Vida Blue
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 189 lb.

Born: July 28, 1949 in Mansfield, LA
High School: De Soto (Mansfield, FL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1969
Final Game: October 2, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 OAK AL 19 P 12 4 42.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.07 0.42 .940 1.89 0.69
1970 OAK AL 20 P 6 6 38.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.86 1.33 .950 1.86 0.67
1971 OAK AL 21 P 39 39 312.0 39 15 24 0 0 1.000 1.12 1.00 .956 1.98 0.77 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1972 OAK AL 22 P 25 23 151.0 23 4 17 2 0 .913 1.25 0.84 .952 1.86 0.75
1973 OAK AL 23 P 37 37 263.2 39 9 30 0 0 1.000 1.33 1.05 .949 1.86 0.86 CYA-7,MVP-29
1974 OAK AL 24 P 40 40 282.1 29 10 16 3 0 .897 0.83 0.65 .948 1.81 0.83
1975 OAK AL 25 P 39 38 278.0 39 4 34 1 1 .974 1.23 0.97 .938 1.87 0.85 AS,CYA-6
1976 OAK AL 26 P 37 37 298.1 38 3 34 1 2 .974 1.12 1.00 .950 1.87 0.85 CYA-6,MVP-20
1977 OAK AL 27 P 38 38 279.2 51 6 42 3 2 .941 1.54 1.26 .949 1.95 0.84 AS
1978 SFG NL 28 P 35 35 258.0 41 12 29 0 4 1.000 1.43 1.17 .949 1.91 0.72 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1979 SFG NL 29 P 34 34 237.0 53 10 42 1 5 .981 1.97 1.53 .949 1.80 0.66
1980 SFG NL 30 P 31 31 224.0 57 14 42 1 4 .982 2.25 1.81 .951 1.91 0.69 AS
1981 SFG NL 31 P 18 18 124.2 41 11 29 1 1 .976 2.89 2.22 .959 1.97 0.68 AS
1982 KCR AL 32 P 31 31 181.0 38 14 22 2 0 .947 1.79 1.16 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 KCR AL 33 P 19 14 85.1 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.37 0.68 .954 1.80 0.73
1985 SFG NL 35 P 33 20 131.0 30 7 21 2 1 .933 1.92 0.85 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 SFG NL 36 P 28 28 156.2 29 3 24 2 0 .931 1.55 0.96 .955 1.94 0.66
17 Seasons P 502 473 3343.1 573 127 427 19 21 .967 1.49 1.10 .951 1.89 0.76
17 Seasons TOT 502 473 3343.1 573 127 427 19 21 .967 1.49 1.10 .918 1.89 0.76
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1969 OAK AL 19 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 OAK AL 20 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 21 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 OAK AL 22 27 23 27 27 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1973 OAK AL 23 38 0 2 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 OAK AL 24 40 0 3 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 25 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 OAK AL 26 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 27 38 0 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SFG NL 28 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 29 37 34 37 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1980 SFG NL 30 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 SFG NL 31 18 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 KCR AL 32 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 33 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SFG NL 35 33 20 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SFG NL 36 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 508 238 273 504 502 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1969 OAK AL 19 196 79% 15% 4 75% 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1970 OAK AL 20 152 68% 26% 6 100% 0 2 0 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 OAK AL 21 1236 68% 22% 31 94% 0 16 1 9 25 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1972 OAK AL 22 625 74% 24% 17 94% 1 4 1 2 17 12 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 OAK AL 23 1124 76% 24% 30 100% 2 8 0 6 31 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1974 OAK AL 24 1188 77% 23% 22 77% 2 12 1 10 16 12 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1975 OAK AL 25 1190 75% 23% 40 85% 0 4 0 2 34 27 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 8 88%
1976 OAK AL 26 1247 82% 25% 36 94% 0 3 3 0 34 23 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1977 OAK AL 27 1240 80% 25% 46 93% 4 6 1 5 45 35 2 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 6 83%
1978 SFG NL 28 1081 78% 24% 29 100% 2 6 1 3 30 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 6 100%
1979 SFG NL 29 1078 77% 26% 43 95% 1 10 5 3 41 28 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 3 3 2 7 86%
1980 SFG NL 30 949 80% 26% 43 95% 1 14 4 7 41 28 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 4 0 8 100%
1981 SFG NL 31 545 78% 28% 27 93% 1 11 1 7 27 18 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1982 KCR AL 32 799 77% 19% 20 80% 0 14 1 10 23 14 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1983 KCR AL 33 403 78% 17% 6 100% 1 3 0 2 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 100%
1985 SFG NL 35 607 70% 18% 15 93% 0 6 2 2 17 9 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1986 SFG NL 36 697 75% 20% 19 84% 2 3 2 1 25 13 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 100%
17 Seasons 14357 76% 23% 434 92% 18 123 23 71 425 296 35 19 1 8 10 8 21 15 17 3 78 94%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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