Steve Kline vs. Bill LeFebvre — Career Comparison

Steve Kline
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill LeFebvre
Greatest GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill LeFebvre built a career as a starting pitcher and Steve Kline 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 3.51 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 5.03 and 1.610 for Bill LeFebvre. 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 LeFebvre

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
10.5
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.45
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.45
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.51
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.58
46.58
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.78
27.78
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.51
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.51
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.03
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2047
27
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
27
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682.1
9
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.1
9
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
649
8.56
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
11.02
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.02
11.02
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.79
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.68
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
3.89
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
3.47
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.63
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
6.5
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.45
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.5
6.5
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.34
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2940
38.78
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
40.33
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.05
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.5
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.86
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
6.05
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.44
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.25
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.08
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2567
33.86
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
540
36.73
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33

Fielding Stats for Steve Kline and Bill LeFebvre

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
10.5
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2047
27
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
682.1
9
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.49
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.46
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.04
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.95
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.48
95.48
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.62
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.186
0.186
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.079
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Kline and Bill LeFebvre

Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
796
26533.33
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
75
441.18
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
14
466.67
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
511.76
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.809
0.809
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
141.18
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
94.12
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
29.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.88
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.06
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
14.38
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.54
85.51
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
211.76
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
229.41
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.796
0.796
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.785
0.785
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
47.06
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
105.88
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
5.64
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.07
88.62
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
88.24
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
200
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
64.71
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.27
9.27
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
1.36
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.76
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Kline
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill LeFebvre
Career
Per 600 PA