Kris Foster vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Kris Foster
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Kris Foster as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kris Foster posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.700 compared to 3.26 and 1.221 for Steve Kline. By the career numbers, Kris Foster had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kris Foster and Steve Kline

Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.7
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
3.26
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
8.1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
8.49
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
7.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
42.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
318
3.81
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
35.1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Kris Foster and Steve Kline

Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
1.73
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
2.61
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
2.5
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.85
95.85
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kris Foster and Steve Kline

Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
377.56
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
600
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
497.56
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.39
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kris Foster
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA