Joe Connors vs. Kirk McCaskill — Career Comparison

Joe Connors
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyNorth AmericaAltoona Mountain CityUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Kirk McCaskill
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kirk McCaskill built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Connors as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kirk McCaskill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.416 compared to 5.57 and 2.238 for Joe Connors. By the career numbers, Kirk McCaskill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Connors and Kirk McCaskill

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.56
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.53
49.53
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.68
63.68
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.16
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.57
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
4.12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
18
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1748
9.1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.8
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
3.46
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.18
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
5.22
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.37
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.18
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
48
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7405
38.55
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.29
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
12
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
4.56
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.21
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.23
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.92
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.238
2.238
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
45.86
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6621
34.46
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Joe Connors and Kirk McCaskill

Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.78
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.11
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.38
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.84
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
2.27
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.37
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
2.17
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
1.095
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Connors and Kirk McCaskill

Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
156.52
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
600
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
573.91
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
6.69
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.52
-13.45
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Connors
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA