Kirk McCaskill vs. Jim McElroy — Career Comparison

Kirk McCaskill
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim McElroy
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kirk McCaskill built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim McElroy 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 5.12 and 1.543 for Jim McElroy. By the career numbers, Kirk McCaskill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kirk McCaskill and Jim McElroy

Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.09
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.09
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.56
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.01
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.53
49.53
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.68
63.68
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.16
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.01
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
4.12
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
5.12
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
9
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1748
9.1
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
9.7
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.8
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
3.46
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
4.19
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.18
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
5.22
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
3.72
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.37
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.57
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.18
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7405
38.55
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
533
41.35
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.29
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
4.56
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
9.16
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.21
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.23
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.92
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
1.543
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6621
34.46
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
37.16
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.43
8.43
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.35
41.35

Fielding Stats for Kirk McCaskill and Jim McElroy

Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.09
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
420
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
0.78
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.84
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.38
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.61
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.64
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
2.27
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.09
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
2.17
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.44
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
79.17
79.17
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
1.095
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.235
2.235
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirk McCaskill and Jim McElroy

Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
176.47
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
600
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
588.24
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
82.35
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
82.35
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
11.98
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
82.35
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
94.12
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0
-0.02
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
12
141.18
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McElroy
Career
Per 600 PA