René Arocha

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 24, 1964 in La Habana, Cuba cu

High School: Regla (Havana, Cuba)

Debut: April 9, 1993 (Age 29-044d, 16,264th in major league history)
vs. CIN 8.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: June 6, 1997 (Age 33-102d)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1993 season

Agents: Gus Dominguez

Full Name: René Arocha

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

4.11

124

331.0

190

WHIP

1.323

Summary of 37 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 9 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	35
SFG	2

Platoon
vs RHB	24
vs LHB	13

Home/Road
Away	22
Home	15

Outs
2	15
0	12
1	10

11 Opps
CHC	6
COL	5
SFG	5
HOU	4
NYM	3
ATL	3
LAD	3
SDP	2
CIN	2
MON	2
FLA	2

31 Batters
Ed Taubensee	2
Mike Piazza	2
Dante Bichette	2
Matt Williams	2
Phil Plantier	2
Jayhawk Owens	2
Jeff Conine	1
Barry Bonds	1
Mark Parent	1
Dwight Smith	1
Tim Wallach	1
Jeff Branson	1
Fred McGriff	1
Jeff Blauser	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Ryan Thompson	1
Thomas Howard	1
Glenallen Hill	1
J.R. Phillips	1
Chris Jones	1
Eddie Zambrano	1
Javy López	1
Sean Berry	1
Rico Brogna	1
Mike Lansing	1
Rick Wilkins	1
Greg Colbrunn	1
Steve Scarsone	1
Scott Servais	1
Craig Biggio	1
Steve Finley	1

11 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	14
MileHigh Std (DEN)	5
Astrodome (HOU)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1

Where Hit
7	11
9	8
78	8
8	6
89	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	10
3	8
1	8
4	5
6	2
7+	2
Unk	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	7

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
1--	7
-2-	5
12-	3
-23	2
--3	1

60 Runs
RISP	11
0 on	19
1 on	13
2 on	5
Any on	18

Inning
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	3
5	7
6	6
7	4
8	9
9	2

1-3	6
4-6	16
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	2
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	8
-1	3
-2	6
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	15
Tied	8
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	8
0-0	8
2-0	4
1-2	3
2-1	3
1-1	3
0-2	2
3-2	2
0-1	2
Unk	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	10
1B	6
3B	6
LF	5
RF	4
CF	3
2B	2
SS	1

OrderPos
3rd	8
7th	7
1st	5
4th	5
8th	5
5th	3
2nd	2
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1993-04-15	Mike Piazza	LAD		STL	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	2	10%	40%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1993-05-19	Rick Wilkins	CHC	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	2	21%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	3	1	1993-05-30	Phil Plantier	SDP	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	7	25%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Gardner Scores; F. McGriff Scores
4	4	4	2	1993-05-30	Phil Plantier	SDP	@	STL	behind 3-7	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	7	5%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1993-06-18	Dwight Smith	CHC		STL	tied 3-3	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	1	8	15%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
6	6	6	1	1993-07-04	Ed Taubensee	HOU		STL	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	14%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Cedeño Scores
7	7	7	2	1993-07-04	Ed Taubensee	HOU		STL	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	7	2	4%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1993-07-15	Craig Biggio	HOU	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	5,(2-2) BFFBX	1	1	4	12%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
9	9	9	1	1993-07-20	Jeff Blauser	ATL		STL	behind 0-5	b 6	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	6	14%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Pecota Scores; D. Sanders Scores
10	10	10	2	1993-07-20	Fred McGriff	ATL		STL	behind 3-5	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	28%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Gant Scores
11	11	11	1	1993-07-25	Jayhawk Owens	COL		STL	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	10%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	12	2	1993-07-25	Jayhawk Owens	COL		STL	tied 1-1	b 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	14%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
13	13	13	1	1993-08-05	Jeff Conine	FLA	@	STL	behind 2-9	t 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Barberie Scores
14	14	14	1	1993-08-15	Sean Berry	MON		STL	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	5	15%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	15	1	1993-08-30	Thomas Howard	CIN	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	1	7	6%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Branson Scores
16	16	16	1	1993-09-04	J.R. Phillips	SFG	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 5	0	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	3	18%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Bonds Scores
17	17	17	2	1993-09-04	Matt Williams	SFG	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	4,(0-2) CSFX	1	4	5	9%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
18	18	18	1	1993-09-09	Matt Williams	SFG		STL	behind 2-9	b 8	0	1--	9,(3-2) FBBFBFFFX	2	4	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. McGee Scores/unER
19	19	19	1	1993-09-22	Glenallen Hill	CHC		STL	tied 7-7	b 6	2	12-	4,(1-2) FBFX	3	4	7	34%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball); K. Rhodes Scores; M. Grace Scores
20	20	20	1	1993-09-28	Ryan Thompson	NYM		STL	ahead 2-0	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	8%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1994-04-12	Tim Wallach	LAD	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 5	2	-2-	6,(1-2) >C.FBFFX	2	5	5	10%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Butler Scores
22	22	2	1	1994-04-29	Steve Finley	HOU		STL	behind 1-3	b 8	0	1--	7,(1-2) >FBS>F1F1F>X	2	2	8	37%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Mouton Scores
23	23	3	1	1994-05-04	Dante Bichette	COL		STL	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	9	13%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball); H. Johnson Scores
24	24	4	1	1994-05-09	Eddie Zambrano	CHC	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	7	9	14%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Wilkins Scores
25	25	5	1	1994-05-12	Mark Parent	CHC	@	STL	behind 3-5	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	11%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	6	1	1994-05-13	Mike Lansing	MON		STL	ahead 7-1	b 8	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Spehr Scores
27	27	7	1	1994-05-30	Mike Piazza	LAD		STL	behind 4-6	b 7	2	---		1	3	2	13%	27%		Home Run (LF-CF)
28	28	8	1	1994-07-16	Dante Bichette	COL		STL	ahead 11-4	b 8	2	-23	4,(2-1) .BBFX	3	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); N. Liriano Scores; V. Castilla Scores
29	29	9	2	1994-07-16	Andrés Galarraga	COL		STL	ahead 14-4	b 8	2	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1995-04-28	Rico Brogna	NYM		STL	behind 6-8	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	3	3	14%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
31	31	2	1	1995-06-02	Jeff Branson	CIN		STL	behind 6-9	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	7	5	8%	17%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
32	32	3	1	1995-06-18	Steve Scarsone	SFG	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ...BX	1	7	5	3%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	4	2	1995-06-18	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	STL	ahead 5-1	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	3	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
34	34	5	1	1995-07-19	Chris Jones	NYM	@	STL	behind 3-4	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	9	26%	42%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	6	1	1995-07-30	Greg Colbrunn	FLA		STL	behind 0-1	b 8	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	3	58%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Carr Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1997-05-19	Scott Servais	CHC		SFG	ahead 10-1	b 6	2	-23	6,(3-2) BBBSFX	3	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Dunston Scores; T. Houston Scores
37	37	2	1	1997-06-06	Javy López	ATL	@	SFG	ahead 6-5	t 9	0	-2-	3,(0-2) F1S.X	2	6	2	8%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); A. Jones Scores