Bill Caudill

William Holland Caudill

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 13, 1956 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: Aviation HS (Redondo Beach, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1979
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Cubs/BlueJays/Athletics 1979-1987
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: July 28, 1987
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1974	17	STL-min	Rk	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CDS · GULF
1975	18	STL-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SPT · FLOR
1976	19	STL-min	AA	27	52	48	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.167	.184	.167	.350		8		0	3	0			ARK · TL
1977	20	CIN-min	AAA,AA	27	16	16	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.313	.500		5		0	0	0			INA,TRV · AA,EL
1978	21	CHC-min	AAA	30	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500		1		0	1	0			WCH · AA
1979	22	CHC-min	AAA	6																									WCH · AA
1979	22	CHC	NL	29	21	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.059	.059	.059	.118	-69	1	0	0	4	0	0	1
1980	23	CHC	NL	72	10	9	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	49	3	1	0	1	0	0	1
1981	24	CHC	NL	30	17	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.143	.250	.143	.393	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1982	25	SEA	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-7,MVP-29
1983	26	SEA	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	27	OAK	AL	68	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1985	28	TOR	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	29	TOR	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	30	OAK-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1987	30	OAK	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
9 Yrs				445	49	41	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.122	.163	.146	.309	-15	6	1	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	18	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.122	.163	.146	.309	-15	2	0	0	2	0	0

CHC (3 yrs)				131	48	40	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	.125	.167	.150	.317	-14	6	1	0	6	0	0
OAK (2 yrs)				74	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (2 yrs)				133	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (2 yrs)				107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				314	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				131	48	40	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	.125	.167	.150	.317	-14	6	1	0	6	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1979	22	CHC	NL	29	21	-5	-0	0	0	2	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1980	23	CHC	NL	72	10	-1	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1981	24	CHC	NL	30	17	-2	-0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1982	25	SEA	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$130,000	1	CYA-7,MVP-29
1983	26	SEA	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
1984	27	OAK	AL	68	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	1	AS
1985	28	TOR	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$833,333	1
1986	29	TOR	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,533,333	1
1987	30	OAK	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,633,333	/1
9 Seasons				445	49	-8	-0	-0	0	6	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.499	.500	-0.3	0.3	-1	$4,129,999

CHC (3 yrs)				131	48	-7	-0	-0	0	6	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	0.1	-1	$
OAK (2 yrs)				74	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$1,633,333
SEA (2 yrs)				133	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$130,000
TOR (2 yrs)				107	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$2,366,666

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1979	22	CHC	NL	21	20	0	0.0	108	.143	.059	.280	.059	.347	.059	.416	.118	.764	-69	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.063	.000	.000
1980	23	CHC	NL	10	9	0	0.0	101	.286	.222	.275	.222	.338	.333	.399	.556	.737	49	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.375	.111	.111
1981	24	CHC	NL	17	13	1	2.1	95	.250	.143	.267	.250	.333	.143	.383	.393	.716	12	.223	-1.6	-0.2	.333	.143	.000

1984	27	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0.0	90		.000	.254	.000	.316	.000	.383	.000	.699	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				49	43	1	0.6	101	.227	.122	.274	.163	.339	.146	.400	.309	.740	-15	.029	-6.7	-0.7	.216	.073	.024
162 Game Avg.				18	16	0	0.6	101	.227	.122	.274	.163	.339	.146	.400	.309	.740	-15	.029	-6.7	-0.7	.216	.073	.024

CHC (3 yrs)				48	42	1	0.6	102	.227	.125	.274	.167	.340	.150	.401	.317	.741	-14	.030	-6.5	-0.7	.222	.075	.025
OAK (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	90		.000	.254	.000	.316	.000	.383	.000	.699	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				48	42	1	0.6	102	.227	.125	.274	.167	.340	.150	.401	.317	.741	-14	.030	-6.5	-0.7	.222	.075	.025
AL (6 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	90		.000	.254	.000	.316	.000	.383	.000	.699	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1984	OAK	AL	27		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	22	CHC	NL	21	0.0%	47.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7			1.20	33%
1980	23	CHC	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	10.0%	50%		4.5		9.0		70%
1981	24	CHC	NL	17	0.0%	35.3%	11.8%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.3		14.0	2.50	47%

1984	27	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
9 Yrs				49	0.0%	38.8%	4.1%	2.0%	20%	9.50	2.2		20.5	2.57	45%
MLB Averages					2.2%	13.7%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.62	6.5	41.3	8.3	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1979	22	CHC	NL	-4.2	-0.4	21	-0.4	0.0	-0.5	1.03	-0.4	-0.0	-4.2	-0.4	0.85	-4.7	0
1980	23	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	10	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.16	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.94	-1.2	0
1981	24	CHC	NL	-1.6	-0.2	17	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.79	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.81	-1.0	0
1982	25	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	26	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1984	27	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	6.38	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	2.55	-0.3	0
1985	28	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1986	29	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1987	30	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
9 Yrs				-6.7	-0.7	49	-0.8	0.3	-1.1	1.08	-0.7	-0.0	-6.4	-0.6	0.89	-7.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	22	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	23	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	24	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1984	27	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				0	0	0%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1979	22	CHC	NL	21	48%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	3	0	0%	7	3	43%	11	0	0%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
1980	23	CHC	NL	10	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	6	1	17%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1981	24	CHC	NL	17	6%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	1	20%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1984	27	OAK	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				49	33%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	67%	7	1	14%	12	5	42%	25	2	8%	2	1	50%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1979	22	29	21	17	1	0	0	0	10	.059	.059	.059	.118	-69	1	0	4
1980	23	101	31	26	3	1	1	0	12	.115	.115	.154	.269	-29	4	1	5
1981	24	131	48	40	5	1	2	2	18	.125	.167	.150	.317	-14	6	1	6
1982	25	201	48	40	5	1	2	2	18	.125	.167	.150	.317	-14	6	1	6
1983	26	264	48	40	5	1	2	2	18	.125	.167	.150	.317	-14	6	1	6
1984	27	332	49	41	5	1	2	2	19	.122	.163	.146	.309	-15	6	1	6
1985	28	399	49	41	5	1	2	2	19	.122	.163	.146	.309	-15	6	1	6
1986	29	439	49	41	5	1	2	2	19	.122	.163	.146	.309	-15	6	1	6
1987	30	445	49	41	5	1	2	2	19	.122	.163	.146	.309	-15	6	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	22	29	21	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	29
1980	23	72	11	10	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	.300	.300	.500	.800	1	72
1981	24	45	30	23	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	5	9	.217	.357	.217	.575	2	30

1984	27	68	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	68
4 Yrs		214	63	51	0	8	2	0	0	4	0	5	22	.157	.232	.196	.428	3	199
162 Game Avg.		162	48	39	0	6	2	0	0	3	0	4	17	.157	.232	.196	.428	2	199

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1984 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1982 AL (29, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1982 AL (7, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (239th)	Salary s c a p y 1986 AL $1,533,333 (4th) 1988 AL $2,000,000 (4th)

All-Star Games
1984 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1982 AL (7, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (239th)

Salary s c a p y
1986 AL $1,533,333 (4th)
1988 AL $2,000,000 (4th)

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