Bill Champion vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Bill Champion
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Steve Kline a clear advantage over Bill Champion across the core pitching metrics. Steve Kline led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 177 vs 79), run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 77), and home run suppression (HR9+ 124 vs 107). Bill Champion held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 74 vs 62). Steve Kline was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bill Champion and Steve Kline

Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.26
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.56
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.48
40.48
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.5
50.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
419
4.69
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2413
27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
804.1
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
873
9.77
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.72
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.73
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
3.96
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.39
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
4.03
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.39
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3538
39.59
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.26
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
5.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.32
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3112
34.82
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.59
39.59
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Bill Champion and Steve Kline

Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.26
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2415
27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
805
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.72
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.53
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
2.35
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
2.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.71
95.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.5
50.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Champion and Steve Kline

Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
1122.94
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
109
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
544.95
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
77.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
60.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.51
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.35
18.42
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
104.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
16
88.07
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
5
27.52
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.52
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
9
49.54
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
4.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
214.68
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
2.79
2.79
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
8
44.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA