| LC control no. | no2002101179 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blue, Vida, 1949-2023 |
| Variant(s) | Blue, Vida, Jr., 1949-2023 |
| Other standard no. | 0000 0000 4424 7188 56288932 Q434503 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Oakland (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1949-07-28 |
| Death date | 2023-05-06 |
| Place of birth | Mansfield (La.) |
| Field of activity | Baseball |
| Affiliation | Oakland Athletics (Baseball team) San Francisco Giants (Baseball team) Major League Baseball (Organization) |
| Profession or occupation | Pitchers (Baseball) Baseball players |
| Found in | Vida, his own story, 1972 t.p. (Vida Blue) p. 15 (Vida Rochelle Blue, Jr., b. Jul. 28, 1949) African American National Biography, accessed December 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Blue, Vida; baseball player; born 28 July 1949 in Mansfield, Louisiana, United States; taken in the second round by baseball's Oakland Athletics (1967); spent his first two years with the Oaks, the Athletics' farm team in Iowa; called up to pitch for Oakland, but returned to the Oaks (1969-1971); instrumental in Oakland franchise winning five consecutive American League Western Division titles and the World Series three straight years (since 1971); ended his career with the San Francisco Giants (1986); honors include covers of Time and Sports Illustrated; chosen as All-Star, seized the Cy Young Award, named league MVP (1971), inducted to the Bay Area Hall of Fame(1995)) New York times website, viewed 28 May 2023 (Vida Blue; born Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. on July 28, 1949 in Mansfield, La., died Saturday [May 6, 2023], aged 73; in his first full season with the Oakland Athletics in 1971 threw an unhittable fastball and became baseball's hottest player) <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/obituaries/vida-blue-dead.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
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