Bill Caudill vs. Elmer Riddle — Career Comparison

Bill Caudill
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Elmer Riddle
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Elmer Riddle 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. Elmer Riddle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.400 compared to 3.68 and 1.372 for Bill Caudill. By the career numbers, Elmer Riddle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Caudill and Elmer Riddle

Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
1.67
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
1.09
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.57
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.46
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.23
40.23
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.26
65.26
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.5
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.43
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
3.68
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
3.4
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3069
27
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1023
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
7.92
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
974
8.57
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.09
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.52
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
3.89
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
4.03
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
8.37
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
3.01
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2847
38.42
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4406
38.76
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.95
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
4.01
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.85
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.42
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2479
33.45
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3929
34.57
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.42
38.42
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.76
38.76

Fielding Stats for Bill Caudill and Elmer Riddle

Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.32
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2001
27
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
667
9
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.7
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.12
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.08
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.39
96.39
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.73
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.226
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Caudill and Elmer Riddle

Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
5448.98
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
191
300
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
382
600
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
339
532.46
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
108.38
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
91.1
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.71
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.28
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.86
10.51
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.75
31.03
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
6
73.47
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
128.8
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
7
85.71
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
138.22
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
47.12
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
43.98
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
89.53
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-3.04
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.93
32.87
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
29.84
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
108.38
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.54
5.54
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.7
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.85
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Riddle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100