Bill Caudill vs. Preacher Roe — Career Comparison

Bill Caudill
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Preacher Roe
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Preacher Roe 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. Preacher Roe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 3.68 and 1.372 for Bill Caudill. By the career numbers, Preacher Roe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Caudill and Preacher Roe

Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
1.57
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.23
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.6
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.39
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.23
40.23
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.19
60.19
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.47
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.43
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
3.68
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
3.43
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5743
27
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1914.1
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
7.92
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1907
8.97
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
1.09
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.94
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
3.89
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
2.37
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
8.37
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
956
4.49
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2847
38.42
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7904
37.16
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.95
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.2
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
4.01
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
3.76
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.42
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2479
33.45
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7383
34.71
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.42
38.42
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Bill Caudill and Preacher Roe

Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
6
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
47.57
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.43
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
12.86
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
42.14
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.12
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
56.43
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.08
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
55
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.39
96.39
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.71
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Caudill and Preacher Roe

Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
5448.98
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
333
277.12
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
620
515.95
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
61.22
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
56.59
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
53.26
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.5
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.83
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.33
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.86
10.51
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.64
9.69
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
61.58
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
7
85.71
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
88.21
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
30.79
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
23.3
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
53.26
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.25
-3.04
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.64
-3.87
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
31.62
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
215
178.92
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.35
3.35
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
52.43
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.83
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA