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Kirk McCaskill

Kirk Edward McCaskill

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

Born: April 9, 1961 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, CAN
High School: Trinity (Pawling, NY)
School: University of Vermont
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1985
Teams (by GP): Angels/WhiteSox 1985-1996
Agents: Marvin Demoff [*]
Final Game: July 20, 1996
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 5:12PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #804. Tommy Byrne… #805. George Pipgras… #806. Jeremy Guthrie… #807. KIRK MCCASKILL… #808. Scott Baker… #809. Jeff Nelson… #810. Rafael Betancourt… 

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
1985 24 CAL AL 12 12 .500 4.70 30 29 0 6 1 0 189.2 189 105 99 23 64 1 102 4 0 5 807 88 1.334 9.0 1.1 3.0 4.8 1.59
1986 25 CAL AL 17 10 .630 3.36 34 33 1 10 2 0 246.1 207 98 92 19 92 1 202 5 2 10 1013 123 1.214 7.6 0.7 3.4 7.4 2.20
1987 26 CAL AL 4 6 .400 5.67 14 13 0 1 1 0 74.2 84 52 47 14 34 0 56 2 0 1 334 77 1.580 10.1 1.7 4.1 6.8 1.65
1988 27 CAL AL 8 6 .571 4.31 23 23 0 4 2 0 146.1 155 78 70 9 61 3 98 1 2 13 635 90 1.476 9.5 0.6 3.8 6.0 1.61
1989 28 CAL AL 15 10 .600 2.93 32 32 0 6 4 0 212.0 202 73 69 16 59 1 107 3 2 7 864 130 1.231 8.6 0.7 2.5 4.5 1.81
1990 29 CAL AL 12 11 .522 3.25 29 29 0 2 1 0 174.1 161 77 63 9 72 1 78 2 1 6 738 117 1.337 8.3 0.5 3.7 4.0 1.08
1991 30 CAL AL 10 19 .345 4.26 30 30 0 1 0 0 177.2 193 93 84 19 66 1 71 3 0 6 762 97 1.458 9.8 1.0 3.3 3.6 1.08
1992 31 CHW AL 12 13 .480 4.18 34 34 0 0 0 0 209.0 193 116 97 11 95 5 109 6 2 6 911 94 1.378 8.3 0.5 4.1 4.7 1.15
1993 32 CHW AL 4 8 .333 5.23 30 14 6 0 0 2 113.2 144 71 66 12 36 6 65 1 0 6 502 81 1.584 11.4 1.0 2.9 5.1 1.81
1994 33 CHW AL 1 4 .200 3.42 40 0 18 0 0 3 52.2 51 22 20 6 22 4 37 0 0 1 228 139 1.386 8.7 1.0 3.8 6.3 1.68
1995 34 CHW AL 6 4 .600 4.89 55 1 17 0 0 2 81.0 97 50 44 10 33 4 50 5 0 10 365 92 1.605 10.8 1.1 3.7 5.6 1.52
1996 35 CHW AL 5 5 .500 6.97 29 4 13 0 0 0 51.2 72 41 40 6 31 8 28 2 0 1 246 69 1.994 12.5 1.0 5.4 4.9 0.90
12 Seasons 106 108 .495 4.12 380 242 55 30 11 7 1729.0 1748 876 791 154 665 35 1003 34 9 72 7405 99 1.396 9.1 0.8 3.5 5.2 1.51
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .495 4.12 42 26 6 3 1 1 189 191 96 86 17 73 4 110 4 1 8 810 99 1.396 9.1 0.8 3.5 5.2 1.51
CAL (7 yrs) 78 74 .513 3.86 192 189 1 30 11 0 1221.0 1191 576 524 109 448 8 714 20 7 48 5153 104 1.342 8.8 0.8 3.3 5.3 1.59
CHW (5 yrs) 28 34 .452 4.73 188 53 54 0 0 7 508.0 557 300 267 45 217 27 289 14 2 24 2252 90 1.524 9.9 0.8 3.8 5.1 1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1985 24 CAL AL 189.2 29 105 108 5 .8 3 0.3 $60,000
1986 25 CAL AL 246.1 33 98 138 10 1.0 40 4.1 $142,000
1987 26 CAL AL 74.2 13 52 45 2 .9 -7 -0.7 $232,000
1988 27 CAL AL 146.1 23 78 85 -3 1.1 7 0.8 $262,000
1989 28 CAL AL 212.0 32 73 113 7 1.0 40 4.3 $460,000
1990 29 CAL AL 174.1 29 77 103 -5 1.0 26 2.8 $967,500
1991 30 CAL AL 177.2 30 93 110 -4 1.0 17 1.8 $2,100,000
1992 31 CHW AL 209.0 34 116 115 6 1.0 -1 -0.1 $2,333,333
1993 32 CHW AL 113.2 14 71 66 5 .9 -5 -0.7 $2,533,333
1994 33 CHW AL 52.2 0 22 36 1 1.4 14 1.0 $2,133,334
1995 34 CHW AL 81.0 1 50 53 -1 1.1 3 -0.3 $940,000
1996 35 CHW AL 51.2 4 41 36 -1 1.1 -5 -0.7 $800,000
12 Seasons 1729.0 242 876 1008 22 1.0 132 12.6 $12,963,500
CAL (7 yrs) 1221.0 189 576 702 12 1.0 126 13.4 $4,223,500
CHW (5 yrs) 508.0 53 300 306 10 1.0 6 -0.8 $8,740,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1986 25 CAL AL ALCS L BOS 0 2 .000 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 16 13 8 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 50 2.250 15.4 0.0 4.8 6.8 1.40
1993 32 CHW AL ALCS L TOR 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 15 1.091 7.4 0.0 2.5 7.4 3.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 2 .000 5.54 5 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 19 13 8 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 65 1.923 13.2 0.0 4.2 6.9 1.67
2 ALCS 0 2 .000 5.54 5 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 19 13 8 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 65 1.923 13.2 0.0 4.2 6.9 1.67

Standard Batting

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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
1985 24 CAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 25 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 26 CAL AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 27 CAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 28 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 29 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 30 CAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 31 CHW AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 32 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 33 CHW AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 34 CHW AL 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 35 CHW AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 381 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (7 yrs) 193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (5 yrs) 188 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1985 CAL AL 24 P 30 189.2 41 11 27 3 1 .927 1.80 1.27 .953 1.86 1.84
1986 CAL AL 25 P 34 246.1 51 24 26 1 0 .980 1.83 1.47 .957 1.83 1.81
1987 CAL AL 26 P 14 74.2 21 8 12 1 1 .952 2.41 1.43 .955 1.84 1.82
1988 CAL AL 27 P 23 146.1 33 12 18 3 2 .909 1.85 1.30 .961 1.78 1.77
1989 CAL AL 28 P 32 212.0 61 16 42 3 5 .951 2.46 1.81 .960 1.87 1.85
1990 CAL AL 29 P 29 174.1 51 19 29 3 2 .941 2.48 1.66 .953 1.78 1.76
1991 CAL AL 30 P 30 177.2 43 17 25 1 4 .977 2.13 1.40 .956 1.80 1.80
1992 CHW AL 31 P 34 209.0 57 24 31 2 0 .965 2.37 1.62 .953 1.72 1.71
1993 CHW AL 32 P 30 113.2 32 7 23 2 4 .938 2.38 1.00 .953 1.79 1.78
1994 CHW AL 33 P 40 52.2 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.30 .956 1.73 1.71
1995 CHW AL 34 P 55 81.0 20 5 13 2 0 .900 2.00 0.33 .960 1.79 1.77
1996 CHW AL 35 P 29 51.2 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.61 0.52 .960 1.78 1.76
12 Seasons P 380 1729.0 437 150 266 21 20 .952 2.17 1.09 .956 1.80 1.78
12 Seasons TOT 380 1729.0 437 150 266 21 20 .952 2.17 1.09 .956 1.80 1.78
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1986 AL  4.1 (10th)
1989 AL  4.3 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1986 AL  3.36 (7th)
1989 AL  2.93 (5th)
1990 AL  3.25 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  17 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1986 AL  .630 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  7.563 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  7.380 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1986 AL  246.3 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1986 AL  202 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1992 AL  34 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1986 AL  10 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1986 AL  2 (9th)
1988 AL  2 (8th)
1989 AL  4 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 AL  92 (10th)
1992 AL  95 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 AL  0.694 (5th)
1990 AL  0.465 (2nd)
1992 AL  0.474 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1991 AL  19 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1992 AL  97 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1986 AL  10 (10th)
1988 AL  13 (4th)
1995 AL  10 (8th)
Career  72 (234th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1986 AL  1,013 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 AL  123 (7th)
1989 AL  130 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1986 AL  24 (7th)
1989 AL  23 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1986 AL  2.4 (7th)
1989 AL  2.5 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1986 AL  25.96 (7th)
1989 AL  24.18 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1986 AL  2.7 (9th)
1989 AL  3.3 (3rd)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1986 AL  3.0 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1986 AL  2.7 (7th)
1989 AL  2.6 (8th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1992 AL  24 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1990 AL  1.66 (4th)
1992 AL  1.62 (5th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 34 (708), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1143), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198524California Angels$60,0003/3/86 TSN
198625California Angels$142,0001986 USA Today survey
198726California Angels$232,0001987 USA Today survey
198827California Angels$262,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198928California Angels$460,000*
199029California Angels$967,500USA Today
199130California Angels$2,100,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199231Chicago White Sox$2,333,3334/2/92 USA Today; 1996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $133,333 signing bonus
199332Chicago White Sox$2,533,3331996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $133,333 signing bonus
199433Chicago White Sox$2,133,3341996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $133,333 signing bonus
199534Chicago White Sox$940,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $190K earned bonus
199635Chicago White Sox$800,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
Career to date (may be incomplete)$12,963,500
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $430,000 - 11/1/89 NYT - 1/30/89 TSN: $400,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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