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Bert Blyleven | Major Leaguer 1970-1992

Full Name: Rik Aalbert Blyleven
Born: April 6,1951 in Zeist, Netherlands
Height: 6-3 Weight: 207 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Santiago (Garden Grove,CA)
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Debut: June 5,1970

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Drafted: Selected by Minnesota Twins in 3rd Round (55th overall) of 1969 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 1,1976] - Traded by Twins with Danny Thompson to Rangers for Jim Gideon, Mike Cubbage, Roy Smalley, Bill Singer and Cash. [Dec 8,1977] - Traded by Rangers with Ken Henderson, Tom Grieve, Eddie Miller, Tommy Boggs and Adrian Devine to Pirates for Nelson Norman, Al Oliver and Jon Matlack. [Dec 9,1980] - Traded by Pirates with Manny Sanguillen to Indians for Bob Owchinko, Rafael Vasquez, Victor Cruz and Gary Alexander. [Aug 1,1985] - Traded by Indians to Twins for Rich Yett, Jim Weaver, Jay Bell and Curt Wardle. [Nov 3,1988] - Traded by Twins with Kevin Trudeau to Angels for Paul Sorrento, Rob Wassenaar and Mike Cook. [Nov 1,1991] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 22,1992] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Nov 4,1992] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 7,1993] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1969	GCL Twins	GCL	18	Min	Rk	2	2	2.81	7	6	1	1		1	32.0	31	13	10		11	39			8.72	---	3.09	10.97	1.31	--
	Orlando	FSL	18	Min	A+	5	0	1.46	6	5	5	1		0	37.0	36	6	6		14	41			8.76	---	3.41	9.97	1.35	--
1970	Evansville	Amer	19	Min	AAA	4	2	2.50	8	7	2	1		0	54.0	48	18	15		12	63			8.00	---	2.00	10.50	1.11	--
	Minnesota	AL	19	Min	MLB	10	9	3.18	27	25	5	1	1	0	164.0	143	66	58	17	47	135	2	3	7.85	0.93	2.58	7.41	1.16	49%
1971	Minnesota	AL	20	Min	MLB	16	15	2.81	38	38	17	5	0	0	278.1	267	95	87	21	59	224	5	1	8.63	0.68	1.91	7.24	1.17	52%
1972	Minnesota	AL	21	Min	MLB	17	17	2.73	39	38	11	3	1	0	287.1	247	93	87	22	69	228	7	1	7.74	0.69	2.16	7.14	1.10	51%
1973	Minnesota	AL	22	Min	MLB	20	17	2.52	40	40	25	9	0	0	325.0	296	109	91	16	67	258	7	2	8.20	0.44	1.86	7.14	1.12	43%
1974	Minnesota	AL	23	Min	MLB	17	17	2.66	37	37	19	3	0	0	281.0	244	99	83	14	77	249	3	0	7.81	0.45	2.47	7.98	1.14	59%
1975	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	15	10	3.00	35	35	20	3	0	0	275.2	219	104	92	24	84	233	7	0	7.15	0.78	2.74	7.61	1.10	55%
1976	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	9	11	2.76	24	24	14	6	0	0	202.1	182	67	62	11	46	144	7	0	8.10	0.49	2.05	6.41	1.13	66%
	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	4	5	3.12	12	12	4	0	0	0	95.1	101	39	33	3	35	75	0	2	9.54	0.28	3.30	7.08	1.43	51%
1977	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	14	12	2.72	30	30	15	5	0	0	234.2	181	81	71	20	69	182	8	0	6.94	0.77	2.65	6.98	1.07	55%
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	14	10	3.03	34	34	11	4	0	0	243.2	217	94	82	17	66	182	6	2	8.02	0.63	2.44	6.72	1.16	52%
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	12	5	3.60	37	37	4	0	0	0	237.1	238	102	95	21	92	172	9	0	9.03	0.80	3.49	6.52	1.39	48%
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	8	13	3.82	34	32	5	2	1	0	216.2	219	102	92	20	59	168	2	1	9.10	0.83	2.45	6.98	1.28	53%
1981	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	11	7	2.88	20	20	9	1	0	0	159.1	145	52	51	9	40	107	3	1	8.19	0.51	2.26	6.04	1.16	57%
1982	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	2	2	4.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.1	16	14	11	2	11	19	0	0	7.08	0.89	4.87	8.41	1.33	59%
1983	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	7	10	3.91	24	24	5	0	0	0	156.1	160	74	68	8	44	123	5	1	9.21	0.46	2.53	7.08	1.30	59%
1984	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	19	7	2.87	33	32	12	4	0	0	245.0	204	86	78	19	74	170	6	0	7.49	0.70	2.72	6.24	1.13	47%
1985	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	8	5	3.00	14	14	9	1	0	0	114.0	101	45	38	9	26	77	3	0	7.97	0.71	2.05	6.08	1.11	44%
	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	9	11	3.26	23	23	15	4	0	0	179.2	163	76	65	14	49	129	1	1	8.17	0.70	2.45	6.46	1.18	53%
1986	Minnesota	AL	35	Min	MLB	17	14	4.01	36	36	16	3	0	0	271.2	262	134	121	50	58	215	4	0	8.68	1.66	1.92	7.12	1.18	53%
1987	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	15	12	4.01	37	37	8	1	0	0	267.0	249	132	119	46	101	196	13	0	8.39	1.55	3.40	6.61	1.31	51%
1988	Minnesota	AL	37	Min	MLB	10	17	5.43	33	33	7	0	0	0	207.1	240	128	125	21	51	145	5	3	10.42	0.91	2.21	6.29	1.40	43%
1989	California	AL	38	Cal	MLB	17	5	2.73	33	33	8	5	0	0	241.0	225	76	73	14	44	131	2	0	8.40	0.52	1.64	4.89	1.12	47%
1990	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	8	7	5.24	23	23	2	0	0	0	134.0	163	85	78	15	25	69	6	0	10.95	1.01	1.68	4.63	1.40	45%
1992	Midland	Tex	41	Cal	AA	2	3	2.73	5	5	0	0	0	0	33.0	27	10	10	3	3	23	0		7.36	0.82	0.82	6.27	0.91	--
	Edmonton	PCL	41	Cal	AAA	2	0	6.17	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	16	8	8	1	3	7	0		12.35	0.77	2.32	5.40	1.63	--
	California	AL	41	Cal	MLB	8	12	4.74	25	24	1	0	0	0	133.0	150	76	70	17	29	70	3	1	10.15	1.15	1.96	4.74	1.35	42%

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)						287	250	3.31	692	685	242	60	3	0	4,970.0	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	3701	114	19	8.39	0.78	2.39	6.70	1.20	51%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)						15	7	2.64	28	25	8	3		1	167.2	158	55	49		43	173			8.50	---	2.31	9.31	1.20	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1970	Minnesota	AL	19	Min	MLB	p	9	27	50	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	0	0	7	0	0	.140	.157	.140	297	60%
1971	Minnesota	AL	20	Min	MLB	p	9	38	91	3	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	37	1	0	7	0	0	.132	.151	.143	294	67%
1972	Minnesota	AL	21	Min	MLB	p	9	39	94	9	15	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	36	0	0	11	0	1	.160	.177	.181	358	67%
1973	Minnesota	AL	22	Min	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1974	Minnesota	AL	23	Min	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	p	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	p	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	p	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	p	9	37	85	4	11	2	0	0	11	0	0	1	35	0	0	7	0	0	.129	.140	.153	293	64%
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	p	9	38	70	1	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	0	0	15	0	2	.129	.129	.143	272	78%
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	p	9	37	61	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	1	0	9	0	1	.082	.097	.098	195	76%
1981	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	p	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	p	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	p	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Minnesota	AL	35	Min	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Minnesota	AL	37	Min	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	California	AL	38	Cal	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1990	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	p	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1992	California	AL	41	Cal	MLB	p	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)								699	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	2	0	56	0	4	.131	.144	.146	290	69%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1970	Minnesota	AL	19		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	2.0	2		0		0	2			9.00	---	0.00	9.00	1.00	--
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	28		Ch	1	0	1.00	1		1			0	9.0	8		1		0	9			8.00	---	0.00	9.00	0.89	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	28		Ws	1	0	1.80	2		0			0	10.0	8		2		3	4			7.20	---	2.70	3.60	1.10	--
1987	Minnesota	AL	36		Ch	2	0	4.05	2		0			0	13.1	12		6		3	9			8.10	---	2.03	6.08	1.13	--
	Minnesota	AL	36		Ws	1	1	2.77	2		0			0	13.0	13		4		2	12			9.00	---	1.38	8.31	1.15	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						5	1	2.47	8		1			0	47.1	43		13		8	36			8.18	---	1.52	6.85	1.08	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1970	Minnesota	AL	19	Min	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	Ch	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--
1987	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	Ws	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1970	Minnesota	AL	19	Min	MLB	P	27		164	5	16	1	22	1	-	-	-	.955	1.15

1971	Minnesota	AL	20	Min	MLB	P	38		278.1	19	38	2	59	0	-	-	-	.966	1.84

1972	Minnesota	AL	21	Min	MLB	P	39		287.1	18	45	3	66	4	-	-	-	.955	1.97

1973	Minnesota	AL	22	Min	MLB	P	40		325	21	34	1	56	0	-	-	-	.982	1.52

1974	Minnesota	AL	23	Min	MLB	P	37		281	19	34	3	56	2	-	-	-	.946	1.70

1975	Minnesota	AL	24	Min	MLB	P	35		275.2	16	48	6	70	5	-	-	-	.914	2.09

1976	Minnesota	AL	25	Min	MLB	P	12		95.1	5	13	0	18	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.70
1976	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	P	24		202.1	17	31	0	48	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.14

1977	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	P	30		234.2	10	35	1	46	4	-	-	-	.978	1.73

1978	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	P	34		243.2	11	41	1	53	4	-	-	-	.981	1.92

1979	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	P	37		237.1	14	20	0	34	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.29

1980	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	P	34		216.2	10	30	2	42	2	-	-	-	.952	1.66

1981	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	P	20		159.1	9	16	1	26	2	-	-	-	.962	1.41

1982	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	P	4		20.1	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.77

1983	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	P	24		156.1	7	26	1	34	3	-	-	-	.971	1.90

1984	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	P	33		245	21	30	2	53	2	-	-	-	.962	1.87

1985	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	23		179.2	11	19	0	30	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50
1985	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	P	14		114	6	13	0	19	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.50

1986	Minnesota	AL	35	Min	MLB	P	36		271.2	15	31	0	46	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

1987	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	P	37		267	17	43	4	64	3	-	-	-	.938	2.02

1988	Minnesota	AL	37	Min	MLB	P	33		207.1	12	22	1	35	3	-	-	-	.971	1.48

1989	California	AL	38	Cal	MLB	P	33		241	14	38	0	52	6	-	-	-	1.000	1.94

1990	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	P	23		134	3	24	1	28	0	-	-	-	.964	1.81

1992	Midland	Tex	41	Cal	AA	P	5			0	7	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1992	Edmonton	PCL	41	Cal	AAA	P	2			1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1992	California	AL	41	Cal	MLB	P	25		133	5	13	0	18	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.22

Awards

[1973] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #7), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #26), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1984] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3) [1985] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3) [1989] - Sporting News AL Comeback Player of the Year, AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #13) [1998] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (83 votes - 17.55%) [1999] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (70 votes - 14.08%) [2000] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (87 votes - 17.43%) [2001] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (121 votes - 23.5%) [2002] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (124 votes - 26.27%) [2003] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (145 votes - 29.23%) [2004] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (179 votes - 35.38%) [2005] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (211 votes - 40.9%) [2006] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (277 votes - 53.3%), Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (277 votes - 53.3%) [2007] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (260 votes - 47.7%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	650,000		299,108	16
1986	1,450,000	18	325,466	2
1987	1,150,000	43	292,853	5
1988	1,000,000	66	325,305	8
1989	1,225,000	74	375,257	8
1990	1,175,000		426,358	12
1991	2,000,000		617,627	12
1992	900,000		798,185	29

Career:	$9,550,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 2 all-star games during his career (1973, 1985)....Member of the World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979 and the Minnesota Twins in 1987.

Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
1996-2008	Minnesota Twins [MLB]	Broadcaster