Rene Arocha vs. Doug Brocail — Career Comparison

Rene Arocha
Baby BoomersCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rene Arocha built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Brocail as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Brocail posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.11 and 1.360 for Rene Arocha. By the career numbers, Doug Brocail had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rene Arocha and Doug Brocail

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.37
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.98
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.49
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.49
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.43
51.43
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.03
29.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.11
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
9.87
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
9.05
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.01
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.87
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.04
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
3.17
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.33
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
5.17
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
6.57
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.801
0.801
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.082
1.082
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.36
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1404
38.18
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3793
38.79
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.09
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.6
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.46
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.42
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.24
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.76
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.73
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1287
34.99
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3373
34.5
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79

Fielding Stats for Rene Arocha and Doug Brocail

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.37
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.95
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.41
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.41
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.93
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
2.43
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.82
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.34
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.37
94.37
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.23
28.23
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rene Arocha and Doug Brocail

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
124
907.32
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
600
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
504.88
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
77.65
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
1.34
9.78
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.58
18.22
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
98.82
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
10
73.17
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
63.53
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
70.59
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.89
-6.54
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
17.8
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
31
226.83
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
134.12
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
10
73.17
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100