Mike Kircher vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Mike Kircher
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Kircher 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 6 and 1.625 for Mike Kircher. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Kircher and Steve Kline

Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.63
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.86
48.86
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.43
21.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
6
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
12.94
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.94
12.94
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.73
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.69
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
2.21
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.69
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.88
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.565
0.565
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
40.13
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.69
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
6.38
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.625
1.625
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
37.88
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.358
0.358
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.13
40.13
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Mike Kircher and Steve Kline

Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.55
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2248
27
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749.1
9
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Kircher and Steve Kline

Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
24.88
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
27.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
214.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
2.8
2.8
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Kircher
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA