Bert Blyleven vs. Rich Hill — Career Comparison

Bert Blyleven
Baby BoomersNetherlandsThrows RightBats RightEuropeMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rich Hill
Gen XMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Rich Hill a clear advantage over Bert Blyleven across the core pitching metrics. Rich Hill led in home run suppression (HR9+ 96 vs 78), run prevention (ERA+ 103 vs 97), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 98). Bert Blyleven held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 143 vs 101). Rich Hill was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bert Blyleven and Rich Hill

Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
21
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.25
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
685
1.24
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
287
0.52
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.57
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
0.45
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.48
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.45
53.45
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.22
54.22
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.99
98.99
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.43
64.43
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.44
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.11
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1830
3.31
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
633
4.02
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14910
27
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4970
9
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
4632
8.39
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
7.87
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.39
8.39
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
0.78
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
1.12
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1322
2.39
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
551
3.5
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.13
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.13
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3701
6.7
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
9.09
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.7
6.7
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.09
9.09
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.011
1.011
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.21
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.15
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.28
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.51
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.03
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20491
37.11
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5997
38.06
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2029
3.67
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
4.32
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
0.32
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.25
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.22
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.2
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
0.61
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.62
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.198
1.198
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.263
1.263
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18717
33.89
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5295
33.61
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.11
37.11
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.06
38.06

Fielding Stats for Bert Blyleven and Rich Hill

Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
21
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
1.25
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.46
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
685
1.24
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
1.59
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14908
27
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4254
27
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4969.1
9
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1418
9
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
0.52
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.23
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
662
1.2
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
0.93
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.05
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
1.77
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
1.27
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
949
1.72
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
1.17
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.94
96.94
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.99
98.99
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.43
64.43
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Blyleven and Rich Hill

Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
21
21
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
699
815.95
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
389
851.82
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
514
600
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
274
600
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
526.46
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
256
560.58
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
68.87
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
29
63.5
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
60.7
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
24
52.55
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
8.17
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
8.17
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.95
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.62
10.07
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
3.89
8.51
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
77.04
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
77.04
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
34
74.45
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
22.18
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
29.18
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
13
28.47
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
51.36
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
17
37.23
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.09
-3.61
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-12.55
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.33
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.38
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.84
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.57
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PAverified
193
225.29
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
243.07
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
2.66
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
2.47
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bert Blyleven
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
65.37
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
12
26.28
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.19
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.67
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.76
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Blyleven
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Hill
Career
Per 600 PA