Kirk McCaskill in his California Angels uniform.

Kirk Edward McCaskill (Born April 9, 1961) in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. For the Pacific Coast League franchise see: Los Angeles Angels (PCL). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Kapuskasing (2001 population 9,238) is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of northern Ontario, Canada. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a...

McCaskill played for two different ballclubs during his career: the California Angels (1985-1991), and Chicago White Sox (1992-1996). He made his Major League Baseball debut on May 1, 1985, and played his final game on July 20, 1996. For the Pacific Coast League franchise see: Los Angeles Angels (PCL). ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) Central Division (1994-present) West Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 2005 â€¢ 1917 â€¢ 1906 AL Pennants (6) 2005 â€¢ 1959 â€¢ 1919 â€¢ 1917 1906 â€¢ 1901 Central Division titles (2) [1] 2005 â€¢ 2000 West Division titles (2) 1993 â€¢ 1983 Wild card berths... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...

Career highlights

Kirk was drafted in the fourth round of the 1982 amateur draft by the California Angels. He would debut in 1985, but his break-out season was 1986, with the American League West champion California Angels. He compiled a win-loss record of 17-10, with a 3.36 earned run average, and 202 strikeouts. He also totaled 10 complete games on the season. He would go on to have six seasons of ten or more wins, throw two one-hitters, rank in the American League top ten in shutouts and earned run average three times each. For the Pacific Coast League franchise see: Los Angeles Angels (PCL). ... American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... For the Pacific Coast League franchise see: Los Angeles Angels (PCL). ... In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ... In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. ... American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ...

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

In 2003, McCaskill was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, along with Joe Carter, Richard Bélec, and the Vancouver Asahi. In response to the news of induction, McCaskill was quoted as saying, "I am stunned by this wonderful news. I can't wait to tell my family and my parents. I am very proud of my Canadian heritage, and this is going to be an honour of a lifetime." The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is now located in St. ... Joseph Chris Carter (born March 7, 1960 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1983 to 1997, most famous for hitting a home run to end the 1993 World Series, with the Toronto Blue Jays trailing 6-5 to the Philadelphia... The Vancouver Asahi were a pre-WWII Japanese Canadian baseball team. ...

Personal life

Kirk and his wife, Dana, have three sons: Riley, Reese, and Bennett. They reside in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Rancho Santa Fe is an unincorporated census-designated place located in San Diego County, California. ...