Jerry Crider vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Jerry Crider
Silent GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Crider 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 4.51 and 1.579 for Jerry Crider. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Crider and Steve Kline

Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.99
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.98
16.98
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.38
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.51
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
9.93
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.69
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
4.21
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
524
39.41
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.05
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
4.81
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
34.9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.41
39.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Jerry Crider and Steve Kline

Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.99
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
119.2
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.83
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.98
16.98
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Crider and Steve Kline

Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
908.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
565.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
24.83
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
154.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
102.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.86
14.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
120
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
4.27
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Crider
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.78
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Crider
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA