Vida Blue

Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. (born July 28, 1949) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. During a 17-year career, he pitched for the Oakland Athletics (1969–77), San Francisco Giants (1978–81; 1985–86), and Kansas City Royals (1982–83). He won the American League Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971. He is a six-time All-Star, and is one of only four pitchers in major league history to start the All-Star Game for both the American League (1971) and the National League (1978); Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson and Roy Halladay would later duplicate the feat.

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Acting Credits

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

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1981

1981 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1980

Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (TV Movie)

Himself

1978

1978 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1975

1975 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1973

1973 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Pitcher

1972

Black Gunn

Sam Green

1972

Malcolm X

Himself

1972

1972 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Pitcher

1972

1972 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Pitcher

1971

1971 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1967

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Show)

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Self

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Vida Blue.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1969	OAK	1-1	6.64	12	4	0	0	1	42	49	34	31	18	24
1970	OAK	2-0	2.09	6	6	2	2	0	38	20	12	9	12	35
1971	OAK	24-8	1.82	39	39	24	8	0	312	209	73	63	88	301
1972	OAK	6-10	2.80	25	23	5	4	0	151	117	55	47	48	111
1973	OAK	20-9	3.28	37	37	13	4	0	263	214	108	96	105	158
1974	OAK	17-15	3.25	40	40	12	1	0	282	246	118	102	98	174
1975	OAK	22-11	3.01	39	38	13	2	1	278	243	103	93	99	189
1976	OAK	18-13	2.35	37	37	20	6	0	298	268	90	78	63	166
1977	OAK	14-19	3.83	38	38	16	1	0	279	284	138	119	86	157
1978	SFG	18-10	2.79	35	35	9	4	0	258	233	87	80	70	171
1979	SFG	14-14	5.01	34	34	10	0	0	237	246	143	132	111	138
1980	SFG	14-10	2.97	31	31	10	3	0	224	202	79	74	61	129
1981	SFG	8-6	2.45	18	18	1	0	0	124	97	40	34	54	63
1982	KCR	13-12	3.78	31	31	6	2	0	181	163	80	76	80	103
1983	KCR	0-5	6.01	19	14	1	0	0	85	96	62	57	35	53
1985	SFG	8-8	4.47	33	20	1	0	0	131	115	70	65	80	103
1986	SFG	10-10	3.27	28	28	0	0	0	156	137	65	57	77	100
Career		209-161	-	502	473	143	37	2	-	2939	1357	1213	1185	2175

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Vida Blue.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1969	OAK	12	4	42	1	4	0	0	1.000
1970	OAK	6	6	38	1	7	0	0	1.000
1971	OAK	39	39	312	15	24	0	0	1.000
1972	OAK	27	23	151	4	17	2	0	0.913
1973	OAK	2	37	263	9	30	0	0	1.000
1974	OAK	40	40	282	10	16	3	0	0.897
1975	OAK	39	38	278	4	34	1	1	0.974
1976	OAK	37	37	298	3	34	1	2	0.974
1977	OAK	38	38	279	6	42	3	2	0.941
1978	SFG	35	35	258	12	29	0	4	1.000
1979	SFG	34	34	237	10	42	1	5	0.981
1980	SFG	31	31	224	14	42	1	4	0.982
1981	SFG	18	18	124	11	29	1	1	0.976
1982	KCR	31	31	181	14	22	2	0	0.947
1983	KCR	19	14	85	3	10	0	1	1.000
1985	SFG	33	20	131	7	21	2	1	0.933
1986	SFG	28	28	156	3	24	2	0	0.931
Career		469	473	-	127	427	19	21	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Vida Blue.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1969	OAK	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0.000	0.167	0.000
1970	OAK	6	15	1	3	1	1	3	1	7	0.200	0.250	0.467
1971	OAK	39	102	6	12	1	0	2	4	63	0.118	0.167	0.127
1972	OAK	27	45	4	2	0	0	0	5	34	0.044	0.140	0.044
1973	OAK	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1974	OAK	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1975	OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1976	OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1977	OAK	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1978	SFG	35	79	8	6	1	1	2	16	51	0.076	0.240	0.127
1979	SFG	37	83	7	10	1	1	3	6	35	0.120	0.180	0.169
1980	SFG	31	68	3	5	1	0	1	3	34	0.074	0.111	0.088
1981	SFG	18	35	4	7	2	0	1	3	10	0.200	0.263	0.257
1982	KCR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1983	KCR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1985	SFG	33	30	0	4	1	0	0	3	12	0.133	0.212	0.167
1986	SFG	28	43	3	4	1	1	3	6	20	0.093	0.204	0.186
Career		273	512	37	53	9	4	15	49	271	-	-	-

First Name	Vida
Middle Name	Rochelle
Last Name	Blue
Full Name at Birth	Vida Rochelle Blue
Age	63
Date of Birth	July 28, 1949
Birthplace	Mansfield, Louisiana, USA
Height	6' (183 cm)
Weight	189 lbs (85.7 kg)
Build	Average
Hair Color	Bald
Star Sign	Leo
Ethnicity	Black
Nationality	American
High School	De Soto (Mansfield, LA)
University	Southern
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Both
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	20 July 1969
Last MLB Game	2 October 1986
Draft	Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft.
Claim to Fame	Cy Young Award winner