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

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-11 / in Starts: 2-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1971	ALCS g1	Oct 3	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	6	7.0	7	5	5	2	8	0	0	6.43	1.02	29					4	8	0	3	7	49			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.464	45.13	-8.41%	-2.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
1972 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	1972	ALCS g1	Oct 7	OAK		DET	W,3-2	9-9		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	1					1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	-0.151	88.44	-3.03%	-0.71	9t -2- 0 out tie	9t 1-3 0 out tie
3	1972	ALCS g3	Oct 10	OAK	@	DET	L,0-3	6-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.40	1					0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.023	21.21	0.30%	0.43	6b 1-3 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
4	1972	ALCS g4	Oct 11	OAK	@	DET	L,3-4	9-9		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.65	5					0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.56	0.115	114.01	2.87%	0.40	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
5	1972	ALCS g5	Oct 12	OAK	@	DET	W,2-1	6-GF	S(1)	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.09	15					4	5	0	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	0.464	200.94	24.81%	1.59	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
6	1972	WS g1	Oct 14	OAK	@	CIN	W,3-2	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1.62	9					3	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	0.340	170.45	11.38%	1.01	7b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
7	1972	WS g3	Oct 18	OAK		CIN	L,0-1	8-8		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.02	3					0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.064	29.58	-1.71%	-0.70	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 1-3 1 out d1
8	1972	WS g4	Oct 19	OAK		CIN	W,3-2	8-9	BS(1)	0	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.08	2.40	4					0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	-0.577	153.78	-22.09%	-2.05	8t --3 2 out a1	9t 1-- 0 out d1
9	1972	WS g6	Oct 21	OAK	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	1	5.2	4	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.57	3.18	22					4	9	3	2	3	51			0	1	0	19	2	0	1	0	1	0	.89	-0.078	79.22	-3.85%	0.15	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d1
1973 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	1973	ALCS g1	Oct 6	OAK	@	BAL	L,0-6	GS-1	L(0-1)	7	0.2	3	4	4	2	2	0	0	54.00	5.57	7					0	0	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.265	49.30	-4.61%	-2.95	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d3
11	1973	ALCS g4	Oct 10	OAK		BAL	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.1	5	4	4	3	1	1	0	10.29	5.71	26					7	10	1	1	5	45			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.148	33.75	-3.18%	-1.06	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out tie
12	1973	WS g2	Oct 14	OAK		NYM	L,7-10	GS-6		3	5.1	4	4	4	2	4	2	0	8.76	6.30	23					8	5	2	1	4	46			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.042	51.51	-1.26%	-0.41	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
13	1973	WS g5	Oct 18	OAK	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-6	L(0-2)	3	5.2	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	7.00	4.84	25					8	6	1	1	6	52			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.000	83.30	0.00%	0.37	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d2
1974 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	1974	ALCS g3	Oct 8	OAK	@	BAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	5	9.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0.00	1.02	30					10	11	1	2	2	90			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.31	0.780	54.40	20.33%	3.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	1974	WS g2	Oct 13	OAK	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	1	0	1.69	2.27	29	99	63	14	8	8	10	1	2	4	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.049	36.26	-1.41%	0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
16	1974	WS g5	Oct 17	OAK		LAD	W,3-2	GS-7		3	6.2	4	2	2	5	4	0	0	1.99	2.67	27	95	54	14	6	7	8	2	2	3	57			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.25	0.023	60.24	0.61%	0.60	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
1975 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	1975	ALCS g2	Oct 5	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS-4		6	3.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	9.00	5.59	14					5	1	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.215	35.39	-4.37%	-1.78	1b start a 2	4b 1-3 0 out a1
											64.2	55	31	31	23	47	6	0	4.31		270																			2

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