BERT BLYLEVEN

| Retired | Played: 1969-1992

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High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 5th in SO
Positions: P-699
Full Name: Rik Aalbert Blyleven
Born: Apr 6, 1951 (62.049) in Zeist,Netherlands

MLB Debut: Jun 5, 1970 (19.060)

Father of Todd Blyleven

Control
80

K-Rating
78

Efficiency
74

vsPower
51

Ht/Wt: 6-3 / 207 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Santiago (Garden Grove,CA)
College: None listed
Drafted: Minnesota Twins: 1969-3-55 (June-Reg)

Tags: 15 Strikeouts in a Game || 20-Win Season || Comeback Player of the Year || Hall of Famers || Major League All-Star Game || No-Hitters All Tags

TBC Player ID: 8929
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1969	GCL Twins	GCL	Rk	-	min	18	-	2	2	2.81	7	6	1	1		1	32.0	31	13	10		11	39			1.31	8.72	--	3.09	10.97	0.28	--	--
1969	Orlando	FSL	A+	-	min	18	-	5	0	1.46	6	5	5	1		0	37.0	36	6	6		14	41			1.35	8.76	--	3.41	9.97	0.34	--	--
1970	Evansville	Amer	AAA	-	min	19	-	4	2	2.50	8	7	2	1		0	54.0	48	18	15		12	63			1.11	8.00	--	2.00	10.50	0.19	--	--
1970	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	19	19	10	9	3.18	27	25	5	1	1	0	164.0	143	66	58	17	47	135	2	3	1.16	7.85	0.93	2.58	7.41	0.35	.272	0.96
1971	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	20	5	16	15	2.81	38	38	17	5	0	0	278.1	267	95	87	21	59	224	5	1	1.17	8.63	0.68	1.91	7.24	0.26	.307	1.03
1972	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	21	7	17	17	2.73	39	38	11	3	1	0	287.1	247	93	87	22	69	228	7	1	1.10	7.74	0.69	2.16	7.14	0.30	.278	0.96
1973	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	22	1	20	17	2.52	40	40	25	9	0	0	325.0	296	109	91	16	67	258	7	2	1.12	8.20	0.44	1.86	7.14	0.26	.296	0.87
1974	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	23	6	17	17	2.66	37	37	19	3	0	0	281.0	244	99	83	14	77	249	3	0	1.14	7.81	0.45	2.47	7.98	0.31	.294	1.31
1975	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	24	4	15	10	3.00	35	35	20	3	0	0	275.2	219	104	92	24	84	233	7	0	1.10	7.15	0.78	2.74	7.61	0.36	.263	1.12
1976	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	25	6	4	5	3.12	12	12	4	0	0	0	95.1	101	39	33	3	35	75	0	2	1.43	9.53	0.28	3.30	7.08	0.47	--	0.90
1976	Texas	AL	MLB	28	tex	25	6	9	11	2.76	24	24	14	6	0	0	202.1	182	67	62	11	46	144	7	0	1.13	8.10	0.49	2.05	6.41	0.32	.287	1.68
1977	Texas	AL	MLB	28	tex	26	8	14	12	2.72	30	30	15	5	0	0	234.2	181	81	71	20	69	182	8	0	1.07	6.94	0.77	2.65	6.98	0.38	.251	1.38
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	22	pit	27	8	14	10	3.03	34	34	11	4	0	0	243.2	217	94	82	17	66	182	6	2	1.16	8.02	0.63	2.44	6.72	0.36	.276	1.06
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	22	pit	28	14	12	5	3.60	37	37	4	0	0	0	237.1	238	102	95	21	92	172	9	0	1.39	9.03	0.80	3.49	6.52	0.53	.308	0.96
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	22	pit	29	15	8	13	3.82	34	32	5	2	1	0	216.2	219	102	92	20	59	168	2	1	1.28	9.10	0.83	2.45	6.98	0.35	.307	1.33
1981	Cleveland	AL	MLB	28	cle	30	5	11	7	2.88	20	20	9	1	0	0	159.1	145	52	51	9	40	107	3	1	1.16	8.19	0.51	2.26	6.04	0.37	.285	1.19
1982	Cleveland	AL	MLB	28	cle	31	-	2	2	4.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.1	16	14	11	2	11	19	0	0	1.33	7.08	0.89	4.87	8.41	0.58	.255	1.26
1983	Cleveland	AL	MLB	28	cle	32	81	7	10	3.91	24	24	5	0	0	0	156.1	160	74	68	8	44	123	5	1	1.30	9.21	0.46	2.53	7.08	0.36	.325	1.51
1984	Cleveland	AL	MLB	28	cle	33	1	19	7	2.87	33	32	12	4	0	0	245.0	204	86	78	19	74	170	6	0	1.13	7.49	0.70	2.72	6.24	0.44	.257	0.94
1985	Cleveland	AL	MLB	28	cle	34	1	9	11	3.26	23	23	15	4	0	0	179.2	163	76	65	14	49	129	1	1	1.18	8.17	0.70	2.45	6.46	0.38	.278	0.91
1985	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	34	1	8	5	3.00	14	14	9	1	0	0	114.0	101	45	38	9	26	77	3	0	1.11	7.97	0.71	2.05	6.08	0.34	--	0.86
1986	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	35	4	17	14	4.01	36	36	16	3	0	0	271.2	262	134	121	50	58	215	4	0	1.18	8.68	1.66	1.92	7.12	0.27	.270	0.92
1987	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	36	13	15	12	4.01	37	37	8	1	0	0	267.0	249	132	119	46	101	196	13	0	1.31	8.39	1.55	3.40	6.61	0.52	.267	1.10
1988	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	37	23	10	17	5.43	33	33	7	0	0	0	207.1	240	128	125	21	51	145	5	3	1.40	10.42	0.91	2.21	6.29	0.35	.337	0.72
1989	California	AL	MLB	28	cal	38	3	17	5	2.73	33	33	8	5	0	0	241.0	225	76	73	14	44	131	2	0	1.12	8.40	0.52	1.64	4.89	0.34	.277	0.86
1990	California	AL	MLB	28	cal	39	-	8	7	5.24	23	23	2	0	0	0	134.0	163	85	78	15	25	69	6	0	1.40	10.95	1.01	1.68	4.63	0.36	.326	0.79
1992	Midland	Tex	AA	-	cal	41	-	2	3	2.73	5	5	0	0	0	0	33.0	27	10	10	3	3	23	0	0	0.91	7.36	0.82	0.82	6.27	0.13	--	--
1992	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	-	cal	41	-	2	0	6.17	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	16	8	8	1	3	7	0	0	1.63	12.34	0.77	2.31	5.40	0.43	--	--
1992	California	AL	MLB	28	cal	41	76	8	12	4.74	25	24	1	0	0	0	133.0	150	76	70	17	29	70	3	1	1.35	10.15	1.15	1.96	4.74	0.41	.303	0.65
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MLB Totals (22 years) Career Ranks								287	250	3.31	692	685	242	60	3	0	4969	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	3701	114	19	1.20	8.39	0.78	2.39	6.70	0.36	.304	1.01
Minor League Totals (3 years)								15	7	2.62	28	25	8	3	0	1	168	158	55	49	4	43	173	0	0	1.20	8.46	0.21	2.30	9.27	0.25	--	--
AAA Totals (2 years)								6	2	3.14	10	9	2	1	0	0	66	64	26	23	1	15	70	0	0	1.20	8.73	0.14	2.05	9.55	0.21	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)								2	3	2.73	5	5	0	0	0	0	33	27	10	10	3	3	23	0	0	0.91	7.36	0.82	0.82	6.27	0.13	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)								5	0	1.46	6	5	5	1	0	0	37	36	6	6	0	14	41	0	0	1.35	8.76	0.00	3.41	9.97	0.34	--	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)								2	2	2.81	7	6	1	1	0	1	32	31	13	10	0	11	39	0	0	1.31	8.72	0.00	3.09	10.97	0.28	--	--
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1970	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	19	p	-	27	50	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	0	0	7	0	0	.140	.157	.140	297	22	81	7	58	50	-3	-1.4	.280
1971	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	20	p	-	38	91	3	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	37	1	0	7	0	0	.132	.151	.143	293	37	97	13	100	86	-4	-1.3	.222
1972	Minnesota	AL	MLB	28	min	21	p	83	39	94	9	15	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	36	0	0	11	0	1	.160	.177	.181	358	38	97	17	107	91	-2	-0.6	.259
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	22	pit	27	p	-	37	85	4	11	2	0	0	11	0	0	1	35	0	0	7	0	0	.129	.140	.153	292	33	89	13	93	81	-4	-1.3	.220
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	22	pit	28	p	56	38	70	1	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	0	0	15	0	2	.129	.129	.143	271	37	97	10	85	78	-5	-1.6	.243
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	22	pit	29	p	-	37	61	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	1	0	9	0	1	.082	.097	.098	195	30	81	6	71	66	-5	-2.1	.147
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MLB Totals (6 years) Career Ranks									216	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	2	0	56	0	4	.131	.144	.146	290	197	91	66	514	452	-22.2	-1.3	.229
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Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1970	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	27		22	5	16	1	1	164	.955	0.78	1.15
1971	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	38		59	19	38	2	0	278	.966	1.50	1.85
1972	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	39		66	18	45	3	4	287	.955	1.62	1.98
1973	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	40		56	21	34	1	0	325	.982	1.38	1.52
1974	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	37		56	19	34	3	2	281	.946	1.43	1.70
1975	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	35		70	16	48	6	5	275	.914	1.83	2.09
1976	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	12		18	5	13	0	1	95	1.000	1.50	1.71
	Texas	AL	MLB	P	24		48	17	31	0	3	202	1.000	2.00	2.14
1977	Texas	AL	MLB	P	30		46	10	35	1	4	234	.978	1.50	1.73
1978	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	P	34		53	11	41	1	4	243	.981	1.53	1.93
1979	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	P	37		34	14	20	0	0	237	1.000	0.92	1.29
1980	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	P	34		42	10	30	2	2	216	.952	1.18	1.67
1981	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	20		26	9	16	1	2	159	.962	1.25	1.42
1982	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	4		4	2	2	0	0	20	1.000	1.00	1.80
1983	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	24		34	7	26	1	3	156	.971	1.38	1.90
1984	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	33		53	21	30	2	2	245	.962	1.55	1.87
1985	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	14		19	6	13	0	2	114	1.000	1.36	1.50
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	P	23		30	11	19	0	0	179	1.000	1.30	1.51
1986	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	36		46	15	31	0	0	271	1.000	1.28	1.53
1987	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	37		64	17	43	4	3	267	.938	1.62	2.02
1988	Minnesota	AL	MLB	P	33		35	12	22	1	3	207	.971	1.03	1.48
1989	California	AL	MLB	P	33		52	14	38	0	6	241	1.000	1.58	1.94
1990	California	AL	MLB	P	23		28	3	24	1	0	134	.964	1.17	1.81
1992	Midland	Tex	AA	P	5		7	0	7	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	P	2		3	1	2	0	0		1.000	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	P	25		18	5	13	0	1	133	1.000	0.72	1.22
Minor League Totals:				P	7	0	10	1	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.43

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