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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-14 / in Starts: 21-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	26 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 101 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	66 (35-19-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 101 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (30-20-10)

Most Driven In
L Herndon	1
Self	1
M Ivie	0

Most Driven In By
B Madlock	3
J Clark	2
D Evans	1
M Ivie	1
Self	1

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	92	5 (4)	Apr 12	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-12	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.88	-0.045	1.60	-0.05%	-0.35	P
2	93	9 (3)	Apr 17	SFG		ATL	W,5-1	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	2.02	0.074	3.37	0.07%	0.33	P
3	94	13 (3)	Apr 22	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.800	1.229	9	.83	0.226	1.64	0.27%	1.23	P
4	95	17 (3)	Apr 27	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.625	1.025	9	1.30	0.018	1.60	0.01%	0.08	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	96	21 (3)	May 1	SFG	@	STL	W,2-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.357	.455	.812	9	.98	-0.081	1.34	-0.07%	-0.64	P
6	97	25 (3)	May 7	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	9	1.00	-0.084	1.50	-0.08%	-0.78	P
7	98	29 (3)	May 12	SFG		STL	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.389	.753	9	.29	0.046	.53	0.05%	0.38	P
8	99	34 (4)	May 17	SFG		CHC	W,9-5	GS-7	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.450	.850	9	.47	0.009	.96	0.01%	0.56	P
9	100	38 (3)	May 23	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.370	.409	.779	9	1.38	-0.071	3.20	-0.10%	-0.53	P
10	101	42 (3)	May 27	SFG		LAD	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.379	.391	.771	9	.66	-0.005	1.99	-0.01%	-0.02	P
11	102	46 (3)	May 31	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.344	.346	.690	9	1.27	-0.098	3.11	-0.14%	-0.57	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	103	50 (3)	Jun 5	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.314	.310	.625	9	.62	-0.046	1.45	-0.06%	-0.45	P
13	104	54 (3)	Jun 10	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.316	.290	.606	9	1.16	-0.024	2.68	-0.03%	-0.20	P
14	105	58 (3)	Jun 14	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.317	.294	.611	9	.30	-0.013	.75	-0.02%	-0.04	P
15	106	62 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.295	.270	.566	9	.63	-0.048	1.55	-0.07%	-0.43	P
16	107	67 (4)	Jun 23	SFG		ATL	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.271	.244	.515	9	.07	-0.007	.17	-0.01%	-1.02	P
17	108	72 (4)	Jun 27	SFG	@	SDP	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.264	.222	.486	9	.70	-0.085	1.93	-0.14%	-1.45	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	109	78 (5)	Jul 2	SFG	@	ATL	L,7-9	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.259	.217	.477	9	1.03	-0.042	2.69	-0.07%	-0.56	P
19	110	83 (4)	Jul 7 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.281	.213	.493	9	.77	-0.020	3.19	-0.05%	-0.18	P
20	111	89 (5)	Jul 15	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.271	.204	.475	9	1.40	-0.089	4.07	-0.16%	-0.77	P
21	112	94 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.115	.270	.192	.462	9	.56	-0.015	1.65	-0.03%	0.22	P
22	113	100 (5)	Jul 25	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.262	.185	.447	9	1.34	0.161	4.17	0.30%	0.74	P
23	114	105 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.265	.179	.443	9	.90	0.014	2.79	0.03%	0.38	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	115	110 (4)	Aug 4	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.102	.254	.169	.423	9	1.36	-0.106	6.08	-0.29%	-1.11	P
25	116	115 (4)	Aug 10	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.167	.417	9	.38	-0.009	1.88	-0.03%	-0.09	P
26	117	120 (4)	Aug 16	SFG	@	MON	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.243	.161	.405	9	.86	-0.041	3.06	-0.09%	-0.28	P
27	118	125 (4)	Aug 21	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.092	.234	.154	.388	9	1.56	-0.166	5.05	-0.32%	-1.40	P
28	119	130 (4)	Aug 27 (1)	SFG		MON	L,1-2	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.090	.238	.149	.387	9	1.13	-0.033	4.37	-0.08%	-0.17	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	120	135 (4)	Sep 2	SFG		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.088	.244	.147	.391	9	1.14	0.050	4.25	0.11%	0.23	P
30	121	140 (4)	Sep 7	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-6	GS-7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.259	.145	.404	9	1.20	0.053	4.14	0.11%	0.55	P
31	122	144 (3)	Sep 11	SFG		LAD	L,2-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.256	.143	.399	9	.88	-0.021	4.20	-0.06%	-0.21	P
32	123	148 (3)	Sep 15	SFG		CIN	L,1-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.086	.256	.143	.399	9						P
33	124	152 (3)	Sep 20	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-3	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.081	.244	.135	.380	9	.37	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-1.60	P
34	125	156 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	SFG		HOU	W,7-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.078	.237	.130	.366	9	.34	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
35	126	161 (4)	Sep 30	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.076	.240	.127	.366	9	2.04	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
							21-14		101	79	8	6	1	0	1	2	16	0	51	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	.076	.240	.127	.366		.93	-0.654	2.22	-0.98%	-9.07

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