Tom Cheney vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Tom Cheney
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Tom Cheney a clear advantage over Steve Kline across the core pitching metrics. Tom Cheney led in strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 62), run prevention (ERA+ 130 vs 118), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 105). Steve Kline held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 177 vs 88). Tom Cheney was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Tom Cheney and Steve Kline

Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.22
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.26
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.74
61.74
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
3.77
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
7.38
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
8.49
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.38
7.38
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
4.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
6.66
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.66
6.66
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.266
1.266
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1981
38.26
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
4.33
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1730
33.41
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2844
34.11
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.26
38.26
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Tom Cheney and Steve Kline

Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.22
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.26
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.44
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.76
91.76
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.678
0.678
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.74
61.74
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Cheney and Steve Kline

Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
474.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
153
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
521.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
70.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
62.75
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.84
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
11.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
78.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
23
90.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
8
31.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
35.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
66.67
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
19.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
125.49
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Tom Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.78
4.78
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
4.27
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
15
58.82
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.76
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.78
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA