Leo Cristante vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Leo Cristante
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Leo Cristante 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 3.84 and 1.534 for Leo Cristante. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leo Cristante and Steve Kline

Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.67
6.67
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
3.84
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.2
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
9.97
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.61
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.73
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
3.53
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.88
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.648
0.648
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
39.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
36.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.73
39.73
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Leo Cristante and Steve Kline

Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
7.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.21
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.96
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leo Cristante and Steve Kline

Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
1285.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
2.93
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.39
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.65
-28.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leo Cristante
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA