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
