Bill Caudill

Full Name: William Holland Caudill	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: May 12, 1979
Birthdate: July 13, 1956	Final Game: July 28, 1987
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 13, 1956 in Santa Monica, California, Bill Caudill (William Holland Caudill) played for the Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 9 year career. Caudill broke into the bigs on May 12, 1979 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.80 ERA in 90 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bill Caudill's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1984, when he posted a 2.71 ERA, notched 36 saves and struck out 89 batters. However, others believe that it was 1982, when he posted a 2.35 ERA, won 12 games, notched 26 saves and struck out 111 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1979	CHI	N	29	12	1	7	4.80	104	57	48	0	90	89	16	41	5	3	4
1980	CHI	N	72	2	4	6	2.19	112	37	31	1	127.2	100	10	59	12	2	1
1981	CHI	N	30	10	1	5	5.83	45	50	46	0	71	87	9	31	2	3	2
1982	SEA	A	70	0	12	9	2.35	111	25	25	26	95.2	65	9	35	4	2	1
1983	SEA	A	63	0	2	8	4.71	73	39	38	26	72.2	70	10	38	6	4	2
1984	OAK	A	68	0	9	7	2.71	89	30	29	36	96.1	77	9	31	4	1	0
1985	TOR	A	67	0	4	6	2.99	46	26	23	14	69.1	53	9	35	6	0	2
1986	TOR	A	40	0	2	4	6.19	32	25	25	2	36.1	36	6	17	1	0	2
1987	OAK	A	6	0	0	0	9.00	8	8	8	1	8	10	3	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		131	24	6	18	3.90	261	144	125	1	288.2	276	35	131	19	8	7
Total	AL		314	0	29	34	3.52	359	153	148	105	378.1	311	46	157	21	7	7
Total			445	24	35	52	3.68	620	297	273	106	667	587	81	288	40	15	14

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1979	CHI	N	P	29	12	90	5	11	0	1	1	13	2	2	1.000
1980	CHI	N	P	72	2	127.2	7	11	0	0	0	12	12	0	1.000
1981	CHI	N	P	30	10	71	4	8	1	0	0	13	1	0	.923
1982	SEA	A	P	70	0	95.2	3	5	0	1	0	11	1	0	1.000
1983	SEA	A	P	63	0	72.2	2	5	2	0	0	17	2	0	.778
1984	OAK	A	P	68	0	96.1	4	4	0	0	0	8	5	0	1.000
1985	TOR	A	P	67	0	69.1	2	6	0	0	0	9	1	0	1.000
1986	TOR	A	P	40	0	36.1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.000
1987	OAK	A	P	6	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	445	24	667	28	52	3	2	1	85	24	3	.964

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1979	CHI	N	29	17	1	0	.059	.059	.059	0	0	10	4	0
1980	CHI	N	72	9	2	1	.222	.222	.333	1	0	2	1	1
1981	CHI	N	30	14	2	1	.143	.250	.143	0	2	6	1	0
1982	SEA	A	70	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1983	SEA	A	63	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1984	OAK	A	68	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
1985	TOR	A	67	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1986	TOR	A	40	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1987	OAK	A	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		131	40	5	2	.125	.167	.150	1	2	18	6	1
Total	AL		314	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
Total			445	41	5	2	.122	.163	.146	1	2	19	6	1

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Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974 - signed June 15, 1974).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Joel Youngblood (March 28, 1977).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Woodie Fryman to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bill Bonham (October 31, 1977).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to New York Yankees (April 1, 1982) as part of trade in which New York Yankees traded Pat Tabler to Chicago Cubs in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 19, 1981); New York Yankees received Jay Howell (August 2, 1982).
Traded by New York Yankees with Gene Nelson and a player to be named later to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Shane Rawley (April 1, 1982); Seattle Mariners received Bobby Brown (April 6, 1982).
Traded by Seattle Mariners with Darrel Akerfelds to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Dave Beard and Bob Kearney (November 21, 1983).
Traded by Oakland Athletics to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Alfredo Griffin, Dave Collins and cash (December 8, 1984).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (April 2, 1987).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (April 30, 1987).
Granted free agency (December 15, 1987).

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