VIDA BLUE

| Retired | Played: 1968-1986

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 16th in csa
Positions: P-502
Full Name: Vida Rochelle Blue Jr.
Born: Jul 28, 1949 (63.296) in Mansfield,Louisiana

MLB Debut: Jul 20, 1969 (19.357)

Control
46

K-Rating
67

Efficiency
63

vsPower
49

Ht/Wt: 6-0 / 189 Bats/Throws: Both / Left
High School: DeSoto (Mansfield,LA)
College: None listed
Drafted: Kansas City Athletics: 1967-2-27 (June-Reg)

Tags: 15 Strikeouts in a Game || 20-Win Season || 300 Strikeouts in a Season || All-star Game Starting Pitcher || Cy Young Award || Major League All-Star Game All Tags

TBC Player ID: 8922
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
1968	Burlington	Midw	A	-	oak	18	-	8	11	2.49	24						152.0	102	67	42		80	231			1.20	6.04	--	4.74	13.68	0.35	--	--
1969	Birmingham	Sou	AA	-	oak	19	-	10	3	3.20	15						104.0	80	40	37		52	112			1.27	6.92	--	4.50	9.69	0.46	--	--
1969	Oakland	AL	MLB	21	oak	19	-	1	1	6.64	12	4	0	0	1	1	42.0	49	34	31	13	18	24	1	0	1.60	10.50	2.79	3.86	5.14	0.75	.273	0.52
1970	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	oak	20	-	12	3	2.17	17						133.0	88	40	32		55	165			1.08	5.95	--	3.72	11.17	0.33	--	--
1970	Oakland	AL	MLB	17,35	oak	20	58	2	0	2.09	6	6	2	2	0	0	38.2	20	12	9	0	12	35	0	0	0.83	4.66	0.00	2.79	8.15	0.34	.206	1.14
1971	Oakland	AL	MLB	35	oak	21	1	24	8	1.82	39	39	24	8	0	0	312.0	209	73	63	19	88	301	10	1	0.95	6.03	0.55	2.54	8.68	0.29	.243	0.81
1972	Oakland	AL	MLB	35	oak	22	58	6	10	2.80	25	23	5	4	0	0	151.0	117	55	47	11	48	111	2	0	1.09	6.97	0.66	2.86	6.62	0.43	.251	0.87
1973	Oakland	AL	MLB	14	oak	23	13	20	9	3.28	37	37	13	4	0	0	263.2	214	108	96	26	105	158	15	2	1.21	7.30	0.89	3.58	5.39	0.66	.244	0.85
1974	Oakland	AL	MLB	14	oak	24	15	17	15	3.25	40	40	12	1	0	0	282.1	246	118	102	17	98	174	9	0	1.22	7.84	0.54	3.12	5.55	0.56	.270	0.77
1975	Oakland	AL	MLB	14	oak	25	7	22	11	3.01	39	38	13	2	1	1	278.0	243	103	93	21	99	189	4	2	1.23	7.87	0.68	3.21	6.12	0.52	.271	0.90
1976	Oakland	AL	MLB	14	oak	26	2	18	13	2.35	37	37	20	6	0	0	298.1	268	90	78	9	63	166	5	1	1.11	8.08	0.27	1.90	5.01	0.38	.273	0.82
1977	Oakland	AL	MLB	14	oak	27	13	14	19	3.83	38	38	16	1	0	0	279.2	284	138	119	23	86	157	11	0	1.32	9.14	0.74	2.77	5.05	0.55	.292	0.95
1978	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	28	3	18	10	2.79	35	35	9	4	0	0	258.0	233	87	80	12	70	171	5	0	1.17	8.13	0.42	2.44	5.97	0.41	.289	0.83
1979	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	29	21	14	14	5.01	34	34	10	0	0	0	237.0	246	143	132	23	111	138	8	0	1.51	9.34	0.87	4.22	5.24	0.80	.299	0.80
1980	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	30	6	14	10	2.97	31	31	10	3	0	0	224.0	202	79	74	14	61	129	3	2	1.17	8.12	0.56	2.45	5.18	0.47	.272	0.97
1981	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	31	35	8	6	2.45	18	18	1	0	0	0	124.2	97	40	34	7	54	63	7	0	1.21	7.00	0.51	3.90	4.55	0.86	.239	1.13
1982	KC Royals	AL	MLB	33	kc	32	53	13	12	3.78	31	31	6	2	0	0	181.0	163	80	76	20	80	103	4	0	1.34	8.10	0.99	3.98	5.12	0.78	.254	0.59
1983	KC Royals	AL	MLB	14,33	kc	33	-	0	5	6.01	19	14	1	0	4	0	85.1	96	62	57	12	35	53	6	2	1.54	10.13	1.27	3.69	5.59	0.66	.310	0.60
1985	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	35	-	8	8	4.47	33	20	1	0	5	0	131.0	115	70	65	17	80	103	8	2	1.49	7.90	1.17	5.50	7.08	0.78	.273	0.80
1986	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	36	67	10	10	3.27	28	28	0	0	0	0	156.2	137	65	57	19	77	100	5	1	1.37	7.87	1.09	4.42	5.74	0.77	.260	0.57
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MLB Totals (17 years) Career Ranks								209	161	3.26	502	473	143	37	11	2	3344	2939	1357	1213	263	1185	2175	103	13	1.23	7.91	0.71	3.19	5.85	0.54	.269	0.81
Minor League Totals (3 years)								30	17	2.57	56	0	0	0	0	0	389	270	147	111	0	187	508	0	0	1.17	6.25	0.00	4.33	11.75	0.37	--	--
AAA Totals (1 year)								12	3	2.17	17	0	0	0	0	0	133	88	40	32	0	55	165	0	0	1.08	5.95	0.00	3.72	11.17	0.33	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)								10	3	3.20	15	0	0	0	0	0	104	80	40	37	0	52	112	0	0	1.27	6.92	0.00	4.50	9.69	0.46	--	--
A Totals (1 year)								8	11	2.49	24	0	0	0	0	0	152	102	67	42	0	80	231	0	0	1.20	6.04	0.00	4.74	13.68	0.35	--	--
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ALL Stats MLB Only Minor Leagues Only

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1969	Oakland	AL	MLB	21	oak	19	p	-	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	5	42	0	12	10	-1	-2.2	.000
1970	Oakland	AL	MLB	17,35	oak	20	p	-	6	15	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.250	.467	717	6	100	7	17	14	1	2.4	.286
1971	Oakland	AL	MLB	35	oak	21	p	61	39	102	6	12	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	63	2	0	13	0	0	.118	.167	.127	294	37	95	13	121	104	-7	-1.8	.308
1972	Oakland	AL	MLB	35	oak	22	p	-	27	45	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	34	0	0	2	0	0	.044	.140	.044	184	22	81	2	52	46	-6	-3.3	.182
1973	Oakland	AL	MLB	14	oak	23	p	-	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1977	Oakland	AL	MLB	14	oak	27	p	-	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000
1978	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	28	p	-	35	79	8	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	16	51	1	0	5	0	0	.076	.240	.127	366	34	97	10	101	78	-3	-0.9	.185
1979	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	29	p	-	37	83	7	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	35	0	0	8	0	0	.120	.180	.169	348	33	89	14	97	81	-2	-0.7	.191
1980	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	30	p	-	31	68	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	34	0	0	7	1	0	.074	.111	.088	199	31	100	6	79	71	-6	-2.1	.143
1981	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	31	p	-	18	35	4	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	0	0	5	0	1	.200	.263	.257	520	17	94	9	43	34	2	1.4	.280
1985	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	35	p	-	33	30	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	0	0	8	0	0	.133	.212	.167	379	20	61	5	41	34	0	0.0	.222
1986	SF Giants	NL	MLB	14	sf	36	p	-	28	43	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	20	0	0	4	0	0	.093	.204	.186	390	28	100	8	53	43	0	-0.2	.136
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MLB Totals (12 years) Career Ranks									342	512	37	53	9	0	4	15	0	2	49	271	3	0	53	1	2	.104	.186	.145	330	233	68	74	618	517	-21.6	-1.1	.206
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FIELDING STATISTICS

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Positions Grid

Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1969	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	12		5	1	4	0	0	42	1.000	0.42	1.07
1970	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	6		8	1	7	0	0	38	1.000	1.33	1.89
1971	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	39		39	15	24	0	0	312	1.000	1.00	1.13
1972	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	25		23	4	17	2	0	151	.913	0.84	1.25
1973	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	37		39	9	30	0	0	263	1.000	1.05	1.33
1974	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	40		29	10	16	3	0	282	.897	0.65	0.83
1975	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	39		39	4	34	1	1	278	.974	0.97	1.23
1976	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	37		38	3	34	1	2	298	.974	1.00	1.12
1977	Oakland	AL	MLB	P	38		51	6	42	3	2	279	.941	1.26	1.55
1978	SF Giants	NL	MLB	P	35		41	12	29	0	4	258	1.000	1.17	1.43
1979	SF Giants	NL	MLB	P	34		53	10	42	1	5	237	.981	1.53	1.97
1980	SF Giants	NL	MLB	P	31		57	14	42	1	4	224	.982	1.81	2.25
1981	SF Giants	NL	MLB	P	18		41	11	29	1	1	124	.976	2.22	2.90
1982	KC Royals	AL	MLB	P	31		38	14	22	2	0	181	.947	1.16	1.79
1983	KC Royals	AL	MLB	P	19		13	3	10	0	1	85	1.000	0.68	1.38
1985	SF Giants	NL	MLB	P	33		30	7	21	2	1	131	.933	0.85	1.92
1986	SF Giants	NL	MLB	P	28		29	3	24	2	0	156	.931	0.96	1.56

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