Tom Acker vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Tom Acker
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Acker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Kline posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.221 compared to 4.12 and 1.407 for Tom Acker. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Acker and Steve Kline

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.86
48.86
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
4.12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
365
8.64
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
3.55
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
6.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.068
1.068
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1629
38.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.83
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
4.28
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.354
1.354
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1462
34.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.55
38.55
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Tom Acker and Steve Kline

Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
3.62
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.54
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
380.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.45
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.16
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.63
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.55
98.55
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.03
15.03
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Acker and Steve Kline

Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
956.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
96
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
77
481.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
497.56
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
31.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.39
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
112.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
62.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-4.66
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.85
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
75
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
12
35.12
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
287.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
6
37.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Acker
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA