Vida Blue

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-0, 189lb (183cm, 85kg)

Born: July 28, 1949 in Mansfield, LA us

Died: May 6, 2023 in Tracy, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from De Soto HS (Mansfield, LA).

High School: De Soto HS (Mansfield, LA)

School: Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: July 20, 1969 (Age 19-357d, 12,867th in major league history)
vs. CAL 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: October 2, 1986 (Age 37-066d)
vs. HOU 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Vida Rochelle Blue

Pronunciation: \VYE-da\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.1

209

161

ERA

3.27

502

473

3343.1

2175

WHIP

1.233

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	OAK	@	WSA	L,0-8	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 9	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	8 (3)	Apr 13	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	13 (4)	Apr 18 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
5	17 (3)	Apr 22	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
6	21 (3)	Apr 26	OAK		BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
7	25 (3)	Apr 30	OAK		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	30 (4)	May 5	OAK	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	32 (1)	May 9 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	36 (3)	May 14	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
11	41 (4)	May 19	OAK		MIL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
12	45 (3)	May 23	OAK		MIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
13	48 (2)	May 28	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	31	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	52 (3)	Jun 1	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	55 (2)	Jun 6	OAK	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
16	59 (3)	Jun 12	OAK		NYY	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	62 (2)	Jun 16	OAK		WSA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	67 (4)	Jun 21	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	70 (2)	Jun 25	OAK		KCR	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
20	75 (4)	Jun 29	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	79 (3)	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	84 (4)	Jul 9	OAK		CAL	W,1-0	GS	40	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
23	89 (4)	Jul 16	OAK		DET	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
24	94 (4)	Jul 21	OAK		CLE	W,4-3	GS	40	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	98 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	OAK	@	DET	W,6-1	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	102 (3)	Jul 30	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	107 (4)	Aug 3	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	111 (3)	Aug 7	OAK		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	116 (4)	Aug 11	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	120 (3)	Aug 15	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	123 (2)	Aug 20	OAK		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	128 (4)	Aug 24	OAK		NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	132 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	OAK		WSA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	137 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
35	141 (3)	Sep 7	OAK		CAL	L,1-6	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	145 (3)	Sep 12	OAK		MIN	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	150 (4)	Sep 17	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	155 (4)	Sep 22	OAK		CHW	L,0-3	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	159 (3)	Sep 26	OAK		MIL	W,7-0	GS	23	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
							39gm		312.0	15	24	0	39	0