Rene Arocha vs. Steve Bailey — Career Comparison

Rene Arocha
Baby BoomersCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Steve Bailey
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rene Arocha built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Bailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Bailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.88 and WHIP 1.636 compared to 4.11 and 1.360 for Rene Arocha. By the career numbers, Steve Bailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rene Arocha and Steve Bailey

Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
3.37
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.39
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.98
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.49
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.03
29.03
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
4.11
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.88
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
27
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.2
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
9.87
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.53
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.01
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.78
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.04
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.68
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.33
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
5.17
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
6.07
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.801
0.801
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.306
1.306
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.03
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1404
38.18
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
40.31
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.09
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.2
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
4.6
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.39
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.24
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.76
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.579
1.579
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1287
34.99
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
34.23
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.31
40.31

Fielding Stats for Rene Arocha and Steve Bailey

Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
3.37
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.39
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.95
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
27
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.2
9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.41
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.29
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.41
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.93
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.2
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.82
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.2
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.37
94.37
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.23
28.23
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rene Arocha and Steve Bailey

Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
907.32
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
1854.55
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
504.88
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
51.22
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
9.78
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.59
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
65.85
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
73.17
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.89
-6.54
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.74
-40.46
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
226.83
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
272.73
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.65
2.65
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Steve Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
73.17
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA