The Tools of Ignorance: Player Stats for Bert Blyleven

Bert Blyleven

Rik Aalbert Blyleven
Born: 4/6/1951 in Zeist, Ut Netherlands      Hall Of Fame: 2011
Weight: 200 lb.      Height: 6'3"
Bats: R                 Throws: R

Batting Pitching Fielding Salaries Achievements HoF Manager

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1970	19	MIN	AL	27	50	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	0	0	7	0	0	.140	.157	.140	.297
1971	20	MIN	AL	38	91	3	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	37	0	1	7	0	0	.132	.151	.143	.293
1972	21	MIN	AL	39	94	9	15	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	36	0	0	11	0	1	.160	.177	.181	.358
1973	22	MIN	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1974	23	MIN	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1975	24	MIN	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1976	25	MIN	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1976	25	TEX	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1977	26	TEX	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1978	27	PIT	NL	37	85	4	11	2	0	0	11	0	0	1	35	0	0	7	0	0	.129	.140	.153	.292
1979	28	PIT	NL	38	70	1	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	0	0	15	0	2	.129	.129	.143	.271
1980	29	PIT	NL	37	61	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	0	1	9	0	1	.082	.097	.098	.195
1981	30	CLE	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1982	31	CLE	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1983	32	CLE	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1984	33	CLE	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1985	34	CLE	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1985	34	MIN	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1986	35	MIN	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1987	36	MIN	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1988	37	MIN	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1989	38	CAL	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1990	39	CAL	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1992	41	CAL	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
22 Seasons				699	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	0	2	56	0	4	.131	.144	.146	.290

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1970	19	MIN	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1979	28	PIT	NLCS	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	333	.333	.333	.667
1979	28	PIT	WS	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
1987	36	MIN	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1987	36	MIN	WS	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3 Post Seasons				8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286

Year	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1970	19	MIN	AL	10	9	27	25	5	1	0	164	143	58	17	47	135	3.18	6	2	2	3	675	1	66
1971	20	MIN	AL	16	15	38	38	17	5	0	278.1	267	87	21	59	224	2.81	1	5	5	1	1126	0	95
1972	21	MIN	AL	17	17	39	38	11	3	0	287.1	247	87	22	69	228	2.73	7	7	10	1	1158	1	93
1973	22	MIN	AL	20	17	40	40	25	9	0	325	296	91	16	67	258	2.52	4	7	9	2	1321	0	109
1974	23	MIN	AL	17	17	37	37	19	3	0	281	244	83	14	77	249	2.66	3	3	9	0	1149	0	99
1975	24	MIN	AL	15	10	35	35	20	3	0	275.2	219	92	24	84	233	3.00	2	7	4	0	1104	0	104
1976	25	MIN	AL	4	5	12	12	4	0	0	95.1	101	33	3	35	75	3.12	5	0	4	2	406	0	39
1976	25	TEX	AL	9	11	24	24	14	6	0	202.1	182	62	11	46	144	2.76	1	7	8	0	819	0	67
1977	26	TEX	AL	14	12	30	30	15	5	0	234.2	181	71	20	69	182	2.72	1	8	7	0	935	0	81
1978	27	PIT	NL	14	10	34	34	11	4	0	243.2	217	82	17	66	182	3.03	5	6	6	2	1011	0	94
1979	28	PIT	NL	12	5	37	37	4	0	0	237.1	238	95	21	92	172	3.60	8	9	6	0	1018	0	102
1980	29	PIT	NL	8	13	34	32	5	2	0	216.2	219	92	20	59	168	3.82	5	2	0	1	907	1	102
1981	30	CLE	AL	11	7	20	20	9	1	0	159.1	145	51	9	40	107	2.88	1	3	5	1	644	0	52
1982	31	CLE	AL	2	2	4	4	0	0	0	20.1	16	11	2	11	19	4.87	0	0	0	0	89	0	14
1983	32	CLE	AL	7	10	24	24	5	0	0	156.1	160	68	8	44	123	3.91	4	5	10	1	660	0	74
1984	33	CLE	AL	19	7	33	32	12	4	0	245	204	78	19	74	170	2.87	4	6	6	0	1004	0	86
1985	34	CLE	AL	9	11	23	23	15	4	0	179.2	163	65	14	49	129	3.26	1	1	7	1	743	0	76
1985	34	MIN	AL	8	5	14	14	9	1	0	114	101	38	9	26	77	3.00	0	3	2	0	460	0	45
1986	35	MIN	AL	17	14	36	36	16	3	0	271.2	262	121	50	58	215	4.01	4	4	10	0	1126	0	134
1987	36	MIN	AL	15	12	37	37	8	1	0	267	249	119	46	101	196	4.01	4	13	9	0	1122	0	132
1988	37	MIN	AL	10	17	33	33	7	0	0	207.1	240	125	21	51	145	5.43	1	5	16	3	895	0	128
1989	38	CAL	AL	17	5	33	33	8	5	0	241	225	73	14	44	131	2.73	2	2	8	0	973	0	76
1990	39	CAL	AL	8	7	23	23	2	0	0	134	163	78	15	25	69	5.24	0	6	7	0	578	0	85
1992	41	CAL	AL	8	12	25	24	1	0	0	133	150	70	17	29	70	4.74	2	3	5	1	568	0	76
22 Seasons				287	250	692	685	242	60	0	4970	4632	1830	430	1322	3701	3.31	71	114	155	19	20491	3	2029

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1970	19	MIN	ALCS	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	0	9	0	1
1979	28	PIT	NLCS	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	9	8	1	1	0	9	1.00	0	0	0	0	35	0	1
1979	28	PIT	WS	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	10	8	2	1	3	4	1.80	0	0	0	0	40	1	2
1987	36	MIN	ALCS	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	13.1	12	6	3	3	9	4.05	0	0	2	0	56	0	6
1987	36	MIN	WS	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	13	13	4	0	2	12	2.77	1	0	0	0	53	0	5
3 Post Seasons				5	1	8	6	1	0	0	47.1	43	13	5	8	36	2.47	1	0	2	0	193	1	15

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1970	19	MIN	AL	P	27	25	164	5	16	1	1		0.955

1971	20	MIN	AL	P	38	38	278	19	38	2	0		0.966

1972	21	MIN	AL	P	39	38	287	18	45	3	4		0.955

1973	22	MIN	AL	P	40	40	325	21	34	1	0		0.982

1974	23	MIN	AL	P	37	37	281	19	34	3	2		0.946

1975	24	MIN	AL	P	35	35	275.2	16	48	6	5		0.914

1976	25	MIN	AL	P	12	12	95.1	5	13	0	1		1.000
1976	25	TEX	AL	P	24	24	202.1	17	31	0	3		1.000

1977	26	TEX	AL	P	30	30	234.2	10	35	1	4		0.978

1978	27	PIT	NL	P	34	34	243.2	11	41	1	4		0.981

1979	28	PIT	NL	P	37	37	237.1	14	20	0	0		1.000

1980	29	PIT	NL	P	34	32	216.2	10	30	2	2		0.952

1981	30	CLE	AL	P	20	20	159.1	9	16	1	2		0.962

1982	31	CLE	AL	P	4	4	20.1	2	2	0	0		1.000

1983	32	CLE	AL	P	24	24	156.1	7	26	1	3		0.971

1984	33	CLE	AL	P	33	32	245	21	30	2	2		0.962

1985	34	CLE	AL	P	23	23	179.2	11	19	0	0		1.000
1985	34	MIN	AL	P	14	14	114	6	13	0	2		1.000

1986	35	MIN	AL	P	36	36	271.2	15	31	0	0		1.000

1987	36	MIN	AL	P	37	37	267	17	43	4	3		0.938

1988	37	MIN	AL	P	33	33	207.1	12	22	1	3		0.971

1989	38	CAL	AL	P	33	33	241	14	38	0	6		1.000

1990	39	CAL	AL	P	23	23	134	3	24	1	0		0.964

1992	41	CAL	AL	P	25	24	133	5	13	0	1		1.000
22 Seasons					692	685	4969.1	287	662	30	48		0.969

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1970	19	MIN	ALCS	P	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		1.000

1979	28	PIT	WS	P	2	1	10	0	1	0	1		1.000
1979	28	PIT	NLCS	P	1	1	9	1	1	0	0		1.000

1987	36	MIN	ALCS	P	2	2	13.1	0	1	0	0		1.000
1987	36	MIN	WS	P	2	2	13	0	1	0	0		1.000
3 Post Seasons					8	6	47.1	2	4	0	1		1.000

Year	Age	Team	League	Salary
1985	34	CLE	AL	$650,000
1986	35	MIN	AL	$1,450,000
1987	36	MIN	AL	$1,150,000
1988	37	MIN	AL	$1,000,000
1989	38	CAL	AL	$1,225,000
1990	39	CAL	AL	$1,175,000
1991	40	CAL	AL	$2,000,000
1992	41	CAL	AL	$900,000
Total for 8 Records				$9,550,000
Average for 8 Records				$1,193,750

Year	Age	League	Award
1970	19	AL	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year
1976	25	AL	Player of the Week - Week of 1976-06-25
1985	34	AL	Player of the Week(Tie) - Week of 1985-08-16
1989	38	AL	Player of the Week - Week of 1989-04-14
1989	38	AL	TSN Comeback Player of the Year

Year	Age	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Inducted	Category
1998	47	BBWAA	473	355	83.0	0.17548	N	Player
1999	48	BBWAA	497	373	70.0	0.14085	N	Player
2000	49	BBWAA	499	375	87.0	0.17435	N	Player
2001	50	BBWAA	515	387	121.0	0.23495	N	Player
2002	51	BBWAA	472	354	124.0	0.26271	N	Player
2003	52	BBWAA	496	372	145.0	0.29234	N	Player
2004	53	BBWAA	506	380	179.0	0.35375	N	Player
2005	54	BBWAA	516	387	211.0	0.40891	N	Player
2006	55	BBWAA	520	390	277.0	0.53269	N	Player
2007	56	BBWAA	545	409	260.0	0.47706	N	Player
2008	57	BBWAA	543	408	336.0	0.61878	N	Player
2009	58	BBWAA	539	405	338.0	0.62709	N	Player
2010	59	BBWAA	539	405	400.0	0.74212	N	Player
2011	60	BBWAA	581	436	463.0	0.79690	Y	Player

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Div	#	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Ply/Mgr
No Managerial Records Found