Bill Caudill
William Holland Caudill
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 13, 1956 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: Aviation (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
Final Game: July 28, 1987
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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
1979 22 CHC NL 1 7 .125 4.80 29 12 6 0 0 0 90.0 89 57 48 16 41 5 104 4 2 3 402 87 1.444 8.9 1.6 4.1 10.4 2.54
1980 23 CHC NL 4 6 .400 2.19 72 2 27 0 0 1 127.2 100 37 31 10 59 12 112 1 4 2 528 180 1.245 7.0 0.7 4.2 7.9 1.90
1981 24 CHC NL 1 5 .167 5.83 30 10 4 0 0 0 71.0 87 50 46 9 31 2 45 2 1 3 331 63 1.662 11.0 1.1 3.9 5.7 1.45
1982 25 SEA AL 12 9 .571 2.35 70 0 64 0 0 26 95.2 65 25 25 9 35 4 111 1 0 2 380 182 1.045 6.1 0.8 3.3 10.4 3.17 CYA-7,MVP-29
1983 26 SEA AL 2 8 .200 4.71 63 0 54 0 0 26 72.2 70 39 38 10 38 6 73 2 1 4 317 91 1.486 8.7 1.2 4.7 9.0 1.92
1984 27 OAK AL 9 7 .563 2.71 68 0 62 0 0 36 96.1 77 30 29 9 31 4 89 0 0 1 394 137 1.121 7.2 0.8 2.9 8.3 2.87 AS
1985 28 TOR AL 4 6 .400 2.99 67 0 51 0 0 14 69.1 53 26 23 9 35 6 46 2 0 0 297 143 1.269 6.9 1.2 4.5 6.0 1.31
1986 29 TOR AL 2 4 .333 6.19 40 0 20 0 0 2 36.1 36 25 25 6 17 1 32 2 1 0 163 69 1.459 8.9 1.5 4.2 7.9 1.88
1987 30 OAK AL 0 0 9.00 6 0 5 0 0 1 8.0 10 8 8 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 35 46 1.375 11.3 3.4 1.1 9.0 8.00
9 Seasons 35 52 .402 3.68 445 24 293 0 0 106 667.0 587 297 273 81 288 40 620 14 9 15 2847 110 1.312 7.9 1.1 3.9 8.4 2.15
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .402 3.68 65 3 42 0 0 15 97 85 43 40 12 42 6 90 2 1 2 413 110 1.312 7.9 1.1 3.9 8.4 2.15
CHC (3 yrs) 6 18 .250 3.90 131 24 37 0 0 1 288.2 276 144 125 35 131 19 261 7 7 8 1261 101 1.410 8.6 1.1 4.1 8.1 1.99
OAK (2 yrs) 9 7 .563 3.19 74 0 67 0 0 37 104.1 87 38 37 12 32 4 97 0 0 1 429 118 1.141 7.5 1.0 2.8 8.4 3.03
SEA (2 yrs) 14 17 .452 3.37 133 0 118 0 0 52 168.1 135 64 63 19 73 10 184 3 1 6 697 127 1.236 7.2 1.0 3.9 9.8 2.52
TOR (2 yrs) 6 10 .375 4.09 107 0 71 0 0 16 105.2 89 51 48 15 52 7 78 4 1 0 460 104 1.334 7.6 1.3 4.4 6.6 1.50
AL (6 yrs) 29 34 .460 3.52 314 0 256 0 0 105 378.1 311 153 148 46 157 21 359 7 2 7 1586 117 1.237 7.4 1.1 3.7 8.5 2.29
NL (3 yrs) 6 18 .250 3.90 131 24 37 0 0 1 288.2 276 144 125 35 131 19 261 7 7 8 1261 101 1.410 8.6 1.1 4.1 8.1 1.99

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1984 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0

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
1979 22 CHC NL 29 401 348 57 89 11 7 16 13 2 41 104 .256 .338 .466 .803 .315 162 5 4 4 4 5
1980 23 CHC NL 72 528 449 37 100 21 5 10 12 12 59 112 .223 .309 .359 .667 .268 161 6 1 10 9 12
1981 24 CHC NL 30 331 289 50 87 15 2 9 13 1 31 45 .301 .368 .460 .828 .326 133 5 2 5 4 2
1982 25 SEA AL 70 380 338 25 65 10 1 9 11 1 35 111 .192 .269 .308 .577 .256 104 3 1 5 1 4
1983 26 SEA AL 63 317 272 39 70 10 1 10 17 2 38 73 .257 .348 .412 .760 .311 112 7 2 1 4 6
1984 27 OAK AL 68 394 353 30 77 14 3 9 8 5 31 89 .218 .278 .351 .629 .262 124 2 0 5 5 4
1985 28 TOR AL 67 297 253 26 53 7 0 9 9 1 35 46 .209 .306 .344 .650 .218 87 3 2 3 4 6
1986 29 TOR AL 40 163 142 25 36 6 2 6 2 0 17 32 .254 .342 .451 .792 .288 64 0 2 2 0 1
1987 30 OAK AL 6 35 34 8 10 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 .294 .314 .588 .903 .304 20 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 445 2846 2478 297 587 95 21 81 85 24 288 620 .237 .316 .390 .706 .280 967 31 14 35 31 40
162 Game Avg. 65 413 359 43 85 14 3 12 12 3 42 90 .237 .316 .390 .706 .280 140 4 2 5 4 6
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
1979 22 CHC NL 29 12 0 7 5 0 1 4 8 .333 1 2 0 0 4 33% 48 72 30 13 5 6 4 3.6 2.5 5.1
1980 23 CHC NL 72 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 54 56 52 18 5 2 0 3.0 3.3 6.0
1981 24 CHC NL 30 10 1 5 4 0 0 3 6 .333 1 2 0 0 2 20% 42 58 24 25 8 5 0 3.9 3.6 4.5
3 Seasons 131 24 1 12 11 0 1 8 15 .348 2 5 0 0 7 29% 46 72 24 56 18 13 4 3.7 3.0 4.9
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
1979 22 CHC NL 29 17 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 6 0.889 2 4 10 2 2 13 5 12 10 2 10 3 5.1
1980 23 CHC NL 72 70 27 4 6 4 1 3 25% 7 3 54 18 33% 7 1.251 28 18 24 11 17 42 26 44 42 14 42 19 5.0
1981 24 CHC NL 30 20 4 0 0 2 0 2 0% 4 2 13 5 38% 6 1.049 4 8 7 5 3 12 7 13 8 4 10 3 4.0
1982 25 SEA AL 70 70 64 12 9 32 26 6 81% 32 0 79 24 30% 9 2.184 45 10 13 33 18 19 53 17 31 22 32 19 4.1
1983 26 SEA AL 63 63 54 2 8 29 26 3 90% 29 0 49 19 39% 9 1.893 38 7 17 30 10 23 35 28 22 22 24 17 3.5
1984 27 OAK AL 68 68 62 9 7 44 36 8 82% 44 0 70 20 29% 8 2.051 48 12 6 48 12 8 44 24 38 14 39 19 4.3
1985 28 TOR AL 67 67 51 4 6 19 14 5 74% 27 5 45 15 33% 9 1.436 31 8 25 43 8 16 29 38 18 22 23 19 3.1
1986 29 TOR AL 40 40 20 2 4 4 2 2 50% 5 1 31 8 26% 7 0.574 10 3 25 11 4 25 18 22 6 14 9 11 2.7
1987 30 OAK AL 6 6 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 8 0.278 1 0 5 3 0 3 2 4 3 3 3 1 4.0
9 Seasons 445 421 293 34 40 135 106 29 79% 149 11 353 110 31% 1.451 207 70 132 186 74 161 219 202 178 117 192 111 3.9

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%
1979 22 CHC NL 402 44% 4.0% 25.9% 10.2% 8.5% 38% 0.64 58% 66 5 8%
1980 23 CHC NL 528 40% 1.9% 21.2% 11.2% 6.8% 36% 0.75 64% 85 6 7%
1981 24 CHC NL 331 46% 2.7% 13.6% 9.4% 7.9% 30% 0.82 72% 69 5 7%
1982 25 SEA AL 380 45% 2.4% 29.2% 9.2% 5.3% 31% 0.54 58% 67 3 4%
1983 26 SEA AL 317 41% 3.2% 23.0% 12.0% 6.6% 30% 0.56 61% 73 7 10%
1984 27 OAK AL 394 55% 2.3% 22.6% 7.9% 6.6% 34% 0.30 66% 83 2 2%
1985 28 TOR AL 297 48% 3.0% 15.5% 11.8% 5.4% 30% 0.50 68% 61 3 5%
1986 29 TOR AL 163 48% 3.7% 19.6% 10.4% 8.6% 39% 0.46 64% 35 0 0%
1987 30 OAK AL 35 46% 8.6% 22.9% 2.9% 11.4% 40% 0.33 66% 6 0 0%
9 Seasons 2847 45% 2.9% 21.8% 10.1% 6.9% 34% 0.56 64% 545 31 6%
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
1979 22 CHC NL 402 89 16 0 10 11 5 10 6 27 10 6 37% 8 3 1 145 13 2 87% 12 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1980 23 CHC NL 528 100 10 1 25 7 3 5 5 51 20 10 39% 6 2 0 184 12 12 50% 11 11 0 0 1 1 0 0 18 0
1981 24 CHC NL 331 87 9 0 5 8 1 7 2 28 16 5 57% 6 3 0 140 13 1 93% 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1982 25 SEA AL 380 65 9 1 18 5 4 5 4 17 5 7 29% 2 2 0 171 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 26 SEA AL 317 70 10 1 14 8 2 3 7 26 8 11 31% 2 4 0 153 17 2 89% 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1984 27 OAK AL 393 77 9 0 18 3 6 6 3 22 13 5 59% 4 1 0 170 8 5 62% 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1985 28 TOR AL 297 53 9 1 9 4 5 6 3 21 13 1 62% 4 0 0 132 9 1 90% 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1986 29 TOR AL 163 36 6 0 5 2 4 1 5 8 4 1 50% 0 0 0 74 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1987 30 OAK AL 35 10 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 33% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2846 587 81 4 104 49 32 44 37 203 90 48 44% 32 15 1 1181 85 24 78% 73 22 11 0 1 2 3 0 71 1
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+
1979 22 1 7 .125 4.80 29 12 6 0 0 0 90.0 89 57 48 16 41 5 104 4 2 3 402 87 1.444 8.9 1.6 4.1 10.4 2.54 87
1980 23 5 13 .278 3.27 101 14 33 0 0 1 217.2 189 94 79 26 100 17 216 5 6 5 930 123 1.328 7.8 1.1 4.1 8.9 2.16 123
1981 24 6 18 .250 3.90 131 24 37 0 0 1 288.2 276 144 125 35 131 19 261 7 7 8 1261 101 1.410 8.6 1.1 4.1 8.1 1.99 101
1982 25 18 27 .400 3.51 201 24 101 0 0 27 384.1 341 169 150 44 166 23 372 8 7 10 1641 115 1.319 8.0 1.0 3.9 8.7 2.24 115
1983 26 20 35 .364 3.70 264 24 155 0 0 53 457.0 411 208 188 54 204 29 445 10 8 14 1958 110 1.346 8.1 1.1 4.0 8.8 2.18 110
1984 27 29 42 .408 3.53 332 24 217 0 0 89 553.1 488 238 217 63 235 33 534 10 8 15 2352 114 1.307 7.9 1.0 3.8 8.7 2.27 114
1985 28 33 48 .407 3.47 399 24 268 0 0 103 622.2 541 264 240 72 270 39 580 12 8 15 2649 116 1.302 7.8 1.0 3.9 8.4 2.15 116
1986 29 35 52 .402 3.62 439 24 288 0 0 105 659.0 577 289 265 78 287 40 612 14 9 15 2812 112 1.311 7.9 1.1 3.9 8.4 2.13 112
1987 30 35 52 .402 3.68 445 24 293 0 0 106 667.0 587 297 273 81 288 40 620 14 9 15 2847 110 1.312 7.9 1.1 3.9 8.4 2.15 110

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
1979 22 4 5 .444 4.65 89.0 89 51 46 16 41 103 4 1.461 9.0 4.1 10.4 2.51 1.6 29
1980 23 10 3 .769 2.29 122.0 101 34 31 10 60 107 1 1.320 7.5 4.4 7.9 1.78 0.7 72
1981 24 3 8 .273 6.40 104.0 137 82 74 14 49 66 3 1.788 11.9 4.2 5.7 1.35 1.2 30
1982 25 7 3 .700 2.45 92.0 66 28 25 9 36 107 1 1.109 6.5 3.5 10.5 2.97 0.9 70
1983 26 3 4 .429 4.96 69.0 70 42 38 10 38 69 2 1.565 9.1 5.0 9.0 1.82 1.3 63
1984 27 6 4 .600 3.23 92.0 84 37 33 10 34 85 0 1.283 8.2 3.3 8.3 2.50 1.0 68
1985 28 4 3 .571 3.04 68.0 54 26 23 9 36 45 2 1.324 7.1 4.8 6.0 1.25 1.2 67
1986 29 1 3 .250 6.25 36.0 36 28 25 6 17 32 2 1.472 9.0 4.3 8.0 1.88 1.5 40
1987 30 0 0 9.00 8.0 10 9 8 3 1 8 0 1.375 11.3 1.1 9.0 8.00 3.4 6
9 Seasons 38 33 .535 4.01 680.0 647 337 303 87 312 622 15 1.410 8.6 8.2 1.99 1.2 445

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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 (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1982-AL--7--3%
0.03 Career Shares (222nd)

Games Played s c a p y
1980 NL--72--6th
1982 AL--70--4th
1983 AL--63--6th
1984 AL--68--5th
1985 AL--67--8th

Saves s c a p y
1982 AL--26--4th
1983 AL--26--4th
1984 AL--36--2nd
1985 AL--14--10th
Career--106--109th

Games Finished s c a p y
1982 AL--64--2nd
1983 AL--54--3rd
1984 AL--62--3rd
1985 AL--51--8th
Career--293--103rd

Salary s c a p y
1986 AL--$1,533,333--4th
1987 AL--$1,633,333--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (873), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (792), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Danys Baez (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Jackson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Duane Ward (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ron Davis (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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