Vida Blue
1969–1986 · bats B / throws L · ALS, Kansas City Royals, NLS, Athletics, San Francisco Giants
458G
.104AVG
.186OBP
.145SLG
More career statistics
53H
4HR
15RBI
0SB
209–161W–L
3,343.1IP
2,175K
3.27ERA
473GS
2SV
12Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 458 | 508 |
| Batting · At bats | 511 | 512 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 617 | 618 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 13,837 | 13,838 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 458 | 617 | 511 | 37 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 49 | 271 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 74 | .104 | .186 | .145 | .331 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,343.3 | 502 | 473 | 143 | 209 | 161 | 2 | 2,939 | 1,357 | 1,213 | 263 | 1,185 | 2,175 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 1.233 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1978-05-07 to 1978-05-17
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Fifteen K, No Walks | 1971-07-09 | 1 in 3,241 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1970-09-21 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 58 | Two Balks | 1985-09-13 | 1 in 551 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 266 | 322 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 146 | .090 | .158 | .108 |
| Away | 242 | 296 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 125 | .119 | .172 | .184 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 85 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 36 | .132 | .188 | .221 |
| May | 80 | 93 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 36 | .169 | .226 | .182 |
| June | 85 | 113 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 55 | .072 | .124 | .082 |
| July | 83 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 38 | .076 | .188 | .167 |
| August | 93 | 116 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 50 | .119 | .164 | .129 |
| September | 96 | 117 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 54 | .062 | .120 | .115 |
| October | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .222 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| california-angels | 40 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .000 | .136 | .000 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | .150 | .150 | .350 |
| kansas-city-royals | 33 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .111 | .143 | .167 |
| new-york-yankees | 29 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .150 | .217 | .150 |
| minnesota-twins | 27 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .048 | .074 | .048 |
| detroit-tigers | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .154 | .100 |
| baltimore-orioles | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .111 | .200 | .111 |
| cleveland-guardians | 25 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .188 | .176 | .188 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |  Athletics | 12 | 10 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 42 | 24 |
| 1970 | Athletics | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | .200 | 38 | 35 |
| 1971 | Athletics | 39 | 102 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .118 | 312 | 301 |
| 1972 | Athletics | 27 | 45 | 2 | – | – | – | .044 | 151 | 111 |
| 1973 | Athletics | 38 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 263 | 158 |
| 1974 | Athletics | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 282 | 174 |
| 1975 | Athletics | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 278 | 189 |
| 1976 | Athletics | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 298 | 166 |
| 1977 | Athletics | 38 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 279 | 157 |
| 1978 |  San Francisco Giants | 35 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – | .076 | 258 | 171 |
| 1979 | San Francisco Giants | 37 | 83 | 10 | 1 | 3 | – | .120 | 237 | 138 |
| 1980 | San Francisco Giants | 31 | 68 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .074 | 224 | 129 |
| 1981 | San Francisco Giants | 18 | 35 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 124 | 63 |
| 1982 |  Kansas City Royals | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 181 | 103 |
| 1983 | Kansas City Royals | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | 53 |
| 1985 | San Francisco Giants | 33 | 30 | 4 | – | – | – | .133 | 131 | 103 |
| 1986 | San Francisco Giants | 28 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | .093 | 156 | 100 |