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Vida Blue

Starting Pitcher

1969—1986

BORN

July 28, 1949, in Mansfield, LA

THROWS

Left-Handed

MLB DEBUT

July 20, 1969

PITCH ARSENAL

Fastball

Curve

Change

Slider

PRIMARY TEAM

Oakland A's

209 WINS

58.8 QUALITY START PCT

45.4 WAR

3.27 ERA

108

38.7 WAR7

2175

STRIKEOUTS

1.84 K / BB RATIO

2.7 WAR PER SEASON

Vida Blue

Nearly pitched a no-hitter in his second career start, taking baseball by storm. Was 1971 Cy Young and MVP. Anchored A’s rotation that won three straight World Series in 1970s.

— # 74 RANKED PITCHER —

— A's ALL-TIME TEAM —

— 1972-74 WS CHAMP —

Vida Blue Compared to Hall of Fame Pitcher

	CAREER	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	JAWS	WAR PER SN
Blue	45.4	38.7	21.0	22.5	42.1	2.7
AVG HOFer	73.0	49.8	30.3	21.5	61.4	4.5

Where Does Vida Blue Rank?

CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK	JAWS
NR	74	NR	56	NR

CAREER WAR

WAR7

WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE

WAR3

WAR + WAR7 / 2

PITCHING TEAMMATES

Catfish Hunter

Ken Holtzman

Blue Moon Odom

Gaylord Perry

Doyle Alexander

FAVORITE CATCHER

Gene Tenace

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