Bill Garfield vs. Kirk McCaskill — Career Comparison

Bill Garfield
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kirk McCaskill
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kirk McCaskill built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Garfield 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 5.73 and 1.899 for Bill Garfield. By the career numbers, Kirk McCaskill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Garfield and Kirk McCaskill

Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.18
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.91
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.82
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.56
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.53
49.53
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.68
63.68
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.82
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.16
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.73
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
4.12
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
12.36
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1748
9.1
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.36
12.36
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.45
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.8
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
4.73
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
3.46
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.18
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.82
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
5.22
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.37
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.82
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
44.64
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7405
38.55
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.29
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
4.56
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.21
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.23
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.92
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.899
1.899
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
39.09
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6621
34.46
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.64
44.64
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Bill Garfield and Kirk McCaskill

Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.18
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.45
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.78
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.82
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.38
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.55
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
2.27
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
2.17
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.923
1.923
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
1.095
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Garfield and Kirk McCaskill

Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
185.71
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
600
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
557.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
9.91
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
57.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
100
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.101
0.101
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
28.57
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.38
-5.36
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
42.86
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
16
228.57
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
2.63
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Garfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA