Steve Kline vs. Bill Kling — Career Comparison

Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Kling
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Kling 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 5.17 and 1.701 for Bill Kling. By the career numbers, Steve Kline had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Kline and Bill Kling

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.93
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.86
48.86
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.17
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.17
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.73
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
4.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.839
0.839
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
42.62
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.62
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
7.97
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.701
1.701
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
38.07
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.62
42.62

Fielding Stats for Steve Kline and Bill Kling

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.58
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.48
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.58
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Kline and Bill Kling

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
377.56
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
16
218.18
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
44
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
497.56
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
36
490.91
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
58.54
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
81.82
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.64
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.88
52.91
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
122.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
102.44
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
204.55
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
54.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40.91
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
52.68
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
95.45
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
3.77
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
60.67
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
35.12
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
109.09
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
48
140.49
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
68.18
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
4.27
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.8
8.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.6
1.6
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Bill Kling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kling
Career
Per 600 PA