Vida Blue

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1967	17	-3.9	Athletics	AZIL	WRk	KCA	1	1	.500	2.65	3.71	9	2		0	0		34.0	26	14	10	0	22	1	26	1	0	1		1.412	6.9	0.0	5.8	6.9	1.18
1968	18	-2.7	Burlington	MIDW	A	OAK	8	11	.421	2.49	3.97	24	24		3	2		152.0	102	67	42	4	80	1	231	8	1	18		1.197	6.0	0.2	4.7	13.7	2.89
1969	19	-4.7	Birmingham	SOUL	AA	OAK	10	3	.769	3.20	3.46	15	14		8	1	0	104.0	80	40	37	2	52	0	112	1	1	7		1.269	6.9	0.2	4.5	9.7	2.15
1969	19	-8.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	1	.500	6.64	7.29	12	4	1	0	0	1	42.0	49	34	31	13	18	1	24	0	0	1	191	1.595	10.5	2.8	3.9	5.1	1.33
1970	20	-5.3	Iowa	AA	AAA	OAK	12	3	.800	2.17	2.71	17	17		9	4	0	133.0	88	40	32	8	55	0	165	5	0	7		1.075	6.0	0.5	3.7	11.2	3.00
1970	20	-7.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	2	0	1.000	2.09	2.79	6	6	0	2	2	0	38.2	20	12	9	0	12	0	35	1	0	0	147	0.828	4.7	0.0	2.8	8.1	2.92
1971	21	-5.9	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	24	8	.750	1.82	2.11	39	39	0	24	8	0	312.0	209	73	63	19	88	3	301	4	1	10	1207	0.952	6.0	0.5	2.5	8.7	3.42
1972	22	-5.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	6	10	.375	2.80	3.28	25	23	0	5	4	0	151.0	117	55	47	11	48	3	111	1	0	2	606	1.093	7.0	0.7	2.9	6.6	2.31
1973	23	-4.7	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	20	9	.690	3.28	3.69	37	37	0	13	4	0	263.2	214	108	96	26	105	2	158	4	2	15	1083	1.210	7.3	0.9	3.6	5.4	1.50
1974	24	-4.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	17	15	.531	3.25	3.76	40	40	0	12	1	0	282.1	246	118	102	17	98	7	174	1	0	9	1159	1.218	7.8	0.5	3.1	5.5	1.78
1975	25	-3.1	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	22	11	.667	3.01	3.33	39	38	1	13	2	1	278.0	243	103	93	21	99	4	189	5	2	4	1153	1.230	7.9	0.7	3.2	6.1	1.91
1976	26	-1.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	18	13	.581	2.35	2.72	37	37	0	20	6	0	298.1	268	90	78	9	63	3	166	1	1	5	1205	1.109	8.1	0.3	1.9	5.0	2.63
1977	27	-0.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	14	19	.424	3.83	4.44	38	38	0	16	1	0	279.2	284	138	119	23	86	5	157	1	0	11	1184	1.323	9.1	0.7	2.8	5.1	1.83
1978	28	0.0	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	18	10	.643	2.79	3.03	35	35	0	9	4	0	258.0	233	87	80	12	70	4	171	0	0	5	1042	1.174	8.1	0.4	2.4	6.0	2.44
1979	29	0.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	14	14	.500	5.01	5.43	34	34	0	10	0	0	237.0	246	143	132	23	111	11	138	1	0	8	1041	1.506	9.3	0.9	4.2	5.2	1.24
1980	30	1.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	14	10	.583	2.97	3.17	31	31	0	10	3	0	224.0	202	79	74	14	61	8	129	0	2	3	914	1.174	8.1	0.6	2.5	5.2	2.11
1981	31	2.3	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	8	6	.571	2.45	2.89	18	18	0	1	0	0	124.2	97	40	34	7	54	3	63	1	0	7	513	1.211	7.0	0.5	3.9	4.5	1.17
1982	32	3.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	13	12	.520	3.78	3.98	31	31	0	6	2	0	181.0	163	80	76	20	80	3	103	0	0	4	773	1.343	8.1	1.0	4.0	5.1	1.29
1983	33	4.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	5	.000	6.01	6.54	19	14	4	1	0	0	85.1	96	62	57	12	35	0	53	2	2	6	382	1.535	10.1	1.3	3.7	5.6	1.51

1985	35	6.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	8	8	.500	4.47	4.81	33	20	5	1	0	0	131.0	115	70	65	17	80	1	103	1	2	8	574	1.489	7.9	1.2	5.5	7.1	1.29
1986	36	7.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	10	10	.500	3.27	3.73	28	28	0	0	0	0	156.2	137	65	57	19	77	3	100	0	1	5	663	1.366	7.9	1.1	4.4	5.7	1.30
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		209	161	.565	3.27	3.65	502	473	11	143	37	2	3343.1	2939	1357	1213	263	1185	61	2175	23	13	103	13837	1.233	7.9	0.7	3.2	5.9	1.84
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		30	17	.638	2.57	3.40	56	55		20	7	0	389.0	270	147	111	14	187	1	508	14	2	32		1.175	6.2	0.3	4.3	11.8	2.72
Other (1 season)					Other		1	1	.500	2.65	3.71	9	2		0	0		34.0	26	14	10	0	22	1	26	1	0	1		1.412	6.9	0.0	5.8	6.9	1.18
All Levels (19 Seasons)							240	179	.573	3.19	3.63	567	530	11	163	44	2	3766.1	3235	1518	1334	277	1394	63	2709	38	15	136	13837	1.229	7.7	0.7	3.3	6.5	1.94