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: 29-10 / in Starts: 29-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	19	1	Apr 5	OAK	@	WSA	L,0-8	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	1.2	3	4	1	4	2	0	0	5.40	7.25	13	2	2	1	0	3	37			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.40	-0.272	1.88	-0.22%	-2.90	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
2	20	4	Apr 9	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	SHO(6)	W(1-1)	3	6.0	3	0	0	2	13	0	0	1.17	0.89	24	5	1	0	0	3	77			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.56	0.166	.70	0.13%	2.54	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
3	21	8	Apr 13	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.54	1.49	29	7	13	2	0	2	86			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	0.552	1.54	0.50%	3.81	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
4	22	13	Apr 18(1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	11	0	2	1.05	1.44	38	9	8	1	0	6	76			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.19	0.093	.37	0.11%	2.01	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a9
5	23	17	Apr 22	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	5	3	3	2	9	1	0	1.56	1.73	34	5	13	1	3	5	72			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.124	1.10	0.19%	0.58	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
6	24	21	Apr 26	OAK		BAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	1.24	1.60	33	12	6	0	3	4	86			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.51	0.674	3.20	0.86%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	25	25	Apr 30	OAK		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	9	0	0	1.20	1.63	37	12	6	0	2	6	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.299	2.68	0.39%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
8	26	30	May 5	OAK	@	DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	11	0	0	1.02	1.59	33	2	12	0	0	4	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.289	1.66	0.35%	4.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
9	27	32	May 9(2)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(8-1)	3	9.0	4	1	1	5	9	0	0	1.02	1.66	34	5	12	0	0	3	79			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	0.530	2.85	0.70%	2.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	28	36	May 14	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	1.27	1.69	27	9	6	2	0	8	51			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	2	1	0	.87	-0.109	2.47	-0.19%	-0.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
11	29	41	May 19	OAK		MIL	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.14	1.76	31	10	10	1	3	3	83			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.481	2.62	0.77%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	30	45	May 23	OAK		MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(10-1)	3	9.0	5	1	0	3	9	0	0	1.03	1.73	33	8	8	4	0	5	81			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.392	3.28	0.73%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	31	48	May 28	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	L(10-2)	4	7.2	8	4	4	2	7	2	0	1.31	1.96	31	12	7	2	0	3	52			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	0	.68	-0.033	1.57	-0.05%	0.31	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out d1
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
14	32	52	Jun 1	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(11-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	1.36	1.92	32	12	10	0	0	3	72			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.212	1.62	0.30%	1.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
15	33	55	Jun 6	OAK	@	WSA	W,8-1	CG	W(12-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	1.34	1.89	32	12	7	0	3	4	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.158	1.38	0.19%	2.62	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
16	34	59	Jun 12	OAK		NYY	W,13-3	CG	W(13-2)	5	9.0	5	3	3	5	10	1	0	1.45	1.99	36	11	6	1	0	4	70			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.58	0.143	1.16	0.17%	0.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
17	35	62	Jun 16	OAK		WSA	W,5-1	CG	W(14-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	0	1.42	1.95	34	10	8	0	1	6	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.160	1.53	0.21%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	36	67	Jun 21	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(15-2)	4	9.0	7	2	2	5	13	0	0	1.46	1.90	38	6	7	1	0	7	73			1	1	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.461	2.96	0.61%	2.01	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
19	37	70	Jun 25	OAK		KCR	W,7-0	SHO	W(16-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	12	0	0	1.37	1.80	33	3	12	1	0	5	88			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.227	1.03	0.32%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
20	38	75	Jun 29	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(16-3)	3	7.0	5	4	4	3	6	2	0	1.53	1.97	27	7	6	1	0	5	54			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.10	-0.231	1.14	-0.14%	-1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
21	39	79	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(17-3)	4	9.0	9	1	1	0	7	0	0	1.51	1.91	35	3	16	3	4	9	72			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.548	1.68	0.36%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	40	84	Jul 9	OAK		CAL	W,1-0	GS-11		4	11.0	7	0	0	0	17	0	0	1.42	1.76	40	5	11	3	0	7	100			1	0	0	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.872	1.30	0.44%	4.65	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
23	41	89	Jul 16	OAK		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(18-3)	6	9.0	1	0	0	3	9	0	0	1.35	1.75	29	8	8	2	2	1	91			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.50	0.237	.33	0.10%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	42	94	Jul 21	OAK		CLE	W,4-3	GS-11		4	11.0	8	3	3	0	11	2	0	1.41	1.80	40	8	13	3	2	8	80			0	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.176	1.00	0.09%	1.65	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
25	43	98	Jul 25(2)	OAK	@	DET	W,6-1	GS-6	W(19-3)	3	6.0	1	1	0	3	6	0	0	1.37	1.81	23	4	9	1	2	1	71			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.161	.61	0.07%	1.72	1b start tie	6b 3 out a4
26	44	102	Jul 30	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-6	L(19-4)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	0	0	1.50	1.81	27	9	4	0	0	7	45			0	1	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	1	.80	-0.185	.51	-0.07%	-1.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
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
27	45	107	Aug 3	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-5	GS-5		3	5.0	9	5	4	2	6	1	0	1.63	1.85	23	0	6	0	0	9	35			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.400	.28	-0.07%	-2.89	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
28	46	111	Aug 7	OAK		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(20-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	2	1.56	1.88	35	6	15	1	1	4	81			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	0.680	.21	0.05%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	47	116	Aug 11	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-10	W(21-4)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	9	2	0	1.62	1.97	38	7	16	5	0	3	63			0	1	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.38	-0.275	.11	-0.01%	0.22	1b start a 2	10b 12- 0 out a2
30	48	120	Aug 15	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	W(22-4)	3	9.0	10	4	4	1	5	0	0	1.70	1.96	37	12	11	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.207	.07	-0.01%	-0.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
31	49	123	Aug 20	OAK		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(22-5)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	9	0	0	1.68	1.93	33	4	15	5	0	3	82			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.213	.03	0.00%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
32	50	128	Aug 24	OAK		NYY	L,0-1	CG	L(22-6)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	10	0	0	1.66	1.87	32	10	9	1	1	3	85			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.271	.00	0.00%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
33	51	132	Aug 29(1)	OAK		WSA	W,4-3	CG	W(23-6)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	10	2	0	1.70	1.95	36	6	11	2	1	6	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.305	.01	0.00%	0.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
34	52	137	Sep 3(2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	L(23-7)	4	8.2	7	2	2	1	12	2	0	1.71	1.98	34	8	6	0	0	7	73			2	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.025	.00	0.00%	1.92	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
35	53	141	Sep 7	OAK		CAL	L,1-6	GS-3	L(23-8)	3	3.0	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	1.79	2.05	17	4	5	0	2	6	33			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.217	.00	0.00%	-1.73	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
36	54	145	Sep 12	OAK		MIN	L,5-7	GS-8		4	8.0	7	5	2	6	5	1	0	1.80	2.13	36	10	8	0	0	7	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.45	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-1.62	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
37	55	150	Sep 17	OAK	@	MIL	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	5	5	4	3	3	2	0	1.89	2.23	23	4	8	4	0	5	39			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.287	.00	0.00%	-2.89	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
38	56	155	Sep 22	OAK		CHW	L,0-3	GS-5		4	5.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.86	2.22	17	4	8	0	0	2	66			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.261	.00	0.00%	2.12	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
39	57	159	Sep 26	OAK		MIL	W,7-0	GS-7	W(24-8)	3	7.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.82	2.20	23	11	5	1	0	3	75			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.312	.00	0.00%	2.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
							29-10		W-L:24-8	3.6	312.0	209	73	63	88	301	19	4	1.82	2.20	1207	0.82		8%	5%	188	70		---%	7	7	0	1103	28	3	3	23	3	15	1.00	6.597	1.14	6.87%	60.36

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