Bill Anderson vs. Bill Caudill — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Bill Caudill
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bill Anderson 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 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Bill Caudill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Bill Caudill

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.23
40.23
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.43
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
3.68
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
7.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.09
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
3.89
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
8.37
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2847
38.42
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.95
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
4.01
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2479
33.45
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Bill Caudill

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.12
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.39
96.39
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Bill Caudill

Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
5448.98
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
573.91
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.86
10.51
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.25
-3.04
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
17.39
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA