Rene Arocha
Rene (Magaly) Arocha
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 24, 1966 in Havana, Cuba
High School: Regla (Havana, CU)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1993
Final Game: June 6, 1997
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1993 27 STL NL 11 8 .579 3.78 32 29 0 1 0 0 188.0 197 89 79 20 31 2 96 3 1 3 774 105 1.213 9.4 1.0 1.5 4.6 3.10
1994 28 STL NL 4 4 .500 4.01 45 7 25 1 1 11 83.0 94 42 37 9 21 4 62 4 0 2 360 104 1.386 10.2 1.0 2.3 6.7 2.95
1995 29 STL NL 3 5 .375 3.99 41 0 13 0 0 0 49.2 55 24 22 6 18 4 25 3 0 2 216 105 1.470 10.0 1.1 3.3 4.5 1.39
1997 31 SFG NL 0 0 11.32 6 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 17 14 13 2 5 2 7 1 0 0 54 36 2.129 14.8 1.7 4.4 6.1 1.40
4 Seasons 18 17 .514 4.11 124 36 40 2 1 11 331.0 363 169 151 37 75 12 190 11 1 7 1404 99 1.323 9.9 1.0 2.0 5.2 2.53
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .514 4.11 53 15 17 1 0 5 141 154 72 64 16 32 5 81 5 0 3 597 99 1.323 9.9 1.0 2.0 5.2 2.53
STL (3 yrs) 18 17 .514 3.87 118 36 38 2 1 11 320.2 346 155 138 35 70 10 183 10 1 7 1350 105 1.297 9.7 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.61
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 11.32 6 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 17 14 13 2 5 2 7 1 0 0 54 36 2.129 14.8 1.7 4.4 6.1 1.40

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1993 27 STL NL 32 774 727 89 197 36 7 20 14 8 31 96 .271 .302 .422 .724 .287 307 21 3 8 5 2
1994 28 STL NL 45 359 328 42 94 23 3 9 5 5 21 62 .287 .336 .457 .793 .329 150 4 4 5 1 4
1995 29 STL NL 41 216 185 24 55 10 3 6 2 6 18 25 .297 .365 .481 .846 .314 89 3 3 8 2 4
1997 31 SFG NL 6 54 46 14 17 3 0 2 5 0 5 7 .370 .434 .565 .999 .395 26 0 1 1 1 2
4 Seasons 124 1403 1286 169 363 72 13 37 26 19 75 190 .282 .325 .445 .770 .305 572 28 11 22 9 12
162 Game Avg. 53 596 547 72 154 31 6 16 11 8 32 81 .282 .325 .445 .770 .305 243 12 5 9 4 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1993 27 STL NL 32 29 11 7 11 4 2 15 14 .517 1 5 1 0 16 55% 51 73 24 13 2 1 9 4.6 4.5 6.2 87 9 13 6 1 126
1994 28 STL NL 45 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 0 2 1 1 2 29% 39 86 22 5 1 0 4 5.0 4.2 4.8 88 2 3 1 1 129
2 Seasons 77 36 12 10 14 4 2 17 18 .486 1 7 2 1 18 50% 49 86 22 18 3 1 13 4.7 4.5 6.0 87 11 16 7 2 129
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1993 27 STL NL 32 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.001 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 7.0 35
1994 28 STL NL 45 38 25 3 1 12 11 1 92% 18 6 22 6 27% 8 1.270 18 7 13 21 7 10 13 25 17 7 17 13 3.9 20
1995 29 STL NL 41 41 13 3 5 7 0 7 0% 21 14 15 6 40% 8 1.469 20 10 11 21 7 13 9 32 14 9 16 13 3.6 20
1997 31 SFG NL 6 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 1 33% 5 0.506 1 2 3 1 0 5 2 4 4 0 4 0 5.2 33
4 Seasons 124 88 40 6 7 20 11 9 55% 40 20 40 13 33% 1.123 39 20 29 43 15 30 24 64 37 16 39 26 4.0 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1993 27 STL NL 774 49% 2.6% 12.4% 4.0% 8.1% 32% 1.04 1.39 80% 18% 7.7% 16% 124 21 17%
1994 28 STL NL 360 41% 2.5% 17.3% 5.9% 9.8% 37% 0.92 1.14 72% 22% 8.1% 20% 68 4 6%
1995 29 STL NL 216 50% 2.8% 11.6% 8.3% 8.8% 35% 0.98 1.44 72% 23% 8.5% 11% 46 3 7%
1997 31 SFG NL 54 35% 3.7% 13.0% 9.3% 9.3% 29% 0.90 1.40 70% 27% 12.5% 20% 7 0 0%
4 Seasons 1404 46% 2.6% 13.5% 5.4% 8.7% 34% 0.99 1.33 76% 20% 8.1% 16% 245 28 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1993 27 STL NL 774 2617 3.38 1697 65% 24% 12% 25% 38% 75% 1% 49% 84% 61% 3% 22 15 15% 114 52 4 32% 16 5 0 0 4
1994 28 STL NL 318 1248 3.92 763 61% 23% 15% 31% 31% 77% 2% 47% 81% 58% 4% 14 6 15% 49 19 2 27% 5 5 42 0 0
1995 29 STL NL 197 727 3.69 431 59% 22% 13% 29% 36% 78% 3% 46% 84% 59% 5% 9 3 16% 31 14 0 30% 6 3 19 1 0
1997 31 SFG NL 54 195 3.61 111 57% 20% 16% 26% 37% 79% 10% 45% 79% 46% 7% 4 1 9% 5 3 1 29% 1 1 0 0 1
4 Seasons 1343 4787 3.56 3002 63% 24% 13% 27% 36% 76% 2% 48% 83% 59% 4% 49 25 15% 199 88 7 30% 28 14 61 1 5
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1993 27 STL NL 774 197 19 1 20 0 10 11 9 8 12 45 28 6 62% 14 3 1 251 14 8 64% 13 8 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1994 28 STL NL 360 94 14 0 9 0 15 8 1 3 6 27 11 9 41% 2 2 1 140 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1995 29 STL NL 216 55 8 3 6 0 11 3 3 3 3 18 9 4 50% 2 2 0 78 2 6 25% 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0
1997 31 SFG NL 54 17 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 20 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 1404 363 42 5 37 0 37 24 13 15 22 93 50 19 54% 18 7 2 489 26 19 58% 24 17 2 2 0 0 2 0 26 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1993 27 11 8 .579 3.78 32 29 0 1 0 0 188.0 197 89 79 20 31 2 96 3 1 3 774 105 1.213 9.4 1.0 1.5 4.6 3.10 105
1994 28 15 12 .556 3.85 77 36 25 2 1 11 271.0 291 131 116 29 52 6 158 7 1 5 1134 105 1.266 9.7 1.0 1.7 5.2 3.04 105
1995 29 18 17 .514 3.87 118 36 38 2 1 11 320.2 346 155 138 35 70 10 183 10 1 7 1350 105 1.297 9.7 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.61 105
1996 30 18 17 .514 3.87 118 36 38 2 1 11 320.2 346 155 138 35 70 10 183 10 1 7 1350 105 1.297 9.7 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.61 105
1997 31 18 17 .514 4.11 124 36 40 2 1 11 331.0 363 169 151 37 75 12 190 11 1 7 1404 99 1.323 9.9 1.0 2.0 5.2 2.53 99

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1993 27 10 10 .500 3.93 181.0 198 88 79 20 31 92 3 1.265 9.8 1.5 4.6 2.97 1.0 32
1994 28 6 6 .500 3.95 114.0 131 56 50 13 29 85 6 1.404 10.3 2.3 6.7 2.93 1.0 45
1995 29 3 2 .600 3.91 53.0 60 26 23 7 20 27 3 1.509 10.2 3.4 4.6 1.35 1.2 41
1997 31 0 1 .000 10.80 10.0 17 13 12 2 5 7 1 2.200 15.3 4.5 6.3 1.40 1.8 6
4 Seasons 19 19 .500 4.12 358.0 406 183 164 42 85 211 13 1.372 10.2 5.3 2.48 1.1 124

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1993 NL--1.213--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL--1.484--2nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1994 NL--1--5th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1993 NL--3.097--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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