Bill Caudill
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1979
| CHI
| N
| 29
| 12
| 1
| 7
| 4.80
| 104
| 57
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 90
| 89
| 16
| 41
| 5
| 3
| 4
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| 72
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 2.19
| 112
| 37
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 127.2
| 100
| 10
| 59
| 12
| 2
| 1
|
| 1981
| CHI
| N
| 30
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 5.83
| 45
| 50
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 71
| 87
| 9
| 31
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| 1982
| SEA
| A
| 70
| 0
| 12
| 9
| 2.35
| 111
| 25
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 95.2
| 65
| 9
| 35
| 4
| 2
| 1
|
| 1983
| SEA
| A
| 63
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 4.71
| 73
| 39
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 72.2
| 70
| 10
| 38
| 6
| 4
| 2
|
| 1984
| OAK
| A
| 68
| 0
| 9
| 7
| 2.71
| 89
| 30
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 96.1
| 77
| 9
| 31
| 4
| 1
| 0
|
| 1985
| TOR
| A
| 67
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 2.99
| 46
| 26
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 69.1
| 53
| 9
| 35
| 6
| 0
| 2
|
| 1986
| TOR
| A
| 40
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 6.19
| 32
| 25
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 36.1
| 36
| 6
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1987
| OAK
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 8
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 10
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 131
| 24
| 6
| 18
| 3.90
| 261
| 144
| 125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 288.2
| 276
| 35
| 131
| 19
| 8
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 314
| 0
| 29
| 34
| 3.52
| 359
| 153
| 148
| 0
| 0
| 105
| 378.1
| 311
| 46
| 157
| 21
| 7
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 445
| 24
| 35
| 52
| 3.68
| 620
| 297
| 273
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 667
| 587
| 81
| 288
| 40
| 15
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1979
| CHI
| N
| P
| 29
| 12
| 90
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| P
| 72
| 2
| 127.2
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| CHI
| N
| P
| 30
| 10
| 71
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 1
| 0
| .923
|
| 1982
| SEA
| A
| P
| 70
| 0
| 95.2
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| SEA
| A
| P
| 63
| 0
| 72.2
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 2
| 0
| .778
|
| 1984
| OAK
| A
| P
| 68
| 0
| 96.1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| TOR
| A
| P
| 67
| 0
| 69.1
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| TOR
| A
| P
| 40
| 0
| 36.1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| OAK
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 445
| 24
| 667
| 28
| 52
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 85
| 24
| 3
| .964
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1979
| CHI
| N
| 29
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .059
| .059
| .059
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| CHI
| N
| 72
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .222
| .222
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1981
| CHI
| N
| 30
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .250
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| SEA
| A
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| SEA
| A
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| OAK
| A
| 68
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| TOR
| A
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| TOR
| A
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| OAK
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 131
| 40
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .125
| .167
| .150
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 314
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 445
| 41
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .122
| .163
| .146
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- 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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