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Vida Blue Stats

Vida Blue was born on Thursday, July 28, 1949, in Mansfield, Louisiana. Blue was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 20, 1969, with the Oakland Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Vida Blue baseball stats page.

"This season I'm gonna pitch the way Vida knows how to pitch all season. No letdowns. I want to go to a World Series in the worst way. I want to win a World Series. That's the one thing I want to do." - Vida Blue (1979)

Vida Blue

Vida Blue Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#432)

Career

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Birth Name:	Vida Rochelle Blue, Jr.
Nickname:	None
Born On:	07-28-1949
Born In:	Mansfield, Louisiana
Zodiac:	Leo
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Both
Throws:	Left
Height:	6-00
Weight:	189
First Game:	07-20-1969 (Age 19)
Last Game:	10-02-1986
Draft:	1967 : 2nd Round (27th)

Vida Blue Vida Blue Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1969	Athletics	12	4	1	1	1	.500	6.64	0	0	1	42.0	191	49	31	34	13	18	1	24	1	0	0	-
1970	Athletics	6	6	0	2	0	1.000	2.09	2	2	0	38.2	147	20	9	12	0	12	0	35	0	1	0	-
1971	Athletics	39	39	0	24	8	.750	1.82	24	8	0	312.0	1,207	209	63	73	19	88	3	301	10	4	1	-
1972	Athletics	25	23	0	6	10	.375	2.80	5	4	0	151.0	606	117	47	55	11	48	3	111	2	1	0	-
1973	Athletics	37	37	0	20	9	.690	3.28	13	4	0	263.2	1,083	214	96	108	26	105	2	158	15	4	2	-
1974	Athletics	40	40	0	17	15	.531	3.25	12	1	0	282.1	1,159	246	102	118	17	98	7	174	9	1	0	-
1975	Athletics	39	38	1	22	11	.667	3.01	13	2	1	278.0	1,153	243	93	103	21	99	4	189	4	5	2	-
1976	Athletics	37	37	0	18	13	.581	2.35	20	6	0	298.1	1,205	268	78	90	9	63	3	166	5	1	1	-
1977	Athletics	38	38	0	14	19	.424	3.83	16	1	0	279.2	1,184	284	119	138	23	86	5	157	11	1	0	-
1978	Giants	35	35	0	18	10	.643	2.79	9	4	0	258.0	1,042	233	80	87	12	70	4	171	5	0	0	-
1979	Giants	34	34	0	14	14	.500	5.01	10	0	0	237.0	1,041	246	132	143	23	111	11	138	8	1	0	-
1980	Giants	31	31	0	14	10	.583	2.97	10	3	0	224.0	914	202	74	79	14	61	8	129	3	0	2	-
1981	Giants	18	18	0	8	6	.571	2.45	1	0	0	124.2	513	97	34	40	7	54	3	63	7	1	0	-
1982	Royals	31	31	0	13	12	.520	3.78	6	2	0	181.0	773	163	76	80	20	80	3	103	4	0	0	-
1983	Royals	19	14	4	0	5	.000	6.01	1	0	0	85.1	382	96	57	62	12	35	0	53	6	2	2	-
1985	Giants	33	20	5	8	8	.500	4.47	1	0	0	131.0	574	115	65	70	17	80	1	103	8	1	2	-
1986	Giants	28	28	0	10	10	.500	3.27	0	0	0	156.2	663	137	57	65	19	77	3	100	5	0	1	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
17 Years		502	473	11	209	161	.565	3.27	143	37	2	3,343.1	13,837	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	61	2,175	103	23	13	-

Vida Blue Vida Blue Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1969	Athletics	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000
1970	Athletics	6	15	1	3	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	.200	.250	.467
1971	Athletics	39	102	6	12	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	63	13	0	2	0	.118	.167	.127
1972	Athletics	27	45	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	34	2	0	0	0	.044	.140	.044
1973	Athletics	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1974	Athletics	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1975	Athletics	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1976	Athletics	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1977	Athletics	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1978	Giants	35	79	8	6	1	0	1	0	2	16	0	51	5	0	1	0	.076	.240	.127
1979	Giants	37	83	7	10	1	0	1	0	3	6	0	35	8	0	0	0	.120	.180	.169
1980	Giants	31	68	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	34	7	1	0	0	.074	.111	.088
1981	Giants	18	35	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	10	5	0	0	1	.200	.263	.257
1982	Royals	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1983	Royals	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1985	Giants	33	30	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	12	8	0	0	0	.133	.212	.167
1986	Giants	28	43	3	4	1	0	1	0	3	6	0	20	4	0	0	0	.093	.204	.186
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
17 Years		508	512	37	53	9	0	4	0	15	49	0	271	53	1	3	2	.104	.186	.145

Vida Blue Vida Blue Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1969 Athletics	P	12	4	126	5	0.4	5	1	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.07	-
1970 Athletics	P	6	6	116	8	1.3	8	1	7	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.86	-
1971 Athletics	P	39	39	936	39	1.0	39	15	24	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.13	-
1972 Athletics	P	25	23	453	23	0.9	21	4	17	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.913	1.25	-
1973 Athletics	P	37	37	791	39	1.1	39	9	30	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.33	-
1974 Athletics	P	40	40	847	29	0.7	26	10	16	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.897	0.83	-
1975 Athletics	P	39	38	834	39	1.0	38	4	34	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	1.23	-
1976 Athletics	P	37	37	895	38	1.0	37	3	34	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	1.12	-
1977 Athletics	P	38	38	839	51	1.3	48	6	42	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.941	1.54	-
1978 Giants	P	35	35	774	41	1.2	41	12	29	0	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.43	-
1979 Giants	P	34	34	711	53	1.6	52	10	42	1	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	1.97	-
1980 Giants	P	31	31	672	57	1.8	56	14	42	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	2.25	-
1981 Giants	P	18	18	374	41	2.3	40	11	29	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	2.89	-
1982 Royals	P	31	31	543	38	1.2	36	14	22	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.947	1.79	-
1983 Royals	P	19	14	256	13	0.7	13	3	10	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.37	-
1985 Giants	P	33	20	393	30	0.9	28	7	21	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.933	1.92	-
1986 Giants	P	28	28	470	29	1.0	27	3	24	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.931	1.55	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		502	473	10,030	573	1.1	554	127	427	19	21	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	1.49	--
17 Years		502	473	10,030	573	1.1	554	127	427	19	21	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	1.49	--

Vida Blue Vida Blue Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1969 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.5	0.0	1.33	5.14	3.86
1970 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	15.0	2.1	5.0	2.92	8.15	2.79
1971 Athletics	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.6	51.0	3.42	8.68	2.54
1972 Athletics	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.3	0.0	2.31	6.62	2.86
1973 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.50	5.39	3.58
1974 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.78	5.55	3.12
1975 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.91	6.12	3.21
1976 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.63	5.01	1.90
1977 Athletics	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.83	5.05	2.77
1978 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	79.0	1.5	39.5	2.44	5.97	2.44
1979 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	83.0	2.4	27.7	1.24	5.24	4.22
1980 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.0	68.0	2.11	5.18	2.45
1981 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.5	35.0	1.17	4.55	3.90
1982 Royals	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.29	5.12	3.98
1983 Royals	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.51	5.59	3.69
1985 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.5	0.0	1.29	7.08	5.50
1986 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	43.0	2.2	14.3	1.30	5.74	4.42
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
17 Years	0	2	.000	-	-	0	128.0	1.9	34.1	1.84	5.85	3.19

Vida Blue Vida Blue Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1969 Oakland Athletics	21	Undetermined	-	-
1970 Oakland Athletics	17, 35	Undetermined	-	-
1971 Oakland Athletics	35	Undetermined	Stats	-
1972 Oakland Athletics	35	Undetermined	-	Stats
1973 Oakland Athletics	14	Undetermined	-	Stats
1974 Oakland Athletics	14	Undetermined	-	Stats
1975 Oakland Athletics	14	Undetermined	Stats	-
1976 Oakland Athletics	14	$140,000.00	-	-
1977 Oakland Athletics	14	$140,000.00	Stats	-
1978 San Francisco Giants	14	Undetermined	Stats	-
1979 San Francisco Giants	14	Undetermined	-	-
1980 San Francisco Giants	14	Undetermined	Stats	-
1981 San Francisco Giants	14	Undetermined	Stats	-
1982 Kansas City Royals	33	Undetermined	-	-
1983 Kansas City Royals	14, 33	Undetermined	-	-
1985 San Francisco Giants	14	$250,000.00	-	-
1986 San Francisco Giants	14	$450,000.00	-	-
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