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: 16-18 / in Starts: 16-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	309	1	Apr 4	SFG	@	CIN	W,11-5	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	5	5	4	2	0	0	5.00	3.62	39	10	14	1	3	9	47			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	2	0	.28	0.062	.42	0.06%	-0.73	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
2	310	5	Apr 10	SFG		SDP	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.50	3.73	36	7	13	0	0	7	68			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.306	2.38	0.33%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
3	311	9	Apr 14	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	9	1	1	0	8	0	0	2.67	2.81	35	14	8	3	0	5	73			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.40	0.525	3.07	0.69%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	312	14	Apr 19	SFG	@	SDP	W,14-10	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	8.0	11	10	9	4	4	1	0	4.37	3.27	39	12	8	3	0	11	22			0	0	0	35	2	1	0	1	0	2	.57	-0.121	.94	-0.12%	-6.51	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
5	313	18	Apr 24	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-10	GS-7	L(4-1)	4	6.1	5	7	6	4	2	1	0	5.01	3.70	28	7	11	2	0	4	35			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	1	0	.81	-0.261	1.07	-0.21%	-2.38	1b start a 1	7b 123 1 out d1
6	314	22	Apr 29	SFG	@	MON	L,5-7	GS-5	L(4-2)	4	5.0	5	6	6	3	4	2	0	5.63	4.18	23	7	8	1	0	1	34			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.485	1.01	-0.30%	-3.67	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	315	26	May 4	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	5.20	4.00	32	14	12	4	0	0	63			1	2	1	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.347	1.40	0.23%	0.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	316	30	May 9	SFG		MON	W,9-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	10	2	1	2	6	0	0	4.62	3.73	37	12	17	7	0	0	65			1	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.01	0.162	1.20	0.12%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
9	317	34	May 13	SFG		PHI	L,3-12	GS-5	L(6-3)	3	5.0	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.80	3.84	21	4	9	5	0	3	42			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.205	1.24	-0.16%	-1.82	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
10	318	38	May 18	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-6	GS-5	L(6-4)	4	4.2	5	5	4	4	2	3	0	4.99	4.41	24	4	10	1	1	4	34			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.50	-0.298	.87	-0.31%	-3.26	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d4
11	319	43	May 23	SFG		CIN	L,0-5	GS-6	L(6-5)	4	6.0	6	4	4	1	5	3	0	5.06	4.68	25	9	8	5	0	2	48			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.225	1.25	-0.36%	-1.38	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
12	320	47	May 27	SFG		ATL	L,8-10	GS-5		3	4.0	4	5	5	5	2	1	0	5.36	4.87	21	7	4	1	0	3	31			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.371	2.05	-0.47%	-3.07	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out a3
13	321	51	May 31	SFG	@	LAD	L,10-12	GS-4	L(6-6)	3	3.1	8	9	9	4	1	0	0	6.08	4.91	22	7	8	4	1	2	5			0	0	0	17	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.37	-0.605	2.44	-0.65%	-6.50	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	322	55	Jun 5	SFG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.0	10	4	3	2	3	1	0	5.98	4.91	28	8	10	5	1	5	39			0	2	1	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	-0.144	1.51	-0.10%	-0.61	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out a2
15	323	59	Jun 9	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	5	2	2	5	6	0	0	5.63	4.75	35	8	15	5	0	1	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.258	1.05	0.15%	2.44	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
16	324	63	Jun 14	SFG		CHC	L,6-8	GS-8		4	8.0	9	6	4	6	3	0	0	5.55	4.71	38	13	8	2	0	8	41			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	3	2	1.78	-0.330	2.08	-0.23%	-2.51	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
17	325	68	Jun 20	SFG		PIT	L,5-8	GS-3		5	3.0	8	5	5	2	2	2	0	5.80	4.90	18	3	4	2	0	7	23			1	0	0	16	1	0	2	0	0	0	.80	-0.351	1.01	-0.26%	-3.69	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
18	326	73	Jun 26	SFG		ATL	W,6-5	GS-7		5	6.1	6	4	4	3	3	0	0	5.79	4.81	27	5	13	3	0	3	45			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.113	.81	-0.07%	-1.28	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	327	86	Jul 9	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-7)	12	8.0	5	4	4	6	6	1	0	5.71	4.83	35	8	11	1	0	4	56			2	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	1	.98	-0.118	.53	-0.04%	-0.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
20	328	92	Jul 14	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-8)	4	7.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.61	4.76	29	8	12	4	0	4	50			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	.99	-0.051	.93	-0.03%	0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
21	329	97	Jul 22(1)	SFG		MON	W,8-6	GS-9	W(8-8)	7	8.1	9	6	5	4	8	1	0	5.60	4.70	38	8	13	5	0	5	47			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	1	.74	0.093	.97	0.07%	-1.54	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
22	330	103	Jul 27	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	1	5	3	0	0	5.40	4.67	34	8	16	5	0	2	55			2	0	0	27	2	1	2	0	1	2	1.23	-0.047	.87	-0.02%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	331	108	Aug 1	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-4	L(8-9)	4	3.1	6	5	5	3	3	0	0	5.58	4.65	18	2	8	3	0	2	28			2	1	0	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.414	1.39	-0.27%	-3.71	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 1 out d3
24	332	113	Aug 7	SFG		SDP	W,3-2	GS-9	W(9-9)	5	8.1	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	5.40	4.55	33	12	16	2	0	0	66			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.146	.14	0.01%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
25	333	118	Aug 12	SFG		LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(10-9)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	5.17	4.43	33	13	14	2	2	1	78			0	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.358	.07	0.02%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	334	123	Aug 18	SFG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	L(10-10)	5	8.1	10	5	5	3	6	0	0	5.18	4.33	36	8	13	7	1	6	46			0	1	1	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.78	-0.585	.07	-0.01%	-1.58	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out d1
27	335	128	Aug 24	SFG		CHC	L,1-4	GS-6	L(10-11)	5	5.2	7	4	4	4	5	1	0	5.21	4.36	26	6	10	6	0	1	40			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.207	.01	0.00%	-1.11	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d2
28	336	132	Aug 29	SFG		STL	L,1-5	GS-8	L(10-12)	4	8.0	14	5	4	2	7	1	0	5.19	4.32	38	11	13	6	0	5	41			0	1	0	36	2	1	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-1.51	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	337	137	Sep 2	SFG		PIT	L,3-5	GS-7	L(10-13)	3	7.0	5	4	4	4	5	0	0	5.18	4.27	29	9	8	1	0	3	52			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-0.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	338	142	Sep 7	SFG	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	W(11-13)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	0	5.05	4.23	38	15	14	5	0	1	65			0	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	1	.64	-0.024	.00	0.00%	1.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
31	339	146	Sep 12	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(12-13)	4	8.1	8	3	3	2	6	0	0	4.98	4.14	34	11	9	3	0	6	59			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.149	.00	0.00%	0.81	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a2
32	340	151	Sep 17	SFG		CIN	W,7-4	GS-8	W(13-13)	4	7.0	11	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.98	4.14	31	9	9	2	1	9	41			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.91	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a4
33	341	155	Sep 22	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-10	GS-5	L(13-14)	4	4.2	6	5	5	5	3	1	1	5.08	4.22	26	5	9	0	0	3	30			2	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	.68	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d5
34	342	159	Sep 27	SFG		LAD	W,5-3	GS-9	W(14-14)	4	8.1	8	3	3	5	5	1	0	5.01	4.25	35	10	11	4	0	4	55			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.24	0.145	.00	0.00%	0.30	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a2
							16-18		W-L:14-14	4.1	237.0	246	143	132	111	138	23	1	5.01	4.25	1041	0.80		17%	2%	131	47		---%	16	16	3	906	45	9	11	16	12	15	1.00	-2.860	.87	-1.95%	-34.34

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