Bert Blyleven
Hall of Fame Inductee
Retired
Bert Blyleven
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Birthdate:
April 6, 1951 (85 y, 7 m, 20 d)
Born In:
Zeist, UTR, NED
Nationality:
Dutch
Position:
P
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height/Weight:
6'3"/207
Entry:
Unknown
Contract:
Free Agent
ML Service Time:
None
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Player Awards
Award Date Team
All-Star 1985 None (MLB)
1973 None (MLB)
Hall of Fame Metrics
Metric Score HoF
Pos Avg		 HoF
All Avg
Black Ink 16 41.1 26.0
Grey Ink 234 193.0 144.0
HoF Standard 49 49.1 43.8
WAR 105.4 69.7 58.8
WAR7 56.6 46.5 37.6
JAWS 81.0 58.1 48.2
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Early Wynn R 845
Phil Niekro R 844
Steve Carlton R 839
Note: See Baseball Reference formula (primary position)
Leaderboard Appearances
Year SH Rank
1979 15 5
Year GS Rank
1971 38 5
1972 38 6
1973 40 4
1976 36 7
1979 37 5
1985 37 1
1986 36 3
1987 37 2
1989 33 10
Year W Rank
1972 17 10
1973 20 6
1981 11 8
1984 19 2
1985 17 5
1986 17 5
1989 17 6
Year L Rank
1971 15 10
1972 17 3
1973 17 5
1974 17 6
1976 16 3
1980 13 9
1985 16 5
1986 14 6
1988 17 1
Year Win % Rank
1978 0.583 10
1979 0.706 2
1981 0.611 6
1984 0.731 2
1989 0.773 2
Year IP Rank
1971 278.1 7
1972 287.1 4
1973 325.0 4
1975 275.2 7
1976 297.2 4
1978 243.2 10
1979 237.1 10
1981 159.1 10
1985 293.2 1
1986 271.2 1
1987 267.0 4
1989 241.0 7
Year BF Rank
1971 1126 9
1972 1158 3
1973 1321 5
1976 1225 3
1978 1011 9
1979 1018 10
1985 1203 1
1986 1126 2
1987 1122 4
1989 973 8
Year HR Rank
1972 22 4
1975 24 10
1979 21 10
1980 20 6
1986 50 1
1987 46 1
Year BB Rank
1976 81 10
1979 92 7
1987 101 7
Year K Rank
1971 224 2
1972 228 3
1973 258 2
1974 249 2
1975 233 2
1976 219 3
1977 182 7
1978 182 4
1979 172 4
1980 168 5
1981 107 3
1984 170 4
1985 206 1
1986 215 3
1987 196 7
Year WP Rank
1972 7 9
1976 7 9
1979 9 7
1987 13 3
Year ERA Rank
1971 2.813 5
1973 2.520 2
1974 2.658 3
1975 3.004 6
1976 2.872 8
1977 2.723 2
1984 2.865 3
1985 3.157 5
1989 2.726 4
Year BABIP Rank
1975 0.258 6
1977 0.245 2
1984 0.253 7
Year WHIP Rank
1970 1.159 5
1973 1.117 2
1974 1.142 4
1975 1.099 3
1977 1.065 1
1978 1.161 8
1984 1.135 2
1985 1.154 6
1986 1.178 6
1989 1.116 3
Year H/9 Rank
1970 7.848 9
1973 8.197 8
1974 7.815 5
1975 7.150 5
1977 6.942 2
1984 7.494 2
1985 8.091 6
Year BB/9 Rank
1970 2.579 10
1971 1.908 6
1972 2.161 9
1973 1.855 2
1985 2.299 6
1986 1.922 3
1988 2.214 10
1989 1.643 3
Year CG Rank
1971 17 7
1973 25 3
1974 19 9
1975 20 5
1976 18 8
1977 15 9
1978 11 7
1981 9 8
1984 12 4
1985 24 1
1986 16 2
1989 8 3
Year SHO Rank
1971 5 5
1973 9 1
1975 3 9
1976 6 2
1977 5 2
1978 4 2
1984 4 3
1985 5 1
1986 3 3
1989 5 1
Year BB (Low) Rank
1970 47 4
1971 59 7
1973 67 5
1988 51 10
1989 44 3
Year Hits Rank
1971 267 5
1972 247 6
1973 296 4
1976 283 2
1979 238 7
1985 264 3
1986 262 2
1987 249 3
1988 240 4
1989 225 8
Year Hits (Low) Rank
1970 143 1
1977 181 4
Year HR (Low) Rank
1970 17 3
1973 16 8
1974 14 6
Year WAR Rank
1971 7.9 4
1972 6.5 3
1973 11.4 1
1974 9.0 1
1975 6.8 4
1976 7.7 2
1977 5.5 8
1978 5.6 7
1981 4.1 3
1983 4.5 8
1984 5.3 3
1985 7.4 1
1989 5.5 6
Year W (Low) Rank
1970 10 8
1980 8 4
1988 10 9
Year L (Low) Rank
1970 9 3
1975 10 7
1978 10 9
1979 5 1
1984 7 3
1989 5 1
Year rWAR Rank
1971 6.7 4
1972 6.1 6
1973 9.7 2
1974 7.2 6
1975 6.9 5
1976 7.1 4
1977 7.4 4
1981 4.6 2
1984 7.2 3
1985 7.0 4
1986 4.3 10
1989 7.9 2