1   5.00 runs/start
Red Sox          0   2   5.14    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   16    59    9    8   3    3   0    7    0-2   1.50 runs/start
Royals           3   2   2.95    5   5   1   0   0   0   36.2   38   152   13   12   1    7   0   18    3-2   4.40 runs/start
Tigers           0   2   2.78    3   3   0   0   0   0   22.2   17    91    7    7   3    6   0   15    0-3   1.33 runs/start
White Sox        3   1   3.55    4   4   1   0   0   0   25.1   21   108   10   10   4    7   4   29    3-1   6.25 runs/start
Yankees          1   1   1.38    3   3   1   0   0   0   26.0   22   104    5    4   1    8   0   18    1-2   2.33 runs/start

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