Harry Ables vs. Bill Caudill — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Caudill
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Caudill as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Caudill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 4.04 and 1.528 for Harry Ables. By the career numbers, Bill Caudill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Bill Caudill

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.43
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.04
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
3.68
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9.97
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
7.92
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.09
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.79
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
3.89
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
5.17
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
8.37
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
40
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2847
38.42
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.95
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.43
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
4.01
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.42
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.528
1.528
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
36.08
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2479
33.45
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Bill Caudill

Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.3
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.12
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.92
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.08
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.39
96.39
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Bill Caudill

Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
5448.98
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.86
10.51
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-60.42
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.25
-3.04
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
232.65
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
1.86
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
2.58
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA