The most successful baseball player to be born in The Netherlands (although he was raised in California), Bert Blyleven played five of his 22 seasons in the Majors with the Cleveland Indians.

It took a long time.  It took a long time for Baseball Hall of Fame voters to take a long look at his statistics, especially the advanced stats, to realize that Bert Blyleven was a Hall of Famer.  It would eventually happen on his 14th year of eligibility, in a career that saw half of it with the Minnesota Twins.

Bert Blyleven, the Hall of Fame Pitcher, suited up for the Texas Rangers for two seasons in the 1970’s whereby he only had a 23 and 23 record, but he showed incredible control by winning the WHIP Title in 1977.  Those two seasons in Texas two of the best he ever had in that category.  He would also boast an ERA under 3.00 both seasons.