Barnstorming
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
| 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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