Kirk McCaskill vs. Buster Ross — Career Comparison

Kirk McCaskill
Baby BoomersCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Buster Ross
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kirk McCaskill built a career as a starting pitcher and Buster Ross 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 5.01 and 1.613 for Buster Ross. 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 Buster Ross

Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
1.98
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.03
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.47
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.55
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.33
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.56
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.57
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.53
49.53
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.63
15.63
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.16
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
4.12
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
5.01
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
27
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
27
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1729
9
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
190.1
9
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1748
9.1
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
11.02
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.1
9.1
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.02
11.02
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.8
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.57
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
3.46
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
3.5
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.18
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
5.22
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.47
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.965
0.965
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.552
0.552
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.37
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.18
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7405
38.55
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
41.23
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.29
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.65
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
876
4.56
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
6.71
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.21
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.23
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.92
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.613
1.613
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6621
34.46
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
793
37.5
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.23
41.23

Fielding Stats for Kirk McCaskill and Buster Ross

Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.98
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
1.26
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5187
27
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1729
9
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.78
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.38
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.11
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
2.27
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.17
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.2
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.095
1.095
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.719
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.68
63.68
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.1
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kirk McCaskill and Buster Ross

Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
381
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
673.68
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
600
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
526.32
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
84.21
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
63.16
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.05
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.05
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
27.72
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
105.26
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
136.84
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
31.58
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.53
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.11
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
24.33
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
52.63
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
18
189.47
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.17
3.17
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.05
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk McCaskill
Career
Per 600 PA
Buster Ross
Career
Per 600 PA