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: 22-15 / in Starts: 22-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	199	2	Apr 10	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	0	0.00	2.83	20	6	5	0	1	2	64			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.256	2.28	0.27%	2.06	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
2	200	6	Apr 14	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	7.0	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.25	2.80	31	11	6	1	0	7	52			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.105	2.35	-0.12%	0.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	201	8	Apr 18	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	GS-9		3	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	1.71	3.01	35	11	11	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.487	1.64	0.37%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	202	12	Apr 23	OAK	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.17	2.56	31	7	12	4	0	7	61			2	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.111	1.04	-0.10%	0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
5	203	15	Apr 27	OAK	@	DET	L,2-10	GS-4	L(1-3)	3	3.0	7	5	4	3	1	0	0	3.09	2.79	19	4	4	0	2	7	25			0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.263	1.50	-0.26%	-3.00	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d4
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
6	204	18	May 2(1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.85	3.10	36	5	17	2	0	7	66			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.200	1.56	0.22%	1.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
7	205	23	May 7	OAK		NYY	L,4-14	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	6.2	10	10	4	4	6	0	0	3.21	3.03	35	11	4	1	1	10	28			3	2	0	30	2	0	1	0	1	3	.77	-0.475	1.07	-0.40%	-5.50	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d4
8	206	27	May 11	OAK		CAL	W,6-4	GS-7		3	6.2	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.31	2.93	30	11	6	1	2	9	46			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.29	-0.064	1.82	-0.05%	-0.25	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d3
9	207	30	May 16	OAK		TEX	W,3-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.13	2.92	37	13	10	0	0	10	59			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.46	0.386	1.94	0.31%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	208	35	May 21	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	5.0	10	6	6	0	0	0	0	3.69	2.90	26	9	7	1	0	10	23			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.224	.59	-0.12%	-3.73	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d5
11	209	40	May 25	OAK		MIN	W,6-1	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.38	2.79	36	13	7	2	0	8	71			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.185	.21	0.07%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	210	44	May 29	OAK		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.02	2.71	32	9	13	3	0	5	80			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.531	.77	0.25%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	211	48	Jun 2	OAK		KCR	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	10	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.99	2.75	31	7	11	4	0	10	48			3	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.283	1.31	-0.16%	-0.38	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a1
14	212	51	Jun 6(1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-8	W(6-5)	3	7.1	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.95	2.70	30	9	8	1	1	6	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.172	.82	0.07%	1.38	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a2
15	213	56	Jun 11	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(6-6)	4	7.0	11	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.09	2.65	33	9	8	0	0	11	42			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.211	.71	-0.07%	-0.92	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out d1
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
16	214	76	Jul 2	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-8	GS-6	L(6-7)	20	5.0	7	6	6	1	2	0	0	3.43	2.64	22	8	4	1	0	7	30			1	0	0	20	3	1	0	1	1	0	.72	-0.334	.84	-0.23%	-3.35	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out tie
17	215	80	Jul 6	OAK		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	9	0	0	3.18	2.57	31	5	8	0	0	6	81			1	2	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.46	0.600	.89	0.22%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	216	84	Jul 10	OAK		CLE	W,7-3	GS-7		3	6.1	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.23	2.54	28	6	11	1	0	9	45			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.028	.85	0.01%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
19	217	86	Jul 15	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-11	L(7-8)	4	10.0	4	3	0	4	1	0	1	3.00	2.64	40	16	14	1	0	4	75			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	0.362	1.28	0.19%	1.59	1b start a 2	11b 12- 0 out tie
20	218	90	Jul 19(1)	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-9)	3	8.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	0	3.02	2.56	33	10	8	2	0	9	58			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.062	.56	-0.03%	0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	219	95	Jul 23	OAK		KCR	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-9)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	13	0	0	2.85	2.41	35	10	5	2	2	6	87			1	1	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.536	2.24	0.59%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	220	99	Jul 27	OAK		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-9)	3	9.0	10	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.69	2.32	34	7	8	0	0	10	76			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	0.664	2.10	0.48%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
23	221	103	Aug 1(1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS-9		4	8.1	8	4	4	4	6	1	0	2.77	2.41	37	10	9	3	0	8	53			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.186	1.58	0.12%	1.24	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a2
24	222	108	Aug 6	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	CG	L(9-10)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	2.73	2.42	35	8	11	1	0	7	72			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.008	.74	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
25	223	112	Aug 10	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	CG	W(10-10)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.65	2.45	33	10	15	0	0	5	72			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.30	0.487	.66	0.15%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
26	224	116	Aug 14	OAK		BOS	W,7-3	CG	W(11-10)	3	9.0	5	3	3	0	9	1	0	2.66	2.43	31	6	14	6	3	2	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.135	.42	0.11%	0.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	225	120	Aug 18	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(11-11)	3	8.0	8	3	3	5	4	0	0	2.69	2.47	36	5	14	4	0	8	53			0	1	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	.82	0.078	.86	0.05%	0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
28	226	124	Aug 23	OAK	@	BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-11)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.58	2.45	33	6	15	0	0	6	79			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.462	.50	0.17%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
29	227	128	Aug 28	OAK		DET	W,5-2	CG	W(13-11)	4	9.0	1	2	1	1	5	1	0	2.52	2.48	31	14	10	2	0	1	83			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	.67	0.377	.40	0.14%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
30	228	132	Sep 1	OAK		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(14-11)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.42	2.44	33	4	16	2	0	7	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.50	0.262	.35	0.11%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	229	136	Sep 6	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS-9		4	8.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.38	2.40	27	4	14	1	0	4	75			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.400	1.25	0.24%	2.94	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
32	230	140	Sep 10	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS-10	L(14-12)	3	9.1	9	5	5	1	3	0	0	2.47	2.40	38	10	15	2	1	9	52			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	-0.222	2.98	-0.28%	0.17	1b start a 1	10b -23 1 out a1
33	231	143	Sep 14(1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	W(15-12)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.45	2.46	35	9	13	3	0	8	64			0	2	1	33	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.422	3.45	0.80%	2.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
34	232	148	Sep 18	OAK		TEX	W,3-2	GS-8	W(16-12)	3	7.2	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.45	2.52	33	8	12	4	0	9	53			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.290	1.66	0.21%	1.17	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
35	233	152	Sep 22	OAK	@	KCR	W,11-1	CG	W(17-12)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.40	2.51	33	9	14	4	4	6	73			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.150	.16	0.03%	3.07	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a10
36	234	156	Sep 27	OAK		KCR	W,8-3	CG	W(18-12)	4	9.0	10	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.42	2.49	39	8	13	3	4	10	59			1	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.047	1.33	-0.04%	0.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
37	235	159	Oct 1	OAK		CAL	L,0-2	CG(12)	L(18-13)	3	12.0	8	2	1	4	4	1	0	2.35	2.56	46	11	19	2	0	8	80			3	1	0	42	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.49	0.443	.00	0.00%	3.05	1t start tie	12t 3 out d2
							22-15		W-L:18-13	3.4	298.1	268	90	78	63	166	9	1	2.35	2.56	1205	0.82		9%	3%	265	61		---%	20	15	2	1123	35	6	3	20	5	13	1.08	5.706	1.21	3.31%	43.08

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