Ed Acosta vs. Kirk McCaskill — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kirk McCaskill
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kirk McCaskill built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Acosta led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 190 vs 99), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 98), and run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 98). Kirk McCaskill held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 93). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ed Acosta.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Kirk McCaskill

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
1.98
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.56
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.53
49.53
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.16
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.05
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
4.12
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1748
9.1
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.78
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.8
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
3.46
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.18
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
5.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.37
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
38.83
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7405
38.55
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.29
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.64
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
4.56
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.21
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.23
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.92
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6621
34.46
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.83
38.83
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Kirk McCaskill

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
1.98
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.78
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.38
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
2.27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.17
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.83
95.83
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.19
95.19
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Kirk McCaskill

Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
600
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
1.37
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.08
-41.51
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
15
300
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA