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Keller Stargell League
6-13-2026
Francis Blue First Base
Retired (1999, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .834 Status Retired (1999) Option Years 0  
H 2136 Age 65 (OS 66) Date of Birth 09-21-1960
HR 435 Drafted Round 1, Pick 13
(1981)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(114 games)
RBI 1399
SB 227
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A- Velocity F    Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt F  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF D+ (23.9%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 6
Notes: 2B in 1st OAK AB (4/20/97). GS: 5/1/97. 2 HR: 5/30 (WO); 8/29/97; 5/25/98; 4/30/99. WO HR: 6/16/97. GS: 7/21/98. Finished career 4th in all-time HRs.
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1985 CHA
85
234
31
61
5
1
14
45
20
 56 2 2
8
 5 3
.792
.322
.470
.209
.261
1986 CHA
6
18
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
 8 1 0
1
 0 0
.405
.238
.167
.056
.111
1987 CHA
153
545
78
148
26
3
28
81
48
 108 3 1
13
 13 9
.818
.333
.484
.213
.272
1988 CHA
160
634
101
175
23
4
45
141
54
 137 1 3
19
 10 3
.870
.332
.538
.262
.276
1989 CHA
162
652
102
184
28
6
43
144
64
 146 3 4
24
 9 7
.889
.347
.541
.259
.282
1990 CHA
162
637
110
190
25
3
42
117
46
 144 0 2
20
 16 7
.889
.345
.545
.246
.298
1991 CHA
162
655
94
185
31
4
36
116
43
 151 2 3
30
 13 6
.834
.327
.507
.224
.282
1992 CHA
162
616
100
161
19
6
39
119
47
 137 5 6
19
 17 11
.818
.316
.502
.240
.261
1993 CHA
162
593
86
164
29
6
27
97
54
 134 1 3
21
 19 4
.819
.336
.482
.206
.277
1994 CHA
162
600
83
189
29
7
33
119
51
 123 2 3
26
 13 10
.921
.369
.552
.237
.315
1995 CHA
162
630
96
177
26
1
38
124
56
 147 3 9
20
 14 8
.844
.338
.506
.225
.281
1996 CHA
140
502
57
129
20
6
19
64
46
 102 2 2
12
 8 4
.755
.321
.434
.177
.257
1997 OAK
142
541
91
152
26
0
34
104
54
 116 3 3
9
 10 8
.865
.348
.518
.237
.281
1998 OAK
157
609
83
160
17
3
28
96
69
 127 1 3
2
 2 14
.776
.337
.438
.176
.263
1999 OAK
74
260
22
59
7
0
9
31
17
 60 1 1
3
 4 2
.634
.276
.358
.131
.227
Total
2051
7726
1135
2136
312
50
435
1399
671
 1696 30 45
227
 153 96
.834
.335
.499
.222
.276
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1999-11-01Francis Blue has retired from the Oakland Turtles
1997-04-21Francis Blue has been reverted to his original name.
1997-04-20The Oakland Turtles have acquired Vida Blue from the waiver wire.
1997-04-16The St. Louis Browns have designated Vida Blue for assignment.
1997-04-05The St. Louis Browns have acquired Vida Blue from the waiver wire.
1997-04-01The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Lafayette Horstmann to the major league team. The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Carl Buchanan to the major league team. The Chicago Zephyrs have designated Vida Blue for assignment.
1996-06-02Vida Blue of the Chicago Zephyrs is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1987-04-02The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Vida Blue to the major league team.
1986-04-08The Chicago Zephyrs have sent Vida Blue to the minors.
1985-06-21The Chicago Zephyrs have auto-promoted Vida Blue to the major leagues.
1985-06-02The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Rob Conley to the major league team. The Chicago Zephyrs have sent Vida Blue to the minors.
1985-05-24The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Vida Blue to the major league team. The Chicago Zephyrs have designated Jay Brown for assignment.
1985-05-15The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Jay Brown to the major league team. The Chicago Zephyrs have sent Vida Blue to the minors.
1985-04-11The Chicago Zephyrs have promoted Vida Blue to the major league team.
1981-04-01The Chicago Zephyrs have renamed Francis Blue to Vida Blue.