Vida Blue

Vida Rochelle Blue
Born: July 28, 1949
Mansfield, LA USA
Deceased: 2023
Tracy, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: B
Throws: L
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 189
Career: 1969-1986
Draft: Round 2 (1967 June Amateur Draft, Kansas City Athletics)
School: DeSoto HS (Mansfield, LA)
Minor League Statistics

Vida Blue compiled a career record of 209 wins and 161 losses in his 508-game career with the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals. He began playing during the 1969 season and last took the field during the 1986 campaign.

Oakland Athletics

San Francisco Giants

Kansas City Royals

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1969	AL	Oakland Athletics	1	1	.500	6.64	12	4	1	0	0	1	42.0	49	34	31	13	18	1	24	0	0	1	191
1970	AL	Oakland Athletics	2	0	1.000	2.09	6	6	0	2	2	0	38.7	20	12	9	0	12	0	35	1	0	0	147
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	24	8	.750	1.82	39	39	0	24	8	0	312.0	209	73	63	19	88	3	301	4	1	10	1207
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	6	10	.375	2.80	25	23	0	5	4	0	151.0	117	55	47	11	48	3	111	1	0	2	606
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	20	9	.690	3.28	37	37	0	13	4	0	263.7	214	108	96	26	105	2	158	4	2	15	1083
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	17	15	.531	3.25	40	40	0	12	1	0	282.3	246	118	102	17	98	7	174	1	0	9	1159
1975	AL	Oakland Athletics	22	11	.667	3.01	39	38	1	13	2	1	278.0	243	103	93	21	99	4	189	5	2	4	1153
1976	AL	Oakland Athletics	18	13	.581	2.35	37	37	0	20	6	0	298.3	268	90	78	9	63	3	166	1	1	5	1205
1977	AL	Oakland Athletics	14	19	.424	3.83	38	38	0	16	1	0	279.7	284	138	119	23	86	5	157	1	0	11	1184
1978	NL	San Francisco Giants	18	10	.643	2.79	35	35	0	9	4	0	258.0	233	87	80	12	70	4	171	0	0	5	1042
1979	NL	San Francisco Giants	14	14	.500	5.01	34	34	0	10	0	0	237.0	246	143	132	23	111	11	138	1	0	8	1041
1980	NL	San Francisco Giants	14	10	.583	2.97	31	31	0	10	3	0	224.0	202	79	74	14	61	8	129	0	2	3	914
1981	NL	San Francisco Giants	8	6	.571	2.45	18	18	0	1	0	0	124.7	97	40	34	7	54	3	63	1	0	7	513
1982	AL	Kansas City Royals	13	12	.520	3.78	31	31	0	6	2	0	181.0	163	80	76	20	80	3	103	0	0	4	773
1983	AL	Kansas City Royals	0	5	.000	6.01	19	14	4	1	0	0	85.3	96	62	57	12	35	0	53	2	2	6	382
1985	NL	San Francisco Giants	8	8	.500	4.47	33	20	5	1	0	0	131.0	115	70	65	17	80	1	103	1	2	8	574
1986	NL	San Francisco Giants	10	10	.500	3.27	28	28	0	0	0	0	156.7	137	65	57	19	77	3	100	0	1	5	663
Totals			209	161	.565	3.27	502	473	11	143	37	2	3343.3	2939	1357	1213	263	1185	61	2175	23	13	103	13837

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1969	AL	Oakland Athletics	12	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0
1970	AL	Oakland Athletics	6	17	15	1	3	1	1	3	0	1	7	.200	.250	.467	.717	7	1	0	1	0
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	39	121	102	6	12	1	0	2	1	4	63	.118	.167	.127	.294	13	0	2	13	0
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	27	52	45	4	2	0	0	0	1	5	34	.044	.140	.044	.184	2	0	0	2	0
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1975	AL	Oakland Athletics	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1976	AL	Oakland Athletics	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1977	AL	Oakland Athletics	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1978	NL	San Francisco Giants	35	101	79	8	6	1	1	2	0	16	51	.076	.240	.127	.366	10	0	1	5	0
1979	NL	San Francisco Giants	37	97	83	7	10	1	1	3	0	6	35	.120	.180	.169	.348	14	0	0	8	0
1980	NL	San Francisco Giants	31	79	68	3	5	1	0	1	0	3	34	.074	.111	.088	.199	6	0	0	7	1
1981	NL	San Francisco Giants	18	43	35	4	7	2	0	1	0	3	10	.200	.263	.257	.520	9	1	0	5	0
1982	AL	Kansas City Royals	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1983	AL	Kansas City Royals	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1985	NL	San Francisco Giants	33	41	30	0	4	1	0	0	0	3	12	.133	.212	.167	.379	5	0	0	8	0
1986	NL	San Francisco Giants	28	53	43	3	4	1	1	3	0	6	20	.093	.204	.186	.390	8	0	0	4	0
Totals			508	618	512	37	53	9	4	15	2	49	271	.104	.186	.145	.330	74	2	3	53	1

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1969	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	12	4	42.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.071	.417
1970	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	6	6	39.0	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.846	1.333
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	39	39	312.0	15	24	0	0	1.000	1.125	1.000
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	25	23	151.0	4	17	2	0	.913	1.252	.840
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	37	37	263.7	9	30	0	0	1.000	1.331	1.054
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	40	40	282.3	10	16	3	0	.897	.829	.650
1975	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	39	38	278.0	4	34	1	1	.974	1.230	.974
1976	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	37	37	298.3	3	34	1	2	.974	1.116	1.000
1977	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	38	38	279.7	6	42	3	2	.941	1.545	1.263
1978	NL	San Francisco Giants	P	35	35	258.0	12	29	0	4	1.000	1.430	1.171
1979	NL	San Francisco Giants	P	34	34	237.0	10	42	1	5	.981	1.975	1.529
1980	NL	San Francisco Giants	P	31	31	224.0	14	42	1	4	.982	2.250	1.806
1981	NL	San Francisco Giants	P	18	18	124.7	11	29	1	1	.976	2.888	2.222
1982	AL	Kansas City Royals	P	31	31	181.0	14	22	2	0	.947	1.790	1.161
1983	AL	Kansas City Royals	P	19	14	85.3	3	10	0	1	1.000	1.371	.684
1985	NL	San Francisco Giants	P	33	20	131.0	7	21	2	1	.933	1.924	.848
1986	NL	San Francisco Giants	P	28	28	156.7	3	24	2	0	.931	1.551	.964
Totals				502	473	3343.7	127	427	19	21	.967	1.491	1.104

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	1	.000	6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	5	5	0	2	0	8	0	29
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	1	5.3	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	22
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	0	1	.000	4.15	4	1	1	0	0	1	8.7	8	4	4	1	5	1	5	1	38
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	1	.000	10.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	8	8	1	5	0	3	1	33
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	0	1	.000	4.91	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	10	6	6	2	3	0	8	1	48
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	30
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	0	1	.000	3.29	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.7	10	5	5	1	7	0	9	0	56
1975	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	14
Totals				1	5	.167	4.31	17	10	2	1	1	2	64.7	55	31	31	6	23	2	47	3	270

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	1	3	3	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	4	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	4	3	1	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	2	4	4	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	2	4	4	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000
1975	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0
Totals				17	15	13	2	12	.000	.133	.000	.133

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1971	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	1	1	7.0	0	1	1.000	1.286	1.000
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	4	0	5.3	0	1	1.000	1.688	.250
1972	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	P	4	1	8.7	0	1	1.000	1.038	.250
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	2	2	7.0	1	0	1.000	1.286	.500
1973	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	P	2	2	11.0	2	1	1.000	2.455	1.500
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	1	1	9.0	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000
1974	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	P	2	2	13.7	0	3	1.000	1.976	1.500
1975	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	P	1	1	3.0	0	0		.000	.000
Totals					17	10	64.7	3	8	1.000	1.531	.647

Awards

1971 - AL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1971 - AL Most Valuable Player
1971 - AL TSN All-Star LHP
1971 - AL Cy Young Award
1978 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1978 - NL TSN All-Star LHP

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