Kirk McCaskill vs. Jose Melendez — Career Comparison

Kirk McCaskill
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Melendez
Gen XP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kirk McCaskill built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Melendez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Melendez led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 99), strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 82), and run prevention (ERA+ 115 vs 98). Kirk McCaskill held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 71). Role difference aside, Jose Melendez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Kirk McCaskill and Jose Melendez

Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
1.98
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.45
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.55
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.65
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.56
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.53
49.53
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.01
11.01
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.16
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
4.12
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
3.47
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1748
9.1
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
8.03
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.8
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.1
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
3.46
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.45
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.18
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003
5.22
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
7.02
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.051
1.051
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.37
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7405
38.55
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
911
37.16
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.29
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.51
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
876
4.56
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.67
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.21
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.23
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.92
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.165
1.165
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6621
34.46
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
819
33.4
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Kirk McCaskill and Jose Melendez

Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
1.98
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.45
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.78
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.38
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.02
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.11
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
2.27
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.43
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.17
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.31
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.43
91.43
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.01
11.01
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kirk McCaskill and Jose Melendez

Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
2422.22
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
600
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
555.56
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
8.61
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.86
-19.16
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
18
400
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA