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Vida
Blue		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 194
 
Born: July 28, 1949 in Usa, LA, MANSFIELD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 19 MON NL   8 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1970 20 MON NL $ 300,000 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1971 21 MON NL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 8 8 8
1972 22 MON NL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 8 8 8
1973 23 MON NL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 8 8 8
1974 24 MON NL $ 2,807,143 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 8 7 7
1975 25 MON NL $ 3,514,286 8 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1976 26 MON NL $ 2,100,000 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
1977 27 MON NL $ 2,100,000 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1978 28 MON NL $ 2,100,000 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1979 29 MON NL $ 2,100,000 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6
1980 30 MON NL $ 816,000 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1981 31 BOS AL $ 558,000 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6
1982 32 BOS AL $ 558,000 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 6
1983 33 BOS AL $ 736,000 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,514,286 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1969 19 AAA   9 2 .818 20 18 0 0 0 117.3 117 37 6 48 109 2.84 .258 .329 .351 .680  
1970 20 MON NL 14 10 .583 42 16 6 0 3 168.3 173 77 15 64 81 4.12 .267 .330 .390 .720 10.7
    AAA   4 0 1.000 6 6 1 1 0 44.7 45 6 1 16 39 1.21 .259 .321 .322 .643  
1971 21 MON NL 13 14 .481 31 31 6 0 0 239.3 249 119 17 90 141 4.47 .266 .329 .399 .727 10.4
1972 22 MON NL 19 6 .760 33 33 7 2 0 243.0 233 89 14 113 135 3.30 .250 .330 .347 .677 17.4
1973 23 MON NL 11 16 .407 33 33 6 0 0 245.3 273 112 20 92 156 4.11 .281 .344 .413 .757 9.8
1974 24 MON NL 22 9 .710 34 34 5 1 0 267.0 245 105 26 112 164 3.54 .244 .319 .374 .693 19.1
1975 25 MON NL 13 14 .481 34 34 7 1 0 255.7 265 133 32 114 161 4.68 .265 .338 .403 .740 9.6
1976 26 MON NL 12 8 .600 25 25 7 1 0 193.3 188 83 21 82 94 3.86 .258 .330 .408 .738 13.4
1977 27 MON NL 12 10 .545 34 32 4 0 1 230.0 227 104 28 83 105 4.07 .255 .317 .403 .720 9.3
1978 28 MON NL 7 5 .583 40 2 0 0 9 72.7 70 27 8 29 38 3.34 .256 .324 .399 .723 6.6
1979 29 MON NL 12 14 .462 32 32 4 0 0 215.3 217 127 24 97 104 5.31 .263 .337 .404 .742 2.1
1980 30 MON NL 2 2 .500 45 0 0 0 0 47.3 62 36 6 25 23 6.85 .320 .392 .490 .882 0.0
1981 31 BOS AL 4 3 .571 60 0 0 0 2 119.0 121 51 16 41 59 3.86 .262 .320 .416 .735 7.2
1982 32 BOS AL 2 4 .333 37 0 0 0 4 70.0 74 22 8 29 37 2.83 .272 .344 .438 .782 5.1
1983 33 AAA   8 0 1.000 37 2 0 0 0 75.7 77 25 5 32 50 2.97 .267 .341 .358 .698  
13 Years Sim 143 115 .554 480 272 52 5 19 2366.3 2397 1085 235 971 1298 4.13 .262 .332 .398 .729 120.8
3 Years AAA 21 2 .913 63 26 1 1 0 237.7 239 68 12 96 198 2.58 .261 .331 .348 .679  
Season Average 11 8 .579 36 20 4 0 1 182.0 184 83 18 74 99 4.13 .262 .332 .398 .729  
Career Highs 22 16 .760 60 34 7 2 9 267.0 273 133 32 114 164 6.85 .320 .392 .490 .882  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1878 829 182 759 905   .275 .348 .413 .761
vs LH   519 256 53 212 393   .224 .289 .352 .641
Home 74 56 .569 240 142 29 4 8 1240.6 1225 527 120 490 680 3.82 .258 .327 .390 .717
Away 69 59 .539 240 130 23 1 15 1125.6 1172 558 115 481 618 4.46 .267 .340 .406 .746
Mar/Apr 19 14 .576 64 40 6 0 3 344.0 334 135 30 137 185 3.53 .256 .326 .381 .707
May 22 25 .468 93 47 10 2 2 421.6 422 208 38 169 245 4.44 .259 .329 .392 .721
June 20 21 .488 80 41 5 0 4 356.6 409 175 29 147 194 4.42 .286 .353 .401 .753
July 22 12 .647 72 41 9 1 2 363.0 354 168 40 141 202 4.17 .254 .323 .402 .725
August 30 25 .545 93 52 14 1 6 455.0 467 223 56 193 230 4.41 .266 .339 .425 .764
Sep/Oct 30 18 .625 78 51 11 1 6 425.9 411 176 42 184 242 3.72 .252 .328 .381 .709
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 20 MON NL P 42 16 168.3 4 36 2 5 .952 2.14    
1971 21 MON NL P 31 31 239.3 11 31 2 3 .955 1.58    
1972 22 MON NL P 33 33 243.0 22 36 1 3 .983 2.15    
1973 23 MON NL P 33 33 245.3 17 32 1 6 .980 1.80    
1974 24 MON NL P 34 34 267.0 17 35 0 4 1.000 1.75    
1975 25 MON NL P 34 34 255.7 9 25 1 2 .971 1.20    
1976 26 MON NL P 25 25 193.3 9 32 0 7 1.000 1.91    
1977 27 MON NL P 34 32 230.0 14 32 3 3 .939 1.80    
1978 28 MON NL P 40 2 72.7 5 10 0 0 1.000 1.86    
1979 29 MON NL P 32 32 215.3 18 38 4 2 .933 2.34    
1980 30 MON NL P 45 0 47.3 7 9 0 1 1.000 3.04    
1981 31 BOS AL P 60 0 119.0 8 23 0 0 1.000 2.34    
1982 32 BOS AL P 37 0 70.0 1 8 1 3 .900 1.16    
Career Totals   480 272 2366.3 142 347 15 39 .970 1.86    
Career Highs   60 34 267.0 22 38 4 7 1.000 3.04    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1971 21 MON NL 2 0 1.000 4 4 1 0 0 29.3 32 14 2 11 13 4.30 .281 .344 .412 .756
1972 22 MON NL 1 2 .333 5 1 0 0 1 12.7 11 7 2 9 4 4.98 .229 .351 .396 .747
1973 23 MON NL 1 3 .250 5 5 2 0 0 36.7 42 24 6 15 18 5.89 .286 .352 .483 .835
1974 24 MON NL 1 2 .333 5 3 0 0 0 25.0 44 24 1 9 11 8.64 .393 .438 .509 .947
1975 25 MON NL 2 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 3 15.3 20 5 0 9 6 2.94 .333 .420 .467 .887
1976 26 MON NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 18 12 4 9 5 7.71 .316 .409 .544 .953
1977 27 MON NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 2 4 0 9.00 .308 .471 .769 1.240
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 8 .467 33 15 3 0 4 136.0 171 89 17 66 57 5.89 .310 .384 .477 .861
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1972-9-3.30
 Wins
1972-6-19
1974-1-22
 Losses
1971-8-14
1973-8-16
 Winning Pct
1972-2-.760
1974-5-.710
 Games Started
1974-8-34
1975-7-34
 Shutouts
1972-7-2
Innings Pitched
1974-7-267.0
 Hits Allowed
1971-10-249
1973-5-273
 Homeruns Allowed
1975-4-32
1977-4-28
1979-9-24
 Strikeouts
1975-10-161
 Walks Allowed
1972-6-113
1974-4-112
1975-3-114
 OSLG
1972-9-.347
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Montreal in 1969
Injured on 5/9/1969 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/1/1969 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/29/1969 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/7/1970
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1974, winning 2 games with a 1.76 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1974, going 5-0, 3.18
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,514,286 through salary arbitration
7/31/1975: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $2,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/6/1976 with a Spasms Back, out for 5-6 weeks
10/28/1979: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $816,000 per year, for 1 years
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/19/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $558,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/3/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $736,000 per year
 
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