Lance Clemons vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Lance Clemons
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance Clemons as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Kline posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.26 and WHIP 1.221 compared to 6.06 and 1.850 for Lance Clemons. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lance Clemons and Steve Kline

Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.79
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.86
48.86
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.05
21.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
10.6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.6
10.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.8
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.51
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
43.91
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
7.82
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.82
7.82
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.766
1.766
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
37.35
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.91
43.91
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Lance Clemons and Steve Kline

Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.84
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.53
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.421
0.421
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.05
21.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lance Clemons and Steve Kline

Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
1140
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
497.56
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.15
1.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.02
121.32
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.208
1.208
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.333
1.333
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
300
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
300
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
134.86
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
35.12
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
4.27
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Clemons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Clemons
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA