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: 21-19 / in Starts: 21-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	120	3	Apr 7	OAK	@	TEX	W,8-4	GS-5		99	4.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	6.75	6.33	17	2	5	2	0	6	38			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.016	1.72	0.02%	-0.19	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out a4
2	121	6	Apr 13	OAK		TEX	L,3-10	GS-2	L(0-1)	5	1.1	6	7	7	2	0	1	0	16.88	8.95	12	1	3	1	0	6	12			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.427	1.26	-0.43%	-5.26	1t start tie	2t 1-3 1 out d4
3	122	11	Apr 17	OAK		CHW	L,3-5	GS-8	L(0-2)	3	7.1	6	4	3	5	1	0	0	9.24	6.29	32	10	10	3	1	6	48			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.17	-0.018	1.87	-0.02%	0.31	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a1
4	123	14	Apr 21	OAK		CAL	L,5-9	GS-8		3	7.1	5	4	3	1	3	0	0	7.20	4.78	28	5	14	5	3	5	56			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.162	2.39	-0.19%	-0.19	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
5	124	17	Apr 26	OAK	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-9		4	9.0	7	4	1	4	9	0	0	5.28	3.89	38	6	12	0	4	7	68			2	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.57	-0.005	2.41	0.00%	-0.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
6	125	20	Apr 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	L(0-3)	3	7.2	10	4	4	0	4	3	0	5.15	4.46	33	12	10	2	1	7	47			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.313	1.89	-0.28%	-0.85	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
7	126	23	May 4	OAK		CLE	L,2-8	GS-4	L(0-4)	3	3.2	6	7	2	3	0	0	0	5.13	4.51	20	4	7	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	15	0	1	1	2	2	2	.99	-0.316	1.39	-0.27%	-4.74	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d6
8	127	28	May 8	OAK		BAL	W,7-3	GS-8	W(1-4)	3	7.2	6	3	3	3	0	1	0	4.88	4.66	31	13	9	1	0	6	52			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	2	.53	0.162	.55	0.10%	0.34	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a4
9	128	32	May 13	OAK		KCR	W,11-2	CG	W(2-4)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	0	4.42	4.51	35	11	9	2	3	6	70			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.191	1.49	0.21%	1.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
10	129	37	May 18	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-5)	4	8.0	8	3	3	1	10	0	0	4.29	4.01	32	7	6	0	0	8	63			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.003	1.79	0.00%	0.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	130	41	May 22	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS-5		3	5.0	5	4	4	4	1	0	0	4.50	4.05	24	5	9	3	1	5	38			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	1	3	1	1.01	-0.207	2.29	-0.28%	-1.63	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
12	131	45	May 27	OAK		DET	W,12-2	GS-7	W(3-5)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	6	0	1	4.32	3.80	28	4	10	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	.20	0.077	.40	0.09%	1.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
13	132	49	Jun 1	OAK		MIL	W,4-1	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	10	0	0	3.98	3.51	34	11	5	0	1	6	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.299	1.52	0.38%	2.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	133	53	Jun 5	OAK	@	DET	W,9-1	GS-7	W(5-5)	3	7.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.77	3.53	25	7	11	0	0	4	67			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.148	.97	0.21%	2.26	1b start tie	7b 3 out a8
15	134	57	Jun 10	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(5-6)	4	8.0	6	4	4	6	10	1	0	3.83	3.57	36	7	10	5	2	3	58			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.109	2.64	-0.16%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
16	135	61	Jun 15	OAK		NYY	W,9-1	GS-8	W(6-6)	4	8.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.63	3.44	28	7	14	1	0	4	73			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.109	1.43	0.15%	2.43	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
17	136	65	Jun 19	OAK		BOS	L,1-2	GS-11	L(6-7)	3	10.1	6	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.47	3.42	39	11	14	5	5	6	77			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.299	2.88	0.41%	2.83	1t start tie	11t --3 1 out tie
18	137	70	Jun 24	OAK		CAL	W,11-3	GS-8	W(7-7)	4	8.0	8	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.46	3.43	34	8	12	0	1	8	52			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.127	3.45	0.19%	0.43	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
19	138	75	Jun 29	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(7-8)	4	8.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.39	3.38	28	11	9	4	1	3	67			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	.63	0.058	2.15	0.12%	1.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
20	139	80	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,9-4	CG	W(8-8)	4	9.0	5	4	4	1	11	1	0	3.43	3.29	34	7	10	0	3	5	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.111	.74	0.19%	-0.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
21	140	84	Jul 8	OAK		CLE	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(9-8)	3	10.0	4	3	3	3	7	1	0	3.38	3.30	37	13	10	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.026	3.49	0.04%	1.29	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
22	141	87	Jul 13	OAK	@	NYY	L,6-12	GS-5	L(9-9)	4	4.2	8	6	6	4	6	0	0	3.62	3.28	26	4	4	1	0	8	26			0	0	0	21	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.41	-0.515	4.09	-0.90%	-4.15	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
23	142	92	Jul 17	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS-9	W(10-9)	3	8.2	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.44	3.18	32	6	14	2	0	7	75			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.528	3.39	0.86%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
24	143	96	Jul 21	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-7	W(11-9)	3	6.2	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.46	3.21	27	7	10	0	3	8	48			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.026	2.62	-0.04%	-0.05	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
25	144	97	Jul 25	OAK		MIN	W,5-1	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	3	1	1	5	5	1	0	3.34	3.28	35	14	8	0	0	3	77			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	2	.82	0.253	2.51	0.46%	2.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	145	102	Jul 29	OAK		CHW	W,11-9	GS-3		3	2.1	4	4	2	2	3	0	0	3.39	3.27	15	3	3	0	0	4	38			0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	2	3	1.09	-0.324	3.34	-0.59%	-4.20	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
27	146	106	Aug 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(13-9)	3	9.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.33	3.31	30	7	12	2	1	4	72			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.51	0.299	4.53	0.54%	2.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
28	147	115	Aug 10	OAK		BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(14-9)	7	9.0	8	3	1	2	8	0	0	3.23	3.23	37	5	14	1	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.27	0.156	2.83	0.21%	0.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	148	119	Aug 14	OAK		NYY	L,1-4	GS-9	L(14-10)	3	8.2	12	4	4	6	8	0	0	3.26	3.21	41	7	8	2	0	12	46			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.98	-0.207	3.83	-0.24%	-0.70	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out d3
30	149	123	Aug 19	OAK		MIL	L,0-1	CG	L(14-11)	4	9.0	4	1	1	8	4	1	0	3.17	3.31	36	6	14	4	2	4	71			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.00	0.274	2.47	0.41%	2.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
31	150	126	Aug 23	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-6	L(14-12)	3	5.0	8	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.22	3.36	22	5	7	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.85	-0.052	2.47	-0.09%	-0.88	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out d2
32	151	130	Aug 27	OAK	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS-7		3	6.1	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.21	3.33	24	4	10	1	0	7	52			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.50	-0.108	4.88	-0.21%	0.52	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d1
33	152	133	Aug 31	OAK	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-6	L(14-13)	3	5.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.29	3.32	21	5	8	1	0	6	39			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.32	-0.118	2.12	-0.11%	-0.65	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
34	153	137	Sep 4	OAK		CAL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(14-14)	3	7.0	7	5	4	3	2	0	0	3.35	3.32	30	10	8	0	1	7	44			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	2	.93	-0.290	.59	-0.11%	-2.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
35	154	142	Sep 9(1)	OAK		KCR	W,3-0	SHO	W(15-14)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.23	3.26	31	8	12	1	2	2	88			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.446	1.67	0.48%	3.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	155	147	Sep 14	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-8	GS-4	L(15-15)	4	3.1	9	6	6	2	1	0	0	3.40	3.27	19	3	4	0	0	9	17			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.79	-0.444	6.76	-1.00%	-3.73	1b start a 2	4b 123 1 out d1
37	156	151	Sep 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.2	6	3	2	1	3	0	0	3.35	3.24	34	13	14	1	5	3	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.46	0.382	1.51	0.24%	2.10	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a1
38	157	155	Sep 24	OAK		MIN	W,5-1	GS-7	W(16-15)	4	6.2	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.30	3.21	29	7	7	1	0	8	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.88	0.233	.79	0.13%	1.60	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a4
39	158	159	Sep 28	OAK		CHW	W,6-5	GS-5	W(17-15)	3	5.0	7	2	2	7	9	0	0	3.31	3.21	29	2	4	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.14	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
40	159	162	Oct 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-5		3	5.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.25	3.18	16	5	6	0	0	3	63			1	2	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.262	.00	0.00%	2.14	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
							21-19		W-L:17-15	3.6	282.1	246	118	102	98	174	17	1	3.25	3.18	1159	0.77		8%	6%	236	56		---%	12	8	0	1040	28	6	7	35	12	19	1.07	0.877	2.25	0.51%	11.52

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