Rich DeLucia vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Rich DeLucia
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich DeLucia 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 85), home run suppression (HR9+ 124 vs 75), and run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 87). Rich DeLucia held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 62). Role difference aside, Steve Kline holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Rich DeLucia and Steve Kline

Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
4.62
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.52
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.74
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.7
42.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.31
15.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
4.62
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
8.51
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
4.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.29
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
7.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.284
1.284
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.56
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
39.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.32
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.53
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.425
1.425
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
2346
33.84
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2844
34.11
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Rich DeLucia and Steve Kline

Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
4.62
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.51
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.19
96.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.31
15.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich DeLucia and Steve Kline

Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
320
11294.12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
14
494.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
497.56
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
23.79
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
176.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.01
35.65
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
35.12
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
4.27
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.78
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich DeLucia
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA