Bert Blyleven

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

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1970	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	19	10	9	3.18	27	25	5	1	2	1	0	164.0	143	66	58	17	47	135	2	3	2	1.16	7.85	0.93	2.58	7.41	3.62	2.87
1971	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	20	16	15	2.81	38	38	17	5	0	0	0	278.1	267	95	87	21	59	224	5	1	5	1.17	8.63	0.68	1.91	7.24	3.07	3.80
1972	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	21	17	17	2.73	39	38	11	3	1	1	0	287.1	247	93	87	22	69	228	7	1	10	1.10	7.74	0.69	2.16	7.14	2.91	3.30
1973	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	22	20	17	2.52	40	40	25	9	0	0	0	325.0	296	109	91	16	67	258	7	2	9	1.12	8.20	0.44	1.86	7.14	3.02	3.85
1974	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	23	17	17	2.66	37	37	19	3	0	0	0	281.0	244	99	83	14	77	249	3	0	9	1.14	7.81	0.45	2.47	7.98	3.17	3.23
1975	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	24	15	10	3.00	35	35	20	3	0	0	0	275.2	219	104	92	24	84	233	7	0	4	1.10	7.15	0.78	2.74	7.61	3.40	2.77
1976	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	25	4	5	3.12	12	12	4	0	0	0	0	95.1	101	39	33	3	35	75	0	2	4	1.43	9.53	0.28	3.30	7.08	3.68	2.14
1976	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	28	25	9	11	2.76	24	24	14	6	0	0	0	202.1	182	67	62	11	46	144	7	0	8	1.13	8.10	0.49	2.05	6.41	2.98	3.13
1977	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	28	26	14	12	2.72	30	30	15	5	0	0	0	234.2	181	81	71	20	69	182	8	0	7	1.07	6.94	0.77	2.65	6.98	3.11	2.64
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	22	27	14	10	3.03	34	34	11	4	0	0	0	243.2	217	94	82	17	66	182	6	2	6	1.16	8.02	0.63	2.44	6.72	3.47	2.76
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	22	28	12	5	3.60	37	37	4	0	0	0	0	237.1	238	102	95	21	92	172	9	0	6	1.39	9.03	0.80	3.49	6.52	3.87	1.87
1980	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	22	29	8	13	3.82	34	32	5	2	2	1	0	216.2	219	102	92	20	59	168	2	1	0	1.28	9.10	0.83	2.45	6.98	4.24	2.85
1981	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	28	30	11	7	2.88	20	20	9	1	0	0	0	159.1	145	52	51	9	40	107	3	1	5	1.16	8.19	0.51	2.26	6.04	2.94	2.68
1982	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	28	31	2	2	4.87	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	20.1	16	14	11	2	11	19	0	0	0	1.33	7.08	0.89	4.87	8.41	6.20	1.73
1983	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	28	32	7	10	3.91	24	24	5	0	0	0	0	156.1	160	74	68	8	44	123	5	1	10	1.30	9.21	0.46	2.53	7.08	4.26	2.80
1984	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	28	33	19	7	2.87	33	32	12	4	1	0	0	245.0	204	86	78	19	74	170	6	0	6	1.13	7.49	0.70	2.72	6.24	3.16	2.30
1985	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	28	34	9	11	3.26	23	23	15	4	0	0	0	179.2	163	76	65	14	49	129	1	1	7	1.18	8.17	0.70	2.45	6.46	3.81	2.63
1985	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	34	8	5	3.00	14	14	9	1	0	0	0	114.0	101	45	38	9	26	77	3	0	2	1.11	7.97	0.71	2.05	6.08	3.55	2.96
1986	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	35	17	14	4.01	36	36	16	3	0	0	0	271.2	262	134	121	50	58	215	4	0	10	1.18	8.68	1.66	1.92	7.12	4.44	3.71
1987	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	36	15	12	4.01	37	37	8	1	0	0	0	267.0	249	132	119	46	101	196	13	0	9	1.31	8.39	1.55	3.40	6.61	4.45	1.94
1988	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	37	10	17	5.43	33	33	7	0	0	0	0	207.1	240	128	125	21	51	145	5	3	16	1.40	10.42	0.91	2.21	6.29	5.56	2.84
1989	California Angels	AL	MLB	CAL	28	38	17	5	2.73	33	33	8	5	0	0	0	241.0	225	76	73	14	44	131	2	0	8	1.12	8.40	0.52	1.64	4.89	2.84	2.98
1990	California Angels	AL	MLB	CAL	28	39	8	7	5.24	23	23	2	0	0	0	0	134.0	163	85	78	15	25	69	6	0	7	1.40	10.95	1.01	1.68	4.63	5.71	2.76
1992	Midland Angels	Tex	AA	CAL	-	41	2	3	2.73	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	33.0	27	10	10	3	3	23	0	0	0	0.91	7.36	0.82	0.82	6.27	2.73	7.67
1992	Edmonton Trappers	PCL	AAA	CAL	-	41	2	0	6.17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	16	8	8	1	3	7	0	0	0	1.63	12.34	0.77	2.31	5.40	6.17	2.33
1992	California Angels	AL	MLB	CAL	28	41	8	12	4.74	25	24	1	0	1	0	0	133.0	150	76	70	17	29	70	3	1	5	1.35	10.15	1.15	1.96	4.74	5.14	2.41
Tot:	MLB (22 yrs)		MLB				287	250	3.31	692	685	242	60	3	7	0	4970.0	4632	2029	1830	430	1322	3701	114	19	155	1.20	8.39	0.78	2.39	6.70	3.67	2.80
Tot:	AL (19 yrs)		AL				253	222	3.29	587	582	222	54	2	5	0	4272.1	3958	1731	1561	372	1105	3179	97	16	143	1.19	8.34	0.78	2.33	6.70	3.65	2.88
Tot:	NL (3 yrs)		NL				34	28	3.47	105	103	20	6	1	2	0	697.2	674	298	269	58	217	522	17	3	12	1.28	8.69	0.75	2.80	6.73	3.84	2.41
Tot:	Minors (1 yrs)		Minors				4	3	3.63	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	44.2	43	18	18	4	6	30	0	0	0	1.10	8.66	0.81	1.21	6.04	3.63	5.00
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA				2	3	2.73	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	33.0	27	10	10	3	3	23	0	0	0	0.91	7.36	0.82	0.82	6.27	2.73	7.67
Tot:	AAA (1 yrs)		AAA				2	0	6.17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	16	8	8	1	3	7	0	0	0	1.63	12.34	0.77	2.31	5.40	6.17	2.33
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB				ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’
Avg:	Minors - 162 Inning avg		College				ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1970	Minnesota Twins	Championship Series	Playoffs	19	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00
1973	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	22	0	1	18.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.00	18.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	18.00	0.00
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	28	1	0	1.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	9.0	8	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0.89	8.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	World Series	Playoffs	28	1	0	1.80	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	8	0	2	0	3	4	0	0	0	1.10	7.20	0.00	2.70	3.60	0.00	1.33
1985	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	34	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	2.00	13.50	0.00	4.50	4.50	9.00	1.00
1987	Minnesota Twins	Championship Series	Playoffs	36	2	0	4.05	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	12	0	6	0	3	9	0	0	0	1.13	8.10	0.00	2.03	6.08	0.00	3.00
1987	Minnesota Twins	World Series	Playoffs	36	1	1	2.77	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	13	0	4	0	2	12	0	0	0	1.15	9.00	0.00	1.38	8.31	0.00	6.00
Tot:	AllStar (2 Yrs)		AllStar		0	1	12.00	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.0	5	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	2.67	15.00	0.00	9.00	3.00	12.00	0.33
Tot:	Playoffs (3 Yrs)		Playoffs		5	1	2.47	8	0	1	0	0	8	0	47.1	43	0	13	0	8	36	0	0	0	1.08	8.18	0.00	1.52	6.85	0.00	4.50

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1970	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	19	P		27	50	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	0	7	0	0	0	7	58	0	7	.140	.157	.140	.297	.020	.000	.280	1.72	43.10	25.00	0.00
1971	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	20	P		38	91	3	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	37	1	7	0	0	0	13	100	1	11	.132	.151	.143	.294	.022	.011	.222	1.00	37.00	37.00	0.00
1972	Minnesota Twins	AL	MLB	MIN	28	21	P		39	94	9	15	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	36	0	11	0	0	1	17	107	2	13	.160	.177	.181	.358	.043	.021	.259	1.87	33.64	18.00	0.00
1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	22	27	P		37	85	4	11	2	0	0	11	0	0	1	35	0	7	0	0	0	13	93	2	9	.129	.140	.153	.293	.035	.024	.220	1.08	37.63	35.00	0.00
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	22	28	P		38	70	1	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	0	15	0	0	2	10	85	1	8	.129	.129	.143	.272	.014	.014	.243	0.00	38.82	0.00	0.00
1980	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	22	29	P		37	61	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	1	9	0	0	1	6	71	1	4	.082	.097	.098	.195	.016	.016	.147	0.00	38.03	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (6 yrs)		MLB						216	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	0	0	5	193	2	56	0	0	4	66	514	7	52	.131	.144	.146	.290	.027	.016	.229	0.97	37.55	38.60
Tot:	AL (3 yrs)		AL						104	235	14	34	3	0	0	9	0	0	4	98	1	25	0	0	1	37	265	3	31	.145	.163	.157	.320	.030	.013	.248	1.51	36.98	24.50
Tot:	NL (3 yrs)		NL						112	216	5	25	4	0	0	16	0	0	1	95	1	31	0	0	3	29	249	4	21	.116	.124	.134	.258	.023	.019	.207	0.40	38.15	95.00
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1973	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	Championship Series	Playoffs	28	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.666	.000	.000	.500	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
1985	American League	Major League Baseball	AllStar	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1987	Minnesota Twins	World Series	Playoffs	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	AllStar (2 Yrs)		AllStar		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tot:	Playoffs (2 Yrs)		Playoffs		3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	.000	.000	.500	0.00	50.00

Strikeouts	Walks	Hittable	SO/BB	vs Power	Durability	Team Success
76	80	61	90	61	87	.498

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