Rudy Arroyo vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Rudy Arroyo
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Arroyo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 5.4 and 2.057 for Rudy Arroyo. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Arroyo and Claude Passeau

Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.94
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.5
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.4
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.89
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
9.45
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.89
13.89
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.86
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.86
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.857
0.857
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.13
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
42.43
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.17
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.971
1.971
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
37.03
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10875
35.99
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Rudy Arroyo and Claude Passeau

Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.111
0.111
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Arroyo and Claude Passeau

Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
5400
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
982
561.14
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.86
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
294
168
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100