Jerry Cram vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Jerry Cram
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Cram as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jerry Cram posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.98 and WHIP 1.428 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Steve Kline. By the career numbers, Jerry Cram had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Cram and Steve Kline

Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.98
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
3.26
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
9.68
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.68
9.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.73
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
2.42
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.74
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
4.1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.724
0.724
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
37.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.35
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
3.81
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.345
1.345
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
34.45
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.06
37.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Jerry Cram and Steve Kline

Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.93
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.77
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.478
0.478
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Cram and Steve Kline

Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
2300
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
6.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Cram
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Cram
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA