Rene Arocha vs. Bill Caudill — Career Comparison

Rene Arocha
Baby BoomersCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Caudill
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Rene Arocha 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 4.11 and 1.360 for Rene Arocha. By the career numbers, Bill Caudill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rene Arocha and Bill Caudill

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.37
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.98
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.49
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.23
40.23
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.03
29.03
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.43
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.11
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
3.68
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
9.87
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
7.92
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.01
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.09
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.04
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
3.89
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.33
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
5.17
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
8.37
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.801
0.801
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1404
38.18
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2847
38.42
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.09
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.95
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.6
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
4.01
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.24
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.76
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.323
1.323
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1287
34.99
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2479
33.45
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.42
38.42

Fielding Stats for Rene Arocha and Bill Caudill

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.37
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.95
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.41
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.41
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.93
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.12
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.82
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.08
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.37
94.37
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.39
96.39
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.23
28.23
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rene Arocha and Bill Caudill

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
124
907.32
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
5448.98
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
504.88
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
48.98
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.34
9.78
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.86
10.51
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
73.17
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.89
-6.54
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.25
-3.04
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
226.83
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.65
2.65
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
73.17
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA