Bert Blyleven
Born: April 6, 1951, Zeist, NetherlandsHeight: 6'3" Weight: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1970 Minnesota AL 19 10 9 3.18 27 25 5 1 1 0 1 164.0 143 675 66 58 17 41 6 2 135 1971 Minnesota AL 20 16 15 2.81 38 38 17 0 0 0 5 278.1 267 1126 95 87 21 58 1 5 224 1972 Minnesota AL 21 17 17 2.73 39 38 11 0 1 0 3 287.1 247 1158 93 87 22 62 7 10 228 1973 Minnesota AL 22 20 17 2.52 40 40 25 0 0 0 9 325.0 296 1321 109 91 16 63 4 9 258 1974 Minnesota AL 23 17 17 2.66 37 37 19 0 0 0 3 281.0 244 1149 99 83 14 74 3 9 249 1975 Minnesota AL 24 15 10 3.00 35 35 20 0 0 0 3 275.2 219 1104 104 92 24 82 2 4 233 1976 2 Teams 25 13 16 2.87 36 36 18 0 0 0 6 297.2 283 1225 106 95 14 75 6 12 219 1977 Texas AL 26 14 12 2.72 30 30 15 0 0 0 5 234.2 181 935 81 71 20 68 1 7 182 1978 Pittsburgh NL 27 14 10 3.03 34 34 11 0 0 0 4 243.2 217 1011 94 82 17 61 5 6 182 1979 Pittsburgh NL 28 12 5 3.60 37 37 4 0 0 0 0 237.1 238 1018 102 95 21 84 8 6 172 1980 Pittsburgh NL 29 8 13 3.82 34 32 5 1 1 0 2 216.2 219 907 102 92 20 54 5 0 168 1981 Cleveland AL 30 11 7 2.88 20 20 9 0 0 0 1 159.1 145 644 52 51 9 39 1 5 107 1982 Cleveland AL 31 2 2 4.87 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 20.1 16 89 14 11 2 11 0 0 19 1983 Cleveland AL 32 7 10 3.91 24 24 5 0 0 0 0 156.1 160 660 74 68 8 40 4 10 123 1984 Cleveland AL 33 19 7 2.87 33 32 12 1 0 0 4 245.0 204 1004 86 78 19 70 4 6 170 1985 2 Teams 34 17 16 3.16 37 37 24 0 0 0 5 293.2 264 1203 121 103 23 74 1 9 206 1986 Minnesota AL 35 17 14 4.01 36 36 16 0 0 0 3 271.2 262 1126 134 121 50 54 4 10 215 1987 Minnesota AL 36 15 12 4.01 37 37 8 0 0 0 1 267.0 249 1122 132 119 46 97 4 9 196 1988 Minnesota AL 37 10 17 5.43 33 33 7 0 0 0 0 207.1 240 895 128 125 21 50 1 16 145 1989 California AL 38 17 5 2.73 33 33 8 0 0 0 5 241.0 225 973 76 73 14 42 2 8 131 1990 California AL 39 8 7 5.24 23 23 2 0 0 0 0 134.0 163 578 85 78 15 25 0 7 69 1992 California AL 41 8 12 4.74 25 24 1 1 0 0 0 133.0 150 568 76 70 17 27 2 5 70 TOTALS 287 250 3.31 692 685 242 4 3 0 60 4970.0 4632 20491 2029 1830 430 1251 71 155 3701
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1970 Minnesota AL 27 616 66 143 223 23 3 17 8 2 6 8 41 6 2 135 5 .232 .362 .288 1971 Minnesota AL 38 1047 95 267 379 39 5 21 12 3 13 12 58 1 5 224 25 .255 .362 .297 1972 Minnesota AL 39 1059 93 247 362 37 6 22 14 6 18 9 62 7 10 228 21 .233 .342 .285 1973 Minnesota AL 40 1221 109 296 408 42 11 16 11 13 18 11 63 4 9 258 15 .242 .334 .284 1974 Minnesota AL 37 1045 99 244 334 34 7 14 13 5 26 17 74 3 9 249 22 .233 .320 .290 1975 Minnesota AL 35 998 104 219 333 30 6 24 10 8 25 18 82 2 4 233 17 .219 .334 .281 1976 2 Teams 36 1108 106 283 378 33 10 14 18 6 75 6 12 219 35 .255 .341 .312 1977 Texas AL 30 844 81 181 267 22 2 20 10 5 16 10 68 1 7 182 20 .214 .316 .278 1978 Pittsburgh NL 34 924 94 217 318 38 6 17 13 2 28 5 61 5 6 182 16 .235 .344 .290 1979 Pittsburgh NL 37 897 102 238 354 39 7 21 14 9 28 11 84 8 6 172 18 .265 .395 .335 1980 Pittsburgh NL 34 836 102 219 328 39 5 20 10 2 17 8 54 5 0 168 12 .262 .392 .310 1981 Cleveland AL 20 593 52 145 197 23 1 9 3 3 9 10 39 1 5 107 14 .245 .332 .296 1982 Cleveland AL 4 76 14 16 28 6 0 2 0 2 3 1 11 0 0 19 0 .211 .368 .303 1983 Cleveland AL 24 599 74 160 224 28 6 8 2 5 13 6 40 4 10 123 17 .267 .374 .325 1984 Cleveland AL 33 910 86 204 300 21 9 19 6 8 17 3 70 4 6 170 18 .224 .330 .285 1985 2 Teams 37 1106 121 264 390 45 6 23 5 8 74 1 9 206 21 .239 .353 .290 1986 Minnesota AL 36 1049 134 262 470 42 8 50 5 4 26 7 54 4 10 215 19 .250 .448 .294 1987 Minnesota AL 37 1002 132 249 434 45 1 46 4 6 33 9 97 4 9 196 31 .249 .433 .321 1988 Minnesota AL 33 816 128 240 354 39 6 21 6 6 28 8 50 1 16 145 17 .294 .434 .345 1989 California AL 33 907 76 225 305 30 4 14 7 7 18 5 42 2 8 131 25 .248 .336 .287 1990 California AL 23 538 85 163 249 33 4 15 2 6 4 9 25 0 7 69 10 .303 .463 .339 1992 California AL 25 526 76 150 231 24 3 17 3 5 10 4 27 2 5 70 11 .285 .439 .326
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1970 Minnesota AL 19 27 50 2 7 7 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 0 .140 .140 .157 1971 Minnesota AL 20 38 91 3 12 13 1 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 37 0 .132 .143 .151 1972 Minnesota AL 21 39 94 9 15 17 2 0 0 6 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 36 1 .160 .181 .177 1973 Minnesota AL 22 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 Minnesota AL 23 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Minnesota AL 24 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 2 Teams 25 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Texas AL 26 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Pittsburgh NL 27 37 85 4 11 13 2 0 0 11 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 0 .129 .153 .140 1979 Pittsburgh NL 28 38 70 1 9 10 1 0 0 3 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 .129 .143 .129 1980 Pittsburgh NL 29 37 61 0 5 6 1 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 1 .082 .098 .097 1981 Cleveland AL 30 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Cleveland AL 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Cleveland AL 32 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 Cleveland AL 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 2 Teams 34 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 Minnesota AL 35 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 Minnesota AL 36 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 Minnesota AL 37 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 California AL 38 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1990 California AL 39 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1992 California AL 41 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 699 451 19 59 66 7 0 0 25 56 0 0 0 5 0 2 193 4 .131 .146 .144
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1970 Minnesota AL P 164.0 25 27 5 16 1 1 .955 1.15 6 8 1 1971 Minnesota AL P 278.1 38 38 19 38 2 0 .966 1.84 13 12 3 1972 Minnesota AL P 287.1 38 39 18 45 3 4 .955 1.97 18 9 0 1973 Minnesota AL P 325.0 40 40 21 34 1 0 .982 1.52 18 11 1 1974 Minnesota AL P 281.0 37 37 19 34 3 2 .946 1.70 26 17 2 1975 Minnesota AL P 275.2 35 35 16 48 6 5 .914 2.09 25 18 0 1976 Minnesota AL P 95.1 12 12 5 13 0 1 1.000 1.70 14 6 0 1976 Texas AL P 202.1 24 24 17 31 0 3 1.000 2.14 20 5 0 1977 Texas AL P 234.2 30 30 10 35 1 4 .978 1.73 16 10 1 1978 Pittsburgh NL P 243.2 34 34 11 41 1 4 .981 1.92 28 5 0 1979 Pittsburgh NL P 237.1 37 37 14 20 0 0 1.000 1.29 28 11 3 1980 Pittsburgh NL P 216.2 32 34 10 30 2 2 .952 1.66 17 8 2 1981 Cleveland AL P 159.1 20 20 9 16 1 2 .962 1.41 9 10 1 1982 Cleveland AL P 20.1 4 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.77 3 1 0 1983 Cleveland AL P 156.1 24 24 7 26 1 3 .971 1.90 13 6 1 1984 Cleveland AL P 245.0 32 33 21 30 2 2 .962 1.87 17 3 0 1985 Cleveland AL P 179.2 23 23 11 19 0 0 1.000 1.50 20 8 1 1985 Minnesota AL P 114.0 14 14 6 13 0 2 1.000 1.50 14 6 0 1986 Minnesota AL P 271.2 36 36 15 31 0 0 1.000 1.52 26 7 4 1987 Minnesota AL P 267.0 37 37 17 43 4 3 .938 2.02 33 9 0 1988 Minnesota AL P 207.1 33 33 12 22 1 3 .971 1.48 28 8 0 1989 California AL P 241.0 33 33 14 38 0 6 1.000 1.94 18 5 0 1990 California AL P 134.0 23 23 3 24 1 0 .964 1.81 4 9 1 1992 California AL P 133.0 24 25 5 13 0 1 1.000 1.22 10 4 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
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 $250,000 (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 (December 8, 1977); and Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson to New York Mets (March 15, 1978).
- Placed on disabled list by Pittsburgh Pirates, (April 30, 1980).
- Activated by Pittsburgh Pirates, (May 13, 1980).
- 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).
- Placed on disabled list by Cleveland Indians, (May 2, 1982).
- Activated by Cleveland Indians, (October 4, 1982).
- 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 (September17, 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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