Vida Blue
Born: July 28, 1949, Mansfield, LA Died: May 6, 2023, Tracy, CAHeight: 6'0" Weight: 189 Bats: Both Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1969 Oakland AL 19 1 1 6.64 12 4 0 7 1 1 0 42.0 49 191 34 31 13 17 1 0 24 1970 Oakland AL 20 2 0 2.09 6 6 2 0 0 0 2 38.2 20 147 12 9 0 12 0 1 35 1971 Oakland AL 21 24 8 1.82 39 39 24 0 0 0 8 312.0 209 1207 73 63 19 85 3 4 301 1972 Oakland AL 22 6 10 2.80 25 23 5 2 0 0 4 151.0 117 606 55 47 11 45 3 1 111 1973 Oakland AL 23 20 9 3.28 37 37 13 0 0 0 4 263.2 214 1083 108 96 26 103 2 4 158 1974 Oakland AL 24 17 15 3.25 40 40 12 0 0 0 1 282.1 246 1159 118 102 17 91 7 1 174 1975 Oakland AL 25 22 11 3.01 39 38 13 0 1 1 2 278.0 243 1153 103 93 21 95 4 5 189 1976 Oakland AL 26 18 13 2.35 37 37 20 0 0 0 6 298.1 268 1205 90 78 9 60 3 1 166 1977 Oakland AL 27 14 19 3.83 38 38 16 0 0 0 1 279.2 284 1184 138 119 23 81 5 1 157 1978 San Francisco NL 28 18 10 2.79 35 35 9 0 0 0 4 258.0 233 1042 87 80 12 66 4 0 171 1979 San Francisco NL 29 14 14 5.01 34 34 10 0 0 0 0 237.0 246 1041 143 132 23 100 11 1 138 1980 San Francisco NL 30 14 10 2.97 31 31 10 0 0 0 3 224.0 202 914 79 74 14 53 8 0 129 1981 San Francisco NL 31 8 6 2.45 18 18 1 0 0 0 0 124.2 97 513 40 34 7 51 3 1 63 1982 Kansas City AL 32 13 12 3.78 31 31 6 0 0 0 2 181.0 163 773 80 76 20 77 3 0 103 1983 Kansas City AL 33 0 5 6.01 19 14 1 1 4 0 0 85.1 96 382 62 57 12 35 0 2 53 1985 San Francisco NL 35 8 8 4.47 33 20 1 8 5 0 0 131.0 115 574 70 65 17 79 1 1 103 1986 San Francisco NL 36 10 10 3.27 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 156.2 137 663 65 57 19 74 3 0 100 TOTALS 209 161 3.27 502 473 143 18 11 2 37 3343.1 2939 13837 1357 1213 263 1124 61 23 2175
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 Oakland AL 12 169 34 49 96 6 1 13 4 0 1 0 17 1 0 24 3 .290 .568 .358 1970 Oakland AL 6 132 12 20 28 4 2 0 2 0 4 1 12 0 1 35 2 .152 .212 .228 1971 Oakland AL 39 1103 73 209 300 28 3 19 9 3 7 7 85 3 4 301 23 .189 .272 .251 1972 Oakland AL 25 544 55 117 171 15 3 11 7 6 6 2 45 3 1 111 15 .215 .314 .277 1973 Oakland AL 37 956 108 214 333 29 6 26 8 10 14 7 103 2 4 158 28 .224 .348 .300 1974 Oakland AL 40 1041 118 246 337 28 6 17 7 12 12 8 91 7 1 174 35 .236 .324 .299 1975 Oakland AL 39 1028 103 243 361 35 10 21 15 6 23 9 95 4 5 189 26 .236 .351 .305 1976 Oakland AL 37 1123 90 268 342 35 6 9 13 5 20 15 60 3 1 166 20 .239 .305 .279 1977 Oakland AL 38 1076 138 284 415 46 8 23 12 9 17 23 81 5 1 157 17 .264 .386 .317 1978 San Francisco NL 35 948 87 233 318 31 9 12 16 8 14 15 66 4 0 171 19 .246 .335 .295 1979 San Francisco NL 34 906 143 246 378 45 9 23 11 12 16 16 100 11 1 138 16 .272 .417 .348 1980 San Francisco NL 31 834 79 202 291 33 7 14 13 6 14 16 53 8 0 129 15 .242 .349 .292 1981 San Francisco NL 18 446 40 97 139 17 2 7 9 3 10 12 51 3 1 63 7 .217 .312 .302 1982 Kansas City AL 31 685 80 163 275 38 7 20 5 3 8 9 77 3 0 103 10 .238 .401 .316 1983 Kansas City AL 19 336 62 96 156 16 4 12 4 5 12 5 35 0 2 53 8 .286 .464 .352 1985 San Francisco NL 33 479 70 115 196 28 1 17 11 3 8 5 79 1 1 103 7 .240 .409 .348 1986 San Francisco NL 28 573 65 137 226 24 4 19 7 6 11 14 74 3 0 100 10 .239 .394 .326
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 Oakland AL 19 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 .000 .000 .167 1970 Oakland AL 20 6 15 1 3 7 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 .200 .467 .250 1971 Oakland AL 21 39 102 6 12 13 1 0 0 2 13 0 0 1 4 0 2 63 0 .118 .127 .167 1972 Oakland AL 22 27 45 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 34 0 .044 .044 .140 1973 Oakland AL 23 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 Oakland AL 24 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Oakland AL 25 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Oakland AL 26 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Oakland AL 27 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 San Francisco NL 28 35 79 8 6 10 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 16 0 1 51 0 .076 .127 .240 1979 San Francisco NL 29 37 83 7 10 14 1 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 35 0 .120 .169 .180 1980 San Francisco NL 30 31 68 3 5 6 1 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 34 0 .074 .088 .111 1981 San Francisco NL 31 18 35 4 7 9 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 1 .200 .257 .263 1982 Kansas City AL 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Kansas City AL 33 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 San Francisco NL 35 33 30 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 0 .133 .167 .212 1986 San Francisco NL 36 28 43 3 4 8 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 20 0 .093 .186 .204 TOTALS 508 512 37 53 74 9 0 4 15 53 1 0 2 49 0 3 271 2 .104 .145 .186
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1969 Oakland AL P 42.0 4 12 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.07 1 0 1 1970 Oakland AL P 38.2 6 6 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.86 4 1 0 1971 Oakland AL P 312.0 39 39 15 24 0 0 1.000 1.12 7 7 0 1972 Oakland AL P 151.0 23 25 4 17 2 0 .913 1.25 6 2 2 1973 Oakland AL P 263.2 37 37 9 30 0 0 1.000 1.33 14 7 2 1974 Oakland AL P 282.1 40 40 10 16 3 0 .897 0.83 12 8 0 1975 Oakland AL P 278.0 38 39 4 34 1 1 .974 1.23 23 9 1 1976 Oakland AL P 298.1 37 37 3 34 1 2 .974 1.12 20 15 1 1977 Oakland AL P 279.2 38 38 6 42 3 2 .941 1.54 17 23 2 1978 San Francisco NL P 258.0 35 35 12 29 0 4 1.000 1.43 14 15 3 1979 San Francisco NL P 237.0 34 34 10 42 1 5 .981 1.97 16 16 3 1980 San Francisco NL P 224.0 31 31 14 42 1 4 .982 2.25 14 16 5 1981 San Francisco NL P 124.2 18 18 11 29 1 1 .976 2.89 10 12 6 1982 Kansas City AL P 181.0 31 31 14 22 2 0 .947 1.79 8 9 6 1983 Kansas City AL P 85.1 14 19 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.37 12 5 0 1985 San Francisco NL P 131.0 20 33 7 21 2 1 .933 1.92 8 5 5 1986 San Francisco NL P 156.2 28 28 3 24 2 0 .931 1.55 11 14 2
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
- Placed on restricted list by Oakland A's (March 30, 1972)
- Activated by Oakland A's (April 27, 1972)
- Placed on disqualified list by Oakland A's (April 5, 1977)
- Activated by Oakland A's (April 16, 1977)
- Sold by Oakland Athletics to New York Yankees (June 15, 1976).
- Purchase voided (June 18, 1976).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Gary Alexander, Gary Thomasson, Dave Heaverlo, Alan Wirth, John Henry Johnson, Phil Huffman, $300,000 and a player to be named later (March 15, 1978); Oakland Athletics received Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978).
- Placed on disabled list by San Francisco Giants, (June 28, 1980).
- Activated by San Francisco Giants, (August 2, 1980).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants with Bob Tufts to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Renie Martin, Craig Chamberlain, Atlee Hammaker and Brad Wellman (March 30, 1982).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (August 5, 1983).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 6, 1985).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 17, 1985).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (January 20, 1987).
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