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\

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.1

209

161

ERA

3.27

502

473

3343.1

2175

WHIP

1.233

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	SFG		SDP	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 14	SFG	@	LAD	W,8-4		9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	14 (8)	Apr 24	SFG		LAD	L,2-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	16 (1)	Apr 26	SFG		CIN	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	21 (4)	May 3	SFG	@	STL	L,1-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	28 (6)	May 10	SFG		STL	L,3-9		5	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	29	May 11	SFG		STL	L,4-9		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	36 (6)	May 20	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-2		8	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	47 (10)	Jun 2	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	50 (2)	Jun 5	SFG		MON	L,0-6		13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	54 (3)	Jun 10	SFG	@	ATL	L,0-7		12	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	55	Jun 11	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	61 (5)	Jun 16 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	P
14	66 (4)	Jun 21	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-6	GS	23	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	75 (8)	Jun 30 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,7-4	GS	31	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	79 (3)	Jul 5	SFG	@	CHC	W,12-6	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	84 (4)	Jul 10	SFG	@	STL	L,3-7	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	94 (9)	Jul 23	SFG		STL	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	95	Jul 24	SFG		STL	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	100 (4)	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-10	GS	24	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	105 (4)	Aug 4	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	109 (3)	Aug 10	SFG		ATL	W,6-5	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	114 (4)	Aug 16	SFG		LAD	L,1-5	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	119 (4)	Aug 22	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-7	GS	29	6.1	1	2	0	3	1	P
25	124 (4)	Aug 27	SFG	@	MON	W,6-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	129 (4)	Sep 2	SFG		PHI	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
27	134 (4)	Sep 8	SFG		MON	L,6-9	GS	22	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
28	140 (5)	Sep 13	SFG	@	ATL	W,9-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	145 (4)	Sep 18	SFG		SDP	W,9-6	GS	26	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
30	149 (3)	Sep 22	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	GS	27	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
31	153 (3)	Sep 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-6	GS	13	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	156 (2)	Sep 30	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	161 (4)	Oct 5	SFG		ATL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
							33gm		131.0	7	21	2	30	1