Floyd Kirker  
Starting Pitcher | Sask Yellow Jackets

Pitching
His sinking two-seam fastball and slider produce tons of groundballs. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Sask Yellow Jackets hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Kirker is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Kirker has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2012 CHA 71 58 34 23 58 42 50 49 48 49 0 0 77 79 0 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 47 237
2013 LON 73 60 42 24 58 42 50 49 48 55 0 0 77 79 0 0 22 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 262
2014 LON 73 63 44 26 58 42 50 49 48 58 0 0 83 85 0 0 23 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 286
2015 LON 73 68 49 27 58 42 50 49 48 60 0 0 87 89 0 0 24 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 310
2016 LON 73 72 54 30 58 42 50 49 48 60 0 0 89 92 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 328
2017 LON 73 75 55 32 58 42 50 49 48 61 0 0 91 94 0 0 26 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 340
2018 SAS 73 75 55 36 58 42 50 49 48 62 0 0 92 95 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 346
2019 SAS 73 75 55 38 58 42 50 49 48 62 0 0 93 96 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 350
2020 SAS 73 75 55 40 58 42 50 49 48 62 0 0 93 96 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 351
2021 SAS 73 75 55 40 58 42 50 49 48 62 0 0 93 97 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 351
2022 SAS 73 75 55 40 58 42 50 49 48 62 0 0 93 97 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 350
2023 SAS 73 75 55 40 58 42 50 49 48 62 0 0 94 97 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 350
2024 SAS 73 75 55 40 58 42 50 49 48 62 0 0 94 97 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 349
2025 SAS 73 75 55 40 58 42 50 49 48 62 0 0 94 97 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 348
Ratings Delta                                 +1 +1             -1

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2010 19 USH 11 6 0 0 35 35 5 5 183.2 5.1 209 22 186 107 0 0 5.26 0.58 2.16 .289 .435 .304 .278 7.15
2011 20 USH 12 4 0 0 35 35 7 5 196.1 5.2 196 18 125 224 0 0 10.28 1.79 1.64 .255 .381 .295 .225 5.04
2012 21 USH 13 5 0 0 40 40 5 4 203.1 5.0 204 13 171 201 0 0 8.91 1.18 1.85 .260 .350 .290 .235 5.05
Totals     36 15 0 0 110 110 17 14 583.1 5.1 609 53 482 532 0 0 8.21 1.10 1.87 .268 .387 .339 .241 5.71

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2013 22 PMIT 0 2 6 1 38 0 0 0 57.2 1.2 52 11 31 30 33 7 4.72 0.97 1.45 .239 .431 .211 .254 4.99
Totals     0 2 6 1 38 0 0 0 57.2 1.2 52 11 31 30 33 7 4.72 0.97 1.45 .239 .431 .211 .254 5.05

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2013 22 LON 6 14 0 0 24 24 6 2 122.2 5.0 143 14 86 36 0 0 2.65 0.42 1.87 .304 .445 .337 .279 5.94
2014 23 LON 3 20 0 0 32 32 10 2 168.2 5.1 197 17 87 76 0 0 4.07 0.87 1.69 .296 .446 .301 .291 5.92
2015 24 LON 7 24 0 0 41 41 17 1 231.2 5.2 244 32 102 108 0 0 4.20 1.06 1.50 .271 .440 .288 .255 4.58
2016 25 LON 12 16 0 0 33 33 17 4 214.2 6.2 204 28 81 125 0 0 5.25 1.54 1.33 .249 .415 .269 .233 4.57
2017 26 LON 9 17 0 0 32 32 15 3 205.2 6.1 205 31 78 138 0 0 6.05 1.77 1.38 .257 .446 .251 .262 4.81
2018 27 SAS 6 14 0 0 30 24 6 4 169 5.2 186 42 50 98 2 1 5.22 1.96 1.40 .276 .519 .324 .229 5.65
2019 28 SAS 5 21 0 0 33 33 15 5 200 6.0 214 35 77 141 0 0 6.34 1.83 1.46 .271 .473 .281 .263 5.76
2020 29 SAS 8 14 0 0 33 33 17 3 224.1 6.2 212 49 71 131 0 0 5.26 1.85 1.26 .249 .468 .251 .247 4.09
2021 30 SAS 10 18 0 0 32 32 19 3 212.2 6.2 216 38 73 150 0 0 6.36 2.05 1.36 .262 .457 .273 .253 3.77
2022 31 SAS 8 18 0 0 32 32 10 1 206.2 6.1 229 35 57 147 0 0 6.42 2.58 1.39 .278 .476 .317 .242 5.44
2023 32 SAS 10 15 0 0 32 32 19 4 205.2 6.1 198 33 61 138 0 0 6.05 2.26 1.26 .250 .436 .276 .224 4.38
2024 33 SAS 8 10 0 0 32 32 15 1 196.2 6.0 209 32 65 150 0 0 6.88 2.31 1.40 .264 .447 .277 .253 4.44
2025 34 SAS 12 16 0 0 40 40 15 2 247 6.1 270 52 79 147 0 0 5.36 1.86 1.41 .277 .495 .282 .272 4.96
Totals     104 217 0 0 426 420 181 35 2605.1 6.0 2727 438 967 1585 2 1 5.48 1.64 1.42 .268 .459 .289 .252 4.88

Transfer History for Floyd Kirker
Date Transferred with Kirker To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
May 19 2013 Quinton Karman
Chance Demouy
Ian Saltiel
Brook Serafini
1st Rd 2013 - 23rd pick
2nd Rd 2013 - 51st pick
3rd Rd 2013 - 79th pick
2nd Rd 2013 - Sask's - 54th pick
2nd Rd 2013 - Winnipeg's - 36th pick
2nd Rd 2013 - Winnipeg's - 64th pick
London Mustangs Amani Escalante
Alijah Doakes
Edilbert Milosevic
Pat Douglas
Charlottetown Blues
July 24 2018 Mike Cestari
Andruw Powell
Sask Yellow Jackets Hooks Fife
London Mustangs

Floyd Kirker's Career Highlights
Year Details
2012 1st round - 13th overall selection by Charlottetown Blues in the 2012 Amateur Draft

Floyd Kirker's Records
Most Doubles Allowed in a Regulation Game Individual Pitching/Fielding Game Records 10 - for Sask on August 6, 2019 Versus Calgary
Most Stolen Bases Allowed Off Pitcher in a career Career Records 608 - (Sask), 2025

Floyd Kirker's Injury History
Date Injured Days Injured Injury Impact  
May 19, 2024 4 Tender shoulder 5%  

Floyd Kirker's Comparable Players
Player Names
Paul Manis 87.4%        

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