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: 21-14 / in Starts: 21-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	274	5	Apr 12	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-12	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	10	6	5	1	1	0	0	9.00	2.79	25	9	5	2	1	9	25			1	1	0	22	3	1	0	1	1	2	.90	-0.371	1.64	-0.41%	-3.77	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
2	275	9	Apr 17	SFG		ATL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.50	2.50	26	5	10	0	0	5	65			1	2	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.230	1.64	0.23%	2.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
3	276	13	Apr 22	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9		4	9.0	6	4	3	3	11	1	0	3.86	2.54	37	10	8	1	1	5	69			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.073	2.60	0.09%	-0.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	277	17	Apr 27	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.60	3.02	34	8	12	0	0	7	62			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.331	1.52	0.24%	1.50	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
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
5	278	21	May 1	SFG	@	STL	W,2-1	GS-9	W(3-1)	3	8.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.08	2.98	31	15	6	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.66	0.129	2.26	0.11%	1.57	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a1
6	279	25	May 7	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-9	W(4-1)	5	8.1	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.72	2.71	30	10	13	3	4	0	76			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	0.478	2.04	0.43%	2.94	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a1
7	280	29	May 12	SFG		STL	W,9-3	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	10	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.77	2.80	36	12	8	0	2	10	59			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	1	0	.44	0.076	.80	0.08%	0.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	281	34	May 17	SFG		CHC	W,9-5	GS-7	W(6-1)	4	7.0	11	4	3	1	11	0	0	2.89	2.47	33	4	16	9	2	1	51			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.024	1.39	-0.03%	-1.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
9	282	38	May 23	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.86	2.43	29	11	5	0	0	6	60			3	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.022	2.40	0.03%	1.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
10	283	42	May 27	SFG		LAD	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-2)	3	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.83	2.38	27	10	6	0	1	6	60			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.09	0.023	3.28	0.04%	1.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
11	284	46	May 31	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-9	L(6-3)	3	8.1	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.66	2.34	30	10	10	0	0	5	72			0	1	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.305	2.83	0.45%	2.60	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out tie
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	285	50	Jun 5	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	L(6-4)	4	7.0	5	4	4	2	7	3	0	2.85	2.69	27	4	9	0	3	5	56			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.361	2.65	-0.51%	-0.85	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out d2
13	286	54	Jun 10	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS-8	W(7-4)	4	7.1	7	1	1	2	8	0	0	2.73	2.59	28	5	6	0	2	7	66			1	1	0	24	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.51	0.384	3.49	0.53%	2.21	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a1
14	287	58	Jun 14	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	GS-9	W(8-4)	3	8.1	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.60	2.58	29	9	12	1	2	5	70			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.280	2.74	0.42%	2.24	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a1
15	288	62	Jun 18(1)	SFG		NYM	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.40	2.43	32	12	4	0	1	5	86			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.561	2.83	0.82%	3.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	289	67	Jun 23	SFG		ATL	W,9-0	SHO	W(10-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.23	2.38	33	9	10	1	1	5	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.084	.46	0.13%	3.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
17	290	72	Jun 27	SFG	@	SDP	W,9-1	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.14	2.44	34	9	12	2	0	6	70			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.221	2.27	0.37%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
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
18	291	78	Jul 2	SFG	@	ATL	L,7-9	GS-6		4	6.0	7	5	5	4	3	1	0	2.37	2.58	28	3	11	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.330	3.07	-0.52%	-2.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	292	83	Jul 7(1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS-6	W(12-4)	4	5.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.42	2.60	24	5	5	0	2	8	43			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	0.024	4.33	0.06%	-0.73	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a3
20	293	89	Jul 15	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-7		7	7.0	8	5	5	2	2	0	0	2.60	2.61	30	8	10	1	1	8	41			1	1	0	26	1	2	1	0	1	0	.87	-0.400	2.51	-0.70%	-1.72	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
21	294	94	Jul 19(1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-4	GS-9	W(13-4)	3	8.0	10	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.69	2.61	36	8	23	10	1	0	47			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.159	2.26	0.28%	-0.38	1b start a 3	9b 1-3 0 out a4
22	295	100	Jul 25	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(14-4)	5	9.0	9	2	2	1	10	0	0	2.66	2.51	36	8	8	1	0	9	70			1	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.74	-0.168	5.41	-0.31%	1.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
23	296	105	Jul 30(2)	SFG		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-4)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.52	2.47	33	12	15	5	0	0	79			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.688	4.43	1.27%	3.86	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
24	297	110	Aug 4	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	GS-9	W(16-4)	4	8.2	2	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.45	2.53	30	11	10	0	3	2	79			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.427	4.99	1.15%	2.57	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a1
25	298	115	Aug 10	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-12	GS-4	L(16-5)	5	3.2	9	7	7	3	2	2	0	2.74	2.69	23	5	4	0	3	9	14			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.392	3.46	-1.16%	-5.44	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 2 out d6
26	299	120	Aug 16	SFG	@	MON	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(16-6)	5	8.0	3	1	1	4	8	0	0	2.67	2.67	31	6	13	5	0	0	76			0	1	0	26	0	1	1	0	0	1	.87	0.196	3.10	0.42%	2.50	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	300	125	Aug 21	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.66	2.68	31	13	8	3	1	7	59			1	1	1	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.280	3.52	0.55%	1.43	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
28	301	130	Aug 27(1)	SFG		MON	L,1-2	GS-10	L(16-7)	5	9.1	4	2	1	3	9	0	0	2.58	2.64	36	11	10	0	0	3	80			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.57	0.314	6.11	0.73%	2.40	1t start tie	10t --3 1 out tie
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
29	302	135	Sep 2	SFG		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7		5	7.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.54	2.62	29	4	11	0	1	7	62			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.193	3.76	0.43%	2.00	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
30	303	140	Sep 7	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.0	4	3	3	5	4	1	0	2.59	2.70	26	6	7	1	0	4	51			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.102	3.82	0.21%	0.62	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a3
31	304	144	Sep 11	SFG		LAD	L,2-7	GS-4	L(16-8)	3	4.0	4	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.70	2.77	18	4	4	0	0	4	38			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.248	3.94	-0.71%	-2.29	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
32	305	148	Sep 15	SFG		CIN	L,1-6	GS-3	L(16-9)	3	3.0	7	5	4	0	2	0	0	2.82	2.75	15	1	5	0	0	7	29			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.320	.04	-0.01%	-3.71	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
33	306	152	Sep 20	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-3	GS-8	W(17-9)	4	7.0	11	3	2	1	4	0	0	2.81	2.72	32	7	9	1	0	11	48			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.48	1b start a 2	8b 1-3 0 out a4
34	307	156	Sep 24(1)	SFG		HOU	W,7-0	SHO	W(18-9)	3	9.0	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.71	2.67	35	7	14	0	0	8	77			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.68	0.280	.00	0.00%	3.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
35	308	161	Sep 30	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-7	GS-6	L(18-10)	5	6.0	10	5	4	2	2	0	0	2.79	2.68	28	6	8	0	0	10	34			0	2	0	25	3	1	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.412	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							21-14		W-L:18-10	4.0	258.0	233	87	80	70	171	12	0	2.79	2.68	1042	0.85		8%	5%	197	59		---%	14	15	3	948	31	9	4	19	8	9	1.04	2.941	2.62	4.73%	24.31

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