Steve Kline vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Steve Kline
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Steve Kline a clear advantage over Tim Wakefield across the core pitching metrics. Steve Kline led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 177 vs 92), home run suppression (HR9+ 124 vs 78), and run prevention (ERA+ 118 vs 90). Tim Wakefield held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 62). Steve Kline was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Steve Kline and Tim Wakefield

Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.26
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.52
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.86
48.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.41
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2251
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
750.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.88
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.565
0.565
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3086
37.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
3.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2844
34.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Steve Kline and Tim Wakefield

Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.26
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
2248
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
749.1
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.61
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.85
95.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.612
1.612
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.4
81.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Kline and Tim Wakefield

Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
129
377.56
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
205
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
497.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
58.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.81
11.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
15.14
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
64.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
83.08
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
102.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
40.98
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.71
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
52.68
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
3.77
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.62
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
48
140.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
61.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.78
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA