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Fansboth at home and at road gamescarried signs to the games saying "Circle me Bert". 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"If you gave baseball people their choice among Dan Petry, Jack Morris and Blyleven, Blyleven would probably be third," says Hal McRae, Kansas City's longtime designated hitter. "It was an off year for ties," says Blyleven. Patty came out and said, 'Don't you think you should go back?' How much spin, in revolutions per minute, a pitch was The umpire called it a strike and Jamie backed out and it looked to me like he kind of laughed a little bit. Brett Butler was presented with an autographed picture of his favorite soap opera star. After his first year of Baseball Hall of Fame eligibility in 1998, Blyleven was widely considered to be the best eligible pitcher not yet enshrined. Call it sunspots for all I care, it aint run support. Popular categories from this store. Heres the chart showing how he shakes out year-by-year by this system: Looking at it above, how come he didnt win more games when pitching so great in the early part of his career? 1971 TOPPS # 26 BERT BLYLEVEN NICE CARD | eBay Brown ticket 58456? He learned that his name actually was Rik Aalbert Blijleven after obtaining a copy of his birth certificate in order to get married.[30]. Bert Blyleven career highlights | The Hardball Times The likelihood, in percent, that an outfielder will be Alomar, Blyleven and Gillick are inducted into the Hall of Fame Angels pitcher Bert Blyleven throws a pitch during a game against the Baltimore Orioles on May 3, 1990 . Let's look at some of the names. How much did this cost him? Only nine? There are any number of reasons, starting with the fact that early in his career Blyleven relied too much on his ability to overpower hitters, especially late in the game. Well, if its not luck, youre saying in so many words that the guy choked or lacked mental toughness. Look again at that list of young big winners. 1997 Fleer Star Stickers Baseball #10 - Bert Blyleven - Minnesota Twins Take his 1974 season, when he went 17-17 despite a tremendous ERA+ of 142. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Thats especially the case for the guys who finished near the top of the list (and where Blyleven would be if he didnt weirdly have those 17 missing wins). All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Blyleven recorded 3,701 career strikeouts, the fifth-most in MLB history. Thats surprising. Who the hell wanted this old-timer in the HOF anyways? Paired with his 98 mile-per-hour fastball, Gooden's sweeping curve made him one of the league's most feared pitchers during his playing days. From a Cooperstown point of view, the debate is semantics. He pitched for the MLB All-Stars in the 1993 World Port Tournament in Rotterdam. Rik Aalbert [Bert] Blyleven - New Netherland Institute Blyleven has often been labeled a troublemaker. I know this sounds terrible, but who does Bert pitch for these days?". The movement of a pitch is defined in inches, both in He says, "Mister Paul and Mister Seghi [Mister?] Bert Blyleven | Baseball Wiki | Fandom His miniature car is a favorite. Many out there in THTs readerland believe its all just luck and random variation, and we may as well do away with W-L records. Nolan Ryan and Bert Blyleven had the tightest rotation and velocity combination," Schmidt was quoted as saying in a recent Associated Press story. It wasn't until he got married in 1971 that he noticed on his birth certificate that he's really Rik Aalbert. His breaking ball was literally untouchable. Says Roy Smith, a rookie pitcher who dressed next to Blyleven last season, "Because his stuff is so good, it really doesn't do me any good to ask him what he throws to certain hitters. Kirkpatrick, 40, is sitting in the back of the dining room with his wife, Judy. Yet last year was the first time he ever got a vote for the Cy Young Award. [8] He pitched well with the Rangers, posting a 2.76 ERA. His fastball overpowered hitters and was clearly the pitch he relied on most heavily. Blyleven received only 17.55% of the vote for Hall of Fame admission in 1998 (his first year of eligibility), and his vote total dropped to 14.1% in 1999. One of his favorite marks is Indians public relations director Bob DiBiasio. He won fewer games than he should have, right? He currently ranks 5th all-time in strikeouts, 9th all-time in shutouts, and 27th all-time in wins. Prospectus Q&A: Bert Blyleven - Baseball Prospectus He was 17-5 for the Angels last season, allowing only 14 home runs. The Pirates won by the same score in Game 5 of the World Series, as Blyleven earned the decision with four shutout innings of relief. The tournament follows a scramble format, in which all four team members play from the same lie, as determined by the foursome's best previous shot. Enough to make your knees buckle. But he's not a bad guy. The one who didn't give up on him was Jesse Flores Sr. of Minnesota, and the Twins made Blyleven their third pick that June. He keeps a collection of baseball memorabilia in his study. If you enjoyed it, consider subscribing to Baseball Prospectus. He repaid some of his debt to Flores this off-season when he hosted a tournament to benefit the Hemophilia Foundation; Flores's grandson has that disease. She says, "So now we'll have two.". Shipping speed. I have to ask him, 'Bert, what would you throw if you had my stuff?' According to Matt Welch of Reason Magazine, "there had long been a strong case that the Dutch-born curveballista was the most deserving player on the outside of Cooperstown looking in. 10 things I didn't know about Bert Blyleven | The Hardball Times Blyleven wanted $85,000, which seems like a piddling sum now, and the Twins were offering $65,000. Stand behind a tree 60 feet away and Ill whomp you with an optical illusion, challenged Dizzy Dean. background-image:unset; That game happened to feature a. This past baseball season he merely cut up American League batters, finishing as the third-leading vote getter in the Cy Young Award balloting, behind relievers Willie Hernandez and Dan Quisenberry. Maglie's numbers are not overly impressive due to his stint in the Mexican League that got him banned from Major League Baseball. shouts someone from a passing golf cart. The answer is 11. Ron Necciai is one of the most dominating pitchers that never materialized in the Major Leagues. So while the Sept. 22, 1977, contest wasn't a home game for Blyleven's Texas Rangers, it felt like it for Blyleven - who celebrated by pitching a no-hitter. "Matlack, Milner Go In FourTeam Trade,", Durso, Joseph. "I saw him when he was 19 and I've seen him now," Howser says. "Bert got six of mine last year," says DiBiasio. "But if you had to have one pitcher to beat us, Blyleven would be the choice. 19 7-4 over the Twins on the last day of the season. "The guys who were real cheap during the season got real cheap gifts," he says. velocity and launch angle. He chatted up all the passing foursomes and made sure the volunteer marshals switched holes so they wouldn't get bored. "Bert Blyleven F-bomb on the live pregame" "Pete Rose in the Phillies So while the Sept. 22, 1977, contest wasn't a home game for Blyleven's Texas Rangers, it felt like it for Blyleven - who celebrated by pitching a no-hitter. Being close to his 100th win is. "Doug DeCinces lives over here," says Blyleven. In honor of Blyleven, Id like to rip off the column format pioneered here at THT by Bossman Studes, who used to run a regular Ten things I didnt know last week feature. "Thanks everyone for coming, and good night. Digging a little deeper into the numbers, it looks like it really was just luck, because Blyleven was at his best when it counted the most. [1] He serves as the pitching coach for the Netherlands national baseball team, having done so in the 2009, 2013 and 2017 and 2023 World Baseball Classic. Finally we'd make like we were playing the outfield and jump over the fence in left.". Given another five years of success, Blyleven will have Hall of Fame credentials. Blyleven has put on more than his share in the past, for a variety of causes, and this is his second of the current off-season. The lone hit in that game was a bunt single by slow-footed Ed Kirkpatrick in the fifth inning. Bert Blyleven: Pitching History and The Hall of Fame Rik Aalbert (Bert) Blyleven [1951] Bert Blyleven was and still is the only native Dutchman to have made a successful career, as measured by quality of play, in American professional baseball. After Blyleven, the only 200-game winners to appear in the next five years were Rick Reuschel and Frank Tanana. When you divide his career into sections, it veers wildly. Actually, the best spelling of his name appears on one of his license plates: BLY11. And now he has a little more command. "[24] Blyleven was the first Dutch-born player inducted, and his Hall of Fame plaque depicts him with a Minnesota Twins cap. Maye hit it out of the park. Anything below 88mph is considered 0. Last year he had 19 wins, seven losses and a dozen ties. Baseball '90 PREVIEW : ONE PITCH FROM STARDOM : Speed is not enough. In Hall of Fame pitcher Bert Blyleven, who happened to be pitching coach for the Netherlands, didn't like what he saw during his team's loss to Puerto Rico. References & ResourcesI checked Paper of Record for some of the items in No. Blyleven went on to win the game 2-1, allowing five hits in seven innings and retiring the outsized Howard all three times he faced him. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted It's hard to say anything based on one game, but he looks like he's got a great future ahead of him.". Rice benefited from an orchestrated movement by the Boston press corps. Richie Scheinblum? When Blyleven and Sutcliffe were together in Cleveland, their teammates had to be on constant lookout for pranks. xBA measures the likelihood that a batted ball will No two curveballs have the same rotation speed, velocity toward the hitter, arm delivery angle, or break. You've got work to do. Upon his return, he was plagued by chronic stomach ulcers and a torn rotator cuff. It gives the opposition fits when thrown properly. If you think you just heard some big names, listen to these. Blyleven, just 19, was called up to replace him. But Blyleven is still a big kid at heart. By this approach, Blyleven comes out nine wins behind. raw numbers and as a measurement against average. Blyleven was quoted as saying, "My dad built me a mound in the backyard with a canvas backdrop over our horseshoe pits, and I would go back there and just throw and throw and throw until I developed it, and it became my curveball. Jerry Koosman was a two-time, all-star for the New York Mets and, like most lefties, relied heavily on his curveball for success. He wound up completing 242 games and throwing 60 shutouts, the two numbers of which he is most proud. Others will call it pitching to the score. Robin Roberts hung on a long time but was a shell of himself for many years. Fine pitchers, but a definite step down from what had come before. "He's a great guy," says Judy Kirkpatrick. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. He pitched in eight postseason games and went 5-1 with a 2.47 ERA. The curveball of the '50s belonged to Camilio Pascual. With all of the talk of some players not getting the votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America for entry into the Hall of Fame because of allegations and admissions regarding illegal substance abuse, pitcher Bert Blyleven, who became a member of the Hall earlier this month . Blyleven pitched very well for the Indians in the strike year of 1981 (11-7, 2.89 ERA), but in the first game after play resumed, he hurt his right elbow. To answer the question, I went to my usual modus operandi: I looked at recent historical trends. Hey, these names might not seem too important now, but someday. Do I hear $2? Especially back in those days, a pitchers win-loss record really mattered. How far, in feet, a runner is ranging off the bag at the Kid Nichols is the all-time champ. A Batted Ball Event represents any batted ball that See details. Blyleven went out and bought gifts for everyone. When I first discovered Retrosheet eons ago, the first thing I wanted to do was look at Blylevens run support. And once he came up, he stuck around. Sold to me for $25. His heart is invariably in the right placeit's just that his foot sometimes ends up in his mouth. For the benefit of those who don't knowand it's quite understandable so don't feel ashamedBlyleven, a right-hander, pitches for the Cleveland Indians. He retired following that season with a career 287250 record with 3,701 strikeouts and a 3.31 ERA. In Texas, Blyleven got blamed for something he never did. "Then we'd sneak down into the dugouts and grab whatever we couldresin bags and broken bats. If the pitchers were different, the results were the same. Ted Williams called Pascual's curveball the "most feared curveball in the American League for 18 years. A couple of years ago when he was on the disabled list and back home, he came to watch my son Monte pitch. The story goes that he was tearing up the Grapefruit League, leading his wife to ask if she should begin house hunting in his new major-league city. (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) "I always played for my island," Alomar said in his induction speech. It was during this second stint with Minnesota that Blyleven became the tenth member of the 3,000-strikeout club in 1986 and won a second World Series title in 1987. Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. His 20 no decisions in 1979 are the most by an MLB starting pitcher in a season, dating back to at least 1908.[13]. Heck, Manny Trillo made four. 5.0. Of course, it's never as nice as the one he cut.". No. Until last year, fate had not been overly kind to Blyleven. Kennedy got the message. He ran cross-country and played basketball and baseball at Santiago High School, and the baseball scouts began to come around. "Thirty-one of them must have left by the third inning." In the Florida Instructional League championship game, he beat the Indians 1-0 and was featured in a story in that year's Dec. 1 issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. Twins analyst Bert Blyleven on Houston Astros scandal: 'Everyone I assumed Blyleven had no chance with the current BBWAA. And he couldn't help it if he was injured. Even the guys who didnt completely implode aged poorly. Most people familiar with Blyleven's case for the HOF know that he stands fifth all-time in strikeouts. Thats easy to figure: Take the difference between his actual win-loss record and what he should have had based on a pythaging of his actual run support and his actual RA/9IP. None had ever fallen below 30 percent. Blyleven was inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame in 2002[25] and was chosen to the fan-elected "Wendy's- Minnesota Twins All-Metrodome Team" on July 28, 2009. He also became a baseball fan. In the early days it was fashionable to deny that a curveball actually curved, many scientists even claiming it was nothing but an optical illusion. Two years ago, when brush fires swept through the surrounding hills, Blyleven ascended to his roof, to water it down lest a flying spark set it afire, and fell off, breaking his left elbow. They just started throwing me the curveball.. That may not mean much to you, but Ron Theobald is the only man in baseball history to go into the on-deck circle without his bat. Blyleven's third batter was Frank Howard. Does it really seem that if you give him a slight increase in run support his wins will shoot up? When The Chicken brought his act to Cleveland, pitchers (from left) Ernie Camacho, Blyleven, Luis Aponte and Mike Jeffcoat were his plucky backups. [18] He returned in his role for 2013 and 2017.[2]. Another Look: Bert Blyleven - Baseball Prospectus No one had much success with Blylevens curveball, in part because he had complete control over it. "With his hands and wrist, he could throw that damn thing without any seams and it would curve," says Corrales. A little more than three years ago he was in an automobile accident that put him in a wheelchair for life and left him unable to speak clearly. Only 16 other pitchers have at least 3,000 career strikeouts. 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Bert Blyleven Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics | MLB.com | baseballsavant.com Bert Blyleven P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 207LBS | Age: 71 Draft: 1969 | Rd: 3, #55, Minnesota Twins | Santiago HS (Garden Grove, CA) Stats Standard Splits Game Logs Minors Batting Pitching Fielding Visuals Standard MLB Pitching Statistics coach who was Blyleven's manager in Cleveland for half a season, "He should win 30 games with the stuff he's got. Bert Blyleven grew up in Garden Grove, Calif., less than 10 miles from Anaheim Stadium. How far off the mound, in feet, a pitcher releases the So it seems only fitting that Blyleven is something of a yakker. Despite retiring at age 30, Sandy Koufax recorded 2,396 strikouts, won four World Series Championships and three Cy Young Awards. "Golf is my life," Anthony keeps saying. He came back in 1992 but was mostly unproductive, going 8-12 with a 4.74 ERA. 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Blyleven started the season in Triple A. A range-based metric of skill that shows how many outs a It can ruin a career. Blyleven no-hits Angels in homecoming | Baseball Hall of Fame Thanks, Bob. [27], On September 2, 2020, Blyleven broadcast his final game for the Twins.[28]. play. After I ran off the mound, I looked over at the St. Louis' dugout. In 1985 he again led the American League in shutouts with five. His father, Joe, was a handyman who, during World War II, hid his future father-in-law from the Nazis so he wouldn't be put in a concentration camp. Subscriptions support ongoing public baseball research and analysis in an increasingly proprietary environment. "It was nice of him to come anyway," says Blyleven. "Brought it in from Cleveland," comes the host's reply. How quickly, in seconds, a catcher can get the ball out Naturally, he sinks all the birdie putts. He had looked up the records of Walter Johnson and Cy Young when he was young. He just hasn't played on too many clubs that scored a lot of runs for him.". [2] From 1996 to 2020, he was a color analyst for Minnesota Twins television broadcasts.[3]. But because Kirkpatrick can see and hear, he watches and listens as Blyleven moves into the final part of the evening's program. 1. Those who try to hit it show far more respect, calling it Lord Charles or Uncle Charlie. No matter what you call it, 150 years or so after Cummings or Goldsmith threw the first one, it is still the pitch that separates major-league hitters from the rest. He tied for second in the league in wins and was second in winning percentage (.731), third in ERA (2.87) and fourth in strikeouts (170). Bert Blyleven Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com Bert Blyleven Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right 6-3 , 200lb (190cm, 90kg) Born: April 6, 1951 in Zeist, Netherlands nl More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame 2x All-Star 2x World Series 28 28 28 22 22 22 28 28 And those TWENTY no-decisions on the WORLD CHAMPION Pittsburgh Pirates are probably a record of sorts. He would continue to play for six different teams for the next 22 years . The third pitch was a hard check swing. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. "[19], By 2006, his total had increased to 53.33%. For $675.". Nolan Ryan and Bert Blyleven had the tightest rotation and velocity combination," Schmidt was quoted as saying in a recent Associated Press story.