Lance Cormier vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Lance Cormier
Gen XLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Lance Cormier as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Steve Kline led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 177 vs 82), home run suppression (HR9+ 124 vs 79), and run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 76). Lance Cormier held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 70 vs 62). Role difference aside, Steve Kline holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Lance Cormier and Steve Kline

Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
5.57
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.54
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
5.07
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1406
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
468.2
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
10.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.31
10.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
4.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.48
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
5.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2116
40.63
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
5.49
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1849
35.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.63
40.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Lance Cormier and Steve Kline

Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
5.57
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1406
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
468.2
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.69
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
2.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.94
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.19
96.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.28
8.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lance Cormier and Steve Kline

Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
3283.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
532.08
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
8.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
67.92
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.91
-10.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
192.45
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
3.12
3.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.78
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance Cormier
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA