Surgery Is Set Monday for Blyleven

By HELENE ELLIOTT

Sept. 27, 1990 12 AM PT

Angel right-hander Bert Blyleven will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder Monday in an effort to repair a problem that has reduced strength in the shoulder.

A club spokesman said Blyleven might have a slight tear in the rotator cuff, and the arthroscopic procedure was scheduled because Blyleven hasn’t responded as well as expected to treatment and therapy.

Team physician Lewis Yocum will perform the procedure.

Blyleven, 39, hasn’t pitched since Aug. 10. He is 8-7 with a 5.24 earned-run average this season and has 279 victories. He was signed to a guaranteed contract for 1991 at slightly more than $2 million.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

Surgery Is Set Monday for Blyleven

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