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: 18-13 / in Starts: 18-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	343	4	Apr 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.29	3.47	29	9	11	1	1	4	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.55	0.269	2.07	0.22%	1.95	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
2	344	8	Apr 17	SFG		SDP	W,7-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	9	1	0	2.25	3.31	36	11	5	0	0	8	65			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.277	.73	0.18%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	345	12	Apr 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-1)	3	6.0	7	4	4	3	2	2	0	3.27	4.57	28	9	7	0	1	7	41			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.193	.81	-0.14%	-1.34	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
4	346	16	Apr 25	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	10	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.41	4.13	31	9	8	1	4	9	46			1	0	0	27	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.07	-0.041	1.02	-0.02%	0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
5	347	20	Apr 30	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.25	3.86	30	6	12	0	3	7	56			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.136	.90	0.06%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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	348	25	May 5	SFG	@	STL	L,5-9	GS-2	L(2-2)	4	1.1	8	6	6	1	1	0	0	4.58	3.85	12	1	1	0	1	8	14			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.387	.70	-0.13%	-4.22	1b start a 4	2b 1-3 1 out a1
7	349	28	May 9	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	11	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.27	3.59	40	9	14	1	0	11	55			3	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.215	.44	0.05%	1.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	350	31	May 13	SFG		PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.58	3.19	30	7	9	0	0	4	87			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.389	.35	0.10%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	351	35	May 17	SFG		STL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(5-2)	3	8.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.41	3.13	32	13	6	0	1	8	59			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.80	0.206	.37	0.06%	1.66	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a4
10	352	38	May 21	SFG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.11	3.06	35	12	11	3	0	6	73			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.11	0.330	.57	0.10%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	353	41	May 25	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.99	2.97	32	13	10	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	2	0	0	.93	0.293	.54	0.10%	2.15	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
12	354	45	May 30	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	7	2	0	2.89	3.15	32	7	10	1	0	5	74			0	3	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.426	.75	0.16%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	355	49	Jun 3	SFG		ATL	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	6	2	1	0	8	0	0	2.77	2.96	28	8	6	1	0	6	67			1	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	2	.99	0.036	.55	0.01%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	356	53	Jun 8	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	8	4	3	1	2	0	0	2.85	2.93	30	10	9	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	27	1	2	0	0	2	0	.74	-0.245	.34	-0.07%	-1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
15	357	57	Jun 13	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	4	1	0	4	6	0	0	2.62	2.92	34	10	10	0	0	4	79			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	0.464	.48	0.10%	2.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
16	358	61	Jun 17	SFG		MON	L,1-2	GS-8	L(9-3)	3	8.0	6	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.60	3.03	30	10	10	0	0	6	62			0	2	1	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.067	.34	0.02%	1.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	359	66	Jun 22	SFG		PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	L(9-4)	4	8.0	9	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.71	3.05	36	10	12	1	2	9	47			1	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.38	-0.249	.59	-0.06%	-0.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	360	70	Jun 27	SFG		LAD	L,0-8	GS-5	L(9-5)	4	4.2	10	7	6	1	4	1	0	3.02	3.10	24	9	10	4	1	0	21			1	1	1	23	3	1	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.263	.36	-0.08%	-4.16	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out d6
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
19	361	103	Aug 2	SFG		CHC	W,8-5	GS-5		35	5.0	6	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.11	3.23	25	3	15	4	4	0	42			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.37	-0.131	1.27	-0.07%	-0.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
20	362	108	Aug 6	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-6	L(9-6)	3	6.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.04	3.15	24	6	4	0	0	7	59			0	0	1	23	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.24	0.107	1.16	0.06%	1.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
21	363	112	Aug 11	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	GS-5	W(10-6)	4	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.12	3.24	24	7	5	0	0	6	43			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	-0.072	.73	-0.02%	-0.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
22	364	117	Aug 16	SFG		ATL	W,2-1	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.00	3.24	31	5	16	1	0	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.564	.88	0.26%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	365	121	Aug 21	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-5	GS-5	L(11-7)	4	4.2	9	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.19	3.23	23	1	11	2	0	9	26			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.304	.86	-0.13%	-3.16	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d4
24	366	127	Aug 29	SFG		NYM	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-7)	7	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.02	3.13	30	11	9	0	0	4	85			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.662	.54	0.16%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 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
25	367	132	Sep 2	SFG		PHI	L,1-2	GS-10		3	10.0	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	2.86	3.09	33	16	10	3	1	2	89			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.316	.16	0.02%	3.34	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
26	368	137	Sep 7	SFG		MON	W,6-3	GS-6	W(13-7)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	5	2	0	2.91	3.19	25	7	5	1	0	6	51			0	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
27	369	141	Sep 13	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-5	L(13-8)	5	5.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.97	3.15	21	10	1	0	0	7	44			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	.79	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-0.94	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
28	370	145	Sep 17	SFG		ATL	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	2.84	3.16	36	6	15	2	1	5	77			1	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.527	.00	0.00%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	371	149	Sep 21	SFG		HOU	L,1-5	GS-8	L(14-9)	3	8.0	9	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.91	3.17	35	9	9	0	0	9	52			0	1	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
30	372	154	Sep 26	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(14-10)	4	6.0	6	4	4	4	3	0	0	2.99	3.19	28	6	9	1	0	6	43			0	0	0	21	2	0	2	0	2	0	.77	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
31	373	158	Oct 2	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	GS-8		5	7.1	4	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.97	3.23	30	11	9	1	0	2	64			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	.76	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.58	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d1
							18-13		W-L:14-10	3.7	224.0	202	79	74	61	129	14	0	2.97	3.23	914	0.94		5%	4%	183	57		---%	14	16	5	833	33	7	8	15	6	14	1.05	2.926	.55	0.94%	20.02

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