Vida Blue

Position: 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)

Debut: July 20, 1969 (Age 19-357d, 12,867th in major league history)
vs. CAL 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

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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Team Record in Appearances: 6-0 / in Starts: 6-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IS	SB	CS	AB	2B	3B	GDP	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	13	139	Sep 7(1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS-5		99	4.1	7	4	4	2	4	0	8.31	2.18	21	5	3	0	0	7	35		0	0	19	2	0	1	0	1.07	-0.109	1.09	-0.07%	-1.81	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 1 out a3
2	14	144	Sep 11	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	1	0	0	4	7	1	2.70	2.56	33	7	13	1	0	1	88		2	0	28	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.541	.18	0.05%	4.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	15	149	Sep 15(2)	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS-6		3	5.1	4	3	3	3	5	0	3.38	2.53	22	6	4	0	0	4	50		0	1	18	0	2	0	0	1.25	-0.026	.15	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out a2
4	16	154	Sep 21	OAK		MIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-0)	5	9.0	0	0	0	1	9	0	2.28	2.02	28	10	8	1	0	0	95		0	0	27	0	0	0	0	.86	0.563	.01	0.00%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
5	17	158	Sep 26	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-4		4	4.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	2.27	2.01	14	4	3	0	0	3	54		0	0	13	0	0	1	0	1.15	0.099	.00	0.00%	0.78	1b start tie	4b 3 out a1
6	18	162	Oct 1	OAK		MIL	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	4	1	1	7	0	2.09	1.84	29	10	6	0	0	5	63		2	0	27	2	0	0	2	1.22	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
							6-0		W-L:2-0	3.8	38.2	20	12	9	12	35	1	2.09	1.84	147	1.14		3%	0%	20	64	---%	4	1	132	4	2	2	2	1.10	0.896	.22	-0.01%	6.17

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