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Vida Blue

Vida Rochelle Blue

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

Born: July 28, 1949 in Mansfield, LA
High School: DeSoto (Mansfield, LA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1969
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Giants/Royals 1969-1986

Final Game: October 2, 1986
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1968	18	OAK-min	A	24	46	46		7	2	0	0						.152	.152	.196	.348		9						BUR · MIDW
1969	19	OAK-min	AA	15	44	35	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	22	.086	.273	.114	.387		4						BIR · SOUL
1969	19	OAK	AL	12	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	-49	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	20	OAK-min	AAA	17	53	45	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	28	.111	.200	.133	.333		6		0	3	0		IWA · AA
1970	20	OAK	AL	6	17	15	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.200	.250	.467	.717	96	7	1	0	1	0	0	/1
1971	21	OAK	AL	39	121	102	6	12	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	63	.118	.167	.127	.294	-15	13	0	2	13	0	0	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1972	22	OAK	AL	27	52	45	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	34	.044	.140	.044	.184	-42	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1973	23	OAK	AL	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-7,MVP-29
1974	24	OAK	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	25	OAK	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-6
1976	26	OAK	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-6,MVP-20
1977	27	OAK	AL	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1978	28	SFG	NL	35	101	79	8	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	16	51	.076	.240	.127	.366	7	10	0	1	5	0	0	1	AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1979	29	SFG	NL	37	97	83	7	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	35	.120	.180	.169	.348	-1	14	0	0	8	0	0	1
1980	30	SFG	NL	31	79	68	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	34	.074	.111	.088	.199	-43	6	0	0	7	1	0	1	AS
1981	31	SFG	NL	18	43	35	4	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	.200	.263	.257	.520	50	9	1	0	5	0	0	1	AS
1982	32	KCR	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	33	KCR	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1985	35	SFG	NL	33	41	30	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.133	.212	.167	.379	10	5	0	0	8	0	0	1
1986	36	SFG	NL	28	53	43	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	20	.093	.204	.186	.390	11	8	0	0	4	0	0	1
17 Seasons				508	618	512	37	53	9	0	4	15	0	2	49	271	.104	.186	.145	.330	-4	74	2	3	53	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	197	163	12	17	3	0	1	5	0	1	16	86	.104	.186	.145	.330	-4	24	1	1	17	0	0
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
OAK (9 yrs)				276	204	174	12	17	2	0	1	5	0	2	12	109	.098	.165	.126	.291	-14	22	1	2	16	0	0
SFG (6 yrs)				182	414	338	25	36	7	0	3	10	0	0	37	162	.107	.196	.154	.350	1	52	1	1	37	1	0
KCR (2 yrs)				50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (11 yrs)				326	204	174	12	17	2	0	1	5	0	2	12	109	.098	.165	.126	.291	-14	22	1	2	16	0	0
NL (6 yrs)				182	414	338	25	36	7	0	3	10	0	0	37	162	.107	.196	.154	.350	1	52	1	1	37	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1969	19	OAK	AL	12	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1970	20	OAK	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	/1
1971	21	OAK	AL	121	-15	0	-1	1	0	9	4	-2	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$14,750	1	AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1972	22	OAK	AL	52	-8	0	0	0	0	4	2	-2	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$63,000	1
1973	23	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$51,000	1	CYA-7,MVP-29

1977	27	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$145,000	1	AS
1978	28	SFG	NL	101	-10	0	1	0	0	8	3	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$205,000	1	AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1979	29	SFG	NL	97	-12	-1	0	1	0	9	3	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1980	30	SFG	NL	79	-13	-1	0	1	0	6	2	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	1	AS
1981	31	SFG	NL	43	-2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1	AS

1985	35	SFG	NL	41	-3	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$250,000	1
1986	36	SFG	NL	53	-5	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$450,000	1
12 Seasons				618	-70	-2	1	3	0	49	19	0	-0.9	0	0.0	-0.9	$1,178,750

SFG (6 yrs)				414	-45	-2	2	2	0	34	12	3	-0.1	3	0.3	-0.4	$905,000
OAK (6 yrs)				204	-25	0	-1	1	0	15	7	-3	-0.8	-3	-0.3	-0.5	$273,750

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1969	19	OAK	AL	12	10	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.249	.167	.324	.000	.375	.167	.699	-49	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.200	.200	.000
1970	20	OAK	AL	17	14	1	1.9	95	.286	.200	.255	.250	.328	.467	.388	.717	.717	96	.186	-0.2	-0.0	.615	.333	.267	.0
1971	21	OAK	AL	121	104	3	0.8	91	.308	.118	.253	.167	.324	.127	.375	.294	.699	-15	.046	-15.5	-1.7	.198	.039	.010
1972	22	OAK	AL	52	46	1	0.6	79	.182	.044	.241	.140	.309	.044	.348	.184	.657	-42	.034	-7.8	-0.9	.136	.089	.000
1973	23	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.254	.000	.322	.000	.373	.000	.695	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1977	27	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0.0	97		.000	.263	.000	.326	.000	.400	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1978	28	SFG	NL	101	78	4	1.4	91	.185	.076	.257	.240	.324	.127	.379	.366	.703	7	.115	-9.5	-1.0	.370	.253	.051	.0
1979	29	SFG	NL	97	81	3	1.0	94	.191	.120	.260	.180	.325	.169	.387	.348	.712	-1	.062	-11.4	-1.2	.274	.120	.048	.0
1980	30	SFG	NL	79	71	1	0.4	93	.143	.074	.263	.111	.325	.088	.382	.199	.707	-43	.012	-13.0	-1.4	.143	.059	.015
1981	31	SFG	NL	43	34	3	2.4	90	.280	.200	.260	.263	.325	.257	.373	.520	.698	50	.270	-2.2	-0.2	.414	.143	.057

1985	35	SFG	NL	41	34	2	1.6	91	.222	.133	.254	.212	.321	.167	.379	.379	.700	10	.144	-3.5	-0.4	.308	.133	.033
1986	36	SFG	NL	53	43	2	1.3	93	.136	.093	.255	.204	.325	.186	.385	.390	.710	11	.095	-5.2	-0.5	.359	.233	.093	.0
17 Seasons				618	517	20	1.0	91	.206	.104	.256	.186	.323	.145	.377	.330	.701	-4	.073	-70.8	-7.5	.268	.133	.041	.0
162 Game Avg.				197	165	6	1.0	91	.206	.104	.256	.186	.323	.145	.377	.330	.701	-4	.073	-70.8	-7.5	.268	.133	.041

SFG (6 yrs)				414	341	15	1.2	92	.190	.107	.259	.196	.325	.154	.382	.350	.706	1	.088	-44.8	-4.7	.297	.157	.047	.0
OAK (9 yrs)				204	176	5	0.8	88	.250	.098	.250	.165	.321	.126	.369	.291	.690	-14	.047	-26.0	-2.9	.213	.086	.029	.0

NL (6 yrs)				414	341	15	1.2	92	.190	.107	.259	.196	.325	.154	.382	.350	.706	1	.088	-44.8	-4.7	.297	.157	.047	.0
AL (11 yrs)				204	176	5	0.8	88	.250	.098	.250	.165	.321	.126	.369	.291	.690	-14	.047	-26.0	-2.9	.213	.086	.029	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1971	21	OAK	AL	ALCS	BAL	L	1	3	3	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
1972	22	OAK	AL	ALCS	DET	W	4	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1972	22	OAK	AL	WS	CIN	W	4	3	1	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667
1973	23	OAK	AL	WS	NYM	W	2	4	4	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000
1974	24	OAK	AL	WS	LAD	W	2	4	4	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000
4 Seasons (5 Series)							13	15	13	2	12	.000	.133	.000	.133
2 ALCS							5	4	4	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
3 WS							8	11	9	2	9	.000	.182	.000	.182

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1971	OAK	AL	21	as P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1975	OAK	AL	25	as P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1977	OAK	AL	27		DNP
1978	SFG	NL	28	as P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1980	SFG	NL	30		DNP
1981	SFG	NL	31		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Seasons (4 Appearances)					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	19	OAK	AL	12	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%		2.00	2.5			2.00	50%
1970	20	OAK	AL	17	5.9%	41.2%	5.9%	11.8%	67%	7.00	2.1	15.0	5.0	6.00	41%
1971	21	OAK	AL	121	0.0%	52.1%	3.3%	0.8%	8%	15.75	1.6		51.0	4.86	32%
1972	22	OAK	AL	52	0.0%	65.4%	9.6%	0.0%	0%	6.80	1.3				21%
1973	23	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%

1977	27	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1978	28	SFG	NL	101	1.0%	50.5%	15.8%	2.0%	33%	3.19	1.5	79.0	39.5	1.36	27%
1979	29	SFG	NL	97	1.0%	36.1%	6.2%	2.1%	20%	5.83	2.4	83.0	27.7	1.75	48%
1980	30	SFG	NL	79	0.0%	43.0%	3.8%	1.3%	20%	11.33	2.0		68.0	1.69	44%
1981	31	SFG	NL	43	0.0%	23.3%	7.0%	4.7%	29%	3.33	3.5		35.0	1.56	58%

1985	35	SFG	NL	41	0.0%	29.3%	7.3%	2.4%	25%	4.00	2.5			1.50	44%
1986	36	SFG	NL	53	1.9%	37.7%	11.3%	3.8%	50%	3.33	2.2	43.0	14.3	1.67	42%
17 Seasons				618	0.7%	43.9%	7.9%	2.1%	25%	5.53	1.9	128.0	34.1	2.08	39%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.6%	8.6%	6.4%	28%	1.59	6.5	44.3	8.7	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	19	OAK	AL	-2.0	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.70	-0.2	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.75	-1.7		0
1970	20	OAK	AL	-0.2	-0.0	17	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	1.00	-0.2	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.12	-1.5		0
1971	21	OAK	AL	-15.5	-1.7	123	-1.2	1.0	-2.2	.96	-1.7	0.4	-15.1	-1.6	0.98	-16.4		0
1972	22	OAK	AL	-7.8	-0.9	53	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	.82	-0.8	-0.1	-6.3	-0.7	0.87	-7.3		0
1973	23	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.16	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.2	0.16	1
1974	24	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1975	25	OAK	AL	0.0
1976	26	OAK	AL	0.0
1977	27	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.09	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.05	-0.3		0
1978	28	SFG	NL	-9.5	-1.0	103	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	.93	-0.6	-0.1	-9.1	-1.0	0.96	-7.0		0
1979	29	SFG	NL	-11.4	-1.2	97	-0.6	0.9	-1.5	.86	-1.0	0.3	-10.1	-1.1	0.96	-10.0	1.69	1
1980	30	SFG	NL	-13.0	-1.4	79	-1.1	0.4	-1.5	.98	-1.2	0.1	-11.7	-1.3	0.96	-12.6		0
1981	31	SFG	NL	-2.2	-0.2	43	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	1.26	-0.3	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	1.03	-3.5		0
1982	32	KCR	AL	0.0
1983	33	KCR	AL	0.0

1985	35	SFG	NL	-3.5	-0.4	41	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.94	-0.4	-0.1	-5.7	-0.6	1.05	-4.4		0
1986	36	SFG	NL	-5.2	-0.5	53	-0.7	0.5	-1.3	1.19	-0.5	-0.1	-7.2	-0.8	1.04	-5.4		0
17 Seasons				-70.8	-7.5	623	-6.4	5.1	-11.5	.96	-7.0	0.4	-73.3	-7.9	0.98	-70.4	0.93	2
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	19	OAK	AL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1970	20	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	21	OAK	AL	0	0	33%	30	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	40%	8	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
1972	22	OAK	AL	1	0	57%	9	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	75%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1973	23	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1977	27	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	28	SFG	NL	2	0	32%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13%	5	5	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
1979	29	SFG	NL	1	0	40%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14%	3	3	0	2	1	1	2	2	0
1980	30	SFG	NL	2	0	38%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	31	SFG	NL	1	0	40%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0

1985	35	SFG	NL	2	0	0%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	36	SFG	NL	0	0	22%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17 Seasons				9	0	33%	146	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	10	28%	27	20	6	5	3	2	8	5	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	19	OAK	AL	12	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	20	OAK	AL	17	100%	3			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	6	0	0%	14	2	14%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1971	21	OAK	AL	121	100%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	13	65%	26	0	0%	26	5	19%	74	2	3%	3	1	33%	5	2	40%	0
1972	22	OAK	AL	52	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	6	0	0%	8	1	13%	25	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1973	23	OAK	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1977	27	OAK	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1978	28	SFG	NL	101	100%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	8	5	63%	17	0	0%	15	2	13%	66	1	2%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1979	29	SFG	NL	97	100%	10			1	0	0	0	1.69	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	12	8	67%	25	0	0%	27	5	19%	56	3	5%	5	2	40%	4	1	25%	0
1980	30	SFG	NL	79	100%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	11	0	0%	13	4	31%	54	1	2%	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	0
1981	31	SFG	NL	43	100%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	10	1	10%	10	5	50%	34	1	3%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	0

1985	35	SFG	NL	41	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	89%	12	0	0%	13	5	38%	29	1	3%	4	0	0%	0	0		0
1986	36	SFG	NL	53	100%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	6	4	67%	7	0	0%	9	2	22%	35	2	6%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
17 Seasons				618	100%	53			2	0	0	0	0.93	4	0	6	4	0	1	3	0	75	53	71%	118	2	2%	127	29	23%	391	13	3%	25	6	24%	22	6	27%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			78%			11%			34%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1969	19	12	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	-49	0	0	0	0	0
1970	20	18	29	25	2	3	1	1	3	0	3	11	.120	.214	.280	.494	39	7	1	0	1	0
1971	21	57	150	127	8	15	2	1	5	1	7	74	.118	.176	.157	.334	-4	20	1	2	14	0
1972	22	84	202	172	12	17	2	1	5	2	12	108	.099	.167	.128	.295	-13	22	1	2	16	0
1973	23	122	203	173	12	17	2	1	5	2	12	108	.098	.166	.127	.293	-14	22	1	2	16	0
1974	24	162	203	173	12	17	2	1	5	2	12	108	.098	.166	.127	.293	-14	22	1	2	16	0
1975	25	201	203	173	12	17	2	1	5	2	12	108	.098	.166	.127	.293	-14	22	1	2	16	0
1976	26	238	203	173	12	17	2	1	5	2	12	108	.098	.166	.127	.293	-14	22	1	2	16	0
1977	27	276	204	174	12	17	2	1	5	2	12	109	.098	.165	.126	.291	-14	22	1	2	16	0
1978	28	311	305	253	20	23	3	2	7	2	28	160	.091	.190	.126	.317	-7	32	1	3	21	0
1979	29	348	402	336	27	33	4	3	10	2	34	195	.098	.188	.137	.325	-5	46	1	3	29	0
1980	30	379	481	404	30	38	5	3	11	2	37	229	.094	.175	.129	.304	-12	52	1	3	36	1
1981	31	397	524	439	34	45	7	3	12	2	40	239	.103	.182	.139	.321	-7	61	2	3	41	1
1982	32	428	524	439	34	45	7	3	12	2	40	239	.103	.182	.139	.321	-7	61	2	3	41	1
1983	33	447	524	439	34	45	7	3	12	2	40	239	.103	.182	.139	.321	-7	61	2	3	41	1
1984	34	447	524	439	34	45	7	3	12	2	40	239	.103	.182	.139	.321	-7	61	2	3	41	1
1985	35	480	565	469	34	49	8	3	12	2	43	251	.104	.184	.141	.325	-6	66	2	3	49	1
1986	36	508	618	512	37	53	9	4	15	2	49	271	.104	.186	.145	.330	-4	74	2	3	53	1

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	19	12	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	12
1970	20	6	16	15	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	1	7	.200	.250	.467	.717	2	6
1971	21	39	109	103	6	12	1	0	0	2	0	4	63	.117	.165	.126	.291	2	39
1972	22	28	52	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	36	.000	.096	.000	.096	0	27
1973	23	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38

1977	27	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
1978	28	35	100	80	10	7	1	0	1	3	0	19	51	.088	.270	.138	.408	3	35
1979	29	37	91	84	8	11	1	0	1	4	0	7	35	.131	.198	.179	.376	3	37
1980	30	31	74	69	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	4	34	.087	.135	.101	.237	1	31
1981	31	27	59	54	8	12	3	0	0	2	0	5	15	.222	.288	.278	.566	5	18

1985	35	33	33	30	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	12	.133	.212	.167	.379	1	33
1986	36	28	49	43	4	4	1	0	1	4	0	6	20	.093	.204	.186	.390	2	28
12 Seasons		352	597	537	42	59	10	0	4	19	0	56	278	.110	.198	.151	.348	19	342
162 Game Avg.		162	275	247	19	27	5	0	2	9	0	26	128	.110	.198	.151	.348	9	342

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1992 BBWAA ( 5.3%) 1993 BBWAA ( 8.7%) 1994 BBWAA ( 3.1%) 1995 BBWAA ( 5.7%)	All-Star Games 1971 (P) 1975 (P) 1977 1978 (P) 1980 1981 *	Awards (yr lg award) 1971 AL Cy Young 1971 AL MVP 1971 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year 1978 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1971 AL (1, 80%) 1973 AL (29, 1%) 1976 AL (20, 3%) 1978 NL (12, 10%) 1 MVP 0.94 Career Shares (260th)
Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1971 AL (1, 82%) 1973 AL (7, 1%) 1975 AL (6, 2%) 1976 AL (6, 7%) 1978 NL (3, 14%) 1 Cy Young 1.06 Career Shares (49th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1971 AL 8.3 (3rd) 1976 AL 7.7 (3rd) 1978 NL 5.9 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1971 AL 13 (7th)	Youngest s c a p y 1969 AL born 1949-07-28 (5th) 1970 AL born 1949-07-28 (8th)

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