Father of Todd Blyleven ... Subject of Chapter 30 of the book The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnarski [1972] Opening day starter for the Minnesota Twins [1973] Opening day starter for the Minnesota Twins [1974] Opening day starter for the Minnesota Twins [1975] Opening day starter for the Minnesota Twins [1976] Opening day starter for the Minnesota Twins [1977] Pitched 6-0 no-hitter for Texas Rangers vs California Angels on September 22,1977 ... Opening day starter for the Texas Rangers [1979] Opening day starter for the Pittsburgh Pirates ... World Series Champion with Pittsburgh Pirates [1980] Opening day starter for the Pittsburgh Pirates [1981] Opening day starter for the Cleveland Indians [1985] Opening day starter for the Cleveland Indians [1987] Opening day starter for the Minnesota Twins ... World Series Champion with Minnesota Twins [1990] Opening day starter for the California Angels [2002] Inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame [2011] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball Writers) ... His #28 was retired by the Twins on July 16,2011
g: Games Pitched ... gs: Games Started ... cg: Complete Games ... gr: Games Relieved ... gf: Games Finished ... w: Wins ... l: Losses ... wpct: Win Percentage ... tm-w: Team Wins in games pitched ... tm-l: Team losses in games pitched ... tm-w%: Team win% when pitching ... hold: Holds ... sv: Saves ... blsv: Blown Saves ... gs%: Games Started% ... cg%: Complete Games% ... inn#: Appearances in this inning ... innx: Appearances in 13th+ inning ... ip-s: Innings Pitched as Starter ... ip-r: Innings Pitched as Reliever ... avg_st: Average innings pitched per start ... avg_rel: Average innings pitched per relief appearance ... lmi: Left game mid-inning ... emi: Entered game mid-inning ... gsc1: Average Game Score using Bill James Formula (as starter) ... gsc2: Average Game Score using Tom Tango formula (as starter)
G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... ONBS: On base (H+BB+HBP) ... ONBS2: All On Base (H+BB+HBP+ERROR+FC+FO) ... OBP: On Base Percentage ... OBP2: On Base Percentage for ONBS2 ... H: Hits ... BB: Walks ... HBP: Hit by Pitch ... ROE: Reached on Error ... FC: Fielder`s Choice ... FO: Forceouts ... CI: Catcher`s Interference ... SGL: Singles ... DBL: Doubles ... TPL: Triples ... HR: Home Runs ... IFH: Infield Hits ... BNT: Bunts ... B-H: Bunt hits ... PH-H: Pinch Hits ... PH-HR: Pinch hit home runs ... HR1: Solo home runs ... HR2: 2-run Homers ... HR3: 3-run Homers ... HR4: Grand Slams ... IPHR: Inside the park homers ... RBI: Runs batted in ... HR-RBI: RBIS on Home Runs ... HR-RBI%: % of RBIs on Home Runs ... RBI2: Runs batted in on outs ... BB4: Walks on 4 pitches ... BB1OP: Walks with 1st base open ... RON: PA with runners on ... BR: # of Baserunners ... RBI%: % of opportunities with RBI ... OPP: RBI Opportunities Points ... CONV: RBIs points converted ... CONV%: Converted% ... LDOF: Leadoff ... OB: Leadoff onbase ... LD-OB%: Leadoff onbase% ... LAST: Last batter of game ... WOH: Walk-off Hits ... WOHR: Walk-off Home Runs
G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... SB: Stolen Bases ... SB2: Steals of 2b ... SB3: Steals of 3b ... SBH: Steals of home ... DI: Advanced on defensive indifference ... SB%: Stolen base % ... CS: Caught stealing ... CS2: Caught stealing 2b ... CS3: Caught stealing 3b ... CSH: Caught stealing home ... PTHR: Pickoff throws ... PCKFF: Picked off ... WPPB: Advancement on wild pitch or passed ball ... ADV_OUT: Runner advanced on out ... OOB: Out on bases ... onbs Runners on base ... R: Runs scored ... RS%: % of times on base run scored ... inh-r Inherited runners ... inhr-s Inherited runners scored ... beq-r Bequeathed runners (runners on base when leaving game) ... beq-s Bequeathed runners scored ... % % related to prior 2 columns
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year
teams
g
pa
ab
pit
str
bal
fou
sw
cal
inplay
swings
cont
p-pa
str%
bal%
swng%
cont%
fou%
play%
fps
fpsw
fpsw%
fpip
fpip%
gb
air
gb%
1970
MIN
27
675
616
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
177
184
0.96
1971
MIN
38
1126
1047
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
306
296
1.03
1972
MIN
39
1159
1059
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
302
315
0.96
1973
MIN
40
1321
1221
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
325
373
0.87
1974
MIN
37
1149
1045
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
330
252
1.31
1975
MIN
35
1104
998
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
302
268
1.13
1976
MIN,TEX
36
1225
1108
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
379
275
1.38
1977
TEX
30
935
843
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
290
210
1.38
1978
PIT
34
1011
923
105
75
30
30
32
0
13
75
43
0.10
71.43
28.57
71.4
57.3
28.57
12.4
1
1
0.1
0
0.0
287
270
1.06
1979
PIT
37
1018
897
82
53
29
14
6
14
19
39
33
0.08
64.63
35.37
47.6
84.6
17.07
23.2
16
10
1.0
4
0.4
257
267
0.96
1980
PIT
34
907
836
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
263
198
1.33
1981
CLE
20
644
593
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
191
161
1.19
1982
CLE
4
89
76
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
24
19
1.26
1983
CLE
24
660
599
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
196
130
1.51
1984
CLE
33
1004
910
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
268
284
0.94
1985
CLE,MIN
37
1203
1106
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
--
--
--
--
--
--
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
309
346
0.89
1986
MIN
36
1126
1049
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0.00
100.00
0.00
100.0
100.0
0.00
100.0
1
1
0.1
1
0.1
339
370
0.92
1987
MIN
37
1122
1002
4
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
0.00
100.00
0.0
--
0.00
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0.0
369
334
1.10
1988
MIN
33
895
816
3060
1987
1071
517
253
530
683
1457
1200
3.42
64.93
35.00
47.6
82.4
16.90
22.3
524
287
32.1
141
15.8
281
392
0.72
1989
CAL
33
973
907
3274
2158
1116
548
210
600
790
1550
1338
3.36
65.91
34.09
47.3
86.3
16.74
24.1
616
326
33.5
168
17.3
365
425
0.86
1990
CAL
23
578
538
1703
1093
610
225
119
312
433
779
658
2.95
64.18
35.82
45.7
84.5
13.21
25.4
327
168
29.1
95
16.4
205
259
0.79
1992
CAL
25
568
526
1944
1257
687
278
83
431
464
826
742
3.42
64.66
35.34
42.5
89.8
14.30
23.9
351
144
25.4
84
14.8
182
282
0.65
Tot:
692
20492
18715
10173
6624
3547
1612
703
1887
2403
4727
4015
0.50
65.11
34.87
46.5
84.9
15.85
23.6
1836
937
4.6
493
2.4
5947
5910
1.01
G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At bats ... PIT: Pitches ... STR: Strikes ... BAL: Balls ... FOU: Fouls ... SW: Swing and miss ... CAL: Called strikes ... INPLAY: Balls put in play ... SWINGS: Total swings ... CONT: Contacts ... P-PA: Pitches per plate appearance ... STR%: Strikes% ... Ball%: Balls% ... SWNG%: Swing % ... CONT%: Contact% (per swing) ... FOU%: Foul ball% ... PLAY: Ball in Play% ... FPS: First pitch strikes ... FPSW: First pitch swings ... FPSW%: First pitch swing%... FPIP: First pitches in play ... FPIP%: First pitches in play% ... RUNGO: Runners going while batting ... HIT_RUN: Hit and Runs ... GB Ground balls ... Air Balls in air ... GB% Groundball%
G: Games ... GS: Games Started ... CG: Completed Games ... GF: Games Finished ... PH: Pinch Hitter ... PR: Pinch Runner ... DR: Defensive Replacement ... GS%: Games Started % ... CG: Complete Games% ... EXIT PH: Exited for Pinch Hitter ... exit PR: Exited for Pinch Runner ... exit DR: Exited for defensive replacement ... ln1-9: Lineup Slots 1-9 ... Games at position
G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... ONBS: On base (H+BB+HBP) ... ONBS2: All On Base (H+BB+HBP+ERROR+FC+FO) ... OBP: On Base Percentage ... OBP2: On Base Percentage for ONBS2 ... H: Hits ... BB: Walks ... HBP: Hit by Pitch ... ROE: Reached on Error ... FC: Fielder`s Choice ... FO: Forceouts ... CI: Catcher`s Interference ... SGL: Singles ... DBL: Doubles ... TPL: Triples ... HR: Home Runs ... IFH: Infield Hits ... BNT: Bunts ... B-H: Bunt hits ... PH-H: Pinch Hits ... PH-HR: Pinch hit home runs ... HR1: Solo home runs ... HR2: 2-run Homers ... HR3: 3-run Homers ... HR4: Grand Slams ... IPHR: Inside the park homers ... RBI: Runs batted in ... HR-RBI: RBIS on Home Runs ... HR-RBI%: % of RBIs on Home Runs ... RBI2: Runs batted in on outs ... BB4: Walks on 4 pitches ... BB1OP: Walks with 1st base open ... RON: PA with runners on ... BR: # of Baserunners ... RBI%: % of opportunities with RBI ... OPP: RBI Opportunities Points ... CONV: RBIs points converted ... CONV%: Converted% ... LDOF: Leadoff ... OB: Leadoff onbase ... LD-OB%: Leadoff onbase% ... LAST: Last batter of game ... WOH: Walk-off Hits ... WOHR: Walk-off Home Runs
G: Games ... PA: Plate Appearances ... AB: At Bats ... SB: Stolen Bases ... SB2: Steals of 2b ... SB3: Steals of 3b ... SBH: Steals of home ... DI: Advanced on defensive indifference ... SB%: Stolen base % ... CS: Caught stealing ... CS2: Caught stealing 2b ... CS3: Caught stealing 3b ... CSH: Caught stealing home ... S12: Advanced from 1st to 2nd on singled... S13: Advanced from 1st to 3rd on single ... S23: Advanced from 2nd to 3rd on single ... S2H: Scored from 2nd on single ... D13: Advanced from 1nd to 3rd on double ... D1H: Scored from 1st on double ... ADVX: Advanced an extra base on hit ... ADV-OPP Advancement opportunities on hits ... ADV_PCT: Advanced extra base % ... PTHR: Pickoff throws ... PCKFF%: Picked off ... WPPB: Advanced on wild pitch or passed ball ... ADV_OUT: Advanced on out ... OOB: Out on bases ... R: Runs scored ... ONBS: On base ... RUN%: % of times on base run scored