Born on July 28, 1949 in Mansfield, Louisiana, Vida Blue (Vida Rochelle Blue) played for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 17 year career. Blue broke into the bigs on July 20, 1969 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 1.82 ERA in 312 innings pitched in 1971, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Vida Blue's best season was 1971, when he posted a 1.82 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 301 batters.
Statistics
Pitching Stats
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1969
OAK
A
12
4
1
1
6.64
24
34
31
0
0
1
42
49
13
18
1
1
0
1970
OAK
A
6
6
2
0
2.09
35
12
9
2
2
0
38.2
20
0
12
0
0
1
1971
OAK
A
39
39
24
8
1.82
301
73
63
24
8
0
312
209
19
88
3
10
4
1972
OAK
A
25
23
6
10
2.80
111
55
47
5
4
0
151
117
11
48
3
2
1
1973
OAK
A
37
37
20
9
3.28
158
108
96
13
4
0
263.2
214
26
105
2
15
4
1974
OAK
A
40
40
17
15
3.25
174
118
102
12
1
0
282.1
246
17
98
7
9
1
1975
OAK
A
39
38
22
11
3.01
189
103
93
13
2
1
278
243
21
99
4
4
5
1976
OAK
A
37
37
18
13
2.35
166
90
78
20
6
0
298.1
268
9
63
3
5
1
1977
OAK
A
38
38
14
19
3.83
157
138
119
16
1
0
279.2
284
23
86
5
11
1
1978
SF
N
35
35
18
10
2.79
171
87
80
9
4
0
258
233
12
70
4
5
0
1979
SF
N
34
34
14
14
5.01
138
143
132
10
0
0
237
246
23
111
11
8
1
1980
SF
N
31
31
14
10
2.97
129
79
74
10
3
0
224
202
14
61
8
3
0
1981
SF
N
18
18
8
6
2.45
63
40
34
1
0
0
124.2
97
7
54
3
7
1
1982
KC
A
31
31
13
12
3.78
103
80
76
6
2
0
181
163
20
80
3
4
0
1983
KC
A
19
14
0
5
6.01
53
62
57
1
0
0
85.1
96
12
35
0
6
2
1985
SF
N
33
20
8
8
4.47
103
70
65
1
0
0
131
115
17
80
1
8
1
1986
SF
N
28
28
10
10
3.27
100
65
57
0
0
0
156.2
137
19
77
3
5
0
Total
NL
179
166
72
58
3.52
704
484
442
31
7
0
1131.1
1030
92
453
30
36
3
Total
AL
323
307
137
103
3.14
1471
873
771
112
30
2
2212
1909
171
732
31
67
20
Total
502
473
209
161
3.27
2175
1357
1213
143
37
2
3343.1
2939
263
1185
61
103
23
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1969
OAK
A
P
12
4
42
1
4
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1.000
1970
OAK
A
P
6
6
38.2
1
7
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
1.000
1971
OAK
A
P
39
39
312
15
24
0
0
0
5
7
7
0
1.000
1972
OAK
A
P
25
23
151
4
17
2
0
0
3
6
2
2
.913
1973
OAK
A
P
37
37
263.2
9
30
0
0
0
4
14
7
2
1.000
1974
OAK
A
P
40
40
282.1
10
16
3
0
0
2
12
8
0
.897
1975
OAK
A
P
39
38
278
4
34
1
1
0
0
23
9
1
.974
1976
OAK
A
P
37
37
298.1
3
34
1
2
0
2
20
15
1
.974
1977
OAK
A
P
38
38
279.2
6
42
3
2
0
2
17
23
2
.941
1978
SF
N
P
35
35
258
12
29
0
4
0
2
14
15
3
1.000
1979
SF
N
P
34
34
237
10
42
1
5
0
0
16
16
3
.981
1980
SF
N
P
31
31
224
14
42
1
4
0
0
14
16
5
.982
1981
SF
N
P
18
18
124.2
11
29
1
1
0
2
10
12
6
.976
1982
KC
A
P
31
31
181
14
22
2
0
0
3
8
9
6
.947
1983
KC
A
P
19
14
85.1
3
10
0
1
0
0
12
5
0
1.000
1985
SF
N
P
33
20
131
7
21
2
1
0
3
8
5
5
.933
1986
SF
N
P
28
28
156.2
3
24
2
0
0
0
11
14
2
.931
Total
P
502
473
3343.1
127
427
19
21
0
30
197
164
39
.967
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1969
OAK
A
12
10
1
0
0
0
.000
.167
.000
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
1970
OAK
A
6
15
1
3
1
3
.200
.250
.467
1
0
1
7
0
1
0
0
1
1971
OAK
A
39
102
6
12
0
2
.118
.167
.127
1
0
4
63
2
13
0
0
0
1972
OAK
A
27
45
4
2
0
0
.044
.140
.044
0
0
5
34
0
2
0
0
0
1973
OAK
A
38
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1974
OAK
A
40
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1975
OAK
A
39
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1976
OAK
A
37
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1977
OAK
A
38
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1978
SF
N
35
79
8
6
1
2
.076
.240
.127
1
0
16
51
1
5
0
0
0
1979
SF
N
37
83
7
10
1
3
.120
.180
.169
1
0
6
35
0
8
0
0
0
1980
SF
N
31
68
3
5
0
1
.074
.111
.088
1
0
3
34
0
7
0
0
0
1981
SF
N
18
35
4
7
0
1
.200
.263
.257
2
0
3
10
0
5
0
0
1
1982
KC
A
31
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1983
KC
A
19
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1985
SF
N
33
30
0
4
0
0
.133
.212
.167
1
0
3
12
0
8
0
0
0
1986
SF
N
28
43
3
4
1
3
.093
.204
.186
1
0
6
20
0
4
0
0
0
Total
NL
182
338
25
36
3
10
.107
.196
.154
7
0
37
162
1
37
0
0
1
Total
AL
326
174
12
17
1
5
.098
.165
.126
2
0
12
109
2
16
0
0
1
Total
508
512
37
53
4
15
.104
.186
.145
9
0
49
271
3
53
0
0
2
Transactions
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 Athletics received Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978).
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).
