With their 21st pick the Denver Zephyrs select
Bert Blyleven, P, Twins/Rangers/Indians/etc.
Blyleven is fifth all-time in strikeouts and has probably the best case of any eligible player not in the Hall of Fame to be in enshrined in Cooperstown.
His finishing pitch was a nasty, 12-to-6 curveball.
Code:
Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
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1970 19 MIN AL 10 9 27 25 5 1 1 0 164.0 143 66 58 17 47 135 2 2 675 6 3 3.18 3.72 117 1.159
1971 20 MIN AL 16 15 38 38 17 5 0 0 278.3 267 95 87 21 59 224 5 5 1126 1 1 2.81 3.57 127 1.171
1972 21 MIN AL 17 17 39 38 11 3 1 0 287.3 247 93 87 22 69 228 10 7 1158 7 1 2.73 3.22 118 1.100
1973 22 MIN AL 20 17 40 40 25 9 0 0 325.0 296 109 91 16 67 258 9 7 1321 4 2 2.52 3.98 158 1.117
1974 23 MIN AL 17 17 37 37 19 3 0 0 281.0 244 99 83 14 77 249 9 3 1149 3 0 2.66 3.77 142 1.142
1975 24 MIN AL 15 10 35 35 20 3 0 0 275.7 219 104 92 24 84 233 4 7 1104 2 0 3.00 3.86 129 1.099
1976 25 TOT AL 13 16 36 36 18 6 0 0 297.7 283 106 95 14 81 219 12 7 1225 6 2 2.87 3.59 125 1.223
MIN AL 4 5 12 12 4 0 0 0 95.3 101 39 33 3 35 75 4 0 406 5 2 3.12 3.59 115 1.427
TEX AL 9 11 24 24 14 6 0 0 202.3 182 67 62 11 46 144 8 7 819 1 0 2.76 3.59 130 1.127
1977 26 TEX AL 14 12 30 30 15 5 0 0 234.7 181 81 71 20 69 182 7 8 935 1 0 2.72 4.11 151 1.065
1978 27 PIT NL 14 10 34 34 11 4 0 0 243.7 217 94 82 17 66 182 6 6 1011 5 2 3.03 3.72 123 1.161
1979 28 PIT NL 12 5 37 37 4 0 0 0 237.3 238 102 95 21 92 172 6 9 1018 8 0 3.60 3.89 108 1.390
1980 29 PIT NL 8 13 34 32 5 2 1 0 216.7 219 102 92 20 59 168 0 2 907 5 1 3.82 3.64 95 1.283
1981 30 CLE AL 11 7 20 20 9 1 0 0 159.3 145 52 51 9 40 107 5 3 644 1 1 2.88 3.63 126 1.161
1982 31 CLE AL 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 20.3 16 14 11 2 11 19 0 0 89 0 0 4.87 4.08 84 1.328
1983 32 CLE AL 7 10 24 24 5 0 0 0 156.3 160 74 68 8 44 123 10 5 660 4 1 3.91 4.24 108 1.305
1984 33 CLE AL 19 7 33 32 12 4 0 0 245.0 204 86 78 19 74 170 6 6 1004 4 0 2.87 4.08 142 1.135
1985 34 TOT AL 17 16 37 37 24 5 0 0 293.7 264 121 103 23 75 206 9 4 1203 1 1 3.16 4.25 135 1.154
CLE AL 9 11 23 23 15 4 0 0 179.7 163 76 65 14 49 129 7 1 743 1 1 3.26 4.15 127 1.180
MIN AL 8 5 14 14 9 1 0 0 114.0 101 45 38 9 26 77 2 3 460 0 0 3.00 4.40 147 1.114
1986 35 MIN AL 17 14 36 36 16 3 0 0 271.7 262 134 121 50 58 215 10 4 1126 4 0 4.01 4.31 108 1.178
1987 36 MIN AL 15 12 37 37 8 1 0 0 267.0 249 132 119 46 101 196 9 13 1122 4 0 4.01 4.65 116 1.311
1988 37 MIN AL 10 17 33 33 7 0 0 0 207.3 240 128 125 21 51 145 16 5 895 1 3 5.43 4.09 75 1.404
1989 38 CAL AL 17 5 33 33 8 5 0 0 241.0 225 76 73 14 44 131 8 2 973 2 0 2.73 3.81 140 1.116
1990 39 CAL AL 8 7 23 23 2 0 0 0 134.0 163 85 78 15 25 69 7 6 578 0 0 5.24 3.84 73 1.403
1992 41 CAL AL 8 12 25 24 1 0 0 0 133.0 150 76 70 17 29 70 5 3 568 2 1 4.74 3.99 84 1.346
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22 Yr WL% .534 287 250 692 685 242 60 3 0 4970.0 4632 2029 1830 430 1322 3701 155 114 20491 71 19 3.31 3.90 118 1.198