Sam Kimber vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Sam Kimber
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn BridegroomsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Kimber 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 3.97 and 1.235 for Sam Kimber. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Kimber and Steve Kline

Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.55
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.44
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.51
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.4
81.4
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
3.97
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1108
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
369.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
9.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.73
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.88
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
2.21
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.07
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.565
0.565
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1604
39.09
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
6.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.235
1.235
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
36.84
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.09
39.09
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Sam Kimber and Steve Kline

Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.55
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
1107
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.8
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.77
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.78
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
1.73
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.76
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
3.34
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
2.61
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.59
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
2.5
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.37
77.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.524
2.524
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.612
1.612
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Kimber and Steve Kline

Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
42
162.58
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
377.56
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
155
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
561.29
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
81.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
69.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.87
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.74
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.61
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.59
21.64
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
100.65
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
120
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
54.19
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.38
16.96
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.87
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
9
34.84
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.74
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77.5
77.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
4.27
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Kimber
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA