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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 12	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS	30	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
3	8 (2)	Apr 16	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-6	GS	19	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (1)	Apr 19	OAK		MIN	W,4-1	GS	36	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	15 (4)	Apr 23	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	GS	26	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	19 (3)	Apr 27 (1)	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	21 (1)	May 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	25 (3)	May 7	OAK		CAL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	29 (3)	May 11	OAK		NYY	W,7-5	GS	30	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	32 (2)	May 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
11	36 (3)	May 20	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS	24	4.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
12	39 (2)	May 24	OAK	@	CLE	W,10-5	GS	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	44 (4)	May 28	OAK		BAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	48 (3)	Jun 2	OAK		MIL	L,3-6	GS	34	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
15	52 (3)	Jun 7	OAK		DET	L,0-3	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	54 (1)	Jun 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	57 (2)	Jun 12	OAK	@	MIL	L,7-9	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	61 (3)	Jun 17 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	67 (5)	Jun 22 (1)	OAK		KCR	W,7-6	GS	39	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	72 (4)	Jun 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,12-4	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	76 (3)	Jul 1	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-1	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
22	81 (4)	Jul 6	OAK		CAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
23	85 (3)	Jul 11	OAK		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
24	90 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	96 (5)	Jul 23	OAK	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	100 (3)	Jul 27 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	106 (5)	Aug 2	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS	28	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	112 (5)	Aug 7	OAK	@	TEX	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
29	116 (3)	Aug 11	OAK		BOS	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	120 (3)	Aug 15	OAK		MIL	L,4-8	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	123 (2)	Aug 18	OAK		DET	L,3-5	GS	22	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	131 (7)	Aug 27	OAK	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	36	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	136 (4)	Sep 1	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	138 (1)	Sep 5	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	144 (5)	Sep 10	OAK		KCR	W,9-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	149 (4)	Sep 16 (1)	OAK	@	TEX	W,11-5	GS	23	4.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
37	154 (4)	Sep 20	OAK	@	KCR	W,16-4	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	158 (3)	Sep 24	OAK		CHW	W,13-2	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	162 (3)	Sep 28	OAK		CAL	W,5-0	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							39gm		278.0	4	34	1	39	1