The Tools of Ignorance: Player Stats for Vida Blue

Vida Blue

Vida Rochelle Blue
Born: 7/28/1949 in Mansfield, LA USA      Died: 5/6/2023 in Tracy, CA USA
Weight: 189 lb.      Height: 6'0"
Bats: B                 Throws: L

Batting Pitching Fielding Salaries Achievements HoF Manager

Year	Age	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1969	19	OAK	AL	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167
1970	20	OAK	AL	6	15	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	0	1	.200	.250	.467	.717
1971	21	OAK	AL	39	102	6	12	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	63	0	2	13	0	0	.118	.167	.127	.294
1972	22	OAK	AL	27	45	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	34	0	0	2	0	0	.044	.140	.044	.184
1973	23	OAK	AL	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1974	24	OAK	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1975	25	OAK	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1976	26	OAK	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1977	27	OAK	AL	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1978	28	SFN	NL	35	79	8	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	16	51	0	1	5	0	0	.076	.240	.127	.366
1979	29	SFN	NL	37	83	7	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	35	0	0	8	0	0	.120	.180	.169	.348
1980	30	SFN	NL	31	68	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	34	0	0	7	1	0	.074	.111	.088	.199
1981	31	SFN	NL	18	35	4	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	0	0	5	0	1	.200	.263	.257	.520
1982	32	KCA	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1983	33	KCA	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1985	35	SFN	NL	33	30	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	0	0	8	0	0	.133	.212	.167	.379
1986	36	SFN	NL	28	43	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	20	0	0	4	0	0	.093	.204	.186	.390
17 Seasons				508	512	37	53	9	0	4	15	0	2	49	271	0	3	53	1	2	.104	.186	.145	.330

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1971	21	OAK	ALCS	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1972	22	OAK	WS	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.000	.667
1972	22	OAK	ALCS	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1973	23	OAK	WS	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1973	23	OAK	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1974	24	OAK	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1974	24	OAK	WS	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1975	25	OAK	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
5 Post Seasons				17	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.133	.000	.133

Year	Age	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1969	19	OAK	AL	1	1	12	4	0	0	1	42	49	31	13	18	24	6.64	1	1	0	0	191	1	34
1970	20	OAK	AL	2	0	6	6	2	2	0	38.2	20	9	0	12	35	2.09	0	0	1	0	147	0	12
1971	21	OAK	AL	24	8	39	39	24	8	0	312	209	63	19	88	301	1.82	3	10	4	1	1207	0	73
1972	22	OAK	AL	6	10	25	23	5	4	0	151	117	47	11	48	111	2.80	3	2	1	0	606	0	55
1973	23	OAK	AL	20	9	37	37	13	4	0	263.2	214	96	26	105	158	3.28	2	15	4	2	1083	0	108
1974	24	OAK	AL	17	15	40	40	12	1	0	282.1	246	102	17	98	174	3.25	7	9	1	0	1159	0	118
1975	25	OAK	AL	22	11	39	38	13	2	1	278	243	93	21	99	189	3.01	4	4	5	2	1153	1	103
1976	26	OAK	AL	18	13	37	37	20	6	0	298.1	268	78	9	63	166	2.35	3	5	1	1	1205	0	90
1977	27	OAK	AL	14	19	38	38	16	1	0	279.2	284	119	23	86	157	3.83	5	11	1	0	1184	0	138
1978	28	SFN	NL	18	10	35	35	9	4	0	258	233	80	12	70	171	2.79	4	5	0	0	1042	0	87
1979	29	SFN	NL	14	14	34	34	10	0	0	237	246	132	23	111	138	5.01	11	8	1	0	1041	0	143
1980	30	SFN	NL	14	10	31	31	10	3	0	224	202	74	14	61	129	2.97	8	3	0	2	914	0	79
1981	31	SFN	NL	8	6	18	18	1	0	0	124.2	97	34	7	54	63	2.45	3	7	1	0	513	0	40
1982	32	KCA	AL	13	12	31	31	6	2	0	181	163	76	20	80	103	3.78	3	4	0	0	773	0	80
1983	33	KCA	AL	0	5	19	14	1	0	0	85.1	96	57	12	35	53	6.01	0	6	2	2	382	4	62
1985	35	SFN	NL	8	8	33	20	1	0	0	131	115	65	17	80	103	4.47	1	8	1	2	574	5	70
1986	36	SFN	NL	10	10	28	28	0	0	0	156.2	137	57	19	77	100	3.27	3	5	0	1	663	0	65
17 Seasons				209	161	502	473	143	37	2	3343.1	2939	1213	263	1185	2175	3.27	61	103	23	13	13837	11	1357

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	IBB	WP	HBP	BK	BFP	GF	R
1971	21	OAK	ALCS	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	7	5	0	2	8	6.43	0	0	0	0	29	0	5
1972	22	OAK	ALCS	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	5.1	4	0	0	1	5	0.00	1	0	0	0	22	1	0
1972	22	OAK	WS	0	1	4	1	0	0	1	8.2	8	4	1	5	5	4.15	1	1	0	0	38	1	4
1973	23	OAK	ALCS	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	7	8	8	1	5	3	10.29	0	1	0	0	33	0	8
1973	23	OAK	WS	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	11	10	6	2	3	8	4.91	0	1	0	0	48	0	6
1974	24	OAK	WS	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	13.2	10	5	1	7	9	3.29	0	0	0	0	56	0	5
1974	24	OAK	ALCS	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	7	0.00	0	0	0	0	30	0	0
1975	25	OAK	ALCS	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	6	3	1	0	2	9.00	0	0	0	0	14	0	3
5 Post Seasons				1	5	17	10	1	1	2	64.2	55	31	6	23	47	4.31	2	3	0	0	270	2	31

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1969	19	OAK	AL	P	12	4	42	1	4	0	0		1.000

1970	20	OAK	AL	P	6	6	39	1	7	0	0		1.000

1971	21	OAK	AL	P	39	39	312	15	24	0	0		1.000

1972	22	OAK	AL	P	25	23	151	4	17	2	0		0.913

1973	23	OAK	AL	P	37	37	263.2	9	30	0	0		1.000

1974	24	OAK	AL	P	40	40	282.1	10	16	3	0		0.897

1975	25	OAK	AL	P	39	38	278	4	34	1	1		0.974

1976	26	OAK	AL	P	37	37	298.1	3	34	1	2		0.974

1977	27	OAK	AL	P	38	38	279.2	6	42	3	2		0.941

1978	28	SFN	NL	P	35	35	258	12	29	0	4		1.000

1979	29	SFN	NL	P	34	34	237	10	42	1	5		0.981

1980	30	SFN	NL	P	31	31	224	14	42	1	4		0.982

1981	31	SFN	NL	P	18	18	124.2	11	29	1	1		0.976

1982	32	KCA	AL	P	31	31	181	14	22	2	0		0.947

1983	33	KCA	AL	P	19	14	85.1	3	10	0	1		1.000

1985	35	SFN	NL	P	33	20	131	7	21	2	1		0.933

1986	36	SFN	NL	P	28	28	156.2	3	24	2	0		0.931
17 Seasons					502	473	3343.2	127	427	19	21		0.967

Post Season

Year	Age	Team	Round	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB	FP

1971	21	OAK	ALCS	P	1	1	7	0	1	0	0		1.000

1972	22	OAK	ALCS	P	4	0	5.1	0	1	0	0		1.000
1972	22	OAK	WS	P	4	1	8.2	0	1	0	0		1.000

1973	23	OAK	ALCS	P	2	2	7	1	0	0	0		1.000
1973	23	OAK	WS	P	2	2	11	2	1	0	0		1.000

1974	24	OAK	ALCS	P	1	1	9	0	1	0	0		1.000
1974	24	OAK	WS	P	2	2	13.2	0	3	0	0		1.000

1975	25	OAK	ALCS	P	1	1	3	0	0	0	0
5 Post Seasons					17	10	64.2	3	8	0	0		1.000

Year	Age	Team	League	Salary
1985	35	SFN	NL	$250,000
1986	36	SFN	NL	$450,000
Total for 2 Records				$700,000
Average for 2 Records				$350,000

Year	Age	League	Award
1971	21	AL	Most Valuable Player
1971	21	AL	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1971	21	AL	TSN All-Star - LHP
1971	21	AL	Cy Young Award
1976	26	AL	Player of the Week - Week of 1976-08-27
1978	28	NL	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1978	28	NL	TSN All-Star - LHP
1978	28	NL	Pitcher of the Month - June

Year	Age	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Inducted	Category
1992	42	BBWAA	430	323	23.0	0.05349	N	Player
1993	43	BBWAA	423	318	37.0	0.08747	N	Player
1994	44	BBWAA	456	342	14.0	0.03070	N	Player
1995	45	BBWAA	460	345	26.0	0.05652	N	Player
2011	61	Veterans - Expansion Era	16	12			N	Player

Year	Age	Team	Lg	Div	#	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Ply/Mgr
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