Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Vida Blue's Battery Mates


Vida Blue pitched for Oakland (AL) 1969-1977; San Francisco (NL) 1978-1981, 1985-1986; and Kansas City (AL) 1982-1983. He pitched in 502 games, made 473 starts, had 143 complete games and pitched 37 shutouts. Four of Blue's shutouts were with more than one catcher.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT BLUE'S STARTS
Gene Tenace 86   Dennis Littlejohn 12
Ray Fosse 58   Don Slaught 11
Marc Hill 48   Alex Trevino 7
Dave Duncan 46   Tim Hosley 6
Milt May 36   Earl Williams 6
John Wathan 32   John Tamargo 3
Bob Brenly 22   Curt Blefary 2
Larry Haney 21   Matt Nokes 2
Mike Sadek 19   Jamie Quirk 2
Manny Sanguillen 18   Phil Roof 2
Jeff Newman 17   Brad Gulden 1
Bob Melvin 16      

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT BLUE'S SHUTOUTS
Dave Duncan 10   Milt May 2
Gene Tenace **8   Larry Haney 1
Marc Hill 4   Mike Sadek 1
Ray Fosse 3   Don Slaught 1
Jeff Newman 3   Multiple Catchers 4


** Indicates 2 Shutouts were NO-HITTERs
(9/21/1970 OAK vs MIN 6-0) and (9/28/1975 OAK vs CAL 5-0)



Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR


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