Billy Beane vs. Rudy Kling — Career Comparison

Billy Beane
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder
Rudy Kling
Pre-GenerationalMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueShortstop

Looking at the career totals, Billy Beane and Rudy Kling are closely matched on the surface stats. Billy Beane posted stronger numbers in slugging (.296 vs .200) and batting average (.219 vs .200). Rudy Kling had the advantage in OPS (.629 vs .542). By the career numbers, Billy Beane had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Beane and Rudy Kling

Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
281.9
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
600
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
301
573.33
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
10
400
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.783
0.783
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
125.71
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
93.33
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.67
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.71
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
32.38
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.51
39.07
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.71
68.42
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
169.52
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
146.67
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.542
0.542
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.629
0.629
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
57.14
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
55.24
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
106.67
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.77
35.74
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.93
77.29
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
20.95
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
80
152.38
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
3.94
3.94
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.81
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.9
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.24
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.52
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.52
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
19.05
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Billy Beane and Rudy Kling

Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.6
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.2
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1991
27
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
663.2
9
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
2.6
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.7
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.1
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.9
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
2.66
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.7
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.64
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.8
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.49
99.49
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.21
84.21
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rudy Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.6
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0