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: 4-15 / in Starts: 4-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 3

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	423	4	Apr 10	KCR		MIL	L,5-9	GS-4		99	4.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.50	5.26	15	4	4	1	0	3	50			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.023	1.32	-0.02%	0.01	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
2	424	12	Apr 23	KCR		TOR	L,4-5	GS-8		12	7.1	5	3	0	1	3	0	0	1.59	3.37	29	13	7	2	0	5	64			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	3	1.06	0.263	1.59	0.24%	1.83	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a3
3	425	16	Apr 29	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	GS-7		5	6.0	4	4	4	6	3	0	0	3.12	3.85	28	4	11	3	0	4	45			1	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.281	1.18	-0.27%	-1.37	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
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	426	21	May 4	KCR		NYY	L,1-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	5.0	4	3	2	2	1	0	2	3.22	4.05	23	8	6	3	0	4	48			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	-0.082	1.75	-0.08%	-0.49	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
5	427	25	May 10	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(0-2)	5	8.0	8	4	4	6	4	0	0	3.56	4.04	38	6	14	0	0	8	48			3	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.100	1.91	-0.10%	0.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
6	428	29	May 15	KCR		DET	L,4-6	GS-7		4	6.0	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.72	3.88	24	4	12	0	0	4	52			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.218	1.24	-0.19%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d1
7	429	32	May 20	KCR		CHW	L,6-9	GS-5	L(0-3)	4	4.1	8	6	6	1	6	2	0	4.65	4.18	22	3	4	0	0	8	28			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	.93	-0.414	1.39	-0.37%	-3.75	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d3
8	430	39	May 27	KCR		BAL	L,4-7	7-GF		6	3.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.53	4.13	12	1	6	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.23	0.003	.33	0.00%	0.51	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
9	431	43	Jun 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-7	6-GF(8)		4	2.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.70	4.26	10	1	4	0	3	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.006	.10	-0.01%	-0.54	6b 1-3 2 out d5	8b end d 5
10	432	48	Jun 5(2)	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-6		3	6.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.33	4.02	21	5	8	0	0	4	62			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.39	0.192	2.22	0.19%	2.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
11	433	54	Jun 12	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-8	6-GF(8)		6	2.1	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.64	4.17	13	3	2	0	0	7		3	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.101	.36	-0.12%	-3.17	6b 123 2 out d2	8b end d 7
12	434	56	Jun 14	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-8	4-GF(8)		1	4.2	3	1	1	0	6	1	0	4.42	4.08	17	2	6	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.034	.13	-0.03%	0.00	4b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 7
13	435	61	Jun 20	KCR		OAK	L,2-7	GS-3	L(0-4)	5	2.1	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.70	4.01	15	3	3	0	0	6	34			3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.251	2.53	-0.33%	-3.07	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d3
14	436	65	Jun 24	KCR		CAL	W,11-3	GS-6		3	5.1	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.73	3.99	21	2	11	0	0	3	49			0	1	0	17	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.063	2.95	-0.09%	0.10	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
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
15	437	71	Jul 1	KCR	@	CAL	L,6-7	GS-4	L(0-5)	6	3.1	9	6	6	1	4	0	0	5.27	3.86	20	0	6	1	0	9	21			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.363	2.42	-0.42%	-2.92	1b start a 1	4b 12- 1 out d1
16	438	79	Jul 12	KCR		TOR	L,6-9	GS-4		10	3.0	7	5	5	1	2	3	0	5.67	4.33	16	4	3	0	1	6	26			1	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.259	1.13	-0.18%	-3.49	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d5
17	439	83	Jul 16	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-17	5-7		3	2.2	7	7	6	2	2	1	0	6.19	4.47	16	1	4	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.009	.05	-0.01%	-3.88	5b --- 0 out d7	7b 12- 2 out d10
18	440	89	Jul 22(2)	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-6		5	5.2	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	5.75	4.39	22	3	10	1	0	3	63			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.330	2.09	0.37%	2.67	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a1
19	441	98	Jul 31(2)	KCR	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-5		8	4.0	7	5	5	2	2	2	0	6.01	4.64	20	7	2	0	0	7	28			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.302	2.14	-0.39%	-2.89	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out a3
							4-15		W-L:0-5	4.5	85.1	96	62	57	35	53	12	2	6.01	4.64	382	0.60		7%	3%	95	44	7	57%	12	5	0	336	16	4	0	8	5	4	.90	-1.718	1.55	-1.81%	-18.76

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