Clint Blume vs. Ron Kline — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ron Kline
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ron Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Clint Blume as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clint Blume posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 3.75 and 1.425 for Ron Kline. By the career numbers, Clint Blume had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clint Blume and Ron Kline

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
736
3.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.88
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.49
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
0.62
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.19
44.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.58
27.58
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.47
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
866
3.75
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6234
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2078
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2113
9.15
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
0.94
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
3.17
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.51
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
989
4.28
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.828
0.828
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.26
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.14
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
39.55
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8868
38.41
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
1.46
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
991
4.29
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.369
1.369
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8104
35.1
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.41
38.41

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Ron Kline

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
737
3.32
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
0.86
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5997
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1999
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.44
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
2.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
2.1
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.88
95.88
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.632
0.632
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.05
26.05
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Ron Kline

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
743
813.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
548
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
537.59
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
49.27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
45.99
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.28
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.23
5.72
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
53.65
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
67.88
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
15.33
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.33
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
30.66
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
-15.59
-17.06
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.19
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
16.42
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
221
241.97
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.48
2.48
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
42.7
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.09
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.66
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100