Major League Baseball Player. Blue pitched in the major leagues for 17 seasons from 1969 to 1986, earning fame with the dominant Oakland Athletics teams of the 1970s. Blue pitched a no-hitter on September 21, 1970, and won the 1971 American League Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards by winning 24 games and leading the league with a 1.82 earned run average and eight shutouts. He helped lead Oakland to three consecutive World Series championships from 1971 to 1973 and was named to the American League all-star team in 1971, 1975, and 1977. Blue was traded to the San Francisco Giants in 1978 after nine seasons with Oakland and earned three more all-star selections. After spending the 1982 and 1983 seasons with the Kansas City Royals, his career was derailed by substance abuse issues. He was arrested and missed the 1984 season but returned to San Francisco for two final years in 1985 and 1986. Blue won 209 games in his career and finished with 2,175 strikeouts and a 3.27 ERA. He was inducted into the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame in 2008 and the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.
Major League Baseball Player. Blue pitched in the major leagues for 17 seasons from 1969 to 1986, earning fame with the dominant Oakland Athletics teams of the 1970s. Blue pitched a no-hitter on September 21, 1970, and won the 1971 American League Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards by winning 24 games and leading the league with a 1.82 earned run average and eight shutouts. He helped lead Oakland to three consecutive World Series championships from 1971 to 1973 and was named to the American League all-star team in 1971, 1975, and 1977. Blue was traded to the San Francisco Giants in 1978 after nine seasons with Oakland and earned three more all-star selections. After spending the 1982 and 1983 seasons with the Kansas City Royals, his career was derailed by substance abuse issues. He was arrested and missed the 1984 season but returned to San Francisco for two final years in 1985 and 1986. Blue won 209 games in his career and finished with 2,175 strikeouts and a 3.27 ERA. He was inducted into the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame in 2008 and the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.
Bio by: Adam Penale
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