#59 Vida Blue, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, Cincinnati Reds
Monday, 5/13/1986 |
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| Vida Blue
7/28/1949
36
6"3
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Starting Pitcher
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4.0 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 8,000,000
1988
16 Year(s), 90 Days (2842 total Days)
42 Day(s)
16 Year(s), 90 Days (2842 total Days)
18 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Movement | Control | Velocity |
| Overall | 10 | 7 | 8 | 93-96 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 10 | 7 | 8 | |
| Versus RHB | 10 | 7 | 8 | |
| Talent | 10 | 8 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
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8
57
4
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Talent | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 4 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 4/3 | PHL | L 3-14 | * | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | L | | | | |
| 4/8 | @HOU | W 9-2 | * | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | W | | | | |
| 4/13 | @PIT | L 4-5 | * | 6.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4/19 | ATL | L 6-7 | * | 6.1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | | | | | |
| 4/24 | LA | L 2-12 | * | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | | | | | |
| 5/1 | @CHI | W 3-2 | * | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | W | | | | |
| 5/7 | @HOU | W 4-2 | * | 7.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | W | | | | |
| 5/12 | SF | L 4-6 | * | 4.1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | L | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.12 | 45.2 | 51 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 59 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 5 | 62.5 |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.31 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 67 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .239 | .343 | .583 |
| vs. RHB | 120 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .344 | .525 | .869 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.53 | 19.0 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 29 |
| Road | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 26.2 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 11.2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.67 | 27.0 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 40 |
| May | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.34 | 18.2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | Teams |
| 1969 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.64 | 42.0 | 49 | 0 | 31 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 | OAK |
| 1970 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1.85 | 150.2 | 85 | 0 | 31 | 46 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 0.87 | OAK |
| 1971 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2.42 | 231.0 | 140 | 0 | 62 | 80 | 201 | 4 | 4 | 0.95 | OAK |
| 1972 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2.43 | 230.0 | 150 | 0 | 62 | 72 | 218 | 3 | 1 | 0.97 | OAK AL |
| 1973 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2.06 | 236.0 | 143 | 0 | 54 | 61 | 213 | 2 | 1 | 0.86 | OAK |
| 1974 | 35 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1.51 | 256.1 | 160 | 0 | 43 | 61 | 247 | 3 | 2 | 0.86 | OAK AL |
| 1975 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2.28 | 237.1 | 155 | 0 | 60 | 51 | 223 | 5 | 3 | 0.87 | OAK AL |
| 1976 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2.79 | 222.2 | 147 | 0 | 69 | 65 | 223 | 1 | 1 | 0.95 | OAK |
| 1977 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1.51 | 209.0 | 110 | 0 | 35 | 49 | 197 | 3 | 2 | 0.76 | OAK,AL |
| 1978 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2.48 | 218.0 | 140 | 0 | 60 | 74 | 167 | 1 | 1 | 0.98 | OAK |
| 1979 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2.08 | 212.0 | 142 | 0 | 49 | 74 | 160 | 2 | 1 | 1.02 | OAK |
| 1980 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3.25 | 224.0 | 168 | 0 | 81 | 91 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 1.16 | OAK |
| 1981 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2.68 | 188.1 | 127 | 58 | 56 | 59 | 141 | 2 | 2 | 0.99 | OAK BOS |
| 1982 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2.38 | 279.1 | 186 | 82 | 74 | 99 | 208 | 3 | 0 | 1.02 | BOS |
| 1983 | 41 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2.02 | 276.2 | 176 | 82 | 62 | 95 | 209 | 1 | 1 | 0.98 | BOS,AL |
| 1984 | 40 | 40 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2.40 | 255.0 | 154 | 84 | 68 | 102 | 182 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | BOS PIT,NL |
| 1985 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3.28 | 225.1 | 146 | 86 | 82 | 111 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 1.14 | PIT WSH Cin |
| 1986 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.12 | 45.2 | 51 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 | Cin |
| Total | 568 | 197 | 263 | 125 | 1 | 2.42 | 3739.1 | 2429 | 420 | 1005 | 1219 | 3153 | 33 | 22 | 0.98 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1981 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 20.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 11.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 37.1 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1969 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | OAK |
| 1970 | 21 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .055 | .055 | .091 | .145 | OAK |
| 1971 | 33 | 76 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .079 | .114 | .158 | .272 | OAK |
| 1972 | 33 | 82 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .134 | .134 | .207 | .341 | OAK AL |
| 1973 | 33 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .040 | .077 | .053 | .130 | OAK |
| 1974 | 35 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .093 | .155 | OAK AL |
| 1975 | 35 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .012 | .024 | .024 | .047 | OAK AL |
| 1976 | 34 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .043 | .057 | .043 | .101 | OAK |
| 1977 | 31 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .133 | .172 | .306 | OAK,AL |
| 1978 | 36 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .092 | .154 | OAK |
| 1979 | 32 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .041 | .041 | .082 | .123 | OAK |
| 1980 | 36 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .066 | .078 | .079 | .157 | OAK |
| 1981 | 32 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .073 | .111 | .184 | OAK BOS |
| 1982 | 40 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 0 | .028 | .078 | .055 | .133 | BOS |
| 1983 | 41 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | .075 | .101 | .094 | .195 | BOS,AL |
| 1984 | 40 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | .089 | .111 | .101 | .212 | BOS PIT,NL |
| 1985 | 36 | 79 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | .089 | .133 | .152 | .284 | PIT WSH Cin |
| 1986 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | Cin |
| Total | 568 | 1263 | 79 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 57 | 29 | 568 | 2 | 0 | .063 | .084 | .097 | .180 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 45.2 | 0.99 | | | | |
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Injured on 4/23/1979 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks... Pitched NO-HITTER against Kansas City on 8/14/1979, striking out 4... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1979, going 5-1, 1.05
... Traded from Oakland to Boston on 2/7/1981 (Going to OAK: RF G. Harts, P C. Swan, P P. Falcone. Going to BOS: P V. Blue, LF J. Lyttle, P B. Cort)... Injured on 6/24/1981 with a Ruptured Tricep
Tendon, out for 6 weeks... Injured on 5/30/1982 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks...
Hit first career homerun on 8/14/1982, off Preston Hanna (OAK)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1982, going 6-0, 1.15...
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game...
Injured on 9/29/1983 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season...
Traded from Boston to Pittsburgh on 6/3/1984 (Going to BOS: P B. Knepper, 1B D. Kingman. Going to PIT: P V. Blue, P A. Mcgaffigan)...
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game...
Pitched NO-HITTER against New York(N) on 7/30/1984, striking out 9...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1984, going 5-1, 2.06...
Traded from Pittsburgh to Washington on 4/15/1985 (Going to PIT: P T. Brennan, P B. Lacey, 2B T. Bernazard. Going to WSH: P V. Blue, 2B T. Teufel)...
Traded from Washington to Cincinnati on 7/8/1985 (Going to Cin: P V. Blue, P J. Otten, RF A. Woods. Going to WSH: P J. Key, P J. Stuper)...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
1981 - 2.68 - 4th
1982 - 2.38 - 3rd
1983 - 2.02 - 1st
1984 - 2.40 - 4th
| WHIP
1981 - 0.99 - 1st
1982 - 1.02 - 4th
1983 - 0.98 - 2nd
1984 - 1.00 - 4th
1985 - 1.14 - 10th
| Wins
1981 - 16 - 6th
1982 - 19 - 5th
1983 - 17 - 9th
1984 - 18 - 6th
| IP
1982 - 279.1 - 3rd
1983 - 276.2 - 4th
1984 - 255.0 - 3rd
| K's
1982 - 208 - 3rd
1983 - 209 - 5th
1984 - 182 - 5th
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BB
1982 - 99 - 4th
1983 - 95 - 5th
1984 - 102 - 10th
1985 - 111 - 3rd
| CG
1982 - 3 - 10th
| SHO
1981 - 2 - 8th
1984 - 2 - 4th
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