How Steve Kline's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Steve Kline posted a career BABIP of .172, well below the league average of .289 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best BABIP season came in 1970, posting .278, near the league average of .275 that year. The lowest point came in 1972 at .130, well below the league average of .268 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the BABIP profile — ranging from .130 to .278 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Steve Kline Lifetime BABIP

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Steve Kline
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Career0.172
Season Avg.0.172
162 Game Avg.0.172
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Steve Kline BABIP Per Season

Steve Kline's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Steve Kline BABIP per season line chart

Steve Kline BABIP by Team

Steve Kline's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Steve Kline career BABIP by team bar chart

Steve Kline BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Kline's career BABIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Steve Kline BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Kline BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Kline's seasonal BABIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Steve Kline BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Kline BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Kline's MLB career with BABIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Steve Kline BABIP season-by-season breakdown table