1976 Topps #140 Vida Blue
About Vida Blue
Blue went 18-13 with a 2.35 ERA and 20 complete games in 1976, the year Commissioner Bowie Kuhn vetoed Finley's June attempt to sell his contract to the Yankees. His Topps #140 shows him with the Athletics and carries the All-Star designation. His League Leaders card, #200, pairs him with Jim Hunter of the Yankees and Jim Palmer of the Orioles under American League wins.
Vida Blue was a left-handed power pitcher who worked for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals between 1969 and 1986. His fastball sat near 94 miles per hour and could reach 100. In 1971 he went 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA and 301 strikeouts and won both the American League Cy Young Award and the MVP Award. He was part of the Oakland club that took five straight AL West titles from 1971 to 1975 and three consecutive World Series, 1972 through 1974. Blue made six All-Star teams and was the first of five pitchers to start the All-Star Game for both leagues, the AL in 1971 and the NL in 1978. He finished 209-161 with a 3.27 ERA and 2,175 strikeouts. Born in Mansfield, Louisiana, he was a quarterback recruited by Notre Dame, Purdue and Houston before he signed with the Athletics in 1967. After pleading guilty to attempting to buy cocaine, he was suspended for the 1984 season, then returned to the Giants for 1985 and 1986. He died in 2023.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 328 | 7 | 101 | 147 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Related cards
More Vida Blue in this set: #200 League Leaders
Team card: #421 Oakland Athletics Team
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- #57 Phil Garner
- #90 Sal Bando
- #109 Larry Lintz
- #115 Ken Holtzman
- #165 Gene Tenace
- #189 Claudell Washington
- #194 1975 AL Home Run Leaders
- #198 1975 AL Stolen Base Leaders
- #200 1975 AL Victory Leaders
- #221 Jim Todd
- #246 Cesar Tovar
- #274 Tommy Harper
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1976 Topps #140 card?
It is card #140 of the 660-card 1976 Topps Baseball set, picturing Vida Blue of the Oakland Athletics.
How many cards are in the 1976 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1 through 660 with none skipped and printed in equal quantities as a single series. No card carries a catalogued print variation, so the base set and the master set are the same 660 cards.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.