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Bert
Blyleven		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 217
 
Born: April 6, 1951 in Holland, , ZEIST
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1986   
All-Star Selections 1984   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 19 CLE AL   9 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 7
1971 20 CLE AL   9 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1972 21 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1973 22 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1974 23 CLE AL $ 300,000 9 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1975 24 CLE AL $ 852,857 10 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 7
1976 25 CLE AL $ 1,528,571 10 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 6
1977 26 BAL AL $ 1,528,571 9 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1978 27 BAL AL $ 3,000,000 8 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 7
1979 28 BSN NL $ 3,000,000 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 7 6
1980 29 BSN NL $ 3,000,000 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
1981 30 BSN NL $ 3,000,000 8 6 7 6 8 8 8 7 7 7
1982 31 BSN NL $ 13,000,000 8 6 7 6 8 9 8 7 7 7
1983 32 BSN NL $ 13,000,000 8 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 6 6
1984 33 BSN NL $ 13,000,000 8 6 7 6 7 8 7 6 7 6
1985 34 BSN NL $ 13,000,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 5
1986 35 BSN NL $ 1,250,000 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
1987 36 BSN NL $ 1,250,000 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,000,000 10 6 7 6 8 9 8 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1970 19 AAA   11 7 .611 30 30 1 1 0 214.0 185 82 15 57 216 3.45 .229 .279 .350 .629  
1971 20 AAA   15 4 .789 26 26 1 1 0 179.7 161 54 9 50 163 2.71 .236 .288 .324 .612  
1972 21 CLE AL 19 14 .576 35 35 19 1 0 286.0 292 134 37 114 183 4.22 .268 .340 .434 .774 16.7
1973 22 CLE AL 11 17 .393 33 33 14 1 0 253.7 265 131 26 90 155 4.65 .268 .332 .411 .743 10.3
1974 23 CLE AL 6 7 .462 15 15 4 1 0 110.0 119 70 14 43 60 5.73 .269 .335 .432 .767 3.1
1975 24 CLE AL 13 8 .619 26 26 11 1 0 210.7 223 108 28 80 130 4.61 .275 .340 .438 .777 12.4
1976 25 CLE AL 5 10 .333 34 9 3 0 2 107.7 139 71 16 49 61 5.94 .313 .376 .507 .883 0.8
1977 26 BAL AL 4 9 .308 17 17 4 0 0 118.0 144 70 16 39 69 5.34 .300 .351 .444 .794 2.3
1978 27 BAL AL 9 12 .429 27 27 9 2 0 205.3 216 94 17 65 86 4.12 .272 .328 .396 .724 13.2
1979 28 BSN NL 13 8 .619 28 28 9 4 0 201.3 186 79 11 78 100 3.53 .245 .320 .335 .656 13.9
1980 29 BSN NL 8 17 .320 32 32 8 2 0 221.0 248 118 20 84 111 4.81 .282 .347 .419 .766 4.3
1981 30 BSN NL 13 14 .481 33 33 8 0 0 253.0 249 99 20 69 147 3.52 .258 .311 .361 .672 17.4
1982 31 BSN NL 16 13 .552 36 36 8 3 0 266.0 273 120 27 72 149 4.06 .264 .314 .402 .716 15.9
1983 32 BSN NL 14 20 .412 41 41 13 3 0 321.0 323 123 30 84 172 3.45 .258 .306 .383 .690 20.1
1984 33 BSN NL 12 17 .414 33 33 10 4 0 257.0 202 85 16 76 168 2.98 .218 .281 .336 .617 21.3
1985 34 BSN NL 8 19 .296 34 34 4 1 0 239.7 256 124 22 71 155 4.66 .269 .320 .409 .729 6.4
1986 35 BSN NL 12 15 .444 33 33 4 1 0 235.7 238 116 29 89 132 4.43 .260 .328 .406 .734 10.3
1987 36 BSN NL 14 7 .667 36 23 2 1 0 176.0 155 70 17 57 88 3.58 .237 .299 .360 .659 13.2
16 Years Sim 177 207 .461 493 455 130 25 2 3462.0 3528 1612 346 1160 1966 4.19 .264 .324 .400 .724 181.6
2 Years AAA 26 11 .703 56 56 2 2 0 393.7 346 136 24 107 379 3.11 .232 .283 .338 .622  
Season Average 11 12 .478 30 28 8 1 0 216.4 220 100 21 72 122 4.19 .264 .324 .400 .724  
Career Highs 19 20 .667 41 41 19 4 2 321.0 323 134 37 114 183 5.94 .313 .376 .507 .883  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1531 714 145 495 1098   .241 .295 .365 .661
vs LH   1997 898 201 665 868   .284 .346 .431 .778
Home 77 111 .410 252 231 57 14 1 1762.6 1826 840 183 581 1011 4.29 .267 .325 .407 .732
Away 100 96 .510 241 224 73 11 1 1699.3 1702 772 163 579 955 4.09 .260 .320 .392 .712
Mar/Apr 26 46 .361 87 82 18 1 0 606.3 673 329 78 221 338 4.88 .279 .340 .437 .777
May 36 33 .522 86 78 30 8 0 614.6 605 254 55 193 330 3.72 .258 .315 .391 .706
June 24 32 .429 79 73 18 6 2 529.3 537 262 57 169 315 4.46 .263 .319 .395 .715
July 26 27 .491 73 68 16 3 0 532.0 502 218 45 175 303 3.69 .247 .307 .367 .674
August 36 31 .537 83 75 23 2 0 590.6 593 248 44 196 329 3.78 .262 .321 .392 .713
Sep/Oct 29 38 .433 85 79 26 5 0 589.0 618 301 67 206 351 4.60 .269 .329 .411 .740
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1972 21 CLE AL P 35 35 286.0 18 49 1 6 .985 2.11    
1973 22 CLE AL P 33 33 253.7 13 43 2 2 .966 1.99    
1974 23 CLE AL P 15 15 110.0 5 14 1 0 .950 1.55    
1975 24 CLE AL P 26 26 210.7 18 33 2 1 .962 2.18    
1976 25 CLE AL P 34 9 107.7 11 22 1 3 .971 2.76    
1977 26 BAL AL P 17 17 118.0 6 17 2 0 .920 1.75    
1978 27 BAL AL P 27 27 205.3 19 33 3 6 .945 2.28    
1979 28 BSN NL P 28 28 201.3 15 38 1 5 .981 2.37    
1980 29 BSN NL P 32 32 221.0 17 37 2 4 .964 2.20    
1981 30 BSN NL P 33 33 253.0 26 44 2 2 .972 2.49    
1982 31 BSN NL P 36 36 266.0 21 53 2 2 .974 2.50    
1983 32 BSN NL P 41 41 321.0 23 63 1 2 .989 2.41    
1984 33 BSN NL P 33 33 257.0 18 45 3 7 .955 2.21    
1985 34 BSN NL P 34 34 239.7 15 31 3 1 .939 1.73    
1986 35 BSN NL P 33 33 235.7 17 52 1 2 .986 2.64    
1987 36 BSN NL P 36 23 176.0 15 31 1 3 .979 2.35    
Career Totals   493 455 3462.0 257 605 28 46 .969 2.24    
Career Highs   41 41 321.0 26 63 3 7 .989 2.76    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1972 21 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 13 7 1 2 3 14.55 .481 .517 .704 1.221
1974 23 CLE AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 0 1 4 5.40 .333 .364 .429 .792
1980 29 BSN NL 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 7 4 0 4 2 4.50 .250 .344 .286 .629
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 3 2 1 0 0 17.3 27 14 1 7 9 7.27 .355 .410 .474 .883
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1984-7-2.98
 Wins
1972-4-19
1987-8-14
 Losses
1972-9-14
1973-6-17
1980-4-17
1983-4-20
1984-9-17
1985-2-19
1986-8-15
CAR-23-207
 Winning Pct
1987-5-.667
 Games Started
1972-8-35
1982-3-36
1983-1-41
 Complete Games
1972-2-19
1973-3-14
1975-7-11
1979-7-9
1983-1-13
1984-8-10
Shutouts
1972-10-1
1973-8-1
1974-7-1
1975-7-1
1978-8-2
1979-1-4
1982-4-3
1983-3-3
1984-2-4
1987-9-1
CAR-29-25
 Innings Pitched
1972-2-286.0
1973-5-253.7
1981-10-253.0
1982-6-266.0
1983-1-321.0
 Hits Allowed
1972-2-292
1973-6-265
1981-10-249
1982-3-273
1983-2-323
1985-7-256
 Homeruns Allowed
1972-1-37
1975-6-28
1982-4-27
1983-3-30
1986-8-29
CAR-45-346
 Walks Allowed
1972-6-114
 Hits per 9IP
1984-4-7.1
1987-10-7.9
WHiP
1984-7-1.08
 OAVG
1984-6-.218
 OOBP
1984-9-.281
 OSLG
1979-10-.335
 OOPS
1984-9-.617
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 59    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  4. Bob Gibson (929)
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  6. Joey Jay (901)
  7. Ray Herbert (899)
  8. Milt Wilcox (891)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1970
Injured on 5/25/1971 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 9/2/1971 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/3/1972
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1972, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Bronze Rookie in 1972, going 19-14, 4.22 ERA
Injured on 6/6/1974 with a Fractured Socket Eye, out for 9 weeks
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $852,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/15/1977 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 7/16/1977 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 7 weeks
7/31/1977: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/3/1978 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from Baltimore to Boston (N) on 2/2/1979 (Going to BAL: P Mike Marshall, LF Dave Winfield. Going to BSN: P Bert Blyleven, RF Willie Crawford)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1979, going 3-0, 0.80
Injured on 9/18/1979 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1981, going 5-0, 1.20
10/22/1981: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $13,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1984, going 5-1, 1.53
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Injured on 7/24/1984 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1986
 
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