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: 15-23 / in Starts: 15-23

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	236	9	Apr 16	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	5	3	3	3	8	0	0	3.38	1.86	31	9	6	0	3	5	65			1	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	.92	0.043	1.75	0.05%	1.01	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
2	237	13	Apr 22	OAK		CHW	L,2-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	5	5.0	8	7	7	2	1	4	0	6.92	6.51	25	9	5	2	1	8	22			0	0	0	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.449	1.14	-0.49%	-4.55	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
3	238	18	Apr 26	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	11	3	3	3	7	1	0	5.32	5.33	39	8	10	0	0	11	57			1	2	0	36	3	0	1	0	0	0	.84	0.092	1.35	0.09%	1.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
4	239	22	May 1	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-8		4	7.0	9	4	4	1	6	1	0	5.28	4.84	29	4	9	4	1	9	48			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.011	1.81	-0.01%	0.66	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a2
5	240	25	May 5	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	10	2	2	1	9	0	0	4.50	3.95	38	9	9	0	0	10	67			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	1	0	.83	0.293	1.10	0.23%	2.51	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
6	241	29	May 9	OAK		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.83	3.93	33	10	13	2	1	6	73			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.618	1.39	0.39%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	242	31	May 13	OAK		BAL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(3-3)	3	4.0	11	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.41	3.82	25	10	1	0	0	11	21			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.334	1.09	-0.24%	-4.38	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d4
8	243	35	May 17	OAK		NYY	L,2-5	GS-13		3	13.0	7	2	2	4	6	0	0	3.80	3.60	49	15	17	0	2	7	87			0	0	0	45	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	0.654	1.02	0.35%	4.38	1t start tie	13t 3 out tie
9	244	39	May 22	OAK		SEA	L,2-6	GS-8	L(3-4)	4	7.0	11	6	4	1	3	0	0	3.93	3.47	32	10	6	1	0	11	37			1	4	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	2	.88	-0.168	.66	-0.08%	-1.91	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d3
10	245	42	May 27	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(3-5)	4	8.0	7	3	3	6	2	0	1	3.87	3.61	34	12	7	3	0	6	52			1	2	1	26	1	0	2	1	0	0	.67	-0.065	.52	-0.03%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	246	46	May 31	OAK	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-7	L(3-6)	3	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.92	3.59	26	7	7	3	1	6	48			2	1	1	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.050	1.07	-0.03%	-0.65	1b start a 1	7b 123 0 out d1
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
12	247	51	Jun 5	OAK		TOR	L,3-7	GS-6	L(3-7)	4	6.0	7	6	6	2	4	3	0	4.25	3.94	25	8	4	0	1	7	36			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	1	0	.82	-0.376	.74	-0.20%	-3.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
13	248	56	Jun 12	OAK		DET	W,7-1	CG	W(4-7)	6	9.0	4	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.96	3.92	36	7	17	3	4	4	73			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.173	.42	0.08%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	249	60	Jun 18	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(4-8)	5	8.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	0	3.75	3.79	29	7	11	0	0	6	67			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	.72	0.090	.68	0.05%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
15	250	65	Jun 22	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(4-9)	3	6.2	9	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.92	3.72	31	3	11	2	0	9	38			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.148	.42	-0.05%	-1.69	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d4
16	251	68	Jun 26(1)	OAK		KCR	W,7-3	GS-8	W(5-9)	3	7.1	13	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.84	3.71	33	8	9	0	3	13	47			1	2	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.114	.32	0.02%	0.75	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a3
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
17	252	74	Jul 1	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-9)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.57	3.59	33	10	12	1	0	5	81			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.46	0.609	.40	0.10%	4.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
18	253	78	Jul 5	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-6	GS-2	L(6-10)	3	1.1	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.81	3.59	9	2	0	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.306	.20	-0.04%	-3.96	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d4
19	254	81	Jul 8	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-6	GS-4	L(6-11)	2	3.0	7	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.12	3.60	18	3	5	0	1	7	20			1	0	0	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.344	.08	-0.02%	-4.37	1b start tie	4b --3 0 out d4
20	255	85	Jul 12	OAK		SEA	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(7-11)	3	10.0	7	2	2	5	4	1	0	3.96	3.68	40	13	11	3	0	7	69			0	2	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.53	0.495	.07	0.01%	2.91	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
21	256	88	Jul 16	OAK		MIN	W,8-2	CG	W(8-11)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	9	1	0	3.85	3.63	37	12	7	3	0	7	70			1	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	1	.70	0.335	.03	0.01%	2.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
22	257	92	Jul 22	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS-9	W(9-11)	5	8.2	10	3	3	0	6	2	0	3.81	3.67	35	9	10	3	0	10	58			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.240	.02	0.00%	1.07	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a2
23	258	97	Jul 26	OAK		CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(10-11)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.66	3.56	30	10	11	1	0	4	80			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.447	.00	0.00%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	259	102	Jul 31	OAK		NYY	L,2-9	GS-5	L(10-12)	4	4.1	6	8	5	5	2	1	0	3.83	3.68	26	10	3	0	0	6	22			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	1	.97	-0.387	.00	0.00%	-4.45	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d5
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
25	260	105	Aug 4	OAK		BOS	L,1-3	CG	L(10-13)	3	9.0	9	3	2	4	2	0	0	3.74	3.68	38	14	9	1	0	9	57			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.007	.00	0.00%	1.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
26	261	111	Aug 10	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-1	L(10-14)	5	0.1	3	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.97	3.72	7	0	1	1	0	3	22			0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.352	.00	0.00%	-4.91	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d4
27	262	113	Aug 12	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-6	L(10-15)	1	5.2	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	4.09	3.78	25	5	10	1	0	7	34			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.124	.00	0.00%	-0.63	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d2
28	263	117	Aug 16	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(11-15)	3	9.0	9	3	2	1	6	1	0	4.00	3.76	37	7	14	3	0	9	64			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.226	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
29	264	119	Aug 20	OAK		CLE	L,4-5	GS-11		3	11.0	10	4	4	5	3	0	0	3.96	3.75	48	15	15	1	0	10	59			1	1	0	42	1	0	0	1	1	2	.91	0.157	.00	0.00%	1.40	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
30	265	123	Aug 24(1)	OAK		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(12-15)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.84	3.67	32	11	8	1	0	4	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.435	.00	0.00%	3.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	266	127	Aug 28	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	W(13-15)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	9	1	0	3.77	3.66	35	8	8	1	0	6	72			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.316	.00	0.00%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Sept				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
32	267	131	Sep 2	OAK	@	DET	L,4-6	GS-7	L(13-16)	4	6.1	8	6	6	0	4	1	0	3.90	3.66	27	10	5	1	0	8	37			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.239	.00	0.00%	-1.49	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d1
33	268	136	Sep 6	OAK		CHW	L,2-7	GS-6	L(13-17)	3	6.0	5	5	2	2	1	1	0	3.87	3.71	27	10	9	2	0	5	47			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.167	.00	0.00%	-2.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
34	269	140	Sep 11	OAK		MIL	W,5-3	GS-9	W(14-17)	4	8.1	7	3	2	3	10	1	0	3.82	3.68	35	7	8	0	0	7	66			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.153	.00	0.00%	0.52	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
35	270	143	Sep 15(1)	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS-7		3	7.0	9	6	3	3	3	0	0	3.82	3.67	34	7	12	6	1	9	41			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	2	0	1.48	-0.369	.00	0.00%	-2.38	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
36	271	148	Sep 19	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-8	GS-5	L(14-18)	3	4.2	8	6	3	1	3	1	0	3.85	3.69	24	7	5	0	0	8	32			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.02	-0.196	.00	0.00%	-3.57	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d6
37	272	152	Sep 24	OAK		TEX	L,1-3	CG	L(14-19)	4	9.0	5	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.79	3.68	34	10	14	3	0	5	66			0	2	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.051	.00	0.00%	1.42	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
38	273	158	Sep 28	OAK		KCR	W,6-5	GS-9		3	9.0	12	5	5	0	4	0	0	3.83	3.62	38	4	18	5	5	12	47			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
							15-23		W-L:14-19	3.5	279.2	284	138	119	86	157	23	1	3.83	3.62	1184	0.95		9%	4%	282	52		---%	17	23	2	1075	46	8	5	17	9	16	.99	1.277	.44	0.22%	2.18

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