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Vida Blue played 17 major-league seasons (1969-1986) as a P (502). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 20 | OAK | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .167 | -48 |
| 1970 | 21 | OAK | 6 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .717 | 101 |
| 1971 | 22 | OAK | 39 | 102 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 63 | .118 | .294 | -12 |
| 1972 | 23 | OAK | 27 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | .044 | .184 | -41 |
| 1973 | 24 | OAK | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1977 | 28 | OAK | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1978 | 29 | SFN | 35 | 79 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 51 | .076 | .366 | 9 |
| 1979 | 30 | SFN | 37 | 83 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 35 | .120 | .348 | -1 |
| 1980 | 31 | SFN | 31 | 68 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 34 | .074 | .199 | -42 |
| 1981 | 32 | SFN | 18 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .200 | .520 | 53 |
| 1985 | 36 | SFN | 33 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .133 | .379 | 11 |
| 1986 | 37 | SFN | 28 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .093 | .390 | 12 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 20 | OAK | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 6.64 | 55 |
| 1970 | 21 | OAK | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 35 | 12 | 2.09 | 177 |
| 1971 | 22 | OAK | 39 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 312 | 301 | 88 | 1.82 | 190 |
| 1972 | 23 | OAK | 25 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 151 | 111 | 48 | 2.80 | 109 |
| 1973 | 24 | OAK | 37 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 263.2 | 158 | 105 | 3.28 | 116 |
| 1974 | 25 | OAK | 40 | 40 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 282.1 | 174 | 98 | 3.25 | 111 |
| 1975 | 26 | OAK | 39 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 278 | 189 | 99 | 3.01 | 125 |
| 1976 | 27 | OAK | 37 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 298.1 | 166 | 63 | 2.35 | 150 |
| 1977 | 28 | OAK | 38 | 38 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 279.2 | 157 | 86 | 3.83 | 106 |
| 1978 | 29 | SFN | 35 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 258 | 171 | 70 | 2.79 | 128 |
| 1979 | 30 | SFN | 34 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 237 | 138 | 111 | 5.01 | 74 |
| 1980 | 31 | SFN | 31 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 224 | 129 | 61 | 2.97 | 121 |
| 1981 | 32 | SFN | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 124.2 | 63 | 54 | 2.45 | 142 |
| 1982 | 33 | KCA | 31 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 181 | 103 | 80 | 3.78 | 108 |
| 1983 | 34 | KCA | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 85.1 | 53 | 35 | 6.01 | 68 |
| 1985 | 36 | SFN | 33 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 131 | 103 | 80 | 4.47 | 80 |
| 1986 | 37 | SFN | 28 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 156.2 | 100 | 77 | 3.27 | 113 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | P | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | P | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | P | 39 | 39 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | P | 25 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 1973 | P | 37 | 37 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | P | 40 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 1975 | P | 39 | 38 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 1 |
| 1976 | P | 37 | 37 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 38 | 38 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 2 |
| 1978 | P | 35 | 35 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 4 |
| 1979 | P | 34 | 34 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 5 |
| 1980 | P | 31 | 31 | 14 | 42 | 1 | 4 |
| 1981 | P | 18 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| 1982 | P | 31 | 31 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | P | 19 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 1985 | P | 33 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 1986 | P | 28 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Vida Blue won: Cy Young Award 1971 (AL), MVP 1971 (AL), TSN All-Star 1971 (AL), TSN All-Star 1978 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1978, 1976, 1975, 1973, 1971.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 98 / 120 | 14 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 268 / 336 | 14 |
| 1973 | Cy Young Award | AL | 7 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 29 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Cy Young Award | AL | 6 | 2 / 120 | 0 |
| 1976 | Cy Young Award | AL | 6 | 8 / 120 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 10 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 17 / 120 | 1 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 33 / 336 | 0 |
Vida Blue ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #79 | starting pitchers | 1971 | 190 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.