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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1969 19 OAK AL 1 1 .500 6.64 12 4 1 0 0 1 42.0 49 34 31 13 18 1 24 0 0 1 191 52 1.595 10.5 2.8 3.9 5.1 1.33
1970 20 OAK AL 2 0 1.000 2.09 6 6 0 2 2 0 38.2 20 12 9 0 12 0 35 1 0 0 147 169 0.828 4.7 0.0 2.8 8.1 2.92
1971 21 OAK AL 24 8 .750 1.82 39 39 0 24 8 0 312.0 209 73 63 19 88 3 301 4 1 10 1207 185 0.952 6.0 0.5 2.5 8.7 3.42 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1972 22 OAK AL 6 10 .375 2.80 25 23 0 5 4 0 151.0 117 55 47 11 48 3 111 1 0 2 606 102 1.093 7.0 0.7 2.9 6.6 2.31
1973 23 OAK AL 20 9 .690 3.28 37 37 0 13 4 0 263.2 214 108 96 26 105 2 158 4 2 15 1083 108 1.210 7.3 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.50 CYA-7,MVP-29
1974 24 OAK AL 17 15 .531 3.25 40 40 0 12 1 0 282.1 246 118 102 17 98 7 174 1 0 9 1159 103 1.218 7.8 0.5 3.1 5.5 1.78
1975 25 OAK AL 22 11 .667 3.01 39 38 1 13 2 1 278.0 243 103 93 21 99 4 189 5 2 4 1153 121 1.230 7.9 0.7 3.2 6.1 1.91 AS,CYA-6
1976 26 OAK AL 18 13 .581 2.35 37 37 0 20 6 0 298.1 268 90 78 9 63 3 166 1 1 5 1205 142 1.109 8.1 0.3 1.9 5.0 2.63 CYA-6,MVP-20
1977 27 OAK AL 14 19 .424 3.83 38 38 0 16 1 0 279.2 284 138 119 23 86 5 157 1 0 11 1184 104 1.323 9.1 0.7 2.8 5.1 1.83 AS
1978 28 SFG NL 18 10 .643 2.79 35 35 0 9 4 0 258.0 233 87 80 12 70 4 171 0 0 5 1042 123 1.174 8.1 0.4 2.4 6.0 2.44 AS,CYA-3,MVP-12
1979 29 SFG NL 14 14 .500 5.01 34 34 0 10 0 0 237.0 246 143 132 23 111 11 138 1 0 8 1041 70 1.506 9.3 0.9 4.2 5.2 1.24
1980 30 SFG NL 14 10 .583 2.97 31 31 0 10 3 0 224.0 202 79 74 14 61 8 129 0 2 3 914 119 1.174 8.1 0.6 2.5 5.2 2.11 AS
1981 31 SFG NL 8 6 .571 2.45 18 18 0 1 0 0 124.2 97 40 34 7 54 3 63 1 0 7 513 139 1.211 7.0 0.5 3.9 4.5 1.17 AS
1982 32 KCR AL 13 12 .520 3.78 31 31 0 6 2 0 181.0 163 80 76 20 80 3 103 0 0 4 773 108 1.343 8.1 1.0 4.0 5.1 1.29
1983 33 KCR AL 0 5 .000 6.01 19 14 4 1 0 0 85.1 96 62 57 12 35 0 53 2 2 6 382 68 1.535 10.1 1.3 3.7 5.6 1.51
1985 35 SFG NL 8 8 .500 4.47 33 20 5 1 0 0 131.0 115 70 65 17 80 1 103 1 2 8 574 77 1.489 7.9 1.2 5.5 7.1 1.29
1986 36 SFG NL 10 10 .500 3.27 28 28 0 0 0 0 156.2 137 65 57 19 77 3 100 0 1 5 663 108 1.366 7.9 1.1 4.4 5.7 1.30
17 Seasons 209 161 .565 3.27 502 473 11 143 37 2 3343.1 2939 1357 1213 263 1185 61 2175 23 13 103 13837 108 1.233 7.9 0.7 3.2 5.9 1.84
162 Game Avg. 15 11 .565 3.27 35 33 1 10 3 0 233 205 95 85 18 83 4 152 2 1 7 965 108 1.233 7.9 0.7 3.2 5.9 1.84
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
OAK (9 yrs) 124 86 .590 2.95 273 262 2 105 28 2 1945.2 1650 731 638 139 617 28 1315 18 6 57 7935 118 1.165 7.6 0.6 2.9 6.1 2.13
SFG (6 yrs) 72 58 .554 3.52 179 166 5 31 7 0 1131.1 1030 484 442 92 453 30 704 3 5 36 4747 99 1.311 8.2 0.7 3.6 5.6 1.55
KCR (2 yrs) 13 17 .433 4.49 50 45 4 7 2 0 266.1 259 142 133 32 115 3 156 2 2 10 1155 91 1.404 8.8 1.1 3.9 5.3 1.36
AL (11 yrs) 137 103 .571 3.14 323 307 6 112 30 2 2212.0 1909 873 771 171 732 31 1471 20 8 67 9090 113 1.194 7.8 0.7 3.0 6.0 2.01
NL (6 yrs) 72 58 .554 3.52 179 166 5 31 7 0 1131.1 1030 484 442 92 453 30 704 3 5 36 4747 99 1.311 8.2 0.7 3.6 5.6 1.55

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 21 OAK AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 5 5 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 29 1.286 9.0 0.0 2.6 10.3 4.00
1972 22 OAK AL ALCS W DET 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 1 5.1 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 22 0.938 6.8 0.0 1.7 8.4 5.00
1972 22 OAK AL WS W CIN 0 1 .000 4.15 4 1 1 0 0 1 8.2 8 4 4 1 5 1 5 0 0 1 38 1.500 8.3 1.0 5.2 5.2 1.00
1973 23 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 0 1 .000 10.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 8 8 1 5 0 3 0 0 1 33 1.857 10.3 1.3 6.4 3.9 0.60
1973 23 OAK AL WS W NYM 0 1 .000 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 10 6 6 2 3 0 8 0 0 1 48 1.182 8.2 1.6 2.5 6.5 2.67
1974 24 OAK AL ALCS W BAL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 30 0.222 2.0 0.0 0.0 7.0
1974 24 OAK AL WS W LAD 0 1 .000 3.29 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 10 5 5 1 7 0 9 0 0 0 56 1.244 6.6 0.7 4.6 5.9 1.29
1975 25 OAK AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 2.000 18.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
5 Seasons (8 Series) 1 5 .167 4.31 17 10 2 1 1 2 64.2 55 31 31 6 23 2 47 0 0 3 270 1.206 7.7 0.8 3.2 6.5 2.04
5 ALCS 1 2 .333 4.60 9 5 1 1 1 1 31.1 27 16 16 2 8 1 25 0 0 1 128 1.117 7.8 0.6 2.3 7.2 3.13
3 WS 0 3 .000 4.05 8 5 1 0 0 1 33.1 28 15 15 4 15 1 22 0 0 2 142 1.290 7.6 1.1 4.1 5.9 1.47

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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
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 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 2 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 27 OAK AL 2 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
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 273 618 512 37 53 9 0 4 15 0 2 49 271 .104 .186 .145 .330 -4 74 2 3 53 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 367 304 22 31 5 0 2 9 0 1 29 161 .104 .186 .145 .330 -4 44 1 2 31 1 0
OAK (9 yrs) 91 204 174 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
AL (11 yrs) 91 204 174 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

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

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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 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 (256th)

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 (44th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 AL  1.817 (1st)
1975 AL  3.011 (7th)
1976 AL  2.353 (2nd)
1978 NL  2.791 (7th)
1980 NL  2.973 (4th)
1981 NL  2.455 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1971 AL  24 (2nd)
1973 AL  20 (7th)
1975 AL  22 (3rd)
1976 AL  18 (7th)
1978 NL  18 (5th)
1980 NL  14 (9th)
Career  209 (95th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 AL  .750 (2nd)
1973 AL  .690 (3rd)
1975 AL  .667 (5th)
1978 NL  .643 (5th)
Career  .565 (248th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 AL  .952 (1st)
1973 AL  1.210 (6th)
1974 AL  1.218 (10th)
1976 AL  1.110 (4th)
1980 NL  1.174 (6th)
Career  1.234 (216th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL  6.029 (1st)
1973 AL  7.305 (5th)
1974 AL  7.842 (8th)
1975 AL  7.867 (10th)
1981 NL  7.003 (5th)
1982 AL  8.105 (9th)
Career  7.912 (91st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL  1.901 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL  8.683 (1st)
1975 AL  6.119 (8th)
1978 NL  5.965 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 AL  312.0 (3rd)
1975 AL  278.0 (6th)
1976 AL  298.3 (3rd)
1977 AL  279.7 (6th)
1978 NL  258.0 (7th)
Career  3343.3 (88th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 AL  301 (2nd)
1973 AL  158 (10th)
1974 AL  174 (10th)
1975 AL  189 (5th)
1976 AL  166 (6th)
1977 AL  157 (10th)
1978 NL  171 (6th)
Career  2175 (53rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1971 AL  39 (3rd)
1974 AL  40 (8th)
1975 AL  38 (4th)
1976 AL  37 (6th)
1977 AL  38 (3rd)
1978 NL  35 (9th)
Career  473 (63rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 AL  24 (2nd)
1976 AL  20 (7th)
1977 AL  16 (8th)
1979 NL  10 (7th)
1980 NL  10 (5th)
Career  143 (240th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL  2 (10th)
1971 AL  8 (1st)
1972 AL  4 (9th)
1973 AL  4 (4th)
1976 AL  6 (2nd)
1978 NL  4 (2nd)
1980 NL  3 (4th)
Career  37 (57th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 NL  23 (8th)
Career  263 (76th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL  105 (7th)
1974 AL  98 (7th)
1975 AL  99 (7th)
1977 AL  86 (6th)
1979 NL  111 (2nd)
Career  1185 (56th)

Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  268 (4th)
1977 AL  284 (1st)
1978 NL  233 (6th)
1979 NL  246 (4th)
Career  2939 (137th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1971 AL  3.420 (2nd)
1976 AL  2.635 (6th)
1978 NL  2.443 (8th)
1980 NL  2.115 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL  .548 (8th)
1974 AL  .542 (9th)
1976 AL  .272 (4th)
1978 NL  .419 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1977 AL  19 (1st)
1979 NL  14 (5th)
Career  161 (116th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  119 (1st)
1979 NL  132 (1st)
Career  1213 (112th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1971 AL  10 (5th)
1973 AL  15 (2nd)
1974 AL  9 (9th)
1977 AL  11 (7th)
1979 NL  8 (10th)
1981 NL  7 (4th)
1985 NL  8 (8th)
Career  103 (75th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 AL  1207 (3rd)
1975 AL  1153 (6th)
1976 AL  1205 (5th)
1977 AL  1184 (5th)
1978 NL  1042 (8th)
1979 NL  1041 (5th)
Career  13837 (77th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 AL  185 (2nd)
1975 AL  121 (10th)
1976 AL  142 (2nd)
1978 NL  123 (9th)
1980 NL  119 (5th)
1981 NL  139 (7th)

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 140 (110), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 114 (76), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 35 (95), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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

June 15, 1976: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Oakland Athletics.

June 18, 1976: Previous purchase by the New York Yankees from the Oakland Athletics voided and player returned.

March 15, 1978: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later, Gary Alexander, Dave Heaverlo, Phil Huffman, John Henry Johnson, Gary Thomasson, Alan Wirth 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 Craig Chamberlain, Atlee Hammaker, Renie Martin 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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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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