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Vida Blue
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr.

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 189 lb.

Debut July 20, 1969
  vs. CAL 5.3 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L
Final Game October 2, 1986
Born July 28, 1949 in Mansfield, LA

Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 19 OAK AL   1   1  12   4   0   0   1  1   42.0   49   34   31  13   18   24   0   1   191   1   0  6.64  3.45   52 1.595
 1970 20 OAK AL   2   0   6   6   2   2   0  0   38.7   20   12    9   0   12   35   1   0   147   0   0  2.09  3.53  169 0.828
 1971 21 OAK AL  24   8  39  39  24   8   0  0  312.0  209   73   63  19   88  301   4  10  1207   3   1  1.82  3.36  185 0.952 MVP-1,CYA-1,AS
 1972 22 OAK AL   6  10  25  23   5   4   0  0  151.0  117   55   47  11   48  111   1   2   606   3   0  2.80  2.85  102 1.093
 1973 23 OAK AL  20   9  37  37  13   4   0  0  263.7  214  108   96  26  105  158   4  15  1083   2   2  3.28  3.56  108 1.210 MVP-29,CYA-7
 1974 24 OAK AL  17  15  40  40  12   1   0  0  282.3  246  118  102  17   98  174   1   9  1159   7   0  3.25  3.34  103 1.218
 1975 25 OAK AL  22  11  39  38  13   2   1  1  278.0  243  103   93  21   99  189   5   4  1153   4   2  3.01  3.64  121 1.230 CYA-6,AS
 1976 26 OAK AL  18  13  37  37  20   6   0  0  298.3  268   90   78   9   63  166   1   5  1205   3   1  2.35  3.35  142 1.109 MVP-20,CYA-6
 1977 27 OAK AL  14  19  38  38  16   1   0  0  279.7  284  138  119  23   86  157   1  11  1184   5   0  3.83  3.99  104 1.323 AS
 1978 28 SFG NL  18  10  35  35   9   4   0  0  258.0  233   87   80  12   70  171   0   5  1042   4   0  2.79  3.44  123 1.174 MVP-12,CYA-3,AS
 1979 29 SFG NL  14  14  34  34  10   0   0  0  237.0  246  143  132  23  111  138   1   8  1041  11   0  5.01  3.52   70 1.506
 1980 30 SFG NL  14  10  31  31  10   3   0  0  224.0  202   79   74  14   61  129   0   3   914   8   2  2.97  3.54  119 1.174 AS
 1981 31 SFG NL   8   6  18  18   1   0   0  0  124.7   97   40   34   7   54   63   1   7   513   3   0  2.45  3.42  139 1.211 AS
 1982 32 KCR AL  13  12  31  31   6   2   0  0  181.0  163   80   76  20   80  103   0   4   773   3   0  3.78  4.08  108 1.343
 1983 33 KCR AL   0   5  19  14   1   0   4  0   85.3   96   62   57  12   35   53   2   6   382   0   2  6.01  4.08   68 1.535
 1985 35 SFG NL   8   8  33  20   1   0   5  0  131.0  115   70   65  17   80  103   1   8   574   1   2  4.47  3.45   77 1.489
 1986 36 SFG NL  10  10  28  28   0   0   0  0  156.7  137   65   57  19   77  100   0   5   663   3   1  3.27  3.54  108 1.366
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 17 Yr WL% .565 209 161 502 473 143  37  11  2 3343.3 2939 1357 1213 263 1185 2175  23 103 13837  61  13  3.27  3.53  108 1.233
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  11  35  32   9   2   0  0  233.0  204   94   84  18   82  151   1   7   965   4   0  3.27  3.53  108 1.233
 Career High     24  19  40  40  24   8   5  1  312.0  284  143  132  26  111  301   5  15  1207  11   2  1.82  4.08  185 0.952
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 19 OAK AL  12   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .000  .167  .000  -49    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 20 OAK AL   6   15    1    3   1  0   1    3   0  0   1   7  .200  .250  .467   96    7   1   0   0   0   1
 1971 21 OAK AL  39  102    6   12   1  0   0    2   0  1   4  63  .118  .167  .127  -15   13  13   0   0   2   0 MVP-1,AS
 1972 22 OAK AL  27   45    4    2   0  0   0    0   0  1   5  34  .044  .140  .044  -42    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1973 23 OAK AL  38    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 MVP-29
 1977 27 OAK AL  38    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 1978 28 SFG NL  35   79    8    6   1  0   1    2   0  0  16  51  .076  .240  .127    7   10   5   0   0   1   0 MVP-12,AS
 1979 29 SFG NL  37   83    7   10   1  0   1    3   0  0   6  35  .120  .180  .169   -1   14   8   0   0   0   0
 1980 30 SFG NL  31   68    3    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   3  34  .074  .111  .088  -43    6   7   1   0   0   0 AS
 1981 31 SFG NL  18   35    4    7   2  0   0    1   0  0   3  10  .200  .263  .257   50    9   5   0   0   0   1 AS
 1985 35 SFG NL  33   30    0    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  12  .133  .212  .167   10    5   8   0   0   0   0
 1986 36 SFG NL  28   43    3    4   1  0   1    3   0  0   6  20  .093  .204  .186   11    8   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     508  512   37   53   9  0   4   15   0  2  49 271  .104  .186  .145   -4   74  53   1   0   3   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        163   12   17   3  0   1    5   0  1  16  86  .104  .186  .145   -4   24  17   0   0   1   1
 Career High     40  102    8   12   2  0   1    3   0  1  16  63                          14  13   1   0   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 19 OAK AL   12   10    0   0.0    91| .000  .248| .167  .324| .000  .375| .167  .699| -49  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1970 20 OAK AL   17   14    1   1.9    95| .200  .255| .250  .328| .467  .388| .717  .716|  96  .186  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1971 21 OAK AL  121  104    3   0.8    91| .118  .253| .167  .324| .127  .375| .294  .699| -15  .046 -15.5  -1.7   0%
 1972 22 OAK AL   52   46    1   0.6    79| .044  .241| .140  .309| .044  .348| .184  .657| -42  .034  -7.8  -0.9   0%
 1973 23 OAK AL    1    1    0   0.0    89| .000  .254| .000  .322| .000  .373| .000  .695|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1977 27 OAK AL    1    1    0   0.0    97| .000  .263| .000  .326| .000  .400| .000  .726|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1978 28 SFG NL  101   78    4   1.4    91| .076  .257| .240  .324| .127  .378| .367  .703|   7  .115  -9.4  -1.0   0%
 1979 29 SFG NL   97   81    3   1.0    94| .120  .260| .180  .325| .169  .387| .349  .711|  -1  .062 -11.4  -1.2   0%
 1980 30 SFG NL   79   71    1   0.4    93| .074  .263| .111  .325| .088  .382| .199  .707| -43  .012 -13.0  -1.4   0%
 1981 31 SFG NL   43   34    3   2.4    90| .200  .260| .263  .325| .257  .373| .520  .698|  50  .270  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1985 35 SFG NL   41   34    2   1.6    91| .133  .254| .212  .321| .167  .379| .379  .700|  10  .144  -3.5  -0.4   0%
 1986 36 SFG NL   53   43    2   1.3    93| .093  .255| .204  .325| .186  .385| .390  .710|  11  .095  -5.2  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons      618  517   20   1.0    91| .104  .256| .186  .323| .145  .377| .331  .700|  -4  .073 -70.8  -7.5   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 19 OAK AL P 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.42 0.69 1.07 1.89 4 42.0 1970 20 OAK AL P 6 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 0.67 1.86 1.86 6 38.7 1971 21 OAK AL P 39 15 24 0 0 1.000 .958 1.00 0.77 1.12 1.98 39 312.0 AS 1972 22 OAK AL P 25 4 17 2 0 .913 .950 0.84 0.75 1.25 1.86 23 151.0 1973 23 OAK AL P 37 9 30 0 0 1.000 .951 1.05 0.86 1.33 1.86 37 263.7 1974 24 OAK AL P 40 10 16 3 0 .897 .945 0.65 0.83 0.83 1.81 40 282.3 1975 25 OAK AL P 39 4 34 1 1 .974 .941 0.97 0.85 1.23 1.87 38 278.0 AS 1976 26 OAK AL P 37 3 34 1 2 .974 .951 1.00 0.85 1.12 1.87 37 298.3 1977 27 OAK AL P 38 6 42 3 2 .941 .949 1.26 0.84 1.54 1.95 38 279.7 AS 1978 28 SFG NL P 35 12 29 0 4 1.000 .951 1.17 0.72 1.43 1.91 35 258.0 AS 1979 29 SFG NL P 34 10 42 1 5 .981 .951 1.53 0.66 1.97 1.80 34 237.0 1980 30 SFG NL P 31 14 42 1 4 .982 .952 1.81 0.69 2.25 1.91 31 224.0 AS 1981 31 SFG NL P 18 11 29 1 1 .976 .959 2.22 0.68 2.89 1.97 18 124.7 AS 1982 32 KCR AL P 31 14 22 2 0 .947 .957 1.16 0.73 1.79 1.80 31 181.0 1983 33 KCR AL P 19 3 10 0 1 1.000 .956 0.68 0.73 1.37 1.80 14 85.3 1985 35 SFG NL P 33 7 21 2 1 .933 .952 0.85 0.68 1.92 1.92 20 131.0 1986 36 SFG NL P 28 3 24 2 0 .931 .954 0.96 0.66 1.55 1.94 28 156.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1969 19 OAK AL P 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.42 0.69 1.07 1.89 4 42.0 1970 20 OAK AL P 6 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 0.67 1.86 1.86 6 38.7 1971 21 OAK AL P 39 15 24 0 0 1.000 .958 1.00 0.77 1.12 1.98 39 312.0 1972 22 OAK AL P 25 4 17 2 0 .913 .950 0.84 0.75 1.25 1.86 23 151.0 1973 23 OAK AL P 37 9 30 0 0 1.000 .951 1.05 0.86 1.33 1.86 37 263.7 1974 24 OAK AL P 40 10 16 3 0 .897 .945 0.65 0.83 0.83 1.81 40 282.3 1975 25 OAK AL P 39 4 34 1 1 .974 .941 0.97 0.85 1.23 1.87 38 278.0 1976 26 OAK AL P 37 3 34 1 2 .974 .951 1.00 0.85 1.12 1.87 37 298.3 1977 27 OAK AL P 38 6 42 3 2 .941 .949 1.26 0.84 1.54 1.95 38 279.7 1978 28 SFG NL P 35 12 29 0 4 1.000 .951 1.17 0.72 1.43 1.91 35 258.0 1979 29 SFG NL P 34 10 42 1 5 .981 .951 1.53 0.66 1.97 1.80 34 237.0 1980 30 SFG NL P 31 14 42 1 4 .982 .952 1.81 0.69 2.25 1.91 31 224.0 1981 31 SFG NL P 18 11 29 1 1 .976 .959 2.22 0.68 2.89 1.97 18 124.7 1982 32 KCR AL P 31 14 22 2 0 .947 .957 1.16 0.73 1.79 1.80 31 181.0 1983 33 KCR AL P 19 3 10 0 1 1.000 .956 0.68 0.73 1.37 1.80 14 85.3 1985 35 SFG NL P 33 7 21 2 1 .933 .952 0.85 0.68 1.92 1.92 20 131.0 1986 36 SFG NL P 28 3 24 2 0 .931 .954 0.96 0.66 1.55 1.94 28 156.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 502 127 427 19 21 .967 .952 1.10 0.76 1.49 1.89 473 3343.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 502 127 427 19 21 .967 .952 1.10 0.76 1.49 1.89 473 3343
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1971   ALCS  OAK BAL     L   1   1   6.43  0  1  0  0   7     7   5   2   8 
 1972   ALCS  OAK DET     W   4   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   5.1   4   0   1   5 
        WS    OAK CIN     W   4   1   4.15  0  1  1  0   8.2   8   4   5   5 
 1973   ALCS  OAK BAL     W   2   2  10.29  0  1  0  0   7     8   8   5   3 
        WS    OAK NYM     W   2   2   4.91  0  1  0  0  11    10   6   3   8 
 1974   ALCS  OAK BAL     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  1   9     2   0   0   7 
        WS    OAK LAD     W   2   2   3.29  0  1  0  0  13.2  10   5   7   9 
 1975   ALCS  OAK BOS     L   1   1   9.00  0  0  0  0   3     6   3   0   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     3-2   9   5   4.60  1  2  1  1  31.1  27  16   8  25 
  3 World Series        3-0   8   5   4.05  0  3  1  0  33.1  28  15  15  22 
  8 Postseason Ser      6-2  17  10   4.31  1  5  2  1  64.2  55  31  23  47 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1971   ALCS  OAK BAL     L   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1972   ALCS  OAK DET     W   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK CIN     W   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   1  .000  .667  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1973   ALCS  OAK BAL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK NYM     W   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1974   ALCS  OAK BAL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    OAK LAD     W   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1975   ALCS  OAK BOS     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     3-2   9   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 World Series        3-0   8   9   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   9  .000  .182  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  8 Postseason Series   6-2  17  13   0   0  0  0  0   0   2  12  .000  .133  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1971   OAK AL   *  1  0  0   3     2   3   3   0   3  2   1  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1975   OAK AL   *  0  0  0   2     5   2   2   0   1  2   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1977   OAK AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1978   SFG NL   *  0  0  0   3     5   3   3   1   2  0   0  0   0  1  1  2  0 
 1980   SFG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1981   SFG NL      1  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  1   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 4/6      3  2  0  0   9    12   8   8   1   7  4   1  1   0  1  1  2  0   8.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1971   OAK AL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1975   OAK AL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1977   OAK AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1978   SFG NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1980   SFG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1981   SFG NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/6      3   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1971 (P)
1975 (P)
1977
1978 (P)
1980
1981 *

Awards
1971-AL-CYA
1971-AL-MVP
1971-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1978-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1971-AL-1-0.80
1973-AL-29-0.01
1976-AL-20-0.03
1978-NL-12-0.10
Car-252-0.94 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1971-AL-1-0.82
1973-AL-7-0.01
1975-AL-6-0.02
1976-AL-6-0.07
1978-NL-3-0.14
1 Cy Young
Car-43-1.06 shares

Sac. Hits
1971 AL-13-7

ERA
1971 AL-1.82-1
1975 AL-3.01-7
1976 AL-2.35-2
1978 NL-2.79-7
1980 NL-2.97-4
1981 NL-2.45-6

Wins
1971 AL-24-2
1973 AL-20-7
1975 AL-22-3
1976 AL-18-7
1978 NL-18-5
1980 NL-14-9
Car-209-95

Won-Loss %
1971 AL-.750-2
1973 AL-.690-4
1975 AL-.667-5
1978 NL-.643-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1971 AL-.952-1
1973 AL-1.210-6
1974 AL-1.218-10
1976 AL-1.110-4
1980 NL-1.174-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1971 AL-6.03-1
1973 AL-7.30-5
1974 AL-7.84-8
1975 AL-7.87-10
1981 NL-7.00-5
1982 AL-8.10-9
Car-7.91-91

Bases on Balls/9IP
1976 AL-1.90-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1971 AL-8.68-1
1975 AL-6.12-8
1978 NL-5.97-8

Innings
1971 AL-312.0-3
1975 AL-278.0-6
1976 AL-298.3-3
1977 AL-279.7-6
1978 NL-258.0-7
Car-3343.3-88

Strikeouts
1971 AL-301-2
1973 AL-158-10
1974 AL-174-10
1975 AL-189-5
1976 AL-166-6
1977 AL-157-10
1978 NL-171-6
Car-2175-52

Games Started
1971 AL-39-3
1974 AL-40-8
1975 AL-38-4
1976 AL-37-6
1977 AL-38-3
1978 NL-35-9
Car-473-62

Comp. Games
1971 AL-24-2
1976 AL-20-7
1977 AL-16-8
1979 NL-10-7
1980 NL-10-5

Shutouts
1970 AL-2-10
1971 AL-8-1
1972 AL-4-9
1973 AL-4-4
1976 AL-6-2
1978 NL-4-2
1980 NL-3-4
Car-37-57

Home Runs Allow.
1979 NL-23-8
Car-263-76

Bases On Balls Allow.
1973 AL-105-7
1974 AL-98-7
1975 AL-99-7
1977 AL-86-6
1979 NL-111-2
Car-1185-56

Hits Allowed
1976 AL-268-4
1977 AL-284-1
1978 NL-233-6
1979 NL-246-4

SO to Walk
1971 AL-3.42-2
1976 AL-2.63-6
1978 NL-2.44-8
1980 NL-2.11-9

Losses
1977 AL-19-1
1979 NL-14-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1977 AL-119-1
1979 NL-132-1

Wild Pitches
1971 AL-10-5
1973 AL-15-2
1974 AL-9-9
1977 AL-11-7
1979 NL-8-10
1981 NL-7-4
1985 NL-8-8
Car-103-75

Batters Faced
1971 AL-1207-3
1975 AL-1153-6
1976 AL-1205-5
1977 AL-1184-5
1978 NL-1042-8
1979 NL-1041-5
Car-13837-77

Adjusted ERA+
1971 AL-185-2
1975 AL-121-10
1976 AL-142-2
1978 NL-123-9
1980 NL-119-5
1981 NL-139-7

Youngest Player
1969 AL-19-5
1970 AL-20-8

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (324) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 140 (109) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 35.0 (94) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 114.0 (75) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft.

March 15, 1978: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later, Gary Alexander, Gary Thomasson, Dave Heaverlo, Alan Wirth, John Henry Johnson, Phil Huffman, and $300,000. The San Francisco Giants sent Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

March 30, 1982: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Bob Tufts to the Kansas City Royals for Renie Martin, Craig Chamberlain, Atlee Hammaker, and Brad Wellman.

August 5, 1983: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

April 6, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

December 17, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985San Francisco Giants$250,000
1986San Francisco Giants$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$700,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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