Bill Kissinger vs. Steve Kline — Career Comparison

Bill Kissinger
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth 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 Bill Kissinger 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 6.99 and 1.951 for Bill Kissinger. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kissinger and Steve Kline

Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.55
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.7
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.88
21.88
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.38
60.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.65
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
6.99
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.99
6.99
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
958
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
319.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
14.09
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.09
14.09
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.42
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.73
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
3.47
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.72
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.88
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.576
0.576
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1568
44.19
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
9.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.951
1.951
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1421
40.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.19
44.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02

Fielding Stats for Bill Kissinger and Steve Kline

Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.44
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.55
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1365
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.75
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.98
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
1.73
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.11
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
2.61
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
2.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
2.5
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.9
87.9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.612
1.612
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kissinger and Steve Kline

Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
72
196.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
377.56
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
600
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
205
600
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
583.64
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
163.64
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
120
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
35.45
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.18
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
43.64
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.13
60.35
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
215.45
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
171.82
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
0.66
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
65.45
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
70.91
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
136.36
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.28
68.93
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.18
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
57.27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.48
10.48
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
4.27
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.18
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kissinger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA