Bert Blyleven

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Full Name: Rik Aalbert Blyleven	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200	First Game: June 5, 1970
Birthdate: April 6, 1951	Final Game: October 4, 1992
Birthplace: Zeist, Netherlands	MLB Experience: 22 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands, Bert Blyleven (Rik Aalbert Blyleven) played for the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians and California Angels over the course of his 22 year career. Blyleven broke into the bigs on June 5, 1970 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 3.18 ERA in 164 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bert Blyleven's best season was 1973, when he posted a 2.52 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 258 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1970	MIN	A	27	25	10	9	3.18	135	66	58	5	1	0	164	143	17	47	6	2	2
1971	MIN	A	38	38	16	15	2.81	224	95	87	17	5	0	278.1	267	21	59	1	5	5
1972	MIN	A	39	38	17	17	2.73	228	93	87	11	3	0	287.1	247	22	69	7	7	10
1973	MIN	A	40	40	20	17	2.52	258	109	91	25	9	0	325	296	16	67	4	7	9
1974	MIN	A	37	37	17	17	2.66	249	99	83	19	3	0	281	244	14	77	3	3	9
1975	MIN	A	35	35	15	10	3.00	233	104	92	20	3	0	275.2	219	24	84	2	7	4
1976	TEX	A	24	24	9	11	2.76	144	67	62	14	6	0	202.1	182	11	46	1	7	8
1976	MIN	A	12	12	4	5	3.12	75	39	33	4	0	0	95.1	101	3	35	5	0	4
1976	TOT	A	36	36	13	16	2.87	219	106	95	18	6	0	297.2	283	14	81	6	7	12
1977	TEX	A	30	30	14	12	2.72	182	81	71	15	5	0	234.2	181	20	69	1	8	7
1978	PIT	N	34	34	14	10	3.03	182	94	82	11	4	0	243.2	217	17	66	5	6	6
1979	PIT	N	37	37	12	5	3.60	172	102	95	4	0	0	237.1	238	21	92	8	9	6
1980	PIT	N	34	32	8	13	3.82	168	102	92	5	2	0	216.2	219	20	59	5	2	0
1981	CLE	A	20	20	11	7	2.88	107	52	51	9	1	0	159.1	145	9	40	1	3	5
1982	CLE	A	4	4	2	2	4.87	19	14	11	0	0	0	20.1	16	2	11	0	0	0
1983	CLE	A	24	24	7	10	3.91	123	74	68	5	0	0	156.1	160	8	44	4	5	10
1984	CLE	A	33	32	19	7	2.87	170	86	78	12	4	0	245	204	19	74	4	6	6
1985	MIN	A	14	14	8	5	3.00	77	45	38	9	1	0	114	101	9	26	0	3	2
1985	CLE	A	23	23	9	11	3.26	129	76	65	15	4	0	179.2	163	14	49	1	1	7
1985	TOT	A	37	37	17	16	3.16	206	121	103	24	5	0	293.2	264	23	75	1	4	9
1986	MIN	A	36	36	17	14	4.01	215	134	121	16	3	0	271.2	262	50	58	4	4	10
1987	MIN	A	37	37	15	12	4.01	196	132	119	8	1	0	267	249	46	101	4	13	9
1988	MIN	A	33	33	10	17	5.43	145	128	125	7	0	0	207.1	240	21	51	1	5	16
1989	CAL	A	33	33	17	5	2.73	131	76	73	8	5	0	241	225	14	44	2	2	8
1990	CAL	A	23	23	8	7	5.24	69	85	78	2	0	0	134	163	15	25	0	6	7
1992	CAL	A	25	24	8	12	4.74	70	76	70	1	0	0	133	150	17	29	2	3	5
Total	NL		105	103	34	28	3.47	522	298	269	20	6	0	697.2	674	58	217	18	17	12
Total	AL		587	582	253	222	3.29	3179	1731	1561	222	54	0	4272.1	3958	372	1105	53	97	143
Total			692	685	287	250	3.31	3701	2029	1830	242	60	0	4970	4632	430	1322	71	114	155

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1970	MIN	A	P	27	25	164	5	16	1	1	0	1	6	8	1	.955
1971	MIN	A	P	38	38	278.1	19	38	2	0	0	3	13	12	3	.966
1972	MIN	A	P	39	38	287.1	18	45	3	4	0	2	18	9	0	.955
1973	MIN	A	P	40	40	325	21	34	1	0	0	3	18	11	1	.982
1974	MIN	A	P	37	37	281	19	34	3	2	0	3	26	17	2	.946
1975	MIN	A	P	35	35	275.2	16	48	6	5	0	2	25	18	0	.914
1976	TEX	A	P	24	24	202.1	17	31	0	3	0	2	20	5	0	1.000
1976	MIN	A	P	12	12	95.1	5	13	0	1	0	2	14	6	0	1.000
1976	TOT	A	P	36	36	297.2	22	44	0	4	0	4	34	11	0	1.000
1977	TEX	A	P	30	30	234.2	10	35	1	4	0	2	16	10	1	.978
1978	PIT	N	P	34	34	243.2	11	41	1	4	0	2	28	5	0	.981
1979	PIT	N	P	37	37	237.1	14	20	0	0	0	1	28	11	3	1.000
1980	PIT	N	P	34	32	216.2	10	30	2	2	0	1	17	8	2	.952
1981	CLE	A	P	20	20	159.1	9	16	1	2	0	2	9	10	1	.962
1982	CLE	A	P	4	4	20.1	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1983	CLE	A	P	24	24	156.1	7	26	1	3	0	3	13	6	1	.971
1984	CLE	A	P	33	32	245	21	30	2	2	0	1	17	3	0	.962
1985	MIN	A	P	14	14	114	6	13	0	2	0	1	14	6	0	1.000
1985	CLE	A	P	23	23	179.2	11	19	0	0	0	1	20	8	1	1.000
1985	TOT	A	P	37	37	293.2	17	32	0	2	0	2	34	14	1	1.000
1986	MIN	A	P	36	36	271.2	15	31	0	0	0	2	26	7	4	1.000
1987	MIN	A	P	37	37	267	17	43	4	3	0	2	33	9	0	.938
1988	MIN	A	P	33	33	207.1	12	22	1	3	0	1	28	8	0	.971
1989	CAL	A	P	33	33	241	14	38	0	6	0	1	18	5	0	1.000
1990	CAL	A	P	23	23	134	3	24	1	0	0	0	4	9	1	.964
1992	CAL	A	P	25	24	133	5	13	0	1	0	0	10	4	0	1.000
Total			P	692	685	4970	287	662	30	48	0	38	424	196	21	.969

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1970	MIN	A	27	50	2	7	0	1	.140	.157	.140	0	0	1	25	0	7	0	0	0
1971	MIN	A	38	91	3	12	0	2	.132	.151	.143	1	0	1	37	1	7	0	0	0
1972	MIN	A	39	94	9	15	0	6	.160	.177	.181	2	0	2	36	0	11	0	0	1
1973	MIN	A	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	MIN	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	MIN	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TEX	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	MIN	A	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	TOT	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TEX	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	PIT	N	37	85	4	11	0	11	.129	.140	.153	2	0	1	35	0	7	0	0	0
1979	PIT	N	38	70	1	9	0	3	.129	.129	.143	1	0	0	33	0	15	0	0	2
1980	PIT	N	37	61	0	5	0	2	.082	.097	.098	1	0	0	27	1	9	0	0	1
1981	CLE	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CLE	A	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CLE	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	CLE	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	MIN	A	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	CLE	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	TOT	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	MIN	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	MIN	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	MIN	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	CAL	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	CAL	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	CAL	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		112	216	5	25	0	16	.116	.124	.134	4	0	1	95	1	31	0	0	3
Total	AL		587	235	14	34	0	9	.145	.162	.157	3	0	4	98	1	25	0	0	1
Total			699	451	19	59	0	25	.131	.144	.146	7	0	5	193	2	56	0	0	4

[edit] 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 $250000 (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).
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).
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 (September 17, 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).

[edit] Trivia

All-Star in 1973 and 1985
World Series Champion in 1979 and 1987

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