Steve Kline vs. Gary Kroll — Career Comparison

Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Kroll
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Kline built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Kroll 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 4.24 and 1.494 for Gary Kroll. 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 Gary Kroll

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.52
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.34
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.86
48.86
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.31
18.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
4.24
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
159.1
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
708
8.49
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
8.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
5.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
7.79
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.8
7.8
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.437
1.437
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.34
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
40.61
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.74
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.31
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
35.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.61
40.61

Fielding Stats for Steve Kline and Gary Kroll

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.01
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.26
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
159.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.34
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.64
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
2.15
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.98
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
92.11
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.493
0.493
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.31
18.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Kline and Gary Kroll

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
71
1217.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
548.57
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.343
0.343
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
11.16
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
8.44
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
40.98
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.71
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.72
-12.38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
205.71
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.78
Gary Kroll
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Kroll
Career
Per 600 PA