Bert Blyleven

Given Name: Rik Aalbert
Born: 4/6/1951 in Zeist, Utrecht Ne
First Game: Friday June 5, 1970
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011
Received 463.0 of 581 votes (436 required)
Voted in by BBWAA
Awards:
1970 - TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year - AL
1976 - Player of the Week - AL (Week of 1976-06-25)
1985 - Player of the Week - AL (Week of 1985-08-16)
1989 - Player of the Week - AL (Week of 1989-04-14)
1989 - TSN Comeback Player of the Year - AL



Bert Blyleven's Batting Statistics

YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOAvgOBPSLGOPS
1970 MIN 27 50 2 7 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 25 .140 .157 .140 .297
1971 MIN 38 91 3 12 1 0 0 13 2 0 0 1 37 .132 .151 .143 .293
1972 MIN 39 94 9 15 2 0 0 17 6 0 0 2 36 .160 .177 .181 .358
1978 PIT 37 85 4 11 2 0 0 13 11 0 0 1 35 .129 .140 .153 .292
1979 PIT 38 70 1 9 1 0 0 10 3 0 0 0 33 .129 .129 .143 .271
1980 PIT 37 61 0 5 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 27 .082 .097 .098 .195
Career 699 451 19 59 7 0 0 66 25 0 0 5 193 .131 .144 .146 .290
Max 40 94 9 15 2 0 0 17 11 0 0 2 37 .160 .177 .181 .358

Bert Blyleven's World Series and Playoffs Batting Statistics

YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOIBBHBPSHSFGIDPAvgOBPSLGOPS
1979 NLCS PIT 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1979 WS PIT 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 WS MIN 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
8 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286

Bert Blyleven's Pitching Statistics

YearTeamWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSOIBBWPHBPBKBFPGF
1970 MIN 10 9 27 25 5 1 0 164.0 143 66 58 3.18 1.16 17 47 135 6 2 2 3 675 1
1971 MIN 16 15 38 38 17 5 0 278.1 267 95 87 2.81 1.17 21 59 224 1 5 5 1 1126 0
1972 MIN 17 17 39 38 11 3 0 287.1 247 93 87 2.73 1.10 22 69 228 7 7 10 1 1158 1
1973 MIN 20 17 40 40 25 9 0 325.0 296 109 91 2.52 1.12 16 67 258 4 7 9 2 1321 0
1974 MIN 17 17 37 37 19 3 0 281.0 244 99 83 2.66 1.14 14 77 249 3 3 9 0 1149 0
1975 MIN 15 10 35 35 20 3 0 275.2 219 104 92 3.00 1.10 24 84 233 2 7 4 0 1104 0
1976 MIN 4 5 12 12 4 0 0 95.1 101 39 33 3.12 1.43 3 35 75 5 0 4 2 406 0
1976 TEX 9 11 24 24 14 6 0 202.1 182 67 62 2.76 1.13 11 46 144 1 7 8 0 819 0
1977 TEX 14 12 30 30 15 5 0 234.2 181 81 71 2.72 1.07 20 69 182 1 8 7 0 935 0
1978 PIT 14 10 34 34 11 4 0 243.2 217 94 82 3.03 1.16 17 66 182 5 6 6 2 1011 0
1979 PIT 12 5 37 37 4 0 0 237.1 238 102 95 3.60 1.39 21 92 172 8 9 6 0 1018 0
1980 PIT 8 13 34 32 5 2 0 216.2 219 102 92 3.82 1.28 20 59 168 5 2 0 1 907 1
1981 CLE 11 7 20 20 9 1 0 159.1 145 52 51 2.88 1.16 9 40 107 1 3 5 1 644 0
1982 CLE 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 20.1 16 14 11 4.87 1.33 2 11 19 0 0 0 0 89 0
1983 CLE 7 10 24 24 5 0 0 156.1 160 74 68 3.91 1.30 8 44 123 4 5 10 1 660 0
1984 CLE 19 7 33 32 12 4 0 245.0 204 86 78 2.87 1.13 19 74 170 4 6 6 0 1004 0
1985 CLE 9 11 23 23 15 4 0 179.2 163 76 65 3.26 1.18 14 49 129 1 1 7 1 743 0
1985 MIN 8 5 14 14 9 1 0 114.0 101 45 38 3.00 1.11 9 26 77 0 3 2 0 460 0
1986 MIN 17 14 36 36 16 3 0 271.2 262 134 121 4.01 1.18 50 58 215 4 4 10 0 1126 0
1987 MIN 15 12 37 37 8 1 0 267.0 249 132 119 4.01 1.31 46 101 196 4 13 9 0 1122 0
1988 MIN 10 17 33 33 7 0 0 207.1 240 128 125 5.43 1.40 21 51 145 1 5 16 3 895 0
1989 CAL 17 5 33 33 8 5 0 241.0 225 76 73 2.73 1.12 14 44 131 2 2 8 0 973 0
1990 CAL 8 7 23 23 2 0 0 134.0 163 85 78 5.24 1.40 15 25 69 0 6 7 0 578 0
1992 CAL 8 12 25 24 1 0 0 133.0 150 76 70 4.74 1.35 17 29 70 2 3 5 1 568 0
Career 287 250 692 685 242 60 0 4970.0 4632 2029 1830 0.00 1.20 430 1322 3701 71 114 155 19 20491 3
'Best' 20 17 40 40 25 9 0 325.0 296 134 125 2.52 1.07 50 101 258 8 13 16 3 1321 1

Bert Blyleven's World Series and Playoffs Pitching Statistics

YearTeamWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSOIBBWPHBPBKBFPGF
1970 ALCS MIN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 0.00 1.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0
1979 NLCS PIT 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 8 1 1 1.00 0.89 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 35 0
1979 WS PIT 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 2 2 1.80 1.10 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 40 1
1987 ALCS MIN 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 13.1 12 6 6 4.05 1.12 3 3 9 0 0 2 0 56 0
1987 WS MIN 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 13 5 4 2.77 1.15 0 2 12 1 0 0 0 53 0
5 1 8 6 1 0 0 47.1 43 15 13 2.47 1.08 5 8 36 1 0 2 0 193 1

Bert Blyleven's Fielding Statistics

YearTeamPosGGSInnPOAEDPPB
1970 MIN P 27 25 164.0 5 16 1 1 0
1971 MIN P 38 38 278.0 19 38 2 0 0
1972 MIN P 39 38 287.0 18 45 3 4 0
1973 MIN P 40 40 325.0 21 34 1 0 0
1974 MIN P 37 37 281.0 19 34 3 2 0
1975 MIN P 35 35 275.2 16 48 6 5 0
1976 MIN P 12 12 95.1 5 13 0 1 0
1976 TEX P 24 24 202.1 17 31 0 3 0
1977 TEX P 30 30 234.2 10 35 1 4 0
1978 PIT P 34 34 243.2 11 41 1 4 0
1979 PIT P 37 37 237.1 14 20 0 0 0
1980 PIT P 34 32 216.2 10 30 2 2 0
1981 CLE P 20 20 159.1 9 16 1 2 0
1982 CLE P 4 4 20.1 2 2 0 0 0
1983 CLE P 24 24 156.1 7 26 1 3 0
1984 CLE P 33 32 245.0 21 30 2 2 0
1985 CLE P 23 23 179.2 11 19 0 0 0
1985 MIN P 14 14 114.0 6 13 0 2 0
1986 MIN P 36 36 271.2 15 31 0 0 0
1987 MIN P 37 37 267.0 17 43 4 3 0
1988 MIN P 33 33 207.1 12 22 1 3 0
1989 CAL P 33 33 241.0 14 38 0 6 0
1990 CAL P 23 23 134.0 3 24 1 0 0
1992 CAL P 25 24 133.0 5 13 0 1 0
Career P 692 685 4969.1 287 662 30 48 0

Bert Blyleven's Known Salary Information

YearSalary
1985 $650,000.00
1986 $1,450,000.00
1987 $1,150,000.00
1988 $1,000,000.00
1989 $1,225,000.00
1990 $1,175,000.00
1991 $2,000,000.00
1992 $900,000.00
$9,550,000.00