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Kirk McCaskill

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 190 lb

BornApril 9, 1961 · Kapuskasing, ON, CAN

MLB debutMay 1, 1985

Final gameJuly 20, 1996

Seasons12 (1985–1996)

California Angels 1985–1991; Chicago White Sox 1992–1996

Percentile snapshot

1992 season — qualified pitchers

72.5

17.5

SHO

193

11.3

6.3

109

209.0

46.3

ERA

4.18

18.8

WHIP

1.378

K/9

4.69

26.3

FIP

3.88

26.3

FIP-

100.0

33.8

ERA+

92.9

sWAR

1.3

27.5

of 81 qualified 1992 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

98.9

33.2

sWAR

16.5

91.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1985	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1986	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.6
1987	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.3
1988	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1989	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.3
1990	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9
1991	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
1992	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3
1993	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1
1994	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2
1995	55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
1996	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1985	30	29	12	12	0	6	1	189	99	64	102	23	189.7	4.70	1.334	4.84	4.32	105.2	87.4	0.6
1986	34	33	17	10	0	10	2	207	92	92	202	19	246.3	3.36	1.214	7.38	3.34	80.9	122.8	4.6
1987	14	13	4	6	0	1	1	84	47	34	56	14	74.7	5.67	1.580	6.75	5.26	120.9	76.7	-0.3
1988	23	23	8	6	0	4	2	155	70	61	98	9	146.3	4.31	1.476	6.03	3.55	91.5	90.2	0.7
1989	32	32	15	10	0	6	4	202	69	59	107	16	212.0	2.93	1.231	4.54	3.70	96.7	130.6	4.3
1990	29	29	12	11	0	2	1	161	63	72	78	9	174.3	3.25	1.337	4.03	3.86	100.8	117.6	2.9
1991	30	30	10	19	0	1	0	193	84	66	71	19	177.7	4.26	1.458	3.60	4.67	114.5	95.8	1.4
1992	34	34	12	13	0	0	0	193	97	95	109	11	209.0	4.18	1.378	4.69	3.88	100.0	92.9	1.3
1993	30	14	4	8	2	0	0	144	66	36	65	12	113.7	5.23	1.584	5.15	4.21	99.9	80.6	-0.1
1994	40	0	1	4	3	0	0	51	20	22	37	6	52.7	3.42	1.386	6.32	4.53	96.3	137.5	1.2
1995	55	1	6	4	2	0	0	97	44	33	50	10	81.0	4.89	1.605	5.56	4.92	108.8	92.4	0.5
1996	29	4	5	5	0	0	0	72	40	31	28	6	51.7	6.97	1.994	4.88	5.59	116.6	68.8	-0.6

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

381

RBI

Pitching

G (P)

380

242

106

108

463rd-most career L

SHO

1,729

SO (P)

1,003

BB allowed

665

443rd-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.117

WHIP

1.3956

K/9

5.22

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1987-08-24	NYY @ LAA Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1986-07-23	MIL @ LAA Gameday	10.0	7	2	2	4	12	1
1986-04-22	ATH @ LAA Gameday	9.0	2	1	1	5	12	0
1985-09-29	LAA @ CLE Gameday	9.0	7	3	3	0	10	0
1986-06-16	TEX @ LAA Gameday	9.0	4	1	0	3	10	0
1986-06-25	LAA @ TEX Gameday	9.0	1	1	1	2	10	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.