Bert Blyleven
1970–1992 · bats R / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers
460G
.131AVG
.144OBP
.146SLG
More career statistics
59H
0HR
25RBI
0SB
287–250W–L
4,970.0IP
3,701K
3.31ERA
685GS
14Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 460 | 699 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 20,491 | 20,492 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460 | 514 | 451 | 19 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | .131 | .144 | .146 | .290 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,970.0 | 692 | 685 | 242 | 287 | 250 | 0 | 4,632 | 2,029 | 1,830 | 430 | 1,322 | 3,701 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 | 1.198 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1972-04-19 to 1972-04-28
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Four Batters Hit | 1988-04-22 | 1 in 3,022 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1986-09-13 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1986-08-01 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 359 | 258 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 98 | .134 | .120 | .144 |
| Away | 340 | 256 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 95 | .128 | .129 | .149 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 96 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .173 | .172 | .192 |
| May | 122 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 32 | .100 | .101 | .113 |
| June | 117 | 89 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | .136 | .124 | .136 |
| July | 121 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | .125 | .100 | .139 |
| August | 122 | 85 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 27 | .129 | .141 | .157 |
| September | 113 | 97 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | .121 | .113 | .132 |
| October | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .333 | .600 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-royals | 65 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | .121 | .118 | .121 |
| chicago-white-sox | 55 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | .130 | .120 | .174 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 52 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .094 | .091 | .094 |
| california-angels | 50 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .192 | .207 | .192 |
| athletics | 49 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | .111 | .094 | .111 |
| detroit-tigers | 47 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .111 | .125 |
| baltimore-orioles | 47 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .125 | .000 |
| new-york-yankees | 40 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .136 | .143 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  Minnesota Twins | 27 | 50 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .140 | 164 | 135 |
| 1971 | Minnesota Twins | 38 | 91 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .132 | 278 | 224 |
| 1972 | Minnesota Twins | 39 | 94 | 15 | – | 6 | – | .160 | 287 | 228 |
| 1973 | Minnesota Twins | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 325 | 258 |
| 1974 | Minnesota Twins | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 281 | 249 |
| 1975 | Minnesota Twins | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 275 | 233 |
| 1976 | Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 297 | 219 |
| 1977 |  Texas Rangers | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 234 | 182 |
| 1978 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 85 | 11 | – | 11 | – | .129 | 243 | 182 |
| 1979 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 70 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .129 | 237 | 172 |
| 1980 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 61 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .082 | 216 | 168 |
| 1981 |  Cleveland Guardians | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 159 | 107 |
| 1982 | Cleveland Guardians | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 19 |
| 1983 | Cleveland Guardians | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 156 | 123 |
| 1984 | Cleveland Guardians | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 245 | 170 |
| 1985 | Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 293 | 206 |
| 1986 | Minnesota Twins | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 271 | 215 |
| 1987 | Minnesota Twins | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 267 | 196 |
| 1988 | Minnesota Twins | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 207 | 145 |
| 1989 |  California Angels | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 241 | 131 |
| 1990 | California Angels | 23 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 134 | 69 |
| 1992 | California Angels | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 133 | 70 |