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: 15-13 / in Starts: 15-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	475	3	Apr 10	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.38	2.02	21	6	4	0	0	4	55			1	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.011	1.55	-0.01%	0.21	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d2
2	476	7	Apr 15	SFG		HOU	L,3-8	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	3.0	6	5	5	1	2	3	0	7.56	6.85	15	2	4	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.328	1.26	-0.36%	-3.68	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
3	477	12	Apr 20	SFG		SDP	W,4-0	GS-5	W(1-2)	4	5.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.73	5.47	20	5	6	1	2	5	57			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.205	2.44	0.25%	2.20	1t start tie	5t 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	478	42	May 24	SFG		MON	L,4-7	GS-7	L(1-3)	33	6.1	8	5	5	1	5	2	0	5.49	5.57	28	5	9	0	0	8	41			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.237	1.83	-0.26%	-1.39	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
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
5	479	50	Jun 3	SFG	@	MON	W,7-6	GS-5	W(2-3)	9	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	5.11	5.57	21	6	7	2	0	1	50			1	0	1	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.046	1.88	0.05%	0.32	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
6	480	56	Jun 10	SFG		ATL	W,3-0	GS-7	W(3-3)	6	7.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.98	5.14	26	9	8	0	0	2	72			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.399	2.54	0.55%	3.08	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
7	481	61	Jun 15	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-2	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.58	4.52	22	2	9	1	2	4	65			0	1	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.189	2.48	0.31%	1.69	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
8	482	66	Jun 20	SFG		HOU	W,3-1	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	7.0	2	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.22	4.45	25	5	11	1	0	2	72			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.213	2.61	0.36%	2.08	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
9	483	72	Jun 25	SFG		SDP	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	7.0	4	3	2	4	4	0	0	3.14	4.30	29	6	11	0	1	4	59			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	.79	-0.096	2.44	-0.18%	0.08	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
10	484	77	Jul 1	SFG	@	ATL	W,9-6	GS-4		5	4.0	5	4	3	3	2	0	0	3.40	4.28	20	5	10	7	1	0	37			2	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.262	4.01	-0.48%	-2.05	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d1
11	485	81	Jul 5	SFG		STL	L,4-7	GS-6		3	6.0	3	4	4	6	7	1	0	3.65	4.41	27	4	7	0	1	3	51			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.209	3.23	-0.34%	-1.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
12	486	85	Jul 10	SFG		PIT	W,6-3	GS-5	W(6-4)	4	5.0	6	1	1	4	2	1	0	3.51	4.60	22	4	6	0	0	6	49			0	1	0	18	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.36	0.137	3.51	0.21%	1.20	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
13	487	89	Jul 17	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-5	W(7-4)	6	5.0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.27	4.53	19	6	8	1	0	2	60			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.19	0.170	3.40	0.29%	1.48	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
14	488	94	Jul 22	SFG	@	STL	L,7-10	GS-4	L(7-5)	4	3.1	8	7	6	3	1	0	0	3.84	4.54	20	1	7	0	0	8	16			1	1	0	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.405	3.37	-0.66%	-4.30	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d3
15	489	98	Jul 27	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-7	GS-6	L(7-6)	4	6.0	3	2	1	1	5	0	0	3.67	4.33	20	7	7	3	0	0	64			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.009	2.66	0.02%	0.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
16	490	103	Aug 1	SFG		ATL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(8-6)	4	6.1	7	1	1	3	5	1	0	3.50	4.35	30	7	8	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.094	2.75	0.13%	1.18	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out a1
17	491	108	Aug 6	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	3	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.30	4.21	28	8	12	3	0	0	74			1	1	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.231	1.98	0.26%	2.52	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	492	113	Aug 12	SFG	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-5	W(9-6)	5	5.0	4	1	0	3	2	0	0	3.14	4.19	23	7	11	6	0	0	56			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.09	0.117	2.72	0.17%	1.41	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
19	493	118	Aug 17	SFG		LAD	L,0-2	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	7.2	11	2	1	1	2	1	0	3.00	4.20	34	9	18	7	0	4	52			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.093	1.64	0.10%	1.06	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d2
20	494	122	Aug 22	SFG		NYM	L,3-5	GS-5	L(9-8)	4	4.2	8	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.20	4.32	24	7	11	4	1	0	30			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.292	1.39	-0.20%	-2.26	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d3
21	495	126	Aug 26	SFG		MON	W,1-0	GS-9		3	9.0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.96	4.18	30	4	17	1	2	0	88			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.644	.65	0.22%	3.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
22	496	130	Aug 31	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-7	L(9-9)	4	7.0	6	4	4	4	10	2	0	3.08	4.25	31	2	13	3	0	2	55			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.225	.69	-0.08%	-0.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
23	497	135	Sep 5	SFG	@	MON	W,8-4	GS-5		4	5.0	7	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.10	4.27	25	7	10	1	0	1	42			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.035	.14	0.00%	0.32	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
24	498	140	Sep 10	SFG		CIN	L,2-14	GS-4	L(9-10)	4	3.2	6	5	5	3	1	2	0	3.34	4.47	19	4	9	3	0	2	27			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.344	.08	-0.02%	-3.54	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d4
25	499	146	Sep 17	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS-6		6	5.1	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.34	4.50	21	6	11	3	0	1	53			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.023	.14	0.00%	0.24	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a1
26	500	150	Sep 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,10-7	GS-5		4	4.0	6	3	2	2	3	1	0	3.38	4.54	21	6	9	1	1	1	41			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.30	-0.161	.02	0.00%	-1.06	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out tie
27	501	155	Sep 27	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	GS-5	W(10-10)	4	5.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.38	4.56	21	4	7	0	0	5	50			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.20	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
28	502	159	Oct 2	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	GS-6		4	5.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.27	4.55	21	6	6	1	1	2	62			1	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.27	0.212	.00	0.00%	1.83	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out tie
							15-13		W-L:10-10	4.4	156.2	137	65	57	77	100	19	0	3.27	4.55	663	0.59		13%	3%	80	52		---%	11	14	2	573	24	4	3	10	6	9	1.08	0.241	1.84	0.33%	5.56

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