Gerrit Cole vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Gerrit Cole
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

When held to the same standard, Gerrit Cole comes out ahead of Steve Kline in this starter comparison. Gerrit Cole led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 62), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 120 vs 105), and home run suppression (HR9+ 133 vs 124). Steve Kline held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 177 vs 116). The edge goes to Gerrit Cole.

Pitching Stats for Gerrit Cole and Steve Kline

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.55
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.26
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.7
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.52
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.86
48.86
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.4
81.4
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
690
3.18
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
3.26
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1627
7.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
708
8.49
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
2.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2251
10.37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.37
10.37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.1
7.1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7861
36.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3086
37.02
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
740
3.41
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
3.81
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.64
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.089
1.089
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.189
1.189
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7233
33.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2844
34.11
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Gerrit Cole and Steve Kline

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.46
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.55
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.46
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.26
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5862
27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1954
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.53
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.96
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
1.54
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.01
97.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.025
1.025
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.4
81.4
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gerrit Cole and Steve Kline

Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
671.33
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
205
600
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
526.57
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
86.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.49
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
21.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
109.09
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
100.7
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
35.66
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.47
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
60.84
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.18
12.97
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
112
234.97
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
2.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Gerrit Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
58.74
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.39
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gerrit Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA