Bill Hopper vs. Kirk McCaskill — Career Comparison

Bill Hopper
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kirk McCaskill
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kirk McCaskill built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Hopper 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 4.18 and 1.558 for Bill Hopper. 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 Hopper and Kirk McCaskill

Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.83
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
1.98
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.45
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.6
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.56
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.53
49.53
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.79
15.79
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.16
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.18
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
4.12
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.1
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
9.7
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1748
9.1
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.8
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.33
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
3.46
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.18
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.79
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
5.22
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.37
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.6
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
38.34
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7405
38.55
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.79
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.29
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
5.97
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
4.56
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.97
5.97
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.21
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.23
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.92
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.558
1.558
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
33.41
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6621
34.46
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.34
38.34
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55

Fielding Stats for Bill Hopper and Kirk McCaskill

Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5187
27
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
9
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.78
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.38
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.11
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
2.27
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.17
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.316
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Hopper and Kirk McCaskill

Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
814.29
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.821
0.821
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.14
91.53
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.819
0.819
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
102.02
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Hopper
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA