HALL OF FAMER? - YOU DECIDE...

There are many baseball fans that feel Bert deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He has been on the ballot now for eight years and on the last ballot he received 47.7% of the Baseball Writers' votes. This page will give you the opportunity to see where Bert ranks on the All-Time lists in several key pitching catagories and might provide some insight as to why Bert should or should not be elected.

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How do Bert's numbers stack up against other Hall of Famers?
* - Indicates Hall of Famer          # - Still Active (Stats through the 2004 season)
ALL-TIME WINS - Blyleven ranks 26th
(20 of 26 are in the Hall - Clemens, Maddux, and Glavine are still active)
1. Cy Young * 511   14. Nolan Ryan * 324
2. Walter Johnson * 417     Don Sutton * 324
3. Pete Alexander * 373   16. Phil Niekro * 318
  Christy Mathewson * 373   17. Gaylord Perry * 314
5. Pud Galvin * 364   18. Tom Seaver * 311
6. Warren Spahn * 363   19. Charley Radbourn * 309
7. Kid Nichols * 361   20. Mickey Welch * 307
8. Roger Clemens # 354   21. Tom Glavine # 303
9. Greg Maddux # 345   22. Lefty Grove * 300
10. Tim Keefe * 342     Early Wynn * 300
11. Steve Carlton * 329   24. Bobby Matthews 297
12. John Clarkson * 328   25. Tommy John 288
13. Eddie Plank * 326   26. Bert Blyleven 287
ALL-TIME LOSSES - Blyleven ranks 10th
(13 of top 15 are in the Hall)
1. Cy Young * 316   14. Bobby Matthews 248
2. Pud Galvin * 310   15. Robin Roberts * 245
3. Nolan Ryan * 292     Warren Spahn * 245
4. Walter Johnson * 279   14. Steve Carlton * 244
5. Phil Niekro * 274     Early Wynn * 244
6. Gaylord Perry * 265   16. Jim Kaat 237
7. Don Sutton * 256   17. Frank Tanana 236
8. Jack Powell 254   18. Gus Weyhing 232
9. Eppa Rixey * 251   19. Tommy John 231
10. Bert Blyleven 250   20. Ted Lyons * 230

ALL-TIME INNINGS PITCHED - Blyleven ranks 13th
(15 of top 20 are in the Hall - Clemens and Maddux are still active)
1. Cy Young * 7354.6   11. Kid Nichols * 5056.3
2. Pud Galvin * 6003.3   12. Tim Keefe * 5047.6
3. Walter Johnson * 5914.6   13. Bert Blyleven 4970.0
4. Phil Niekro * 5404.3   14. Bobby Matthews 4956.3
5. Nolan Ryan * 5386.0   15. Roger Clemens # 4910.2
6. Gaylord Perry * 5350.3   16. Mickey Welch * 4802.0
7. Don Sutton * 5282.3   17. Greg Maddux # 4800.2
8. Warren Spahn * 5243.6   18. Tom Seaver * 4782.6
9. Steve Carlton * 5217.3   19. Christy Mathewson * 4780.6
10. Pete Alexander * 5190.0   20. Tommy John 4710.3
ALL-TIME GAMES STARTED - Blyleven ranks 8th
(8 of 12 are in the Hall of Fame - Clemens and Maddux are still active)
1. Cy Young * 815   6. Greg Maddux # 704
2. Nolan Ryan * 773   7. Tommy John 700
3. Don Sutton * 756   8. Gaylord Perry * 690
4. Phil Niekro * 716   9. Pud Galvin * 689
5. Steve Carlton * 709   11. Bert Blyleven 685
6. Roger Clemens # 706   12. Walter Johnson * 666

ALL-TIME COMPLETE GAMES - Top 100
1. Cy Young * 749   73. Bob Gibson * 255
21. Warren Spahn * 382   75. Steve Carlton * 254
38. Robin Roberts * 305   85. Phil Niekro * 245
39. Gaylord Perry * 303   87. Juan Marichal * 244
48. Early Wynn * 290   91. Bert Blyleven 242
53. Bob Feller * 279   99. Tom Seaver * 231
63. Fergie Jenkins * 267        
ALL-TIME STRIKEOUTS - Blyleven ranks 5th
(8 of 12 are in the Hall - Clemens, Johnson, and Maddux are still active)
1. Nolan Ryan * 5714   7. Don Sutton * 3574
2. Roger Clemens # 4668   8. Gaylord Perry * 3534
3. Randy Johnson # 4616   9. Walter Johnson* 3509
4. Steve Carlton * 4136   10. Phil Niekro * 3342
5. Bert Blyleven 3701   11. Greg Maddux # 3267
6. Tom Seaver * 3640   12. Fergie Jenkins * 3192

ALL-TIME SHUTOUTS - Blyleven ranks 9th
(23 of top 25 are in the Hall of Fame)
1. Walter Johnson * 110   14. Mordecai Brown * 55
2. Pete Alexander * 90     Steve Carlton * 55
3. Christy Mathewson * 79   16. Jim Palmer * 53
4. Cy Young * 76     Gaylord Perry * 53
5. Eddie Plank * 69   18. Juan Marichal * 52
6. Warren Spahn * 63   19. Rube Waddell * 50
7. Nolan Ryan * 61     Vic Willis * 50
  Tom Seaver * 61   21. Don Drysdale * 49
9. Bert Blyleven 60     Fergie Jenkins * 49
10. Don Sutton * 58     Luis Tiant 49
11. Pud Galvin * 57     Early Wynn * 49
  Ed Walsh* 57   25. Kid Nichols * 48
13. Bob Gibson * 56        
ALL-TIME HOMERUNS ALLOWED- Blyleven ranks 7th
(7 of top 10 are in the Hall of Fame)
1. Robin Roberts * 505   6. Warren Spahn * 434
2. Fergie Jenkins * 484   7. Bert Blyleven 430
3. Phil Niekro * 482   8. Steve Carlton * 414
4. Don Sutton * 472   9. Gaylord Perry * 399
5. Frank Tanana 448   10. Jim Kaat 395

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • Won 15 games by a 1-0 score - 3rd on the All-Time list - Only Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson won more 1-0 games.
  • Won a Major League game before his 20th birthday and won a Major League game after his 40th birthday. Only three pitchers have been able to accomplish this feat:
    1. Herbert Pennock * (1912 - 1934)
    2. Bert Blyleven (1970 - 1992)
    3. Mike Morgan (1978 - 2002)
  • Voted the American League "Rookie Pitcher of the Year" in 1970 by the Sporting News.
  • Voted American League "Comeback Player of the Year" in 1989.
  • Career Earned Run Average (ERA) of 3.31
  • Pitched one No-Hitter - September 22, 1977, vs. California Angelswhile pitching for the Texas Rangers. The game was played in Anaheim, CA.
  • Pitched five one-hitters.
  • Played in two All-Star games - 1973 & 1985
  • Top 10 in Cy Young Award four times - 1973, 1984, 1985 & 1989
  • Top 10 in ERA 10 times - 1971, 1973-77, 1981, 1984, 1985 & 1989
  • Top 10 in league strikeouts per nine innings 14 times - 1970-81, 1984 & 1985
  • Top 10 in league strikeouts 15 times - 1971-81 & 1984-87
  • Top 10 in league complete games 12 times - 1971, 1973-78, 1981, 1984-86 & 1989
  • Top 10 in league shutouts 10 times - 1971, 1973-78, 1981, 1984-86 & 1989
  • Member of the 1979 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Member of the 1987 World Champion Minnesota Twins
  • Post Season pitching:
    • Posted a 5-1 record with a 2.47 ERA in eight games
    • Six starts and two relief appearances
    • 47 1/3 innings
    • 36 strikeouts and eight walks
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