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Vida Rochelle Blue

First name: Vida

Last name: Blue

Birthdate: 1949-07-28

Bats: B   Throws: L

MLBAM ID: 111119

Retro ID: bluev001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1969OAK0.20.00.2-0.10.00.20
1970OAK0.20.00.20.20.3-0.11
1971OAK1.50.01.50.00.51.11
1972OAK0.70.00.7-0.3-0.10.70
1973OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1977OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1978SFN1.30.01.30.40.80.62
1979SFN1.20.01.20.40.70.52
1980SFN1.00.01.0-0.4-0.11.10
1981SFN0.50.00.50.30.50.11
1985SFN0.50.00.50.10.30.31
1986SFN0.70.00.70.20.40.21
Career7.80.07.80.83.34.79

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1969OAK12-2-200000001-19.4-0.10.00.0-0.10
1970OAK17000000000228.70.20.00.00.20
1971OAK121-16-160-11000013-38.7-0.30.00.0-0.30
1972OAK52-8-800000005-37.9-0.40.00.0-0.40
1973OAK1000000000009.20.00.00.00.00
1977OAK1000000000009.20.00.00.00.00
1978SFN101-10-1000000001118.40.10.00.00.10
1979SFN97-12-1100100001119.50.10.00.00.10
1980SFN79-13-1300000008-58.5-0.60.00.0-0.60
1981SFN43-2-2-1000000528.50.20.00.00.20
1985SFN41-4-4-1000000508.50.00.00.00.00
1986SFN53-6-60000000719.00.10.00.00.10
Career618-73-72-2-12000068-5--0.70.00.0-0.70

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1969 OAK AL 12 1.7 42.0 34 17 1 3.50 9.5 -0.06 -0.09 -18 0.85 -17 -1.8 -1.0 2.6 -1.5 -3
1970 OAK AL 6 1.7 38.7 12 16 2 6.45 8.2 0.10 -0.03 3 1.00 3 0.4 1.2 0.4 0.7 4
1971 OAK AL 39 13.5 312.0 73 128 9 8.00 7.5 0.08 -0.03 48 1.00 48 6.4 13.1 0.3 9.1 39
1972 OAK AL 25 6.4 151.0 55 53 3 6.04 7.7 0.10 -0.03 -4 1.01 -4 -0.5 2.7 3.7 0.8 8
1973 OAK AL 37 11.4 263.7 108 118 12 7.13 8.9 0.03 -0.03 -2 1.00 -2 -0.2 5.5 5.9 2.1 16
1974 OAK AL 40 12.4 282.3 117 118 5 7.06 8.6 0.02 -0.03 -4 1.00 -4 -0.5 5.7 6.7 2.1 17
1975 OAK AL 39 12.1 278.0 103 125 3 7.13 8.6 0.04 -0.03 19 1.00 19 2.2 8.3 3.9 4.7 25
1976 OAK AL 37 12.4 298.3 90 124 0 8.06 7.8 0.03 -0.03 34 1.00 34 4.4 10.6 1.8 7.0 32
1977 OAK AL 38 12.4 279.7 138 139 -4 7.36 9.5 0.07 -0.03 6 1.00 6 0.6 6.8 5.6 3.2 20
1978 SFN NL 35 11.3 258.0 87 110 1 7.37 8.1 0.12 0.03 25 1.00 25 3.1 8.8 2.6 5.5 26
1979 SFN NL 34 10.6 237.0 143 102 -5 6.97 9.5 0.10 0.03 -33 1.00 -33 -3.5 1.8 8.8 -1.3 5
1980 SFN NL 31 9.9 224.0 79 95 0 7.23 8.2 0.09 -0.04 17 1.00 17 2.1 7.0 2.8 4.1 21
1981 SFN NL 18 5.3 124.7 40 52 3 6.93 8.1 0.15 -0.04 11 1.00 11 1.4 4.0 1.2 2.5 12
1982 KCA AL 31 8.4 181.0 80 90 3 5.84 9.4 0.11 0.04 11 1.00 11 1.2 5.4 3.0 2.9 16
1983 KCA AL 19 3.7 85.3 62 44 -2 4.49 10.5 0.09 0.04 -15 0.91 -14 -1.3 0.6 3.2 -0.5 2
1985 SFN NL 33 5.6 131.0 70 57 -1 3.97 9.0 -0.03 -0.04 -13 0.95 -13 -1.4 1.4 4.2 -0.3 4
1986 SFN NL 28 6.8 156.7 65 68 4 5.60 8.7 0.10 -0.04 0 1.00 0 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.4 10
Career 502 145.6 3343.4 1356 1456 34 85 87 12.6 85.3 60.1 42.5 254

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1969 OAK 5 -1.0 -1
1970 OAK 7 1.0 1
1971 OAK 37 -1.0 -1
1972 OAK 22 -1.0 -1
1973 OAK 38 1.0 1
1974 OAK 28 -4.0 -4
1975 OAK 44 0.0 0
1976 OAK 45 -1.0 -1
1977 OAK 57 -1.0 -1
1978 SFN 38 -1.0 -1
1979 SFN 51 2.0 2
1980 SFN 49 3.0 3
1981 SFN 29 2.0 2
1982 KCA 22 -1.0 -1
1983 KCA 9 -1.0 -1
1985 SFN 19 -1.0 -1
1986 SFN 23 -2.0 -2
523 -6.0 -6

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1971OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1972OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1973OAK0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
1974OAK0.10.00.1-0.2-0.20.2-1
Career0.10.00.1-0.3-0.30.3-1

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1971OAK3-1-10000000108.30.00.00.00.00
1972OAK4000000000006.30.00.00.00.00
1973OAK4-1-100000000-17.4-0.10.00.0-0.10
1974OAK4-1-100000000-16.3-0.20.00.0-0.20
Career15-3-300000001-2--0.30.00.0-0.30

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1971 OAK MLB 1 0.4 7.0 5 4 0 7.00 10.9 0.08 0.00 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0
1972 OAK MLB 8 0.7 14.0 4 6 0 1.75 8.7 -0.32 0.00 2 1.54 3 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.4 2
1973 OAK MLB 4 0.7 18.0 14 8 0 4.50 9.8 0.07 0.00 -6 1.00 -6 -0.6 -0.2 1.0 -0.4 -1
1974 OAK MLB 3 1.0 22.7 5 11 1 7.57 8.1 0.06 0.00 5 1.00 5 0.6 1.1 -0.1 0.9 3
1975 OAK MLB 1 0.2 3.0 3 2 -1 3.00 11.1 -0.14 0.00 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0
Career 17 3 64.7 31 31 0 -1 0 0.1 1.6 1.4 0.9 4

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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