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: 24-13 / in Starts: 24-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	83	4	Apr 11	OAK	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.00	2.79	34	9	13	0	2	8	63			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	3	0	0	.84	0.244	1.00	0.18%	2.47	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
2	84	8	Apr 17	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.2	8	4	4	3	4	0	2	3.45	3.14	31	4	10	0	1	8	43			0	1	1	25	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.54	-0.309	2.07	-0.25%	-0.96	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out d1
3	85	12	Apr 21	OAK		CAL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	4.15	3.17	27	8	6	3	2	5	46			2	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	1	.90	-0.181	1.10	-0.13%	-1.28	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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	86	26	May 6(2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(2-1)	14	9.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.82	2.83	33	13	9	0	1	6	66			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.177	.92	0.10%	1.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
5	87	30	May 11	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.0	3	3	3	5	5	1	0	3.93	3.28	26	9	4	1	0	3	54			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.024	1.46	-0.02%	-0.28	1b start a 1	7b --- 0 out a1
6	88	34	May 15	OAK		CHW	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.2	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.06	3.51	30	11	8	3	2	5	53			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	.70	-0.155	1.32	-0.18%	-0.58	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d2
7	89	38	May 19	OAK		KCR	L,2-5	GS-6	L(3-2)	3	5.2	5	5	5	2	0	3	0	4.50	4.31	23	6	10	2	1	5	37			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.186	1.46	-0.19%	-2.37	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d5
8	90	42	May 23	OAK		TEX	W,8-6	GS-2		3	2.0	3	5	5	2	1	1	0	5.19	4.57	11	2	3	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.435	1.64	-0.36%	-4.09	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
9	91	47	May 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-7		6	6.0	6	3	2	4	3	0	0	4.97	4.46	29	8	8	1	2	6	49			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.59	-0.118	1.65	-0.07%	-0.62	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out tie
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
10	92	51	Jun 3	OAK	@	BOS	W,12-1	GS-8	W(4-2)	3	8.0	4	1	0	4	4	0	0	4.36	4.29	34	14	8	2	1	4	72			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	.84	0.350	.91	0.23%	3.05	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a8
11	93	55	Jun 8	OAK		DET	L,1-4	GS-5	L(4-3)	4	4.1	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.61	4.39	20	5	4	0	0	9	29			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	1	0	.99	-0.171	1.14	-0.12%	-1.87	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d3
12	94	58	Jun 12	OAK		NYY	W,4-2	GS-7	W(5-3)	3	7.0	5	2	0	3	7	0	0	4.19	4.16	30	9	6	0	1	5	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.57	0.256	1.90	0.19%	1.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
13	95	62	Jun 16	OAK		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		3	6.1	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.20	4.10	27	4	12	2	1	6	48			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.185	1.68	0.17%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
14	96	66	Jun 20	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.1	7	4	2	1	4	1	0	4.10	4.08	26	4	10	2	2	7	50			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.038	2.57	0.05%	0.63	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
15	97	70	Jun 24(1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.73	3.83	31	7	12	3	2	4	85			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.359	1.81	0.55%	4.47	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
16	98	75	Jun 28	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-3)	3	7.2	3	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.63	3.87	27	5	12	4	3	3	66			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.228	2.50	0.37%	1.54	1t start tie	8t --- 2 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
17	99	80	Jul 2	OAK		CAL	L,2-4	CG	L(7-4)	3	9.0	9	4	4	4	8	1	0	3.66	3.85	35	6	8	1	0	9	57			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.078	2.40	-0.15%	0.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
18	100	84	Jul 6(2)	OAK	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(7-5)	3	6.1	8	5	4	3	3	2	0	3.76	4.02	29	3	12	0	0	8	39			1	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.23	-0.399	3.17	-0.62%	-1.94	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out d2
19	101	89	Jul 12	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-4	GS-6		5	5.1	8	4	3	4	3	1	0	3.82	4.11	29	5	9	0	1	8	37			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.256	3.72	-0.44%	-1.37	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d1
20	102	94	Jul 17	OAK		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	1	3.63	4.00	34	7	13	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.422	3.27	0.80%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	103	97	Jul 21	OAK		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	3	2	2	1	7	2	0	3.53	4.02	30	11	8	0	2	3	79			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.290	2.63	0.56%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	104	99	Jul 26(1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-6)	4	7.0	10	5	4	3	4	0	0	3.60	3.96	35	9	9	0	0	10	40			1	0	0	31	1	3	0	0	1	1	.52	-0.220	1.85	-0.47%	-1.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
23	105	105	Jul 30	OAK		TEX	L,0-6	CG	L(9-7)	3	9.0	9	6	5	1	5	2	0	3.68	4.00	36	13	8	0	1	9	51			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.31	-0.322	.96	-0.61%	-1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d6
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
24	106	109	Aug 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS-11	W(10-7)	3	10.2	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.51	3.87	39	13	13	2	0	5	84			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	0.641	5.81	1.23%	3.57	1b start tie	11b 1-- 2 out a1
25	107	112	Aug 7(1)	OAK	@	DET	W,8-4	GS-9	W(11-7)	3	8.1	9	4	4	6	4	2	0	3.54	4.01	39	8	12	2	3	9	47			0	0	0	33	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	0.033	3.22	0.06%	-1.02	1b start a 1	9b 123 1 out a4
26	108	116	Aug 11	OAK	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.52	3.97	35	12	14	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	.71	0.263	2.27	0.50%	1.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
27	109	120	Aug 16	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(13-7)	4	9.0	4	3	1	3	8	1	0	3.40	3.93	34	8	11	0	4	4	76			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	1	1	.61	0.361	2.03	0.72%	1.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
28	110	124	Aug 20	OAK		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(14-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	1	3.34	3.91	33	9	12	1	5	7	69			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.40	0.125	1.14	0.21%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	111	128	Aug 25	OAK		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.20	3.86	33	10	14	0	1	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.620	3.84	1.08%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	112	132	Aug 29	OAK		BOS	L,4-6	GS-2	L(15-8)	3	1.2	7	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.39	3.91	13	3	1	0	1	7	21			1	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.364	1.32	-0.38%	-4.50	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 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
31	113	135	Sep 2	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-4	L(15-9)	3	3.2	5	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.53	3.96	17	6	3	0	0	4	31			0	1	0	12	2	0	0	0	2	0	.79	-0.194	3.48	-0.51%	-2.41	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d4
32	114	139	Sep 6	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-4	GS-8	W(16-9)	3	7.0	6	4	4	4	3	2	0	3.58	4.05	30	8	9	0	1	6	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.015	2.13	0.01%	-0.96	1b start a 1	8b --- 0 out a2
33	115	143	Sep 10	OAK		KCR	W,13-0	SHO	W(17-9)	3	9.0	4	0	0	4	11	0	0	3.45	3.95	33	5	9	0	2	4	86			0	1	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.252	1.58	0.62%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a13
34	116	147	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,3-1	GS-6	W(18-9)	4	5.1	6	0	0	7	2	0	0	3.37	3.99	27	4	8	0	2	6	51			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.173	.99	0.08%	1.86	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a3
35	117	151	Sep 19	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(19-9)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	10	0	0	3.25	3.91	34	7	10	1	2	3	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.531	.04	0.01%	4.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
36	118	156	Sep 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-5	GS-8	W(20-9)	3	7.0	6	5	5	3	9	1	0	3.34	3.89	30	7	5	0	1	6	51			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.163	.00	0.00%	-0.36	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a8
37	119	160	Sep 28	OAK		CHW	W,4-1	GS-5		4	4.2	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.28	3.89	19	5	4	0	1	3	57			1	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.239	.00	0.00%	2.06	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
							24-13		W-L:20-9	3.4	263.2	214	108	96	105	158	26	4	3.28	3.89	1083	0.85		5%	8%	212	56		---%	14	7	2	956	29	6	2	28	10	16	.97	2.553	1.98	3.22%	18.18

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