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: 10-8 / in Starts: 10-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	374	1	Apr 9	SFG		SDP	L,1-4	GS-7		99	7.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.29	1.74	24	5	7	0	0	4	69			1	3	1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.199	.60	0.09%	1.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	375	6	Apr 14	SFG		LAD	L,1-7	GS-8	L(0-1)	4	7.1	7	4	3	1	6	1	0	2.51	2.46	32	12	6	0	0	7	55			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	1	2	.79	-0.046	.59	-0.02%	-1.23	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d4
3	376	11	Apr 20	SFG	@	SDP	W,9-0	GS-8	W(1-1)	5	7.1	7	0	0	5	4	0	0	1.66	2.83	32	10	6	1	0	7	63			1	2	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.305	.62	0.11%	2.44	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
4	377	16	Apr 25	SFG		ATL	L,0-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	4	4	4	5	3	2	0	2.51	4.00	30	9	9	1	0	4	51			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.184	.42	-0.05%	-1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
5	378	21	Apr 29	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-9	W(2-2)	3	8.1	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.43	3.98	31	8	11	2	0	6	65			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.345	.57	0.12%	1.55	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out a1
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
6	379	30	May 9	SFG	@	MON	W,8-2	CG	W(3-2)	9	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	1	2.35	4.12	36	14	8	0	0	7	65			2	1	1	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.230	.47	0.06%	1.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
7	380	35	May 14	SFG		PHI	L,1-3	GS-8	L(3-3)	4	8.0	5	2	0	8	3	0	0	2.00	4.23	37	11	10	4	1	5	63			1	0	0	28	1	0	1	2	0	2	1.71	-0.087	.90	-0.03%	1.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	381	44	May 24	SFG	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-8	W(4-3)	9	7.1	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	1.91	4.15	28	4	11	1	0	5	68			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.265	.70	0.08%	1.68	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a1
9	382	48	May 29	SFG		HOU	W,3-1	GS-8	W(5-3)	4	8.0	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	1.82	4.11	32	12	11	0	0	4	67			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.10	0.324	.45	0.08%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 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	383	53	Jun 3	SFG		CIN	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	6.0	9	5	5	6	3	0	0	2.27	4.15	31	7	6	1	0	9	31			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	-0.208	.51	-0.06%	-1.83	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d3
11	384	56	Jun 7	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-6	L(5-5)	3	6.0	3	3	1	2	5	1	0	2.21	4.15	24	9	5	1	0	3	61			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	2	.73	-0.168	.27	-0.04%	-0.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
12	385	62	Aug 12	SFG		HOU	L,4-5	GS-3		65	2.2	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.46	4.08	13	5	1	0	0	6	35			1	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.228	1.17	-0.18%	-2.13	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d3
13	386	67	Aug 17	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS-10		4	9.2	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.31	3.97	37	13	10	3	0	6	73			1	1	1	32	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.53	0.430	1.53	0.26%	2.76	1b start tie	10b 123 2 out tie
14	387	71	Aug 22	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-8	W(6-5)	4	8.0	3	1	0	4	2	0	0	2.12	3.94	28	8	14	3	2	0	72			1	2	2	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.456	1.48	0.36%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
15	388	76	Aug 27	SFG		PIT	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.24	3.80	29	8	10	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.108	1.53	-0.07%	-0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
16	389	80	Sep 1	SFG		STL	W,4-2	GS-6	W(7-5)	4	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.28	3.74	25	7	7	0	0	4	57			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	0.045	2.33	0.05%	0.54	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
17	390	85	Sep 6	SFG		CHC	W,3-0	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	7.0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.15	3.62	24	11	7	3	1	0	79			0	1	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	.79	0.324	1.46	0.36%	2.60	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
18	391	89	Sep 11	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-6	GS-4	L(8-6)	4	3.0	8	5	5	2	0	0	0	2.45	3.64	20	7	3	0	0	8	21			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.279	2.79	-0.45%	-3.72	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d4
							10-8		W-L:8-6	4.6	124.2	97	40	34	54	63	7	1	2.45	3.64	513	1.13		7%	1%	93	58		---%	10	12	6	446	17	2	3	7	3	12	1.11	1.615	.96	0.66%	11.55

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