Vida Blue

PITCHER · B/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1969–1986 BORN: MANSFIELD, USA

Cy Young 1971 MVP 1971 All-Star ×6

Career

209 W · 3.27 ERA · 2175 K

3343.1 IP · 1.23 WHIP · 502 G

1986 Season

10-10 · 3.27 ERA

156.2 IP · 100 K · 1.37 WHIP

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Vida Blue was a pitcher in MLB history. Across 502 career appearances, with a 3.27 ERA and 2175 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1969	OAK	1	1	6.64	12	4	1	42.0	49	31	18	24	1.60
1970	OAK	2	0	2.09	6	6	0	38.2	20	9	12	35	0.83
1971	OAK	24	8	1.82	39	39	0	312.0	209	63	88	301	0.95
1972	OAK	6	10	2.80	25	23	0	151.0	117	47	48	111	1.09
1973	OAK	20	9	3.28	37	37	0	263.2	214	96	105	158	1.21
1974	OAK	17	15	3.25	40	40	0	282.1	246	102	98	174	1.22
1975	OAK	22	11	3.01	39	38	1	278.0	243	93	99	189	1.23
1976	OAK	18	13	2.35	37	37	0	298.1	268	78	63	166	1.11
1977	OAK	14	19	3.83	38	38	0	279.2	284	119	86	157	1.32
1978	SF	18	10	2.79	35	35	0	258.0	233	80	70	171	1.17
1979	SF	14	14	5.01	34	34	0	237.0	246	132	111	138	1.51
1980	SF	14	10	2.97	31	31	0	224.0	202	74	61	129	1.17
1981	SF	8	6	2.45	18	18	0	124.2	97	34	54	63	1.21
1982	KC	13	12	3.78	31	31	0	181.0	163	76	80	103	1.34
1983	KC	0	5	6.01	19	14	0	85.1	96	57	35	53	1.54
1985	SF	8	8	4.47	33	20	0	131.0	115	65	80	103	1.49
1986	SF	10	10	3.27	28	28	0	156.2	137	57	77	100	1.37
Career Totals	—	209	161	3.27	502	473	2	3343.1	2939	1213	1185	2175	1.23

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1969	OAK	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.167	.000	.167
1970	OAK	6	15	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	1	7	.200	.250	.467	.717
1971	OAK	39	102	6	12	1	0	0	2	0	4	63	.118	.167	.127	.294
1972	OAK	27	45	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	34	.044	.140	.044	.184
1973	OAK	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1974	OAK	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	OAK	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	OAK	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	OAK	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1978	SF	35	79	8	6	1	0	1	2	0	16	51	.076	.240	.127	.366
1979	SF	37	83	7	10	1	0	1	3	0	6	35	.120	.180	.169	.348
1980	SF	31	68	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	34	.074	.111	.088	.199
1981	SF	18	35	4	7	2	0	0	1	0	3	10	.200	.263	.257	.520
1982	KC	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	KC	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	SF	33	30	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	12	.133	.212	.167	.379
1986	SF	28	43	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	6	20	.093	.204	.186	.390
Career Totals	—	508	512	37	53	9	0	4	15	0	49	271	.104	.186	.145	.330

Awards & Achievements

Cy Young Award (1): 1971
Most Valuable Player (1): 1971
Pitcher of the Month (1): 1978
Player of the Week (1): 1976
TSN All-Star (2): 1971, 1978
TSN Pitcher of the Year (2): 1971, 1978

All-Star Selections

1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
1985	$250,000
1986	$450,000

Career Total: $700,000 (2 seasons)

Average: $350,000

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.