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Rik Aalbert Blyleven (born Blijleven, April 6, 1951) is a Dutch-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1970 to 1992, primarily with the Minnesota Twins. Blyleven recorded 3,701 career strikeouts, the fifth-most in MLB history.
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Born: 4/06/1951 in Zeist, Netherlands. Draft: 1969, Minnesota Twins, Round: 3, Overall Pick: 55. High School: Santiago, Garden Grove, CA. Debut: 6/05/1970. Hall of Fame: 2011. Relationship (s): father of Todd Blyleven. Follow: Batting. Pitching.
Bert (Blyleven) was a terrific pitcher – a dominating pitcher.” After the 1977 season, he was traded to the Pirates in a rare four-team trade. The Pirates won the World Series in 1979 and Blyleven went 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA in the Fall Classic after throwing a complete game in Game 3 of the NLCS.
Bert Blyleven, who was actually born Rik Aalbert Blijleven, was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Minnesota Twins (1970-1976), Texas Rangers (1976-1977), Pittsburgh Pirates (1978-1980), Cleveland Indians (1981-1985), Minnesota Twins (1985-1988), and California Angels (1989-1990, 1992).
Since 1996, Bert has been doing color commentary for the Minnesoata Twins, leading to his mastery of the "Circle Machine" (the telestrator, which permits on-screen highlighting by the commentator), which in turn gave rise to the Circle Me Bert phenomenon. Bert and his wife Gayle have leveraged the Circle Me Bert craziness into an
Jan 4, 2012 · The youngest player in the majors, as well as the first in major-league history to be born in the Netherlands, the 19-year-old hurler surrendered a home run on a 3-and-2 fastball to the first batter he faced, Lee Maye, but settled down to yield just five hits while striking out seven in seven innings to earn the victory, 2-1.
