Jake Arrieta vs. Kirk McCaskill — Career Comparison

Jake Arrieta
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Kirk McCaskill
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Kirk McCaskill a clear advantage over Jake Arrieta across the core pitching metrics. Kirk McCaskill led in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 95), run prevention (ERA+ 98 vs 87), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 99 vs 89). Jake Arrieta held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 82). Kirk McCaskill was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jake Arrieta and Kirk McCaskill

Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
1.26
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.64
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.55
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.52
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.56
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.29
55.29
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.53
49.53
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.68
63.68
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.16
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
3.98
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
4.12
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1450
8.09
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1748
9.1
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.09
8.09
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.01
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.8
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
3.19
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
3.46
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.18
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
8
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1003
5.22
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.37
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6755
37.71
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7405
38.55
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.29
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
787
4.39
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
876
4.56
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.21
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.22
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.23
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
0.75
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.92
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6047
33.75
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6621
34.46
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.71
37.71
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Jake Arrieta and Kirk McCaskill

Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
1.26
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.76
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.78
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.42
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.38
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
2.35
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
2.27
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.18
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
2.17
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.64
92.64
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
1.095
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.68
63.68
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Arrieta and Kirk McCaskill

Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
12
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
289
407.04
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
426
600
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
382
538.03
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
88.73
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
66.2
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.63
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
29.47
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
133.8
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
112.68
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
35.21
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
64.79
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
21.04
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.41
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
197
277.46
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.16
2.16
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.04
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA