Jorge Alcala vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Jorge Alcala
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Jorge Alcala as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Kline led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 177 vs 121), home run suppression (HR9+ 124 vs 70), and run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 97). Jorge Alcala held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 62). Role difference aside, Steve Kline holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jorge Alcala and Steve Kline

Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
8.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
4.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
7.79
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
8.49
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.61
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
3.46
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
9.32
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
907
37.39
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.18
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.82
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
805
33.18
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2844
34.11
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.39
37.39
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Jorge Alcala and Steve Kline

Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
8.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.54
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.32
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.97
96.97
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jorge Alcala and Steve Kline

Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
200
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
377.56
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
600
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
497.56
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.39
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Alcala
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA