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Vida Blue Vida Blue
Full name: Vida Rochelle Blue
Born: July 28, 1949, Mansfield, Louisiana
First Game: July 20, 1969; Final Game: October 2, 1986
Bat: Both Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 189
AL MVP (1971)
AL Cy Young (1971)
TSN NL Pitcher of the Year (1978)
TSN AL Pitcher of the Year (1971)
LHP on TSN NL All-Star Team (1978)
LHP on TSN AL All-Star Team (1971)
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Vida Blue
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1969 OAK A Daily Splits   12    10    1    0   0   0   0    0    2   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .167  .000   0.0 1969 OAK A
1970 OAK A Daily Splits    6    15    1    3   1   0   1    3    1   0    7   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .200  .250  .467   0.0 1970 OAK A
1971 OAK A Daily Splits   39   102    6   12   1   0   0    2    4   0   63   2  13   0   0   1   0    0   1  .118  .167  .127   0.0 1971 OAK A
1972 OAK A Daily Splits   27    45    4    2   0   0   0    0    5   0   34   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   1  .044  .140  .044   0.0 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A Daily Splits   38     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A                40     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1974 OAK A
1975 OAK A                39     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1975 OAK A
1976 OAK A                37     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1976 OAK A
1977 OAK A Daily Splits   38     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1977 OAK A
1978 SF  N Daily Splits   35    79    8    6   1   0   1    2   16   0   51   1   5   0   0   2   0    0   0  .076  .240  .127   0.0 1978 SF  N
1979 SF  N Daily Splits   37    83    7   10   1   0   1    3    6   0   35   0   8   0   0   2   0    0   0  .120  .180  .169   0.0 1979 SF  N
1980 SF  N Daily Splits   31    68    3    5   1   0   0    1    3   0   34   0   7   1   0   2   0    0   0  .074  .111  .088   0.0 1980 SF  N
1981 SF  N Daily Splits   18    35    4    7   2   0   0    1    3   0   10   0   5   0   0   1   1    0   0  .200  .263  .257   0.0 1981 SF  N
1982 KC  A                31     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1982 KC  A
1983 KC  A                19     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1983 KC  A
1985 SF  N Daily Splits   33    30    0    4   1   0   0    0    3   0   12   0   8   0   0   3   0    0   0  .133  .212  .167   0.0 1985 SF  N
1986 SF  N Daily Splits   28    43    3    4   1   0   1    3    6   0   20   0   4   0   0   0   0    0   0  .093  .204  .186   0.0 1986 SF  N
Total NL                 182   338   25   36   7   0   3   10   37   0  162   1  37   1   0  10   1    0   0  .107  .196  .154   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 326   174   12   17   2   0   1    5   12   0  109   2  16   0   0   2   1    0   2  .098  .165  .126   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  508   512   37   53   9   0   4   15   49   0  271   3  53   1   0  12   2    0   2  .104  .186  .145   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1971 OAK A Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1971 OAK A
1972 OAK A Daily Splits    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1974 OAK A
1975 OAK A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1975 OAK A
Total            Splits    9     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1972 OAK A Daily Splits    4     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .667  .000 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A Daily Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A Daily Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1974 OAK A
Total            Splits    8     9    0    0   0   0   0    0    2   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .182  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1971 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1971 AL   
1975 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1975 AL   
1978 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1978 NL   
1981 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1981 NL   
Total                      4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1969 OAK A Daily Splits   12   4   0   0   1   1   42     49   191  13   34   31   18   1   24   4   0   1   0   0   6   1   3   2   1   1   6.64  -0.9 1969 OAK A
1970 OAK A Daily Splits    6   6   2   2   0   0   38.2   20   147   0   12    9   12   0   35   2   0   0   1   0   4   2   2   2   2   0   2.09   0.5 1970 OAK A
1971 OAK A Daily Splits   39  39  24   8   0   0  312    209  1207  19   73   63   88   3  301   9   3  10   4   1  28   3  23  15  24   8   1.82   5.3 1971 OAK A
1972 OAK A Daily Splits   25  23   5   4   0   0  151    117   606  11   55   47   48   3  111   7   6   2   1   0  15   3  15  12   6  10   2.80  -0.4 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A Daily Splits   37  37  13   4   0   0  263.2  214  1083  26  108   96  105   2  158   8  10  15   4   2  29   6  28  18  20   9   3.28   0.9 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A Daily Splits   40  40  12   1   0   0  282.1  246  1159  17  118  102   98   7  174   7  12   9   1   0  28   6  35  22  17  15   3.25   0.0 1974 OAK A
1975 OAK A Daily Splits   39  38  13   2   1   1  278    243  1153  21  103   93   99   4  189  15   6   4   5   2  35  10  26  17  22  11   3.01   2.4 1975 OAK A
1976 OAK A Daily Splits   37  37  20   6   0   0  298.1  268  1205   9   90   78   63   3  166  13   5   5   1   1  35   6  20  18  18  13   2.35   3.4 1976 OAK A
1977 OAK A Daily Splits   38  38  16   1   0   0  279.2  284  1184  23  138  119   86   5  157  12   9  11   1   0  46   8  17  22  14  19   3.83   0.6 1977 OAK A
1978 SF  N Daily Splits   35  35   9   4   0   0  258    233  1042  12   87   80   70   4  171  16   8   5   0   0  31   9  19   9  18  10   2.79   2.3 1978 SF  N
1979 SF  N Daily Splits   34  34  10   0   0   0  237    246  1041  23  143  132  111  11  138  11  12   8   1   0  45   9  16  15  14  14   5.01  -3.9 1979 SF  N
1980 SF  N Daily Splits   31  31  10   3   0   0  224    202   914  14   79   74   61   8  129  13   6   3   0   2  33   7  15  17  14  10   2.97   1.5 1980 SF  N
1981 SF  N Daily Splits   18  18   1   0   0   0  124.2   97   513   7   40   34   54   3   63   9   3   7   1   0  17   2   7  12   8   6   2.45   1.8 1981 SF  N
1982 KC  A Daily Splits   31  31   6   2   0   0  181    163   773  20   80   76   80   3  103   5   3   4   0   0  38   7  10   9  13  12   3.78   1.0 1982 KC  A
1983 KC  A Daily Splits   19  14   1   0   4   0   85.1   96   382  12   62   57   35   0   53   4   5   6   2   2  16   4   8   5   0   5   6.01  -0.9 1983 KC  A
1985 SF  N Daily Splits   33  20   1   0   5   0  131    115   574  17   70   65   80   1  103  11   3   8   1   2  28   1   7   7   8   8   4.47  -1.4 1985 SF  N
1986 SF  N Daily Splits   28  28   0   0   0   0  156.2  137   663  19   65   57   77   3  100   7   6   5   0   1  24   4  10  11  10  10   3.27   0.6 1986 SF  N
Total NL                 179 166  31   7   5   0 1131.1 1030  4747  92  484  442  453  30  704  67  38  36   3   5 178  32  74  71  72  58   3.52   0.9 Total NL        
Total AL                 323 307 112  30   6   2 2212   1909  9090 171  873  771  732  31 1471  86  59  67  20   8 280  56 187 142 137 103   3.14  11.9 Total AL        
Total            Splits  502 473 143  37  11   2 3343.1 2939 13837 263 1357 1213 1185  61 2175 153  97 103  23  13 458  88 261 213 209 161   3.27  12.8 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1971 OAK A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    7      7    29   0    5    5    2   0    8   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   1   0   0   1   6.43 1971 OAK A
1972 OAK A Daily Splits    4   0   0   0   1   1    5.1    4    22   0    0    0    1   1    5   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0.00 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    7      8    33   1    8    8    5   0    3   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   1  10.29 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A Daily Splits    1   1   1   1   0   0    9      2    30   0    0    0    0   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0.00 1974 OAK A
1975 OAK A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      6    14   1    3    3    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   9.00 1975 OAK A
Total            Splits    9   5   1   1   1   1   31.1   27   128   2   16   16    8   1   25   0   0   1   0   0   8   0   3   3   1   2   4.60 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1972 OAK A Daily Splits    4   1   0   0   1   1    8.2    8    38   1    4    4    5   1    5   1   1   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   1   4.15 1972 OAK A
1973 OAK A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   11     10    48   2    6    6    3   0    8   0   0   1   0   0   1   1   0   2   0   1   4.91 1973 OAK A
1974 OAK A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.2   10    56   1    5    5    7   0    9   2   1   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   1   3.29 1974 OAK A
Total            Splits    8   5   0   0   1   1   33.1   28   142   4   15   15   15   1   22   3   2   2   0   0   5   1   1   2   0   3   4.05 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1971 AL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      2    12   2    3    3    0   0    3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   9.00 1971 AL   
1975 AL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    2      5    10   2    2    2    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9.00 1975 AL   
1978 NL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      5    14   0    3    3    1   0    2   0   2   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   0   0   9.00 1978 NL   
1981 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      0     4   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0.00 1981 NL   
Total            Splits    4   3   0   0   0   0    9     12    40   4    8    8    1   0    7   0   2   1   1   0   1   2   0   1   2   0   8.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1969 OAK A Daily   P   12    4    0    42       1    4    0    0   0    2    0    1    1 1.000
1970 OAK A Daily   P    6    6    2    38.2     1    7    0    0   0    0    1    4    0 1.000
1971 OAK A Daily   P   39   39   24   312      15   24    0    0   0    5    7    7    0 1.000
1972 OAK A Daily   P   25   23    5   151       4   17    2    0   0    3    2    6    2  .913
1973 OAK A Daily   P   37   37   12   263.2     9   30    0    0   0    4    7   14    2 1.000
1974 OAK A Daily   P   40   40   11   282.1    10   16    3    0   0    2    8   12    0  .897
1975 OAK A Daily   P   39   38   13   278       4   34    1    1   0    0    9   23    1  .974
1976 OAK A Daily   P   37   37   20   298.1     3   34    1    2   0    2   15   20    1  .974
1977 OAK A Daily   P   38   38   14   279.2     6   42    3    2   0    2   23   17    2  .941
1978 SF  N Daily   P   35   35    9   258      12   29    0    4   0    2   15   14    3 1.000
1979 SF  N Daily   P   34   34   10   237      10   42    1    5   0    0   16   16    3  .981
1980 SF  N Daily   P   31   31   10   224      14   42    1    4   0    0   16   14    5  .982
1981 SF  N Daily   P   18   18    1   124.2    11   29    1    1   0    2   12   10    6  .976
1982 KC  A Daily   P   31   31    6   181      14   22    2    0   0    3    9    8    6  .947
1983 KC  A Daily   P   19   14    1    85.1     3   10    0    1   0    0    5   12    0 1.000
1985 SF  N Daily   P   33   20    1   131       7   21    2    1   0    3    5    8    5  .933
1986 SF  N Daily   P   28   28    0   156.2     3   24    2    0   0    0   14   11    2  .931
Total              P  502  473  139  3343.1   127  427   19   21   0   30  164  197   39  .967
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1971 OAK A Daily   P    1    1    0     7       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1972 OAK A Daily   P    4    0    0     5.1     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1973 OAK A Daily   P    2    2    0     7       1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1974 OAK A Daily   P    1    1    1     9       0    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1975 OAK A Daily   P    1    1    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total              P    9    5    1    31.1     1    3    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1972 OAK A Daily   P    4    1    0     8.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1973 OAK A Daily   P    2    2    0    11       2    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1974 OAK A Daily   P    2    2    0    13.2     0    3    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
Total              P    8    5    0    33.1     2    5    0    0   0    0    2    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1971 AL    Daily   P    1    1    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1975 AL    Daily   P    1    1    0     2       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1978 NL    Daily   P    1    1    0     3       0    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1981 NL    Daily   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
Total              P    4    3    0     9       0    2    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
Selected by Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 6,
1967).

Traded by Oakland Athletics to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Gary Alexander,
Gary Thomasson, Dave Heaverlo, Alan Wirth, John Henry Johnson, Phil Huffman, $300000
and a player to be named later (March 15, 1978); Oakland Ath