Tom Cox vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Tom Cox
Lost GenerationKentuckyNorth AmericaCleveland TigersNegro National LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Cox 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 9 and 1.200 for Tom Cox. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Cox and Steve Kline

Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.73
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
2.21
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
37.8
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
37.8
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.8
37.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Tom Cox and Steve Kline

Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Cox and Steve Kline

Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
900
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.39
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA