Cris Carpenter vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Cris Carpenter
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. 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 Cris Carpenter 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 136), home run suppression (HR9+ 124 vs 98), and run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 95). Cris Carpenter held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 83 vs 62). Role difference aside, Steve Kline holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Cris Carpenter and Steve Kline

Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
6.32
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.52
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.1
55.1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.86
48.86
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
3.91
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
8.65
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.83
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
2.85
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.85
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.47
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.924
0.924
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
38.1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.87
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.32
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.277
1.277
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1570
34.1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2844
34.11
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Cris Carpenter and Steve Kline

Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
6.32
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1243
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
414.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.54
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.13
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.72
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
1.67
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cris Carpenter and Steve Kline

Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
4718.92
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
37
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
30
486.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
497.56
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.622
0.622
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
27.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
129.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
2
32.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
81.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
39.44
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
97.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
4.27
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
113.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
16.22
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.78
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cris Carpenter
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA