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: 17-14 / in Starts: 17-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	392	4	Apr 11	KCR		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	5	2	1	2	2	0	0	1.00	2.94	34	6	19	3	0	5	71			1	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	1	0	.78	0.181	.98	0.14%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
2	393	7	Apr 16	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	7.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	1.13	3.34	25	5	13	1	0	2	72			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.342	1.23	0.26%	2.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
3	394	11	Apr 20	KCR	@	DET	L,0-8	GS-2	L(1-2)	3	1.1	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	4.15	3.47	10	1	3	1	1	5	17			0	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.328	1.19	-0.23%	-4.68	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d5
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
4	395	24	May 5	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-2	GS-6		14	6.0	4	2	2	4	0	1	0	3.86	4.35	24	9	7	1	0	4	52			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.101	1.31	0.08%	0.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
5	396	28	May 10	KCR		MIL	W,3-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.34	4.39	35	5	18	3	0	6	67			0	1	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.459	1.72	0.34%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
6	397	32	May 15	KCR		BOS	L,5-10	GS-1	L(2-3)	4	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.78	4.37	5	1	0	0	0	2	41			0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.152	1.49	-0.15%	-1.50	1t start tie	1t 3 out d2
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
7	398	47	Jun 1	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	GS-5	W(3-3)	16	5.0	5	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.76	3.84	21	3	2	0	0	5	56			1	0	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.080	1.85	0.09%	0.50	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
8	399	50	Jun 6	KCR	@	NYY	W,14-1	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.25	3.62	21	5	10	2	2	2	70			0	0	0	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	.62	0.192	1.24	0.23%	2.94	1b start tie	6b 3 out a14
9	400	55	Jun 11	KCR		SEA	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.04	3.65	37	12	10	1	1	6	70			1	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.446	3.16	0.70%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
10	401	60	Jun 16	KCR		MIN	L,2-5	GS-8	L(4-4)	4	8.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.38	3.71	32	5	14	1	0	7	50			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	1	0	.78	-0.111	1.89	-0.16%	-1.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
11	402	64	Jun 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-8	L(4-5)	4	7.0	4	4	4	6	5	2	0	3.56	4.11	30	3	12	0	0	4	52			0	1	2	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.231	2.61	-0.34%	-0.69	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out tie
12	403	69	Jun 26	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.63	4.21	27	4	10	0	0	7	46			1	0	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.001	4.75	0.00%	0.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
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
13	404	74	Jul 2	KCR		CAL	W,7-2	GS-6	W(5-5)	5	6.0	7	2	1	2	3	1	0	3.47	4.26	27	8	7	0	0	7	53			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.153	3.38	0.31%	1.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
14	405	79	Jul 6	KCR		BOS	W,6-2	GS-7	W(6-5)	3	7.0	5	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.40	4.17	30	5	9	0	0	5	60			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.161	2.80	0.26%	1.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
15	406	83	Jul 10	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-7	GS-4	L(6-6)	3	3.0	10	4	4	1	4	2	0	3.69	4.36	19	2	3	0	0	9	26			0	1	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.210	3.61	-0.35%	-2.59	1b start tie	4b --- 0 out d4
16	407	86	Jul 16	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-2	L(6-7)	5	1.0	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.14	4.38	11	1	1	1	0	6	20			0	0	0	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.288	2.74	-0.43%	-3.97	1b start tie	2b -23 0 out d3
17	408	91	Jul 21	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-7	GS-7	W(7-7)	4	6.0	9	5	5	0	5	1	0	4.35	4.31	26	7	5	0	4	9	39			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.138	1.79	-0.18%	-2.12	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 0 out a2
18	409	95	Jul 26	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	7.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	4.14	4.24	30	8	10	4	0	4	63			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.243	2.19	0.38%	2.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
19	410	100	Jul 31	KCR		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-7)	4	9.0	7	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.81	4.13	36	9	13	1	0	7	74			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.569	3.16	0.97%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
20	411	105	Aug 5	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-5	GS-4	L(9-8)	4	3.1	5	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.01	4.25	17	1	9	3	0	5	32			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.207	2.87	-0.41%	-2.91	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
21	412	111	Aug 10	KCR		CLE	W,5-1	GS-4		4	3.2	4	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.96	4.28	17	6	4	3	0	4	46			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.051	3.77	0.10%	0.56	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out a1
22	413	116	Aug 16(1)	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(9-9)	5	8.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.86	4.25	30	7	12	2	0	4	69			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.066	2.66	0.14%	1.92	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
23	414	124	Aug 23	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-5	GS-6		6	6.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.75	4.21	26	4	14	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.182	4.82	0.40%	1.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
24	415	129	Aug 28	KCR	@	CHW	W,10-1	GS-7	W(10-9)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.63	4.17	24	6	9	0	0	5	67			0	1	1	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.076	.90	0.19%	2.50	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a9
Sep/Oct				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
25	416	134	Sep 3	KCR		NYY	W,5-3	GS-7	W(11-9)	5	6.2	8	3	3	4	1	1	0	3.65	4.26	30	4	13	1	3	8	43			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.02	0.052	3.66	0.11%	0.40	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out a2
26	417	139	Sep 8	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	W(12-9)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.55	4.20	32	11	9	2	0	5	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.271	3.60	0.71%	2.64	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
27	418	143	Sep 13	KCR		SEA	W,8-0	SHO	W(13-9)	4	9.0	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.36	4.08	31	9	13	0	0	1	89			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.45	0.236	2.12	0.66%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
28	419	148	Sep 18	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-11	GS-3	L(13-10)	4	3.0	6	6	5	4	4	2	0	3.57	4.24	19	3	2	1	0	6	25			0	1	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.300	3.53	-0.80%	-4.45	1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
29	420	152	Sep 22	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-8	GS-2	L(13-11)	3	1.2	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.80	4.31	13	1	2	1	0	6	23			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.384	9.02	-2.39%	-4.50	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 2 out d4
30	421	156	Sep 27	KCR		CAL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(13-12)	4	6.1	5	3	2	5	2	0	0	3.76	4.32	31	8	11	2	1	5	50			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.51	-0.165	7.40	-0.49%	-0.69	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d1
31	422	161	Oct 2	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	GS-4		4	4.0	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	3.78	4.34	23	1	6	1	1	4	44			4	0	0	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.41	-0.044	3.30	-0.06%	0.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
							17-14		W-L:13-12	4.1	181.0	163	80	76	80	103	20	0	3.78	4.34	773	0.59		8%	3%	160	52		---%	8	9	6	685	38	7	3	10	3	9	.99	1.302	2.89	0.10%	9.00

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