Jim Coates vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Jim Coates
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Coates 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 4 and 1.406 for Jim Coates. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Coates and Steve Kline

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.57
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.52
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.15
66.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.86
48.86
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
650
8.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
3.77
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.33
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.22
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.998
0.998
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.33
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2947
38.81
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
4.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2636
34.72
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Jim Coates and Steve Kline

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.58
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
1.94
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.78
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.84
91.84
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Coates and Steve Kline

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
247
796.77
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
160
516.13
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.74
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
16
51.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
14.67
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
83.87
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
28
90.32
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
45.16
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.58
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.74
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.97
3.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.85
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
93
300
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
19
61.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA