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René Arocha

Rene (Magaly) Arocha

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 24, 1966 in La Habana, La Habana, 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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants 1993-1997
Agents: Gus Dominguez [*]
Final Game: June 6, 1997
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Standard Pitching

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 3 774 104 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
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 38 2.129 14.8 1.7 4.4 6.1 1.40
4 Yrs 18 17 .514 4.11 124 36 40 2 1 11 331.0 363 169 151 37 75 12 190 11 1 7 1404 98 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 98 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 104 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 38 2.129 14.8 1.7 4.4 6.1 1.40

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1993 27 STL NL 188.0 32 29 89 4.26 4.48 -0.10 0.14 96.9 4.57 3 0.4 .5 -0.1 1.7 24 .511 .502 $109,000
1994 28 STL NL 83.0 45 7 42 4.55 4.70 0.30 -0.15 98.8 4.20 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 0.1 2 .492 .498 $160,000
1995 29 STL NL 49.2 41 0 24 4.35 4.70 0.30 -0.35 98.5 3.99 -2 -0.2 1.4 -0.2 0.0 2 .494 .498 $195,000
1997 31 SFG NL 10.1 6 0 14 12.19 4.56 0.32 -0.35 95.9 3.74 -10 -0.9 .8 0.1 -0.7 -9 .356 .495 $
4 Seasons 331.0 124 36 169 4.60 4.57 0.07 -0.02 97.6 4.37 -12 -1.1 1.4 -0.3 1.1 20 .491 .498 $464,000
STL (3 yrs) 320.2 118 36 155 4.35 4.57 0.07 -0.01 97.6 4.39 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.4 1.8 29 .498 .499 $464,000
SFG (1 yr) 10.1 6 0 14 12.19 4.56 0.32 -0.35 95.9 3.74 -10 -0.9 .8 0.1 -0.7 -9 .356 .495 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 14
1994 28 STL NL 45 360 328 42 94 23 3 9 5 5 21 62 .287 .336 .457 .793 .329 150 4 4 5 1 4 2
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 2
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 0
4 Yrs 124 1404 1286 169 363 72 13 37 26 19 75 190 .282 .325 .445 .770 .305 572 28 11 22 9 12 18
162 Game Avg. 53 597 547 72 154 31 6 16 11 8 32 81 .282 .325 .445 .770 .305 243 12 5 9 4 5 8
MLB Averages .268 .337 .418 .755 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1993 27 STL NL 3.8 0.4 801 0.2 13.9 -13.7 1.00 0.3 -0.1 2.7 0.3 1.00 4.8 0 1 2
1994 28 STL NL 1.2 0.1 370 1.7 8.5 -6.8 1.25 0.1 1.3 1.9 0.2 1.25 -0.5 18 6 13
1995 29 STL NL 1.5 0.1 226 -1.2 4.9 -6.1 1.46 -0.2 -0.6 1.3 0.1 1.46 -2.0 18 11 12
1997 31 SFG NL -8.1 -0.8 57 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .50 -0.4 0.2 -7.1 -0.7 0.50 -5.2 1 0 5
4 Yrs -1.7 -0.1 1454 0.6 27.7 -27.1 1.12 -0.2 0.8 -1.2 -0.1 1.12 -2.9 37 18 32

Starting Pitching*

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 2 5 1 0 16 55% 51.2 73 24 13 2 1 9 4.6 4.5 6.2 87 8 14 6 1 126
1994 28 STL NL 45 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 4 .333 0 2 1 1 2 29% 39.3 86 22 5 1 0 4 5.0 4.2 4.8 88 2 3 1 1 129
2 Yrs 77 36 12 10 14 4 2 17 18 .486 2 7 2 1 18 50% 49 86 22 18 3 1 13 4.7 4.5 6.0 87 10 17 7 2 129
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 99 -11 4.9 4.8 6.0 96

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.003 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 7.0 36
1994 28 STL NL 45 38 25 3 1 12 11 1 92% 18 6 22 6 27% 8 1.253 18 6 13 21 7 10 13 25 17 7 17 13 3.9 21
1995 29 STL NL 41 41 13 3 5 7 0 7 0% 21 14 15 6 40% 8 1.457 18 11 12 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 .496 1 0 5 1 0 5 2 4 4 0 4 0 5.2 33
4 Yrs 124 88 40 6 7 20 11 9 55% 40 20 40 13 33% 1.117 37 18 32 43 15 30 24 64 37 16 39 26 4.0 22

Ratio Pitching*

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 51% 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 59% 2.5% 17.2% 5.8% 9.7% 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 65% 3.7% 13.0% 9.3% 9.3% 29% 0.90 1.40 70% 27% 12.5% 20% 7 0 0%
4 Yrs 1404 54% 2.6% 13.5% 5.3% 8.7% 34% 0.99 1.33 76% 20% 8.1% 16% 245 28 11%
MLB Averages 44% 2.6% 16.2% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 0.83 1.10 71% 21% 7.9% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 777 2622 3.37 1700 65% 24% 12% 25% 38% 75% 1% 49% 84% 61% 3% 22 15 15% 115 52 4 32% 16 5 -3 1 4
1994 28 STL NL 319 1250 3.92 764 61% 23% 15% 31% 31% 77% 2% 47% 81% 58% 4% 14 6 15% 49 19 2 27% 5 5 41 0 0
1995 29 STL NL 200 735 3.68 435 59% 22% 13% 29% 36% 78% 3% 46% 84% 58% 5% 9 3 16% 31 14 0 30% 6 3 16 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 Yrs 1350 4802 3.56 3010 63% 24% 13% 27% 36% 76% 2% 48% 83% 59% 4% 49 25 15% 200 88 7 30% 28 14 54 2 5
MLB Averages 3.69 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 Yrs 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 0 0 26 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

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 3 774 104 1.213 9.4 1.0 1.5 4.6 3.10 104
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 104 1.266 9.7 1.0 1.7 5.2 3.04 104
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 104 1.297 9.7 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.61 104
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 104 1.297 9.7 1.0 2.0 5.1 2.61 104
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 98 1.323 9.9 1.0 2.0 5.2 2.53 98

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 3.98 181.0 198 89 80 20 31 92 3 1.265 9.8 1.5 4.6 2.97 1.0 32
1994 28 6 6 .500 4.03 114.0 131 57 51 13 29 85 6 1.404 10.3 2.3 6.7 2.93 1.0 45
1995 29 2 3 .400 4.08 53.0 61 27 24 7 20 27 3 1.528 10.4 3.4 4.6 1.35 1.2 41
1997 31 0 1 .000 11.70 10.0 17 14 13 2 5 7 1 2.200 15.3 4.5 6.3 1.40 1.8 6
4 Yrs 18 20 .474 4.22 358.0 407 187 168 42 85 211 13 1.374 10.2 5.3 2.48 1.1 124

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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