Left-handed pitcher Vida Blue, who won the 1971 AL Cy Young and MVP awards as a 21-year-old, and was a member of three World Series championship teams with the Oakland A's has died at the age of 73.

We pitched lefty and righty, we had Vida and we had Holtzman, we had Blue Moon Odom and Catfish Hunter, and we had a Hall of Famer in the bullpen in Rollie Fingers. We had a couple of setup guys.

Longtime Oakland A's starting pitcher Vida Blue died over the weekend at the age of 73, ... He was caring,” ex-teammate Reggie Jackson said during an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday.

Blue finished 209-161 with a 3.27 ERA, 2,175 strikeouts, 143 complete games and 37 shutouts over 17 seasons with Oakland (1969-77), San Francisco (1978-81, 85-86) and Kansas City (1982-83).

Miller’s memories of Blue were enhanced by what he learned from A’s teammates in his year with Oakland. “Reggie Jackson told me that if they’d had the radar gun at that time, Vida would ...

Baseball legend Reggie Jackson tells his story, his way, ... from Hank Aaron to Vida Blue to Derek Jeter. (The Aaron interview was conducted prior to Aaron's death in 2021.) ...

Reggie Jackson hits a towering third-inning home run off Dock Ellis in the 1971 All-Star Game. (Associated Press) “I’ve often told him I could have hit for myself,” Blue told The Athletic in ...

Vida Blue, three-time World Series champion with the A’s, dies at 73 ... He was caring,” ex-teammate Reggie Jackson said during an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday.

Blue finished 209-161 with a 3.27 ERA, 2,175 strikeouts, 143 complete games and 37 shutouts over 17 seasons with Oakland (1969-77), San Francisco (1978-81, 85-86) and Kansas City (1982-83).

Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was ...

Blue finished 209-161 with a 3.27 ERA, 2,175 strikeouts, 143 complete games and 37 shutouts over 17 seasons with Oakland (1969-77), San Francisco (1978-81, 85-86) and Kansas City (1982-83).

Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles before his career was ...