Steve Kline vs. Elmer Knetzer — Career Comparison

Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Elmer Knetzer
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Steve Kline and Elmer Knetzer are fairly close on the surface numbers. Elmer Knetzer posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.15 vs 3.26) and home runs allowed (0.21 per nine innings vs 0.73). Steve Kline had the advantage in WHIP (1.221 vs 1.334). By the career numbers, Elmer Knetzer had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Steve Kline and Elmer Knetzer

Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.95
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.49
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.49
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.86
48.86
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.91
60.91
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.58
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
3.26
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
3.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3802
27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1267.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1206
8.56
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.73
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
3.44
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
3.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.19
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3086
37.02
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5210
37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.42
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
603
4.28
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.334
1.334
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2844
34.11
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4712
33.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.02
37.02
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
37

Fielding Stats for Steve Kline and Elmer Knetzer

Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
11.72
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.77
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.18
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.73
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
19.76
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
2.61
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
23.11
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
2.5
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
21.94
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.93
94.93
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.612
1.612
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.873
1.873
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.64
8.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Kline and Elmer Knetzer

Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
377.56
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
221
303.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
205
600
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
600
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
386
529.98
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
57.67
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
52.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.93
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.75
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.75
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.49
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.5
10.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
65.9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
82.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
31.58
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.73
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.17
-4.35
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.85
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
16.48
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
151
207.32
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
2.89
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
Elmer Knetzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100