Bill Caudill vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Bill Caudill
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Caudill 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 88), home run suppression (HR9+ 124 vs 58), and run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 84). Bill Caudill held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 133 vs 62). Role difference aside, Steve Kline holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bill Caudill and Steve Kline

Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.23
40.23
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
3.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
7.92
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
8.49
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.92
7.92
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.09
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
3.89
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
8.37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2847
38.42
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.95
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
4.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.32
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.42
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2479
33.45
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2844
34.11
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.42
38.42
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Bill Caudill and Steve Kline

Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.08
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.39
96.39
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Caudill and Steve Kline

Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
5448.98
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
502.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.86
10.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
7
85.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
24.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-3.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.78
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA