Rick Austin vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Rick Austin
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Austin 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 85), home run suppression (HR9+ 124 vs 83), and run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 82). Rick Austin held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 118 vs 62). Role difference aside, Steve Kline holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Rick Austin and Steve Kline

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.89
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.53
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
4.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
9.33
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
5.16
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.99
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
7.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
40.9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.38
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.83
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.66
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.32
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
34.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.9
40.9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Rick Austin and Steve Kline

Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.88
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
136.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.52
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.91
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.91
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Austin and Steve Kline

Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
89
2427.27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
518.18
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
23.99
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
12.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
35.12
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
300
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA